At night in the Tang Dynasty, it was still sultry, and at this time Chang'an had sounded the drum of cleaning the streets, but the palace was still brightly lit.

A bright moon in the sky, the palace wall is white, on the top floor of the Taiji Hall at the highest point of the palace, Li Shimin looks at the quiet Chang'an City with his hands.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Empress Eldest Sun slowly walked to his side.

Li Shimin didn't look back, just sighed softly and said, "Hasn't Guanyin slept yet?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun stretched out her hand to hug her husband's arm, and said softly: "Your Majesty has been unable to sleep at night for three consecutive times, how can the concubines covet to sleep comfortably......"

"Alas!"

Li Shimin sighed again, patted the back of the queen's hand lightly, and said softly: "Once upon a time, I was never afraid of anything, how many times I was oppressed by wind and rain, I felt that I could survive, why is it that now that I am an emperor, I have lost my original martial arts." ”

"Because you are the emperor, you are no longer the original King of Qin."

Empress Eldest Sun opened her mouth faintly, and said with some distress: "As the King of Qin, you only need to be able to fight well, no matter what difficulties you encounter, you can cut all the way through, but you are now an emperor, and you have to maintain the whole world." That's why you will appear indecisive, and you will seem to be cowering when you encounter things, this is not the loss of martial arts, the concubine feels that this is the real benevolence and bravery. ”

Since ancient times, he has known his husband and wife, if he says that who knows Li Shimin best in the world, he is definitely the eldest grandson queen who has joined hands with him all his life, Li Shimin kept patting his wife's hand, and the look on his face actually looked very sad.

Who would have imagined that the emperors of the ages would also have sorrows.

He still looked at Chang'an, looking at the lights of thousands of homes in the city, and suddenly said: "I have obtained the secret performance of the Hundred Horsemen, the grassland has been withered and yellow since the beginning of July, according to the local old herdsmen, this is a rare disaster in a century, this winter, the grassland will inevitably blow white-haired wind." ”

Empress Eldest Sun listened quietly, and only then did she speak softly: "This is a natural disaster......

Li Shimin nodded and said: "The Turks don't produce, so it is more difficult to resist natural disasters than the Han people, in order to survive this cold winter, Jieli will inevitably go south to plunder, and the battle between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that it will not be avoided no matter what......"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Not long after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there were only 600,000 standing soldiers and horses, and most of them were government soldiers, and they were also scattered and stationed in various places, even if I could summon them urgently, I could only draw 300,000 at most. And the Turkic cavalry, there are at least a million! ”

Empress Eldest Sun suddenly spoke, and said expectantly: "Your Majesty, our nephew ......"

Li Shimin waved his hand to interrupt her, and said in a deep voice: "He can't play a big role, Guanyin don't have too much hope." When fighting for hegemony in the world, the fierce generals can attack the city, the reason why the third brother was able to sweep the world at the beginning, it was because all the anti-kings were fighting for the country, everyone had to fight with him, and if they didn't fight, they would be slowly occupied by us, but now it is different, now it is a war between countries, and the role that the fierce generals can play is greatly attenuated! ”

"Why is that?"

Empress Eldest Sun was obviously puzzled.

Li Shimin sighed, and said a little helplessly: "Because the Turks will not fight hard with the peerless generals, my Tang Dynasty is vast, and the Turks are all cavalry, they can rely on their advantages to plunder everywhere, and they can avoid the hard bones that they can't gnaw, even if the child really has the power of the third brother, he can't be divided into tens of millions of people alone, as long as the Turks avoid him, the role of the child will be very poor." ”

"Your Majesty has other fierce generals!"

The eldest grandson spoke again and said hurriedly: "Cheng Zhijie, Li Tao, Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, and our brother-in-law Chai Shao, these people are all fierce generals, Your Majesty can send them all out." ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Guanyin, you still don't understand, what I lack now is not a fierce general, but an army that can fight against the Turkic cavalry, and the generals under my command can indeed fight, but you can't let them fight single-handedly." The number of troops that my Datang can draw is only 300,000, and if I divide my troops to fight against one million Turkic cavalry, then the outcome is simply unimaginable, and everyone will be eaten by the Turks little by little. ”

Empress Eldest Sun's face turned pale.

After a long time passed, the queen's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had thought of some good idea, and said eagerly: "If we can create a battle situation, attract all the Turkic armies together, and then Datang and the other party have a hard-to-hard battle, then our nephew will be able to exert his power." ”

Li Shimin was stunned, and his face obviously became wonderful.

