Man Tanghong

Chapter 689 The Outrageous Battle (37)

After Li Yuanji's suggestion, Li Daoli went to Li Shimin to ask for a job again, saying that he would lead three thousand soldiers and horses to try the depth of Jieli.

Li Shimin agreed without even thinking about it, but in order to ensure that Li Daoli would not fall into the trick of luring the enemy into the depths, Li Shimin sent his eldest grandson Shunde as Li Daoli's army commander to accompany Li Daoli to test the depth of Jieli.

On the fifth day of December.

It snowed a little.

Li Daoli took three thousand soldiers and rushed to Huai'an City against the wind and snow.

After the soldiers came to Huai'an City, Li Daoli led his soldiers and horses to strangle the Turkic soldiers and horses stationed outside the city without any hesitation.

The Turkic soldiers and horses also quickly gathered together and launched a counterattack against Li Daoli.

After Li Daoli felt the pressure from the Turkic soldiers and horses, he gave up and continued to strangle the Turkic people without even thinking about it, and retreated ten miles away.

Li Yuanji and Li Shimin watched from beginning to end.

Firstly, he wanted to see clearly the reality of Jieli, and secondly, he was afraid that Li Daoli would really regard himself as a character, leading [-] soldiers to fight against tens of thousands of Turkic elites, and finally buried [-] soldiers.

As a result, after watching what Li Daoli did, he came to a dumbfounding conclusion.

Li Daoli is a dog who says one thing and does another.

He said that he wanted to fight Xieli, and he wanted to fight Xieli forever, but when he actually came to the battlefield, he didn't mean to fight Xieli, and never die.

After biting the Turkic people and finding that the Turkic people were invincible, they retreated decisively.

He retreated ten miles outside Huai'an City, and then got into a fight with the Turkic people.

Today we will find a way to lure a hundred Turkic people out and annihilate them together, and tomorrow we will find a way to lure a hundred Turkic people out and annihilate them together.

Once the Turkic people sent a large army to suppress them, they immediately retreated to Datang's Chinese army camp.

Later, the Turks simply sent thousands of soldiers to play the same tactics with Li Daoli, and both sides had a great time.

"It's considered that he is a little self-aware, but he is a little slippery..."

This is Li Shimin's evaluation after carefully observing Li Daoli's actions.

Ever since Li Yuanji had a heart-to-heart relationship with Li Shimin, and Li Shimin locked himself in his own tent for several days, Li Shimin began to develop infinitely in the direction of a saint, and began to become impartial.

In all aspects of the war, they began to express their opinions, and began to spare no effort to deal with the Turks.

Li Yuanji knew why Li Shimin had this change, and also knew why Li Shimin did it.

The reason why Li Shimin had this change was also influenced by his words.

His words gave Li Shimin a new way of thinking, and let Li Shimin see the hope of the three branches of Li's direct line to govern together. Therefore, when there was no way to make a comeback, Li Shimin began to plan to govern together with him. things.

However, this does not mean that Li Shimin has given up the idea of ​​making a comeback, nor has he given up his ambition of going to the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

On the contrary, if there is a chance for a comeback and a chance to reach the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Li Shimin will go even further and be more decisive than before.

The reason why Li Shimin planned his co-government was purely to seek power for himself, and also to pave the way for his hopeless comeback.

Li Shimin is nothing now, and the authority he possesses is also based on what he temporarily bestowed.

If he takes back the authority granted to Li Shimin, then Li Shimin will once again become the former prisoner who has nothing and can do nothing.

That's why Li Shimin had this transformation.

Facing Li Shimin's evaluation of Li Daoli, Li Yuanji nodded approvingly and said: "Our cousin, saying one thing and doing another, is indeed a bit slippery.

But a little oily is also a good thing.

Only a little bit of slippery will not suffer. "

Li Shimin said with deep eyes: "It's a good thing for others to be slick, but it's not a good thing for us. If he has a different heart, it will be a trouble for us."

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "Are you afraid?"

Li Shimin curled his lips in disdain, "Am I afraid of him? Don't say that he is just a small lieutenant who commands [-] soldiers now, even if he becomes a general like Li Shiji who commands thousands of troops, I think it would be easy to clean him up."

In this kind of matter, Li Shimin has absolute confidence.

This confidence comes from the enemies he has defeated.

But all the enemies he defeated were outstanding figures in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Even those outstanding people who control a region or establish a country are not his opponents. Li Daoli, a person who is attached to Li Shi and has a little power and influence, is even less his opponent.

So he has the qualifications to despise Li Daoli, and he also has the confidence to despise Li Daoli.

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "That's it. Since you're not afraid of him, why should you worry if he's a little more naughty?"

Judging from the current situation in Datang, as long as Li Shimin stands with him, as long as Li Shimin does not make a comeback and stands against him, really, no one can be his opponent.

Even if the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty were restarted, the country would still be taken by the Li family, and their brothers would still be the ones making the decisions.

This is the benefit of Li Shimin helping him.

Of course, what should be guarded against is still to be guarded against.

