"Jieli is not dead!" As soon as Li Xiu came to the house of the eldest grandson Wuji, he immediately learned such an astonishing news, it has been a few days since the battle of Weishui, and the news from the front has also come from time to time, everything is going well, but he didn't expect that today the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly sent someone to invite Li Xiu to come, and told him such a very bad news. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Yes, His Royal Highness chased and killed all the way, and the Turks were about to be driven out of the Jingzhou border, but at this moment, Jieli suddenly appeared on the battlefield, although he was injured, but he stabilized the Turkic army, His Highness saw that the situation was not good, and immediately retreated to Jingyang City, which had just been captured, and confronted the Turks with the help of the city wall!" Eldest Sun Wuji said with a heavy face at this time.

"Then what should I do, what can King Qin do?" Li Xiu also said in a heavy tone when he heard this, the most feared thing finally happened, their previous plans were based on the premise that Jieli died, so that the Turkic people had no leader, and no matter how many people there were, they could not form a threat, but now that Jieli is not dead, the situation is very bad, and it may even be counterattacked by the Turks.

"Li Xianjiu don't have to worry, according to the news from His Royal Highness, although Jieli is not dead, but his injuries are also extremely serious, he has never shown up again after only appearing in the army once, and with this defeat, Jieli's reputation among the Turks has also plummeted, plus the Turks are not monolithic in the first place, so His Highness has already decided to divide and disintegrate!" At this moment, I saw a steady middle-aged strategist walking out behind the eldest grandson Wuji.

"It turns out that the room is also here, do you mean Tuli when you talk about the strategy of division and disintegration?" When Li Xiu saw this middle-aged man, he immediately saluted.

This middle-aged man is Fang Xuanling, the most famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, although he is still only a small secretary, but he is deeply trusted and relied on by Li Shimin, and many talents in Tiance Mansion are recommended by him, so Fang Xuanling's status in Tiance Mansion is extremely high, and Li Xiu also respects him very much, because it is this person who helped Li Shimin single-handedly establish the prosperity of Zhenguan.

"Hehe, Li Xianjiu is really smart, His Highness has indeed secretly contacted Tuli." Fang Xuanling saw that Li Xiu guessed Tuli at once, and couldn't help but stroke his beard and laugh at the moment, he was very optimistic about Li Xiu, a young man, before, so he secretly persuaded Li Shimin many times to recruit him, but unfortunately Li Xiu just didn't want to come.

"After this great defeat, the army suffered great losses, and the casualties were scattered, with the observation of the King of Qin, the Turkic army outside Jingyang City was less than 100,000 left, but even so, it was still far beyond our strength, and among the 100,000 Turks, the strength of the Turks was 30,000, plus the tribes affected by him, the number would only be more, if the Turks could retreat, I am afraid that Jieli would not be able to retreat by then!" The eldest grandson Wuji helped Li Xiu analyze again at this time.

"This is a good way, Tuli has no foresight, what method does King Qin plan to use to make him retreat?" Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, although he only saw Tu Li's side, and he didn't even see his appearance clearly, but he had already concluded that Tu Li was definitely not a person who did big things, and it was much easier to deal with such a person.

However, just as Li Xiu raised the above question, he saw that the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling invariably showed a little bitter smile, and only after a while did he speak: "Tuli is a good person who is unrighteous, and their Turkic people suffered a disaster last year, and now there is a famine on the grassland, the reason why Jieli was able to gather so many troops this time is because of this reason, so after contacting His Highness, Tuli asked us for a large amount of grain, grass and property, as long as we meet his requirements, he will immediately withdraw his troops!" ”

"Possessions and food and grass, although a little greedy, but also normal, are they ready now?" Li Xiu nodded when he heard this, after all, the Turks were originally a group of robbers, and now Datang does not have the strength to destroy them, so he can only use this method to temporarily make them retreat, but in the future, there will naturally be a way for them to spit out all the food they have eaten!

"The key problem is here, the property is fine, and some can be mobilized in the treasury and the inner treasury of the palace, but there is really not much food and grass!" At this time, I saw the eldest grandson Wuji smiling bitterly and spreading his hands, just before Li Xiu came, he and Fang Xuanling had also been worrying about this matter.

"How so? Last year's grain harvest seems to be good, so there must be a lot of grain stored in various places, right? Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, he really didn't expect that the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling would not be able to raise grain and grass.

"Of course there is food, and even Chang'an City has a large amount of grain stored, which is enough to meet the requirements of the Turks, but ...... But ......" Eldest Sun Wuji said that he wanted to speak in the end, and he seemed to have a feeling that he couldn't go on.

"But what?" Li Xiu asked curiously.

"Haven't you been paying attention to food prices recently?" At this moment, Fang Xuanling suddenly spoke.

"Food prices? What the hell is going on? Li Xiu asked even more suspiciously when he heard this, since he got married, he didn't seem to care much about things like firewood, rice, oil and salt.

"Chang'an City originally stored a large number of official grain, but after the previous turmoil, the official grain has been almost consumed, in this case, the price of grain on the market is rising day by day, and in addition to the official grain, there is also a large number of private grain in the hands of grain merchants, but these grain merchants are now hoarding, deliberately reducing the supply of grain, resulting in a rapid rise in grain prices, and the grain I just said is the grain stored by these grain merchants!" The eldest grandson Wuji finally opened his mouth to explain at this time.

"Grain merchant? It's damn that they're deliberately raising the price of food, but how much food can they have? Li Xiu was stunned at first when he heard this, and then asked with some puzzlement, it was not that he underestimated those merchants, but in the society of later generations, the bulk of the grain has always been in the hands of the state, so his first reaction was that the grain in the hands of the grain merchants was probably not enough to support the bribe to Tuli.

"Li Saijiu must not underestimate those grain merchants, they not only control the grain supply of Chang'an, but also Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other places, almost all of which are controlled by a few grain merchants, each of whom has built a private granary, and the amount of grain stored in it is very amazing." Fang Xuanling also opened his mouth to explain at this time.

"That's not easy to say, isn't it okay to send people to requisition their food?" Hearing this, Li Xiu spoke again, in this era when imperial power is greater than law, as long as the imperial court has an order, it is not a big deal to really requisition food, not to mention that the situation is urgent now, and it is a big deal to compensate later.

However, for Li Xiu's words, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling looked at each other again and smiled bitterly, and after a long while, they saw the eldest grandson Wuji speak: "It's not easy to say, there are people behind those grain merchants, and these people can't afford to offend even the imperial court!" (To be continued.) )