Chapter 0854: A tactical consultant coming to fight?
Li Yuanji asked calmly.
Currently, there are only three forces around Jieli that can help Jieli, one is the Western Turks, one is Tuyuhun, and the other is Datang.
Tuyuhun had already joined the war between Jieli and Sunisu and chose to support Jieli. The Tang Dynasty did not send troops to support Jieli, so the only ones who could send troops to support Jieli at this time were the Western Turks.
When Chen Shuda heard this, he nodded heavily and said: "I and Mr. Xiao think so too..."
Li Yuanji chuckled and said, "I remember that the relationship between Tong Yehu and Jie Li was not harmonious. What did Jie Li use to convince Tong Yehu to send troops to help him?"
Chen Shuda stood there without speaking.
Not only Li Yuanji was curious about this, he and Xiao Yu were also curious.
After all, the relationship between Tong Yehu and Jie Li is worse than what ordinary people see. It can be said that they have never been in contact with each other, and there is even a bit of hostility.
Now they suddenly made peace with each other and dealt with Sunish together. It would be strange if there was no shady deal involved.
However, this is not an issue that deserves Datang's attention.
Whether Tong Yehu and Jieli were enemies or friends, as long as they did not come together to invade the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would not pay attention to their relationship for the time being.
The most important issue that Datang needs to pay attention to now is how to let Jieli and Sunisu continue to fight according to Datang's wishes.
Chen Shuda asked: "Now Jieli has received help from Tong Yehu, and Sunisi is in danger even with the help of Tu Diji and Ta Qiang. What should we do next?"
Should Su Dingfang leave the field directly to help Sunisi, or should we find a way to attract other forces to participate?
However, according to the current division of forces in the north, except for Datang, there are no forces that can join this war.
Tuyuhun, Western Turks, Liang Kingdom, Dahe clan, Tudiji, and Taqiang tribe all came to an end one after another.
The only major forces left are Tubo and Tang Dynasty, and Tubo is still in the midst of a unification war. Even if they are asked to help, they are unable to do so.
More importantly, even if they wanted to help, they were beyond their reach.
Because they were separated from the Suni tribe by the Jieli tribe, the entire Tuyuhun, and a corner of the Tang Dynasty.
If they want to help Sunisu, they have to borrow data from the Tang Dynasty and make a long circle to appear where Sunisu's troops are.
If we have this time, we might as well drag Goguryeo and Baekje into the water.
At least they don't have to go to so much trouble to rescue Sunis.
However, both Goguryeo and Baekje are doing very well nowadays.
Apart from wanting to annex each other and Silla by the way, they had no intention of leaving the peninsula.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to lure them out to rescue Sunisu.
Although the three campaigns against Goguryeo in the former Sui Dynasty were defeated, it did not mean that Goguryeo's troops could come out of the peninsula and wander around the borders of the Tang Dynasty.
In the three previous Sui Dynasty campaigns against Goguryeo, the defeat was due to climate and terrain.
If they really fought on their own land, the Sui Dynasty did not need to recruit troops in large numbers. One Luo Yi could press Goguryeo to the ground and rub it.
It's the same now. If Goguryeo's soldiers and horses dare to appear on the border of the Tang Dynasty, Tudiji and Ta's strength department can turn around and give them a head-on blow, so they don't dare to leave the peninsula at all, let alone on the border of the Tang Dynasty.
Swinging up.
Therefore, only Datang can solve the dilemma Suni is facing now.
If Datang wanted Sunisu to continue fighting with Jieli, it would have to help Sunisu out of the siege.
Li Yuanji pondered for a long time and said: "Temporarily remove Xiangyi County Prince Li Shenfu from his position as governor of Guancheng, and temporarily replace it with Yin Kaishan. He ordered Su Dingfang to lose contact with Suni, and Xiangyi County Prince Li Shenfu went to secretly command.
Suni lost his troops.
By the way, I summon Li Shiji to see you."
