Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and said: "You mean, Jieli will force Master Liang to stay here and continue to attack Xiaoguan, regardless of the life or death of Shuofang City?"
Liu Hongji nodded solemnly and frowned.
Li Yuanji shouted: "How is this possible? Not to mention that Master Liang doesn't care about the life and death of his clan members. Even the money and food he left in Sanfeng City was enough for him to go back for a trip against Jie Li's will."
Sanfeng City stores all the money and food that Liang Shidu has accumulated over the years, and it is the foundation of Liang Shidu.
It was impossible for Master Liang to give up on them and serve the Turks wholeheartedly.
Master Liang is not a saint, and he is not that selfless.
Besides, given how stingy Jie Li is and his attitude towards Liang Shidu, if Liang Shidu really chooses to stay and help him, he may not be able to share much of the loot if he wins, and he will have to bear a lot of losses if he loses.
loss.
Liang Shidu is the king of a country, and he and Jieli have a community of interests. Although they are masters and servants, they are not real masters and servants. Jieli can't make Liang Shidu sacrifice everything to help him, and Liang Shidu can't help him either.
It is impossible to abandon one's own foundation to fulfill Jie Li.
Therefore, once Shuofang City is attacked and Sanfeng City is threatened, Division Liang will definitely lead his troops to return for reinforcements.
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. I have heard that Master Liang is treating himself as a dog and horse under Jieli's tent. I wonder if that dog or horse will leave its master when his master is in trouble?"
Liu Hongji sighed with worry on his face.
Li Yuanji said in surprise: "Have you forgotten that Liang Shidu is the monarch of the Liang Kingdom first, and secondly the servant of Jie Li. The reason why Liang Shidu regarded himself as a dog and horse under Jie Li's tent is because he built the Liang Dynasty."
The country is sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. Without the support of the Turks, it is no match for the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, he must use the power of the Turks to resist the Tang Dynasty.
This is called driving away wolves and devouring tigers.
But his Liang Kingdom is threatened, and the Turks not only refuse to help, but also ask him to abandon Liang Kingdom and support the Turks to attack the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely choose to leave without hesitation."
This is a problem that every person in power may encounter.
This is also a choice that every person in power will make.
When there is a conflict between their own interests and the interests on which they rely most, every person in power will consider protecting their own interests first.
If possible, they will take the opportunity to plan their own biggest interests and strengthen themselves.
He will never protect the interests that he relies on the most.
For those in power, enemies are threats, and their greatest reliance is actually a threat.
Everyone in power hopes to be the biggest supporter of others, rather than being dependent on others.
Master Liang was able to build a country in troubled times, and he was able to use the Turks to drive away wolves and swallow tigers. This shows that Master Liang was very ambitious.
He may not only want to compete in the Central Plains, but also in the grasslands.
Therefore, he would never serve the Turks wholeheartedly, let alone sacrifice his own interests to help the Turks.
Li Yuanji was sure that once the Turks were in trouble, if Master Liang was still alive, he would be the first to pounce on the Turks and bite them.
"Why, you still don't understand?"
After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he saw Liu Hongji standing there blankly. He didn't know how to block the arrow when it flew towards him, but his subordinates helped him block it. He asked dumbfoundedly.
He didn't believe Liu Hongji didn't understand such a simple truth.
Liu Hongji slowly came back to his senses, took a deep breath, nodded heavily and said, "I understand..."
It is impossible for Liu Hongji not to understand such a simple truth.
The reason why he didn't figure it out before was because he didn't bring himself into the perspective of a person in power to look at this issue.
As a military general, and a military general with outstanding military exploits, for the sake of himself and his family, it is not appropriate to look at issues from the perspective of a person in power.
It is easy to look at problems from the perspective of those in power, but it is difficult to eliminate the ambitions that arise after doing so.
With the sharpness of the army and the vastness of the generals in the Tang Dynasty, once a general developed ambition and rebelled, the end would be miserable.
As a general who participated in the entire process of Li Yuan's founding of the country and won the first contribution in founding the Tang Dynasty, he should be well aware of the ease of rebellion and the difficulty of founding a country.
To rebel, three or five people get together, put up a big flag, and shout slogans of rebellion. That's it. It's easy.
But to build a country, we not only need to manage the world, but also need a lot of manpower and material support.
He was as strong as Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, had a group of civil and military followers under his command, and had a lot of manpower and material resources at his disposal, but he was killed in Luoyang by the Tang Dynasty.
Liu Hongji did not have so many civil and military followers, nor did he have a lot of manpower and material resources to use, so he could rebel, but he could not establish a country at all.
If you cannot establish a country, you will naturally not be able to create a climate.
The final fate will be the same as that of most generals who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, becoming prisoners or dying at the hands of their former colleagues.
Therefore, even if Liu Hongji could see the problem from the perspective of those in power and could easily see how Master Liang would react after the attack on Shuofang City, he would not dare to do so.
