Man Tanghong

"Since you can convince your father and all the officials, then it's up to you."

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and said nonchalantly, but Li Yuanji could tell that he was very upset, otherwise his teeth would not be biting together.

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Then it's settled, let's talk about the war in Daizhou?"

When mentioning the war in Daizhou, Li Shimin curled his lips and said without interest: "What is there to say about the war in Daizhou?"

Su Dingfang and Li Jing in Daizhou are completely at the two extremes. Li Jing likes to use the positive to assist the strange, and to use the strange to win. Simply put, it is through equality, or a little more troops than the enemy, or stronger than the enemy. With the strength of the enemy, suppress the enemy, and then make a strange move, defeat the enemy with one move, and win the greatest victory with the smallest cost.

Whether it was the previous battle against Nanliang, the subsequent battle against Fu Gongyou, or the current battle against Turks, Li Jing adopted this strategy.

The advantage of this strategy is that it can greatly save troops and defeat the enemy at an extremely fast speed.

Although it is easy to be noticed by the enemy when winning by surprise, and send a large army to encircle and suppress, which leads to failure, but in terms of innateness, it is almost undefeated.

Because Li Jing didn't simply use surprises to win, and use very little troops to make big gains with small numbers, but only made surprise moves when the number of troops was equal.

So even if the enemy detects and is encircled by the enemy, at most it will be the loss of a surprise soldier, which will not lead to the defeat of the whole line.

Li Jing has the opportunity to make a comeback anytime and anywhere, and even after the failure of a strange move, he can fight the enemy openly and squarely.

To sum it up in one sentence, Li Jing likes to use the same force to frighten the enemy, or stabilize the rear, and then use an awl to stab the enemy in the heart.

If he gets stabbed, the enemy dies, he wins, but if he fails to get stabbed, he can fight the enemy with the same force. It is impossible for the enemy to defeat Li Jing by defeating Li Jing's surprise soldiers.

And fighting the enemy head-on in an upright manner is Li Jing's last resort.

But so far, no one has seen Li Jing use the last resort.

Because no matter it was Nanliang, Fu Gongyou, or Turkic, they were defeated without forcing Li Jing to his last resort.

In comparison, Su Dingfang's way of using troops is completely different from Li Jing's. Su Dingfang likes to defeat the enemy in an upright and dignified way, and Su Dingfang's use of troops is extremely stable. He can really encircle without attacking and kill his own people. Turn the enemy around in a hurry, and finally win with one blow when you are most sure.

During his attack on Liang State this time, he besieged a city in Liang State for a full ten days, keeping the Liang army in the city from being calm at the very beginning, until they were in panic, and making the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty outside the city from preparing for one day. The victory of the battle was so impatient that when he ordered the official siege, the soldiers of Datang rushed up like wolves. It was Liang Jun who was standing in front of them, seeing what he saw and destroying what he saw. When they looked crazy, some people were scared to death.

As for the Liang army inside the city, when they were besieged in panic, they didn't have the courage to fight to the death with the Tang soldiers outside the city, almost all of them were defeated by one blow.

Afterwards, Su Dingfang drove the defeated soldiers and asked them to spread panic city by city, announcing the strength of the Tang army, and then led the army to attack the city, encroaching on all the cities of Liang State step by step.

Up to the current position, Su Dingfang has captured half of Liang's cities.

Master Liang was about to kneel in front of Suni Shi's tent, begging Suni Shi to send troops to help him, but Suni Shi remained silent.

To be honest, Su Dingfang's way of using troops is very different from his way of charging.

When he was using soldiers, he was incredibly stable, and when he charged into battle, he was so reckless that he was almost crazy.

The most direct example is when he just fell to Datang, in the battle of Weizeguan, he attacked Liu Heita's barracks.

With a small number of cavalry, he rushed into Liu Heita's barracks in one breath, chased Liu Heita and killed him for a full [-] miles, and finally took Liu Heita's head off and let him go.

If he had the same temperament when he was using soldiers, he would not have besieged a city in Liang State for about ten days.

If he didn't know the records about him in history and how he used his troops, Li Yuanji would really doubt whether he had changed.

After all, his awareness of using troops and leading them is too great.

Also thanks to his steady use of troops, the current battle in Daizhou is very stable, and the ending is already doomed, so there is no need for too much attention.

This is why Li Shimin said, "What is there to say about the war in Daizhou?"

"Then let's talk about Suni's missing department?"

Li Yuanji asked again with a smile.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "It's been almost a month since we handed over the surrender document to Suni, and Suni hasn't moved yet, which is indeed a bit abnormal."

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "So should we send someone to contact Suni again?"

It stands to reason that it was reasonable for Suni not to express his position before, but now that Jieli has lost and the Turks are about to be destroyed, it is a bit unreasonable for him not to express his position.

After all, he didn’t make a statement before, and he could explain it by waiting for Datang and Jieli to win and then make a choice, but now that Jieli has lost, and he doesn’t know where he fled to, he still hasn’t made a statement , that is completely abnormal.

