"Okay, let me tell you about the comparison of the strengths of the two sides."
In the Changle Hall of the North Palace of Yuliang Continent, Li Yuan held a glass of scarlet wine in his hand, leaning on a white bear skin, which was filled with velvet soft chairs, and casually told the emperor's son, as if he was describing a trivial matter. "400,000 Turkic iron horsemen, at least 400,000, only more, not less."
"Among them, there are not only the old tribes of Tuli, Yusheshe, Jieli, etc., who have been in Monan for many years, but also the Turkic tribes from Mobei, and the ten tribes of the Western Turks, as well as the Gelulu, Basimi, Turgish and other tribes, as well as the White Huns, Persians, Roda people, Romans, Arabs, etc., as well as Gaochang and Yiwu in the Western Regions, and even the Khitan, Kumoxi, Xia, and Muwei people in the northeast have many people who belong to Tongyehu, except for the Tiele people, the north of the Tang Dynasty, almost all of them are Tongyehu." "400,000 people, arrows can cover the sky, and war horses can cover the earth."
Raising the wine glass, Li Yuan took a sip, paused, and looked at his son.
"We have a record of thousands of miles with the Turks, from Dunhuang Yangguan at the western end of Hexi, to Yumen Pass, to Zhangye, this Hexi corridor has been to Longyou, Shuofang, and then along the Yellow River, and then Daibei to Yanshan and Yuguan, thousands of miles of border."
"On such a long border of thousands of miles, there are four or five hundred thousand Turkic troops, they can attack from any direction, they can even attack on the whole front, Hexi, Longmian, Shuofang, Hedong, Hebei can put 100,000 troops on each border, and what do you have in your hands?"
"You only have 100,000 horses, and you can't concentrate them in one place, and you can only put 10,000 or 20,000 horses in each line.
Besides, you have just experienced a great disaster, and you have made a stupid mistake, not only mobilizing all the grain from all parts of the imperial court to the north and distributing it to the victims, but also greatly offending all the landlords and rich people. ” Li Yuan snorted coldly.
"Now you want to pull an army of 100,000 to the north to fight the 400,000 Turks, where do you have the confidence.
Not to mention how stupid 100,000 against 400,000 is, and your food, grass, ordnance, etc. are also insufficient, and again, you have just offended the powerful landlords of the world, and at this time the internal instability is unstable, but you want to put the elite in the north, you are not afraid, in case of defeat" "Even if you are undefeated, if the elite of the court is dragged to the north, at this time, those who have grievances and secretly have bad intentions, what will you do if you take the opportunity to make trouble, what will you do to quell the chaos?"
Li Yuan said sentence by sentence.
Li Shimin sat next to him, listening quietly, and on the opposite side were his two brothers of one mother, Li Jiancheng, the king of Hainan, and Li Yuanji, the king of Hailing, who were just sitting there drinking bitterly.
But Li Shimin felt that the two of them were gloating.
"Father, Tong Yehu has sent someone to make a request, and he asks the Tang Dynasty to redraw the border with the Turks, with the Great Wall as the boundary.
This request is too ridiculous for me to grant them. ” "He asks for this, and you can bargain."
Li Yuan said.
Li Shimin replied, "Wen Yuan said that if we sue for peace with the Turks at this time, we will only be regarded by them as weak and deceitful, and they will only become more and more insatiable and have a greater appetite."
At that time, they may ask the Tang Dynasty to cede Hexi to them, if we agree, they may ask us to cede Longyou outside Xiaoguan and Longguan to them, maybe at that time, they will still not be satisfied, at that time, they demanded, we will also cede Guanzhong to them, Your Majesty, do I have to agree to them" Li Yuan was dissatisfied when he heard Li San's name. snorted, and put the white jade wine glass on the table, "Li San, Li San, you are also the emperor, why do you have to listen to that Li San everywhere Li San used to be just a white ding, a wild monk, but here, in just a few years, you have become the first hero of the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister of the official residence, the title of the prince of the country, and the true seal of 2,500 households, which is unprecedented."
I also heard that you also gave Li Chaogang a piece of territory, how big is it, three hundred miles long in the east, west, north and south, and so big, it's almost three Xiangzhou, Your Majesty is really generous and bold to this Li San, and he has great trust. ” "I really trust Li Chao, Li Chao is loyal to me, and has made countless contributions to the Tang Dynasty."
"Oh, yes, but I only saw a fortunate villain, he for the sake of power, sowing discord between your brothers, dividing our father-son relationship, he also insulted your third sister, and also harmed my grandson, your prince broke his leg, and he also gave you those messy methods, looting the wealth of the world, offending the world's powerful landlords, draining the treasury, and making the imperial court owe tens of millions of bonds, and what did the imperial court harvest The treasury is empty, and now it has to face 400,000 Turks."
