Once Tong Yehu dies, civil strife will break out in the Western Turks. This is an excellent opportunity for the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty must conquer the entire Eastern Turks before Tong Yehu dies.
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Yes, so there is not much time left for us..."
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and sighed: "Although we will pay a huge price to march to Ashinapil in winter, we do have reasons to fight."
Although Li Shimin likes to argue with others and make sarcastic remarks on ordinary days, when it comes to serious matters, he will immediately return to his heroic character, not only helping with analysis but also making suggestions.
When necessary, we will also help check for leaks and fill in the gaps.
This is also one of the reasons why Li Yuanji always keeps Li Shimin with him.
Although Li Shimin finds trouble for others all day long, at critical moments, he is really reliable.
If something goes wrong with Li Jing, Su Dingfang and others, he can also step in as a substitute, and he will most likely do better than Li Jing and Su Dingfang.
Although history books have given great recognition and high praise to Li Jing's military talents, it does not mean that Li Jing was better than Li Shimin in all aspects of military affairs.
For example, in terms of experience in commanding large armies, Li Jing does not have as much experience as Li Shimin.
Give each of them 100,000 troops and let them command. Li Shimin will definitely be better than Li Jing.
Because Li Jing commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from the time he debuted until he was buried in the ground, the number of times Li Shimin commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in battles from his debut until he was buried in the ground can be counted on both hands.
Too many to count.
So in this aspect, Li Shimin is better than Li Jing.
Therefore, what Li Jing can do, Li Shimin may not be able to do, and what Li Jing cannot do, Li Shimin may not be able to do.
Therefore, when something goes wrong with Li Jing, letting Li Shimin take over Li Jing will not only not shake the morale of the military, nor affect morale, but it may also boost morale.
After all, from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, Li Jing has won countless battles, and Li Shimin has won many battles. The big ones can be counted, but the small ones can no longer be counted.
While Li Jing has only now begun to officially show his face, Li Shimin is already recognized as the God of War in the Tang Dynasty.
More importantly, the soldiers who fought with Li Jing only had the opportunity to be promoted to higher ranks, but whether they could be promoted to higher ranks or nobility depended on whether Li Jing would use them and whether he would allow them to make contributions.
But it is different for the soldiers who follow Li Shimin to fight. There is no need to doubt whether they have the opportunity to be promoted to a higher rank or whether they can be promoted to a higher rank.
So far, the number of senior generals who have come out from Li Shimin has reached ten figures, the number of mid-level generals and low-level generals has exceeded a hundred, and there are even more countless low-level officers waiting for the captain team.
Therefore, the soldiers know who has a better future.
Therefore, if Li Shimin stepped forward to lead the soldiers to fight, the soldiers would only be so excited that they could not sleep, and they would not be upset at all, let alone have low morale.
Just like what Huo Qubing said in later movies and TV dramas, "As a general, sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers is nothing. It is enough to tell them that they can win the battle by following you."
What does it mean to the soldiers to win the battle?
It means that you can be promoted to a higher rank, which means that you can break away from the current class and enter a higher class.
What the soldiers need to do is to closely follow the steps of their generals.
Therefore, when a general who can win battles appears in front of the soldiers, there is no need to say anything or do anything, and the soldiers will follow you and follow you to face all the enemies you want to face and conquer.
Li Shimin is undoubtedly such a person.
"Yes, we have reasons why we have to fight."
Li Yuanji said firmly.
Li Shimin asked: "When will we set off?"
Since the next battlefield is at the place commanded by Ashinabil, there is no reason for the two of them to stay here anymore. They must go and take charge.
Although Su Dingfang is watching over there, nothing will go wrong.
But if brothers Li Jing and Li Shiji of the Chinese Army, Ashina Simo of Monan, Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanjun of Liaodong are required to cooperate, they will have to come forward.
Su Dingfang was not qualified to give orders to Li Jing, Li Shiji, Ashina Simo and others.
In the ensuing war, there will inevitably be cooperation between the troops and horses of all parties.
It's not that Su Dingfang can't defeat Ashinabil by himself, but now that the Tang Dynasty has this condition, there is no need for Su Dingfang to fight hard against Ashinabil by himself.
The Tang Dynasty could have allowed Li Jing, Li Shiji, and Ashina Simo to lead their troops to attack from the north where Suni had lost its troops during Su Dingfang's campaign against Ashinapil, or it could have allowed two brothers, Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanjun, to lead their troops from Su Ni.
The Niss tribe's troops rushed in from the east, forming a tactic of encircling three and one.
Once this tactic was formed, it would be easier and faster for the Tang Dynasty to conquer Ashinapil.
However, after this tactic was formed, although Ashnabil was left with a way to escape, so that Ashinabil would not risk his life and fight against the Tang Dynasty, this way of escape was not a way to survive.
