Li Wei immediately became interested in this kid.

Asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

"Tian Khan is not afraid, why should I be afraid."

Don't call Your Majesty, call Tian Khan, the kid obviously played a cautious eye and was patting himself on the back, but Li Wei listened very comfortably, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, you came from afar, go down and rest, I will give you an answer tomorrow." ”

"Heavenly Khan, I have one more request."

"Say."

"I want to learn the art of war from the Heavenly Khan."

Li Wei appreciated it even more, pointed to the official document on the table and said, "It's not that I don't teach you, there are too many affairs, and there is no time to doppelgänger." But with the art of war, you can win the battle if you keep the following points in mind. The first is morality, so that the people can recognize and support the will of the Lord, so that they will have the idea of living for the Lord and dying for the Lord, and they are not afraid of danger. The second is the time of day, the yin and yang and the changes of the four seasons. Third, the geographical location is advantageous, the road is far and near, the terrain is steep and flat, the combat area is wide and narrow, and the terrain has advantages and disadvantages for attack and defense. Hugh has to underestimate the time and location, you have probably heard the story of Guan Yushui breaking Cao Jun, one is the special terrain, and the other is that Guan Yu knows that it will rain heavily in the near future, and Xiangshui will rise sharply, so in the end, Cao Jun will be broken. Fourth, generals, generals should be resourceful, reward fairly, caress subordinates, brave and resolute, and disciplined. Fifth, the military system is sound, and the management of officers and men at all levels and the dispatch of materials must be organized and orderly. These are the five main points of the operation. Through seven more comparisons, which side is the king and wise? Which side is more talented? Which side has the right time and place? Which side is better able to enforce the law? Which side is well-armed? Which side is well-trained? Which side rewards and punishes fairly? With these seven comparisons, it is possible to conclude whether the battle is won or lost. ”

It would be unclear for a while, but seeing that this kid was listening carefully, Li Wei called the guards, took out a copy of "The Art of War" and threw it to him, saying: "You have been in our court for a long time, and you also know a lot of the words of our dynasty, taking this book of war to figure it out for yourself will be of great help to you." What I just said is in the first part of this book on the art of war. ”

"Thank you, Khan." Bo Shanhuo retreated happily.

Li Wei called Wang Fangyi again, and after Wang Fangyi heard it, he was also surprised. Surprisingly, I didn't expect this group of Persian royal families to have such brave descendants. The two of them discussed again and adjusted the plan, and this was the second time that the battle plan had been revised.

But at dawn the next day, this kid came to the door again with a handful of flying snow, took the book of war, and asked: "Tian Khan, this book of war says a sentence, where the law of war, galloping thousands of times, leather cars thousands of times, with 100,000 armor, thousands of miles of food, then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the material of glue paint, the dedication of car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then 100,000 teachers will be raised." It also wins the war, for a long time, the blunt soldiers are sharp, the siege is bent, the long-term violent division is insufficient for the country, and the dull soldiers are sharp and bent to the goods, then the candidates take advantage of its disadvantages to rise, although there are wise people, can not be good at the aftermath. Therefore, the soldiers are clumsy and fast, and they have not seen the ingenuity for a long time, and the soldiers have not been able to benefit the country for a long time. ”

Open the book and read it out as it comes.

Li Wei waved his hand and didn't let him continue reading, and said: "Are you saying that after our Tang Dynasty army broke the Chebi Division on the bank of the Yili River, the cannibals were unprepared, so they should go south, which is the original meaning of the book in this book, the soldiers are fast?" ”

"I know that Tian Khan has a clever arrangement, but I don't really understand, I want to ask for advice."

It shows that he hasn't understood that the reason why Wang Hui said these words is to underestimate the enemy. But won't ask why. Because there are still some words below, those who make good use of the soldiers, no longer serve in the service, and the food will not last for three years. Take it for the country, because the food is for the enemy.

Therefore, the wise general will eat the enemy, take the enemy for one minute, and be my twenty bells. One stone, when I twenty stones.

That is, do not conscript twice, once this situation occurs, the front will be tight, the people in the country will be uneasy, and the soldiers will lose morale. Do not send grain back and forth many times, otherwise it will increase the complaints of the people. It is best to send weapons and supplies to the country, and food to the enemy. Take one bell of grain from the enemy, when you arrive at transporting ten minutes of grain from the country, take one stone of forage from the enemy, when you arrive at the delivery of ten stones of forage from the country. The first is to save consumption, the second is to save manpower, and the third is to reduce the danger of being intercepted.

