This is how the powerful get along with each other.
I will only be friends with you when you gain power or have a certain amount of authority.
Once you lose power or authority, there will be many people who will step on you, and the first person to step on you will most likely be your former guests.
This is the price you have to pay for being a powerful person.
As the son-in-law of the Changsun family, Li Shimin would not be able to see the decline of the Changsun family even if he loses power now.
Because the Changsun family is not only important to Changsun Guanyin, but also to him and Li Chengqian.
If he wants to make a comeback in the future, and if Li Chengqian wants to find someone to manage his fiefdom in the future, he will have to ask the Changsun family for help.
If the Changsun family remains strong, no matter what they and Li Chengqian do in the future, they will have a lot of help.
If the Changsun clan declines, then he and Li Chengqian will seek help from the Changsun clan in the future. It makes no difference whether they do or not.
So when Li Shimin helped the Sun family, he was actually helping himself.
"You are kind and righteous to the Changsun family, but you are afraid that the Changsun Anye will not appreciate it if he finds out..."
Li Yuanji said with a half-smile.
They were both born to Chang Sun Cheng, the former Sui Youxiao Guard general, and Chang Sun Anye was born to Chang Sun Cheng's ex-wife. As a result, they embezzled all of Chang Sun Cheng's family property and left nothing for Chang Sun Wuji and Chang Sun Guanyin.
They drove their orphans and widows out of their homes, treating them like concubines.
Therefore, the eldest grandson Anye, the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Guanyin are actually enemies.
When Changsun Wuji and Changsun Guanyin became powerful, Changsun Anye naturally hid like a quail.
Changsun Wuji and Changsun Guanyin have lost their power now, and Changsun Anye has jumped out again.
If Changsun Anye knew that Li Shimin was behind the scenes to protect Changsun Shunde and Changsun Wuji's Changsun family, he would definitely slander Li Shimin, and maybe even unite all the Changsun family members to boycott Li Shimin.
Li Shimin also knew about Changsun's past scandals, so when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.
Now he has neither power nor influence. If his brother-in-law's eldest son, Sun Anye, complains about him and resists him, he will lose his temper.
"Your Highness, the Turks are coming!"
Just when Li Yuanji was about to continue teasing Li Shimin, Yu Wenbao hurried into the tent to report.
Li Yuanji suddenly had no intention of teasing Li Shimin, and immediately corrected his attitude and said: "You came so fast?"
Li Shimin also corrected his attitude and said: "It's faster than expected! But it's good, it means that their real army will attack us earlier. If we can end the war within an hour, the soldiers will still be fine."
After resting for an hour or two, you will feel energetic for the journey tomorrow."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked at Yu Wenbao and said, "Tell Uncle Xie to keep the Turks out of the camp! Kill them if you can, and force them back if you can't!"
Yu Wenbao nodded solemnly, hugged his fists and left the Chinese army tent.
Not long after, shouts of killing could be heard outside the Chinese army's tent.
Li Yuanji specially took Li Shimin to the Chinese army's tent to watch the battle.
A group of Turks came to the northwest corner of the Chinese army's tent. Their number could not be clearly seen, but they made quite a noise. Although the shouts of killing did not reach the level of shaking the sky, they were enough to resound throughout the entire camp.
Some soldiers stationed in the northwest corner of the camp, as well as three thousand soldiers led by Xie Shufang, were fighting with the Turks.
Torches, braziers, burning tents and other objects illuminated the northwest corner of the camp red.
After watching for a while, Li Shimin couldn't help but said: "The number should be around a thousand. With the strength of Xie Shufang's command, they should be able to defeat them within a stick of incense.
However, the next wave of Turks to attack is likely to be between 2,000 and 3,000.
Then more and more, more and more, until tens of thousands of Turks arrived."
Li Yuanji turned his head and looked at Li Shimin and said, "So?"
Li Yuanji knew very well that Li Shimin would never talk nonsense on such an occasion.
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "So in the next second or third round, one of them must be the elite of the Turks. They will definitely break into a certain position in the camp and only after they have figured out the layout of our camp
Back away." Lan
Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "Should we use the enemy's tactics or annihilate them all in one go?"
Li Shimin frowned slightly and said: "We can only use the trick, otherwise how will we lure the big fish to the bait? But this will be a bit troublesome."
Some of the soldiers in the northwest corner of the camp had to be disarmed and laid down in the tents for the Turks to see, and Changsun Shunde had to deliberately place some grain, grass and ordnance in the northwest corner of the camp for the Turks to burn.
In this case, those disarmed soldiers are likely to be slaughtered by the Turks, and the food, grass and weapons will naturally be burned by the Turks.
"Are you worried that even if we do this, the Turks will see the truth and retreat silently?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked.