He did not dare to allow himself to develop ambition, nor could he allow himself to develop ambition.
"Now that you understand, you know what to do, right?"
Li Yuanji asked again.
Liu Hongji didn't say anything, but directly summoned the messengers under his command, and asked them to send orders to various places in Guancheng, to set up crossbows everywhere, and to wait until the Turkic elites and Liang divisions came to attack.
weapons, and fiercely greeted the Turks.
When Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and others each put on their armors and stomachs and appeared on Guancheng with a team of people carrying the armors and stomachs belonging to Li Yuanji, the city was really connected like a thunderbolt.
As a large number of crossbows and large ordnance joined the battlefield, the Turks were quickly repelled, leaving behind dense corpses on the ground.
When a group of cavalry rushed out of the Turkic camp and roared across the battlefield with several Zhige flags, the war was temporarily over.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I don’t know who invented the Zhige Flag. It plays a great role on the battlefield. Once one side hangs the Zhige Flag, it means that this side wants to
There was a temporary truce, and each of them sent people to the battlefield to collect the bodies of their own soldiers.
If the other party disagrees, you can hit it with arrows and the two sides will continue to fight.
If you agree, just order people to hoist the flag to stop the war.
This is beneficial to both the enemy and ourselves. Not only can we retrieve the bodies of our own soldiers in a peaceful way, but it can also prevent the spread of plague.
This often happens on the frontal battlefield where two armies confront each other. In the past, it often appeared on various battlefields in the Central Plains dynasty. The Turkic Chuluo Khan also learned this rule after he appointed the Sui Princess in front of him as Kehe Dun.
This kind of thing happened several times in the previous fierce battles between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. It even happened once on the battlefield of Weizeguan.
However, at that time, I didn’t know who threw the fire pillar smoothly. The big pillar was thrown out and drove the Turkic cavalry sent to stop the war into the ground. The Turks were unable to send people out to collect the corpses of their own soldiers, and the Tang Dynasty did not
How to send people out to collect the corpses of our own soldiers.
Of course, there was no need to send people to collect the corpses at the Weizeguan battlefield at that time, because under the burning of the large fire pillar thrown by a certain strongman who did not want to be named, most of the corpses were burned to a disgraceful appearance, and some corpses
It was burned to ashes, so there was no need to collect the body.
The Turks chose to stop fighting for the time being, and Datang quickly responded.
After waving several completely different flags on the city top, the Turks sent thousands of ragged slaves to appear on the battlefield, and the Tang Dynasty also sent hundreds of soldiers disguised as civilians to ride on them.
The hanging basket went down to the top of the city.
Li Yuanji could finally have a good chat with Liu Hongji.
With the help of Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda, after putting on the armor and stomach, hanging the horizontal sword and the big horse golden sword and sitting on the dilapidated city gate building, Li Yuanji slowly said: "Xue Shou, Yu Zhining, Han
Are they here yet?"
Chen Shuda clasped his fists and said: "We have reached the city wall and will be there soon."
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Then let's talk after they arrive."
Then, everyone in the city gate building fell into silence.
Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and other civil servants rarely went to the battlefield, and some of them had never even been on the battlefield since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they did not have commonly used armors and stomachs. The armors and stomachs distributed to them by the generals did not fit.
, they sat there coyly, but did not dare to speak.
The Tang Dynasty favored martial arts, and the Tang Dynasty relied on military force to build its country, and highly valued bravery.
Even if the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty did not have the ability to mount a horse to lead an army or dismount a herdsman, they still had to know some martial arts and have the ability to fight on the battlefield.
Therefore, here, with all personnel equipped with armor, no one dares to complain.
Because you will be despised by those in power and ridiculed by your colleagues.
In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the court of the Tang Dynasty, if your writing is not as good as others, and your ability is not as good as others, you can shamelessly say, "There is no first in writing", "Everyone has his own merits."
But if you are not as good as others in terms of force, and you have to be picky even when wearing armor and stomach, and you complain all kinds of things, then you will be ridiculed by everyone.
In the past, when the people of the Prince of Qin's palace were making waves in the court, they liked to laugh at the weakness of their colleagues, and they also liked to use the weakness of their colleagues as an excuse to get together in groups to ridicule others.
Among them, Yuchi Gong is the most famous.
Relying on his outstanding skills and bravery, he almost ridiculed all his colleagues who were not as good as him.
Only a few people, such as Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, could be looked down upon by him.
"Your Majesty Xue Shou..."
"Yu Zhining..."
"Han Liang..."
"..."
"See His Highness King Qi!"
After waiting for about half a stick of incense, Xue Shou, Yu Zhining, Han Liang and others appeared in the city gate building under the guidance of the halberd man in front of Liu Hongji's tent.
Li Yuanji nodded and responded. Without much greeting, he directly explained Liu Hongji's analysis to them. After finishing the explanation, he asked: "Do you have any way to break the situation?"