In this expedition, the number of troops will not be small, and the tens of thousands of troops of the Tang Dynasty, plus the Turks, the Tocharians and the Transoxians, and even the Persian rebels cooperated.

But where does the consumption come from? Could it be that transferred from Chang'an, the people of Chang'an have no food to eat?

This is taken from Persia.

China's winter wheat was transmitted from Persia, and at the beginning of summer, the Persian spring wheat was harvested. In the past, there was also food from the city such as Sho to provide support. But there are drawbacks, in the summer, when the day is lost, the climate is favorable to the big cannibal. Therefore, Wang Hui wants to be fast with soldiers, anyway, there is a lot of food in the city such as Moufu, so he does not have to worry about supply. However, Li Wei can not only consider the time of day, but also the overall situation.

If the Broken Leaf immigrants don't settle down, he can't send troops.

Moreover, all aspects were not prepared, the news of the Byzantines, the preliminary training of the soldiers of the river and Tochar. and scouts to bring more nuanced messages.

Either file the soldiers and blunt divisions, which also do not exist, there is no fighting, how can there be a file soldiers.

couldn't say anything to Bo Shanhuo, and prevaricated: "If you look at this paragraph again, ten will surround it, five will attack it, and the multiple will divide it, and the enemy will be able to fight, and if there is a few, he can escape." But why are there many examples of battles, when it is clear that the side with fewer soldiers takes the initiative to attack and wins more with less? Because of the resourcefulness of the generals, the morale of the soldiers, the right time, place and people, and other factors, although the number of soldiers is small, the quality is five times better than that of the enemy, so they take the initiative to fight. However, the enemy is strong and the generals are resourceful, and at this time, it is undoubtedly an egg to hit a stone with less strikes. Look at this paragraph again, so those who are good at fighting are invincible, and they will not lose the enemy. First of all, he is invincible, but why have there been many empty city plans, shipwrecks and backwater battles in history? The empty city plan is to know that the other party is suspicious, and occasionally use it at a special time and place, which can work wonders. If the other party is smarter than himself, or a reckless man, he will shoot himself in the foot. The battle of breaking the cauldron and fighting against the water is to force their soldiers to a dead end, in exchange for a desperate life. If you can't motivate your subordinates, or if the opponent is well defended, there is no food, there is no way to retreat, and the morale will fall quickly, then it will perish faster. As long as the other side sends a messenger, the whole army surrenders. ”

Therefore, the book also says that water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent. Figure it out for yourself. By the way, I've got you covered too. After saying that, he said, "I will let Zhu Qiong and Zheng Qingze, the two captains, follow you to Jiling City." They have been studying the art of war for a long time in the military affairs superintendents, and if they don't understand it, they can ask them for advice. When you return to the city, you often visit the camp of General Khibi to see how he trains his army. The two are contrasted. ”

deliberately trained this kid, otherwise the Persians would be too weak to resist the fight, and their efforts would be in vain.

At the same time, he also intends to carry Zhu Qiong and Zheng Qingze.

There are too few Han generals, and if all of them are used, he is very uneasy.

However, Han will also be a problem.

When I used to read history books, I hated Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang for killing the founding heroes, and hated Zhao Kuangyin for releasing military power with a cup of wine. When I got to myself, I realized their hard work, Hugh said five dynasties and ten kingdoms, take a look at the Northern and Southern Dynasties, whether it is Cao Cao, Sima Zhao, or Liu Yu, Gao Huan, Yuwentai, Chen Baxian, all of them replaced the old dynasty with powerful ministers and famous generals. Therefore, Li Shimin decomposed the pressure brought by Li Jing and others to the Tang Dynasty by Hu General, and Song Ming simply replaced the military generals with civilian officials. The former laid the root of the Anshi Rebellion, and the latter directly caused the country to suffer foreign insults.

Either dilute the imperial power and form a primitive democratic team, so that some people no longer covet the throne. That doesn't work, see Greek democracy, what will happen. Look at the caliphate of the Great Eclipse, and the father-son hereditary system began to form. Look at the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, almost the imperial power was completely hollowed, except for Jiajing, several emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty became empty shelves. It's democratic enough, but what about reality? It became the darkest dynasty in history, not only the eunuch party, the Donglin party and other literati systems, but also caused greater damage to the Ming Dynasty.

It's almost an unsolvable problem.

He is also doing some small-scale compensation tests, but the biggest difficulty in front of him has not been resolved. His powerful mother, after leaving Luoyang, can feel a burst of relaxation all over her body, but sooner or later she has to face it.

