"Emergency military intelligence, urgent military intelligence, urgent military intelligence ......"

On the main road of Chang'an, a messenger cavalry galloped on the streets of Chang'an, and it was not allowed to gallop on the streets of Chang'an, the capital. Moreover, this most central gallop road can only be walked by the emperor, and other people are generally not able to walk. However, there is only one exception, that is, the emergency military situation on the front line, everyone on the road must get out of the way, and the cavalry who reports the news can take the gallop road that the emperor can walk, so that the military situation can be conveyed as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, the Turks are invading. The Turkic Jieli Khan led the Turki and other major tribes, a total of more than 160,000 cavalry to invade him, and they had broken through the Great Wall and entered the Kou. General Li Yi, the king of Yanjun, can't stop it, the Turks have already entered the army quickly, please prepare for the emperor early! ”

This news was immediately transmitted to the entire Chang'an City, and the entire Chang'an City was shocked by the news. Because the Turks suddenly invaded, more than 100,000 elite cavalry began to invade, which made everyone panic. When the civil and military officials of Chang'an heard the news, they were immediately frightened and turned pale, and then obviously had no idea at all. Because the Turks invaded with hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry, can they not be afraid? At present, there are only more than 20,000 infantry in Chang'an, and the cavalry only has a small number of cavalry around Li Shimin, which is a big gap with the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Turks, so of course they will be afraid.

"Husband, the Turks are invading, they are starting to invade at a rapid pace, what should we do?" Qin Jiarui hurriedly asked.

Shi Bufan said calmly: "What's the hurry? What is there to be afraid of? Isn't it just the Turkic invasion? More than 100,000 cavalry, so what? ”

"But, that is a murderous Turk, hundreds of thousands of Turkic elite soldiers!" Qin Jiarui said anxiously.

Shi Bufan was very calm, he said: "What is there to be afraid of, what about the hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry? We also have tens of thousands of infantry in Chang'an, although it is impossible to defeat them, but it is enough to keep us from failing. No matter how strong the cavalry was, they couldn't attack the city. The Turks are not good at attacking cities, as long as we don't make stupid mistakes ourselves, we can take the initiative to fight them in the field. There are so many veterans in our Chang'an, and the emperor is also a famous general born on horseback, it is impossible for him to make such a mistake and use infantry and hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry of the Turks to fight in the field. As long as we hold the city, we will not be in any danger. They Turks want to attack the city, they are looking for their own death, we don't have to be afraid or anything. They can take the city, but so what? They are attacking the city, we are just adding fuel to the tactics, not to mention that they are not good at attacking the city, what do we have to fear? ”

"Therefore, although this Turkic invasion seems to be overwhelming along the way, in fact there is no danger at all. We don't have to worry about anything, you can rest assured. ”

Shi Bufan had long known that the Turks would invade, although this Turkic invasion was not surprising, because Shi Bufan had long known that there would be a so-called Weishui Alliance after Li Shimin ascended the throne. Later generations have had mixed reputations for this Weishui Alliance, with some believing that it was spending money to buy peace and undermining China's national prestige. However, some people think that this can avoid fighting with the Turks just after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and during the recovery period, can temporarily preserve strength, avoid premature decisive battles with the Turks, and lay the economic and demographic foundation for the Northern Expedition to the Turks three years later.

Those who think it is harmful to the national prestige are mainly young people, and many of them are relatively enthusiastic young people. However, it is not good to think that it is a good thing, that is, mainly high-level historians and politicians, so that they think that the enemy will have a decisive battle too early when the strength is insufficient or it still needs time. At present, what Datang lacks is time, not some wealth. Although it is humiliating to buy peace with money, it is a relatively low-cost means. If he fights hard regardless of the situation, not only Li Shimin may be unlucky, but it will also damage the national strength of the world that has just stabilized.

But three years later, didn't Li Shimin also go on the Northern Expedition to the Turks and successfully destroy the Turks? There's nothing wrong with that.

"Husband, you seem to have known about this for a long time?" Dugu Daxue asked.

