"Hurry up, for the sake of our peaceful days, speed up the march for me!" Zhang Chao shouted.

The soldiers of the Tianjie Army also quickly marched forward, and then they soon arrived at Jingyang County, which was forty miles away from Chang'an, and they saw that Jingyang County in the distance was actually an empty city, and immediately occupied this Jingyang County quickly. When Zhang Chao walked to the city wall of Jingyang County, Yang Qi and Zhao Cihao immediately came to report.

"Zhang Yushi, our rapid march this time, the soldiers are already very tired, and the soldiers have arrived in Jingyang three days faster than normal. And it's three days faster, it's not that it's without a price, it's that they spend a lot more physical strength. So the soldiers can't stand it anymore, I'm afraid that next, if they don't take a break, I'm afraid they will collapse. Zhao Cihao said.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "No, you can't rest, the Turks have broken through Jingyang." They did not choose to occupy Jingyang, and in Jingyang County were just ordinary soldiers, less than 200 people. It shows that they did not intend to occupy the city, and their goal was to attack Chang'an. So now we don't know what happened to Chang'an, if there is a problem, then I am afraid that the world will inevitably be in chaos next. This would be a matter of the Turks' wishes, so we had to speed up the march to avoid the appearance of the extraordinary. What's more, our Jingyang County is not far from Chang'an, as long as we speed up and grit our teeth, we can reach Chang'an before tonight. And it is also beneficial to arrive in Chang'an at night, it is beneficial for us to rest, and then it will help us to deploy defenses. If we rest for one night, not only will it be a waste of time, but if we arrive at Chang'an tomorrow morning, it will be easy for the Turks to sneak attack while our foothold is not yet stable, and it will be unfavorable to us at that time. ”

Zhang Chao knows. For the current Don Army, the advantage of field warfare is much better than daytime combat. Zhang Chao once heard an allusion, that is, in the archives, he once heard an archivist introduce a story about nomads, who in ancient times had common night blindness. In ancient times, because there were no vegetables in the grasslands, the nomads had a very serious general vitamin deficiency, and all kinds of vitamins were very deficient, especially vitamin A. Vitamin A is a nutrient that affects vision. If there is a lack of vitamin A, there will inevitably be night blindness, that is, it is difficult to see clearly at night, unless the light is very bright.

If you want to supplement vitamins, there must be only two ways, one is to eat more vegetables. However, there are really no vegetables on the grassland, vegetables are luxuries, and only nobles can eat them. Ordinary herders do not have this qualification. The other way is to eat animal livers, but those steppe nomads because of the problem of faith, there are some health problems, resulting in ancient people are rarely eating animal offal, in ancient times, especially in the grassland environment, eating animal offal is easy to get sick, and in the nomadic that kind of medical environment is very poor, once you get sick, it is a very dangerous thing. So the Turks and even the later Mongols rarely ate offal. It is not until the new era that various medical and hygienic environments change, and they will try to eat animal offal.

So while animal liver contains high levels of vitamin A. But the Turks did not supplement it in this way. This has led to widespread and large-scale night blindness among the Turkic people, who cannot see clearly at night. So this happens to be the purpose of Zhang Chao's request for everyone to march urgently, because according to the budget time, the rapid march will be able to reach the outside of Chang'an this evening. And it was night at that time, although the field battle was not good for the Han army. But it was even more disadvantageous for the Turkic army. The Turks do not choose to fight at night, and the Tianjie army can also be stationed on the spot to buy time. In this way, the vast majority of the Tianjie army has a precious rest time for one night, so that with this rest time of about ten hours, it is very precious for an army. It is completely possible to restore a lot of combat effectiveness.

If you rest for a night today, not to mention that the more you delay to Chang'an, the more dangerous it will be, then once the time difference is very unfavorable to the Tang Army. When the time comes, it will be near Chang'an during the day, and it will be easy to meet the Turks during the day. At that time, the Turks were cavalry, and the soldiers could in turn encircle and annihilate their Tianjie army. The Tianjie army was infantry, and then after more than ten days of rapid marching, the body was already relatively tired. If the Turks again let the cavalry assault while the foothold was unheard of and the various fortifications were not built, the 80,000-strong army of the Tianjie army would probably be destroyed. Therefore, this time difference must be mastered, so it is still beneficial to march over immediately now, so that you can not only reach Chang'an as soon as possible, but also stabilize the hearts of the people in Chang'an City. As long as you take advantage of the night to get outside Chang'an, you can immediately let some people build fortifications on the spot, and the Turks cannot take the initiative to attack at night because of night blindness, so this is the opportunity that the Tang army seized.