Bo Shanhuo didn't know that Li Wei had turned so many thoughts in his heart at this moment, and bowed down gratefully and said, "Thank you to the heavenly khan." ”

Leave happily.

……

A year passed quickly.

When the New Year arrives, the Broken Leaf River is still a land of ice and snow. But the first immigrants were ushered in. In fact, before they arrived, many old people and children had been picked up by horse-drawn carriages. There are also some women who are not in good health.

However, in the bitter cold of the winter in the Western Regions, no matter how well prepared along the way, bad news came every day, and more than 1,000 people froze to death and died of disease one after another because of the cold. It's also helpless, there is no cold, and if you come in other seasons, it is impossible for so many people to be immortal along the way.

It's just that because of the large number, this number is infinitely magnified.

However, to Li Wei's surprise, there seems to be no official in China who has made a fuss about this matter.

I don't know what my parents think. But the situation in the Tang Dynasty was very bad this year, first the Guanzhong disaster, and even spread to Henan Province, and then the war was endless. Ashina Gu Lu was in danger of the north, and the Tubo people jumped out again after the autumn, and found a few lame reasons for Qinling, and led their troops into the three states of Curzon, Zhe, and Yi. I don't know what happened in Tubo, but on Qinling, can he pull out?

Heizhi Changzhi had no choice but to rush to Songzhou from Qinghai, and Li Zhi issued an edict ordering Li Xiaoyi and Wei Pushan to divide their troops to defend him. Seeing the arrival of the Tang Dynasty army, the Qin Ling withdrew his troops and went back.

Li Wei guessed his intentions, this was for the sake of the rise of the Qinghai army and the containment of Qinghai's troops. It is also a kind of statement against the bones. There is no evidence in his hands, and it is very likely that Qinling and Gu Lulu have formed a tacit understanding.

On the old treacherous slippery of Qinling, the scale of the invasion is not large, and the invasion will be retreated.

Next, Zanpo took advantage of the black tooth Changzhi to go to Songzhou, and led the army to invade Jiuqu through the frozen Yellow River. But he was rejected by Lou Shide in Wansu City, and he was defeated in several battles. However, the scale of the battle was not large, and Zampo retreated to Dafeichuan.

The intention was the same as that of the Qinling, but many of the Qinghai generals expressed doubts about the black tooth Changzhi and watching the remnants of Qinghai Tubo harvest smoothly in the autumn, and they should not be allowed to get a large amount of grain and grass. Without food and grass, does Tsampa have the guts to invade?

Black Tooth is often silent.

This is also part of the plan.

What is more dangerous is in the north, after defeating Zhang Qianxuan, he invaded the north of Shan Yu Duhufu again, broke the important town of Yunzhong Governor's Mansion Dingxiang County, and then turned to attack Lanzhou, and then trapped Lanzhou, killing Lanzhou assassin Wang Demao. Then the forces turned around, leading nearly 100,000 Turks, to attack in the direction of Bingzhou.

However, Ashina Yuanzhen kicked a steel plate this time.

When the army arrived in Yunzhou, it handed over to the Tang Dynasty army, and when he saw a Xue character on the banner, Yuan Zhen asked, who was the general of the Tang Dynasty.

Answer: Xue Rengui.

Yuan Zhen was shocked and asked in disbelief, "Didn't you hear that Xue Rengui is dead?" ”

Xue Rengui took off his mask armor to show it.

Yuan Zhen and Zhonghu looked at each other, got off the horse and worshipped, and led the army to retreat.

The reason for this is that Xue Rengui's record in the south is not outstanding, and the first battle of Nanzhao is a small battle for all countries, and no one cares. In the First Battle of Qinghai, Xue Rengui only attacked Zhuqiang, and Gu Lulu and Yuan Zhen rebelled not long after, and they did not have much information.

And their impression is still stuck in the battle of Xue Rengui Tianshan and the killing of hundreds of thousands of Tiele prisoners of war. So as soon as they heard that this killing god was coming, they were frightened and retreated.

Li Wei did not interfere much in the war in the north, and the wheel of history continued to move forward, so that a rare miracle in ancient warfare appeared again.

Xue Rengui led the army to chase and kill, killing nearly 10,000 enemies, capturing more than 20,000 people, and capturing more than 30,000 cattle, horses and sheep. As a result of this battle, there was a brief peace in the north.

But this battle did not defeat the main forces of the Turks, and the threat of the north remained.

But when this happened, Li Zhi was embarrassed to use the name of Kaiyao, and changed it to Yongchun.

The underdevelopment of transportation, to get these news, has arrived in February of the following year.