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Because this road leads directly to Datang.
Once Ashnabil ran into the Tang Dynasty, would he still be alive?
Not to mention the troops and horses from all sides in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, even the defenders on the border, he may not be able to win.
Because after the situation of encircling Sanque was formed, Li Yuanji transferred Li Shenfu and Li Daozong to guard the border bordering the Tang Dynasty and Suni's lost troops.
With the abilities of Li Shenfu and Li Daozong, and with the assistance of Yin Kaishan, it would be difficult for Ashinabil to break through the Tang Dynasty's border defenses.
"I originally wanted to wait here until Li Jing comes back before leaving, but with today's weather, I'm afraid I can't wait any longer, so we'll leave in a few days."
Facing Li Shimin's question, Li Yuanji said with emotion.
It is the coldest time in the north now, and the Turks located in the north are even colder. Not only are people too cold to leave their tents, but there is also heavy snowfall from time to time.
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Roads everywhere were covered with heavy snow.
The old snow has not yet melted, but the new snow is falling again.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Li Jing to return to the Chinese army camp with his large army and the large number of cattle, sheep, and horses he captured.
So there is no point in waiting any longer.
It is estimated that Li Jing will barely be able to return to camp by the beginning of next spring.
However, just because Li Jing could not return to the camp, it did not mean that he could not lead his army to travel long distances to fight in the territory where Suni lost his troops.
Li Jing was unable to return to the camp because he was hindered by the large number of seizures, not because of the heavy snow and road closures.
During heavy snow and road closures, cattle and sheep cannot travel long distances, but people and horses can still move.
Li Jing could also leave the cattle and sheep temporarily and let Ashina Simo, or the chiefs of the Pugu tribe, and the chiefs of the Adui tribe help look after them, and he could lead the army back to the camp first.
But when he sends people to collect those cattle and sheep again after next spring, I'm afraid the number won't be the same as it is now.
After all, Turks are humans too, and they also have greed. When faced with huge numbers of cattle and sheep, they will also covet them, and this covetousness will cause many troubles.
For example, he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty.
Whether it is Ashina Simo, the chiefs of the Pugu tribe and the Adi tribe, they are all newly surrendered, and no one can guarantee their loyalty.
Therefore, someone must keep an eye on it and have an army to control it.
This was one of the reasons why Li Jing could not lead the army back to the camp first.
As for going to Suni to fight with lost troops, then there is no need to worry about that.
At that time, Ashina Simo, the chief of the Pugu tribe, and the chief of the Adi tribe were all on the list of conscripts, and everyone went to fight in Suni's lost tribe. If anyone wanted to rebel, they would not succeed.
"Then pack your things and set off with Xue Wanche. We have to hurry up as soon as possible. Otherwise, when there are a few more heavy snowfalls and we arrive at Shuofang City, it might be January."
Li Shimin sighed and said.
Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "No, we can't go to Shuofang City with Xue Wanche. We have to go to Daizhou."
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and said: "You want to surround three buildings and one, and the gap in one is located in Daizhou, so you want to monitor Daizhou's border defense?"
Li Yuanji didn't hide anything, nodded and said: "Yes!"
Li Shimin frowned slightly and said: "There is no problem in using the method of surrounding three palaces to conquer Ashinapil, but setting the gap in Daizhou is a bit risky, isn't it?"
Once Ashinabil led a large force to break out of the gap in Daizhou and advance into the Tang Dynasty, it would cause immeasurable damage to Taiyuan Prefecture and Hebei Province.
In the past, when the Turks invaded the Tang Dynasty, they did not leave any chickens or dogs behind.
Ashinabil jumped over the wall and entered the Tang Dynasty, and he would only go too far.
After all, the moment he chose to escape to the Tang Dynasty, he had already reached the end of his road. He no longer needed to care about people's words, morality, etiquette and other things.
You can do everything you want to do, or things you have thought about but never dared to do before.
Taiyuan Prefecture and Hebei Province have already suffered many military disasters.
Taiyuan Prefecture is okay, because it is the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty. There are policy inclinations, so it is about to recover. However, Hebei Province is not good and is still recovering. Although there are policy inclinations, they are not as strong as Taiyuan Prefecture.
It's so big, and there are aristocratic families causing trouble, so it hasn't recovered yet.
It stands to reason that the vitality of Hebei Road has been restored, which is also good for the aristocratic family.
But the aristocratic family seems not to care about the life and death of Hebei Province, nor the life and death of the people in Hebei Province. They only care about their own interests and whether they can obtain the maximum benefits from each change.
Few aristocratic families in the past dynasties seemed to have cared about the consequences of ruining a country or a family.
However, when they speak out to the outside world, they always look like they are seeking benefits for the people and asking for their lives. More importantly, the people actually believe them.