The eldest grandson followed and said: "Your Majesty should still remember that we used this trick back then, and the Tang Dynasty also did not have an advantage at that time, but used various means to force the anti-kings of the world to gather in Siming Mountain, and the decisive battle of the third brother fought the corpse mountain and sea of blood, he alone chiseled through millions of troops, if this time can also force the Turks to fight, our nephew can beat them to their knees alone." ”

Li Shimin gasped heavily, and suddenly hurriedly shook off the eldest grandson's arm, and said, "I will gather all the ministers now and see if I can come up with some plans." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry......"

Seeing that he was leaving, the eldest grandson hurriedly stopped him, and the queen's eyes were obviously with some kind of weirdness, and she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the Turkic envoy is in the city." ”

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, then his tiger eyes flashed, and he said thoughtfully: "The two countries are at war, if they don't kill them, according to the rules, I have to hold a state banquet." ”

"A state banquet is an opportunity!"

The eldest grandson hurriedly spoke up and said in a low voice: "At that time, our Tang Dynasty will put on a show, put all the plans on the surface, and then release the Turkic envoys back, so that the Turks have to follow our strategies." ”

Li Shimin suddenly frowned and looked at his wife, and said with deep meaning: "Guanyin, you tell me the truth, who taught this method just now." ”

The eldest grandson opened his mouth.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "I have been a husband and wife with you for more than ten years, Guanyin, don't hide it from me, you are magnificent by nature, you can't think of such a way." Tell me, who the hell it is. ”

The eldest grandson suddenly bowed on his knees, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, the concubine asks you to speak and summon Li Yun into the palace, our nephew has three strategies for leveling the situation, and the method just now is what he said." ”

Li Shimin was stunned.

Empress Changsun said again: "It's just that this kid is too cautious, even if he has a heart and a valley, he doesn't want to show it, and the reason why the concubine learned about his method is that Lu Guogong secretly sent someone to report the letter!" ”

Li Shimin was stunned again, and couldn't help but say: "In other words, he has a plan and is not willing to share worries for the country?" ”

The queen was worried that her husband would be angry, so she hurriedly said: "It's no wonder that he doesn't know his background, he just thinks that he is a homeless person, since ancient times, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, he is afraid that he will cause trouble if he talks too much." ”

Li Shimin frowned, and suddenly said, "Then why did Cheng Zhijie send someone to report to you again?" ”

The eldest grandson opened his mouth and explained: "Lu Guogong listened to what Cheng Chumo said, Your Majesty, you don't know yet, our nephew has accepted four more apprentices, he is very busy now, while leading the homeless people to engage in industry, and on the other hand, he has to train five melon babies to learn things. ”

Li Shimin smiled, and his smile was meaningful.

The emperor suddenly looked at the direction outside Chang'an City, and said with great meaning: "I understand, this kid is playing tricks with me, he actually wants to tell me the strategy, but he is afraid that he will be responsible for talking too much, so he let me know by teaching his disciples, and then I will definitely be impatient to ask him." ”

Empress Eldest Sun also laughed, with a hint of doting and connivance in her laughter, and said: "If you ask him to ask, you will ask him to do something, and no matter whether it is right or wrong, he will not need to bear the responsibility." ”

Li Shimin scolded with a smile and said: "Obviously, there is the third brother's domineering, but I want to learn from others to play with their brains." ”

The eldest grandson sighed softly, and suddenly said with a strange tone: "The concubine is hoping that he will not be like the third brother." ”

Li Shimin's eyes darkened.

The emperor looked at Chang'an with his hands in his hands, his expression hesitated, and after a long time passed, he suddenly said in a deep voice to a corner: "Spread my will, urgently recruit Li Yun to enter the palace late at night!" ”

After saying this, he followed and said: "Then recruit Zongzheng Li Xun of Zongzheng Temple into the palace, plus Li Xiaogong, the first prince of the royal family, and his wife, and send a message to Li Shentong, the king of Huainan, and ask him to come as much as possible, just say that this is my request, and the Li royal family will do a big thing tonight." ”

Here!

Someone in the corner replied respectfully, and then heard footsteps in the distance.

Li Shimin's eyes flickered a few times, and he suddenly looked at Empress Changsun and said: "Guanyin, you and I will go to Taiji Palace together, and we will ask our father and wife to come out in person." ”

The eldest grandson was extremely excited, and gasped for breath and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to admit it?" ”