Wentang

Chapter 826 Farce and God

Li Shimin's condition improved, in fact, many people were waiting to see the joke.

The sky has no two days, and the people have no two masters. Can you let go of the power in your hands when you recover from illness?It would be even better if the father and son had conflicts because of this matter.

However, Li Chengqian brought the entire East Palace into Daxing Palace, but he broke his glasses all over the place. Did the emperor really hand over the power so simply and neatly?
Never before.

For a while, I don't know how many people advocated Li Shimin as the wise king through the ages.

This is not an exaggeration at all. It has been said before that since ancient times, there has never been an emperor alive who voluntarily abdicated to the prince.

Even if everyone knows the benefits of abdicating alive, at least the regime can be handed over stably without causing turmoil, but still no emperor has ever done this.

Li Shimin set a precedent in history.

The scholars were surprised and began to praise Li Shimin in different ways, blowing him up to the level of an ancient Mingjun like the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

At one time, two-thirds of the pages of the Eighth University Journal were praising him, from various angles.

Yue Shan collected all these newspaper articles and sent them to the palace. Li Shimin was naturally very happy after reading them, and the loss and unwillingness in his heart also subsided a lot.

After Li Chengqian moved into Daxing Palace, he discussed with Li Chunfeng and others, and finally decided on the new name of Daxing Palace, Taiji Palace.It's just that it won't be changed for the time being, and everyone understands that it's going to be reserved until the day he ascends the throne.

He still did not replace courtiers in large numbers, but only arranged his confidantes to some important positions as deputy, or to some humble positions.

None of the nine prime ministers and eight major ministries and commissions, including the generals of the army, were replaced. They were all old people from Li Shimin's period.

There is another reason why there is no such thing as the emperor and the courtiers, besides seeking stability.

He started to assist Li Shimin in dealing with the government several years in advance. He was familiar with these ministers and dealt with them often, so there was no problem with the cooperation between the two sides.

Since there is no problem with the cooperation, who should not use it?The old minister is more experienced.This is an advantage that other princes do not have.

Moreover, Li Chengqian came out to do things more than ten years ago. He has been the governor of Liaodong for several years.

Even so, the center of power in the Tang Dynasty has been transferred from the Yong'an Palace to the Daxing Palace, and Li Chengqian is only a nominal difference away from being a monarch.

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In Jiling City, after Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian came here, they strengthened the city's defenses, and at the same time recruited [-] followers to train day and night, striving to form an army as soon as possible.

After several months of this, their strength has increased several times, and Jiling City has been built so impregnable that foreign forces dare not look up when they come here.

Li Daozong's soldiers went to Bahrain to fight the big cannibal for the first time, and they became the rear.The two dared not slack off, and stepped up their guard to prevent people from making trouble.

However, they came here for whatever they were afraid of, and soon they got the news: the Turkic Ashina Helu led [-] riders to kill them and arrived three days later.

Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian also looked serious when they saw the battle report.

"Is there a good way to teach me how to keep the promise?"

Pei Xingjian said: "If you don't see the slightest nervousness, the general must have a good strategy in his chest, why ask me."

Xue Rengui smiled and said: "One person counts the shortcoming, you also talk about your own opinions, we can synthesize and come up with a better way."

Pei Xingjian knew that he was testing himself, so he was not being modest, but said: "I have three strategies."

Xue Rengui was a little surprised, and asked, "Three strategies? Tell me which three strategies."

Pei Xingjian said: "Naturally, the best strategy is to go 36 times. All the supplies transported by the ocean-going fleet have been sent to Ruimi City. Jiling City is dispensable to us. We can't just work hard with the Turkic people for it."

"We can plunder all the supplies in the city and leave an empty city for the Turks. When the war ahead is over and the general manager is free, he can wipe out Ashina Helu with his backhand."

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "What's the best way to be safe?"

Pei Xingjian continued: "The medium strategy is to fight against the city. The Turks are not good at attacking the city, and Jiling City was built by us to be impenetrable. It is difficult for them to use 8 people to take down the city."

"As long as we delay for a while, the morale of the Turkic people will definitely drop, and we also have to worry about the arrival of reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, and they will withdraw in a short time. At that time, we will chase after them and defeat Ashina Helu in one fell swoop."

Xue Rengui was noncommittal and continued to ask: "What's the worst policy?"

Pei Xingjian said: "The next strategy is to attack the city, but we can send [-] elite troops out of the city as support, or we can take the initiative to attack."