"Zhang Yushi is really knowledgeable, he even knows this? It seems that Zhang Yushi is really a generation of famous generals! Yang Qi immediately praised.

Soon, everyone had no problem continuing the rapid march to Chang'an, because Zhang Chao had already explained everything clearly and told everyone that it would be of great benefit to take advantage of the night to go to Chang'an. If you arrive in Chang'an during the day, it is easy to be annihilated by the Turks, then it is not worth starving. Only when the Turkic people have night blindness is the best time. Although the Han army did not have the meat to eat like the Turks, there was still no shortage of vegetables, so the night blindness of the Han army was not serious, and the vast majority of people did not have night blindness. This is also the advantage of the Han army, although the field battle is not advantageous for the Tang army, but it is even less advantageous for the Turks. Anyway, this is to attack the enemy's shortcomings with one's own strengths, which is an important saying in military science.

"Pack your things immediately and continue the rapid march to Chang'an!" Zhang Chao shouted.

On the other side, in Chang'an City.

Li Shimin looked at the 200,000 Turkic army outside the city, and he was helpless in his heart. Li Shimin has never experienced such a helpless situation since he was a child. Even in the face of the combined forces of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, he dared to lead a very small number of troops to fight for their lives, and then finally created a miracle in the history of war. At that time, Li Shimin once defeated Dou Jiande's 100,000 army with 3,000 cavalry, which was simply a miracle in the history of war. And this victory also laid the most important foundation for the pacification of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, the two separatist princes, and also laid the foundation for the Tang Dynasty to obtain the Central Plains. It has also created the general trend of Datang being able to dominate the world. Then it was created that Datang was able to unify the world.

But at this moment, Li Shimin also felt unprecedented pressure. At that time, he faced Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 parallel goods, and Dou Jiande's army was composed of some displaced people, and in fact its combat effectiveness was relatively weak. So he had the confidence to fight Dou Jiande. But now it is the Turks, who probably have an army of 200,000 people, and they are all the elite of the Turks. It's not Dou Jiande's exiled army, and the combat effectiveness is not the same. Therefore, although Li Shimin's army is several times larger than back then, he does not have any confidence at all that he can defeat the Turks. The Turks are all cavalry, although they are not good at attacking cities, but there are a large number of them, and now it is making the people in Chang'an City panic, and the people of Chang'an City are also very afraid, and they don't know when the enemy will come. And they heard that the Turks were very cruel and killed people without blinking. So they all felt very scared too. If the Turks had breached the city, then such a word would not exist among the Turks at the level of civilization of the Turks, and that they had not committed any strict military discipline. They only have the difference between sealing knives and not sealing knives. The Turks conquered a city each time, and they plundered it unless there were very special circumstances. This habit was brought with them on the grassland, and they did the same to themselves on the grassland, so they did the same when they went to foreign countries.

So the brutality of the Turks made them all feel very panicked. I don't know what to do. And everyone is looking forward to Li Shimin, hoping that he can create a miracle.

"Damn. What the hell is going on with Luo Yi, who actually let so many Turks infiltrate him? Didn't the Tianjie Army stop the attack? Li Shimin said angrily.

And Fang Xuanling immediately said: "King Qin, I'm afraid that Luo Yi and the Tianjie Army are no longer reliable. If there is no problem with Luo Yi and Tianjie Army in this, then I'm afraid no one will believe it. There are so many Turks, why can't the Tianjie army stop them? Even if the strength is insufficient, it can be supported by fortifications for a long time. Then give our rear enough time to prepare for early warning, and even mobilize the army to send reinforcements to support. But now that the Turks are coming so quickly, there is clearly something wrong. The Turks came so quickly, it must have not experienced a major war, unless the Tianjie army deliberately let them come and leave. ”

"Luo Yi. I swear to kill you! Li Shimin shouted angrily.

Although Li Shimin scolded Luo Yi, there is not much meaning in scolding Luo Yi at present, and the problem still needs to be solved. Li Shimin is not the kind of person who hesitates and resents, since things have developed to this point, he can only solve it head-on, instead of always immersing himself in various possibilities in the past. Facing reality, it is far more important than passing the buck. Therefore, Li Shimin must face the reality now, otherwise Datang will be in danger.

