Man Tanghong

Chapter 775: Xing Shi and Asking for Guilty?

"I didn't expect their reaction to this matter to be so great..."

Li Yuanji sighed, and said to Zhao Chengyong: "Go and persuade them again, just say that we really have deep meaning in doing this."

Zhao Chengyong stared in astonishment.

Is it all in vain to co-author what I just said?

If my persuasion is useful, I will still use it to invite you out of the mountain?

"what happened?"

Seeing Zhao Chengyong staring at him with staring eyes, Li Yuanji couldn't help asking.

Zhao Chengyong said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, I have already persuaded you, and I have said everything I can say, but if you can't be persuaded, it will be useless for you to go again.

Or, would you send someone else to try it? "

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "If I can send other people, I don't have to let you be scolded."

Zhao Chengyong hurriedly said: "But it's useless to persuade me. Why don't I go outside the hall and find someone else to try?"

Li Yuanji opened his mouth, waved his hands finally and sighed: "Forget it, I'd better go see them. They are blocked in the front hall, I am afraid it will not be so easy for you to get out, even if you find a way to get out, you can find a way." More people are likely to be persuaded by them to stand with them."

When Zhao Chengyong heard that Li Yuanji was willing to go in person, he immediately became happy.

As for what Li Yuanji said later, he didn't listen carefully.

"Your Highness is willing to go out in person, that would be great, and I will open the way for His Highness."

Zhao Chengyong quickly got up from the ground and yelled loudly at the door, asking the people outside the hall to vacate the road leading to the front hall as soon as possible for Li Yuanji to pass.

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes, found a dark red robe to put on, and rushed to the front hall.

When I arrived at the front hall, I saw Li Shentong and Li Gang guarding the door like two door gods. Behind them, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu and others were also standing with serious faces, as if they wanted to put King Yong on trial. posture.

"What are you doing? Are you going to interrogate me together?"

Seeing their posture, Li Yuanji asked angrily.

Li Shentong and Li Gang took the initiative to meet them, and the others followed quickly.

"Chen Li's supernatural powers..."

"Minister Li Gang..."

"..."

"See Your Highness..."

After seeing the ceremony, Li Shentong couldn't wait to ask: "Your Highness, did you agree to the blackmail of the Turkic people and give many iron pots and cloth to the Turkic people?"

Li Yuanji glared at Li Shentong and said, "You really want to interrogate me?"

Li Shentong raised his head neither humble nor overbearing and said: "I dare not!"

Li Yuanji glared at Li Shentong again, and walked into the hall.

Li Shentong reluctantly moved out of the way, but the others were not as stubborn as him and actively moved out of the way.

After entering the hall, after everyone sat down, Li Yuanji waved to Zhao Chengyong, signaling Zhao Chengyong to close the door.

Xiao Yu suddenly stood up.

Li Yuanji stared at Xiao Yu and said, "What are you doing? Do you think I want to overwhelm others with force?"

Seeing that no one else was moving, Xiao Yu shook her head in embarrassment and sat down again.

Although he denied Li Yuanji's questioning, that's what he thought in his heart.

Not only him, but other people in the temple who had seen the Xuanwu Gate coup also came up with this idea at the moment the door was closed, but he was not the only one who was able to stabilize himself.

Li Yuanji also saw that some people became nervous when Zhao Chengyong closed the door, and immediately explained a little speechlessly, "The reason why I let Zhao Chengyong close the door is because what I say next is very important and cannot be ignored." What outsiders know, let alone spread by you.”

Li Shentong said thoughtfully: "Is it related to the blackmail you promised the Turks?"

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Shentong and said, "That's not blackmail, I gave it to them on purpose."

Li Shentong frowned and said, "Why did you deliberately give them so many things? Don't you know that this is an insult to the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Yuanji glared at Li Shentong: "Are you still listening to my next words?"

Li Shentong said in a blunt tone: "Then let me listen carefully, what is the purpose of you agreeing to the Turkic blackmail?"

This sounded harsh, with a sense of irony.

However, Li Yuanji didn't care about it, but continued with what he just said: "I hope that after listening to my words, you will strictly keep the secret and don't spread a word.

If someone spreads the word, don't blame me for not being sympathetic. "

Su Dingfang roughly guessed something, so he took the lead in responding: "I swear, I will not spread a word of what I heard today. If you violate this oath, let your Highness deal with it."

Seeing that Su Dingfang had expressed his opinion, the others followed suit.

Although Li Shentong, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu and other senior officials were reluctant, they followed suit.

After everyone had finished expressing their views, Li Yuanji slowly opened his mouth and said, "Since you have sworn not to speak out, then I can tell you the truth.

The reason why I agreed to the conditions of the Turkic people was also to prepare for the Northern Conquest of the Turkic people.

You four, Li Gong, Pei Gong, Xiao Gong, and Shu Da, should know that before Tang Jian left, I taught him a way to transmit messages with numbers.

