Tang Emperor Li Shimin looked up at Li Xuan expectantly, hoping that he would be able to explain.

Li Xuan said slowly: "Your Majesty, although the Turks are powerful, but over the years, Jieli Khan has been ruling the steppe with an iron-blooded policy, and has established his own supreme prestige with countless landed human heads. As everyone knows, the more he is like this, the more vulnerable the seemingly powerful Turk under his control becomes. Because the grassland has become the grassland of Jieli alone, and the war has become the war of Jieli Khan alone, no one is willing to help him sincerely. The entire Datang court provides opportunities and ways for the major wealthy families to tell and implement their political needs, and their interests are closely combined with my Datang, which can be described as a loss and a glory. Defeated the Turks and defeated Jieli, all the wealthy forces can share the fruits of victory with the Tang Dynasty, and once they are defeated by the Turks and Jieli, it is true that the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed and destroyed, and the major wealthy forces will inevitably face the same fate as the Tang Dynasty. ”

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty stood up excitedly and said: "King Yong'an's words really made me feel empowered. ”

Li Xuan continued: "Your Majesty, for so many years, my Tang Dynasty has been on the defensive against the Turks, the border is vast, and there are many soldiers, but the results received are very poor. The minister thought that if I wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Turks, I would have to reverse it and take attack as defense. At the same time as sending a large army to attack the Turkic Dingxiang Khan's tent, he dispatched another elite to detour back to the enemy's back, smashed the Dragon Court, and captured and killed Jieli Khan, as long as Jieli Khan died. The Turkic army will inevitably collapse, and hundreds of thousands of Turkic iron cavalry will also be in chaos without a fight! My Datang can also easily win! ”

Tang Emperor Li Shimin nodded and said: "All along, it was Jieli Khan who relied on the advantage of his cavalry to be mobile to bypass our heavy troops stationed on the border, attack our hinterland, plunder the people and goods of our Tang Dynasty, and tear apart the overall defensive deployment of our army on the border. King Yong'an, you did the opposite, attacking instead of defending, I dare to assert that you have this kind of warfare. Jieli must have been unthinkable; This method of your warfare is bound to achieve tremendous and important results. ”

Li Xuan bowed down and said to Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty: "Your Majesty, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the strategy proposed by the minister, the minister hopes that Your Majesty can win over the tribal leaders who were rejected by the Turkic Jieli Khan, and provide me with a topographic map of the grassland in the Tang Dynasty, so that when I am in a decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, I can break through the secret path and capture the Turkic Jieli Khan in one fell swoop." Win the decisive battle. ”

Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, told Li Xuan with joy that Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan wanted to go to the grassland to form an alliance with them.

After Li Xuan's face was contemplative, he said: "The minister thinks that His Majesty should form an alliance with Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan. If ......"

Speaking of this, Li Xuan stopped.

Li Xuan knew that at this time, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin needed to show his sincerity. The benefits of the alliance are obvious, and it will greatly increase the chances of the Northern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty to defeat the Turkic Jieli Khan, but Li Shimin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all. If there is any misstep, it will be a disaster for the whole country and the whole nation, and this is an extremely serious political consequence that no one can bear?

Politics in ancient China. Just like Chinese chess, the veteran is the most important in chess, and in the real world, the emperor is the most important. In a game of chess, once the veteran will be checkmated, no matter how brave your rooks and horses are, and no matter how good the soldiers are, it is useless; The same is true of Chinese politics, once the emperor is captured, it will be a tragedy for the whole country and the whole dynasty. In later generations, some people analyzed why after the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty sat firmly for 200 years; The Northern Song Dynasty perished, and the Southern Song Dynasty sat firmly for nearly two hundred years? But once the Ming Dynasty perished, it was completely destroyed, and there was no longer any Ming Dynasty royal family to continue the rule of the Ming Dynasty? They analyzed that because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen, hanged himself on the coal mountain, and the children of the Ming imperial family were slaughtered by Li Zicheng and the Manchus, the whole country could no longer organize a decent resistance. The emperor is like the head of a country, without the head, the human body will lose the ability to unify and coordinate and control, and it can only be a plate of scattered sand, which is broken one by one, and the Ming Empire was swallowed up by the Manchus one by one in an instant, and completely lost the opportunity to turn over.

The importance of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to the Tang Dynasty can be seen from this. Who wants to take the risks that come with taking risks? Of course, Li Xuan didn't want to, so Li Xuan chose to keep his mouth shut.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin saw Li Xuan's embarrassment, so he said: "I think I should go to the grassland to form an alliance with Tuli, Qibi, He Li, and Yi Nan. It's just that Fang Xuanling and they don't agree, so Cen Wenwen recommended you to me. Cen Wenwen said that if only you are willing to go with me, their ministers can rest assured. ”

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Li Xuan knelt on the ground in a little surprise and said loudly: "The minister is willing to follow His Majesty to the death!" ”

Li Shimin happily walked to Li Xuan's side, helped Li Xuan up and said, "King Yong'an, it seems that in your heart, you also went to the grassland to meet the alliance. With you, my safety will be guaranteed, and my ministers will be completely assured. ”

Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, was willing to accompany His Majesty the Tang Emperor to the grassland alliance, but out of trust in Li Xuan, the ministers did not advise him again.

Soon the Tang Emperor Li Shimin made a decision: "Accompanied by Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, and Sun Wuji, the eldest of the Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, under the pretext of inspecting Youzhou and Bingzhou border defense, he went to the grassland and Tuli, Qibi He Li, and Yi Nan Huimeng. The Tang Dynasty was supervised by the crown prince Li Chengqian, the left servant of the Tang Dynasty, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Fang Xuanling, the right servant of the Tang Dynasty, the secretary of the criminal department Du Ruhui, the servant Liu Xun, the secretary and supervisor Xiao Yu, the imperial historian Wei Zheng, and the Ministry of Officials Examination Gong Lang Zhongcen Wenwen jointly assisted the government, and at the same time ordered the left Qianniuwei general Hou Jun to gather the left and right Qianniuwei armies to guard the entire Tang Palace.

Before leaving, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin accepted the suggestion of the left servant of the Tang Dynasty to shoot Fang Xuanling, and appointed the auxiliary general Li Jing as the marshal, the champion general Li Ji, the left Xiaowei general Qin Qiong, and the right Xiaowei general Wei Chi Jingde as the deputy marshal, leading the left and right Xiaowei armies to patrol the border of Youzhou and Bingzhou to make countermeasures. (To be continued......)

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