Chapter 6 Jinse (Part 4) The successive letters of help coming from the fortress made Tang Gong Li Yuan extremely worried. Just when he had just received the imperial edict to be promoted to Shanxi and Hedong ambassador, and was about to leave for Taiyuan to take up his post, the Turks came forward.
Come to harass, people can't help but feel in a dilemma, ignore the emergency situation at the border fortress and run away. It would be difficult for the court to explain that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to cause trouble for the Li family even when he was fine. This time, he suddenly showed mercy and asked him to comfort Shanxi.
It was because the Li family sent twenty fine Dawan horses as a gift for their "triumph" in the Liao Dynasty, and the gifts to Pei Ju, Yu Shiji and others were also generous enough. In other words, Li Yuan's official position as consoling ambassador was bought.
If someone with ulterior motives discovers that the Thirteenth County of Guanyou is a mess, I am afraid that before his car reaches Taiyuan, the condemnation decree will catch up with him on his way to take office!
Can he stay in Honghua and calm down the war on the frontier before leaving? Li Yuan asked himself that it was simply impossible to do it in a short period of time. Since last autumn, many herdsmen tribes on the frontier who were under the wings of the Sui Dynasty have begun to prepare to resettle them, and it will take a large amount of effort.
The Sui Dynasty can show its own power, but how can the Sui Dynasty still have the power to show it now?
While facing the joint request for help from various frontier ministries, and facing the imperial edict from the imperial court, Li Yuan was so anxious that he ran in circles in the meeting hall. For so many years, he had been avoiding right and wrong, but right and wrong always followed him like a shadow in the court.
When he was in Liaodong, he chased him and came to Guanyou, which was so poor that he couldn't even take a shit. There were still a lot of troubles. How could he live a stable life for two days? He looked at a few confidants and aides, only to find that the confidants
All their eyes were staring at themselves, each with a face full of surprise.
"Is Duke Tang afraid of another war at the border fortress?" Chen Yanshou, known as the number one counselor in Duke Tang's mansion, asked in confusion when he saw Li Yuan's worried look.
"If we in the Sui Dynasty have decided to go to war with the Turks, why would I regret this life!" Li Yuan did not understand what his subordinate meant, thinking that the other party said that he was cowardly, he waved his fist and replied bitterly
If the imperial court is really determined to go to war with the Turks, Li Yuan doesn't care about leading the troops to the fortress. After all, he is the queen of the generals. When he was young, he was known as a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. But now the imperial court simply does not have the capital to deal with a large-scale war.
, relying solely on the power of Honghua County to deal with the entire Turks is simply asking for death.
"The imperial court, the imperial court is probably dreaming of being good brothers with the Turks now!" Listening to Li Yuan's words, there was a sense of expectation for the imperial court, and the eldest son Shunde sneered from his nostrils.
Among the staff of the Li Mansion, he was the one who looked down upon the imperial court the most. In his eyes, the once glorious Sui Dynasty was like a sick man suffering from tuberculosis. On the surface, he still had a strong skeleton. In fact, it was impossible to say
One day, he will fall down if he is blown by the wind. Even if the former Duke of Chu Yang Su and the general Wang Yang Shuang come to life at the same time, all they can do is to keep the Sui Dynasty alive. It may still be the same as before.
Such a beating would make the Turks frightened.
However, the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that the powerful officials are still dreaming of a prosperous and powerful country. Last year, the King of Goguryeo pretended to surrender and begged for mercy. Everyone agreed without thinking. As a result, the King of Goguryeo neither sent a letter of surrender as promised nor came to Luoyang in person.
The promise to apologize had just passed in the first month of this year, and His Majesty the Emperor, who felt that he could not come to Taiwan, began to plan the fourth expedition to Liaoning. Before the ministers could come up with a specific strategy for sending troops, more local heroes had already rebelled on this pretext.
They attacked prefectures and counties, demarcated territory and claimed kingship, and did not pay attention to the county soldiers who came to conquer. The officials of those counties and counties also failed to live up to their expectations. They suffered repeated defeats and put batches of armor and weapons into the hands of the rebels.
"Send" to "send" to the end, there is really no weapons and food to "send". In order to avoid the responsibility of the defeat, these guys simply took off their official uniforms and ran to become officials under the rebels.
"Shunde, the imperial court also has its own difficulties!" Listening to his confidant's deep resentment towards the imperial court, Li Yuan turned around and shouted to stop him.
In troubled times, he didn't want to get himself into trouble with a few complaints. Moreover, from the perspective of a military commander, he didn't want to blame all the blame for the decline of the country on the imperial court's occasional decision-making mistakes. The Great Sui Dynasty did not collapse because of the failure of the expedition to Liaodong.
