During the winter solstice, in the snowy Daming Palace, the emperor was extremely excited and summoned all the civil and military officials to the Xuanzheng Hall. Then, he asked Prime Minister Lu Zhi to take out Gao Yue, Wei Gao, Xing Junya, and Liu Haibin to read the news.

Xing Junya and Liu Haibin's Shen Ce Army have taken advantage of the situation to capture Weizhou, which is Longxi, the ancestral origin of Li Tang. The Shatuo and Tuyuhun cavalry on other roads have followed the Yellow River, not only occupying Huizhou, but also reaching Lanzhou.

As for Gao Yue and Wei Gao, they have decided to annihilate the main force of the Xifan headquarters and achieved a more brilliant victory on Pingrong Road in Pengpo Mountain. Although Gao Yue's secretary Quan Deyuren has been in Wuzhou, he also listened to the description of the battle situation of the Chuanling Command and produced an article "The Ministry of War Reports to Xingyuan Jiedu, and the Xichuan Jiedushi defeated the Western Jiedu thief Lubu":

"I heard that the young are divided into four orders of cold and heat, and do not split the eight directions in the earth, and the Chinese and barbarians are different... Huang Xuan had the battle of Zhuolu to determine the fire; Zhuanxiang had the formation of Gonggong to calm the water and harm... Tubo raised the national soldiers to show off his evil flames, dared to have the intention of being still guarded, and the orders for the attacks would be punished. In October 1999, he led the 24th brigade of the six armies to surround Pingrong City Road, and drove cattle and horses to the valley, and the transportation of swords and swords actually exceeded the mountains, hoping to save the Wuyoucheng City of Weizhou... The founding Duke of the Censor Ji County Ding Wuyi Ning Jiedu and the commander of the right army of the imperial camp Gao Yue set up the formation road, and the strong walls were not launched. The thieves were unaware of the unexpected, and they wanted to enter the formation. I had a few momentum, and the arrows and bullets were launched at the same time, and the killing and injury were invincible. The thieves were trapped in dangerous and narrow places, and the ugly ones were lame among the pot... The thieves were ordered to recruit the army in the middle of the Central Secretariat of the Xichuan Jiedu and the eight countries in the West Mountain recruitment envoys. Wei Gaozuo, the commander of the Southern General, was the commander of the 8,000 children of Fengyi, and he was in charge of his own way to take Yashan. He was shocked by surprise. The bandits and others were shocked, so they killed each other and abandoned their baggage... We, the pixiu, competed for the horns and each of them to capture the plan of capture... More than ten battles were fought in front and back, and seven people were captured by Xifan Daqian, Xiaoyinzi, reported to the enemy's defense envoy, twenty-one people in the city defense envoy, and those who reported to the body of copper and iron were not counted, and 29,477 people were captured; and the governor of the Qinghai Road in Xifan, and thirty-five people who reported to the body of gold, silver and bronze under Nopengsong, and thirty-five people who reported to the body of gold, silver and bronze, and beheaded 19,777 people. He also surrendered to the three Dongdae soldiers of Xifan Xiangxiong, and a total of 5,400 cattle and sheep were taken, and more than 80,000 slaves were taken... He sent the Weiwei Lang general Li Xianfengfeng Lubu to record the separate book of idle military supplies and equipment."

"What do you say about the war in Helong now?" The emperor was full of heroic spirit and spoke in the hall to ask.

Pushe Jia Dan replied: Please ask the emperor to issue an order from the Chenzhong, one is to reward the soldiers participating in the war and provide for the injuries and deaths; the other is to authorize Gao Yue, Wei Gao, Ximen Can and others to manage the new states to take over; the third is to add military expenditures to complete the military contributions.

"I used to ask Gao Yue about the conflict between Helong and the war in his heart was not completely clear, so he said that he could be selected. Qin and the two states could be selected. Qin, Wu, Dang, and Die, and the upper part could be restored to Longyou. The current situation is beyond the original plan of our king and minister. It seems that not to mention most of it, even if it is the entire Helong, it is not a problem to take it all!" The emperor was extremely excited.