Dugu Daxue obviously felt that Shi Bufan seemed to have predicted this matter a long time ago, and Shi Bufan was too calm. With Dugu Daxue's experience, he naturally knew that even if Li Yuan and Li Shimin encountered this situation, it would probably be difficult for them to maintain such a calm attitude, unless Shi Bufan already knew.

"Daxue, you know that I am good at economic reasoning and modeling, and I have long known that the Turks should take advantage of the opportunity to invade. But I only have a fifty percent chance, but I've guessed it, so it's not surprising that I'm now hearing about the Turkic invasion, and it's just a sure piece of news that I've been feeling for a long time. Shi Bufan replied.

Dugu Daxue asked: "Then why don't you tell the emperor and let him be prepared?" ”

"Haha, you said I said it, what's the solution? Could it be that my Chang'an's troops can be increased? With my Datang's current ability to transfer troops and communicate, can the soldiers be able to arrive in time? If you come by then, you are not here to fight, you are here to add chaos and send you to death! Shi Bufan said politely.

Dugu Daxue was silent, because what Shi Bufan said was right, even if Shi Bufan said it earlier, so what? With the current military management system of the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely not work. The military management system of the Tang Dynasty was the government military system, and in the case of the government military system, there was no real sense of standing preparation, and almost all of them were scattered in various places. If the central government wants to transfer troops, it is also necessary for the Ministry of War to send people with military talismans to various places to transfer troops in Zhichong Prefecture, and then they can rush to the central government to fight. At present, the method of passing the summons is to go to various places to transfer troops, and then all kinds of complete preparations cannot be completed without more than five or six months. If you want to pass on the order to transfer troops to Chang'an, and transfer troops from at least 300 or so Zhichong prefectures in the country, it will not be completed in five or six months.

So even if those soldiers came, it would be all daylily cold. Even, if you ignore all kinds of logistical preparations, then even if those soldiers rush to Chang'an, they will march in a hurry. After such a rapid march over the mountains for two or three months, the man was about to collapse. When they arrived at that time, instead of increasing their strength, they came to add to the chaos.

Therefore, Shi Bufan knew that with his current communication ability and organizational ability, even if he reluctantly told Li Shimin that the Turks would invade, then Li Shimin would not say whether he believed it or not, and even if he believed it, it would be too late to transfer troops. Even if the soldiers came after a few months of bad luck, those soldiers could not afford to fight. Ignoring logistics and ignoring the physical health of human beings, a rapid march for a month or two, without enough rest to go to war, is not fighting, but sending people to death.

So if you let those troops come and send them to their deaths, it will not only not help, but harm them. And there are so many comrades-in-arms who have no combat effectiveness, it is better not to transfer troops! If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates. When the time comes, hundreds of thousands of troops with combat effectiveness will come to send them to death, but they will affect the morale of the tens of thousands of soldiers who were originally in place, and it is better to simply rely on tens of thousands of soldiers who are well recuperated to fight, so that at least the mental outlook and morale will be higher, and the morale will not be dragged down by those comrades-in-arms who are physically and mentally exhausted and have no combat effectiveness.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

A violent and rapid bell rang, and this bell was obviously the bell of the emperor's temporary summoning of civil and military officials above the ninth rank of Chang'an. All civil and military officials above the ninth rank of Chang'an have to gather, and this is a temporary court meeting. When Shi Bufan heard this bell, he didn't dare to slack off, he was also the school secretary of Zhengjipin, so he naturally wanted to participate in this court meeting. Shi Bufan and Dugu Daxue hurriedly came to the outside of this Taiji Palace, but the outside of the Taiji Palace was different from other times, this time it was a temporary gathering of everyone to come over to discuss major matters, and there were not so many rules.

"The Turkic invasion has broken through the defense line of the Tianjie army of Li Yi, the king of Yanjun. What the hell is this Li Yi doing, how can he make the Turks break through the defense line? The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Tianjie Army, are they all idiots? Outside the gate of Taiji Palace, Du Ruhui couldn't help but scold.

