Chang'an Daxing Palace, the early dynasty has long ended!

But Li Yuan was still discussing important matters with his henchmen in the Ganlu Palace, and today's topic was what role Li Tang should play in the Sui Dynasty and the Turkic War.

"In my opinion, in the confrontation between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, I thought that the Sui Dynasty was in a weak position, first, the border between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks was too long, and the Sui army had nothing to defend; The second is that Jieli Khan has just ascended the throne and is eager to establish his prestige in the Turks, so it is his best choice to exterminate Ashina Simo and go south, but Jieli Khan failed to destroy the opponent, but was annihilated by Qin Qiong 100,000 troops, which is definitely a fiasco that Jieli Khan can not accept and can not bear, in order to regain the lost glory and prestige, he must reorganize the army and fight again, now Ashina Simo has discounted 50,000 troops, and the strength is very weak, if Jieli goes south again, he can only go south for refuge, and a big war between the Sui army and the Turks is inevitable! I want to know, what should I do with Datang? ”

"Father!" Although Li Jiancheng knew that his father did not like it, he still gritted his teeth and arched his hand: "The invasion of the Central Plains by nomads since ancient times will bring great disasters to the people and the world. Father, the emperor, and his sons thought that if they wanted to establish an orthodox image, they could not lose their righteousness. Erchen did not approve of the use of the Sui Turbulent War for profit......"

"Pedantic!"

Li Jiancheng didn't finish speaking, Li Shimin interrupted him sharply, now the west is cold and there is no war, so he handed over the army to the general under his command, and entered Beijing to seek certain benefits.

He said fiercely: "Since ancient times, the king has been defeated, and the history books have always been written by the victors, as long as my Datang dominates the world, who said that my Datang took advantage of the fire to rob?" Who dares to say that I have no righteousness in Datang? At that time, the history books can say that we went north to resist the Turks, that the Sui Dynasty asked us to help in the war, that the Sui and Tang dynasties jointly resisted the Turks, and that we helped the Sui Dynasty regardless of our past suspicions and great benevolence...... It can even be said that Yang Tong led Ashina Simo into the Central Plains, and my Tang Dynasty went north to annihilate the scum of the nation. If we fail in the future, does the imperial brother think that Yang Tong will say that my Tang Dynasty is a state of benevolence and righteousness? ”

Staring at Li Jiancheng, who had an ugly face, he said, "I also made it clear." Benevolence, righteousness and morality are for one's own people; For aliens and enemies, talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality is a fart! Can benevolence, righteousness and morality make Yang Tong submit to my Datang? Benevolence, righteousness and morality can make me come to congratulate the Tang Quartet? If I want to dominate the world, I can only speak with my fists, and I can only rely on the lives of soldiers, not some bullshit, benevolence, righteousness and morality. ”

Li Shimin's bandit logic and unceremonious accusations also aroused Li Jiancheng's anger: "Talking about benevolence and righteousness with people like you is like playing the piano to a cow!" Okay, I won't mention the national righteousness now, but just talk to you about things...... And the lessons of the state fiasco have you forgotten? At the beginning, you kept saying that the Sui army was pinned down by the Turks and was unable to look east and merge states! It was only in the Tang Dynasty that I marched to Liang Shidu, Xue Ju, Zhu Cang and Bashu at the same time. The result? Bingzhou was defeated by the Sui army! Then for the sake of Ma Yuan, who was out of reach, you insisted on going to fight Western Qin Xue Ju instead of the weaker Liang Shidu, what was the result? missed the opportunity to recover the entire territory of Yongzhou, and thus fell to the point where the knife hung on the top of the head...... You've fought a battle for years, which time have you won? You lost to Xue Ju in the battle of Shallow Water, and finally said that you were sick, so that Yin Kaishan and Liu Hongji took the blame for your failure. In the end, my father persuaded Li Liang to attack Xue Juda's rear, and finally let you win, but you were good, not only did you lose a few counties that you had worked so hard to fight, but the hundreds of thousands of troops were also consumed by you! Not only did you not take responsibility for the failure, but you accused the Manchu Dynasty of being spineless, accusing everyone of being an enemy, and saying that it was a shame to make peace! Yes, it is indeed a shame to kiss Yang Tong, but if it weren't for the fact that you were beaten by others, would I need to kiss Datang? Do I need to give a lot of money and food to Yang Tong... My Datang is in a crisis, everything is caused by your incompetence, and you have to take full responsibility! The decisive battle between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks is still a shadowless thing, and you are in a hurry to go crazy, what is the point of this? Even if the Turks march south victoriously, they don't have siege equipment, at most they loot and leave, and then what? How do we face the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Sui Dynasty? Don't say that the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were all annihilated by the Turks, and no one here is an idiot! ”

"If you don't take advantage of the opportunity? Is it waiting to be killed! Li Shimin said angrily: "You are afraid that the Sui Dynasty will not dare to go to war, it is better to surrender." ”

Xiao Yu on the side frowned, and for a moment, he thought of what Yang Tong said, 'Li Yuan's seven defeats', and from here he thought of Yuan Shao, who was based in Yecheng.

In order to compete for the throne, Yuan Shao's two sons turned against each other and fought in the same room, only to be eliminated by Cao Cao one by one, otherwise Cao Cao would use soldiers like a god again, and the Yuan family could hold out for a long time, and even drag Cao Cao to death!