The quantity of those things that the Turkic people need this time is the news that Tang Jian sent back for me.

Through the news delivered by Tang Jian, Li Gong and I learned that Tuyuhun and Turks have formed an alliance, and the purpose of the alliance is to deal with my Tang Dynasty.

The reason why the Turks proposed to exchange their Kehe Dun with the same weight of gold was Tuyuhun's request.

Although Tuyuhun has formed an alliance with the Turks, they are also afraid that the Turks will turn their backs on their promises, use them as dead soldiers, or annex them, so they want Turkic Kehe Dun to help them mediate.

After getting the news, I have already sent people to remind Liu Hongji and King Xiangyi, and sent Cheng Yaojin to be King Xiangyi's deputy, and Huang Junhan to sit in Liangzhou.

The purpose of doing this is to prevent accidents.

But just saying that is not enough.

No matter whether it is my Great Tang to defend against the invasion of the Turkic and Tuyuhun coalition forces, or my Great Tang to conquer the Turks in the north, these arrangements are not enough.

We need more detailed and accurate Turkic news.

We need to understand everything about Turks and Tuyuhun.

Only in this way will it be easier for us to resist the invasion of Turks and Tuyuhun, or conquer them.

Agreeing to the conditions proposed by the Turks, and giving the Turks iron pots, cloth, etc., is to arouse Xieli's greed, let Xieli put forward more conditions, and let Tang Jian pass on more news for us. "

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji looked at Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong and other military officials and said: "You are all veterans on the battlefield, you should know how easy it is to fight after knowing all the enemy's situation, How easy."

Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong and others hesitated for a moment, then nodded in unison.

When the two armies are fighting, whoever knows the enemy better has a better chance of winning. Even if there is a big difference in military strength, the side that understands the enemy can use various means to kill the enemy's strength, or according to the enemy's various Based on these advantages and disadvantages, formulate a strategy that is not conducive to the enemy, forcing the enemy to use the tactics they are least good at, and fight against yourself where it is most unfavorable to them.

Therefore, understanding all the enemy's conditions is really helpful to the war.

Many military generals with mediocre abilities but many military exploits have made great efforts in scouting. Through the scouting, they have learned all about the enemy's situation, and then they have given medicine to them and gained military exploits.

Many generals with outstanding abilities and meritorious service occasionally made mistakes or suffered major battle losses. Most of them were caught off guard by the enemy because they did not understand all the enemy's situation clearly.

Therefore, any military commander with some achievements knows the benefits of knowing all the situations of the enemy.

Li Yuanji continued: "If we understand everything about the Turks and Tuyuhun, will you be able to greatly reduce the battle damage when we conquer them?"

Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong and others nodded without hesitation.

That's for sure.

Know the enemy clearly, and fight against the enemy according to the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy, which will definitely reduce the battle damage.

And this reduction will be very large.

Li Yuanji asked again: "Then if the reduced battle damage is 1 people or even more, do you think it is worth giving these things to Turks?"

value!
Well worth it!
Too much value!

If tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of soldiers' lives can be exchanged for just using some iron pots and cloth, it would be a huge profit.

After all, there are only so many Dingkou in Datang today, and after screening and screening, those who can help Datang in the battle are very limited.

And among these limited pockets, there are even fewer who can fight well.

Therefore, it is definitely a good thing to use a small amount of materials to expand the advantages of the Tang Dynasty when it conquered the Turks and Tuyuhun, and to reduce the loss of soldiers who can fight well.

Li Shentong and others were immediately convinced. They didn't need to analyze in detail, they already knew that Datang's gains in this matter were far greater than the gains.

But Li Gang and others don't think so.

Seeing how easily Li Shentong and others were persuaded, Li Gang hurriedly said, "Your Highness, even though you said so, it will be a loss if you are blackmailed by the Turks..."

"Damn what? Nothing was lost!"

Before Li Gang finished speaking, Li Shentong puffed up his chest and shouted.

When Li Gang looked at Li Shentong and wanted to denounce Li Shentong, Li Shentong began to talk about his new understanding of this matter, "As the suzerain of the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, after capturing tens of thousands of Turkic slaves, , the Turkic people ran over and cried, and gave the Turkic some rewards, all as compensation, what happened to appease the Turkic people?"

Li Gang was dumbfounded by Li Shentong's words.

Without such a shameless person, you were obviously blackmailed, how can you speak so refreshingly? !
"King Huai'an, you also said that the tens of thousands of Turkic slaves in my Tang Dynasty were captured, so why should my Tang Dynasty compensate the Turks? Could it be that they invaded my Tang Dynasty and were captured by my Tang Dynasty and used as captives? Isn’t it impossible for me to be in Tang Dynasty?”

Seeing that Li Gang was startled by Li Shentong's shamelessness, Pei Ju couldn't help but speak up.

(End of this chapter)