"Yu Zhongshu, please see, such a city is usually a chicken rib, but my Tang Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions have started a war, and the existence of this city is incredible!" When Ma Zhou spoke, Li Shimin's face was colorful, attacking Gaochang was his strategic layout, and now it is also a stroke of genius. Now that Ma Zhou said it, I don't know how cool it is.

"Now that Tubo is at war with my Tang Dynasty, I will trap them firmly in the Western Regions with a Gaochang, as long as they want to attack the Tang Dynasty, they can't avoid Gaochang City, and if they don't take Gaochang down, they will never be able to move forward. As long as the garrison of the Tang Dynasty in Gaochang City is in the city, we can directly take Qiuci and the Western Turks, and retreat to Yumen Pass to defend the danger, which will also form a deterrent to the Tubo in the south! Ma Zhou pointed out: "Now it seems that the Tibetans and Turks pose a threat to Gaochang, but as long as we hold this city, then they will be consumed under the city, and the output of their grassland tribes cannot be consumed at all." ”

"I'll understand that." Yu Shinan Sassafras Khan: "They want to force me to rescue the Tang Dynasty, we want them to consume, anyway, it is a stalemate around Gaochang City, as long as it takes a long time, they will collapse by themselves?" ”

"That's right, I heard that Tubo was hollowed out of grain by Li Dongsheng's barley, and now they are forced to come out to fight and grab grain, and tens of thousands of people in the city eat horses and chew is not a small number, and the Turks do not produce grain, as long as it drags on for three months, they will not attack themselves." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Li Dongsheng is a talent of slaughter, and one consumption will drag them to death." ”

Wei Zheng added: "You can also look at those countries in the Western Regions who don't have the same heart as us, and when they jump out, our Datang reinforcements will be cleaned up by the way as soon as they arrive, otherwise how can a Gaochang be called the Anxi Protectorate." Ha ha. ”

"The idea is good. On the basis of the defense of Gaochang City, which is built on all this, Gaochang City will fall in a few days, and thousands of lives of my Tang Dynasty soldiers will be lost。。。。。 "The eldest grandson Wuji can't listen to Li Dongsheng, he wants to pour cold water. Hearing Fang Xuanling say that Li Dongsheng is a talent of Zaifu, he is very jealous, his son Changsun Chong is the first person among the juniors, and now he is doing well in Lingnan, and a quarter of Datang's finance and taxes come from the White Sugar Division and the Tea Division, which is also the key to Datang's fear of fighting a war of attrition with the Tibetan Turks. However, he selectively forgot that these two departments were created by Li Dongsheng out of thin air.

"After Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty passed through the Western Regions, this place repeatedly took refuge or rebelled from time to time according to the strength and weakness of the Central Plains, but the most significant symbol of my Tang Dynasty to become a strong Han is to take the Western Regions into my own hands." Ma Zhou said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and this ambush has been planted a long time ago, and we, as courtiers, will inevitably assist Your Majesty to achieve this goal." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Ma Zhou coldly, this guy is usually silent, he didn't expect to be so powerful. He asked in a puzzled tone: "Your Majesty, Weichen understands what you mean, but I can't figure out why Gao Chang sent Li Dongsheng to make this Gao Chang order since it is so important?" Leaving such a heavy responsibility in the hands of a junior, I am afraid that his youth and vigor will ruin His Majesty's major affairs! ”

Every time the eldest grandson Wuji said this, Li Dongsheng. Even the good old man Fang Xuanling can't stand it, and if you want to praise your son, you don't have to step on Li Dongsheng every day, he interjected: "Lord Eldest Sun's words are wrong. Li Dongsheng is not a child anymore, he has been in the office for seven years, and you can see that his political achievements are very scary. Sometimes I feel scared when I think about it. Not to mention anything else, the two departments of the White Sugar Division and the Tea Division have increased our taxes. Not to mention the shock he gave us elsewhere, the year before last, in the battle of Pu Changhai, Wei Gong couldn't do that record. ”

Li Shimin looked at the bigwigs present, the older ones were over sixty years old, and the youngest Ma Zhou was in his forties and almost fifty. He sighed and said, "I'm cultivating talents for the crown prince." You followed me when you were in the Qin Palace, how old was it at that time, Li Dongsheng is the nephew of the pharmacist, who can write and martial arts, put him in the frontier to exercise for a few years and hone for a few years, and when I am old, the prince will be able to use it. His heart is still a little arrogant, he usually looks very kind, but in fact he looks down on people at all, just look at how many friends he has. Stay at home when you don't have anything to do, and look like an old man more than you all. Ha ha! ”

Li Shimin's words made everyone present understand Li Dongsheng's status in his heart, Li Shimin continued: "Actually, I don't worry about whether Gaochang City can hold it, now my Tang soldiers are strong and strong, just lose it and take it back, but if you want to become a talent, you have to be alone, so let Tubo and Turkic do this whetstone." ”

"And where's Choduke?" Ma Zhou still cares about his students, for fear that Qiao Shiwang will intervene and cause Li Dongsheng to be constrained, defending the city is not a joke, there can only be one backbone in the whole city, and there can only be one voice from top to bottom.

"Don't worry about that, I'll write to him not to interfere." Li Shimin said with a cold face: "Let Guo Xiaoge lead 20,000 troops to support Gaochang, and this time they must be beaten." ”

Li Dongsheng didn't know that he still had such a weight in Li Shimin's heart, if he knew that Li Shimin wanted to hone him, he would definitely say to Li Shimin: "Thank you for your attention, I don't want to play with my life, I just want to live a good life, can you let me go?" ”

He is now busy with his feet not touching the ground, the preparation of materials to defend the city is myriad, and he also has to appease the frightened people in the city, the people of Gaochang City are also unlucky to be besieged twice in three years, although the Tibetan army and the Turkic army have not yet arrived, but many people are ready to flee.

For these people, Li Dongsheng did not deliberately obstruct them, they were all afraid that war is human nature, no matter how you look at it, thousands of Tang troops have no chance of winning against 60,000 Tibetan Turkic coalition troops. However, Li Dongsheng issued a notice in Gaochangli, as long as the people who stayed to defend the city died and had a pension, as long as they won the war, those who participated in the battle would be exempt from tax for three years in the future, whether it was business or farming, this was directly naked and luring people. The Metropolitan Protectorate also issued an official document informing the surrounding countries of the Western Regions to send troops to support Gaochang, and if anyone did not come, they would bear the consequences.

After the official document was issued, few people responded. Only Shule sent three hundred soldiers to support, and the rest of the countries rejected the request of the Protectorate for various reasons, Qiao Shiwang was extremely angry: "These wall grass, when my Tang Heavenly Soldiers come, let them pay the price." ”

Li Dongsheng comforted: "Since ancient times, there have been many icing on the cake, and there are few charcoal in the snow. Besides, no matter how you look at this battle, we have no place to win, and it is normal for them to have concerns. Besides, if this is not the case, how can we Datang have an excuse to beat them in the future. ”。

"Humph! Your Majesty sent a letter, you will preside over the defense of Gaochang City, are you sure? I could give you my life! Qiao Shiwang smiled and said, "Don't just throw your life here after enjoying the blessings of more than half a year." ”

"Rest assured! My subordinates made sure that they couldn't capture Gaochang, and I just had to rely on this city to drag the Tibetans and Turks to death. Li Dongsheng said with a smile: "Let them know what a flesh and blood mill is, stealing chickens is not a recipe for rice!" ”