At this moment, Lu Zhi suggested that the national treasury and the emperor's inner treasury were not stored much. Although the Longyou states returned to our Tang Dynasty, they could not collect taxes and support the army there. Because His Majesty and Duke Ji had promised to exempt the local Han people from taxes for seven to ten years, the army would be able to move from the rice, grain, money and silk from Guanzhong, Guandong and southwest, and the burden was heavy. Therefore, His Majesty was asked to be cautious and cautious, and it would be better to do everything step by step. Moreover, the Ugly World now has internal strife and breaking apart. It is better to implement diplomatic strategies and assist the military to achieve the greatest benefit?

The emperor nodded and said that what Lu Jiu said was whether to continue the battle or prepare for peace, and allow me to discuss details for three days before making a decision.

Then in the Golden Palace, the emperor called on duty in the evening, Wei Zhiyi, Li Jifu and Wei Duke, the three men and ministers who were on duty, and the king and his ministers were having a small banquet for tea and soliciting opinions.

Wei Zhiyi requested that he continue to sweep and two goals must be accomplished. One is to remove the Wuyou City of Weizhou in Xifan, and the other is to Longyou to seize Jincheng County (Lanzhou) in order to attack Hehuang directly.

The Duke of the Vatic generally agreed with Wei's opinion, but added some additional information. He suggested that Wei Gao and Gao Yue join forces to capture Wuyou City first, and then gain a foothold in Weisong. There are roads to both the place and Hehuang in Longyou. As long as Weisong is used, Wei Gao Ke will join forces again. Then he will be surrounded by Shence Xuanwei and Weirong, protected by Lieutenant Ximen, and the two armies of Shen Ce Xuanwei and Weirong. Once Hehuang is seized, the territory of Xifan will be divided into two parts, namely, the land of Qinghai and the district of Hexi. Now Hexi is now occupied by Shang Jiezan and Ma Chongying. He also hates Xifan deeply, and now the powerful ministers Cai Bang, Shang Qixin'er, etc., and then use strategies to differentiate them and defeat them one by one.

The emperor touched his beard, nodded constantly, then looked at Li Jifu and asked, "Hongxian, what do you think?"

Li Jifu looked solemn and said to the emperor in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Li Sikong is critically ill, I'm afraid there will be no more time..."

Hearing this, the emperor was in a heavy mood.

Li Sikong was Li Baozhen. He had been eating pills several years ago, but now he is completely lying on the couch and cannot move due to illness.

Li Jifu meant that if Li Baozhen really left one day, the entire Zhaoyi army was probably going to cause chaos around the issue of the imperial court. "And Shangdang (Zelu) was at the critical point of our Tang Dynasty. The three states of Xing, Ci and Ming led by Sikong were east of Taihang and in the hearts of the three towns of Heshuo. Especially Wei Bo has been coveting for a long time, it really touched the whole body."

At this time, the emperor put on his clothes, frowning, and his mouth was full of rumbling. The question raised by Li Jifu was actually a contradiction between moving westward or moving eastward. However, with the current power limit of the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to gain advantage in the east and westward lines at the same time. Either concentrate your efforts to attack Xifan or concentrate your efforts to suppress Guandongfang Town, and you must make a choice in this.

In the end, the emperor racked his brains and couldn't make a decision. He could only say that he hoped that Li Sikong would live for three more years... So he first asked the Foreign Privy Councilor to send a central official to Zhaoyi Army's Office, which was called visiting the disease, but in fact it was to observe the internal situation and trends of Zelufang Town.

In the next two days, the emperor's mood of joy because of the great victory in Pingrong City was diluted by the fog of the political situation in the east. When Song Ruohua and Song Ruozhao were accompanied by him, it was obvious that he could sometimes sigh.

The sisters of the Song family were helpless. They could write the Analects of Confucius. After all, the family was beautiful and had no idea about military and national affairs.

At this time, Princess Lingxu, as the eldest aunt, took Xiao Wang Chengyue into the palace to reunite with her father.

"Look, look at his eyebrows, they still look a little like me." Looking at Xiao Chengyue's appearance, the emperor felt more and more that he was carved from the same mold as his cheap son-in-law, but Xiao Chengyue's eyebrows were still a bit like our Li family.

Princess Lingxu congratulated the emperor, saying that the situation in Helong and Jiannan is about to be earth-shaking.
Chapter completed!