Soon, Li Shimin immediately asked: "What should we do now?" ”

And Feng Deyi said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I think we can use the goods in the treasury to discuss with the Turks, and then let the Turks withdraw their troops." ”

"What? Use money to get the Turks back? Li Shimin asked in shock.

Li Shimin really didn't expect someone to propose this, this is simply a slap in the face of Li Shimin! If he really exchanged his wealth for the enemy's retreat, then Li Shimin, the emperor, would really be embarrassed and thrown to future generations, and this would become a stain on his history. At that time, maybe what future generations think of him, after he was an emperor and took office, the "three fires of the new official taking office" did not burn, and you were beaten on the head, and then took out all the money from the treasury in exchange for peace, how ugly it is to hear in later generations! In the future, how will his descendants see themselves, at that time it was really a shame to throw it to grandma's house.

"No, I can't do that, and if I do, what face do I have to say in the future? Therefore, immediately give me elite soldiers, and then I will defend the city and this Chang'an. I don't believe it, back then, I could defeat Dou Jiande, who had more than 100,000 troops, with more than 3,000 cavalry, and now we have more than 20,000 soldiers, can't we defeat 200,000 Turks who are not good at attacking cities? Li Shimin said.

"The emperor can't, don't take risks! At that time, my Datang had just been established, so I naturally had to fight hard. But not now. If this is the case, I am afraid that it will easily cause the overthrow of Datang. And my Datang is now successful, so I can't take risks! Your Majesty, you can't gamble with the fortune of the country, we can't afford to gamble! The Turks, a group of blood-drinking people, why should we fight them directly? We just have to use our wealth to appease his heart, and then we will be angry and strong for a few years. Then we will definitely be able to eliminate them in the end, just like we did back then. If we fight for the blood for a while, I am afraid that it will be the result of the destruction of the Tang Dynasty in the end, so it is not worth it. And when the time comes, we courtiers will inevitably follow the emperor, who will guard the country for the emperor at that time? At present, it is just a matter of paying some fame and some worthless wealth, and then all of them can make the Turks retreat. Although the reputation is a little unpleasant, as long as we destroy the Turks in the future. Who cares? Since ancient times, it has been an evaluation of Gou Jian's lying salary and tasting courage, this is not a derogatory meaning! Fang Xuanling said.

Fang Xuanling said so much, in fact, it also means that Datang was a poor person back then, who had just started his business, and of course he had to rely on adventure and hard work to gain a stable position. But now Datang is already a rich man, and the Turks are poor Diaosi, and a person who has become the world's top richest man goes to work directly one-on-one with a poor Diaosi. It's certainly not worth it.

And the latter meaning is very obvious, this Fang Xuanling's conscience is greatly damaged. He proposed that Li Shimin exchange the money in the treasury for peace. Anyway, none of this money is his, it is the state, what is there for him to be heartbroken. The money belongs to the state, and it comes from the people's taxes, anyway, they are scholars and don't have to pay taxes. The people who pay the taxes are those ordinary "untouchables", what is he worried about? Even if the treasury is emptied, it is not that he has received losses.

As for whether the emptying of the treasury will result in a lack of money to pay officials' salaries, this is not a question. I am a scholar, and any scholar will go to the salary of an official. They are all fighting for power and profit for their own class, who doesn't have a lot of wealth and land? Except for the poor officials, who will be in those who are officials? On the contrary, they will also use a lot of private wealth to pave the way for their own officialdom, which is a very obvious way. So even if the treasury is empty, for Fang Xuanling, a scholar, there is no actual loss at all.

As for the loss of reputation, then I don't have to bear any responsibility. It is Li Shimin who is now the emperor, and he naturally has to take on this responsibility. What is the number one, that is, there is credit to be obtained, but if something goes wrong, he is the first to take responsibility, after all, he is the number one! The current emperor is Li Shimin, and if he agrees to exchange the money from the treasury for peace, then future generations of history will also scold Li Shimin, not these courtiers. So not only is there no loss for everyone, but there seems to be no problem at all.

