Man Tanghong

Chapter 650

While Liu Hongji lamented Li Yuanji's exquisite layout, he couldn't help worrying: "I'm afraid that Master Liang will put all his eggs in one basket under the coercion of Xieli."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and said: "You mean, Jieli will coerce Master Liang to stay here and continue to attack Xiaoguan, regardless of the life or death of Shuofang City?"

Liu Hongji nodded solemnly, his brows furrowed.

Li Yuanji shouted: "How is this possible? Leaving aside that Master Liang doesn't care about the lives of his people, even the money and food he left in Sanfeng City are enough for him to go back against Jieli's will."

All the money and food that Liang Shidu has accumulated over the years are stored in Sanfeng City, which is the foundation of Liang Shidu.

It is impossible for Master Liang to give up on them and serve the Turkic people wholeheartedly.

Liang Shidu is not a saint, and he is not so impartial.

Besides, with Jieli's stinginess and his attitude towards Liang Shidu, if Liang Shidu really chose to stay and help him, he might not be able to share much of the spoils if he won, and he would have to bear a huge burden if he lost. loss.

Liang Shidu is the king of a country, and he and Jieli are a community of interests. Although there are masters and servants, they are not real masters and servants. Jieli has no way to make Liang Shidu give up everything to help him. It is impossible to abandon one's own foundation to fulfill Xieli.

Therefore, once Shuofang City is attacked and the Sanfeng City is threatened, Liang Shi will definitely lead his army back to help.

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case. I have heard that Master Liang regards himself as a dog and a horse under Jieli's tent. May I ask which dog and horse will leave their master when they are in trouble?"

Liu Hongji sighed with worry.

Li Yuanji asked in surprise: "Did you forget that Liang Shidu is the monarch of Liang State first, and then Jieli's servant. The reason why Liang Shidu regards himself as a dog and horse under Jieli's tent is because of the bridge he built. The country is sandwiched between my Tang Dynasty and the Turks, without the support of the Turks, he is not my opponent at all.

So he must use the power of the Turks to resist my Datang.

This is called driving away wolves and tigers.

But his country of Liang was threatened, and the Turks not only refused to help, but if he was asked to give up the country of Liang and support the Turks to attack my Tang Dynasty, he would definitely choose to leave without hesitation. "

This is a problem that every person in power is likely to encounter.

This is also a choice that every person in power will make.

When there is a conflict between their own interests and the interests they rely on most, every person in power will consider safeguarding their own interests first.

If possible, he would also take the opportunity to plan for the interests that he relies on the most, so as to strengthen himself.

Absolutely will not go to protect the interests of their greatest reliance.

For those in power, the enemy is a threat, and the greatest reliance is actually a threat.

Every person in power wants to be the greatest reliance on others, not to be dependent on others.

Master Liang was able to build a country in troubled times, and he was able to use the Turkic people to perform a plan to drive away wolves and tigers, which shows that Master Liang is very ambitious.

He may not only want to compete in the Central Plains, but also in the grasslands.

Therefore, no matter what he said, he would not serve the Turks wholeheartedly, let alone give up his own interests to fulfill the Turks.

Li Yuanji was sure that once the Turks were in trouble and Liang Shidu was still alive, he would be the first to jump up and bite the Turks.

"Why, don't you understand?"

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he saw Liu Hongji standing there in a daze. He didn't know how to block the arrow when it flew over, but his generals helped him block it, so he asked a bit dumbfounded.

He didn't believe that Liu Hongji didn't understand such a simple truth.

Liu Hongji slowly came back to his senses, took a deep breath, nodded heavily and said: "I understand..."

It is impossible for Liu Hongji not to understand such a simple truth.

The reason why he didn't think about it before was because he didn't bring himself into the perspective of those in power to look at this issue.

As a military general, or a military general with outstanding military exploits, for the sake of himself and his family's life, it is not suitable to look at the problem from the perspective of those in power.

It is easy to look at problems from the perspective of those in power, but it is difficult to eliminate the ambition that breeds after being brought in.

With the sharpness of the soldiers and the wide range of generals in the Tang Dynasty, once a general develops ambitions and rebels, the end will be very miserable.

As a general who participated in the whole process of Li Yuan's founding of the country and won the first meritorious service in the Tang Dynasty, he should be well aware of the ease of rebellion and the difficulty of establishing a country.

To rebel, three or five people get together, raise a big banner, and shout the slogan of rebellion, that's easy.

But to establish a country, not only must manage the world, but also a lot of manpower and material support.

Stronger than Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, with a group of civil and military followers under his command, and a lot of manpower and material resources to use, he was shot to death in Luoyang by Datang.

Liu Hongji didn't have so many civil and military followers, and he didn't have a lot of manpower and material resources to use, so he could rebel, but he couldn't establish a country at all.

If you can't establish a country, you won't be able to make a climate.

The final end will be the same as most of the military generals who turned back from the Tang Dynasty, becoming a prisoner or dying under the sword of their former colleagues.

