The second wind rises in Chang'an Chapter 377 A thorn in the eye
"Could it be that Brother Xian has received some rumors?" Li Xiuning and Chai Shao were stunned, and after glancing at each other, Li Xiuning gave Ye Zhu a look, Ye Zhu consciously closed the door of the front hall, and Chai Shao asked Lu Chen in a tone of speculation and temptation.
"Nope!" Lu Chen responded very dryly.
"Uh..." After receiving Lu Chen's answer so dryly, the husband and wife looked at each other directly.
"Then why did the virtuous brother mention this Ashina and Liang Shidu?" Chai Shao asked again.
"This is purely speculation, this time the king of Rencheng returned to Lingzhou, he must have received some rumors, otherwise His Majesty would definitely not be in such a hurry, just after the New Year, let the king of Rencheng return to Lingzhou!" Lu Chen analyzed directly, hearing Lu Chen's analysis, the couple nodded in agreement, as the commander of the army, even if Lu Chen didn't say anything about it, they also understood the reason, but in their identity and position, they couldn't say this kind of thing casually.
"Of course we know about it! But even so, the Liang division and Ashina are fighting south, and the soldiers they bring will naturally not be in the minority, with the strength of Lingzhou, Chengfan can only defend, not counterattack, right? Li Xiuning frowned slightly, looked at Lu Chen and said in a low tone of speculation.
"Bengong thinks that this time I'm afraid that Liang Shidu will not participate in this matter, but will let Ashina take advantage of the road to approach Lingzhou, and he will reap the benefits of the fisherman!" Lu Chen shook his head and directly stated his speculation.
"Why?" Hearing Lu Chen say this, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao looked at Lu Chen with some doubts, as far as they knew, this Liang Shidu is now an ally with Ashina Dubi, and Liang Shidu is now canonized as the Great Viga Khan by Ashina Dubi.
"Viga" is the son of the founder of the Eastern Turks, Gu Lulu, this person is the Turkic Zuoxian King, and now Ashina Dubi gave this title to Liang Shidu, that is, to use the position of "Zuoxian King" to win over Liang Shidu, since Liang Shidu accepted the position of this Turkic Zuoxian King, then how could Ashina send troops this time let Liang Shidu, who has the "southbound passage", sit firmly at home?
"The purpose of Ashina this time is not to conquer Lingzhou, but to plunder food..."Lu Chen explained, "The Turks are nomadic people and are not good at production, and the purpose of this trip south is to plunder the food that can allow them to transition to spring!" ”
Hearing Lu Chen's analysis, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao nodded unconsciously, thinking that Lu Chen was reasonable.
"However, since the Liang master has accepted the canonization and become the Great Viga Khan, he can supply the grain of his 'Liang State' to the Turks!" At this moment, Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and said, obviously he had a different opinion on Lu Chen's analysis, not to mention, according to the report, in order to keep his "Liang State", the Liang division often provided salt, iron and food to the Turkic side of the necessities of life.
What's more, Liang Shidu is a person who sits on the "Four Great Salt Ponds", and the reason why his "Liang State" has not been conquered until now is entirely because of the support of the "Four Great Salt Ponds" in his hands, and also because he has these four major salt pools in his hands, and the Turkic Jieli Khan will be friendly with him.
How could not be wanted!
Ashina Ambi dreamed of taking these four salt pools as his own, if he had these four salt pools, Ashina Ambi would definitely alleviate the "less salt" in the Turkic "lack of food and less salt", but Ashina Rou can sit in this position now, he is not a fool.
After killing Liang Shidu, he will definitely have to face Datang, and the existence of this Liang Shidu is the barrier between him and the Datang, and this barrier now seems to be "mastered" in his hands, this Liang Shidu's Xiazhou is now a "door" on the "wall" of Datang, and the "key" of this door is in his hands, with Liang Shidu isolating him from Datang, he can open the door at any time to "go south", but if Datang wants to counterattack himself, he must first knock down this door.
What's more, now that the Tang Dynasty has been decided, and the country is not calm, how can it have the ability to divide troops to tear down this "door", and at this time, the "Liang State" of Liang Shidu is still quite stable, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely suffer heavy losses if it wants to overthrow the "door" of Liang Shidu, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the foundation of the newly established Datang will be shaken, if so, then he can directly wave his troops south and replace it.
This is the mind of Jieli Khan Ashina, as for going south from time to time, to put it bluntly, it is for "training" and "fighting grass valley", of course, if the defenders of Lingzhou go out to meet the enemy and pursue, then he doesn't mind taking Lingzhou and approaching Chang'an.
"Huh!" Hearing Li Xiuning's concern, Lu Chen chuckled directly, "Your Highness, as far as you know, although Ashina is a Jieli Khan, but that Turkic is a multi-tribe mixture, even if the Liang division supplies food, how much can it supply in Xiazhou alone?" If it is unevenly distributed, it will cause infighting, which is what Ashina does not want to see! ”
"If that's the case, can't we take advantage of that?" Hearing Lu Chen's analysis, Chai Shao's eyes lit up.