It wasn't until the end of February that the last of the people arrived in Shattered Leaf City. It was half a month slower than Li Wei expected. Arrange the people down, and the other is to count the government soldiers. Following the rules of Qinghai, all the government soldiers, each household has 20 acres of Yongye field according to the Tang Dynasty standard, and 80 acres of mouth land. The 100 acres of evenly divided land and the sealed land rewarded for war exploits are not subject to any taxes. If you want to have a variety of things, then you have to pay taxes, and you will pay taxes with one out of ten. This is a small-scale reform, forcibly reversing the Tang Dynasty's tax payment from Ding to local tax. Why to ensure that soldiers are brave in battle, there is also a provision that if a soldier dies on the battlefield, his relatives are entitled to a 20-year tax exemption. Ensure that the descendants of the sacrificed soldiers have a relaxed economic environment to grow.

However, it is slightly different from Qinghai.

Qinghai immigrants were recruited for military purposes, and each household, regardless of whether it was a tribe or a tenant farmer or a poor peasant, must ensure that there was a man in the prime of life. However, Broken Leaf City is dominated by immigrants, and there are a few people who do not have prime-age laborers at home, so they have to collect taxes. One out of ten of the land tax, a small amount of servitude.

Because they are immigrants, the population of each household is small, with more than 200,000 immigrants, as many as nearly 60,000 households, and more than 50,000 government soldiers. Gather these soldiers, conduct simple training, and issue weapons. Let them go home again, and continue to repair houses, cultivate and carry food to the river.

It's still a long way from settling down. Not only food, but also all kinds of daily necessities, and military materials and weapons, Shattered Leaf City is seriously lacking. This can only be obtained from two paths, one is to continue to ask for money from the Central Plains, and the other is to plunder from the war.

After dealing with it about the ground, Zhang Ren was willing to take the Byzantine envoy with him, and then returned to Broken Leaves.

The news brought back was not ideal, and when I heard that the Tang Dynasty was willing to join forces with Byzantium, most of the magnates still agreed. However, the burden on the Byzantine state was heavy during the perennial war, and the top generals of each military region earned only 10 to 40 gold pounds a year, and ordinary soldiers only 12 to 18 solids (one gold pound equaled seventy-two solids). The common people could not bear the heavy taxes and evaded taxes one after another, and the state fiscal deficit was even more serious. So there are a small number of clergy and magnates in the Holy See, and when they see the great cannibals suing for peace, they don't want to fight anymore.

Constantine IV received Zhang Renyuan and was very warm, but said something meaningful. The first is to hope that the Tang Dynasty can provide some weapons, but the voice is exchange, not purchase, everyone is an ally, you are embarrassed to ask for money from my poor country again, right?

Li Wei snorted coldly and was speechless.

Then he said, "We will send troops, but I will convince all those who oppose it in the country one by one." You Tang Dynasty launched an attack first, and I was convincing. It means that he wants the Tang Dynasty to be the head of the spear and attract the main force of the big cannibals, and the Byzantines are in the back to make oil and water.

Li Wei snorted coldly again, summoned the Byzantine envoy, took out the map, and said, "Take a look, where is Chang'an in our Tang Dynasty and how far away from Da Shi." Where are you Byzantium, how far is Constantinople from the Great Eclipse. This time, our Tang Dynasty will send 300,000 troops, and it is also your only chance for Byzantium. Once the war does not go well, our Tang Dynasty will take the initiative to give up the Hanzhong region, then you Byzantium will wait for the Great Eclipse to recover, and let the Great Eclipse slowly carve up and cut it. ”

The 300,000 army is foolish. However, if there is a fight, the army in the river, the army of Tocharia and the Tang army, as well as the combined army of the Turks, and the Persian rebel army, it is possible to reach the number of 300,000.

He also said: "You go back immediately to report to your king, and soon our Tang Dynasty will be at war with Da Shi." If, after three or four months, I have not heard any of your Byzantines, I will take the initiative to withdraw my troops and make peace with the Great Eater. ”

Without hospitality, the Byzantine envoys were driven away.

Zhang Renyuan asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, are you a little slack?" ”

Although this envoy did not achieve the imaginary goal, Da Shi was very enthusiastic about his reception, and treated him as a guest at every banquet, was the emperor's attitude a little rude?

"It's not too much, this emperor is suspicious, he thinks that our Tang Dynasty has gained benefits from this war, he wants to fight, but he can't make up his mind," Li Wei didn't believe that Constantine IV could see through his long-term layout, and continued: "The more angry I am, the more he will believe." ”

After saying that, I began to write a letter, to Salem, our Tang Dynasty is going to launch a holy war.