Therefore, even if Liu Hongji could bring in the perspective of those in power to look at the problem and easily see how Master Liang would react after being attacked in Shuofang City, he would not dare to bring it in.

He didn't dare to let himself breed ambition, and he couldn't let himself breed ambition.

"Now that you understand, do you know what to do?"

Li Yuanji asked again.

Liu Hongji did not speak, but directly recruited the messengers under his command, and asked them to send orders to various places in Guancheng, to set up bed crossbows everywhere, and to wait until the Turkic elite and Liangshi all came to attack. The ordnance, greeted the Turkic people fiercely.

When Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and others put on their armors and appeared on the Guancheng with a group of people carrying the armor belonging to Li Yuanji, the Guancheng was really connected like a thunderbolt.

As a large number of bed crossbows and large ordnance joined the battlefield, the Turks were quickly repelled, leaving behind a densely packed corpse.

When a group of cavalry rushed out of the Turkic camp and roared across the battlefield with a few Zhige flags, the war was temporarily over.

I don't know who invented the Zhige flag. It is very useful on the battlefield. Once one side hangs the Zhige flag, it means that this side wants to temporarily cease the war, and each send people to the battlefield to collect the corpses of their soldiers.

If the other party disagrees, they can shoot with arrows, and the two sides continue to fight fiercely.

If you agree, then order people to hoist the Zhige flag.

This is beneficial to both the enemy and us. Not only can we get back the corpses of our own soldiers in a peaceful way, but it can also prevent the breeding of plagues.

This often happens on the frontal battlefield where the two armies confront each other. In the past, it often appeared on various battlefields of the Central Plains Dynasty. After Luo Khan of the Turkic Department appointed the former Sui princess as Kehe Dun, he also learned this rule.

In the fierce battles between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks in the past, this kind of thing happened several times, and it even happened once on the Weizeguan battlefield before.

However, at that time, I didn't know who threw the fire pillar. A large fire pillar was thrown out, and the cavalry sent by the Turks to stop the war were thrown into the ground, making it impossible for the Turks to send people out to collect the corpses of their own soldiers. Datang did not The way is to send people out to collect the corpses of our own soldiers.

Of course, there was no need to send people to collect the corpses on the Weizeguan battlefield at that time, because most of the corpses were burnt under the fire of a large fire pillar thrown by a warrior who did not want to be named. It was also burned to fly ash, so there was no need to collect the body.

The Turks chose to stop fighting temporarily, and Datang quickly responded.

After waving several flags completely different from the flags on the city, the Turks sent thousands of ragged slaves to appear on the battlefield, and the Tang Dynasty also dispatched hundreds of soldiers disguised as civilian husbands on board The hanging basket went down to the top of the city.

Li Yuanji could finally have a good chat with Liu Hongji.

With the help of Cai Yungong and Chen Shuda, after putting on armor, hanging a horizontal knife, and sitting on the top of the dilapidated city gate with a big horse and golden sword, Li Yuanji said slowly: "Xue Shou, Yu Zhining, Han Liang Are they here?"

Chen Shuda clasped his fists and said, "We're already under the city wall, we'll be there soon."

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Then we'll talk when they arrive."

Then, everyone in the city gate fell into silence.

Cai Yungong, Chen Shuda and other civil servants rarely went to the battlefield, and some of them had not even been on the battlefield since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, so they didn't have the usual armor. Sitting there shy, but dare not make a sound.

The Great Tang advocated martial arts, and the Great Tang established the country with martial arts, and it advocated bravery very much.

Even if the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty did not have the ability to mount a horse to rule the army or dismount a herdsman, they still had to know some martial arts, and they had to have the ability to fight on the battlefield.

Therefore, here, in the case of full armor, no one dares to complain.

Because you will be despised by those in power and ridiculed by your colleagues.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the court of the Tang Dynasty, your writing and ability are not as good as others, and you can shamelessly say "there is no first in literature" and "each has its own strengths".

But you are not as good as others in terms of force, and you have to pick and choose even when wearing armor. If you complain about it, you will be ridiculed by everyone.

In the past, when the people of Prince Qin's mansion were calling the shots in the court, they liked to laugh at the weakness of their colleagues, and they also liked to use the weakness of their colleagues as an excuse to get together in small groups to satirize people.

Among them, Yuchi Gong is the most.

Relying on his skill and bravery, he satirized almost all his colleagues who were not as good as him.

There are only a few people like Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin who can be looked up to by him.

"Chen Xueshou..."

"Yu Zhining..."

"Han Liang..."

"..."

"See His Royal Highness King Qi!"

After waiting for about half a stick of incense, Xue Shou, Yu Zhining, Han Liang and others appeared in the city gate building under the guidance of the spear bearer in front of Liu Hongji's tent.

Li Yuanji nodded his head as a response, and without too many greetings, he directly told them Liu Hongji's analysis, and after he finished speaking, he asked, "Do you have any way to break the situation?"

(End of this chapter)