Xue Rengui laughed and said: "Haha... I think your three strategies should be reversed."

Pei Xingjian said: "From the point of view of Datang, leaving is the best policy, but from the point of view of you and me, it's just the opposite."

Why do you say that?Choose the first one to preserve the strength of the troops to the maximum extent, and when the main force returns, you can easily defeat Ashina Helu.

The second type is to stand firm and wait for reinforcements. Ashina Helu is afraid that the main force of the Tang army will return to the division, so he will not dare to attack for a long time.After ten days and a half months, I couldn't beat him, so I ran away in fright.

With the strength of [-] Tang troops and [-] retinue troops, they can easily hold the city defense fortifications and minimize losses.

The third type is more dangerous. If there are fewer soldiers and then divide them out, it will be even more insufficient. If you make a mistake when fighting back, you will lose everything.

But once you win the battle, you will gain a lot. All the soldiers who participated in this battle have made great contributions, especially Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian can become famous because of this battle.

That's why it is said that from Datang's point of view, this kind of adventure is the least cost-effective.But from the perspective of the soldiers, the third is the best policy.

Xue Rengui paused and asked, "Then which strategy do you think we should choose?"

Pei Xingjian said: "If it were me, I would choose the worst policy."

Xue Rengui asked with interest: "Why?"

Pei Xingjian said: "Because I am a human being, not an emotionless machine, as a human being I have selfishness."

Xue Rengui laughed and said: "Haha... well said, we are all for the country and ourselves, no conflicts. You have said a little bit less, if we win this battle, we can deter other countries so that they will not dare to fight again. Rebellious."

Pei Xingjian said: "What the general said is true, so... use the third plan?"

"The third type."

Jiling City immediately carried out a general mobilization, and all kinds of equipment for defending the city were placed in the most suitable positions, and five thousand strong men were recruited to assist in defending the city.

And Xue Rengui also dispatched two thousand elites to go out of the city with him, looking for opportunities to fight outside the city.

Ashina Helu's army is also approaching day by day, two days' journey...one day's journey...

However, at this moment the Turkic people suddenly stopped marching. Xue Rengui and others were very curious, but because they didn't know what happened, they dared not act rashly.

Then the Turks made another surprising move. They actually withdrew their troops and ran back at a faster speed.

Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian looked at each other, what is Ashina Helu doing?Engage in long-distance training?

The time to test their determination has come, but Chase still continues to guard.Without thinking for a long time, the two quickly made a decision to chase.

Two thousand retinues were left to guard the city, while Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian led thirteen thousand cavalry in pursuit.

At the beginning, they were wary of whether the Turkic people would kill their carbine, and they didn't dare to chase too close.

Soon, I realized that I was worrying too much. The Turkic people ran away very quickly, as if their wife had been robbed by someone, and they had no intention of turning back.

After chasing for two days, they met a person who claimed to be a messenger. After verifying that the letter was really a messenger, they found out what happened after asking.

Wang Xuance came here as a diplomatic ambassador, visiting various tribes and countries from door to door, and comforted them.

By the way, also understand the details of each force, laying the foundation for the subsequent rule.

Halfway through, they heard the news that Ashina Helu led troops to attack Jiling City, and the envoys panicked.

Ashina Helu is a general of Tocharo Kingdom, and also the leader of a large department, with hundreds of thousands of subordinates and hundreds of thousands of people who control strings.

He rebelled against Tang Dynasty, will Tucharo also rebel against Tang Dynasty?If Tucharuo rebels, then the Western Expeditionary Army will be worrying.

Many people suggested to go to Ningyuan to seek help from Liu Rengui.

Based on his own observations, Wang Xuance believes that King Tocharo is not the kind of villain who reneges on promises, and this rebellion must be done by Ashina Helu alone.

So he resisted all opinions and took a few people to Tocharian to meet the king of Tocharian.

Sure enough, King Tocharo was running around in a hurry, and after seeing Wang Xuance, he hurriedly swore that this incident was done by Ashina Helu and had nothing to do with him.

Wang Xuance said: "I believe that this is not what you said, but others may not believe it. Now you have only one chance to prove that Ashina Helu is a traitor, and send troops to crusade."

King Tocharo said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to, but Ashina Helu is also a Turkic royal family and has a high reputation in the country. I am afraid that sending troops to attack him will be blocked."

Wang Xuance knew the situation in Tocharo very well, and knew that what he said was not a lie, so he retreated to the next best thing:
"Since it is inconvenient for you to send troops, why not lend me [-] soldiers and horses, and I will find a way to solve this incident by myself."

