Wentang

Chapter 207 The Proposal to Exterminate the Outbreak (3)

"Li Yi? Do you suspect that he will collude with the Turks?" Li Shimin asked in a daze.

"It doesn't have to be collusion, as long as he's 'negligently' getting out of the way when the Turks invaded, and then the courier had an accident and failed to deliver the news to Wu Gong in time, the consequences would be disastrous." Yue Shan said seriously.

"Impossible, Cuilan, you are too caring. He is already the King of Yan, and I only asked him to open the third division of Fuyitong a few days ago. He is more important than the third prince. He has no reason to do so." Li Shimin shook his head with a light smile.

However, Yue Shan didn't refute his words, but just looked at him seriously, without any fluctuation in his eyes.

The smile on Li Shimin's face gradually disappeared, and he asked in a cold voice: "Why did he do this? Datang treats him very well, and I treat him well. Once he... he drove my envoys to humiliate me. I have forgiven him all the hatred I have..."

Yue Shan interrupted him with four words: "If you want to kill, praise first."

Li Shimin seemed to be strangled by the neck, unable to say the rest of the words.Yue Shan directly pointed out the essence of this matter, whether or not you, Li Shimin, are generous enough to forgive Li Yi, in his view, you are playing the game of praise first if you want to kill him.

Yue Shan didn't want to say anything about the relationship between Luo Yi and the Li family, but many of Luo Yi's behaviors when the Second Dragon seized the heir apparent were indeed very IQ-lost.

Wei Zheng secretly wanted to kill Li Shimin several times, but on the surface he was still very respectful when he met Li Shimin.No matter how dirty everyone's heart is, that fig leaf is still needed.

Luo Yi was different, he tore off the fig leaf directly.After he supported Li Jiancheng, he completely ignored Li Shimin.

Li Shimin once sent people to his barracks, no matter what the purpose was, they followed the rules anyway, but Luo Yi directly humiliated these two people and kicked them out.

Li Yuan was also very angry when this matter was brought up to Li Yuan, but considering Luo Yi's status as a vassal, he handled the matter lightly.

But the relationship between Luo Yi and Li Shimin has dropped to a freezing point.Afterwards, he did several times to lose his IQ, which can be said to have offended Li Shimin to the extreme.

So when Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was the most panicked.Even if Li Shimin kept courting him, it was useless.

Later, Jieli took advantage of Li Shimin's ascension to the throne and sent troops to attack. Luo Yi, who was guarding Jingzhou, let go of the road without any resistance.

The Tang Dynasty had always been guarding against the Turks, and deployed heavy troops on the border. Jingzhou was an important town on the first line of defense, guarded by Luo Yi.Behind Jingzhou is martial arts, which is equivalent to defenseless for Turks afterwards.

According to Datang's vision, Jingzhou is the front line, and martial arts can provide it with various supports.If the battle is unfavorable and you need to retreat, martial arts is the second line of defense.If martial arts still can't resist, then the central government has time to arrange a new line of defense.

However, Luo Yi, who was guarding Jingzhou, gave way without any resistance, and the Turkic army appeared under Wugong City overnight.Martial arts without any preparation were taken down without any room for resistance.

Afterwards, Jieli's 20 troops set out to burn, kill, and loot as if they were in an uninhabited land. By the time Li Shimin and his ministers got the news, the Turkic army had already approached the city of Chang'an.

Nominally, there are 6 forbidden troops in Chang'an City, but usually most of these [-] people are stationed in various places and are not in Chang'an.At this time, Chang'an City could mobilize only about [-] troops.

One can imagine how severe the situation was at that time. In a word, the collapse of the Tang Dynasty was just around the corner.

At this time, Li Shimin's majesty was highlighted. He only brought six people to meet Xieli and talked and laughed happily, which really frightened Xieli.

Then he fought a few local victories with the only troops. Dugu Yanyun, one of the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect, died in this battle.

Anyway, after a series of measures, Xieli was scared away.On the banks of the Wei River, he and Li Shimin killed the white horse to form an alliance, and they met as a country of brothers or something.

Let's put it this way, if Li Shimin and others hadn't been courageous, and if Jie Lizhi hadn't been talented, the Tang Dynasty would have died in the second generation.

Luo Yi should be very disappointed. His original plan was probably to use Xieli's hand to destroy Li Tang, or at least Li Shimin, but Xieli gave up when he was only one step away from success.

In the end, he couldn't bear the torment in his heart and had to rebel by himself, and was wiped out by Li Shimin's backhand.The whole family was killed, and the blood was cut off.

As the so-called crisis crisis, opportunities are seen at critical moments.It was through this battle that Li Shimin and his ministers saw the essence of Jieli clearly, and then a series of operations eliminated the seemingly invincible Eastern Turks who controlled millions of strings in less than five years.

Jieli became the "dance girl" at the banquet of the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

The topic is far away, if someone else said to be careful about Luo Yi, Li Shimin might still be suspicious, but Yue Shan already believed three points when he said so.

Don't underestimate these three points. For the emperor, when he has three points of suspicion about a person, that person will lose his skin even if he doesn't die.

When Li Shimin recalled the unhappiness between him and Luo Yi before, this suspicion increased to five points.After deducing the consequences of Luo Yizhen's actions in his mind, he immediately made a decision in his mind.

No matter whether Yue Shan's guess is true or not, Luo Yi is not suitable to stay in the front line.Either recall him to the center, or stay in the south.

After making up his mind in his heart, he became calmer on the surface, and he just said plainly: "I will pay attention to this matter, so don't ask about it."

Yue Shan immediately nodded to express his understanding.What Li Shimin said was to tell him that this matter has nothing to do with you, so don't worry about going out or talking nonsense.

"Is there any other good strategy to deal with the Turks?"

"If there is a strategy that is not a strategy, let's treat it as a small talk and tell the saint."

"Where did you learn so much nonsense, just say it directly."

"Uh...Your Majesty doesn't need to build all the troops into strong ones, it's unrealistic. Moreover, the cost is too high, and Datang's current financial and material resources are not enough to support it." Yue Shan said.

"I suggest selecting tens of thousands of the most elite soldiers from the entire army, and then giving them the best equipment. It is best to arm them to the teeth. Then use this army as a sharp sword to stab the Turks."

"The Turks are nomads who live in no fixed place. This is their advantage, making it difficult for the enemy to catch them. But this way of life also makes them far less resilient than us Central Plains people."

"We people in the Central Plains can fight until the last soldier dies without surrendering. As long as they encounter a strong enemy, they dare to run away."

"As long as our well-built army impresses the Turks as invincible, they will fear all Tang troops."

"Besides, this army has gnawed the most difficult bones, and it is not easy for other armies to clean up a group of mobs."

(End of this chapter)