"This Pei Xingjian."

Li Shimin couldn't cry or laugh:

"Even if you don't go in person, you have to send someone to give you a ride."

Su Dingfang smiled and speculated:

"There are only a few dozen people in the mission, and they can quell the chaos and capture the thieves, and they can even extort stones to make meritorious contributions, which shows the great merit."

Su Dingfang himself was quite tempted by this.

In comparison, the governor of Persia is really who loves to send whom, anyway, don't stop me from going back to Chang'an to show my merit!

"It takes half a year to send people from the Western Regions to Tocharo, and it takes half a year to turn back."

Sweeping the street Su Dingfang shook his head, When you come back, the emperor will not be able to summon you alone, and you may have forgotten who you are.

Okay, Li Shimin said he understood.

After all, this last royal family is just borrowed to cover people's eyes.

Although he also admired Pei Xingjian's strategy, Li Shimin was still a little puzzled:

"No one cares about the four towns of Anxi?"

"The Western Regions are remote, but the location is critical, so it is more important to have good soldiers to guard it."

He has the impression that there is a garrison after the destruction of Gaochang, and if the four towns of Anxi are placed, these four towns should of course be the four military towns.

Although this Pei Xing's thrifty strategy is worthy of praise, shouldn't he directly send the soldiers of the four towns to destroy the thieves to deter Xiaoxiao?

Such means are for the benefit of the country.

However, it is not Li Shimin's style.

Whenever he encounters doubts, Du Ruhui will briefly flip through the previous records, and at this time he synthesized and made a guess:

"Thirteen years of war with Goguryeo, I'm afraid it's ......"

How to call Li Zhi made Du Ruhui a little worried for a while, and finally said vaguely:

"I'm afraid that at that time, in order to save money, the Son of Heaven withdrew the army of the four towns of Anxi."

Li Shimin's eyes widened, but after a little thought, he remembered this son's attitude towards Tubo and his unclear style of acting, and knew that Du Ruhui's guess was very likely to be true.

"This Li Zhi is really irrational!"

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded in his heart and thought:

Is there a way to stay in the palace for a meal today?

Don't get me wrong, I just want to be close to my nephew.

Moreover, I have to explain to His Majesty privately what it means to "the eldest grandson Wuji to get power".

Previously, he thought that his comeback path should be quite smooth, but now ......

The homophonic criticism made everyone cry and laugh, and among the people, only Li Shiyun blushed.

It is known that Goguryeo beat the Tang Dynasty to the poor.

And it is known that it was Li Shiyun who destroyed Goguryeo.

So may I ask......

"The battle of Goguryeo is to blame."

Looking at Li Shiyun's expression, Li Shimin hurriedly took responsibility:

"After the personal conquest of Liaodong, it will inevitably advance by sea and land, and it will be decided in a battle, so as not to make Mao Gong sad."

Li Shiyun opened his mouth, as if he saw a famous achievement that went down in history with wings and flew farther and farther.

Then, with a "snap", His Majesty waved his hand and took it away.

Su Dingfang, who was sitting upright, couldn't stop the corners of his mouth rising at this time.

[Pei Xingjian's behavior, Master Ni Ni said that it is difficult to comment, and there may be a lot of dirty words to say.

For Li Zhi, it was an out-and-out surprise, because Datang at this time was too short of handsome talents.

In 667, Su Dingfang, who was guarding Hexi, fell ill and died.

Two years later, Li Tao died of illness.

This was followed by the defeat of Dafeichuan, Tubo jumped his face, and the Western Regions were ready to move.

In this case, Pei Xingjian's appearance made Li Zhi's face finally less ugly.

So in the same year that Pei Xingjian escorted the Western Turkic rebels back to Chang'an, Li Zhi sent him out non-stop.

Because the Eastern Turks are making trouble again.

And this time, Li Zhi, who was a self-proclaimed general, directly raised an army of 300,000 and handed it over to Commander Pei Xingjian.

This battle was praised by the "Old Tang Book", and the prosperity of the teacher was unprecedented.

But to be honest, whether it is Wei Qinghuo's big victory to get sick, or the destruction of several countries during the Zhenguan period, there is actually a key point that can be seen:

When fighting nomads, the small number of people is never the decisive factor, and too many soldiers may also drag down their own logistics.

But fortunately, Pei Xingjian was strong enough and commanded the 300,000 army in an orderly manner, which not only protected the logistics, but also suppressed the scope of the Turkic activities, and finally settled in the first battle in Montenegro.

After this battle, the logistics were urgent, and it was gradually wintering, and Pei Xingjian had no choice but to teach.

The following year, Pei Xingjian led another army to the north, this time using a divisive strategy, the two rebel leaders of the Eastern Turks were provoked by Pei Xingjian, and one of them was forced to leave his family and dependents in Jinya Mountain, intending to attack the Tang army to prove his innocence.

As a result, as soon as he hit the road, Jinyashan's hometown was attacked by Pei Xingjian, and the two rebel leaders completely turned against each other, and wrote letters to Pei Xingjian to accuse each other, and under the promise of Pei Xingjian not to kill anyone, the two surrendered to Pei Xingjian respectively.

This Eastern Turkic rebellion was supposed to end here, but it happened unexpectedly when he entered the court.

Prime Minister Pei Yan said that the thieves surrendered because Cheng Wuting fought bravely, and the retreat was occupied by the Hui people, so he surrendered.

What is Pei Xingjian's merit?

Li Zhi did not have much reason left, and without thinking believed the prime minister's words, and beheaded the two Turkic leaders to show the public.

Pei Xingjian, who was dismissed, sighed and thought that it would be impossible for the Eastern Turks to return to the Tang Dynasty in the future.