The result of three failed conquests of Liao Dynasty only accelerated the process of its collapse. Li Yuan personally visited Liaodong and knew the threat of Goguryeo to the Central Plains. He firmly believed that no matter who became the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, the conquest of Liao Dynasty was a necessary decision.
But since it was not due to the conquest of Goryeo, what was the reason for the decline of the Sui Dynasty? Li Yuan racked his brains and couldn't figure it out. He once discussed this issue with his confidant Chen Yanshou in private. He was known as the Duke of Tang Dynasty.
Chen Yanshou, the most intelligent person in the government, couldn't explain why. However, he also used this question to test Ma Yuangui. As a result, Ma Yuangui couldn't explain anything except a bunch of destiny cycle theories that even the old lady selling silk would not believe.
Understand the truth
He couldn't find the specific reason, but Li Yuan could deeply understand the panic and sorrow before the end of the world. As the head of the family who was responsible for the safety of the clan, he was almost overwhelmed. He rarely lost his temper in front of his subordinates, but the way he looked at people,
But it has the smell of begging that you can’t bear to refuse.
"Okay, okay, if Mr. Tang doesn't like to hear it, I won't say anything!" Changsun Shunde shrugged and agreed.
"It's not that I don't like to hear it, but instead of complaining about the court here, we should think about how to overcome the current difficulties!" Li Yuan knew that no one would understand what he felt, so he sighed and turned the topic to another direction.
The Great Sui Dynasty is about to fall. This process is irreversible, but the Li family cannot fall. The years of changing dynasties. Li Yuan once experienced it personally. The last time it was peaceful, it was just his father-in-law who took the throne from his son-in-law. There are still countless people who stand up and hundreds of people.
The aristocratic family was wiped out in 1998. Now that troubled times are coming, Li Yuan does not want the tragic disaster of destroying his family and destroying his family to happen to him.
Wildfires have been burning in every corner of the Great Sui Dynasty. Since last year, those who have rebelled in various places are not only the refugees who can no longer survive, but also the influential local noble families. They are all kinds of "heroes" who want to take advantage of the change of dynasties to establish their achievements.
*Liars who claim to have boundless magic power, as well as government soldiers who returned from Liaodong but were not properly accommodated by the government, all participated. When local county soldiers encountered rebels, many of them collapsed at the first touch, but few of them were able to fight. In February this year, no one was able to fight.
I know some guy who was blinded by lard gave His Majesty the Emperor an idea. He actually suggested that officials from various places move all the people to live in the city and only cultivate the fields near the city. All the fields in the countryside and remote areas were abandoned in order to eliminate the rogue bandits.
They starved to death. His Majesty the Emperor, Pei Ju, Yu Shiji, Yu Wenshu and other ministers discussed it for a long time, and actually adopted this suggestion. So, the local officials took advantage of the opportunity of building the city and relocating to make another big profit. But when they finished,
Many people who originally did not want to become thieves have also become thieves. As a result, in many counties and counties in Henan and Hebei, the areas controlled by the imperial court are not as large as those controlled by thieves.
If he didn't want his family to be destroyed in troubled times, Li Yuan had to seek good fortune and avoid disasters, spending tens of thousands of family resources to manage Shanxi. Hedong's appeasement of the ambassador was a key step. The terrain of Hedong counties is dangerous, with one side facing the Taihang Mountains, and the other
No matter how chaotic the world outside the Yellow River is, as long as the area between the mountains and rivers is settled, the flames of war will hardly be able to break in. In addition, because they were not affected by Yang Xuangan's rebellion, there were few thieves in the counties of Hedong, and the people
They are also relatively wealthy, so when they go to Hedong to be an official, they don’t have to worry about heroes raising a flag of rebellion under their noses all day long.
"What difficulties are there in front of me?" Changsun Shunde didn't know where he was wrong today, and his tone of voice was always provocative. It was obvious that Duke Tang was so anxious that his eyes were about to smoke, but he insisted on saying
I don’t see where the problem is
"Shunde, can you speak more clearly?" After being ridiculed several times by Changsun Shunde, Li Yuan, although his temper was good, was a little angry. He stopped and stared into the other person's eyes to give orders.
On Changsun Shunde's face, he only saw a relaxed smile, as if he didn't care at all. The other party shrugged his shoulders and replied with a smile: "The matter in front of me is indeed not difficult, isn't it just that some Turks have robbed several tribes?
Dog bites dog, let them snatch it away. What do you want, Mr. Tang?"
"You!" Li Yuan was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He stamped his feet and cursed bitterly: "Shunde, you are really crazy today! Since I am here to guard the thirteen counties of Guanyou and protect the country and the people, it is naturally my duty to do so.
