In just a few months, the Southern Sui destroyed Chu Ping Wu with lightning speed, which shocked the world. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

What's even more speechless is that despite the southern expedition and the northern war, the losses of the Southern Sui were quite small, Lin Shihong was frightened and fled directly to abandon the city, not to mention, Wu County, which was difficult to attack, was also forced by the situation to sacrifice Shen Faxing's head and surrender the city.

For the Southern Sui court, everything was too smooth, except that the Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to seize their two cities!

Today, except for the puppet forces of Lingnan, Liangdi and Turkic, the world has been divided into two, with the Southern Sui and the Tang Dynasty each accounting for half of the country. People with good deeds began to speculate whether the Southern Sui would take advantage of the Turkic southward movement to turn all the land south of the Yellow River into the territory of the Southern Sui.

Since ancient times, the north has been richer than the south, although Li Xuanba's policy has achieved initial results in the past two years, but it is unlikely to change qualitatively in a short period of time, the south is still a barren land in the eyes of northerners, so the world naturally feels that the southern Sui is far less strong than the Tang Dynasty.

Now that the Turks are heading south, the Tang Dynasty must be cautious, which is undoubtedly the best time for the Southern Sui.

The plaque of the Zhou Palace's Mansion was removed a few days ago and replaced with four golden characters of "Zhou Guogong's Mansion".

Although Li Xuanba was revoked, he was still the most powerful person in the Great Sui.

Except for the plaque, Zhou Guogong has not changed from the past, and the person who cleaned the courtyard lowered his head and carefully swept the fallen leaves in the courtyard, not looking at the two men sitting not far away.

"Since the Empress Dowager was taken to the Turks by the eldest princess, no one has been sent to pass on the edict, which shows that the eldest princess does not trust Xuanba." After arguing with Yang Tong, Li Xuanba said that he was sick and could not enter the court for some days, and he heard that in the court, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were discussing the matter of cutting down the Tang Dynasty, shaking his head and saying to Qin Qiong, who came to see him: "The eldest princess is uncertain, and the Tang Dynasty is no longer the Tang Dynasty who whispered in front of the Turks two years ago. ”

"Dade, do you still have any scruples?" Qin Qiong thought for a moment and said puzzledly: "Listening to what you said, it seems that I don't agree with Baiguan's suggestion. ”

"According to the news sent back by the spies, the Turks sent 30,000 troops, but only 2,000 cavalry were there." Li Xuanba nodded and said, "In addition, although the Turks sent a large army to assist Liu Wuzhou to go south, it was still the soldiers under Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang who really fought on the battlefield. ”

"You have lived in Jiangdu for a long time, and the news is naturally better than mine." Qin Qiong remembered that in the early dynasty, Yang Tong was always hesitant and unwilling to make up his mind to start a war with the Tang Dynasty, and vaguely understood something in his heart: "Dade, you might as well speak up if you have something, lest we speculate wildly." ”

Qin Qiong came to the Zhou State Mansion, representing not only himself, there are not a few people who have the same doubts as him, and Li Jing and the others don't know what Li Xuanba and Yang Tong are thinking and knowing.

"There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent." Li Xuanba sighed lightly and groaned in a low voice, the voice was very small, and it was difficult for Qin Qiong to hear clearly: "Brother Shubao, it's not that Xuanba doesn't want to take this opportunity to attack the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, the eldest princess's thoughts are too difficult to fathom, and Xuanba is unwilling to take this risk." ”

"Although the eldest princess has been married to the Turks for many years, she has always been thinking of the Great Sui, in order to relieve the siege of Yanmen, she did not hesitate to deceive Luo Khan, and when the Empress Dowager was in danger, she was taken to the Turks to be treated kindly, which can be described as a woman who does not let her eyebrows, which is admirable." When it came to Princess Yicheng, Qin Qiong sighed with emotion and said: "In her heart, Datang should be one of the culprits who subverted the Great Sui, and this Turkic southward movement is very likely to be Princess Yicheng's decision." ”

"Brother Shubao is really a martial artist." Li Xuanba was a little surprised by Qin Qiong's inference, after all, Qin Qiong had been fighting in the south during this time, and he didn't know the specific situation in the north.