If Li Shenfu alone acted as a tactical advisor to Sunisu, he might not be able to cope with Jieli's attack.
After all, although Li Shenfu is one of the few people in the royal family who can fight, he is barely among the top five. He is a little worse than Li Daozong and Li Shentong, more than one and a half stars worse than Li Xiaogong, and even worse than Li Shimin.
, that is one heaven and one earth.
Therefore, a powerful assistant must be sent to Li Shenfu.
Only in this way can we ensure that after the Tang Dynasty dispatched tactical advisors to Sunishu, Sunishu would be able to gain a firm foothold under Jieli's attack.
In fact, it is enough to send Li Shiji alone to do this kind of thing. After all, Li Shiji is one of the most talented commanders in the Tang Dynasty. After he went to Suni to lose his troops, even if he could not help Suni turn defeat into victory, he could still make Su Ni win.
Nigeria can stabilize the current situation.
However, Li Shiji was not pure of heart. It would be a joke to say that he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
He was also the only one among all the outstanding figures in the Tang Dynasty that Li Yuanji could not see accurately and it was difficult to evaluate him.
The records of him in history are also like this. Although they all say good things about him, judging from his resume, he is not a simple person at all.
Therefore, Li Yuanji was wary of him.
This is also the reason why Li Yuanji has not been close to him, has not reused him, and has not introduced him as a confidant.
Therefore, Li Yuanji did not feel comfortable letting him go out alone. He had to send someone to keep an eye on him or calm him down.
When Chen Shuda heard this, his eyes widened in shock.
Still carrying something like this?
Li Yuanji saw the doubts in Chen Shuda's heart and found it a bit funny. The dispatch of tactical advisors was not a big deal in later generations, but it was a rare or even unprecedented initiative in the Tang Dynasty.
Chen Shuda didn't understand and couldn't believe it, which was reasonable.
"I want to help Sunis maintain the situation, but I don't want my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to end up personally. This is the only way."
Li Yuanji said with a smile.
In his opinion, helping other people fight wars is not a big deal, but it cannot be a losing business.
Now that the Tang Dynasty was losing money just by providing military aid to Sunisu, how could it possibly send its own soldiers to risk their lives to defend Sunisu's country?
This is not the war of the peninsula in later generations. The country is weak and must defend the powerful enemy that supports the peninsula from outside the country.
The Tang Dynasty is a powerful country now, and it will become stronger and stronger as time goes by.
Even if all the four neighbors join together and become enemies of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty can still fight with it, so there is no need for the Tang Dynasty to engage in loss-making business.
Chen Shuda still said in confusion: "Is this possible? Can Suni agree?"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said: "Does it matter whether it can be done? Does Suni have room to refuse?"
Regarding the current situation in the Turks, Sunisi relied on the Tang Dynasty to gain a foothold in the Turks.
Now that Jieli has received a lot of help, Sunishi is in danger. Sunishi can only survive with the help of the Tang Dynasty, so he has no choice at all.
Chen Shuda understood and said in a dumbfounded way: "So, Your Highness is sure that Suni has been lost?"
Li Yuanji smiled knowingly.
As long as Sunisu wants to survive, as long as Sunisu still wants to struggle, then he is destined to be controlled and influenced by Datang.
"It's not too late, I'll do it now."
Chen Shuda said, bowed and exited the Tai Chi Hall.
Not long after Chen Shuda left, Li Shiji was summoned and appeared in Tai Chi Hall wearing a large robe.
After arriving at the palace, Li Shiji saluted respectfully and said: "Your Highness, Li Shiji, comes to see you!"
Li Shiji's life was not bad. Although he was past his prime, he still looked good.
He looks like a mature, stable and very reliable person.
People who don't know him are easily confused by his appearance.
However, Li Yuanji will not be fooled by his appearance, because Li Yuanji knows him more or less, not only about his present, but also about his future.
From the reign of Li Yuan to the reign of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, he had been highly regarded and his status had been rising.