King Tocharo was a little hesitant, and it was hard to see how [-] versus [-] would be.It would be fine if he won the battle, but Ashina Helu would be able to unite with other people to destroy himself if he lost the battle.

Wang Xuance guessed his hesitation, and said: "Guardian Liu Dahu of Anxi Dufu Mansion will soon receive the news and send troops to help. I just lead the troops to assist Jiling City to defend the city and wait for reinforcements. I will not go to congratulate Ashina. Lu resolutely."

Only then did King Tochara agree to transfer 2 horses from his headquarters to Wang Xuance.

However, not long after leaving Tocharo, Wang Xuance took down the generals of Tocharo, and led [-] soldiers to Ashina Helu's lair.

And along the way, he also used his status as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty to borrow troops from various forces. By the time the army arrived at the home of the Ashina Helu tribe, it already had 5 people.

Although most of them come here to make up the numbers and can only play along the wind, it is still no problem to bully ordinary herdsmen.

As mentioned earlier, the Ashina Helu tribe has tens of thousands of cavalry and hundreds of thousands of cavalry.This time he went out to fight and took away 10 in one go, leaving only [-].

Wang Xuance launched a surprise attack at night and wiped out the remaining main forces in one fell swoop. The remaining ordinary herdsmen were lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they were plundered by the 5 people.

When the news reached the Ashina Helu camp, the morale of the army immediately collapsed.His wife's tent, cattle and sheep were all taken away, the child was also killed, and the Tang people were spanked.

Even if Ashina Helu has ten heads, there is no way to solve this problem, so he can only bring troops back to help.

The messenger was sent by Wang Xuance.

Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian's jaws almost dropped when they learned the truth, what is this?Is this something humans can do?
But no matter how shocked they were in their hearts, they got excited when they knew the truth, and rushed to chase Ashina Helu tribe.

As soon as they arrived at the place, they saw a chaotic army rushing towards them like herding sheep. If you look at the other party's clothes, don't hesitate, just go ahead.

The matter was very simple. Wang Xuance led people to take down the Ashina Helu tribe, and gave one-third of the property and population to King Tochara, and distributed the rest to those who came to help.

It made King Tucharuo a dumb loss, and it was hard to find Wang Xuance to pursue the matter of deceiving him.

And with such a big benefit, he didn't want to spit it out again, so he could only deploy more troops to support Wang Xuance.

Once other tribes saw that the soldiers could get such a big benefit, they sent more troops to support them.

When Ashina Helu came back with his people from thousands of miles away, they were greeted by a [-] coalition army composed of various tribes.

They didn't use any special tactics, and when 10 people were waiting for work, a wave of [-] people directly crushed Ashina Helu's army.

What Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian encountered was their defeated soldiers, and for them, this battle was fought in a muddle.

After planning for so long and preparing so much to fight Ashina Helu, it turned out that nothing was used, and it was over after a wave of routs.

Such a rebellion, Ashina Helu is too stupid.

But after careful analysis of the situation, I realized that it was not Ashina Helu who was stupid, but Wang Xuance who was powerful.

Just imagine, if he was allowed to take down Jiling City and make the anti-Tang momentum, many Turkic nobles who were dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty in Tocharian would probably raise their troops.

Being coerced by these people, even if King Tucharuo didn't want to turn over, he couldn't do it.

Once Tocharo rebelled, and Datang was unable to quickly quell the chaos, it was hard to say whether those tribes who surrendered to Datang would rebel along with them.

Even if they do not rebel, they will inevitably adopt a conservative strategy and will not easily send troops to help Tang Jun.Without the retinue, the local Tang army alone would not be able to rule such a huge territory.

It will be even more troublesome if Li Daozong is defeated on the front line because of this incident.

It can only be said that Wang Xuance is amazing.

Without moving, the Tang Dynasty put down Ashina Helu's rebellion with one soldier.

After the news spread, it also caused a huge shock in the local area.Is the Tang people so powerful?A civil envoy can defeat the mighty Ashina Helu by borrowing troops with lip service.

He is so powerful, how strong should those generals who command the troops be?I can't even imagine it.

No wonder the Turks were defeated in just a few years, no wonder they can rule such a huge country...

For a while, all the countries in Central Asia were silent, and their awe of Datang was directly full.

　There are at most two chapters of the plot. This book is about to end. I think about what pits still need to be filled, and what kind of content should be added at the end.

　　
　
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