Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 780
Li Yuan is actually very clear about their current situation.

Even if they have retreated into Guanzhong now, they can't breathe a sigh of relief, let alone enemies on all sides, and each one is fiercer than the other.He has initially stabilized the situation in Guanzhong, but it is limited to such a small area.

From a military point of view, although Guanzhong is a land of four fortresses, Qinchuan is [-] miles away, and it is a good place to defend and raise troops.But if you really want to use Guanzhong to manage and seize the world, then you must first stabilize Longyou Hexi, otherwise the backyard will be unstable.

Bashu and Shannan must be controlled again, otherwise Guanzhong will not be able to support many soldiers.And controlling the land in the south of Bashu Mountain can really give the Guanzhong forces the capital to compete for the world.

If the situation is good, we have to control Hedong.

Not only can Hedong protect the Guanzhong, but it also has a condescending geographical advantage over Henan and Henan, which is like the upper reaches of the Jianghuai River in the land of Jingxiang.

But now, Li Yuan hasn't even fully controlled the pass.

But Longyou has Xue Ju, Hexi has Li Gui, Jingxiang has Xiao Xian, Shuofang has Liang Shidu, and Hetao has Yun Dingxing...
"Erlang, what good strategy do you have to break this adversity?"

"Far and near attack, unite the weak and leave the strong."

Li Shimin spat out eight words.

"What is the specific method of long distance and close attack to combine the weak and the strong?"

"Baby thinks, first concentrate on attacking Longyou Xue Ju."

"This is a close attack, what about a long distance?" Li Yuan asked.

The situation in Guanzhong, which is a mess, must be broken, but where to start is very important.Li Mi originally had a great advantage in Henan, but because of the wrong choice, Li Mi has not been able to take down Luoyang until now, and his power has even begun to weaken.

"Father can send someone to Liangzhou, Hexi, to contact Li Gui, and ask him to attack Xue Ju together, or even become brothers with him, and agree that after Xue Ju is destroyed, the Tang and Liang families will divide Xue Ju's land in Qin."

"Not bad." Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son Li Shimin's suggestion, it was a very practical suggestion.

"How did you come up with that?"

Li Shimin didn't say that this was the result of Sima Liu Wenjing's discussion with him, but their strategy was mainly derived from Luo Cheng, who rose up in Liaodong, and did not do this kind of long-distance and short-term attack.For example, Luo Cheng pulled Silla Baekje to threaten Goguryeo's back, and also drew Xiqi and him to besiege Goguryeo, not just relying on the strength of his loyal army.

"Father, we can still contact Turks."

Li Yuan frowned, "Turks? But now the Turks are also in civil strife, and most of the Turks in Monan have belonged to the Luo Cheng brothers."

"The Turkic tribes to the south of Yinshan Mountain are indeed attached to Luocheng and Luo Siye, but Yinshan Mountain has Duobi and other Turkic Khans who are not convinced. We can send people to contact Duobi in Mobei and borrow troops from him."

"You can't take care of yourself, can you borrow us?",

"Father, we don't need a lot of soldiers, even one or two thousand or even three hundred and five. What we want is the banner of the Turkic people. As long as there are Turkic soldiers playing the banner of the Turkic Khan, we can borrow a lot." For example, threaten Yun Dingxing in Hetao and Liang Shidu in Shuofang, so that they will not dare to make changes when we conquer Xue Ju, or even force Yun Dingxing to join us."

Li Shimin thinks that Yun Dingxing is a man with two ends. Since he hasn't voted for Luo Siye yet, he might vote for them. The key is to give him some benefits while also putting some pressure on him.

So to win over the Turks, put some pressure on Yun Dingxing's Hetao, and at the same time, Guanzhong gave him more rewards, so there is still a chance to pull him over.

"Then grant Yun Dingxing the rank of Taiwei and the servant of the Huang family, and make peace with his family, and make him the Duke of Jin." Li Yuan said without hesitation.

Then, Li Shimin suggested that we can also borrow troops from the Western Turks. The Western Turkic Khan was originally the Luo Khan, but because he was not very obedient a few years ago, the Sui Dynasty used Pei Shiju's trick to let Datou Khan His grandson Shekui Xiao Khan attacked Chuluo, and after Chuluo was defeated, the imperial court summoned Chuluo to Beijing to apologize.

When Chu Luo entered Beijing, the emperor gave a princess from the clan to marry Chu Luo, and at the same time put him under house arrest in Beijing and was not allowed to go back.

As a result, the West Turkic group had no leader, and She Kui Xiao Khan took the opportunity to attack Chuluo's subordinates aggressively. After fighting for several years, he controlled all the land of West Turkic.

Now Li Shimin said that we can send a princess to Shekui Khan for marriage, and at the same time officially canonize Shekui Khan as the Western Turkic Khan in the name of the court.

And borrow troops from him.

"What about the conditions?" Li Yuan didn't believe that a princess She Kui Khan was willing to borrow troops.

"If Shekui Khan is willing to borrow troops, we will not only marry him, but also promise him that the population, land and city will belong to me, and all the money and women will belong to him. Moreover, we can kill Chuluo Khan."

The implication is that if Shekui refuses to agree, they will send Chuluo Khan back to the Western Regions. In any case, Chuluo Khan is the Great Khan of the Western Turks. If he goes back, there will definitely be a big battle.

"Qian Bo's population belongs to him, is this over?"

"Father, as long as it can help us win the world, so what if I give them some benefits now, and I will take it back when I unify the world and become strong in the future."

Although the words are domineering, Li Yuan also understands that if he goes out with such conditions, he is actually showing weakness to the Western Turks.I'm afraid that the Turkic people will have more stringent conditions, such as professing their vassals to him, paying tribute to him every year, and so on.

But Li Shimin said that as long as the primary goal of unifying the world can be achieved, everything else is nothing.

"There are also Tuyuhun and Longyou Qiangs. We can restore Tuyuhun to the country, as long as they are willing to support my Li family. As for the Longyou Qiangs, we can also grant them official titles, divide their territory, and allow them to govern themselves. , and then in exchange for their attachment, you can even use them to beat Xue Ju."

Claiming to be a vassal to the Turks, allowing Tuyuhun to restore the country, and even allowing the Qiangs to stand on their own.

Li Yuan sighed.

It was more than [-] years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, how many lives of soldiers were used to subdue the Western Turks, to destroy the country and set up four counties, but now, the son said that in order to fight for the world, those are not important, and they can be given away .

"It's easy to send it out, but it's hard to get it back!" Li Yuan said.

But Li Shimin didn't take it seriously, "Father, if we can send it out today, we can get it back in the future. It doesn't matter whether there will be people talking behind the scenes."

Li Yuan thinks about it too, now they want to fight for the world, and the losers don't even have the qualifications to survive. In order to win the world, they will do everything they can to conquer the world.

"This matter is settled like this. I will leave it to you to be responsible. You can find the right person and contact him quickly." Li Yuan reached out and patted his son on the shoulder. He felt that the second son was really determined in this regard. Ruthless and bold, he is undoubtedly much better than the eldest son Jiancheng.

Unfortunately, this is only the second son.

(End of this chapter)