Chapter 286: The Great Wall

Although the Song valve at this time has shown the power to make the Li Tang Dynasty jealous, but in the final analysis, the Song valve, who has always been low-key and has been safe and sound with Li Tang so far, is still just a target about to be defeated in the eyes of the Li Tang court, for Li Tang at this time, the Turks who are entrenched in the steppe and ready to go south at any time are their real enemies, and every Turkic invasion is the beginning of one fierce battle after another on the northern border.

Although in the autumn of the previous year, Li Shimin successfully made the Turkic army retreat, however, when the Tang army returned, the Turks still went south from time to time to plunder, and due to the relationship between Jieli and Turki, the intensity and frequency of Turkic invasions were much more frequent than in previous years, and the northern residents suffered more disasters for this, not to mention, in order to resist the invasion of the Turks, Tang Emperor Li Yuan also had to urgently transfer the troops from all over the country several times to the north to fight against the Turks, and this method of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall, However, the Tang Dynasty had loopholes in the defense of other borders, so in such a situation, the ethnic minorities on the western border took the opportunity to launch a rebellion and wantonly killed the Tang Dynasty soldiers and civilians, fortunately, the combat effectiveness of these minority ethnic groups was extremely low, and under the effective leadership of local officials, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and civilians on the border eliminated these enemies. Turning the western border from danger to safety.

In the north, just one spring, the Turks have invaded many times, the Tang army everywhere is exhausted, and even Li Shimin was forced to leave Chang'an, rushed to the front line to inspect and guard against the Turkic attack, and on the northern border line of the Tang Dynasty, the fierce battle between the Tang Dynasty army and the Turkic cavalry will unfold from time to time, in front of the Turkic cavalry that comes and goes freely like the wind, the defense of the Tang army is like a sieve leaking everywhere, although after the Tang army's hard resistance, the main force of the Turkic cavalry is always difficult to cross the Tang army's defense line to the south. However, the small group of cavalry was always able to find the defense loopholes of the Tang army lightly, so as to enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty to burn and loot, and in the face of these small groups of Turkic cavalry that had entered the territory, the large army of the Tang Dynasty had no effect at all, and could only let the soldiers and civilians in the northern land spontaneously resist. Defend your homeland.

As a result, under the attack and plundering of the Turks, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and civilians in the northern land were miserable, and almost every time they entered the army, they would lose countless people and wealth. I thought of a bad idea, move the capital, and move all the inhabitants to a place where the Turks could not intrude, after all, the Turks only came to plunder wealth and population, if so, then the Tang Dynasty did the opposite. Then the Turks had no population and wealth to rob the northern borders. Naturally, it will calm down.

Li Yuan's mind was hot for a while, so he naturally didn't think about it so much, plus Pei Lin and even the crown prince Li Jiancheng around him agreed to such a plan, so he immediately sent officials to all parts of the country to find a suitable place to build a new capital, and then. He issued an edict to transfer Li Shimin, who was still far away on the northern border, back to Chang'an, wanting to hear his opinion.

Of course, Li Shimin resolutely opposed this plan to move the capital, because in his opinion, this whimsical idea was extremely stupid. The reason is also very simple, the Turks are nomadic people, there is no fixed place, where there is a fertile pasture, there is their homeland, if the imperial court relocates all the northern residents, then it will not be long before the original fertile land in the past will be quickly abandoned and degraded into grassland, in this way, even if there is no wealth, the Turks will flock south, until they finally occupy all the land that belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and will rely on these lands to continue to attack the rest of the Tang Dynasty, then at that time, What will Datang do, continue to retreat, until there is no way to retreat!

Moreover, the land near the northern border has been the land of the Han family since ancient times, and in this land, the Han family has been multiplying for many years, and it is almost impossible to say that there is no slightest affection for this land, and therefore, if Li Yuan orders the relocation of all the residents, he will definitely encounter fierce resistance from the local military and civilians, and even resolutely disobey the orders of the Tang Dynasty. It's all a very possibility!

Li Shimin clearly knew that once the plan to move the capital was implemented, the harm would be great, so he did not care about his father's face at all, and directly expressed his thoughts in the court, in fact, in the court, it was not that there were no ministers who saw the danger caused by the relocation of the capital, however, because they were afraid of Li Yuan's authority, so they had to keep silent, and when they heard Li Shimin's statement, they dared to reconsider and express their own views.

Therefore, under the persuasion of Li Shimin and some courtiers, and because Li Yuan also calmed down, the plan to move the capital was not implemented in the end, and Li Tang still decided to deploy heavy troops on the border line to defend against the Turkic attack.

In the matter of moving the capital this time, the prince's completed table can be said to be extremely poor, because he almost did not see any strict consequences of moving the capital, so he expressed a positive attitude towards Li Yuan's plan, so when Li Shimin passed his own resolute opposition and Li Yuan, who explained the facts, finally gave up this idea, the ministers of the court unconsciously changed their attitude towards the prince and the king of Qin.

After all, the world has not been calm at this time, and in terms of the prince's appearance in the matter of moving the capital, his strategic view of the overall situation can be described as inadequate, in this way, when he inherits Li Yuan's position in the future, can he really lead Li Tang, a huge ship, to cut the wind and waves all the way forward? Many expressed deep concern. What's more, at this time, the world has not been completely pacified, in the north, the Turks are constantly invading, causing strict border troubles, and in the south, the power of the Song valve is eroding all the way to the north, even in Guanzhong and even on the grassland in the north, you can see the merchant activities of the Song valve, in this way, at the same time, in the face of the two forces of the northern Turks and the southern Song valve, whether it is war or peace, the Qin king Li Shimin, who has always been wise and martial, is much more important than the prince Li Jiancheng, and in this way, He is indeed a more suitable candidate to inherit Li Yuan's throne than the crown prince Li Jiancheng!

Because of Li Shimin's consistent appearance, coupled with the heavy mistakes made by the crown prince in decision-making at this time, the hearts of many ministers in the DPRK and China have quietly leaned towards Li Shimin's side...... (To be continued......)

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