Hearing that it was Li Wei who said it, Liu Renliang hesitated, but his head turned quickly, and he immediately changed his words: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taishang, and listen to the ministers." The more troops that are dispatched, the heavier the burden on the country. However, the treasury was empty, and it was simply unable to support a long expedition of nearly 300,000 troops. Moreover, because of the haste of the Western Turks, there are still remnants, and the Tibetans will not remain still. It will also restrain the strength of the imperial court. However, in order to put down the Turkic rebels, it is possible to move the war zone to the heart of the desert. In this way, the battle will be very long, but there are also dilemmas......"

"Dilemma?"

"If there are few soldiers, it may not be able to quell the violent movement, if it cannot be quelled, then the Silla, Khitan, Tibetan and Western Turks will follow the violent movement, and the consequences will be very serious. There are many soldiers, and the burden on the state is heavy...... The minister didn't know what to do. ”

"That's exactly what the United was thinking at the time."

After the last performance, everyone dispersed, Li Wei walked to Liu Renliang's side and complained: "Liu Qing, I have too much to say." If the strength of the army is not heavy, once Pei Qing fails, it will not only be the fortune of the country......"

"Yes, yes, the minister didn't think about it."

This is indeed Liu Renliang's negligence, and there is also a reason, he is far away in the south, he doesn't get much news, and he doesn't think deeply.

Although it will increase the burden on the state, this battle will be won by a great victory. Not all armies may be useful, but with an army, they can be restrained and increase Pei Xingjian's chance of victory. Otherwise, once it fails, it will not only cause many consequences, Pei Xingjian is Li Wei's person, Wu Zetian is very dissatisfied with Pei Xingjian. This dissatisfaction is not a year or two, it has been dissatisfied for decades. Otherwise, can it be Pei Yan and Xue Yuanchao's turn to take the position? Not to mention the military exploits, it is the ability of officials, at least Pei Xingjian is above Xue Yuanchao. In terms of seniority and family achievements, he has long moved to the left.

Once he fails, Pei Xingjian will inevitably be exiled to Lingnan like Xiao Siye, and Li Wei will undoubtedly cut off an important arm. It is better to send more soldiers, even if it gives the Turks a chance to escape, as long as most of the Turks are destroyed, the remaining remnants will continue to riot in the future, and the momentum will not be comparable to the scale of this time, and it will become easier to destroy them. Moreover, a victory increases the confidence of the soldiers.

Zheng Gongchu has always been very curious, and he has always kept a short distance from Li Wei, and when he heard it, a pair of beautiful big eyes blinked, and he didn't know if he understood.

Qiu Hui amused her expression. In any case, this expression also shows that she is not scheming. This is a good thing, I am not afraid that Wan and Wei Yue are scheming, I am afraid that this Zheng family girl is scheming, otherwise with the backing of a huge family, the East Palace will be unstable in the future.

"But what Liu Qing just said about Yinshan, I have thought of a lot of things."

"Yes......"

"It's just some ideas, it's not very certain, and it's harder."

Liu Renliang is not good to ask again.

Li Weigu turned his head, looked at Zheng Gongchu, and said, "Come on, prepare the car, and send the little lady of the Zheng family back." ”

"Well," the guard went down to prepare the car.

Back in the East Palace, Li Wei took out the map again to inspect it. The people of the Central Plains often call the Great Wall outside the Saiwai, this statement is wrong, during the Qin Dynasty, because of the difference in knowledge, the amount of work, to the south some, built the Great Wall. However, the climate is warm and humid, and there are many rivers, which are suitable for planting.

This Great Wall undoubtedly freed up a large area of fertile land for nomads as nomadic land. As a result, the strength of the nomads in turn threatened the security of the Central Plains many times. The Han Dynasty also had a chance to recover, and it was surrendered to the surrendered Huns. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, it was still the case, and it was given to the Turks. What is said that a large number of nomadic herding has made this land create many deserts and the Gobi Desert, which is too far away. But if there is no land, the nomads are forced to the north of Yinshan, that is the land of bitter cold, as long as the foreign enemy is blocked in Yinshan, no matter how strong it is, a snowstorm will come, and these nomads will be wiped out.

From a military point of view, according to the current Great Wall, there are countless rivers and mountains ...... between Youzhou in the east and Lingzhou in the west, especially Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain, which cannot communicate well with each other. Compressed to the outside of the pass, it is just a line of Yinshan, and it can be coordinated militarily. As long as the combat effectiveness is not as weak as the Song Dynasty, the use of the population base of the Central Plains can ensure the strength of the nomads. There are many benefits, but I think of the people of all ethnic groups who existed from west to east, and later moved and settled in the Tang Dynasty, and now there are as many as several million people, which cannot be counted, but it is estimated that it may approach more than two million people, Li Wei shook his head. It's hard to get it.

With a sigh, he rolled the map up again.

In the inner palace, Wu Zetian sorted out the folds and prepared to rest.

Li Shoucheng made a cup of tea and brought it up. He took a sip and said, "Li Neishi, do you think this Liu Renliang is very interesting tonight?" ”

"The slave didn't pay attention."

"You're getting old, too."

"The Queen Mother, the slave can still serve the Queen Mother." Li Shou was so frightened that he fell down. "This palace doesn't blame you, you get up. I just thought of Liu Renliang's sleekness, a little funny, and wanted to talk to you. "Yes."

"I don't know if Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxun can stand out this time?"

