Zhao Yao's words relieved the people present, in fact, most of them have no hatred between them, but Changsun Chong and Zhao Yao are both very important forces, and at the same time, there are extremely contradictions behind them, if this cooperation is disclosed in the end because of the contradictions between these two people, it will not be a good thing.

Zhao Yao saw that everyone didn't speak, and said with a smile: "Let's take a good look at the actions in the future, and is there any news about when Li Shimin will lead the troops to the battle?" ”

King Wu was not angry when he heard Zhao Yao directly call Li Shimin's name, but took his words and said: "It should be in the next few days, once everyone has any arrangements, let's arrange it as early as possible in these days!" ”

King Wu's words were actually said to Zhao Yao, what Yang Chen didn't know was that King Wu had actually stood on their side, and when he learned that the power in the darkness belonged to the forces of the former Sui, King Wu naturally thought of the identity problem that had plagued him for many years, and now it could actually be a help.

After thinking about it again, three years ago, King Wu still asked Concubine Yang to find Zhao Yao and others, and Zhao Yao and Zhao Zhao also silently decided to put King Wu among the assistants after learning the news, but his rank was lower, not just lower than Yang Chen.

King Wu's words at this time were actually telling Zhao Yao to call Yang Chen back from Goguryeo quickly, and not to wait for Li Shimin to send troops over to make preparations, so as not to injure him by mistake.

And Zhao Yao also nodded and said: "I know, everyone has arranged everything in the next few days, don't delay the big thing because of personal matters, I want to hear your specific plan!" ”

Gao Chang and the Turkic people naturally spoke first, and the people of Gao Changguo first said: "Our crown prince is in Chang'an as a proton, so although we intend to help you, we will not send troops over, at most we will help you with some grain and grass, I hope you can understand, and can also help us protect the safety of our prince and princess." ”

There is no trace of concealment in the words of Gaochang people, his ability to participate in this matter is actually completely the personal relationship between Prince Ju and Changsun Chong, when he was in Chang'an, Prince Ju felt the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and also knew the gap between Gaochang and the Tang Dynasty, and now he has the opportunity to disturb the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and has the opportunity to get preferential treatment from the future monarch, how can there be a reason not to participate in such a thing!

After the people of Gao Changguo finished speaking, they naturally came to the side of the Turks, and the people sent by the Turks were also Ashina Muyun's henchmen, and he also said unceremoniously: "No one sent the Turks, and the Tang Dynasty suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle in Jingzhou, this time I can sell you some horses and weapons, that's all, it needs to be exchanged for grain." ”

Although it is exchanged for food, the Turks are still justified, after all, the Turkic horses are known to be strong, and this time they are willing to sell some horses to help everyone, in fact, it is also very face-saving.

And the Turks can participate in this matter this time, naturally they can't escape Zhao Yao's operation, Zhao Yao and Zhao Zhao have cooperated with Ashina Muyun before, and last time they also handed over the land and sweet potatoes to him as promised, and now the Turks are also continuing to develop their population and productivity, and they will attack again when the time is right, how can the Turks not participate in this reduction of the national strength of the Tang Dynasty.

The words of the Turks and Gaochang did not surprise everyone, this matter is still too difficult in general, if it were not for Li Shimin to personally conquer Goguryeo, I am afraid that such an opportunity will never be there again, so this time everyone gathered here, just waiting for Li Shimin to go out and take away a large number of troops from all over the country.

Changsun Chong opened the fan, looked at the people of Gaochang Kingdom and the Turks, and said: "Although your two countries can't face each other with the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, it should be possible to pull some people to go around the border and let the people on the border want to rush to Chang'an to help, so that the domestic forces will be weakened a little more!" ”

Gao Chang and the Turkic people got together and whispered, Gao Chang's people looked at the mouth first and said: "One of these people is very close to Li Shimin, but none of them can have Li Shimin's courage, can these people succeed?" ”

The Turks didn't care, and replied to him in a low voice: "It doesn't matter if they can succeed or not, as long as their own people fight, it will always consume their Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses, so we might as well listen to their district boundaries and make a show." ”

The people of Gao Changguo thought for a while and said, "Then in what name should we gather our soldiers and horses to the border?" ”

The Turkic man glanced at everyone and said: "The two sides of us will find some caravans to clash on the border, and then we will send troops over, but we will not send troops to cross the border, and the affairs in the Tang Dynasty will be left to you to do by yourself!" ”

After speaking, the Turkic people and the Gaochang people closed their mouths tacitly and didn't say anything more.

