Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

In Cuiwei Hall, Li Yuan was leaning on the bamboo couch, with the unconvinced King Qi beside him, listening to Li Shimin's eloquent talk.

On the other hand, Li Shan didn't seem to care too much. He sat on the stool, put Xu Wang Li Yuanjia on his lap, and ate mung bean smoothie with a spoon, avoiding Li Yuanjia's protruding little hand from time to time.

"So, if you can't finish your work, then there is no need to go to war. If you want to finish your work, you must destroy the Eastern Turks." Li Shimin finally said: "Father, you should know that relying on the Daizhou Army alone is far from enough to destroy the Eastern Turks."

Li Yuan nodded slightly. He knew what his son meant. When Li Huairen discussed the strategy of destroying the Eastern Turks, he and Erlang were both present.

In order to destroy the Eastern Turks, the main force is indeed the Daizhou Army led by Li Yaoshi, but they must split up and send troops from Lingzhou, Longyou, and even Hebei to cut off the Turkic retreat, and then use the Daizhou Army as the main force to send troops across the border. Hetao is a rare army, gathering the main force to annihilate the East Turks.

So only Daizhou Army is far from enough.

After a pause, Li Shimin continued: "Insufficiency of food and grass does not refer to Hedong, but to the pass. The Liang divisions ravaged twice, the Turks plundered Yuanzhou and Huizhou, and the government soldiers fought for years, so there were many losses. Last year it snowed heavily and the grain harvest failed, and this year the price of grain in Guanzhong is likely to rise again, so rest and recuperation is the top priority.”

Li Yuanji glanced at Li Yuan's face, hesitated for a while and did not speak... Although he is stupid, he also knows that the distance between himself and Li Shimin is greater than the distance between himself and the throne when discussing major national affairs and military strategy. Far.

And Li Yuan looked at Li Shan, "Huiren?"

Li Shan hugged Li Yuanjia, and said in a nagging tone: "Last year, the minister was ordered to lead the army to go out, and the food and grass were safe, but Xihe County Lord mentioned that it was quite difficult to raise food and grass."

This is indeed true, but at that time Li Shan planned to lure the Turks, and attacked before the stronghold was established, so he compensated the soldiers with full food and even meat to stabilize the morale of the army. At that time, Wen Yanbo's tired hair did not know how many gray hairs.

But then Li Shan garrisoned troops near Baiquan County for several months, and after the war in Yuanzhou, Su Dingfang did not attack immediately, and he also garrisoned troops for several months. At that time, the logistical pressure was indeed great. Shan and Su Dingfang were quite dissatisfied with the two successive Lingzhou Road Marching Chiefs.

As Li Shimin said, there is already a shortage of food and grass in Guan, and the private grain price is at least [-]% higher than that in Hedong. Food and grass are indispensable for stabilizing the places in Zhouzhou, Suizhou, and Yinzhou, as well as Huizhou and Lingzhou, which were occupied by the Liang division and plundered by the Turks.

Therefore, at least within this year, the defense of the Tang army in the pass is okay, but it is absolutely impossible to organize a large army for an expedition to the grassland.

Therefore, it is impossible to ask for a war on behalf of Duke Li Jing. Although Li Jing is not stupid, he just asked for a battle to attack Yunzhou, but this is inconsistent with the current overall strategy of the Tang Dynasty against the Turks.

"Your Majesty, if the Eastern Turks cannot be destroyed, there is really no need to send troops." Li Shan shook his head and said, "Besides, Tuli Khan and Dubu Khan are fighting fiercely. Once they attack Yunzhou, I am afraid that the two Khans will We're joining forces again."

After a pause, Li Shan added: "I have made malicious speculations, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Malicious speculation?" Li Yuan smiled, as if he had guessed what Li Shan was thinking, and waved his hand: "Huai Ren will tell you everything."

Li Shan put Li Yuanjia on the ground, and said falteringly: "The minister defeated the Turks in Guanzhong, I am afraid that Dai Guogong wants to do something..."

