Chapter 152: The Southern Wilderness is in an emergency
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It has been eight or nine days since Meng Yu and the others left Luoyang, and they have already arrived in Youzhou, and due to the long journey, their carriage has long been unable to withstand it, and it has been so tattered that it is not good. So they sold the wagon, grabbed three fast horses at the inn, and prepared to rest for the rest of the day before continuing on their journey.
Ru Su was resting in the inn's room, and the overnight rush in the past few days had made her a little tired and drowsy. And Yin Xuanji sat downstairs in the inn and talked and laughed with Meng Yu.
"It's been twenty days since we came out of Chang'an, and now I don't know what happened to Your Majesty? and Brother Pei who went to the Southern Wilderness to suppress the Manchus, I don't know if he is victorious? Meng Yu chuckled, peeling peanuts and drinking tea.
This Manchu invasion was indeed unexpected by Meng Yu, and he had not seen it in historical materials at all levels, so Meng Yu did not know about this rebellion. However, the barbarian has always been a barren land, and the living environment is difficult, but it is also for survival that the Nalaoshzi barbarians invaded the Tang Dynasty.
"Hehe, Your Majesty is auspicious, don't worry about him, as for General Pei Min's question, didn't you write a letter yesterday to send the post station back to Chang'an, although you have no intention of career, but yesterday you included a "Retreat from the Enemy" in your family letter, you are also enough, you obviously care about national affairs, why do you always shirk?" Yin Xuanji chuckled and drank his own wine, very pleasant.
Meng Yu smiled.
Retreat from the enemy?
If he hadn't learned the news before he left, he would have postponed his trip to Goguryeo, accompanied Pei Min to the wilderness to see, and learned from Zhuge Kongming's seven captures of Meng Shu.
"Hehe, my main purpose is to write a letter to my family, and the "Retreat from the Enemy" is just to explain to Your Majesty my views on the barbarian invasion, I believe that my Datang has thousands of talents, and there are Fang Xiang and the eldest grandson, and there are more predecessors and successors, and they can easily solve the problem of barbarism!"
"However, I also want to make it clear that for the wilderness, they are forced to start war, how can we be ruthless and exterminate them?"
Meng Yu's heart trembled, the bloodshot pupils bulged out, and he suddenly sighed again, thinking of the pit killing incident in the history of the Tang Dynasty, although the tragic pit killing did not occur in the Zhenguan period, Meng Yu was still worried that Li Shimin would do this.
Your Majesty...... You have to be calm...
Meng Yu picked up the teacup and drank it all.
Although he admits that His Majesty Li Er's peerless martial arts are the emperors in history who carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, known as Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and no one can compare with him. But no one is perfect, and there are some things that His Majesty Li Er may think of is very one-sided, so he needs the minister to assist him, but if the minister is also one-sided, so what?
During the Warring States Period, Cao Di also had polemics, he was also an ordinary man, but he was able to keep the Lu State, isn't this an example that Meng Yu can learn from? Although Meng Yu didn't dare to compare with Cao Di, Cao Di said a word.
Meat eaters despise and fail to plan far.
Although the minister has a strategy, he does not necessarily see the whole picture, and sometimes only those who are ordinary people and outsiders can see the cause and effect of a war.
Seeing Meng Yu's sad face, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and immediately comforted him.
"Hehe, don't think about it!" Yin Xuanji picked up the dishes and chopsticks, took a bite of the appetizers, took a few sips of wine, and said slowly: "Pei Min has experienced a hundred battles, strong martial arts, although he doesn't have too many strategies, but he is careful and steady, if it weren't for the barbarian being too treacherous, he would definitely be broken by Pei Min!" ”
Meng Yu was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes!" ”
He stared faintly in the direction where Chang'an was.
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Changan.
Tai Chi Palace.
After the ministers arrived, they discussed a lot in the palace, exchanged heads and ears, and discussed countermeasures. Li Shimin unexpectedly did not sit on the high dragon chair, but stood in the hall, quietly waiting for the courtiers' countermeasures.
Savage urgent!
There was turmoil on the wild border thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and the other barbarian kingdoms that submitted to the Tang Dynasty had been defeated, and it was the tribe of the Ascending Evil Clan who defeated them, an ancient tribe that was extremely fierce and good at medicine and poison.
They live on the wild frontier, near the sea, and have always been very peaceful and indisputable, and this sudden riot must be the reason. Li Shimin sent Pei Min to suppress it, and ordered the salute first and then the soldiers, but in the end, the negotiations collapsed, and the two sides went to war, and the battle was fierce, with hundreds of casualties.
The Ascending Evil Clan used poisonous mist to defeat Pei Min's army, and it has been suppressed to the vicinity of Jiaozhou, which is extremely powerful. A tribe with only tens of thousands of people can suppress Pei Min's 20,000 army, but Pei Min can't do anything about it, he can't let the soldiers fight against the poisonous fog!
In the end, he could only write a letter to His Majesty Li Er to decide.
Now, the ministers discussed this matter together, divided into two factions, Fang Xuanling's faction advocated peace talks, and the eldest grandson Wuji's faction advocated sending more troops and horses to attack. The two factions chattered endlessly, but could not come up with a decent idea.
"Fang Xiang, if you are afraid of my Datang today, you admire Your Majesty's prestige very much, if you make peace with such an unknown barbarian, wouldn't it be a loss of face for my Datang? How can my Datang deter the surrounding vassals? How can I deter the pests that threaten my Datang? The eldest grandson Wuji said with a sophisticated expression and a serious expression.
His face was solemn, and he looked at Fang Xuanling coldly, without thinking of his feelings at all, and ruthlessly suppressed Fang Xuanling.
"Hehe, traitor! Shechen! Fang Xuanling's face was gloomy, and he scolded directly, but he didn't let it go at all. Today, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and Datang still needs a long time of rectification to make the people's livelihood rigorous and to make the people love His Majesty more. ”
"Your Majesty is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if you don't have the magnanimity, how to rule everything in the world, a barbarian tribe will send heavy troops to suppress it, wouldn't that make those countries that depend on my Tang Dynasty feel cold? Besides, wars are all life and death, how many Tang people will die in this war? Don't those sergeants have families, aren't they the people of my Tang Dynasty? ”
Fang Xuanling made a accusation, but he didn't say enough, and said again: "Your Majesty Shengming, if Your Majesty attacks that barbarian tribe or suppresses it with heavy troops, wouldn't it be to bully more and less, and to bully the weak with the strong, even if you win, I'm afraid your face will be disgraceful, it's better to talk about it again!" ”
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The entire hall was silent, this was the first time that Fang Xuanling had sarcastically mocked the eldest grandson Wuji in such a fierce voice, and he was working against the eldest grandson Wuji in the court.
The ministers were silent.
"Humph! So what, since ancient times, it is the principle of heaven to bully the few with the more and the weak with the strong, is it possible to still preach morality in war? The eldest grandson Wuji did not back down at all, and directly scolded Fang Xuanling.
The two did not know each other, and the war of words lasted for a long time.
Li Shimin had a headache and thought: When is this happening, you two old guys are still fighting here, what bastards!
"Two Aiqing, you can't rest? Now that the war is urgent, we are still discussing it, and in the end it is up to me to decide! Li Shimin sighed and sat back on the dragon chair sickly.
After that, the entire Taiji Palace exploded...
(To be continued)