For example, if there is no reunification today, the eyes of the monarch and the ministers should be focused on the great cause, but Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have already intrigued and deviated from morality. But Li Yuan not only did not stop it, but there were signs of fueling the trouble, which made Xiao Yu extremely unhappy, and if he continued like this, he was worried that the internal friction of the Tang Dynasty would transition and it would perish.

"Shut up!"

Finally, Li Yuan was annoyed by the quarrel between his two sons, he slapped the table heavily, and said angrily: "Bastards, how are you like the prince and the king of Jin." It's no different from a shrew scolding the street, and I shut up. ”

When the brothers saw that their father was angry, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to quarrel anymore, and the two glanced at each other inadvertently, and almost invariably snorted again.

The face-to-face dispute between the two sons made Li Yuan very angry.

Since Xiao Yu talked about the scourge of factions and suggested that Li Shimin's military power be withdrawn, the contradiction between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin has gradually become public, and this contradiction is not a dispute for succession, but only a difference of political views, and Li Yuan has not interfered too much. The emperor has the consideration of the emperor, as long as the contradiction between the two sons does not endanger the society, then it is conducive to him Li Yuan's control of the throne. So in a sense, Li Yuan really wanted his two sons to have a factional dispute.

It's just that their brother quarreled in front of himself and a group of ministers, and Li Yuan was emotionally unacceptable, because in addition to the role of emperor, he was also the father of his children.

When he was the emperor, the crown prince was Li Yuan's biggest threat, and there was no father-son relationship to talk about at this time. In order to consolidate the imperial power, he did everything possible to deal with his son, and did not hesitate to raise Li Shimin to the status of no less than the crown prince, so that the two of them fought for the position of the prince, and he was happy.

But Li Yuan also occasionally returned to the role of his father. When he came out in this capacity, he was angry at the discord between his sons, but he did not realize that the conflict between the two sons was caused by him. Because his reasons for promoting Li Shimin are high-sounding, he treats everyone equally as a father, and only uses talent as an emperor.

Of course, Li Yuan's troubles also lie in his uncertainty about the Sui Dynasty and the Turks. In this matter, he and Li Shimin have the same opinion, and they don't take benevolence and morality to heart at all, he knows that benevolence and righteousness are just a coat, and interests are the fundamental. Otherwise, he would not have instigated Shibi to deal with Yang Tong at the beginning of the incident.

He agreed with Li Shimin's opportunism. Because the Turkic attack on Sui is indeed an opportunity to seize the Guannei Dao, since the Sui Dynasty forces entered, the eleven counties in the Guannai are his biggest heart disease, like a sharp blade hanging over his head, making him uneasy in his bedroom.

Originally, this knife was inserted in the sheath, but with the two groups of Pingliang and Honghua falling into the hands of the Great Sui, the Sui army had a comprehensive suppression of Guanzhong, and now Feng Yi, Shangjun, Beidi, Anding, Tianshui, and Longxi are all under the front of the Great Sui, and this predicament has made Li Yuan wake up from his sleep many times.

But Li Jiancheng is right, the Turks are not Xianbei, they know that the Central Plains is not suitable for their Turkic survival, and the richness of the Central Plains is because of the farming culture, and farming is the basic of the Central Plains. The Turks are fundamentally nomadic, and the land of the Central Plains is rich in grain, not horse grass. If the Turks look at the land of the Central Plains, they can go south as early as the Shibi period, at that time, the Turks have a million iron horsemen, and which princes can resist it? Therefore, even if Jieli Khan really went south, at most he would retreat to the grassland after looting the population and property, and the place was at most the eleven counties in Guannei, because Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou not only had dangerous fortresses, but also a tall and strong new Great Wall, and the Turks without siege equipment could not attack it at all. In this way, of course, the Sui army could not be wiped out by the Turks.

When the Turks patted their butts and left satisfied, how should Li Tang, as an ally, face the Sui army's crazy counterattack? The instant fiasco of the Battle of Bingzhou, and the two major events of the Battle of Guannei Dao being beaten by Li Jing to Liangjingzhao, have left a deep shadow in Li Yuan's heart, making Li Yuan afraid of Yang Tong in his bones.

Li Yuan was in a dilemma......

At this moment, there was a loud 'boom' in the distance, and a miserable scream came from all around.

The voice came from behind the Xuanwu Gate.

"What's going on?" Li Yuan and the others were shocked in their hearts, and at this moment, a guard rushed over, "Holy Lord! The big thing is not good, Yang Dong personally led 5,000 cavalry from Xuanwu Gate to the palace! Please evacuate the palace quickly! ”

These words shocked the full hall, Li Yuan was so frightened that his face was as pale as earth, he sat on the couch and couldn't say a word, his mind was blank, and his heart was so frightened that it was like falling into hell.

Li Jiancheng reacted very quickly, and asked sharply: "How could the Sui army defeat the Xuanwu Gate?" ”

"It doesn't matter anymore! Evacuate the palace! Li Shimin calmly picked up the frightened and paralyzed Li Yuan and ran outside.

Everyone also reacted, and rushed to the Ganlu Gate in the south to the Liangyi Hall like a swarm, and saw many palace maids and eunuchs scattering in panic along the way, with thick smoke and flames billowing behind them.

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