The importance of the Turks to the Qin Palace and Li Shimin is something that many people in later generations can hardly imagine.
It can be said that if there was no threat from the Turks, it is difficult to say what Li Yuan would have done with his son who made him proud, troubled him, and finally made him feel an invisible threat.
As the founding emperor, Li Yuan was by no means a true portrayal of him being indecisive and weak-tempered.
But this can be said to have been created by Li Yuan himself, or in other words, imposed by this era.
Since the mutiny in the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty has witnessed the rapid development of the Northern Wei Dynasty. First, the Erzhu family took advantage of the situation, and then the Northern Wei Dynasty split. Then the Yuwen, Gao family, and Yang families successively appeared on the stage of history... And Er Zhurong, Yuwentai, Yang Jian and others
The reason why outstanding people can achieve great things is because their relatives around them have made great contributions.
The most typical example is Yu Wentai. How could he imagine that after his own death, his direct nephew Yu Wenhu, whom he entrusted to his family, would depose and kill the three emperors one after another.
Therefore, when he started his army in Jinyang, Li Yuan deliberately made his eldest son Li Jiancheng and his second son Li Shimin his generals. As for his daughter Princess Pingyang, it was an unexpected surprise.
To be fair, in all the battles to capture Guanzhong, Qin King Li Shimin should be the first to achieve success, but Li Jiancheng did not fail to make contributions, at least at that time the gap between the two was not far.
But after the founding of the Western Qin Dynasty, Li Yuan successively used Dou Gui, Liu Wenjing, and Yin Kaishan generals, but they were all defeated. In the end, Li Shimin, who had recovered from his illness, went into battle and defeated the Western Qin in the battle of Qianshuiyuan.
Since then, Li Shimin has become Li Yuan's trump card.
Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang swept across Hedong, the Tang army failed to attack Luoyang for a long time, Dou Jiande's old army Liu Heita attacked Shandong... As long as Li Yuan releases Li Shimin, he will definitely win a great victory.
Therefore, how could Li Yuan rashly attack Li Shimin when the Turks were eyeing him?
When the time comes, do we expect Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qi Li Yuanji to go into battle to deal with the overwhelming Turkic cavalry?
In the original time and space, history books record that one time Li Yuan scolded Li Shimin, and the latter took off his crown and jade belt... It happened that the Turks invaded, and Li Yuan immediately helped his son put on the crown and jade belt.
Before the Turks were destroyed, Li Yuan would not throw away such a trump card... From a certain point of view, Li Shimin could be regarded as supporting the bandits to respect themselves.
But this year's great victory at Yanmen, the battle at Guji Town, and the great victory at Cangtou River... have caused the threat of the Turks to be greatly reduced in the minds of Li Yuan, the East Palace, and the court officials. This is why the East Palace now has the upper hand and has repeatedly taken the initiative to provoke the Qin Palace.
fundamental.
In the eyes of many people, now that the Turks have suffered a major defeat and are experiencing internal chaos, they no longer pose a great threat to the Tang Dynasty... This is a completely wrong view.
Therefore, facing Changsun Wuji's suggestion, Li Shimin remained silent, Fang Xuanling and Ling Jing shook their heads slightly, and only Du Ruhui, who had a strong and straightforward temperament, shook his head and said, "That's inappropriate."
Li Shimin looked at Li Shan with a smile, "What do Huairen think?"
"Let Your Highness choose it." Li Shan said with a smile: "If Your Highness wants it, I am willing to accept it. If Your Highness does not allow it, I can shirk it even if Your Majesty wants it."
"Huairen, Huairen!" Li Shimin said with a long smile: "The Turks have suffered a new defeat. I'm afraid my father won't assign him arbitrarily...or maybe the East Palace wants to take the credit."
Changsun Wuji suddenly realized that the other four people all agreed... This was a reason that could not be spoken out.
Li Shan, a young man who had not yet been crowned, could defeat the Turks. Could it be that those generals who fought in the north and south could not do it?
It is not that there are no generals under the command of the East Palace who can serve as the commander-in-chief of the march. If they can lead the army to defeat the Turks at Guannai Road... then the status of the East Palace will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai.
But whether it is Li Shimin or Li Shan, they can be sure that it is almost impossible to defeat the Turks easily...
