Man Tanghong

Su Dingfang ignored him, but cupped his hands and said, "I don't have any other intentions, I just think that my Tang Dynasty must make two preparations, so as to ensure nothing goes wrong.

After all, General Li cannot guarantee that this battle will be won. "

Li Yuanji nodded, looked at Li Shimin and said, "What does Second Brother think?"

Li Shimin curled his lips, feeling a little speechless after being teased.

After all, he is also a veteran general who has been on the battlefield for many years, and he is also a famous invincible god of war in the Tang Dynasty. How could he not know the truth that war is invincible.

So Su Dingfang countered him with this remark, and he couldn't lick his face and say that what he said was wrong.

In that case, he would not only be insulting others, but also himself.

However, in his opinion, it is unlikely that Datang will lose this battle.

After all, the Turks have been divided into two, and their strength has been greatly weakened. Datang also took the opportunity to continue to weaken the Turks' strength for nearly two years. The Turks no longer have the capital to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

Unless the Turks produce an invincible commander like the Overlord of Western Chu.

In that case, Turkic has the possibility of turning over.

The problem is, even if the Turks have an invincible commander like the Overlord of Western Chu, it is impossible for Yi Jieli to use it.

After being betrayed by his two nephews one after another, if Jieli is willing to hand over the military power in his hands, there will be ghosts.

Therefore, Turks seem to have the possibility of a comeback, but in fact it is no different from no.

That's why he dared to conclude that it was unlikely that Datang would lose this battle.

But small does not mean none.

The factor that determines the outcome of a war is not simply a single human factor, but also various factors such as climate and location.

If that old guy Xieli happened to be the darling of God just like Liu Xiu, and when Datang gathered all the soldiers and horses to encircle Xieli, he also encountered a meteorite rain, or an earthquake or something, then even if Datang Always in the upper hand, but also may lose.

That's why he didn't say what he thought, and went back to Su Dingfang.

Because he doesn't want to be slapped in the face.

"Second brother, since he thinks there is nothing wrong, let's continue talking about the war..."

After supporting Su Dingfang, Li Yuanji turned his head to look at Su Dingfang and continued, "I don't want to say whether to make two-handed preparations or not, but follow my advice and scare Su Nishi, Liang Shidu, and Liang Luoren before talking about it."

Now that the Tang Dynasty has not started a war with the Turks, and the battle has not yet become clear, it is a bit premature to make two-handed preparations now.

After Li Jing knew about it, he would mistakenly think that the court could not trust him.

So this two-handed preparation can be talked about in private, but it cannot be put on the public face, let alone done.

Su Dingfang also understood this truth, nodded immediately and said: "I understand, did you send someone to deliver the order?"

Li Yuanji nodded, indicating that Su Dingfang could go down.

The reason why the Tudiji Department and the Tali Department were allowed to raid the Dahe clan and force the Dahe clan to retreat to the north of Yingzhou was not to let Cheng Yaojin or Yuchi Gong lead the army to attack Suni Shi and Liang Shidu from the front. , Liang Luoren's pressure is also to leave enough room for relaxation.

After all, according to historical records, two of these three people surrendered to the Great Tang. After Sunis surrendered to the Great Tang, he also helped the Great Tang a lot. Only Liang Shidu firmly followed Datang confronted the diehards.

Therefore, it is better not to have a confrontation without confrontation.

Otherwise, maybe everyone has decided to surrender and follow Datang, and if you give them a hard time suddenly, they have to immediately give up the idea of ​​surrendering to Datang and choose to fight to the end with Datang?
So putting pressure on them from the side is the best way.

"You, you are too kind to the people under your command. Be careful that they go too far and ride on your head."

When Li Shimin 'taught' Su Dingfang, he didn't take advantage of Su Dingfang, and suffered from being dumb. After Su Dingfang left, he taught others a lesson.

Li Yuanji glanced at him and didn't bother to talk to him.

In this kind of matter, Li Shimin is not qualified to teach him a lesson.

In terms of pampering subordinates, who is better than Li Shimin?
In history, he was the only one who connived his subordinates to knock out the eyes of his clan brothers, or meritorious clan brothers.

Qin Shihuang was said to be so cruel, and he never saw him conniving at Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Li Xin and others riding on the head of Ying.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty doted on Huo Qubing so much, and he didn't see Huo Qubing punching Liu's clan, at most he killed Li Gan.

The remaining Song Taizu, Ming Taizu, Ming Chengzu, Qing Taizu, etc., have not seen such indulgence to their subordinates.

So Li Shimin is not qualified to pretend to be a wolf with a big tail in this matter.

……

Time flies to the third day of March.

The messengers under Su Dingfang's command rushed to the place where the Tudi Ji Department and the Ta Force Department were entrenched, and delivered the military order.

After Tudiji and Ye Hu, who was stepping into the army, got the military order, they almost didn't even think about it, and brazenly launched an attack on the ancestral land of the Dahe clan.

After they took advantage of the Turkic civil strife and annexed many small Turkic tribes, their strength has skyrocketed to the point where their current territory can no longer accommodate all their tribesmen.

