Chapter 65: Declaring war on the Turks
Li Shimin looked at everyone, he originally planned to let Li Jing lead the troops to the battle.
But he saw Chu Feng again, and he knew that even if he valued Chu Feng, he couldn't directly let Chu Feng lead the troops.
After all, this is not child's play, but if Li Jing is allowed to lead the troops to the battle, he himself is not worried, but in this way, he will not be able to let Chu Feng and him go to study together.
In the end, Li Shimin quickly made a decision, "I will personally drive the expedition, and I will see Jieli Khan kneel in front of me with my own eyes." ”
After Li Shimin raised troops in Li Yuan, the world fought for hegemony, and Li Shimin often went to the battlefield.
Even when he was the King of Qin, it was the same at that time.
Therefore, in terms of ability on the battlefield, Li Shimin is naturally not bad.
Moreover, if he pilots the expedition himself this time, then he can take this opportunity to completely wash away the humiliation of the Weishui Alliance at the beginning.
"Your Majesty?"
At this time, everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Li Shimin to make such a decision.
However, although it was unexpected, it was not incomprehensible, after all, the number of times Li Shimin went to the battlefield was not low, but more often when he was not yet the emperor.
"Your Majesty thinks twice, since you have decided to start a war with the Turks, as a subject of the Tang Dynasty, you also want to defend the dignity of the Tang Dynasty, but Your Majesty is personally conscripted, it is too dangerous."
At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji spoke.
At this time, since Li Shimin could not be prevented from using troops against the Turks, Li Shimin must have an opinion on recruiting him personally.
The Turks are barbaric and unreasonable, and this is known to all.
But the combat effectiveness of the Turks, that can also be known, they are nomads, so their combat effectiveness, especially the cavalry, is very powerful.
When Li Yuan had just raised his army, the Turks attacked Taiyuan, and he chose to pay the Turks finances.
Not only did they survive and have a chance to dominate the world, but they also used the power of the Turkic cavalry.
This is why the Turks have always regarded Datang as their backyard.
They looked down on the people and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty because they were arrogant, and they would only feel that the establishment of the Tang Dynasty had their help.
They never considered that when Li Shimin and them were dormant, the power of Datang began to recover.
Today's Datang does not need to deal with those heroes competing for hegemony, and their strength can concentrate on dealing with the Turks.
"Needless to say, I will drive the expedition in person, and the Tang Dynasty will win this battle."
Li Shimin glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji and then said, there is no chance of easing this matter.
"Okay, since this matter has been decided, you can go down and prepare, as for the Turkic envoy, I will give him a letter to bring back to Jieli Khan when the time comes."
"I want him to understand that it's time for his greedy wolf to die, because I was forced to feed this greedy wolf for the sake of the people because of the situation."
When Li Shimin said this, the whole person was murderous.
When Chu Feng saw it, he had to say that Li Shimin's posture as an emperor was really enough.
But it is also the power of the Tang Dynasty, which is known to the world.
Li Shimin naturally didn't say it with his mouth, and the words Tian Khan were also poured out with blood.
Chu Feng knew that those alien races around the Tang Dynasty, taking the Turks as an example, which one was not crazy.
Therefore, Li Shimin can become the Khan of Heaven and the co-ruler of the world, how can it be possible not to kill.
In this way, everyone quickly left, saying that it was a discussion, but this time it became Li Shimin's word.
However, except for the civil officials, no one else has an opinion, after all, the harm of the Turks to the people of the Tang Dynasty is not a day or two.
Chu Feng was the most wronged, so he ran away in vain, seeing Li Shimin pretending to be forced to go.
Since that day, although some people have said that they cannot fight, they should negotiate peace, and the terms of the Turks can also be negotiated.
Those who spoke were all temporarily sent home.
Therefore, after everyone saw Li Shimin's determination, they would no longer talk about it, and they could only reorganize their arms for war.
Two days later, Li Shimin met Chu Feng again.
