Chapter 39: Persuasion
If a person is in a happy mood when bullying and torturing people, then this person's psychology may be a little perverted, Sun Xiangfu is not a pervert, so he quickly ended this inhumane abuse, and finally, Sun Xiangfu asked several of Wu Yuanqing's accomplices to take him down the mountain, and told them that today's matter had better be kept secret, otherwise, Wu Yuanqing will have no shame to live in the world from now on.
When the carriage of several people drove into Chang'an City, it was completely dark, and it was expected that there should be a person who couldn't sleep with excitement today! What he didn't know was that the first person who couldn't sleep was Li Shimin.
Jingzhou reported that the Turks went south, although this time was more than a month later than in history, but it still surprised Li Shimin.
It is precisely because Sun Xiangfu promoted the fish-eating frenzy in Chang'an in July and August, which led to a large number of fish caught by the people in the surrounding prefectures and counties of Guanzhong and sent them to Chang'an for sale.
After discovering the Turkic scouts in Jingzhou, he immediately declared that Jingzhou had entered a state of war readiness, and requisitioned all the ships on the Jing River, and arranged a defensive line on the Jing River.
The Turks were not good at water warfare, and they could not even find a boat to cross the river, and the vanguard troops were blocked by Zhang Gongjin in the north of the Jing River for a month, until the main force of 200,000 cavalry arrived, Zhang Gongjin had few troops and could not defend all the defense lines, so the Turks attacked the territory of Jingzhou.
However, there are Zhang Gongjin with thousands of water troops on the water, the Turks still do not dare to advance with the whole army, of course, there are some factors within Jieli Khan, he sent troops this time, not to destroy the Tang State, but to coerce the Tang Dynasty to declare himself a vassal to him, so as to achieve his goal of uniting people's hearts and unifying the Turks, so the two armies with completely unequal numbers fought a month of guerrilla warfare in the Jing River leisurely, and ended up with the Turks who were not good at water warfare.
Li Shimin, who thought that he could stop the Turks by relying on Zhang Gongjin, did not expect that more than a month had passed, Jieli would suddenly give up his rear defense, turn his horse's head, and attack Chang'an.
Li Shimin has a headache, Chang'an currently has only 70,000 defenders, and there are not even 20,000 cavalry, but Jieli has 200,000 iron cavalry, fighting, the victory is not big, if he doesn't fight, the best case is that he will also be forced to sign the alliance under the city, nominally, become the courtier of Jieli Khan, which will be a great shame in his political career.
Sun Xiangfu, who didn't care about national affairs, didn't know these things at all, he only knew that when he got up early the next morning, Chang'an was already under martial law, and a large number of soldiers in the imperial city were dressed up and ready to fight.
"What's going on?"
Sun Xiangfu walked to the door of the Yamen of the Fisheries Department in the Imperial City, and asked a few scribes who were looking at the excitement in the direction of the school.
"Lord Qiqi, the Turks are going south, and Your Majesty has ordered Wei Chi Gong to be the general manager of the Jingzhou Road March, and go to Jingzhou to resist the enemy."
"Uh, is this going to war?" Sun Xiangfu was stunned, he only thought that the comfortable life in Chang'an would continue until after the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but he didn't expect that there would be a war so soon, and Jingzhou seemed to be only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an.
Damn, this world is so unsafe, should I find a chance to settle in the south.
Sun Xiangfu thought so, but he didn't know that because of his appearance, the current situation of the Tang Dynasty was much better than in history, at least, Zhang Gongjin discovered the Turkic scouts in advance, and fought a guerrilla war with the Turks on the Jing River for a month, which caused the Turks to lose their food, grass and soldiers, and most of their morale was consumed.
And Li Shimin, who has been paying attention to the war in Jingzhou, is not as passive as in history, and he doesn't even have time to transfer troops and levy grain, at least Wei Chigong is the chief of the march this time, and he has brought twice as many troops to help him in history, and they are all cavalry, plus Zhang Gongjin, who is behind Jieli to fight guerrillas, and it is not certain whether Jieli's grain and grass can support him to fight Weishui.
In the yamen worried for a day, when he returned to the Qin Mansion, he found that the atmosphere in the mansion was not very right, it turned out that Qin Qiong lost his temper at home, this time Li Shimin did not let him lead the troops to the expedition, the excuse was that his health was not good, and he was unbearable to be conscripted, and Qin Qiong, who was devastated, drank sullen wine at home when he heard this, and no one dared to go up to persuade him.
"I, Qin, will become a waste person from now on?"
This was the most Qin Qiong said all afternoon.
"Brother Sun is back, it's better for you to persuade the master! In the house, you have the most options. When Qin Fu saw Sun Xiangfu enter the door, he grabbed his hand as if he had seen a savior.
"What's going on?"
As soon as Sun Xiangfu asked, Qin Fu told him about Qin Qiong's current state, so in the hall of the Qin Mansion, Sun Xiangfu walked in with a wine jar.
"When you come back from the government and don't rest, what are you doing here?" Qin Qiong glanced at Sun Xiangfu with a bad face, and said coldly.
"I heard that Yigong had a wine today, so I brought a jar of wine and conspired with Yigong to get drunk." Sun Xiangfu smiled and patted the wine altar in his hand.
