Since suffering the great humiliation of the Weishui Alliance three years ago, Li Shimin and his ministers decided to be the general manager of the six-way march.
A total of more than 100,000 troops were saved, accepted Li Jing's dispatch, and conducted day and night drills for three years.
When the national strength is restored, the big hidden danger of Turks will be solved immediately.
This is why Li Shimin took the lead in asking Li Jing for his opinion.
Li Jing walked out of the crowd, first bowed his hands respectfully to Li Shimin, and then expressed his opinions.
"Your Majesty, I believe that we can use troops against the Turks this year and next."
"According to the military information I have, the eighteen Turkic tribes have also suffered a huge impact from drought, and their water sources have dried up. A lot of cattle and sheep."
Li Shimin stood up and walked around the main seat with his hands behind his back, as if thinking.
After a moment, Li Shimin looked at Li Jing, "If we mobilize troops again next year, what should we do this year?"
Li Jing handed over his hand, "I thought that the wall should be fortified to clear the country, so that the Turkic cavalry who went south to plunder would be in vain. And return."
"This winter will be difficult for the Turks. If we have enough food and grass next autumn, we can decide the outcome in one battle."
There are six armies on the border defense line, a total of more than ten. Heavily guarded by tens of thousands of troops, the Turkic army did not dare to head south rashly.
I only dared to send a small group of loose cavalry south to plunder.
Within a hundred miles of the border, people have already left the buildings and the fields are deserted.
Without any deliberate effort, the situation of strengthening the walls and clearing the field has been formed.
According to His Majesty’s wishes, the planned attack on the Turks in the north this year has to be postponed to next year. All the generals cannot sit still.
Li Daozong, a grumpy clan member of the Li family, had stayed in the bitter cold place of Lingzhou for three years, and his soldiers were already on the alert.
He stood up and asked Li Shimin to fight, "Your Majesty, the Turks are suffering from drought and civil strife this year, which just gives us an opportunity."
"The army still has enough food and grass, so why don't we take this opportunity?" Caught him off guard."
"I ask for a fight."
Generals such as Chai Shao, Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin stepped forward to ask for a fight.
On the civil servants’ side, Wei Zheng stood up.
He angrily scolded all the generals.
"Now that the Tang Dynasty's treasury is empty and the people are starved of food, wouldn't it be militancy to use troops now?"
He then bent over to Li Shimin and handed over his hand, "Your Majesty, I think we should use troops against the Turks this year. "That's inappropriate."
"Wei Zheng, you don't have eggs, don't speak out."
Yu Chigong, who had a hot temper, immediately stood up and pointed at Wei Zheng's nose.
"If scolding can make the people of the Tang Dynasty fed and clothed, and the soldiers have enough food and grass, there will be no need for a large army to fight against the Turks. Only you, Yuchi Heizi, is enough."
Wei Zhengyi He threw his hands away and started fighting with Yu Chigong.
Yu Chigong cannot be scolded by one personWei Zheng, good friend Cheng Yaojin and others also ended up scolding each other.
Wei Zheng sprayed five times at once, without falling behind at all.
"Quiet! How inappropriate is it to make noises!"
Li Shimin pinched his eyebrows helplessly and shouted to stop them.
As long as Wei Zheng and these generals disagree, there will definitely be constant quarrels.
The generals on one side are unreasonable and arrogant, while Wei Zheng is a stubborn man who is serious about calculations.
At this time, Li Jing stood up.
"Your Majesty, in the past two months, you can send a small group of elite cavalry deep into the interior of the Turks to muddy the waters and consume the Turks' effective strength in mobile warfare."
"Wait until next year's grain harvest , we can launch a large-scale campaign of annihilation."
Li Jing's proposal not only satisfies the purpose of sending troops to deter the generals, but also does not waste the people and money.
All the generals and Wei Zheng agreed, stopped making trouble and returned to their respective positions.
Li Shimin also thought Li Jing's proposal was feasible.
So Li Shimin looked at the list of civil servants again, intending to listen to the opinions of this group of think tanks.
These people were the ones who formulated military strategies against the Turks at that time.
"What do you think?"
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling exchanged glances, and Changsun Wuji, who was standing in the first place, stood up.