"This time, I plan to lead you forward, of course, including Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu, they all have to go."
"Well, I know." Chu Feng nodded unexpectedly.
Li Shimin felt a little strange when he saw it, "This is not your character?" ”
"Of course I don't want to go, but can I refuse?"
"I can't." Li Shimin shook his head directly, he didn't know why he valued Chu Feng so much.
Maybe it's his ability, but in addition to his ability, there is also his character.
"That's it, since I can't refuse, why should I do more, not to mention that if there is really an accident, can the group of Turks let me go?"
Chu Feng knew that it was obviously impossible, once the Turks won, then they would be powerful, and when the time came, would they not know that those Turks would ask Li Shimin for themselves before they died?
With their personalities, I am afraid that the more Li Shimin was unwilling to give it at that time, the more they would beg for it, after all, this is how they can slap Li Shimin in the face.
So I had to go and see it, in case I could use myself.
"You kid thinks very thoroughly, but it's true, there is another very important issue in the preparation for this big war, and I hope to leave it to you."
Li Shimin nodded first, and then turned his mouth and said.
"Grain?"
"How do you know?" Li Shimin saw that he hadn't spoken yet, and Chu Feng knew everything.
Is this really a teenager?
When he was at this age, he was also outstanding, but he didn't seem to be like Chu Feng, right?
"At the beginning of the locust plague, although the victims were appeased as quickly as possible and the locust plague was solved at the same time, the imperial court also spent a lot of food to help the victims."
Chu Feng looked at Li Shimin and said, he can still see this clearly.
This is why Wei Zheng and those civil officials did not agree at the beginning.
The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and the civilian officials were naturally worried about this.
"Your Majesty wants your ministers to buy grain? Or is it grain transport? ”
Chu Feng knew that Li Shimin was definitely not worried about short-term grain and grass.
The previous locust plagues were more in the northwest places such as Chang'an and Jinyang, not in the south of the Yangtze River.
So this time, Li Shimin needs to transfer grain and grass from Jiangnan.
"If you can't do it, I can let others handle the grain transportation first, and you can buy the grain for me."
"I have just received a report that there are several grain merchants in Jiangnan who are hoarding Juqi, and I can't force them to sell grain, so I want you to do it."
"In fact, this grain is not necessarily used for military purposes, but once the war against the Turks starts, those grain merchants will hoard and live, and if there is any trouble, the people will be terrified."
Chu Feng also understood after listening to Li Shimin's words.
These merchants are only afraid that they are well-informed, have a keen nose and smell, and know about the previous conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.
They guessed that there would be a war, so they wanted to make a fortune from the war, after all, for some people, a gun fired ten thousand taels of gold.
Li Shimin was worried that he would not know the outcome of the war against the Turks at that time, and the people would cause chaos because of food.
What's more, the conflict between him and the family during this time was also more acute than before, so he was worried about this.
"Since Your Majesty has spoken, the minister will definitely settle the matter."
Chu Feng didn't refuse, anyway, what difference does it make if he is also involved in officialdom.
He also looked down on those who intended to make war money.
After all, it was the people who were injured at this time.
Besides, even if it is for the sake of the father-in-law's Datang industry, he should go there.
"Then you get ready, and you'll leave in two days."
Li Shimin looked at Chu Feng and nodded and said.
After Chu Feng heard this, he also knew that it seemed that Li Shimin was still very anxious about this matter.
Departing in two days, it looks like I'm going to have to prepare.
After Chu Feng left the imperial study, he returned to his mansion, and this time he went to Jiangnan to do grain and grass affairs, and he was very anxious.
But Chu Feng also knows the difficulty, after all, what he wants to do this time is the lives of those grain merchants.
However, it can only be said that the position is different, and there is no way to do it.
The sooner the problem of grain and grass is solved, the sooner the Turks can be dealt with.
From Datang's point of view, it can be said that it is a national war with the outside world, so it must be won.
The hidden dangers of the grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River must be eliminated.