The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1758 Prevention
"Xuan Gong, what is being discussed in the Xuanzheng Palace is military and national affairs. If there are some of these, it is better for Xuan Gong not to mention them." Cui Dunli said.

After playing a trick on Xuan Shijing, just accept it as soon as it is good, and just end this topic quickly.

But obviously Xuan Shijing didn't have this plan, how could Xuan Shijing jump into this trap silently?

"That's right, but I'm just curious." Xuan Shijing said: "Of course, I don't want to gamble with Master Cui now. As Master Cui said, this is a military matter. Once it is mixed with personal emotions, Some things in it have changed. For example, in order to let my subordinates go down to the ranks, during the war in the east, it is not good to do something, Mr. Cui, what do you think? ?”

What Xuan Shijing said was neither serious nor serious, but he put a hat on Cui Dunli. If the war goes against the east, if something goes wrong, it will be you, Cui Dunli, who avenges himself!

"You!" Cui Dunli was so angry that Xuan Shijing was speechless. Although he would not do this, but if there were any problems in the army, Xuan Shijing would put here what he said today, and then he would spoil him. Water, he can't argue with a hundred words.

"Lord Cui calm down, I'm just talking, Lord Cui, don't take it seriously, but don't take it seriously." Xuan Shijing made another stab.

"Xuanqing, let's stop this topic. I don't need you to make any guarantees for Xue Rengui. I also believe that Xue Rengui has been in Xiongjin for so many years and has managed Xiongjin in an orderly manner. He is naturally a capable person. , This is the reality before everyone." When Li Chengqian saw that Cui Dunli was almost beaten by Xuan Shijing, he stood up and smoothed things over.

"It's true. Originally, Xue Rengui was a capable person. The court gave him the opportunity to use his talents to serve the court." Xuan Shijing laughed.

It's just that some people don't know what's wrong with holding back in their hearts, and they have to make things so complicated, which is simply bad intentions.

"Xuanqing, I urgently called you here tonight because there is another matter that needs to be entrusted to you." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Highness, please tell me." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands and said.

"The east side of the Tang Dynasty suppressed the rebellion in Xiongjin, fought against Silla and Japan, and the west side needed to guard against Tubo. Once it also fought against Tubo, it would be a two-front war. Therefore, we had to be wary of the northern grasslands." Li Chengqian said.

When everyone was focusing on things, Li Chengqian also thought of the northern grasslands. This is why he often heard Xuan Shijing say that there is no good thing around Datang, so he was on guard.

Originally, what Xuan Shijing said was the truth, look at these small countries around Datang, are there any good things?

Back then, the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks, but the Western Turks were still there. The Eastern Turks were taken down by the Tang Dynasty with a thunderbolt. Seeing this, the Western Turks quickly confessed, but for them, the grasslands belong to them after all. Now even though Datang has set up the Protectorate on the grassland, there is not a single day when the Western Turks are not thinking about the fertile grasslands and pastures controlled by Datang.

Li Chengqian was afraid that those people on the grassland would organize troops to go south again seeing that Tang was tired of dealing with the East-West War.

After crossing the Yin Mountain on the grassland, there are basically no natural dangers on the way to Chang'an. The so-called barriers are the many cities and garrisons in the north.

If there was a natural danger, how could he be beaten to Weishui in the first place.

"Your Highness is thoughtful, I feel ashamed." Xuan Shijing flattered him lightly.

And the ministers sitting in the palace also thought, if they want to guard against the grassland in the north, should they also arrange some young people from their own families to go up there? It's hard to say for sure whether the Hu people in Shang Dynasty went south.

To guard against the north, there is a high probability that it is just a show.

"Your Majesty, if we divide our troops to guard against the north, the forces on the east and west sides will inevitably be weakened, but if we don't weaken the east and west sides, then we will have to mobilize troops to reorganize an army. In this way, the logistical burden will not be 38 troops. " Changsun Wuji said.

"My lord Changsun said the same thing." Li Ji said: "I suggest that the number of troops should be transferred from the 38 troops, that is to say, the number of troops on the east and west sides should be reduced to defend against the north."

"Just now I also said that in this war, the important thing is whether the east side can win the battle quickly. Therefore, the troops in the east cannot be moved anymore, and they still have to be transferred from the west." Cui Renshi said.

"But the battle in the west should not be taken lightly." Liu Rengui said: "Besides, Longxi is relatively close to the grassland. Even if there is any movement on the grassland in the north, it can be mobilized in time. Moving, the pressure on Longxi is also doubling."

"My lords, there is no need to argue." Xuan Shijing smiled and said, "It is not easy to go east and west, but there is a saying that Master Liu Rengui said well, if the grassland really wants to move, then the Longxi side will definitely not It's easy, Xiongjin in the east is okay, there are Mohe and other tribes who are more loyal to my Tang Dynasty, but on the Longxi side, if one is not careful, they will be attacked by the north and the south, so the soldiers in Longxi can no longer move .”

"If we can't move Longxi, is it possible that we have to draw troops from the east?" Cui Dunli asked.

"That's right, just draw troops from the east." Xuan Shijing said: "Although the east is to quell the civil strife in Xiongjin, and by the way, to fight Silla and Wa, but in fact, less than 20 troops are needed. Of the 20 troops, nearly 3 are navy troops, which cannot be dispatched. Therefore, the [-] navy troops must naturally stay in the east. Bian originally prepared [-] soldiers who were going to go to Longxi to form an army of [-] and transfer them to the Anbei Protectorate to guard against the north. The [-] troops are in the Anbei Protectorate. If there is any movement on the ground, if you want to go straight to Longxi's back, there will be a quick response."

"Come here, bring over the map." Li Chengqian ordered.

The servants in the hall moved out the territory map of the Great Tang from the side hall, and also attached the border maps of the small countries around the Great Tang, which are all bordering the Great Tang.

Geographically speaking, the location of the Anbei Protectorate’s Mansion is excellent, because it’s right in the middle of the east and west battlefields, with Guannei behind. There will be no barriers beyond the two cities of Ningzhou.

Therefore, the Anbei Protectorate Mansion itself also has a standing army stationed there, and if the imperial court allocates [-] soldiers and horses to go there, it can indeed be foolproof.

(End of this chapter)