Chapter 46 One person can win 100,000 soldiers

War is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival. Qu Tutong was so tiring that no one knew better than how many soldiers and horses could be mobilized in the Tang Dynasty at this time. After all, he was the Minister of War, and military affairs were his own business. But as Li Yuan said, transferring 50,000 elite soldiers to Chen Ying, perhaps Chen Ying was sure to take down the land of thousands of miles of the Western Regions. If Chen Ying was wrong in guessing and Jie Li Khan led the Turks to the south, then Guanzhong would be worried about his destruction.

Thinking of this, Qu Tutong opened his mouth. When he spoke, he did not say anything. He was a surrendered general of the Sui Dynasty, not Li Yuan's confidant, so every time he said something or did something, he had to consider carefully.

Just like now, Jie Li Khan deals with an attack on the side, and the Tang State is from Hexi, Xihe, Hetao, Hedong, Hebei, and even You, Ping, and Yingzhou. There are places where attacks can be attacked everywhere. Once the Turks break through from any point, 300,000 troops flock in, it will definitely be a disaster for the Tang Dynasty.

Politicians and politicians are essentially different. For example, for their own interests, politicians can sink the imperial ship, but politicians are different. They play with power while maintaining this ship is not sinking. Simply put, politicians have no bottom line and principles, while politicians are people with principles and bottom line.

Of course, Qu Tutong belongs to a politician. His fear of offending Chen Ying in his heart was gradually suppressed by reason. After a long time, Qu Tutong bowed and said, "Is there any solution for Chen's husband to deal with the Eastern Turkic Khanate?"

As soon as these words were said, even Li Yuan was stunned.

The ministers looked at Qu Tutong one after another.

Now Li Yuan clearly accepted Chen Ying's strategy and was preparing to swallow thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Western Regions. However, at this juncture, Qu Tutong actually stood up to oppose it, which made the ministers a little puzzled.

Chen Ying smiled slightly and said, "Of course there is a way to deal with it!"

"Oh!" Li Yuan was actually worried about Jie Li Khan's 300,000 soldiers and horses. This sharp sword hanging over the head of the Tang Dynasty also made Li Yuan unable to sleep or eat. Li Yuan smiled and said, "What strategy does Chen Qing have?"

Chen Ying bowed and said, "First, please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to write to Ashinadu in his own name and blame him for his crime of raising troops to commit crimes.

Li Jiancheng nodded without saying anything.

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying with a bit of praise.

Chen Ying continued: "Secondly, please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to write to Li Yi, Duke of Yan, and ask Yan State to force his troops to threaten Sheng Le. (now northeast of Helinger County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) to restrain Ashinaduo so that he did not dare to go south!"

Li Jiancheng said: "If this were possible, the Tang Dynasty would be very lucky. Just under the Duke of Yan, it would probably not be enough to compete with the army under Jie Li Khan, right?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "That's true. Third, please give your Majesty the order to block the various jurisdictions and establish camps in Fengzhou, Shengzhou, Shuozhou, Yanmen, Yunzhou, Yizhou and Youzhou respectively, gather escaped refugees and provide porridge to stabilize people's hearts and block the news.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Li Yuan's face: "This matter is up to be discussed, but now the war is frequent and the military rations are insufficient. I really can't take out the excess food and fodder to help the refugees..."

Chen Ying said seriously: "Your Majesty, the people's hearts are the foundation of the country, the people's hearts are there, the Tang Dynasty's country is here, and the safety of Guanzhong depends on this. As long as you have a bite, the refugees will wait outside the pass and will not try every means to cross the pass and prevent them from entering the pass, and the rumors outside the pass will not be spread to the pass; Your Majesty just imagine, if the news of Jie Li Khan's 300,000 troops going south was spread to Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei, Fu Gongyou and others, what would they do?"

Li Yuan was full of joy, and Qu Tutong was amazed and said, "Mr. Chen, General Chen, is a pillar of the country, and Qu Tutong has received teachings."

When Li Yuan saw this scene, he also made up his mind to send troops to prepare for war.

After the senior officials made a decision, the state machinery of the Tang Dynasty officially began to operate. Since Chen Ying did not intend to use the troops from the Zhechong Prefectures of the Sixteen Guards, the troops drawn were still led by the Prince of the East Palace, the Prince of the East Palace, the Prince of the East Palace, the Emperor of the West Palace, the Cavalry, the Modao Army, and the Shesheng Army.

The army needed to assemble and supplies also needed to be allocated. The army was very fast, but outsiders could not see the trick. At about this time, Li Shimin was in the backyard pavilion of the Qin Palace, with a few dishes in front of him. Unfortunately, Li Shimin didn't move the same dish and just drank.

Li Shimin wanted to use alcohol to numb himself, but the more he drank, the paler his face became, and his head became clearer. Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui sat opposite Li Shimin. They wanted to persuade Li Shimin to pay attention to his health, but as soon as he spoke, Li Shimin called back.

While drinking, Li Shimin told the three of them what happened in the court. After a long time, Li Shimin sighed deeply and said, "This Chen Ying is a great talent!"

