Yao Chong also felt that he was a little too anxious, and he was a little embarrassed and said, "What Gongzi Lu said is true!" ”

"It stands to reason that the outside must first be settled, but now this inside, not a day or two can be safe, the two are weighed, and the outside should be settled first and then the inside."

Yao Chong felt the same way, and asked modestly: "Does the son have a plan?" ”

"Whether it's outside or inside, I can't rely on me, and I can't rely on you!" Lu Xiaoxian said mysteriously, "You can rely on two cards to solve it!" ”

As soon as he heard "Erzhang", Yao Chong's face suddenly darkened, he couldn't despise Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, how could he rely on the two of them?

Lu Xiaoxian knew that Yao Chongyi would be wrong, and explained with a smile: "These two are not the other two, one of the two I said is called Zhang Cambodia, and the other is Zhang Renyuan!" ”

"Zhang Cambodia?" Yao Chong exclaimed.

"Didn't someone recommend him to you?" Lu Xiaoxian guessed.

"Exactly!" Yao Chong nodded, and did not hide it, "Princess Taiping once recommended him to me!" ”

Sure enough, Zhang Cambodia has formed an alliance with Princess Taiping. In that case, some things just let it be.

"That's right!" Lu Xiaoxian bowed slightly, "Originally, I still wanted you to continue to be the first and auxiliary prime minister, but in order to protect you, it is imperative to let Zhang Khan be on top of the position!" Let him do this Annei matter! ”

"Why is that?" Yao Chong asked strangely.

"Yao Ge doesn't need to ask more, you just need to know that I'm doing this for your good!"

Whoever sits in this position now is the target of everyone, it seems to be infinitely beautiful, but in fact it is extremely dangerous. Of course, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't tell him what a tragic end Zhang Cambodia would end up with.

Yao Chong was about to ask again, but remembered the note that Di Renjie gave him on his deathbed, so he changed the topic: "There is Zhang Cambodia in Annei, what is the situation of that Zhang Renyuan?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian asked rhetorically: "Has Zhang Renyuan ever given the imperial court a lesson to build three cities in the Turkic jurisdiction on the north bank of the Yellow River to defend against the Turks going south?" ”

Yao Chong became more and more strange, Zhang Renyuan's performance had only arrived the day before yesterday, and he hadn't had time to report to His Majesty, how could Lu Xiaoxian know.

"That's the thing!" Yao Chong nodded.

"What does Yao Ge think?"

"I have had a preliminary discussion with the prime minister of the political hall, since the two Han Dynasty have come, the Central Plains army has relied on the Yellow River to defend itself, and if you build a city in the Turkic territory, it will not only cost a huge amount, but it may eventually be occupied by the Turks. Therefore, we do not recommend adopting Zhang Renyuan's opinion! ”

Before the Tang Dynasty, the Great Wall was built mainly to deal with the cavalry of the northern nomads, and there was a Great Wall, and there were certain obstacles for the nomads to invade the south.

However, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Wall was not overhauled to deal with the nomads in the north. The reason for this is that the Tang Dynasty has adopted a hard-nosed approach in dealing with the northern nomads, and as long as you dare to come nonsense, you will be eliminated.

The formulation of this strategy was directly related to Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who insisted on actively attacking and disdained to build the Great Wall. In the eyes of Tang Taizong, the best defense is to attack, attack, and attack again until the enemy is knocked to the ground, which is an active defense.

Tang Taizong proved with practical actions that an active offensive is the best strategy to protect the ****, a great and powerful country, there is no need to use the Great Wall as a cocoon.

"I understand what you mean, but I think Zhang Renyuan's suggestion is right!" Lu Xiaoxian analyzed, "Time has passed, and now it is different from the past......

At present, the military strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty, compared with the military strength in the early Tang Dynasty, has undergone a serious decline. The Tibetan army suddenly emerged, the Turkic forces revived, and the Khitan became a major external trouble. In the face of serious external troubles, the blade of the Great Zhou Empire is no longer sharp.

In particular, the Turkic Khan Mo Si, his tactical thinking is similar to that of Bai Qi, the general of the Qin Dynasty during the Warring States Period, not in the gains and losses of one city and one place, relying on this tactic of eating small fish with big fish, the Turks under the rule of Mo Si continue to grow, which has posed an absolute threat to the hinterland of the Central Plains.

With the death of famous generals such as Pei Xingjian, Cheng Wuting, and Wang Fangyi, the imperial court no longer has genius generals like Li Jing, and can only rely on national strength to fight the Turks.

At the time of Di Ren's outstanding campaign, Zhang Renyuan was the commander of the Eastern Route Army, and repelled the Later Turkic invasion in Youzhou, and Zhang Renyuan was also wounded in the battle. Over the years, Zhang Renyuan has been in charge of the defense of Youzhou, and has a deep thinking and understanding of the border defense strategy.

Now, Zhang Renyuan has been transferred to Bingzhou to serve as the governor of Shi, which was the main channel for the Turkic invasion of the Central Plains, and Li Ji served in this position for 16 years in the early Tang Dynasty.

He thought of a way to build three surrendered cities on the desert grassland north of the Yellow River and south of the desert. It is called the surrendered city, which is a transit station that accepts various forces from within the alien race to defect to the Central Plains, and it is also the forward base for the Tang army to accumulate strength to attack the enemy.

The construction of three surrendered cities that can echo each other, although it is not as good as building the Great Wall, also witnessed the trough of the Great Zhou Empire. It must be said that Zhang Renyuan's suggestion plays an extremely important role in the border security of the Great Zhou.

