Chapter 435: Calculating Grain and Grass
"Okay, give Tang Guogong Li Yuan a holy decree, if he can't keep the Youzhou Taiyuan Mansion, he won't stay, Yu Culture and specific matters will be supervised by you." Emperor Yang of Sui said lightly.
"Obey the order!"
Yu Wenhua and his heart are very happy, Emperor Yang of Sui lives a life of purple and drunk gold all day long, and most of the government is handed over to him to deal with.
Now he is in power, and he has no scruples about doing things.
The Xiao Cavalry Guard in charge of Yuwen Chengdu is a proof of the emperor's trust, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it, so long as he does not rebel, the future of the Yuwen family will be limitless.
The reason for Emperor Yang of Sui's current decline is inseparable from the singers and beauties he presented, and he also heard that Li De recruited a song and dance troupe composed of the Western Regions.
If he didn't want to use Li De, he would have wanted to use this song and dance troupe to please the emperor.
After Yu Wenhua returned home, he discussed with his father for a long time, this time he used the Turks to attack Youzhou, and by the way, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, was calculated, which was really a trend.
"This time it is really God bless my Yuwen family, Tang Guogong is superior in strength, outstanding in ability, with thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, with the Li family behind him, with the blessing of his ancestors and many famous, if he is allowed to rise, I am afraid it will threaten the interests of the Daoyu Wen family, and you have done a good job this time, it can really be described as killing two birds with one stone."
"Father, Tang Guogong has ambitions, what I do is just to take precautions, but to consume in advance the opponent who may become the enemy of the Yuwen family." Yu culture and complacent.
In taking advantage of the trend, this time to be able to find such a good opportunity, Yu Wenhua and self-satisfied is his improvisation.
The decree of the imperial court soon arrived in Taiyuan Mansion.
After Li Yuan received the holy decree, he really wanted to throw the holy decree out, although he couldn't throw it out, but he also smashed it heavily on the table.
"Father, what's going on to bother you!" Li Jiancheng asked softly on the side.
"Your Majesty asked our Li family to send troops to relieve the siege of Youzhou."
"What?" Li Jiancheng is not calm, the Turkic 100,000 soldiers and horses are besieging Youzhou, how can the Li family have many soldiers and horses to resist.
Li Yuan's two holy decrees let Li Jiancheng see it, and after reading it, the faces of the Li family were not good-looking.
"It is written in the holy decree that 50,000 soldiers and horses can be recruited, where can we find so many soldiers for a while, and besides, the difficulty of Youzhou is to gain time, if it is according to the holy decree, it will take several months to recruit soldiers and horses at the earliest." Li Jiancheng said.
"What I said is that this is for our Li family, if the crisis in Youzhou cannot be solved, the Li family will have no place to stand now, and once it is recalled to Luoyang, the glory of the Li family will no longer be there." Li Yuan said.
"Father, now our Li family's soldiers and horses can gather a total of 8,000 elites, and counting my brother-in-law's more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, it is not impossible to hold Youzhou." Li Jiancheng said.
Li Yuanji's eyes turned a little red when he heard that he was going on the expedition, this militant was brave and good at fighting, and he always wanted to say something, but his mouth was too stupid to say anything at a critical time.
"Ten, 100,000 soldiers and horses, I'm going to see it!"
Suddenly, a voice appeared at the door, it was none other than Li Yuanba, he just listened to it playfully, and then became interested.
Li Yuan saw that it was his youngest son, and he still looked very immodest, wearing colorful clothes on his body, and he had various colored headbands on his head.
This is his mother's method to prevent Li Yuanba from getting lost, and he can see it at a glance in the crowd.
"Yuanba, you go to the backyard to find your mother, don't come here to make trouble." Li Yuan said coldly.
"No, I'm going to see 100,000 soldiers and horses, don't let me, then, I'll go myself." Li Yuanba made a gesture.
No one among the sons of the Li family can do anything to Li Yuanba, seeing him so insistent, he knows that if he doesn't agree, it will definitely be endless, and when Li De was there before, he almost embarrassed this son.
Li Yuan's tone immediately softened.
"Okay, as long as you don't make any noise, I'll take you to see 100,000 soldiers and horses." Li Yuan said.
"Really, great, oh, I can see 100,000 soldiers and horses, I want to be a general."
“……”
Li Yuanba was probably too happy, and ran out of the front hall shouting.
Li Yuan really didn't have a problem with this little son, so he could only let him fool around, and when he saw that the person had left, he continued the topic just now.
"Built, you first bring 5,000 soldiers and horses to help, looking for fighters, remember not to rush." Li Yuan commanded.
"My son understands!" Li Jiancheng led the troops over, and what he wanted to do most in his heart was not to rescue Youzhou, but to see Li Shimin's situation.
"Yuanji and I stayed to recruit pro-soldiers, and the 50,000 soldiers must be carefully selected." Li Yuan said.
"Yes."
Li Yuanji didn't have to think too much, as long as his father arranged to make decisions with his brother, he would do it.
"Father, it really takes months to recruit 50,000 soldiers." Li Jiancheng said.
Li Yuan didn't answer, he had considered these things, whether the 50,000 soldiers would be used in the campaign of Youzhou City, he already had a number in his heart.
With the Li family's 8,000 soldiers and horses, it was not without the certainty of fighting in the face of the Turkic soldiers and horses.
Li Yuan is not stupid, recruiting 50,000 soldiers and horses is actually with his current reputation in Taiyuan Mansion, he can do it in a few days, and there are not a few people who are registered in the army.
But the actual problem is that the cost of 50,000 soldiers and horses must all be paid by the Li family, which is a huge amount of money, even if they are pulled out to win the battle with the Turks, their Li family will not be able to recover quickly.
Even in the battle, there will be a lot of losses, he has considerations, and he will not invest too much in the business that cannot be earned.
Yu Wenhua thinks very well, and Li Yuan is not so simple.
On the contrary, Li Yuan thought that not only would he not stop it, but he would also support Youzhou with power, as long as he solved the siege of Youzhou, his recruitment of 50,000 soldiers and horses would be justified.
Li Yuan knew that this was no longer the time to care about those little things, and he didn't need to think about what would happen if he was jealous of the emperor, when the time came, there would be soldiers and horses in hand, even Emperor Yang of Sui didn't have to have any scruples.
"Built, gather troops and horses to support Youzhou as soon as possible, and by the way, bring a message to Pei Gong, and I will write a letter."
He hopes to find someone who can level the risk with him, although Pei Gong is not a person in the court, but the power and strength of the family cannot be ignored.
If Pei Renji can be said to be together, Taiyuan Mansion will be in his hands in the future, which will be of great help to the future development.
When they were all calculating, Youzhou City had been besieged for ten days.
During this period, the Turks launched three attacks, using tens of thousands of people to attack, and the result was the same, they did not capture the city, but lost more than 1,000 troops.
The soldiers defending on Youzhou City were not easy, and the fire oil stored in advance had been almost used, and most of the bows and arrows were consumed.
Now it is impossible to contact Hebida and others, and the situation of the enemy's grain and grass volley is not yet known.
Li De is now waiting, waiting for them to have problems with their food and grass.