As a veteran, Li Jing, although he is not Li Shimin's direct cronies, but also as a person who has made a lot of contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing also said: "How can Li Yi's command ability be reduced so much this time, and he will let the Turks invade so smoothly, it is so real and strange!" ”

Shi Bufan took the initiative to say to Li Jing: "General Li Jing, you forgot, I told you that military is a continuation of politics, I think this time it is not Li Yi's command ability that has a problem, I think it is a political problem." ”

"What? Li Yi, what is he doing......" Li Jing hurriedly asked.

The relationship between Li Jing and Shi Bufan is still relatively familiar, Li Jing once went to Shi Bufan to listen to a class, although there was no formal apprenticeship, but the relationship between the two sides is good, Shi Bufan has not saluted when he sees Li Jing, Li Jing has not cared, and the two sides are basically equal in terms of personal friendship. So now Li Jing asked why Li Yi would command the army to fight so badly, which made Li Jing very strange, and Shi Bufan took the initiative to explain.

"General Li, it seems that there is something wrong with Luo Yi, the king of Yanjun, this time. When he was in Youzhou, it was a powerful Turk, and the Turks were all afraid. Later, he took refuge in my Tang Dynasty, first was canonized as the Duke of Yan Guo, and later was given the surname Li, and was promoted to the king of Yan County. And he had more than 100,000 Tianjie troops to defend against the invasion of the Turks in Jingzhou in the north. But this time the Turks invaded by more than 100,000 people, and he couldn't stop it? Even if you can't stop it, it's okay to delay it for more than ten days. I estimate that if the Turks want to break through the defense line of Li Yitianjie's army, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it without paying the price of 50,000 soldiers. But isn't it strange that after the Turkic invasion, it was like no one? Shi Bufan said.

Li Jing also said: "Yes! It's very strange and I don't know how. To say that Li Yi was also a generation of famous generals back then, why is it so bad? ”

"General Li, I still have to say that the military is a continuation of politics, and this time Li Yi did not have a problem militarily, but a political problem." Shi Bufan said affirmatively.

"How?" Li Jing asked.

Shi Bufan snorted coldly and said: "This Li Yi, he was very close to Prince Jiancheng back then, and he can even be said to be a member of the same party. Since the emperor went up, isn't Li Yi nervous? ”

"What? How dare he do that...... But the emperor has already added a fief to him, and the emperor still continues to reuse him! Li Jing said.

Shi Bufan said in a very low tone: "General Li, do you think so too?" Maybe now the emperor appeases him, but what about later? Maybe now that the emperor's foothold has not been completely stabilized, maybe he needs to be appeased. But in the future, the emperor's position is stable, is that to ......?"

Shi Bufan deliberately omitted the words "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge", which can be regarded as telling Li Jing the truth here. You must know that Li Yi, the king of Yanjun, is different from others, he not only colluded with Li Jiancheng, but also supported the army! Maybe Li Shimin can accept the civil officials under Li Jiancheng, maybe Li Shimin can accept those military generals under Li Jiancheng, such as Xue Wanche and others. But he will never accept this Li Yi, because Li Yi will just mix with Li Jiancheng, but his identity is too sensitive. Li Yi was a warlord back then, but in the troubled times, he was a warlord and a leader. Even now, there are many cronies who follow Li Yi Youzhou in the hundreds of thousands of Tianjie Army, if Luo Yi wants to transfer troops, the hundreds of thousands of Tianjie Army will almost obey Li Yi without military talismans.

As an emperor, would such a person be allowed to exist? Not to mention that he used to be Li Jiancheng's person, not Li Shimin's cronies, especially since he was once a warlord, which will aggravate the suspicion here. Li Jiancheng's subordinates did not have that much power, but they were able to make Li Shimin accept them. But Li Yi's identity is too sensitive, too powerful, and he seems to be a warlord. Not to mention Li Shimin, if Li Jiancheng really sits on the throne, he will not be able to tolerate him.

"However, Li Yi is too bold to do this, right? They're looking for death by doing this! If this crisis is passed safely, then Li Yi will definitely die! Li Jing said.

Shi Bufan said affirmatively: "Yes, Li Yi's head can't be kept for a few days!" However, this time, I think that the so-called Turkic invasion is not a big problem as long as we do not die ourselves. As for the Turks, what we packed up was this Li Yi. Li Yi probably also knew that he had no way out, so he could only choose the path of hard work. ”