Cui Gongzi also nodded and glanced at everyone and said, "Okay, this way you can determine the actions of the two parties, what about you?" His Royal Highness King Wu, how many people can be dispatched to operate in Jiangnan during this time? ”

King Wu didn't hide it, looked at everyone and said: "I haven't worked in vain in the past three years, I have all the people from King Wu and King Wei before, plus the people before me should be able to make up about 30,000!" ”

Everyone was a little shocked when they heard this number, there was only so little, but after thinking about it, they could also know the reason for the small number, after all, most of the soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty were collected by Li Shimin, and there were still a lot of soldiers and horses left on the border, and it was already a big force for King Wu to make up these 30,000 people.

The king of Wei dared to rebel with more than 10,000 people, and the king of Chu only brought more than 10,000 people, and now the king of Wu has more than 30,000 people in his hands is already a good number.

Eldest Sun Chong looked at King Wu and said, "I can probably get together more than 10,000 people, if it doesn't work this time, we may have no place to stand!" ”

King Wu also looked at Changsun Chong, and said confidently: "This is our last chance, if we wait for Li Chengqian to ascend the throne in a few years, then you and I will really have no place to stand!" ”

Cui Gongzi saw that the two of them were full of affection, and he also hurriedly interrupted: "Let's talk about what happened to you later, in my opinion, it is not difficult to attack Chang'an City, it is rare to hold Li Shimin's return and take a wave of offensive, Li Shimin may bring 300,000 400,000 people after he returns, which is not something we can stop with a few people!" ”

Hearing Cui Gongzi's words, King Wu also immediately asked, "How much help can the Jiangnan Shi clan provide this time?" Don't tell me it's the same as Gaochang and the Turks. ”

Hearing King Wu's words, Cui Gongzi naturally did not hesitate, looked at everyone and said: "I, the Jiangnan Shi clan, am willing to provide 5,000 people, and the grain for the purchase of Turkic horses is also provided by us, what do you think!" ”

Five thousand people are not much, but in fact they are still a lot, plus the Jiangnan Shi clan is willing to pay, and King Wu has nothing to say.

Everyone's eyes shifted to Zhao Yao again, this time Zhao Yao didn't answer, but looked at everyone with an innocent face: "We don't have anyone now, the people before have been scattered by Datang's soldiers and horses, and Datang has been chasing and killing our people all these years, please forgive us for not being able to do anything!" ”

This is true, the people of the Sui Dynasty were almost killed by the Li family at the beginning, and they have been hunted down and killed one after another over the years, how can there be idle soldiers and horses to help.

However, Zhao Yao still looked at everyone proudly and said: "Although we don't have soldiers and horses in our hands, but our airspace will spread the news to Goguryeo, if Goguryeo is prepared in advance, plus my son-in-law gives them some advice, I think that even if the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses can retreat, they will suffer heavy losses, and they should not be full of momentum after they come back!" ”

Zhao Yao's words were recognized by everyone, and they knew that they were powerless now, but Cui Gongzi still said: "The focus now is still on what to do after capturing Chang'an City, and kill Li Chengqian directly?" What should Li Shimin do when he comes back! ”

Cui Gongzi's words hit the nail on the head, so that everyone was no longer entangled in the matter of Zhao Yao not sending people over, King Wu glanced at everyone, and immediately said after seeing that they were no longer talking: "The focus now is not only on the matter of the father and the crown prince, but also on the ministers who remain in the capital?" I heard that after my father left Chang'an, Li Chengqian will supervise the country, and according to my father's prediction, this personal expedition will take at least half a year to a year, although the Tang Dynasty has sufficient grain and grass garrisons, and the troops are also very strong, so we can make more preparations, at least half a year can let us operate. ”

Eldest Sun Chong also took over and said: "Most of the ministers who stayed behind are Wenchen, and my father and Fang Xuanling will also stay in Chang'an to help Li Chengqian supervise the country, but Li Tao and others will follow the emperor to conquer the country, which is very beneficial to our control of the court in Chang'an, and now I need to know how many of the six departments belong to you?" Needless to say, those who are lower than the sixth-grade squire! ”

Zhao Yao was the first to speak this time, looked at everyone and said: "Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and a series of officials under him are all our people, as for the other officials, we don't have many under us. ”

Zhao Yao's words are actually half-truths and half-truths, if it weren't for the fact that Tang Jian and Tang Songling have been expanding more and more uncontrollably recently, Zhao Yao wouldn't want the chess piece in his hand to show up.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, in their opinion, the forces of the former Sui could already take the Ministry of Rites for their own use.

But when these words reached the ears of King Wu, it was a different situation, he had been investigating who was secretly manipulating the imperial examination, and now he knew that Tang Jian was put on the bright side, so he naturally knew who the person behind this was.

King Wu didn't make this matter clear, but instead thought about who the top few people in the imperial examination were in the previous years, and silently calculated in his heart how many people were absorbed by the forces of the former Sui.