Lu Xiaoxian's discussion made Yao Chong look sideways, it turned out that he was also good at military affairs.

"Okay!" Yao Chong accepted Lu Xiaoxian's suggestion, and he changed his mind, "I will try my best to convince the other prime ministers, and then leave it to Your Majesty to decide!" ”

"In addition to Zhang Renyuan's surrender city, I also want to capture Yan Zhiwei alive! Only in this way can we truly achieve the outside! Lu Xiaogosi's words are not shocking, and he is endless.

It's okay not to mention Yan Zhiwei, but as soon as he mentions him, Yao Chong is furious.

After Yan Zhiwei surrendered, he received the title of "Han Khan". Of course, he wanted to make some achievements, so he served as a pioneer and led his troops to attack Zhao and Ding.

The guerrilla general Chen Lingying, who was responsible for guarding the west gate of Zhaozhou City, said to Chen Lingying under the city, asking Chen Lingying to surrender as soon as possible, otherwise the Turkic soldiers would arrive and there would be no mercy.

Chen Lingying ignored him.

At this time, the Turkic brigade led by Mo Si arrived, and Yan Zhiwei hurriedly went to meet him, and joined hands with the Turkic soldiers under the city to start the song "Long Live Music".

Walking song is a combination of song and dance, which is generally divided into court walking song and folk walking song, which is a kind of dance.

Yan Zhiwei used cheerful singing and dancing to flatter the Turks, which was deeply despised.

Chen Lingying asked loudly: "As a scholar of the Great Zhou, how can you surrender to the Turks and dance here without being ashamed?" ”

Yan Zhiwei defended himself and said: "I was also persecuted by the fans, and I couldn't help myself, and dancing was also a last resort. ”

After the army of Mo Si surrounded Zhaozhou, Changshi Tang Panruo immediately became a traitor, and opened the city gate to welcome the enemy into the city during the siege.

The assassin Shi Gaorui and his wife Qin took medicine and pretended to be dead, and the enemy carried them to Mo Si, who showed them the golden lion belt and purple robe, and said: "If you surrender, you will be awarded an officer, and if you don't surrender, you will be executed!" ”

Gao Rui looked at his wife, who said, "Today is the time for us to repay the grace of the country!" ”

So they both closed their eyes and stopped talking.

By the next night, the Turks knew they could not be brought to their knees, so they killed them.

Later, he suddenly attacked Dingzhou, and after the capture, the Turks killed and assassinated Shi Sun Yangao and thousands of officials.

"What are you going to do?" Yao Chong said with a bitter face, "I'm afraid the imperial court won't be able to send troops to help you anymore!" ”

Due to the continuous use of troops, the national strength of the imperial court was greatly damaged, and there were no more soldiers to rush to the aid of the Turkic army.

"You don't have to worry about this!" Lu Xiaoxian said confidently, "You just wait for my good news!" ”

……

Li Chongjun's "Baptism Three Rites" was grand and simple, except for his own family, only Lu Xiaoxian was invited.

"Three-day washing" means that on the third day after the birth of the baby, the parents and relatives should solemnly hold the first ritual activity in their lives, because the ceremony must include the content of bathing the baby, so it is called "washing the three".

"Washing children" is a great joy, so on that day, the parents of the children will hold a banquet to entertain relatives and friends who come to congratulate them to eat "soup cakes", so "washing three" is also called "soup cake meeting". The guests who come to congratulate the newborn should prepare some copper coins as gifts and prayers, which are called "washing money".

Li Chongjun is a good friend of Lu Xiaoxian, and he was very generous and directly gave ten gold ingots specially engraved with words.

After the ceremony, Lu Xiaoxian quietly called Li Chongjun out.

"You want to borrow Uncle Pei?" After listening to Lu Xiaoxian, Li Chongjun asked puzzledly, "What are you going to do?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian did not hide it, and informed his thoughts in detail.

Li Chongjun listened, clapped his hands and said, "No problem, lend it to you!" If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't leave Luoyang, I would have wanted to go with Uncle Pei. I think back then, our black and white swordsmen killed many people on the rivers and lakes. Like Yan Zhiwei, who forgets his ancestors, everyone will be punished. ”

"You can't kill him!" Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I must bring him back to Luoyang alive, I will let Zhang Meng and Xiaoyi go with Uncle Pei!" ”

"When is it time to go?" Lee Chongjun asked.

"The sooner the better!"

……

On this day, when he went to court, the Fengge squire and the Fengge Luantai Pingzhang Yao Chong walked out of the prime minister's class, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the courtier's mother is old, old and sick, and has difficulty moving. The grace of old-age care is completed in the sundae, and the minister is relieved of his duties and goes home to serve his mother. ”

Wu Zetian looked at Yao Chong, a little unhappy, and said for a long time: "Qing wants to abandon me and serve another old woman?" ”

Yao Chong kneeled on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty has many virtuous ministers and good ministers to serve in front of the emperor, and the mother only has one son. ”

"I finally got a good look, how can I be released easily."

"There are many courtiers who are talented and virtuous."

"Qing doesn't need to say it," Wu Zetian owes his body, takes a few breaths and says, "The love of filial piety is difficult to disobey." During the January holiday, the governor will be suspended, and he will return to participate in political affairs after the holiday is over. ”

Yao Chong didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to kowtow, thank His Majesty Longen, and retreat.

Yao Chong did this according to Lu Xiaoxian's instructions. Lu Xiaoxian said very clearly, it is impossible for you Yao Chong to resign if you don't resign three or five times. Sure enough, Wu Zetian's performance today was completely expected by Lu Xiaoxian.