This great defeat of the Turks is indeed due to many coincidental factors. If it were not for the coincidence of repelling Ashina Sheer in Nao County, if it were not for the internal discord of the Turks and lack of food and grass, if it were not for the fierceness of Jieli Khan, they would definitely capture it.
Guji Town, even if it weren't for Li Shan's magic arrow...
It is conceivable that if the generals of the East Palace face the Turks with such a mentality, a big defeat is inevitable... Only then will the importance of King Qin be highlighted.
Even if the East Palace side wants to use Li Shan to take over... But after the defeat, would the sage Li Yuan be willing to take the risk and use Li Shan, or would he be willing to use the victorious King of Qin Li Shimin?
Let's just go with the flow... Li Shan murmured in his heart, although he was just going with the flow, everyone has the same heart.
Li Shan is not a holy mother. He has been dirty since childhood, and his methods are even more unclean. He doesn't care about it... Anyway, given the current situation, if they really prepare troops in Guannei Road, neither Li Yuan nor Li Jiancheng will be able to let him go.
The Qin king's lineage controls.
Ling Jing suddenly said: "Su Dingfang is the Duke of Jinjun, could he be..."
"It's possible!" Du Ruhui said in a deep voice, "Maybe he can serve as deputy general manager of the march."
Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "It's hard to say... Su Dingfang has always been by Huairen's side except for the western expedition to Tuyuhun."
"No." Li Shimin said with a smile: "I heard that Dong Gong's manpower in the Shaofu... moved a thousand crossbows towards Lingzhou."
Before anyone else could react, Li Shan clicked his tongue and said, "The general manager of Lingzhou, King Xiangyi."
"That's right!" Du Ruhui said: "If we prepare troops on the Guannai Road, the first choice should be the marching general manager of Lingzhou Road. Since King Xiangyi is now the general manager of Lingzhou, he will probably be the deputy general manager of the marching road."
Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi, once served as the commander-in-chief of Bingzhou and the commander-in-chief of the march of Hedong Road, but he had no military exploits and was thrown to Lingzhou for falsely accusing Liu Shirang. It is unlikely that he would serve as the commander-in-chief of the march of Lingzhou Road, but it is logical to serve as his deputy... The East Palace does not
Will give up.
"That's what Mr. Keming said." Li Shan chuckled and turned his gaze to Li Shimin, "As for why brother Dingfang was promoted to a noble title?"
This question has been lingering in my mind for the past few days... Unfortunately, Li Shimin also frowned and shook his head slightly.
After talking for more than an hour, Li Shan analyzed the current situation of the Turks and took stock of the fact that Datang was still at a disadvantage against the Turks. Li Shimin also decided to sit on the sidelines and remain silent... which means Changsun Wuji was looking forward to the Turks.
It would be best to attack the Guannai Road next year. The East Palace will be completely defeated and embarrassed.
In the following time, the topic still revolved around the inheritance, but the atmosphere finally relaxed.
"No, absolutely not." Li Shan said with certainty: "The external forces that the East Palace can rely on are the King of Xiangyi and the King of Yan... Of course, there may have been King Zhao before, but now Zhao
The prince of the county has returned to the court as Zong Zhengqing."
"Li Yaoshi, the acting Duke, and Li Daozong, the city king, will not be attached to the East Palace, nor will they listen to the East Palace's instructions."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "What Huairen said is true. Pharmacist Li and Daozong are both cautious and methodical and will not be careless."
Indeed, Li Daozong and Li Jing, two famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty, were both famous for their caution.
Changsun Wuji suddenly asked: "If you don't agree, can you go out?"
"Leaving Luoyang?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin hesitantly. This choice had actually been proposed for a long time.
Li Shan curiously looked at Li Shimin who was silent, and recalled that such a thing seemed to be true in the history books.
But Li Shan thought, if one day, Li Yuan really allows Li Shimin to leave Luoyang... No matter what the prince and the king of Qi think, at least Li Shimin will be extremely disappointed.
Leaving the town of Luoyang means that it is impossible for Li Shimin to enter the East Palace by normal means... Perhaps in the original time and space, it was because of this incident that Li Shimin finally made up his mind.