"It is so good, it is best for a useless person like me to be drunk to death."
Qin Qiong's depression was terrible, and Sun Xiangfu naturally didn't come to conspire with him, but he didn't know anything about the war in this era, and he couldn't intervene in the major affairs of the DPRK and China, so he could only find a way to unravel Qin Qiong by chatting.
After kneeling opposite Qin Qiong's desk, Sun Xiangfu poured a bowl of wine into his bowl and said slowly, "Guogong, can you tell me about the Turks?" ”
"The Turks are martial, murderous, and plundering, and once they break through our borders, blood flows everywhere they pass, and the people either die under their butcher's knives, or they are captured and made into slaves, raise horses and graze for them, and suffer all kinds ······of humiliation, and their crimes are innumerable."
When Qin Qiong told a lot about the behavior of the Turks in this era, Sun Xiangfu answered, "Then what are the shortcomings of the Turks? ”
"The downside? What does this do, you ask? Qin Qiong looked at Sun Xiangfu with some surprise.
"Know yourself and know your opponent, you won't be defeated in a hundred battles! Knowing their shortcomings, you will naturally know how to deal with them. ”
Hearing this, Qin Qiong was stunned, thought for a while, and then said, "The Turks like meat, and they are not used to eating the coarse grain of our Han people, even if they go south, they bring their own cattle and sheep for food. Moreover, they are not good at water, which can be seen from the fact that Gong Jin only relied on 5,000 water troops to circulate with their 200,000 army in Jinghe for more than a month. As for the rest, I didn't think about it for a while. ”
"Like meat, not good at water warfare? In this way, Chang'an is also stable. When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he thought about it in his mind for a while, and then thought of a way to persuade Qin Qiong to feel at ease.
"What do you mean by that?" Qin Qiong was stunned when she heard this, and a little light appeared in her eyes.
Sun Xiangfu drank the wine in his bowl before saying, "At this time, it is nearly the middle of September, the rice fields in Guanzhong have been harvested, the autumn grass in the wild has withered, there is no large amount of water and grass, Jieli Khan will definitely not be able to feed livestock in large quantities, 200,000 iron horses, driving millions of cattle and sheep to march, is Jieli's advantage, but also Jieli's disadvantage, once he is dragged into the cold winter, the 200,000 army, millions of cattle, sheep and horses eat horses and chew, he can't bear it at all, and the first snow in Guanzhong has always arrived in October, so the time of Jieli is less than half a month. ”
Hearing this, Qin Qiong's eyes were even brighter, if Jieli was really like in history, he hit Chang'an City in early August, then Li Shimin would have no choice, and now, it is almost mid-September, Jieli's main force has just arrived in the Jingzhou martial arts area, and Wei Chigong led twice the number of soldiers and horses in history to stop him, it is conceivable that Jieli may not have arrived in Weishui when the first snow fell in Guanzhong.
After a pause, Sun Xiangfu said again, "The kid didn't do anything else this summer, so he specialized in fishing in these big rivers around Chang'an City, and he knows the rivers around Chang'an very well, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Chang'an is surrounded by eight rivers, Zhang Gongjin led five thousand water troops, and he can block the Turkic cavalry in the Jing River for a month, surrounded by so many water systems, as long as His Majesty orders people to demolish the bridge and levy boats, will Jieli dare to let their iron horses step on the glacier in Chang'an in October?" ”
"Yes, although our Datang seems to be on the defensive at this time, it is as stable as Mount Tai, and Jieli, although it seems to be powerful, is full of dangers, and if you are not careful, you can end up with the annihilation of the whole army, this matter is very important, I will enter the palace to see Your Majesty." Qin Qiong said excitedly.
Sun Xiangfu saw Qin Qiong's excited expression, in fact, he was scared in his heart, he just wanted to play tricks and persuade Qin Qiong to feel at ease, who expected that Qin Qiong really took this matter he analyzed as a strategic analysis, in case the Wei River really froze at that time, and it was feasible, wouldn't Chang'an City be finished?
"Well, why don't you drink this bowl and leave."
Sun Xiangfu wanted to save it, and the means of redemption was to pour Qin Qiong one more bowl and get drunk on him, but in a hurry, he handed over the bowl of wine he had just poured out to Qin Qiong.
"Okay, I'll drink this bowl and enter the palace again."
After that, Qin Qiong took the bowl of wine in the hand of Sun Xiangfu, who had not yet realized that he had taken the wrong wine bowl, and drank it.
"Uh, what's in your bowl?" Qin Qiong drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, smashed his mouth and said.
"Ah, oh, it's, it's honey syrup." Sun Xiangfu looked at the empty bowl in his hand, and only then did he react.
"I can't imagine that your kid is so well-intentioned in order to offer advice, don't worry, I will definitely play Your Majesty, and I will not forget your advice."
Qin Qiong patted Sun Xiangfu on the shoulder, turned around and strode out of the house, and Sun Xiangfu, who had a bitter face, wanted to catch up with him and say to him, "You must forget, just what I just said was a fart, otherwise, my brother's small body can't bear such a big responsibility!" ’