Otherwise, if Li Shimin turned over, he should cry.

"That's right, let him make trouble and see how far he can go."

Li Shimin thought for a moment, then nodded.

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "I hope that after he has some power, he will not have any dissent, let alone make enemies with our brothers."

Li Shimin also narrowed his eyes, and said quietly: "If he is powerful enough, even if he has no dissent, we have to force him to have a dissent, and we have to force him to be an enemy of our brothers."

Li Yuanji said dumbfoundedly: "Can't you tolerate other people in your heart?"

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "What do you know, what we have now, the three of us, I feel too cramped, let alone others."

Li Yuanji shook his head, smiled wryly and did not speak.

This is typical imperial thinking.

However, Li Shimin has nothing now, and he has not become an emperor. He doesn't understand why Li Shimin has this kind of thinking.

It stands to reason that he is now in charge of Datang, this is the thinking he should have been born with.

"When are you going to fight Xieli?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and talked about the war.

Li Shimin seemed to have discussed it with Xieli. After leading the army to Huai'an, he was not in a hurry to march, and Xieli in Huai'an city didn't seem to be in a hurry to come out to fight Li Shimin.

Therefore, the current situation in Huai'an is very stable except for Li Daoli and thousands of Turkic soldiers who are making small troubles.

Li Yuanji didn't know the intention of Li Shimin and Jieli to do this, but it was obvious that this was a tacit understanding formed between the two of them without discussing it.

They are all waiting for the moment when the great war breaks out.

With his hands behind his back, Li Shimin said slowly: "When Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin, and Li Daozong arrive at the place I designated, and when the battle in Suizhou comes to an end, then we will have a decisive battle with Jieli."

Li Yuanji thought thoughtfully: "In other words, Xieli is also waiting for the outcome of the battle in Suizhou?"

Li Shimin rolled his eyes and said, "Otherwise? The battle in Suizhou doesn't come to fruition, and Xieli didn't open the second door to go south. Even if we decide the outcome, what's the point?"

There was no second gate through which he could advance and retreat freely, so Xieli sent all his soldiers and horses southward to deliver food.

Therefore, whether the second portal can be opened directly determines whether Xieli will continue to go south.

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "That is to say, Xieli needs to wait for his people to open the second door, so he sits and watches us gather strength here and arrange troops everywhere?"

Li Shimin nodded without hesitation, and said very viciously, "It's not too stupid..."

Li Yuanji gave Li Shimin a blank look, didn't care about this, and continued: "But the war in Suizhou is very stalemate now, Yin Kaishan and Uncle Wang of Xiangyi have already beaten people's brains into dogs with Turkic Suni Shi, Kang Sumi and others brain out.

The two sides have been fighting until now, each has a winner and loser, and each other can't stand each other.

It may take a long time to wait for their results. "

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Isn't this a good thing for us? The longer they delay, the more strength we gather.

If only they could hold off until Hyo Gong and Lee Se Ji took Lee Yi down.

We can let Xiao Gong and Li Shiji lead the troops to go straight to Shuofang, and then make a big circle from Shuofang to block Xieli and his party in Gyeongju for a battle of annihilation.

If we can defeat all the Turkic elites in one battle, and even capture Jieli, Tuli, and Sunishu alive, the Turks will no longer be a threat to our Tang Dynasty.

My Tang Dynasty can continue to grow, and at the same time travel around Turkic places. "

Li Yuanji smiled wryly: "The current population of our Tang Dynasty is already stretched enough just to manage the existing places in the Tang Dynasty. If we go to manage the Turks, I'm afraid it will be a bit powerless."

Insufficient population is now Datang's blemish.

If Datang now has a population of 3000 million, or even a little less, 2000 million, then Datang can also manage the Turks.

But Datang now only has a population of more than 1000 million, and it is difficult to manage all parts of Datang, let alone manage Turkic.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the reason why the national policy of giving all kinds of land such as Yongye land to adult males was established was because the population of the Tang Dynasty was too small, and the existing land could not be distributed.

According to historical records, it was not until the Li Zhi period in the Tang Dynasty that there was no land to divide and the land was stretched in Chang'an.

That is to say, if Datang wanted to completely manage the Turks, he would have to wait at least two to thirty years later.

"What do you mean? Let Jieli go?"

Li Shimin frowned and asked.

Li Yuanji slowly shook his head and said: "It is definitely impossible to let Xieli leave, Xieli has caused so much harm to our Tang Dynasty, his head must be taken off to comfort the spirits of the people and soldiers of our Tang Dynasty.

But if Tuli can be subdued, we still have to try to subdue it.

When the people of my Tang Dynasty were not enough to help us manage Turks, we had to support Turks to help us occupy various places in Turks. "

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and said, "I thought you were going to let Jieli and the Turks go, so you think so."

Li Yuanji spread his hands and said: "If you don't think so, what should I do? I don't have many Dingkou in Datang. If there are as many Dingkou in Datang as there were at the peak of the Western Han Dynasty, I wouldn't think so at all.

Because I, Datang, have enough manpower to manage all the places in the world. "

(End of this chapter)