Chapter 102: The Clouds of War
Li Su explained the principle of cryptographic communication to the general Li Jing. Li Jing was sincerely impressed www.biquge.info and he said happily: "This is really a good way." It must be promoted in the army. ”
Li Su took out a code book, handed it to Li Jing, and said, "There are only a few of these code books at present, and my father also has them in his hand." You can find reliable people, copy some of them, and send them to the main generals in various places.
However, after this battle was over, he asked the general to organize people to rewrite a new code book. It is best to organize a special password compilation organization in the military, and the shorter the time for each set of passwords, the better. ”
Li Jing nodded and said, "Your Highness is very thoughtful. ”
Li Su said: "General, please translate the letter from your father." I'll take my leave. "The emperor's letter to the general is not something he can read.
Looking at the back of King Liang, Li Jing was secretly surprised. Xin said: "This King of Liang has performed well recently and helped the imperial court solve many major problems. It goes without saying that it is clever to be able to come up with such a method as cryptographic communication. Moreover, knowing how to advance and retreat, and having eyesight, is not simple. ”
Li Su and the others continued to wait for news in the General's Mansion, and the royal court of the Tiele Department at this time was very lively.
The three major tribes on the grassland, from west to east in the north of the Tang Dynasty, followed by the Xue Yantuo tribe, the Tuli tribe and the Tiele tribe, and other tribes scattered around them.
At the invitation of the Khan of the Tiele Tribe, Ash Nashi Bobi, the Khan of the Turi Tribe, came to the royal court of the Tiele Tribe.
Ashinash is 41 years old this year, with a medium build, a delicate face, and looks no different from the Central Plains. His mother is from the Central Plains, and he inherited more genes from his mother. He not only looks like a native of the Central Plains, but also likes the Central Plains culture very much. Among the grassland tribes, he is the one who is relatively close to the Tang Dynasty.
He was willing to make friends with the Tang Dynasty, but the geographical location of the Tuli tribe was very awkward, sandwiched between the two major tribes of Xue Yantuo and Tiele. At this time, Datang was not strong enough to make the Quartet surrender, and he had to protect himself to survive.
This year, there was not much rain on the grasslands, and the three major tribes were not having a good time, and when the internal pastures were not enough to feed their livestock, border disputes were very frequent.
At this meeting of the three families, Ashinash Bobi came with the purpose of resolving the grassland border dispute.
On the morning of the last day of October, the royal court of the Tiele Ministry.
The Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo Tribe, the Khan of the Tuli Tribe, Ashinash Bobi, and the Khan of the Tiele Tribe, Chebi Zheke, the three giants of the grassland finally met.
Soon after the meeting began, the Turkish Khan Ashinash Bobi found that Yi Nan and Qi Mo Zheke seemed to have discussed it in advance, and repeatedly put pressure on him to participate in the war against the Tang Dynasty.
The current situation faced by Ashinash Bobi is that if he does not participate in their actions, he is an enemy of them, and if he is attacked by them, the Turkish tribe will face a catastrophe. Moreover, this year's drought has made life difficult on the grasslands and there are great internal contradictions, and the use of troops to foreign countries can divert contradictions and at the same time, solve the food problem.
After careful consideration, Ashinash decided to participate in this war. After three days of negotiations, the three major tribes of the steppe reached an agreement.
The Xue Yantuo Department sent 160,000 troops, the Tuli Department sent 90,000 troops, and the Tiele Department sent 80,000 troops, with a total strength of 330,000, and the Xue Yantuo tribe Khan Yinan was elected as the commander-in-chief. The three parties agreed on November 28 and at the same time waved their troops south.
Finally the news came from Chimiro. At this time, there were only 21 days left before the outbreak of the war, and Datang was facing the largest foreign war since its establishment.
Tai Chi Hall Li Shimin's study.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin is discussing with his eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Cen Wenwen, Gao Jingming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, and Huang Furui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, about the establishment of a large-scale grain reserve depot throughout the country this winter. Although this year's bumper grain harvest has been expected, the increase in output is still much greater than everyone imagined.
Gao Jingming took the account book and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this year's grain harvest is a bumper harvest, and the output of the main grain has exceeded 6% of the best year since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. The output of auxiliary foods such as potatoes and sweet potatoes is also very impressive.
This year is the first year of trial planting of new grain varieties, and it is foreseeable that grain output will at least double after large-scale popularization next year. ”
"Great." The eldest grandson Wuji and the others all applauded.
Li Shimin's face was full of red light, his eyes were bright, and he was obviously very excited in his heart. He is determined to be an emperor through the ages and create an unprecedented prosperity in the history of the Chinese nation. The biggest and most difficult problem to solve is the food problem.
Now, the question has clearly seen the dawn of victory. He is now like a dream, in previous years, he often had a headache of how to cut down on food and clothing, survive the spring famine, and let the people starve to death less. Now, I found that I had begun to study the problem of increasing the amount of grain and adding a large number of warehouses.
The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, if there is a bumper grain harvest in the north, there is no need to transport grain from the south to the north, and the savings in transportation alone are a huge number." It's unimaginable. ”
Fang Xuanling said: "The food reserves of the military department are sufficient, and there is no problem at all to meet the needs of the war. The minister, the secretary of the military department, is getting better and better. ”
Gao Jingming was even more happy, he said: "Do you remember? At the beginning of the year, there were only 40,000 taels of silver left in the treasury of the household department. At that time, the minister looked at the empty treasury and wanted to cry.
Now, the minister, the head of the household, is a veritable rich man.
These contributions are indispensable to the scientific research institute presided over by the crown prince and His Royal Highness King Liang. ”
Li Shimin did not express his feelings, but he agreed very much with what the important ministers said. He said: "The quicklime moisture-proof method of Liangwang Lane is good, and your Ministry of Industry should send personnel to various provinces and prefectures for guidance, and grain reserve depots should be established in various localities, and grain transfer stations should be established in major transportation arteries and key strategic locations......
They continued to study the discussion.
At this time, Ma Xuanliang, the head of the guard, came in, handed Li Shimin a letter, and then withdrew.
Li Shimin took out a code book from his arms, carefully compared the translation, and said: "Gao Jingming, Huang Furui, you will supervise the implementation as soon as possible according to the method discussed." Stand down. ”
After Gao Jingming, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Huang Furui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, withdrew. Li Shimin said solemnly: "There is a reliable secret report from the border pass, the leaders of the three major tribes of the grassland have gathered secretly, and they have formulated a plan to invade the Tang Dynasty, and the war is about to break out. ”