Li Shimin said thoughtfully: "It is time to send someone to contact again, but I have some bad premonitions."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What does Second Brother mean?"

Li Shimin thought about it and said, "Something may have happened to Suni."

Li Yuanji was taken aback again and said, "Second Brother, you mean that Sunis might be dead already?"

When the Turks were about to be destroyed, Suni still didn't react at all, saying that he didn't care about the survival of the Turks, and it was impossible not to worry about the death of the Turks.

The only explanation is that he may be dead.

Only the dead can't pay attention to anything, and can't make choices about anything.

Li Shimin nodded his head and said: "It is very possible, but at present, apart from Suni Shi himself, only Ashina Sheer and Suni Shi's eldest son Ashnabil are the most powerful.

And although Ashinasheer surrendered to Sunis, it doesn't mean that he will surrender to Ashinabile.

Therefore, once there is any change in Suni's lost department, the two will inevitably embark on the road of fighting for power. "

Li Yuanji frowned slightly and said, "I remember that Ashinasheer is not the kind of person who likes to fight. He will fight for power with Ashinabile?"

Li Shimin hummed and said: "He didn't fight before, it was because the Turks didn't have a life-and-death crisis. If he didn't fight now, the Turks would really be gone. So for the sake of the Turks, he also fought."

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully and said: "In this way, Suni's department is very likely to be in the middle of civil strife, so it is impossible to make any decisions.

However, these are our guesses, and we have to send someone to take a look in person. "

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment and said: "Let's send Xue Shou, he is close, and he has the ability to protect himself."

Li Yuanji thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Then let Xue take it."

Although Xue Shou belonged to Li Shimin, it is very likely that Li Shimin's purpose of sending Xue Shou to Suni's Ministry at this time is not pure.

But with Xue Shou alone, in a foreign country, he couldn't make any big waves.

Whether it is Ashinasheer or Ashinabile, it is impossible to listen to Xue Shou, let alone unite to help Li Shimin recover.

After everything was discussed, Li Yuanji sent someone to deliver the message and order.

At the beginning of July, Li Shiji was ordered to cut [-] households and the document was delivered to Li Shiji. At the same time, the words and documents asking Li Yuan to go to Longyou to worship the ancestors, and asking Xue Shou to go to Suni to find out the situation were also delivered to the two individual ears.

After Li Shiji received the document of ordering and closing the household, not only did he not feel dissatisfied in the slightest, but instead made a memorial to confess his guilt and accept punishment.

The moment Xue Shou got the mission documents, he also packed up his things and rushed to Suni Shibu.

Only Li Yuan was different. When Li Yuan heard that his son started ordering him, he jumped angrily, and immediately sent a letter of cursing to Lingzhou.

However, Li Yuanji didn't have time to watch. He had to rush to the place where Shi Huoba's tribe was located to meet Li Jing who had returned in triumph, and at the same time deal with the cattle, sheep and horses that Datang had seized from various Turkic tribes.

As the Tang army continued to deepen, more and more Turkic tribes were conquered, and more and more cattle, sheep and horses were captured.

The number of cattle, sheep and horses has also broken through to tens of millions from the initial tens of thousands to millions.

That's right, you read that right, the number of cattle, sheep and horses captured by the Tang Dynasty from various Turkic ministries exceeded tens of millions.

The few storage points that Datang set up on the line from Lingzhou to Shizhou were simply not enough.

The closed cities everywhere, as well as the temporary storage points have also been filled.

Just like this, Datang's army continued to seize cattle and sheep.

At present, Li Shiji, who replaced Li Jing in the central army, proposed to distribute some cattle, sheep and horses as rewards to meritorious soldiers, and sent people back to Datang.

The suggestion given by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the three provinces is to transport some of the cattle, sheep and horses back to the Tang Dynasty for digestion by the Tang Dynasty, while the other part will be kept in the Turks. Sheep give birth to sheep, cows give birth to cows, and horses give birth to horses, turning this matter into a sustainable production industry, rather than a one-off sale.

Li Shimin's suggestion was to transport only a small amount of cattle, sheep and horses back to the Tang Dynasty to supply the needs of the Tang Dynasty, and leave all the rest in Turkic to be raised by the old, weak, women and children of Turkic.

As for the Turkic captives, and even all the men who can already gallop on horseback, they can all be gathered and divided into several areas on the borders of the east, north, and west of the Turks, and set up a yamen that belongs exclusively to the Turks, so that They helped Datang guard the borders of the Turks, and went out to fight for Datang when necessary.

In order to avoid arousing the rebellion of the Turkic people, and to avoid future generations, Datang can send their wives to them and reunite with them once a year.

Li Shimin had already figured out the name of this yamen that belonged exclusively to the Turks, and it was called Duhufu.

Moreover, Li Shimin had already thought about where and what the name of the Protectorate's Mansion should be set up.