"Tang Gongzi, there is a lot of trouble, please forgive me."

The two of them were polite, said this with a smile, and put a few ingots of gold on the table by the way.

I probably know that it's not good to eat and drink for nothing every time.

But Tang Chuan didn't look at those few ingots of gold, nonsense, just like that, to send a meal?

However, it was used to pay for food and wine, and Tang Chuan felt that it was enough for the time being.

So let Tang Ying arrange wine and food.

Dishes take time, but wine is ready-made.

To be honest, Li Shimin was also greedy, so he couldn't help but say that he had a few drinks first.

Then the wine surged, Li Shimin's heart was also a lot more comfortable, and he said with a smile: "In the past few days, Chang'an City has not been peaceful. ”

"Yes, even a court official like Shangshu of the Criminal Department dares to kill, and the murderer behind this is too bold." Tang Chuan echoed and said.

After speaking, he looked at the two of them again and asked, "The two bosses are businessmen, and they have always stayed in Chang'an City, won't it affect their business?" ”

"I ...... Forehead...... If you really want to talk about it, we don't want to, it's just that our business is mainly to travel through the border gates, and the border customs have not been very peaceful recently, so we want to wait. Li Shimin said subconsciously.

Instinctively, I called myself 'I', but fortunately I quickly reacted.

"The border is not peaceful? Hasn't it always been peaceful? Tang Chuan muttered suspiciously.

The border passes and the Eastern Turks have been fighting for so long, although they subdued Gaochang seven years ago, the land area has increased, which also means that the area of border passes that need to be guarded has increased.

The required troops, manpower and material resources are all increasing geometrically.

"I can't say that, I have gossip, recently, the imperial court is deploying soldiers and horses to conquer Xue Yantuo, and after success, our trade route will be smooth, it seems that it will be in these two days, and we only need to wait for two days." Li Shimin said.

Of course, this is not small news, but it has been deployed for a long time.

"And what if it fails?" Tang Chuan asked rhetorically.

"Failure? Impossible, this time the imperial court is very well prepared, and the other party will definitely be caught off guard! Li Shimin said confidently.

After speaking, he seemed to find that his confidence was a little too much, so he quickly added: "I also heard it, but most of it is reliable." ”

Unexpectedly, Tang Chuan shook his head directly and said, "Unreliable, not reliable at all." ”

Well?

Li Shimin and eldest grandson Wuji were stunned again.

This expedition was decided after a month of deployment, and they felt that the time was very ripe.

Above the court, the generals were also very confident in this campaign.

This is the first time that it has been heard in a person's mouth.

If the competitive Li Shimin said this in the face of others, he might be angry on the spot.

But now it was Tang Chuan who said this, so he asked, "Why is it unreliable?" ”

Tang Chuan groaned, thinking about how to answer.

In fact, Tang Chuan didn't understand the march and fight, he said that it was unreliable, because in history, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Xue Yantuo in the park in 640, that is, the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, not this year!

This year is the eleventh year of Zhenguan, and there are still three years to destroy Xue Yantuo.

Therefore, on the premise that Tang Chuan has not interfered in the border conquest battle, history will not change.

Definitely not going to work out!

And since it didn't succeed in the requisition, it must have been lost and beaten back, what else could it be?

So, Tang Chuan groaned and said: "Xue Yantuo, which is the so-called name of the Khanate, sounds amazing, but in fact, it originally belonged to one of the Tiele tribes, because it was formed by the merger of Xue and Yantuo, so it is called Xue Yantuo." ”

"They are now entrenched in the Tula River valley in Mobei, engaged in nomadic herding, belonging to the Turkic category, and they have not fallen behind in steppe combat training on weekdays."

"At this time, the grassland is the time when the water is beautiful and the grass is fertile, the livestock production is abundant, and the food is good, in short, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong!"

"They also have more time to practice fighting, and in this situation, Xue Yantuo's state has almost reached the peak of his combat power every year."

"Under such circumstances, the imperial court chose to fight at this juncture, go to the vast prairie of others, compete with others in the grassland guerrilla, and add that the soldiers are strong and strong, isn't this for nothing?"

Tang Chuan expressed his analytical point of view.

It's not that it's just a lie, but I listened to a lecture once in a while before the crossing, and the professor who gave the lecture analyzed it.

When Li Shimin heard it, it made sense!

However, he still didn't think he would lose, and this time he was really well prepared!

Even if the opponent is strong, you must take it!

This kind of self-confidence cannot be extinguished without being hit.

But Li Shimin didn't say anything, but continued to ask: "So, do you think this battle will be a big defeat?" ”

"A big defeat is not necessarily, but it's definitely true that you can't win, both ends are not pleased, and the loss on the court's side is greater, but it's not a big defeat."

Tang Chuan said analyzing.

Because at this point in history, I have never heard of the defeat of the crusade against Xue Yantuo.

And the imperial court is so well prepared this time, if you can't win, you can't win, but if you can't win, you won't be defeated, at most, you can't move, you lose some soldiers and horses, and you have no choice but to retreat.

Then, it was three years of preparation, and the next crusade was successful in history, and at that time, it was in the cold winter of the month!

Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji glanced at each other, and it was the first time they heard these words, which they could not hear in the court under any circumstances.

Moreover, it is Tang Chuan, who is very strange, he knows so much about Xue Yantuo and the border wars!

Among the civil and military officials of the dynasty, many civil officials had no way to know unless they went to inquire about the military generals.

This Tang Chuan, who is just a small supervisor of the Ordnance Prison, how did he know this?

Li Shimin is confident, but after Tang Chuan said this, because of the locust plague situation that Tang Chuan said before, he couldn't make up his mind.

Drinking and eating food is a little absent-minded.

Finally left in a hurry.

On the way back, Li Shimin and eldest grandson Wuji looked at each other.

"What do you think of what Tang Chuan said?" Li Shimin asked directly.

"There is some truth in what I said, but it's more like talking on paper, I don't know how my court deploys it at all, it's nothing." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"But ......"

Li Shimin wanted to speak and stopped.

There is always some restlessness.

And it's too late to change your mind.

It's so far away from the border pass, I'm afraid that the battle has already begun in the past two days, and it may even be that the winner has already been decided, but the news hasn't come back yet.

Withdraw troops because of Tang Chuan's words, impossible!!

The difficulty of redeployment is enormous, and it will cost more manpower and material resources, and the gains outweigh the losses.

For now, we can only honestly wait for news.