"Your Majesty, I agree with General Li's proposal."
"Several granaries have been emptied out to release grain. Ministers from aristocratic families also donated a lot of grain. Ten It is difficult to raise rations for an army of tens of thousands."
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"To repay others with their own methods, we also sent small groups of elite cavalry to harass the Turks and continue to consume their strength."
"Now the Zhenguan well-drilling team We will dig wells everywhere and the water source problem will be solved. Next year will be a good harvest."
"If we use troops then, the logistical pressure will be much less."
Mentioning the Zhenguan campaign. Well team.
Li Shimin and many ministers present had smiles of admiration on their faces.
In addition to making a lot of money, Zhenguanjing also brought Li Shimin great fame.
The group of second-generation children who usually had nothing to do and went in and out of the land of smoke and willows are now growing up rapidly.
It can be said that both the emperor and his ministers were quite satisfied.
Fang Xuanling also stood up and added, "Your Majesty, I think that in addition to sending troops to consume the Turks, I can also send people to lobby the eighteen Turkic tribes."
"Win a group and fight them. "
"Let them form internal divisions. Once there are barriers, they cannot be united. Next year, we can use troops to defeat the Turks."
They are worthy of being under Li Shimin. The first think tank.
What he had in mind was not only direct military conflict, but also the use of human hearts and minds to keep the enemy divided internally.
Kill people and kill your heart.
Li Shimin looked delighted, stroking his beard and nodding frequently.
"Fang Aiqing and Li Aiqing combine civil and military affairs. This method is very popular with me."
Li Shimin's words are obviously to praise Li Jing and Fang Xuanling, but in fact they are The decision has been made.
The civil servants and generals present are not fools, so they will not jump out and express their opinions blindly.
"Your Majesty's Holy Judgment!"
A group of civil servants and generals stood up one after another and agreed with Li Jing and Fang Xuanling's proposal.
Next, everyone discussed the chips to win over the Turkic tribes and the candidates for the envoy.
After some discussions, they were decided one after another.
Li Shimin sat back on the dragon throne and warned his ministers.
"When you return to the station, you must carry out strict training, and the logistics and food supplies must be tightly supplied. The soldiers must not be hungry."
"According to the order."
All civil and military officials responded with their hands in hand.
After discussing the strategy for dealing with the Turks, Li Shimin picked up the military report written by Li Jing from the table.
Then he read the name above doubtfully.
"My dear friends, whose family are the four of you, Xue Rengui, Xu Hu, Wang Erdan, and Ma Dayong, descended from?"
"Does anyone recognize them?"
Li Jing's military newspaper reported in a smaller space the deeds of Xue Rengui and his four men who destroyed a group of Turkic cavalry.
They also succeeded in allowing Su Dingfang to encircle and suppress all the Turks who were moving south through the prisoners they captured.
As a talented general, Li Shimin, who was capable of both literary and military skills, was very impressed by these four young heroes.
The oldest general in the court, Li Jing, is 58 years old this year, and the youngest Li Daozong and others are all over 29 years old.
The potential threats surrounding the Tang Dynasty include the Eastern and Western Turks, Tibet, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, etc.
Li Shimin has the ambition to expand the territory and likes to accept heroes as his own.
All the generals who came back from the border looked suspicious and did not recognize the young talent mentioned by His Majesty at all.
Only Cheng Yaojin and Fang Xuanling lowered their heads in thought.
Cheng Yaojin remembered that when he went to Jiangzhou, Chu Mo told him that there were three young masters in Majiazhuang.
At that time, he did not ask for the name and could not confirm it.
Fang Xuanling thought of Xu Hu. On the day he went to Majiazhuang, Niu Jinda fought Xu Hu for hundreds of rounds.
Fang Xuanling stood up and reported to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, there is a young man named Xu Hu in Majiazhuang."
"Listen to what Wang Jian said, Xu Hu is Wei The descendants of the great general Xu Chu are taller and stronger than General Yuchi.Although he is still young, he already has the strength of a tiger general. "
"I don't know whether the person written by General Li is the same person as Xu Hu from Majiazhuang. "
Li Shimin murmured in confusion.
"Could these four young talents with strong martial arts be from Majiazhuang? ”