In fact, as Pei Xingjian said, only two years later, the Turks rebelled again, and Li Zhi still ordered Pei Xingjian's generals.

It's just that Pei Xingjian didn't give Li Zhi much face this time, and died of illness at home shortly after receiving the order at the age of sixty-four.

But someone has to calm the mess, right?

So Xue Rengui, who had been exiled for five years, was recalled and took command again.

Sixty-nine-year-old Xue Rengui was ordered to go on the expedition, and after meeting with the seriously ill Li Zhi in the capital, he hurried to the front line in Yunzhou.

Regarding Pei Xingjian's death, the Eastern Turks, who rebelled again, were relieved, thinking that the Tang army would collapse, but they didn't think that the new commander would rush more fiercely than their Turks when they met.

The Turks then sent someone to ask: Can you leave a name when you come?

"Xue Rengui!"

The Turks don't believe it: we all heard that Xue Rengui died in Xiangzhou after being exiled, what nonsense are you talking about?

So Xue Rengui once again rode alone into battle, and took off his hood in front of the Turkic array, this face made the Turks suddenly shocked and lost their fighting spirit.

Some of the Turks who had accompanied Xue Rengui to fight against Hui Tiele even dismounted and bowed, and after worshipping, they directly turned their horses away, unwilling and did not dare to fight against Xue Rengui.

After seeing the Turkic people's morale fall to the bottom, Xue Rengui slowly put on his hood again, and then unceremoniously led the army to attack.

In this battle, more than 10,000 people were beheaded, 30,000 prisoners were captured, and 30,000 cattle and sheep were obtained.

For the Tang army, this kind of "Zhenguan-style" victory has not been tasted for too long, and I, Tang Youshen, will be like this, and Fang Kou'an dares to knock on the side?

But for Xue Rengui, who had a rough time in his later years, this Yunzhou victory was just a return to the past, and he died of illness on the front line only half a year after the victory.

This white-robed god general, who was once handpicked by Li Shimin but was useless, shined in the Gaozong Dynasty, and dragged his old body to draw a relatively decent end to the two dynasties of Taizong and Gaozong. 】

Hearing the news of his death, Li Shichang and Su Dingfang were very calm.

If you think that seventy years old is considered an early death, you might as well look at Your Majesty.

If you feel that the death of illness is not a good ending, you might as well take a look at the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji.

The two veterans who have gone through the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty are extremely free and easy.

"I am very fortunate in this life."

Su Dingfang's emotion was simple.

Then he was taught a lesson by Li Shixian:

"If you can show what you have learned, you can open up the territory for the country, remove future troubles for Your Majesty, and punish thieves for the Tang Dynasty."

"Such merits depend on Your Majesty's refusal to give up, and dare to take credit?"

Su Dingfang suddenly wanted to go out now, and have a fight with Li Shiyun in armor, and let out a bad breath in his heart!

But it's a pity that Li Shimin doesn't have time to care about these words at this time.

He just sighed:

"An army of 300,000?"

Among them, the inner feelings are quite complicated, and he is actually a little envious of his son.

And then there's the great puzzle.

The military generals and soldiers of the country are all left for you clearly, how can you still make people kick their noses in the face?

If you want to raise 300,000 troops in the Eastern Turks, who will plant the fields? How much will I be rewarded? How much of a deterrent can it have?

"For this fang, you only need to help him to pro-Tang and use the power of thunder to exterminate those who have two hearts."

"What's so hard?"

Li Shimin shook his head unconsciously:

"The 300,000 army is exhausted, and people eat horses and chew for wealth, and when they come, the thieves retreat, and when they return, they invade again, what is the use?"

Even Fang Xuanling nodded in agreement:

What's the use of having a lot of people, don't you still do what you should do when you leave the house.

The only thing that can deter those who are ready to move is the blood and head of the thief!

And just thinking about 300,000 people, Fang Xuanling didn't dare to think about how much money he needed to withdraw.

What's wrong with all this money?

And looking at the experiences and endings of these veterans, everyone can see that this prince really doesn't seem to know much about fighting.

As for these two veterans, Li Shimin touched his slightly curled beard and pondered.

Pei Xingjian seems to be handsome, and he has a lot of experience in military strategy.

But perhaps it was just because of his advanced age at that time, and his old body made it impossible for him to ride in battle.

After all, Pei Xingjian's brother Pei Xingyan is a well-known fierce general.

Take advantage of his low age and cultivate more, he can't say that he is also a god general!

And Xue Rengui is not to mention, Li Shimin simply likes it more and more the more he looks at it.

If it weren't for the fact that his family was not a noble, he still needed the Ministry of Civil Affairs to check the register, and he couldn't wait to summon him to the palace tonight to guide archery.

At the same time, Li Shimin also became more and more aware of his previous thoughts:

"The Son of Heaven of Tang, you can not be in person, but you can't not understand the military formation."

"The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong, and blind assignment not only wastes money and endowment, but also damages the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, how can it be done?"

……

Fa Zheng sighed that this Tang God General is really powerful, and he can still break the enemy at the age of sixty-nine.

On the other hand, he asked:

"Why do I think that this Tang Army seems to be getting more and more unable to fight?"

Liu Bei changed his posture to make his calves a little easier, and affirmed:

"It's better to say that Zhenguan is too capable of fighting."

Although Pei Xingjian's record and playing style are still powerful, they are not incomprehensible.

On the other hand, in the early Tang Dynasty, 3,000 miles of rushing to pursue and destroy Tuyuhun, and 3,000 riding snow nights raided to break the Eastern Turks.

Is this a human thing?

(End of chapter)