"Yang Su said it quite lightly." Li Xingchen slapped the memorial on the table.
Xiao Mohe and Pei Zilie, who were chatting in low voices, raised their heads at the same time, while the civil servants next to them, starting from King Gu Ye, also fell silent.
"What do you think?" Li Xingchen said immediately.
Xiao Mohe hurriedly handed over his hands: "Your Majesty, everyone in the Taiwei Mansion agrees with the army. The main purpose of the north should be to frighten us, and then send troops to attack the Turks. According to the news from Baipao, the Turks are very likely to
This year we will continue to move south, and the cavalry from the two northern parties have also begun to transfer northward. The purpose is self-evident."
"Is there any movement in Huaibei?"
"Wang Gui is stepping up his efforts to build a defensive line and build camps along the line from Luliang to North Xuzhou." Pei Zilie replied.
"The Huaibei turtle shell is already strong enough, and Wang Gui will add another layer. This Wang Gui will be more difficult to deal with in the future." Li Xingchen frowned. Among the many generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he could accept anyone.
, but Wang Gui cannot.
In the Battle of Luliang, Wang Gui was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and all the tragedies that Li Xingchen experienced began with Wang Gui. It seems that Wang Gui himself understood this truth, so he was not busy attacking Huainan in these years, but continued to attack Huainan.
By consolidating Huaibei's defense, the entire Huaibei front line really looked like it was covered with a tortoise shell.
"Tell Wu Huijue and Lu Zicai to stay vigilant." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Huainan is right in front of us, so I am not worried. The problem is Sichuan and northwest. If Yang Jian really wants to attack us, can he stop him?
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"The memorials from General Cao, Governor Changsun and Governor Xu should still be on the way," King Gu Ye said hurriedly, "No matter what the situation in the northwest is, I think we have to start preparing for war."
"Forget it, we can nip it in the bud, we can't gamble." Li Xingchen waved his hand, which meant that the imperial court, which had just been operating in a peaceful era for less than two months, would once again turn to war, but no one knew it.
Will this war come? Fortunately, the Lingnan side has finally settled down. Xiao Shilian is now just clearing out the remnants of Baiyue without any pressure. Otherwise, the Han Dynasty will have to fight on two fronts.
"Yang Su's memorial also made it clear that the biggest problem in Shu is the lack of veterans. We need to mobilize troops back from Jingzhou, and let Du Qi cooperate with the recruitment of various ministries in the south and north." Li Xinchen said after considering, "Since we have put on a posture, then
Let’s just say it. In addition, let the general office immediately send someone to ask Yang Jian what he means. If he wants to go north, someone can make concessions on the price of wood and Sichuan brocade to support him. You can also tell Yuwen the same thing.
constitution."
"This..." The civil and military officials were a little surprised.
This is all tense, and you still want to show your kindness. Isn’t it a bit too much?
"The Turks are not that easy to deal with. If the two of them still can't let go, they may lose the battle and it will be lively." Li Xingchen said with a bitter smile, "If the Turks go south, we will have to move even if we don't want to.
Already."
Everyone suddenly understood that the Han people shouted loudly every day for the Northern Expedition, but everyone still had some idea of how powerful the country was. At this time, the chances of winning the Northern Expedition were not great. If the Turks rushed into the Central Plains like they did when the Five Husbands invaded China,
The Han Dynasty had to go north, otherwise wouldn't it become a new Northern and Southern Dynasties?
"The situation in front of us is great, Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian, don't let me down," Li Xingchen murmured to himself, and then thought of something, "Where is Yang Su now? Why hasn't he arrived at Jiankang Mansion yet?
?!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty has already arrived at Baidi City. He should arrive at Jiankang Mansion soon." Xiao Mohe said hurriedly. Yang Su, who joined the army, stopped and walked along the way. There are so many Taiwei Mansion.
Everything rested on his shoulders alone, and of course he hoped that Yang Su could come back as soon as possible.
"Tell him to hurry up," Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, changing the subject, "What is the arrangement in the northwest?"
"There are not many soldiers and horses in the cities in the northwest. Now we are mainly deploying soldiers and horses from central Shu to go north. The cities in the northwest are strictly guarding. As long as we survive this winter, after the spring plowing is over in the next spring, we can send some people to go north.
." Xiao Mohe was already confident about this, "Based on the current situation, it is unlikely that Yang Jian will directly attack the northwest with ten thousand men. Moreover, the ones who came are Yu Yi and Yu Xi, their father and son, both of whom are His Majesty's men.
Defeat, the meaning should be relatively clear, but now the Taiwei Mansion is worried about the area north of the northwest..."
Li Xingchen frowned and immediately understood what Xiao Mohe meant. To the north of the northwest, beyond the Great Wall is the outside of the Great Wall, which is now the territory of the Turks. The Turks had no interest in the northwest before.
In the northwest, to the north is the territory of the Turks, and to the west is the territory of the Tuyuhun. However, the Tuyuhun are still to the west of the desert, and the threat to the northwest is not great. They only occasionally send people to harass the line from Yumen Pass to Yangguan. This is mainly
Or because both the Turks and the Tuyuhun people know that most places in the northwest are now overgrown with weeds. If you rush in from all the way, you will probably not be able to grab anything, and you may not even be able to capture a lot of people.
Many of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms established their foundations in the northwest, but they basically did not last long, and they could only be divided into one side. This shows that the northwest is no longer the sparse and scattered population it once was when the Silk Road was opened and the flow of people was surging.
It has become difficult for the northwest to unite much strength in this gathering place.
Therefore, neither the Tuyuhun nor the Turks have much interest in the northwest for a long time. Especially if the Turks move south from the northwest, they may be attacked by the Tuyuhun on the flanks. Compared with the barren northwest, the Tuyuhun is obviously more interested in the Turks.
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But it is different now. Once Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian take action against the Turks in the north, the Turks will definitely suffer losses. Moreover, after winter comes, the tribes who have tasted the benefits of the plundering in the previous two years will definitely not be willing to suffer on the grassland.
Dong Feng, it seems reasonable to choose another breakthrough point. And the vast northern border of China only has the northwest. It is better to have something to grab than nothing to grab, at least this can make the leaders from Shanyu onwards
It can give an explanation to the tribe.
Thinking of this, Li Xingchen had a headache, and said helplessly: "Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian didn't dare to attract our attention, so they went to provoke the Turks. And the Turks probably didn't dare to attract their attention, and in turn provoked us? This
Who is afraid of whom?"
The ministers immediately looked at each other and smiled bitterly. It was such a funny truth.
And Xiao Mohe said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, for the two enemies in the north, we are a whole, but in the eyes of the Turks, the only thing they can see is the northwest, so we have to guard against them." (To be continued)