After three rounds of drinking and nostalgic for a while, Li Yuanji finally chatted with Su Dingfang about business.
"Dingfang, how was your visit to Aries City this time? Is Aries City suitable to be our new camp?"
Li Yuanji asked with a smile after pouring a glass of wine for Su Dingfang.
In private, especially when there are only two of them, Li Yuanji does not like to discuss his identity with his confidants. The same is true for most emperors in history. When they meet in private with their confidants, they do not like to discuss their identity.
Identity, but like to talk about feelings.
Because doing so is beneficial to the emperor, who can win over people's hearts at the lowest cost.
After being treated closely by the emperor, many confidants will think that the emperor likes him very much. He is in the heart of the emperor and has the best relationship with the emperor. In this way, they will work harder for the emperor.
Of course, this situation is limited to middle- and low-level officials. Senior officials will not be bribed by such petty tactics as the emperor.
Therefore, when the emperor expressed his true feelings to senior officials, he was really talking about his feelings. Although there was also an element of win-over, the proportion of feelings would be larger.
The advantage of this is that the emperor can ask senior officials to do things for him at the lowest cost.
As for saying it's purely about feelings, that's impossible.
It is impossible for an emperor to be purely emotional, and few people in the officialdom are emotional. Except for a very small number of people who are naturally upright and affectionate, the vast majority of people are focused on interests.
Therefore, whoever talks about emotions when facing the emperor or people in the officialdom will lose, and will lose miserably.
However, Li Yuanji is different from Su Dingfang. Li Yuanji doesn't mind talking about his feelings with Su Dingfang.
Because Su Dingfang did everything he asked Su Dingfang to do without refusing, so there was nothing he needed Su Dingfang to do.
Put down your identity, don't talk about it, pour wine for Su Dingfang, just treat Su Dingfang as a friend.
Because if he could not find the feeling of being friends with Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang and other confidants, then he would have no friends in this world.
It is impossible for Li's clan brothers to regard him as a friend, because his origin determines that he cannot be friends with his cousins.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin could not regard him as a friend, because they became mortal enemies from the moment Li Yuan founded the country.
The officials in the court could not regard him as a friend, because none of them wanted to be friends with a tiger.
His warning words about being with a king like a tiger made all the smart people in the court dare not get close to him.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to find friends among these people, let alone the feeling of being friends with these people.
Of course, if he needs it, countless people will come out to be friends with him, but those people are not real friends, they just want to get some money or power from him.
So if he wants to find friends, he can't find true friends. If he wants to find the feeling of being friends, he can only find them in a few close friends.
When Su Dingfang heard this, he first raised his glass and was polite, and then said with a smile: "I have carefully examined it, and Aries City is very suitable to be our new camp..."
Li Yuanji smiled and asked: "What kind of method is suitable?"
Su Dingfang smiled happily, dipped his fingers in some wine, and started drawing on the table, "Your Highness, look, here is Aries City, here is Huangyang Qiu, and here is Woma Qiu, Aries City is sandwiched between these two hills.
between.
The roads on the east and west sides of Aries City are the only way to connect the east and west of Suni's lost tribe.
As long as we move the camp to Aries City, we can not only extend our arms, but also cut off the connection between the east and west of Suni Lost Division and firmly occupy the territory to the west of Suni Lost Division.
In addition, as long as we enter Aries City and make new arrangements for the defense of Aries City, our baggage team will no longer have to worry about being attacked.
If Ashnabil wants to send a light cavalry team like this to surprise our baggage team again, he must first defeat all our defenses and take back Aries City.
And based on my understanding of Suni’s Lost Department, Suni’s Lost Department is not yet strong enough to break through the barrier formed by Chen, Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong and others.”
At the end of Su Dingfang's words, he circled his finger around the location of Aries City he had drawn. He was full of confidence, as if he was sure to capture Suni's lost troops and Ashinabil.
Li Yuanji listened to Su Dingfang's story and looked at the pictures drawn by Su Dingfang.
In the picture drawn by Su Dingfang, Aries City is in the middle and is built in an east-west direction. As the saying goes, it sits east and faces west. The north and south sides of the city are sandwiched by two hills, so there are no gates. There are only gates in the east and west.
There is only one east-west road.
If, as Su Dingfang said, Aries City is a city that isolates Suni's lost troops from the east and west, then the strategic significance of settling in Aries City is greater than establishing a new camp in Aries City.
"what are you thinking?"
After reading the pictures drawn by Su Dingfang and understanding what Su Dingfang meant, Li Yuanji stared at Su Dingfang and asked.
Su Dingfang pondered and said: "My intention is to move the camp there as soon as possible without giving Ashinabil a chance to react."