Responsibility! The Turks are plundering across the border, and you actually say it is none of my business. When the court asks the general, can I still put the responsibility on others?"
"But then all the tribes have to admit that he is a subject of our Sui Dynasty. Moreover, it is not certain whether the Turkic invasion is true or false? What if they divide the spoils unevenly and do evil to each other? Could it be that we
Can you still send people to look after each tribe? If you don’t believe it, ask everyone if they think so too?” Changsun Shunde’s attitude was very strange, but his analysis was very insightful, and almost every sentence was exactly what he said.
On point
"You are simply making excuses!" Li Yuan stamped his feet repeatedly, unable to do anything to deal with his close aide. He helplessly turned his eyes to other confidants, only to find that everyone was on the side of Changsun Shunde at this moment, with a look on his face.
Each smile is easier than the other
Aren't they in a hurry at all? Li Yuan began to wonder where he had slipped up. These staff members under his subordinates were all talented people. Their generally accepted conclusion was that the answer was probably correct. Looking at the faces of the staff members one by one,
Finally, he returned his gaze to Chen Yanshou's face
"Yan Shou, please teach me, where did I go wrong?" Putting away the eagerness on his face, Li Yuan respectfully asked for advice. Being able to listen to other people's suggestions is a necessary condition for being a good head of the family. He has always done a very good job.
outstanding
"Thanks for asking, Duke Tang!" Chen Yanshou clasped his fists, with a look on his face that said, "You should have asked everyone a long time ago." He took a few steps forward, pointed to the map of Guanyou and Hexi counties on the wall and asked:
"Has Mr. Tang clearly seen where the tribes that have been attacked have been for more than a month?"
"Wulanji, Tiansuyuan, Liangchuan, Zhumayi, Shaquan!" Li Yuan walked quickly to the map and answered like a treasure trove. In the past half month, every time an urgent document arrived, he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep because of this.
, he can clearly find out the location of each tribe being attacked on the map.
"Well, these places are scattered in the south and north. They really look like Turkic wolves riding on them?" Chen Yanshou drew a circle on the map with his finger and concluded with a smile.
"Yan Shou, don't beat around the bush with me?" Li Yuan clearly felt that there was something behind the words of his close aides and smiled bitterly. The pressure of asking questions in troubled times made him exhausted, and he had almost no energy to guess what others meant.
"Hey, these Turks are very timid. Every time they come to kill them, they are far away from where the Second Young Master is training his troops!" Ma Yuangui, another staff member, stepped forward and reminded with a smile.
"Yuan Gui means...?" Li Yuan was stunned at first, and his body suddenly froze in front of the map. The attack of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry seemed to come out of nowhere, but if the positions of the tribes under attack were connected with a line, it would almost be an arc. And this
The center of the circle opposite to the arc is exactly Mingsha City
Li Yuan asked himself that he knew the abilities of Liu Hongji, Li Shimin and others very well. However, no matter how powerful Liu Hongji and Shimin were, they could not frighten the Turkic wolf cavalry into avoiding them for nearly two hundred miles with the three thousand recruits in their hands.
From a personal perspective, with three thousand recruits, they were able to protect the people of all ethnic groups within a radius of two hundred miles from being attacked. But conversely, conjecture, I am afraid that the battle that occurred two hundred miles away was related to the two of them, which is an undeniable fact.
"Congratulations to Mr. Tang!" Ma Yuangui bowed and said solemnly
"Congratulations to Mr. Tang for receiving an elite army!" Chen Yanshou and Changsun Shunde also put away their smiles and solemnly congratulated Li Yuan.
The three of them had discovered a few days ago that the "Turks" had arrived strangely. If the Ashina family was behind last year's instigation of the Ashina family, the Turks should not have just finished using these grassroots tribes and immediately
Kill the goose and get the eggs
If it is said that the wolf cavalry who defeated all the coalition forces were recruits trained by Li Shimin, Liu Hongji and others, it is difficult for everyone to believe this conclusion. It may be very simple for a group of refugees to learn to use weapons, but it makes them look like real soldiers.
Fighting is the same, but it is not something that can be done overnight
But a letter Li Shimin sent back the day before yesterday completely confirmed Chen Yanshou and others' speculation. In the letter, the second young master did not mention a word about the Turkic wolf cavalry that caused a lot of commotion, as if he, who was closest to the border, did not know about the wolf cavalry at all.
ride things that happen
Moreover, the second young master suggested that the Li family put the marriage between Qi'er and brother Zhong Jian on the agenda again, "Today I personally trained the soldiers, and then I realized that Zhong Jian's talent is rare in this world! Everyone in the world said that they are kind and don't lead soldiers, but they kill people."
The only person who has a compassionate heart when doing things is Zhongjian!" In the letter, Li Shimin wrote with emotion.
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