So they desperately hope to expand their territory.

It's just that the Tang Dynasty is to the south of them, their monarchy, and their suzerainty. It is impossible for them to attack the monarchy, and they don't have the courage to attack the monarchy, so they set their sights on the east, north, and west. direction.

Of these three directions, one is occupied by the Dahe clan, and the other two are occupied by the Suni lost tribe.

Although their strength has skyrocketed many times, Suni Lost is still a giant to them. They cannot be Suni's opponents, and they dare not challenge the current Suni Lost, so they can remember Only Dahe's territory.

The current strength of the Dahe clan is about the same as that of the two of them combined. If they attack the Dahe clan together, they should be able to bite off a piece of meat from the Dahe clan.

It's just that the Dahe clan is now in an alliance with Suni Shibu and Liang Shidu.

Mobilizing the Dahe clan is equivalent to mobilizing Suni Shibu and Liang Shidu's tribes, so they dare not act rashly.

Now with Datang's instruction and with Datang's backing, they can finally launch an attack on the ancestral land of the Dahe clan they have coveted for a long time.

As soon as the war started, Tudiji and Ye Hu, the powerful tribe, led the clansmen and brazenly entered the ancestral land of the Dahe clan.

Within two days, six pastures of the Dahe clan were breached, and eleven small tribes of the Dahe clan were slaughtered.

As time goes by, the results continue to grow.

Tudiji and Ye Huda, who stepped on the strength department, seemed to be sharing the territory of the Dahe clan.

"You are feeding tigers!"

On March [-]th, when the latest battle reports from the Tudiji Department and the Tali Department reached Daizhou, Li Shimin only took one look, then frowned and expressed his emotion.

While flipping through the documents that Li Jing sent from Lingzhou, Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said, "I know..."

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "You don't know!"

The sound was extraordinarily heavy.

"Tudiji and Ye Hu, who is based in the army, are so greedy for land, which shows that their ambitions go far beyond Yingzhou. Once they are allowed to continue to grow, decades later, they are likely to become Another Turkic.

And our conquest of Turks this time is likely to be making wedding dresses for them. "

Li Shimin said with deep eyes.

Li Yuanji put down the document in his hand, and glanced at Li Shimin unexpectedly. He didn't expect Li Shimin to have such a long-term vision, and he could see hundreds of years later.

Historically, the stepping force did not fall to the Tang Dynasty during the Wude period, but with the ups and downs of the Turks, it finally disappeared in the dust of history.

Although the Tudiji Department fell to the Tang Dynasty at the moment when it was established, there were repetitions in the middle, and finally disappeared in the dust of history.

Therefore, these two tribes did not grow up in history, and it is hard to say what they will become in the future.

However, the Dahe family, which is being attacked by them, has gained a firm foothold in the Northeast step by step by virtue of the Great Tang's conquest of the Turks.

When Datang entered his twilight years, they became even more dominant in the Northeast.

By the time Zhao Kuangyin regained the top spot in the Central Plains, they had already become a huge kingdom.

It was called the Liao Kingdom in history.

When the Liao Kingdom was in its heyday, its status in the world was not lost to the Tang Dynasty at its peak.

The surrounding neighbors are all ups and downs under their iron hooves. Even if they are not brought into their rule, they still have to pay tribute every year and bow their heads.

Therefore, Li Shimin's vision is very long-term.

Although it was inaccurate, it wasn't that he had a problem with his eyesight, nor that he made a mistake in his judgment, but that he had limited information, and being able to make such a judgment was quite remarkable.

"Second brother takes a long-term view. What does second brother think, how should we deal with them?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin with great interest and asked questions.

Li Shimin replied without thinking, "Then it depends on whether you want to conquer Goguryeo?"

Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "The second brother wants me to conquer Goguryeo, and then in the process of conquering Goguryeo, let them be the pioneers, and then bury them all in Goguryeo?"

Li Shimin nodded without hesitation and said: "If they don't make mistakes, sending troops directly to conquer them will lose righteousness. But if you let them be the vanguard on the way to conquer Goguryeo and bury them all in Goguryeo, then there is no loss. up.

At least, the people of my Tang Dynasty will not say that you are unrighteous, even if other sweet potatoes have some criticisms, it is not easy to say it openly. "

Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin blankly.

For a moment, he suddenly felt that when Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo in history, the reason why he didn't do his best might be because he didn't do his best at all, but was using the Goguryeo war to achieve some political purpose.

For example... weakening the wealthy families in Hebei Road.

Because of the deep background, the wealthy families in Hebei Province are a little too far. Not only do they look down on the Li family, but they also don’t give Li’s face. Therefore, whether it is Li Shimin or Li Zhi in history, they have implemented a high-pressure policy on Hebei Province. .

Not only imposed heavy taxes on Hebei Province, but also asked Hebei Province to raise military rations every time Goguryeo was levied.

If Li Shimin failed to win Goguryeo once, he would launch the second time, and if he failed to win twice, he would launch the third time.

In this way, even if the aristocratic families in Hebei Province have rhinoceros hides, they will be stripped clean.