After a long time, Li Heng finally stood up and looked at Li Yu as if he had made up his mind.

"Do you know that Guo Ziyi is already unable to bear the continuous battles now, so he can only intimidate him. If Li Guangbi is embarrassed by the great responsibility, there will be few generals who can rely on. Among them, King Jianning is indeed very outstanding, but you are the crown prince. You have to know that he is also my son. If all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are under his control, he will be defeated by the Tang Dynasty, which is not a good thing!"

Li Heng said this with great sincerity. Obviously, he still wanted to keep Li Yu's position as the prince.

"Father, now that things have come to this point, looking at the entire Tang Dynasty's generals, there are not many who can stand alone, and under the current circumstances, there are even fewer people who can win battles. The third brother was able to unite the Tongluo and Pugu tribe in Hebei Road in a short time, and defeat the Uighurs with little loss is enough to show his ability. Moreover, in order to make me take the position of the crown prince, my father and teacher deliberately postpone the victory of the third brother Hebei Road for several days before they were announced in the court. Isn't the third brother not dissatisfied? The third brother grew up with me in Chang'an City, and I still know him!"

Li Heng knew in his heart that it was an extraordinary time and he could no longer hold on to suppress Li Qing. Moreover, Li Heng had already noticed it. Since the incident between Li Linfu and Zhang Liangdi, Li Qing's temper has improved significantly compared to before, and he has almost never even said a word of extreme words in front of him.

This made Li Heng feel a lot more relieved. He thought that the reason why Li Yan had a bad temper before was mostly related to Li Linfu and Zhang Liangdi. Now that these two people are finished, Li Yan's heart knot was naturally untied.

"It is not impossible to let King Jianning go to Jiannan Road, but he is now the governor of Hebei Road. Once he goes to Jiannan Road, this official position must be moved. Not only that, even if Nanzhao is broken in Jiannan Road, if it really seems to be what Li Mi said, Tubo will definitely have some abnormal movements after this battle. At that time, I don't know where to send King Jianning to, so how to arrange this official position must be carefully considered!"

Li Heng's hesitation in doing things was fully displayed at this time, and even Li Yu, who was quite gentle, could no longer bear it.

"Father, the King of Nanzhao is about to lead troops to fight with Li Guangbi, and Youzhou is really far from each other, so time is too late. Since my father believed me and asked me to be the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, then I will arrange this matter. What does my father think?"

This was almost the first time Li Yu took the initiative to take on something after becoming the prince. When Li Heng saw him say this, his heart became much brighter.

In fact, another reason why Li Heng was so anxious to establish a prince and wanted Li Yu to take on some things quickly was his health.

Since returning to Chang'an City and having that excitement, Li Heng realized that his body had been in such a bad condition and was exhausted physically and mentally.

He recalled his father's situation at this age and knew that he might not have lived as long as Li Longji, so he must prepare some things as early as possible.

"Since that's the case, then you're talking about how you plan to arrange for King Jianning to quell the rebellion."

"I know what my father is worried about and what I lack. If this is the case, I might as well lead the army to the expedition. The third brother is on the side and cooperates to not defeat the conspiracy of Tubo. My third brother and I will never come back. Once we win, the entire West will have to let the third brother deal with the aftermath. In this way, my father has nothing to worry about. As for the third brother's official position, according to my opinion, the Hebei Road military governor should not let him take charge. Hebei Road is enough to give Yan Zhenqing, and the third brother will give the position of General Pingxi, ranking second-rank. He will take all the cavalry and the infantry under his command back to Chang'an first, and then I will set out with him!"

After saying this, Li Yu directly demonstrated to Li Heng on the map how they wanted to deal with it after they arrived in Jiannan Road.

In Li Heng's opinion, this is similar to letting Li Yu serve as the Grand Marshal of the World, but now Li Yu is already the crown prince, and it is enough to go to war as the crown prince. No matter what kind of general Li is a chief, he must be considered the crown prince's deputy.

Li Heng thought about it again and again, but he didn't find anything wrong with it, and this matter could not be delayed any longer.

Li Yan is in Youzhou, and they want to deter the Nanzhao King. At least you can reach Yizhou, the core of Jiannan Road. The distance between them is too far. In addition, the time for conveying messages and rectifying the troops and dispatching generals is impossible to complete in one or two months.

So Li Heng made a decision at that time, and since Li Yu chose to express this idea after Li Mi left, out of concern for the identity of Prince Li Yu, Li Heng did not consult Li Mi anymore, but decided to do it according to Li Yu's statement.

Of course, Li Heng also hopes that Li Yu will use this opportunity to enhance his prestige in the army, and also use the good relationship between him and Li Yi to allow Li Yi to use it better for him in the future.

Judging from the previous performances of the two of them, Li Heng felt that this could still be achieved.

That night, a small team of imperial guards rushed to Hebei Road with Li Heng's letters. At the same time, in the south of the Tang Dynasty, Luo Feng, the Nanzhao King Ge, had already ordered all his troops and prepared to send troops to formally attack Jiannan Road in a few days.

He knew that at the junction of Jiannan Road and Nanzhao, there was already a team of people waiting for him. In his opinion, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was like fat meat in a pot. If he didn't eat it himself, he would have to let others eat it sooner or later.

When the news of Chang'an City arrived in Youzhou, no one knew that Li Neng and Zhang Mingyue had actually packed their bags long ago. The Northern Imperial Army handed Li Heng's letter to Li Neng. Li Neng didn't need to open it, so he basically knew what the letter was asking him to do.

"The prince, but it's the same as what you guessed before?"

Li Li had already told Zhang Mingyue a few days ago that he had guessed about the next trend, because Li Guangbi had already explained it to him in the letter that he could not stop the people of Nanzhao alone, and Li Li had to help with this matter.
Chapter completed!