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Your Highness of the King of Qin is wise. He is a suspicious plan to punish Ashinaduo with the prince's letter. As the prince's inquiry is not to move one soldier. Ashinaduo is suspicious in nature. When he saw the prince's letter, he must have thought that the Tang Dynasty still had the strength to fight against the Turks. In a short period of time, he would not raise troops to attack the Tang Dynasty again. The danger of the Turks would be solved inadequate."

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly and said, "Let His Highness write a letter to Li Yi and ask Li Yi to send troops to Sheng Le. This is a gesture to show that Li Yi, the general of the Eastern Palace, is of great use to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty. If Ruhui's guess is good, Li Yi has no power to actually send troops at this moment, and it is rare to send thousands of people to Sheng Le to act."

Changsun Wuji continued: "Whether Li Yi sent troops is temporarily unverified. Chen Ying's move is not before the war, but after the war."

Changsun Wuji didn't say anything, and everyone in the Qin Palace who was present could understand it. Chen Ying reminded Li Yi to prove that Li Yi was useful to the Tang Dynasty. This was Li Jiancheng's general who had the most troops. Once Li Yi sent troops to restrain the Turks at this time, Li Yuan would not be able to weaken Li Yi's strength in the future, so as to avoid giving people the suspicion of destroying bridges across the river.

Of course, if a wolf wants to eat sheep, he will not worry about not finding an excuse. Li Yuan wants to deal with Li Yi, and there are ten thousand ways. Even Ling Jing, even though he is not guilty, Li Yuan also understands that he is forged his letters and falsely accused him of being familiar with the Turks. Now that Ling Jing has been tried by the Three Divisions, it is definitely impossible to think of it.

Fang Xuanling said: "It's his last plan, but it's quite interesting."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "The establishment of a large-scale income to attract refugees not only separates the communication between the north and the south, but also declares the Tang Dynasty's determination to survive and perish with the subjects of the world. In this way, the rumors in the capital were self-defeating and unsolving."

Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "Not only that, the original intention of this policy is grand and upright. The people's hearts are the foundation of the country. As long as the people's hearts are preserved, the court will be defeated and there will still be a chance to make a comeback in the future. If the people's hearts are lost, it will be really in a slump!"

Li Shimin sighed: "What a pity, the key is not Liangzhou, the key is Chen Ying!"

"Chen Ying!" Changsun Wuji showed a confused look.

A hint of worry appeared on Li Shimin's face, and he smiled bitterly: "The prince has the help of Chen Ying, and he has over 100,000 soldiers alone. At this moment, his steps came hurriedly, and Lei Yongji walked in and said: "Your Highness, the King of Qin, just received the news. Chen Prince Consort held a banquet in Furong Garden to invite Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng and others."

When Li Shimin heard this, he stood up suddenly: "What?"

Changsun Wuji's face changed drastically: "Thieves..."

Changsun Wuji wanted to curse Chen Ying's hateful thief, but when he spoke, he couldn't help but stop his mouth. Today is different from the past. Chen Ying was a second-rank general in the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Chen Ying was already the young general in the position of the General of the Tongzhu Kingdom. The title was only one aspect. He is now Princess Pingyang, and he is also half a royal relative. If he scolded Chen Ying, he would also scold Li Shimin.

Changsun Wuji said angrily: "He is openly trying to win over the generals of the Qin Prince's Mansion and poaching the enemy!"

Li Shimin's face gradually became colder. Because the battle in Luoyang failed, Li Yuan did not give Li Shimin a good face. As the saying goes, there is no fish in the big river and the small river is not popular, but similarly, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, and Niu Junda did not entrust high-ranking officials and gave them generous salaries.

Li Shimin was not a stingy person. He could not take the imperial court's public instruments and entrusted them with official titles. He gave them many preferential treatments in terms of money and treatment, such as Cheng Zhijie and Qin Qiong. They each rewarded 100 Xiji horses that were tributed to the Western Turks in the second year of Wude. At this time, the Xiji horses were actually the so-called sweat-blooded BMWs. Each of them was worth tens of thousands of gold and had a price but no market.

Relying on the achievements of destroying Xue Ju of the Western Qin Dynasty, Li Shimin was rewarded with twelve horses. In addition to leaving four horses himself, Li Shimin followed him to eight general managers, each with one horse. Of course, Li Shimin did not leave any of these four Western Jin BMWs, and rewarded them all to Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Xie Yingdeng and Niu Junda.

In addition to rewarding the precious BMW, Li Shimin also tried his best to buy a luxury house for Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Xie Yingdeng and Niu Junda. In Chang'an, a place where every inch of land was valuable, it would cost two or three thousand guan to buy a seven-entry yard. Even if Li Shimin was rich and took out four houses at one time, it was a bit difficult. He also rewarded thousands of guan to buy property.

However, Li Shimin still had no idea. At that time, the four of them defected to Li Shimin to make achievements and shine their families. But now they are young and are still idle at home. No one will be happy with this matter.

If Chen Ying, on behalf of Li Jiancheng, extends an olive branch to the four people, will they turn to the East Palace?
Chapter completed!