"We already have enough food, why do we still want to provoke the Hongnong Yang family? That is Princess Qi's natal family. If Princess Qi asks, what should we say?"
Yin Kaishan was frightened and spoke anxiously.
Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin looked at each other, and Su Dingfang said: "It seems that you still don't know the details of this battle..."
Yin Kaishan was stunned for a moment, and said a little confused: "What do you mean by this?"
Su Dingfang said bluntly: "Your Highness speculates that the Turks are likely to make a false shot at the Shizhou line this time, and then go down Xiaoguan and penetrate directly into the heart of the Tang Dynasty.
The King of Huai'an, the King of Hejian, Duke Yi and others all felt that His Highness's speculation was likely to happen.
Therefore, we in the Tang Dynasty will not only resist the Turks on the Shizhou front line this time, but also set up defenses in Xiaoguan and other places.
At present, we have collected all the food and grass needed by Shizhou front line, but there is still a huge gap in the food and grass needed by Xiaoguan and other places, so His Highness hopes that we can squeeze out some food and grass from several wealthy families in Hebei Province, or the Yang family
Come and make up for the needs of Xiaoguan and other places.
Nowadays, several wealthy families in Hebei Province say nothing, so we can only exchange the property of the Li family in Zhaozhou for some grain with the Yang family.
We can't take those fields, shops, houses, or mineral veins with us. Leaving them behind will only make it easier for a few wealthy families in Hebei Province, so we might as well exchange them with the Yang family for some food."
Luo Shixin nodded at the side and said: "Yes, we didn't get it for free, we exchanged it with the Yang family, so you don't have to worry that the Yang family will fall out with us, and you don't have to worry about the empress being held accountable."
When Yin Kaishan heard this, he finally let go of his hanging heart, and his expression softened a lot. He cursed and said: "Exchange is exchange. Make it clear. I thought you were going to force Yang to take it."
Food is coming out."
Since it is an exchange, the fight is about taking advantage of the situation.
The imperial court is about to fight the Turks and has no time to waste with the Yang family, so the imperial court will definitely suffer some losses and exchange the property of the Li family in Zhaozhou for food as soon as possible.
The reason why Su Dingfang said that he wanted to force the Yang family to provide food was simply that he did not want the Yang family to take advantage of the situation and sell the property of the Li family in Zhaozhou at a low price.
"If the Yang family takes advantage of the situation, we may not take action."
After Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin looked at each other again, Su Dingfang expressed their attitudes.
Yin Kaishan's eyelids twitched, and he said with a stiff expression: "It's best not to do anything if you can, otherwise if a fight breaks out, the Yang family will not be easy, and we will also get into trouble."
Su Dingfang looked at Yin Kaishan strangely and said, "This matter doesn't seem to have much to do with you, does it?"
Yin Kaishan was speechless for a long time, and after a long time he gritted his teeth and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. I am too talkative, but the war in Xiaoguan must have something to do with me.
Tell me, how did His Highness guess that the Turks would feint at the Shizhou line and then go down Xiaoguan?
Also, we have so many soldiers and horses gathered on the Shizhou front line. If the Turks really come down Xiaoguan, can the remaining soldiers and horses in Beijing be able to stop the Turks' invasion?"
Su Dingfang was stunned for a moment, but did not hide it. He quickly told Li Yuanji's guess about the deployment in Xiaoguan and other places.
He doesn't need to talk to Yin Kaishan about Yang's matters, because Yang's matters have nothing to do with Yin Kaishan.
But regarding the Turkic invasion, he had to make it clear to Yin Kaishan, because it was a state matter, and as long as no secrets were involved, there was no need for him to hide it from Yin Kaishan, and it was not easy to hide it from Yin Kaishan.
However, he did not say anything about Li Jing leading people to sneak attack on the Turkic royal court.
It wasn't that he didn't want to tell Yin Kaishan, or that he was afraid that Yin Kaishan would tell the truth and disrupt the court's plans, but he didn't know anything about it either.
After Su Dingfang briefly explained Li Yuanji's deployment in Xiaoguan and other places, Yin Kaishan frowned and said, "With these deployments alone, I'm afraid they can't stop the Turks from invading, right?"
Li Yuanji's deployment was not comprehensive in Yin Kaishan's view. It only had some defensive and sneak attack deployments, but no deployment for a head-on battle with the Turks.
Doing so has no other effect besides consuming the Turks' troops.
Once the Turks broke through all the obstacles, they marched to Chang'an.
The people in Chang'an would be in danger.
"That's all I know so far. I think His Highness may have other arrangements..."
Su Dingfang was not worried about Chang'an's safety. He had great confidence in Li Yuanji.
Yin Kaishan frowned and said: "I'm just afraid that His Highness King Qi doesn't have other arrangements..."
After saying this, Yin Kaishan looked at Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin and suggested: "How about we discuss countermeasures together and give His Highness King Qi some advice?"
Yin Kaishan still understands the principle of how to complete an egg under a crowded nest.
So Yin Kaishan decisively abandoned all selfishness and invited Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin to discuss countermeasures with him.
