"What can I plan, only you and I know about this matter, and I have also helped him smooth out some clues that Shubao may leave when he goes to you, as long as you don't say it in the future, no one will know, so I also ask Li Saijiu to keep it secret!" Cheng Yanjin lowered his voice again at this time, which was why he took the initiative to run into the carriage and talk to Li Xiu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I see, General Cheng rest assured, I know the seriousness of this matter, and naturally it will never be leaked out!" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, he thought that Cheng Biting Jin was going to kill people and kill his mouth, but it turned out that he was just letting him keep it secret, which was a gesture, and it also made him think a little more highly of Cheng Biting Jin, although this guy was very arrogant on the surface, but in fact he was very heavy-minded, but at least he was still a person who was affectionate, which was very similar to Ma Ye.

Seeing that Li Xiu agreed, Cheng Yanjin also made a gesture of thanks to him, and then chatted with him, and Li Xiu also took this opportunity to inquire about the current situation of Datang, although Lao Qi can also inquire about some information, but compared to Cheng Yanjin, Li Shimin's henchman, the news he can hear is naturally very limited.

Cheng Yanjin knew Li Xiu's status in Li Shimin's heart better than anyone else, and this time he was invited to discuss how to deal with the Turkic south, so naturally he wanted to let him understand the current situation in Datang, so he also explained it in detail.

Through chatting with Cheng Yanjin, Li Xiu knew how bad the current situation in the Tang Dynasty was, although Li Shimin succeeded in the d'état and mastered a considerable part of the army, but he has been at a disadvantage in the past two years, and Li Jiancheng has installed a lot of people in various places, such as taking Gyeongju where Li Xiu went before, for example, which was originally Li Shimin's territory, but later Li Jiancheng sent people to squeeze out Li Shimin's people, so as to master the military power of Gyeongju.

Places like Gyeongju are not one or two, but the Tang Dynasty is everywhere, which is also the result of Li Jiancheng's hard work for many years, Li Shimin cannot completely eliminate these old princes in a short period of time, so he can only focus on pacification, and at the same time arrange heavy troops in various places to prevent these people from making trouble, but even so, when the news of Li Jiancheng's death spread, there are still many places where rebellion continues, so Li Shimin is in a mess just to quell the rebellion.

In addition, compared with the severe local situation, the situation in Chang'an City can even be said to be worse, you must know that most of those civil servants in the court are Li Jiancheng's people, and most of the scholars in this era pay attention to integrity, so after Li Jiancheng was killed, these people almost one-sidedly bombarded Li Shimin for killing his brother and father, and they were not afraid of the butcher's knife in Li Shimin's hands at all.

And Li Shimin didn't dare to really kill them all, so he could only catch the leader while being angry, so as to kill the chickens and make an example, but unfortunately the effect was not very good, many ministers began to resist passively after they fell silent, and they didn't do anything at all, resulting in almost paralysis of the three provinces and six ministries, and all the decrees could only be done by Li Shimin and a few henchmen, which made Li Shimin even have the intention of killing.

After listening to Cheng Biting Jin's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel heavy in his heart, the situation was even more severe than he imagined, he hadn't heard the news of rebellions in various places during this time, and thought that no one dared to move because of Li Shimin's forced pressure, but he didn't expect that the news was controlled by Li Shimin, so people inside and outside Chang'an City didn't know, after all, in this era of extremely backward traffic information, it was too easy for the imperial court to block the news.

As Li Xiu chatted with Cheng Yanjin, their carriage finally entered Chang'an City, along the quiet and uninhabited Suzaku Street all the way north, and finally entered the palace. Although Li Yuan has not abdicated yet, he has been placed under house arrest in the forbidden palace, and he can only live in the Ganlu Hall at ordinary times, and ordinary people can't see him at all, and the entire palace has been firmly in the hands of Li Shimin.

After entering the palace, Cheng Yanjin immediately took Li Xiu into the Liangyi Palace, and when he entered the main hall, he immediately saw Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji discussing matters, and there were two other scholars who looked like people, Li Xiu seemed to have seen Li Shimin before, but he was not impressed, so he couldn't call his name.

"Li Xiu, the Turks have come, and Jingzhou has been lost, all the way to the martial arts, may threaten Chang'an at any time, what can you do about it?" When Li Shimin saw Li Xiu coming in, he immediately beckoned to him.

Li Xiu also walked over at the moment, and found that Li Shimin and others were surrounding a map, which clearly marked the route of the Turks' march, and it could be seen at a glance from the map that they were indeed coming towards Chang'an City.

"According to His Highness's estimate, the Turks will be able to kill Chang'an in a few days at the earliest?" Li Xiu frowned and looked at the situation on the map, and then raised his head and asked, with what he had just learned from Cheng Yanjin, he had almost ruled out the possibility of blocking the Turks in the middle of the way, and it was almost a matter of time before the Turks would be killed under Chang'an City.

"I have sent Wei Chi Gong to Jingzhou, let him organize troops to delay the footsteps of the Turkic army as much as possible, with Wei Chi Gong's bravery, he should be able to win a few small victories, but he can only slightly block the Turks, it is estimated that in seven or eight days at most, the Turks may be killed near Chang'an!" When Li Shimin said this, his face also showed a look of resentment, and finally the coup was successful, but the country has not yet done it, and these hateful Turks actually killed again, which made him hate Jieli and others to the core.

"Seven or eight days? This time is too short, even if it is to make gunpowder now, I am afraid it will be a little too late? Li Xiu couldn't help but have a headache when he heard this, the Turks came too fast, which made him completely unprepared.

"It's true that the time is a little shorter, but I discussed it with Wuji and them just now, if you are willing to take out the hot air balloon that day, and then cooperate with gunpowder as a surprise soldier, we are not without hope of winning, now it depends on how much gunpowder you can provide?" Li Shimin was staring at Li Xiudao at this time.

If there is no gunpowder and hot air balloons, Li Shimin can only mobilize less than 30,000 troops, even if there is a strong city like Chang'an, he has no confidence that he can defeat the Turks, not to mention that even if he can defend Chang'an, I am afraid that the towns near Chang'an will be looted by the Turks, which Li Shimin absolutely does not want to see, so he already planned to temporarily bow to the Turks, even if he took the initiative to send money and food, and could not let the Turks kill Chang'an.

But now that they have gunpowder and hot air balloons, Li Shimin and the others have just discussed a feasible plan, so that not only does he not have to pretend to be a turtle, but he can even defeat the Turks in one fell swoop! (To be continued.) )