Given the relationship between Li Shan and Li Jing, it is inevitable that he would be suspected of talking behind his back when he said such a thing. To put it bluntly, Li Shan was maliciously speculating that he had to go back to Chang'an back then, but by mistake, he led the army to break Hu... ...And Li Jing waited for more than two years after taking control of the Daizhou Army, but in the end, he didn't even touch a hair. How could he be reconciled?
This is why Li Jing suddenly asked for a fight out of nowhere.

"It is indeed possible." Li Shimin nodded in agreement, "Although my father ordered Dai Guogong to control the army, after all, after destroying Liang State, Ding Lingnan, Ping Jianghuai, the commander was King Zhaojun."

Li Shimin supports Li Shan's point of view from another relatively objective standpoint. Li Jing has been through most of his life and is regarded as a famous general in the world, but he just couldn't get a chance to make contributions as a coach. Naturally, he couldn't wait. .

Uh, being the head of Daizhou is a good general... It's a pity that the most dazzling military exploits were taken away by the resentful Li Huairen when he first took office, and he didn't even leave him a hair.

Li Yuan looked at Li Shan with a smile, "Huiren is honest."

After finishing the mung bean smoothie, Li Shan looked at the plates of dried fruit on the table, missed the red bayberry, and wondered when he could go to the south of the Yangtze River, and said casually: "I have nothing to be honest about, just say what comes to mind .”

The attitude of the trusted minister is the most reassuring for the superiors, Li Yuan laughed and scolded: "It's a thick-skinned one!"

Li Shan chuckled, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Li Shimin's strange eyes... Hey, I forgot that this guy was there!

Even though Li Shan has a thick skin, he also feels his face is a little hot. He has fooled Li Yuan a lot... If others don't know, how can Li Shimin not know?

Li Shan coughed twice, picked up a dry longan, peeled it off and stuffed it into Li Yuanjia's mouth, the latter lay on Li Shan's knees and wanted to climb up again...I was still thinking, I had fooled Li Yuan a lot, It seems that there are many things to fool Li Shimin, such as this time.

This kid Li Yuanjia likes Li Shan the most, Li Yuan looked a little jealous and said with a smile: "Since Huairen has accepted Daosheng as his disciple, he will also teach Xu Wang in the future."

"Okay." Li Shan said casually: "When King Xu leaves the palace, I can go to the palace to make a long history."

"Nonsense!" Li Yuan scolded with a smile, "A heir to the prince's mansion to be a long history?"

At this time, Chai Shao's eldest son, Chai Zhewei, ran out from the apse. This time Li Yuan came to Renzhi Palace to escape the summer heat. Chai Shao, who restrained the Beiya Imperial Army, must have followed him and brought his eldest son with him. Princess Pingyang stayed in Chang'an Take care of young son and daughter.

Seeing his cousin who was about the same age sitting on his uncle's lap, Chai Zhewei wrinkled his face and climbed to Li Shan's other knee, which made Li Yuan laugh.

Li Shan walked out with one hand helplessly, Li Shimin behind said with a smile: "Huiren is very popular with children, both Chengqian and Qingque."

"Huai Ren once mentioned that he also likes to play with children." Li Yuan didn't know what he thought of, and sighed quietly: "Maybe it's because children's minds are pure."

Li Shan came out of Cuiwei Hall, took out a slingshot from his sleeve, and asked Chai Zhewei to pick up some small stones, while waving at Fan Shiyi who was not far away.

Fan Shiyi is Li Shan's personal guard, often a scout, and also a secret agent. He was not allowed to come here, but a few days ago, he was made a county marquis, and the palace people knew that he was a close friend of King Wei Si, so they did not stop him.

"Aron."

"Take He Lou Xingshu to the residence later... be careful."

He Lou Xingshu was originally assigned to be in charge of Ma Yin in Xia City, and concurrently served as an official of the seventh rank in the Sixteen Guards. Later, Ma Yin was taken back by the court, and he was unwilling to enter the Taipu Temple. After Li Shan became Secretary of Agriculture, he sent him Getting into Sinong Temple is a nail stuck in Sinong Temple.