Since Li Shimin already had a plan in mind and frowned, it meant that he had concerns.
After thinking about it, Li Yuanji felt that Li Shimin's biggest concern was probably this.
Afraid of falling short, afraid of losing those soldiers and food in vain.
Li Shimin nodded without hesitation and said: "If the Turks see our weakness and retreat, then those soldiers will probably die in vain."
Li Yuanji thought for a while and said: "This is a rare opportunity to attack the Turks. Since we have decided to lure the Turks to take the bait, we must stick to it to the end.
Even if the Turks see the truth, we have to admit it."
Li Shimin was silent for a while, nodded silently and said: "That's all we can do..."
Li Yuanji pondered for a moment and said, "If Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others were all by your side, you would probably make other choices, right?"
Li Shimin had never been one to risk the lives of soldiers to lure the enemy into taking the bait.
If someone needs to risk their lives to lure the enemy into taking the bait on the battlefield, Li Shimin will usually end up personally.
In many previous battles where he needed to lure the enemy to the bait, he personally went to the battlefield and led hundreds of cavalry to lure the enemy.
Therefore, he was somewhat reluctant to use the lives of soldiers to lure the enemy.
Of course, this was the mentality of Li Shimin, who was the commander-in-chief and the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.
Because he is a general who commands troops, he must cherish the lives of his soldiers.
Historically, after he became emperor, he no longer had this mentality.
Part of the reason is that after he became emperor, the civil and military officials under him would not let him go to the front line in person, and he would not have such an opportunity.
Another part of the reason is that after he became emperor, his mentality changed accordingly. He no longer needed to cherish the lives of his soldiers, and there was no need to use such risky methods to deal with the enemy.
After he became emperor, except for the Turkic troops who came to Chang'an City once, he suppressed all the neighbors and attacked them.
His strength has become countless times stronger than before. He can fight with his neighbors and enemies openly and openly, and he no longer needs to use dangerous tricks to win.
However, the current Li Shimin is obviously still the same Li Shimin who is the commander-in-chief and the leading general, and still cares about the life and death of the soldiers.
"call……"
Li Shimin let out a long breath and changed the subject: "You are right. At this point, even if you know that the matter will be exposed, you can only give it a try. As the commander-in-chief of the army, you should not be benevolent as a woman.
"Lan."
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin in surprise.
What does cherishing the lives of soldiers have to do with the benevolence of women?
Do you have any misunderstanding about the benevolence of women?!
This is obviously human nature, and the kindness that a commander and a general should have, okay?!
However, since Li Shimin thinks so, then let's do it.
Anyway, women in this period would not rush out and ask Li Shimin to apologize to them or admit their mistakes.
After all, if they really dared to rush out and ask Li Shimin to apologize to them or admit his mistake, Li Shimin would bury them alive in minutes.
As for pity for the fragrance and cherish the jade...
Li Shimin also looks at whether his appearance is good or not. Li Shimin will not pity those who are not good-looking.
"winter……"
When Xie Shufang threw a dead head in front of the Chinese army's tent, the war in which the Turks attacked the camp was over.
A total of more than a thousand Turks came. Xie Shufang and others killed more than 600 of them, and more than 100 committed suicide. The rest all fled.
"No one caught alive?"
After listening to Xie Shufang's report on the results of the battle, Li Yuanji asked in slight astonishment.
Xie Shufang had a sullen face, slowly shook his head and said: "These should be Toluo's cronies, or Jieli's cronies. They are loyal to Toluo and Jieli, but when they are seriously injured and unable to fight with us anymore,
He will decisively understand himself and will not give us a chance to catch him alive."
Turks are rarely so decisive. After all, there are killings on the grassland. Today you rob me, and tomorrow I will rob you. It is not uncommon. Therefore, when they know that they are outnumbered, many Turks will completely lie down.
, will not commit suicide at all.
And the vast majority of Turks will not kill prisoners after defeating their enemies, because they need a large number of slaves to help them herd and work.
Therefore, the Turks are not afraid of being killed after being captured, but are prepared to be slaves.
The decisiveness of the Turks who attacked this time just proved one thing, that is, they will definitely send a large army to attack tonight.
Otherwise, there is no need to seal it so decisively.
"It seems that your guess is right. The Turks are very likely to send a large army to attack the camp tonight." Lan.
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin and said.
Li Shimin did not pay attention to these words, but quickly ordered Xie Shufang to prepare for the subsequent combat mission, which was to set up a camp that the Turks wanted to see and lure the Turks to take the bait.
When Li Shimin proposed that some of the people must relieve their armor and lie down in the northwest corner of the camp to confuse the Turks, Li Daoli actually volunteered.
"Brother, just leave this matter to me. I have a way to save the lives of most of the soldiers."