"Queen Mother, it will be. But the slave was worried about ......"

"Worried about what?"

"Worried about the emperor's reaction."

"Looking at it, Hong'er can take care of the overall situation. This is also for the country, although Pei Xingjian is a talent, but his ideas are extreme, if this person has achieved a great victory, has merit, prestige, family background, qualifications, and talent, he will be in charge of more military power. With more military power in charge, the balance of the country will collapse immediately, and Hong'er believes in him, and with him as his brain, there will be great changes...... The arrival of great changes is not a blessing for the country. ”

"Yes, the Queen Mother is wise." Li Shoucheng admired it very much, sent someone to inspect the intelligence in Qinghai, and immediately found an opportunity from the contradiction between Xue Ne and Zhang Qianxun, and through Zhang Qianxun's psychology of wanting to take the position, he secretly caged this brave general into his hands through Pei Yan. I'm afraid it's not what the emperor can think of.

In the court, every step is intriguing.

The party's 5,000 soldiers were also rushing to Fengzhou.

However, the battle has begun.

First of all, the Turks attacked, Xiao Siye was defeated, the Turks quickly crossed the Sanggan River, straight to Dingzhou, Hebei for decades was safe and sound, hearing the arrival of the Turkic army, the state and county officials and soldiers were embarrassed and did not know what to do, and they could only protect themselves according to the danger of the city.

All the prefectures and counties they passed were not very rich, and the Turks gave up one by one. However, when I arrived in Dingzhou, it was a wealthy area of the Tang Dynasty at the beginning, and there was a lot of wealth in the city of Dingzhou, and it came quickly. Li Yuanliang, the king of Dingzhou Assassin Shihuo, had no time to move the rescue troops, and in desperation, he had no choice but to stage an empty city plan again.

Li Yuan has used an empty city plan, Li Jinxing has used an empty city plan, and this is the third time he has used an empty city plan.

There is no way, a risky strategy. The Turks came with many troops, Dingzhou City because it is located in the heart of the region, and there has been no military affairs for a long time, and the Tiger Prison Pass, it has fallen into disrepair for a long time, many city walls have been damaged, there are almost no decent defenders in the city, and it is impossible to hold it strongly.

When the Turks saw this and the situation, they thought that there was an ambush in Dingzhou City, and they stalemate for a day, only to see that there seemed to be smoke and dust rising in the city, but there was no movement. The Turkic rebels at the head were even more suspicious, and when night came, they suddenly heard noise in the city, and the more they thought about it, the more worried they became, so they took advantage of the night to evacuate.

But in this era, there is no shortage of traitors. There was a wealthy man in the state, Li Jiayun, who had a slight contradiction with Li Yajiao, and informed the Turks of the situation. The incident leaked, so that Li Yuanliang was arrested, and many reinforcements rushed to Dingzhou City. Reinforcements arrived, and it was not easy for the Turks to forcibly attack the city. But he also knew the reality of Dingzhou, so he was relieved and bold to plunder outside Dingzhou City.

The disaster in Hebei came.

Li Zhi was furious when he heard this, and immediately issued an edict to let Li Yuanliang investigate his party. But after Li Yuanliang received the holy decree, he said: "Dakou is in the realm, and the people are uneasy, if the prison is investigated, it will drive the people to Hu Renye." ”

Only killed Li Jiayun alone. Then he went up to the table to explain the reason, and then pleaded guilty, and the will was impeached. Li Zhi was overjoyed, and said that the union also regretted it (hindsight), if there was no King Huo, the state would be uncertain. 's ignorance of military affairs also proves that Li Zhi cannot be called mediocre even now. As Li Wei thought, the biggest shortcoming is the love of power, a love of power, which led to the gradual control of power by Wu Zetian in history, and a love of power, which led to the current pattern of the court.

Since then, Huo Wang Li Yuanliang has been heavy. For some important matters, Li Zhi also occasionally wrote letters to ask him.

And then to the counterattack of the Tang Dynasty.

In short, Xiao Siye still has merit this time, and although he was defeated, he won valuable time for the Tang Dynasty. Although it harmed the people outside Dingzhou, it did not do much harm. Seeing the continuous arrival of the Tang Dynasty army, the Turks were not confident at this time, and under fear, they left the city of Dingzhou and returned to the area north of the Sanggan River.

So the battle began in February.

Pei Xingjian led the army to set off and faced a severe test. That's food. Not outside the Great Wall, now there are many Hu people, and within the Great Wall, including Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Daizhou, Danzhou, Feizhou, Yizhou, Ulzhou and other prefectures and counties, a large number of Turkic people have been settled.

This time, several of them participated in the riot, or what the Turks call the Great Turkic Movement.

The place of battle must be outside the pass, but inside the pass, it is possible that with the cooperation of these Turks, they can wash the grain and grass. There is no need to rob it, as long as it is burned after you succeed. This is an army of 300,000, not an army of 320,000, and without food and grass, can it be fought by fighting to feed the war? But the imperial court's policy of incorruptibility, these Hu tribes have no evidence, and they can't deal with it, and they can't deal with it, so can they all expel these millions of Hu tribes to the outside of the Guan? Don't forget, even now, some tribes are still very loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Besides, if you drive outside the pass, you will not rebel, but you will also rebel, which is to strengthen the rebel power of the Turks.

Therefore, the battle began to break out in Shuozhou. (To be continued.)