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Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin didn't have any objections, so they nodded and agreed.
Although they have great confidence in Li Yuanji, they don't mind adding more strength to Li Yuanji.
As a result, the "Ten Strategies to Prevent Turks" that the three people discussed together appeared on Li Yuanji's head.
Li Yuanji smiled happily after reading "Ten Strategies to Prevent Turks" written by three people.
"What makes His Highness so happy?"
In front of the table of Zhaode Hall, Liu Jun and a young eunuch were waiting. Seeing that Li Yuanji was smiling happily after reading the memorial handed over by Su Dingfang and others, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.
Li Yuanji put down the memorial written by Su Dingfang and the others, and said with a smile: "Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin are in Zhaozhou, but they are still worried about my safety, so they are worried..."
Unfortunately it's of no use.
Because Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin didn't know anything about the sneak attack on the Turkic Royal Court.
I don’t know that the deployments in various places in Xiaoguan are intended to slow down the Turks. As long as Li Jing captures the Turkic royal court before the Turks arrive in Chang’an, the Turks will have to retreat if they don’t.
Unlike the Tang Dynasty, the Turks could not achieve absolute centralization of power, nor could they achieve unity.
Turks is a country formed by various tribes, and each tribe has its own interests.
When there is a conflict between the interests of the tribe and the interests of the country, the leaders of each tribe will put the interests of the tribe first.
Therefore, when the Turkic royal court was attacked and the tribesmen, cattle and sheep of several major Turkic tribes were slaughtered and plundered, the leaders of the tribes would definitely have differences with Jieli.
Unless Jieli gives them everything he gained in the Central Plains, they will definitely retreat.
If this kind of thing were placed on Jieli's predecessors, Chuluo and Shibi, the two Khans, Chuluo and Shibi would definitely divide everything up without hesitation.
But Jieli can't, Jieli is a miser.
People born in the year of Pixiu only eat but don’t poop.
Therefore, the leaders of the major Turkic tribes were destined to conflict with Jieli, and were destined to withdraw their troops when the Turkic royal court was attacked.
Therefore, there is no need to recruit brave soldiers from all over the country, set up defenses on the Wei River, and fight Jie Li head-on, as Su Dingfang and the others said in their memorial.
However, the memorials by Su Dingfang and the others are not without their merits.
For example, Su Dingfang proposed to arm the 30,000 civilians who were building a mausoleum for Li Yuan and let them stop the Turks in Yunyang and the dangers of Yiyunmeng Mountain.
This is similar to Yu Zhining's idea of conscripting prisoners and using Shannan as a screen to defend Yunyang.
Shannan refers to the south of Yunmeng Mountain, and both people refer to the same place.
However, one of the people recruited was a civilian who built Li Yuan's tomb, and the other was a prisoner.
The recruitment of civilian men to build Li Yuan's mausoleum is something that cannot be thought of, because in the eyes of the ancients, this was a big deal. Even if the sky fell, the construction of Li Yuan's mausoleum could not stop.
So the only option left is to recruit prisoners.
The conscription of prisoners was a common occurrence in ancient times. From the slave society to the end of the feudal dynasty, prisoners were conscripted in all dynasties when they needed people.
In history, some people even used prisoners to achieve great military exploits.
It is known as Yanran Leshi in history.
Being as famous as Huo Qubing's Fenglang Juxu is one of the highest honors for a martial artist.
Who would have thought that this was a gangster who was hanging out in the capital and brought a group of prisoners to fight.
This person is Dou Xian, the general of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
With such an example in the past, people in later generations would be even more unkind in conscripting prisoners.
However, Li Yuanji was not very in favor of conscripting prisoners, because the troubled times had just ended, there were all kinds of prisoners, and no one knew what they would do after they went to the battlefield.
After all, most of the good-hearted people among the prisoners have been sent to the border to guard the border, and the rest are some of the most evil ones, as well as those who have just been captured and have not had time to be sent to prison.
No one knows whether these guys will switch sides after going to the battlefield.
Moreover, Dou Xian led the prisoners to achieve great military exploits. They fought in the Western Region, far away from the center of the Han Dynasty. If something went wrong, Dou Xian could handle it quickly and would not let the news spread to Chang'an, let alone
It spread to Chang'an.
It's different now. Now we have to use prisoners to fight in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. If something goes wrong and they defect, the damage to the Tang Dynasty will be very great, and it will also affect Chang'an.
Therefore, whether Su Dingfang or Yu Zhining, the methods they came up with were good, but the people they chose were not good or suitable.
"Liu Jun, please summon the princes to come and see you."
As one of Li Shimin's confidants, he was surprised to see no one during the coup in the palace. Later, Li Yuanji sent people to investigate and found out that during the coup in the palace, Hou Junji was sent to Luoyang by Li Shimin to prepare for the control of the capital city.
After Li Shimin's defeat, soldiers and horses from various places led their troops to attack Chang'an and supported Li Shimin's retreat.
As a result, as soon as he left Chang'an City, he contracted a serious disease and was kept at home for two full months.