Qin Qiong was appreciated and polite, Li Xuanba smiled and continued: "After the death of Chuluo Khan, the Turks fell into a power struggle, but Wang Shichong had just put King Zhao under house arrest, and the eldest princess tried her best to support Dubi to ascend to the throne of Khan. ”

The eldest princess has several sons in the Turks, and it stands to reason that she should do her best to raise her own son to the position of khan, but she is well aware of her son's ability.

In order to prevent the Turks from unrest, she abandoned her son and became the Khan of Jieli instead.

Qin Qiong lowered his head and thought seriously for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand something, raised his head to look at Li Xuanba, and said in a trembling voice: "You mean, the Turks went south to conquer the Tang Dynasty, which is a condition for them to ascend to the throne of Khan?" ”

"This is just Xuanba's speculation, and it is not yet certain." Li Xuanba shook his head slightly and said, "After all, the north is the sphere of influence of the Turks, and it is difficult for the spies of the imperial court to send back accurate news. ”

"Since the eldest princess has the heart to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, isn't it in line with the wishes of the imperial court?" Qin Qiong frowned and expressed the doubts in her heart.

"If this is really the case, of course Xuanba will immediately mobilize a large army and move north." Li Xuanba let out a long sigh and said, "After King Zhao left Luoyang, he was placed in Dingxiang by the eldest princess, and all the officials and people of the Central Plains in the Turkic territory were placed in Dingxiang County. King Zhao placed hundreds of officials, set the name of the country as Sui, and the legal system followed the previous dynasty. ”

Yang Tong is just a young boy who has not yet been weakened, no matter how smart he is, it is impossible for him to accomplish these things with his own strength.

"It seems that in the eldest princess's heart, King Zhao is the orthodox royal family." Qin Qiong finally understood, and sighed: "No wonder you and Your Majesty are reluctant to send troops to attack Tang." ”

If Princess Yicheng insisted on letting Yang Gao be the emperor, then the so-called Turkic army going south was likely to be a bait for Princess Yicheng to deliberately give the Southern Sui to attack the Tang Dynasty.

If the Southern Sui took the bait and took the opportunity to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, then Princess Yicheng ordered the Turks to collect their troops, and then the Southern Sui would be difficult to ride a tiger, and they must continue to fight with the Tang Dynasty.

"The eldest princess is an amazing person." With a hint of respect, Li Xuanba said sincerely: "Regardless of whether this time is really a conspiracy or not, one day, Xuanba will take it back to the Central Plains." ”

When Qin Qiong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, he looked at Li Xuanba's firm gaze, and understood that what Li Xuanba said was not an objection, but a sincere expression from the heart. Thinking of the past, Qin Qiong said with a smile: "Is there anything in the world that great virtues can't do?" ”

"Brother Shubao, if you say that, Xuanba will be very embarrassed." Li Xuanba suddenly realized his gaffe, and pretended to joke lightly.

Many trees were planted in the courtyard of the Zhou State Mansion, and although the subordinates swept them carefully, there were still many leaves falling in the autumn wind, making a rustling sound.

It was still early, Qin Qiong stood up, bowed his hand, and said, "His Royal Highness King Zhou, there are people waiting in the house, and the last general will leave first." "It is inconvenient for Li Jing and the others to travel to and from the Zhou State Mansion now, so they can only wait in Qin Qiong's mansion.

"Go ahead." Li Xuanba rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Xuanba is only Zhou Guogong now, if you shout wrong, this father will go to the court to visit you!" ”

After speaking, the two laughed, and then Qin Qiong arched his hand and left. (To be continued.) )