Good general
In March, the spring was busy, and the land of Guanzhong was full of spring ploughing, and the people were working tirelessly in the fields with ploughing oxen and iron plows.
Li Yuan is most concerned about farming, and in his opinion, the people regard food as the sky, food is based on the field, and agriculture should be the top priority in the world.
Since he established the Tang Dynasty, he has constantly recruited displaced people from all over the world to engage in production in the Tang Dynasty, and he also ordered the Ministry of Industry to make a large number of iron plows and repair a large number of water conservancy projects every year to ensure the needs of agricultural production.
It was precisely because of Li Yuan's redoubling of his emphasis on agriculture that the Tang Dynasty was able to slowly recover from the trauma of the war, and at this time it had gradually recovered and strengthened its national strength.
At the same time, he went to Weinan to inspect the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry who were repairing the Zhengguo Canal, an old canal of the Qin Dynasty, and Li Yuan ordered the water workers to dredge it for irrigation when the crops grew seedlings in May.
Once this canal is opened, the Guanzhong Plain can at least irrigate more than 30,000 hectares of fertile land.
You must know that after Zheng Guo, the water official of South Korea, built this canal, the Qin State at that time irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of saline-alkali land, and harvested six Hu and four liters of one acre of land.
A canal is completed, and it will be a great achievement for all eternity! Now it only needs to be strengthened, penetrated and repaired on the basis of the old canal.
Unexpectedly, in this troubled era, the troops were all around, and an urgent report from Kaizhou still made him have to end the inspection and hurried back to the palace.
The military department Shangshu Qu Tutong sent an urgent report - Ran Zhaoze, the chief of Kaizhou, led 5,000 cavalry to rebel in the dense forest, and they plundered and wandered back and forth.
Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao County, sent troops to suppress several bullets, but they could not win, and the rice fields, manors, fish ponds and livestock farms of Bashu were destroyed and plundered on a large scale. In the long run, Bashu may not have any food to collect this year.
Li Yuan's face turned red with anger, and he scolded angrily: "This thief is going to cut off my military rations!" ”
Bashu is the granary of the Tang Dynasty at this time, and in this troubled era, the Tang Dynasty fought in all directions and supported a large number of troops, so it relied on the grain of Bashu.
In view of the important position of the Bashu region, Li Yuan specially sent Li Xiaogong, the nephew who was the most good at civil affairs, to guard the town.
The current rebellion was unexpected by Li Yuan, and the chiefs of the Bashu region sent all the protons to Chang'an to ensure the peaceful submission of their own people.
According to common sense, the Bashu region should be the most peaceful and the area that should not be worried about by the emperor.
After Qu Tutong's explanation, Li Yuan learned that like the previous Song Jingang attack on Jinyang, this rebellion was supported by Turkic forces. This is obviously the intention of the new Chuluo Khan to embarrass Li Yuan.
Thinking of the good generals in the national crisis, Li Yuan asked Yu Qu Tutong and said: "Who does Aiqing think it is better to send to quell the rebellion?" ”
After a little thought, Qu Tutong replied, "Li Jing! ”
Li Yuan's eyes flashed, and he asked, "How can you see it?" ”
Li Jing is a famous general in the world, and he has won the true legend of the former Korean and Korean tigers, and he used soldiers to plan and become a family of his own. Moreover, he stationed troops in Mayi and fought against the Turks for more than 20 years, without losing for a while...... It is only fitting to use him to fight the Turks. ”
Li Yuan and Li Jing used to have a bad relationship, but when he hired people, he did not abolish the public because of personal interests, and immediately ordered the chamberlain to summon Li Jing to come and restore his life.
After Li Jing was summoned, Pegasus immediately came. As soon as he entered the Wude Palace, he was about to salute, but was stopped by Li Yuan and said, "No need to be formal, please ask General Li to come and see this urgent report, I don't know what to say?" As he spoke, he handed the urgent report to Li Jing.
After Li Jing carefully read the military newspaper, his mind began to recall the situation when he was young and trained in the Kaizhou area with the army of exterminating Chen at that time. Experienced in a hundred battles and full of strategy, he replied casually: "Your Majesty, to quell the rebellion, you need to use strange soldiers!" ”
Li Yuan's spirits were lifted, and he asked happily, "How to use strange soldiers?" ”
Li Jing replied confidently: "Kaizhou has many dense forests and mountains, and the terrain is undulating and cramped. Once a large army enters it, it cannot look at each other, but cannot be used. You need to train a fierce athlete who is familiar with mountain warfare to launch a surprise attack, but the battle can be successful! ”
Li Yuan was also born in a family of Jiangmen, and when he heard Li Jing say this, he already understood eight or nine points in his heart.
At that moment, Li Yuan ordered Qu Tutong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to take the goldfish talisman for troop transfer, and personally handed over the talisman to Li Jing.
Li Yuan also ordered Li Jing to be the head of the Kuizhou Road march, and had full authority to preside over the southward counterinsurgency.