To say that he is as simple and convincing as his appearance, no one would believe it.
You must know that there were so many outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, but he was the only one who remained as stable as Mount Tai after experiencing the changes of the four emperors Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian, and his status continued to rise with the changes in the throne.
As old-fashioned as Pei Ji, cunning as Changsun Wuji, and cunning as Cheng Yaojin, they all suffered and suffered from the changes of these four emperors.
Not to mention everyone else.
So he is definitely not a simple person.
Must be treated with caution.
"Li Aiqing, there's no need to be polite, just sit down and talk."
With a fake smile on his face, Li Yuanji asked Li Shiji to sit down.
After Li Shiji thanked him, he sat down firmly and looked calm and composed. He didn't feel any discomfort or changed much. It was as if he had come to the Tai Chi Hall for a banquet. He looked very relaxed and natural.
Li Yuanji didn't sell out to Li Shiji, but directly explained to Li Shiji the reason for inviting him here.
There is nothing to show off to someone as ridiculously smart as Li Shiji.
Because if you sell your guanzi well, you may not necessarily get praise from others, but if you sell it poorly, you will be despised in their hearts.
So it’s better not to sell anything at all and just say what you have to say.
As a person in power, doing things like this is at least an honorable one.
No matter how cunning and clever the other party is, under the four words "honest and aboveboard", it is not easy to play too many tricks.
After listening to Li Yuanji's words, Li Shiji showed a look of astonishment even though he was a very sophisticated man, "Is this... feasible?"
He had never heard of such a thing as a tactical advisor, let alone seen it.
Although he had helped others micro-manage wars, he had always done so to help his colleagues and act as a consultant.
He really couldn't understand why he was asked to serve as a consultant to a force that might become the enemy of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Why not? In the past, the counselors of the Pre-Qin Dynasty traveled to the six countries to lobby. Isn't this what they did?"
The position of tactical advisor was not created by foreigners. Our ancestors had already done this kind of thing for more than two thousand years.
It's just that some of this type of people are called counselors, some are called strategists, and some are called retainers. They do the same thing but have different names.
Under different titles, he will also do other things, so no one singled out this position and gave it a name.
Now Li Yuanji has mentioned it separately. Although it is novel and can easily make people stunned, it is not incomprehensible.
Li Shiji understood it as soon as he heard it, and then said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, if you ask me to help the King of Xiangyi with advice, I will definitely not refuse, because you are helping one of your own people.
But you asked me to help Suni Chu with advice, and it’s really hard for me to agree.
I don’t want to teach Sunisu how to fight and let him turn against me, the Tang Dynasty."
In short, I am afraid that if I teach my apprentice, the apprentice will go overboard and kill the master.
This is not a rare thing in the Tang Dynasty.
Otherwise, masters from all walks of life would not hold back when bringing up apprentices.
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shiji and said angrily: "I believe what others say, but I believe what you say? Even if you teach Sunisu your true skills step by step, Sunisu will face you later.
You will still be pushed to the ground and beaten in various ways."
These words are rough and rude, but they are true.
Without sufficient accumulation of Han culture and insufficient in-depth understanding of Han culture, it is easy to imitate the military strategies of the Han family.
In later generations, many African and European countries came to China to learn military strategies, but who among them gave full play to them?
almost none.
Therefore, even if Li Shiji taught Sunishi the art of war and strategy step by step, Sunishi might not be able to learn it, and even if he learned it, he might not be Li Shiji's opponent.
Not to mention that Li Shiji was also a strategic and tactical person.
When he was teaching Sunishi the art of war and strategy, if he didn't dig holes for Sunishi or lay mines for Sunishi, then he wouldn't be called Li Shiji.
Therefore, Li Shiji's words were completely evasive.
Li Yuanji was not afraid of Li Shiji teaching real things, nor was he afraid that Suni would follow him and learn real things. He was just afraid that Suni would be stupid and unable to learn, and Li Shiji couldn't do it even if he wanted to dig a hole or lay a minefield.