At that time, it was Li Shimin, the number one emperor, who had his reputation damaged, and it was he who made up his mind, not his own courtiers. On the contrary, Fang Xuanling had to stop Li Shimin's idea of fighting with the Turks. When he became an official, Fang Xuanling was already a treacherous guy, and he naturally knew what could best serve his interests. If Li Shimin was angry for a while, and then went to fight with the Turks, there would only be two results in the end. One is that Li Shimin forced the Turks to retreat, and then the Tang Dynasty was saved. And the other, that is, Chang'an was lost, and then Li Shimin died, and Fang Xuanling was either martyred or fled, and Fugui was gone.

If he had a choice, of course Fang Xuanling would not want to be martyred and run away, and then the wealth and wealth that he had worked hard for half his life would be like a passing cloud. And he was very skeptical that Li Shimin could defeat this Turk, and she believed that whether he could defeat the Turks was five or five open, accounting for 50 percent each. If you are an ordinary military strategist, a 50 percent success rate is enough to gamble. But Fang Xuanling is different, Fang Xuanling is a politician, an out-and-out politician, and his 50% probability is too "low". For a politician, there is no more than ninety percent chance, and it is best not to be willing to gamble.

Fang Xuanling's politician thinking has also flareed up again, he weighed the pros and cons as quickly as possible, and found that using money to buy peace is also the best choice. Because it is not you who pays the money first, you have no loss. And use money to buy peace, and in the end, it is Li Shimin who will damage his reputation, and he is not the main responsibility as a courtier, and when the time comes, Fang Xuanling's group of advisers in Danshu Qingshi can push 625, and the main responsibility lies with Li Shimin, the emperor, and his reputation has not been lost. And this can be said to be the lowest point of risk, and he can keep the wealth that he has worked hard for most of his life, so Fang Xuanling's "Fang Mou" is actually planning for himself and his class, not simply for Li Shimin. Fang Xuanling quickly made an idea that was most in line with his own interests, and then told Li Shimin about his plan with a large number of "private goods", and then let Li Shimin solve it like this. He didn't want Li Shimin to be hot-headed and go to fight with the Turks, which was too risky.

"Well, I'm willing to talk to the Turks and see if I can use the money in the treasury in exchange for the Turks to withdraw their troops. However, there is still a need for the necessary suspicious tactics. Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin took a few ministers to the side of the bridge in Weishui, and then prepared to negotiate with the Turks about using their wealth to withdraw their troops.

When Li Shimin came to the side of the bridge, he angrily denounced the Turks for treachery. Moreover, at this time, tens of thousands of troops in the rear also came, and then they looked very mighty, and they knew that they were elite soldiers at a glance. And when the Turks saw this situation, they also felt a burst of surprise, because they saw that Datang still had the strength to resist, and was able to dispatch tens of thousands of troops to come, which was really not simple. If there are tens of thousands of fresh troops, then Chang'an City is the defending side, which is beneficial to the army of the Han people. And his army is cavalry, not good at siege cities, so the victory or defeat under the advantages of one or the other is not yet known. So Jieli also felt a little weak, if so, would there be an accident during the siege? If there is an accident, what should be done, this is also a very important big question.

When Li Shimin said that he wanted to exchange all the wealth in the treasury for peace, Jieli suddenly became a little moved. Because if that's the case, then maybe you can get enough wealth to make a fortune. If you barely attack the city, you may cause huge losses on your own side, and then end up with losses for your own Turks. Therefore, the Turks were also a little hesitant in their hearts, whether to attack Chang'an.

It is not yet known whether the attack will be able to break through Chang'an. However, if you retreat, you may be able to obtain a large amount of wealth directly, which is also a good choice for the Turks. So Jieli was also very moved by this, and he decided to talk to Li Shimin about whether he could extort more wealth.

"Zhang Chao, the servant of the Tang Palace, brought the 100,000 Heavenly Festival army to King Qin!" "Zhang Chao, the servant of the Tang Palace, led the 100,000 Heavenly Festival army to King Qin!" "Zhang Chao, the servant of the Tang Palace, led the 100,000 Heavenly Festival Army to King Qin."

With a burst of earth-shattering shouts, not only the Turks, but also the people of Datang also heard the news. When Li Shimin heard the news, his eyes couldn't help but light up. He heard that the 100,000 Heavenly Festival army had come to King Qin, so he had a new army, so he had more than 100,000 troops! If this is the case, then the victory or defeat of the Turks this time is not yet known. With an army of 100,000, even if there is a certain amount of moisture, then there are more than 100,000 troops in Chang'an City, so it is completely possible to fight with the Turks, and the chances of victory on the Tang side have greatly increased. (To be continued......)