"Take advantage of this?" Hearing Chai Shao's proposal, Lu Chen looked at Chai Shao, "Brother Chai, even if we take advantage of this, how should Your Majesty deal with those tribes that have descended to the Tang Dynasty?" Lu Chen looked directly at Chai Shao and asked.
"This..."Hearing Lu Chen's rhetorical question, Chai Shao was stunned, and then asked directly tentatively, "Chop the grass and eradicate the roots?" ”
"Brother Chai, if you can really do this! In the next absolutely respectful you are a man! Lu Chen gave Chai Shao a thumbs up and said, "Now that Turk, to say the least, there are millions, if you can kill them all, then you will definitely go down in history, more famous than that white qi!" ”
Lu Chen's words are not untargeted, the "killing god" Bai Qi, the number of people killed in a lifetime is basically the same as the number of Turks today, but Bai Qi is not all killed at one time, at most one time is to kill 400,000 troops, if Chai Shao kills millions of Turks at once, then Chai Shao's reputation in history is definitely greater than Bai Qi, after all, a million people died in a war, that is a number that no battle in history can reach.
"Uh..."Hearing Lu Chen's words, Chai Shao was silent, indeed, as Lu Chen said, millions of people died in the first battle, Chai Shao really couldn't do it, not to mention that there were two armies fighting, including the old and weak women and children, it was life and death, if it was a massacre of old and young women and children, it would be psychopathic.
"Actually, I've thought about this matter below, but now the time is not ripe, even if there is a way, it can't be implemented!" Lu Chen sighed and said.
"Why?" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xiuning asked directly and curiously.
"Because there is a Liang Shidu in the middle, Liang Shidu will not be removed, he will always be a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of Datang!" Lu Chen said helplessly, and Lu Chen knew that this Liang Shi had never descended to the Tang Dynasty, and it was not pacified until the second year of Zhenguan, and this old boy died in the hands of his cousin.
"Isn't there a way for the virtuous brother to conquer that Liang Shidu?" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Chai Shao looked directly at Lu Chen and asked, after all, from the analysis of the meaning of Lu Chen's words, Lu Chen was ready to do something to Master Liang.
"I have this idea below, but this matter is a bit of a big matter, if Your Majesty does not agree, I am afraid it will not be able to be implemented!" Lu Chen looked at Chai Shao, and at the same time looked at Li Xiuning and said.
"Do you want to use the Women's Army?" What kind of person is Li Xiuning, that's not a good word, half of the Tang Dynasty was beaten down by Her Royal Highness the princess, seeing Lu Chen's eyes looking at him, he naturally knew what Lu Chen was thinking, so he asked directly.
"Yes! If you want to take advantage of this opportunity to conquer the Liang Division, the only way is Your Highness's Lady Army! Lu Chen wasn't going to say anything vain and reckless, so he said straightforwardly.
"Why?" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and asked with some puzzlement, "Aren't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qin more suitable candidates?" ”
"This matter is only suitable for His Highness to do!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning and said, and at the same time told Li Xiuning about the pros and cons of Li Daozong's analysis, and Li Xiuning and Chai Shao also nodded in agreement after listening to Lu Chen's analysis, "Moreover, Your Highness, don't forget one thing, whether it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or His Royal Highness the King of Qin, any of the two of them will lead troops to the battle, out of the idea of wanting to clamp down on the other side, there will inevitably be someone on the other side who will occupy important positions in the army, and when the time comes, the fighter will be delayed, this is the most terrible thing!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning and said.
However, Lu Chen didn't say a word, that is, if these people from the family took this opportunity to confide in the "outside" about the military situation, it was possible to "borrow a knife to kill people".
"What's more, no matter how great this military merit is, Your Highness is a woman, does Your Highness understand?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning and nodded with a smile.
With the minds of Li Xiuning and Chai Shao, how could they not understand the meaning of Lu Chen's words, and they all nodded again.
"It's a pity, no matter what we say, it's just a guess, whether this palace will be allowed to lead troops to the battle, I'm afraid it will have to be agreed by Aye! What's more, if the Niangzi Army abandons the Niangzi Pass and leaves, the palace is afraid that the Turks will directly divide the Niangzi Pass! Li Xiuning said directly with some concern.
"I didn't say that I need all the women's army to go out!" Lu Chen heard Li Xiuning's worried words, and said with a smile, "Only half of the women's army is needed, and there is a way to take Xiazhou and Liang Shidu!" Lu Chen said with a smile.
"Oh? Is the military advisor ready to personally lead the troops to the battle? Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xiuning directly raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Chen and asked, and his words directly revealed the meaning of expectation.
"It's approaching the end of the year, and the work is busy, so I can only try to ensure that I have a daily shift, and I apologize to all the officials here!
In the final analysis, the author is just an amateur writer who loves history, and if he tries history for the first time, he may write poorly to the judges, so I would like to thank you for your great tolerance!"