To be precise, Yang Zhengdao was not given a chance to react.
Because although Ashinabil cannot see the importance of Aries City, Yang Zhengdao must be able to see it. He hasn't reacted yet. It is probably that Ashinabil didn't take Aries City to heart at all and didn't care about Aries City.
He told Yang Zhengdao as an important place, so Yang Zhengdao didn't notice it yet.
But this kind of place cannot be hidden. The more Yang Zhengdao understands Suni's missing tribe, the greater the possibility of it being exposed.
When Yang Zhengdao notices it, he will definitely emphasize its importance to Ashinabil and ask Ashinabil to take it back.
Therefore, Datang must settle in Aries City as soon as possible and set up defenses in Aries City.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This can prevent Suni from losing his troops and retaking the city, and also avoid losing a strategic location.
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "I agree with your idea. Just go ahead and do it. No one will stop you. But..."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji hesitated for a moment.
Su Dingfang asked: "But what?"
Li Yuanji sighed: "But I'm afraid you can't lead the subsequent war alone. I'm going to call Li Jing, Ashina Simo, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanjun and others to come over."
For a commander, commanding a war from beginning to end is a lifelong wish and the most basic pursuit.
A more domineering commander will not allow anyone to interfere in his war when he is directing the battle.
Although Su Dingfang is not a domineering commander, he will still have emotions when encountering such things.
That's why Li Yuanji hesitated before stating his purpose.
When Su Dingfang heard this, the expression on his face changed, and his expression became stiff, "Your Highness, do you think the speed of conquering Suni's lost troops is too slow?"
It is reasonable for Su Dingfang to have such thoughts.
After all, Li Jing, who was responsible for conquering the other half of the Turks, secured victory with just one raid. Although it took a little longer to clean up the beginning and the end, when the overall situation was determined, the amount of time to clean up the beginning and the end was not that important.
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A month has passed since Su Dingfang conquered the remaining half of the Turks. Although he won many battles and occupied a lot of territory, he still did not establish a victory.
In this regard, he is slower than Li Jing.
That's why you say this.
Li Yuanji guessed that Su Dingfang would have random thoughts, so he was not surprised by Su Dingfang's words, but explained in a dumbfounded way: "I don't think you are slow, but I don't have much time in Datang now."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji no longer hid it, and said frankly: "Now, I don't have to hide it from you. I plan to march into the Western Turks after I finish conquering the Turks."
Su Dingfang stared blankly at Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji continued: "You don't have to look at me. The reason why I am so anxious to march into the Western Turks is not to advance rashly, nor to defeat all the enemies we need to defeat in one battle.
But the leader of the Western Turks, Yehu Khan, is very likely to die soon, and I want to take advantage of the civil strife in the Western Turks to go in and take advantage."
While digesting these words in shock, Su Dingfang murmured: "Is Tong Yehu Khan really dying? Is the news accurate?"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "It's the same as ten!"
It has been verified in the history books that there are many places where the Spring and Autumn style of writing is used, but in this case it is not appropriate to use the Spring and Autumn style of writing.
After all, if such a big character died, it would be okay to change it for a day or two using Spring and Autumn style, but it would be unconvincing to change it for a month, two months, or one or two years.
Many literati in the Tang Dynasty liked to write miscellaneous notes. Everyone recorded in their miscellaneous notes that Tong Ye Hu died in the past two years. Two or three years after the history book you compiled was written, who will believe it? Who will believe it?
Read the history books you wrote?
So there can't be much difference in this matter.
After Su Dingfang got the affirmative answer, he nodded subconsciously and said: "If so, it is indeed a good opportunity to conquer the Western Turks. But the son of Tong Yehu Khan may not give us this opportunity."
Every time the country changes, the country will enter a period of weakness. During this period, it will be easier to cause chaos or defeat the country.
But there are also cases where the country has not entered a period of decline during the transition of the country.
For example, if the prince is well-received and no one competes with him, and he ascends to the throne naturally, then the period of decline of the country will be very short, or there may even be no period of decline.
Just like when Li Shimin passed the throne to Li Zhi in history, can you say that the Tang Dynasty was in a period of decline at that time?
No!
Although Li Zhi also fought a lot before inheriting the throne, when he came to the throne, his two brothers who were qualified to compete with him had already withdrawn from the stage of history.
He took the position smoothly.
Although after he came to power, Chang Sun Wuji and others controlled the government, he could not do anything he wanted.
But Datang did not enter a period of decline just because it had not regained power from Changsun Wuji and others. On the contrary, Datang at that time was still ridiculously strong.
Basically, he is in a state where he treats everyone like a son and can hit anyone he wants.