"Your strategy against the Turks is basically formulated by Li Chao, what you said at the beginning was so good, but in the end, you invited Jieli to Xiangyang as a guest, but you let Tong Ye protect the grassland, which is worse than the previous situation, when we only faced one Eastern Turk, but now we are facing the entire grassland."
"This Li San is simply a villain who has no king and no father, just for his own fame and wealth.
The poor people in the court owe tens of millions of debts, but you look at the Li family, in just a few years, it has become the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, and they all say that the silk of the Li family can entangle every tree in Zhongnan Mountain, the Li family's treasury, the gold and silver in it are piled up, the Li family's money bank, the issued Zhuang tickets are better than the coins of the imperial court, the emperor, Mo Zhen regards Li Chao as a brother, your brother is Jiancheng and Yuanji, not that Li San, he is not really surnamed Li, his surname is Zhang" Li Shimin did not take this provocative remark to heart.
He asked rhetorically, "According to Your Majesty's opinion, now that the Turkic army is pressing the border, what should the imperial court do?"
Li Yuan smiled disapprecitatively, "Actually, the matter is very simple, you don't need an army of 100,000, just send an envoy to see Tong Ye Hu."
Isn't that Zhang San very eloquent, so he sent him. ” "What did you say?"
"Of course, it's peace.
Give Jieli to Tong Ye Hu as a meeting gift, Datang recognizes Tong Ye Hu as the Turkic Great Khan, we can demarcate the border with him, didn't he ask for the Great Wall as the boundary, then promise him, just take the Great Wall as the boundary. ” "This can't be," Li Shimin's face was ugly.
"What's this, outside the Great Wall, it's already difficult to control, instead of refusing to let go now, fighting hard with the Turks, can't give it away, in exchange for the Turks to repair and strike the army, isn't it worth it You don't feel unwilling, in fact, it's nothing, let the Turks first, the world is so big, the Central Plains can't be completely controlled, why rush to force the north to stop."
Li Yuan did not shy away from paying tribute to the Turks when he raised the army, in exchange for Turkic support.
"I think that at the beginning, at the beginning of Taiyuan's army, there were Li Mi and Wang Shichong in Henan, Dou Jiande in Hebei, and soldiers and horses of the Sui Dynasty in Guanzhong.
Therefore, there is nothing to forbearance for the time being.
It doesn't matter if you pay tribute to the Turks today, or even as a vassal, you will be strong in the coming day, and you can ask for them back one by one. ” "Shimin, I don't believe Zhang San, it's too unwise for you to let Zhang San command 100,000 troops to start a war with the Turks.
You are gambling on the national fortunes of my Li family. ” Li Shimin seriously thought about his father Li Yuan's words.
Some words, he thinks they are also reasonable, and he endures the humiliation at the right time, and endures the humiliation for a while, but also in order to turn the tables in the future.
But if he is allowed to sue for peace with the Turks now, cede land and pay tribute, this is impossible.
"Father, there are many generals in the court who can fight, Li Jing can fight, Li Ji is good at fighting, Qin Qiongyong, Wei Chi Gongmeng, Cheng Biting Jin Kang, Luo Shixin is strong, there are many generals who can fight well, but I trust Li Chao more, he can fight well, especially the best grasp of the overall situation. chose Li Chao as the handsome, he knew when to fight, and he also knew when to stop.
Li Chao said to me before that this expedition to the Northern Expedition was actually for peace.
Hit first, then and. ” Li Yuan shook his head, "I don't believe Zhang San. ” "Your Majesty, Wen Yuan's name is Li Chao, he is the prime minister of my Tang Dynasty, and he will never doubt Li Chao's loyalty."
"Maybe now he is loyal to you, but it's not right for you to use people like this, now he is the prime minister, the prince and the prince, and he also gave him three hundred miles of fiefdom, more than two thousand real seals, then have you thought about it, if he really wins this time, how will you reward him for his merits, will he be crowned the emperor of the book order, this Li San, only twenty-six years old" Li Shimin nodded, "I know that Li Chao is twenty-six this year, but I am only twenty-eight this year, I am still young, and I need a young and loyal person like Li Chao." ” Li Yuan snorted a little unhappily, "Forget it, you can't listen to what I say now, I said that it was all for the Tang Dynasty and for our Li family, but you always feel that I am dissociating from your monarchs and ministers."
Anyway, you can do it yourself, Mo Zhen waited until one day, and you regretted it.
There is a sentence that is my father's advice to you, you are the emperor, Li San is your courtier, so you should not be friends, and the monarch and ministers should never be friends.
Don't let your relationship cross this line, or you'll regret it.
Besides, Li Chao will always be just an outsider, he is not the real Li family, you remember this. ” After Li Yuan finished speaking, he asked people to send off the guests.
Li Shimin didn't want to stay any longer, got up to say goodbye, and on the way out, his father's words always echoed in his ears. t1706231537: