In the Liangyi Hall, Li Shan was eloquent and chatting. From Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng to all the prime ministers... all looked a little strange.
Because basically what Li Shan said was nonsense. He analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a county from a series of factors. Anyway, he said it from the front and the other way around. What he said was something that everyone knew well.
If a county is established, a large army will be stationed to prepare for the Turks, and it is likely to stop the Turks' civil strife. In the past two or three years, the Tang Dynasty has fought many wars with the Turks. The Hedong Road is fine, but the Guannai Road has been severely damaged. Recuperate and recuperate.
But if a county is established, as long as Yulin County can be defended, the situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will change greatly. Originally, the Tang Dynasty used troops on the grassland, mainly in Lingzhou and Daizhou. If it can capture Hetao As time goes by, the region will inevitably become Datang's new frontier against the Turks.
This is indeed true in history. In the battle to overthrow the Eastern Turks, Li Jing and Li Shiji led their troops from Hedong, Xue Wanche led his army from Youzhou, Li Daozong led his army from Lingzhou, and Chai Shao, who was the governor of Huazhou at the time, led his army from Huazhou. Go north along the Yellow River, pass through Yulin County, and cooperate with Li Jing's main force.
Chen Shuda couldn't help but reprimanded: "Your Majesty asked for advice, why did the King of Wei talk about it?"
Li Shan chuckled, "This matter should be decided by His Majesty Qiankun."
This is a bit shameless. Before the Qing Dynasty, there had never been a great dictator in the true sense of the word in Chinese history. Even Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian, who had three provinces and six ministries and monopolized power, had a "true prime minister" Gao Jiong, who was particular about the two Song dynasties. It is "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together".
In other words, such military and state affairs must be decided by the emperor, the prime minister, and the ministers through joint discussion. The emperor is never qualified to make the decision alone... If Wei Zheng were here, he would probably scold Li Shan for being a " A sycophant.”
Li Yuan was a little bit dumbfounded by these words, "Huairen elaborates, what if there is no county?"
"If a county is not established, the army will naturally gather together to recover Yinzhou, Suizhou, Shuofang, and Yanzhou, so that the defense line from Yinzhou to Lingzhou is complete, and at the same time, the people of Yulin County will be relocated." Li Shan spread his hands and said: "If a county is established, we should send Send generals to garrison..."
After a pause, Li Shan looked at the prince first, and then at the King of Qin, "To fight against the Turks, either attack with attack or send out elite soldiers and strong generals. The Tianjie Army under the command of King Yan should be able to do this."
"You can either hold on and wait for help, but you need to build more forts and bake red bricks locally. Zhang Shigui, the governor of Yuanzhou, once held on to Guji Town, which is most suitable."
Li Yuan raised his eyebrows, and he was indeed impartial. Luo Yi, the king of Yan County, is the military general that the East Palace relies on most, and Zhang Shigui is a close general of the King of Qin, and Zhang Shigui is the governor of Yuanzhou... If the Lingzhou army wants to go south, Zhang Shigui, who is stationed in Yuanzhou and holds important positions, will be a very key figure.
Pei Shiju felt a little bored, and thought that it was really not easy for Li Shan. He was tossing and turning with his left and right hands, forcefully getting into the mud... In such a short time, his mind was spinning so fast.
Li Shan really had no choice. He thought about it for a long time before he came up with this solution... It didn't mean to make peace with the mud, but to build a stronghold in Yulin County, imitating Guji Town to divide and restrict the activity space of the Turkic cavalry.
In fact, the Hetao area did not play a practical role in most of the Tang Dynasty because the territory of the Tang Dynasty was too large. During the reign of the first three emperors, first the East Turks, then Xue Yantuo, then the West Turks, and Guannai Dao The threat in the north was swept away, and the hostile tribes either hid far away in the Western Regions or in Liaodong, so the Hetao area basically remained calm.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Hetao area was first seized by Xixia, then Jin, and finally swallowed up by Mongolia. It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang Jianming that he was able to return to China.
The main way the Ming Dynasty resisted the Mongolian invasion in the Hetao area was to divide the enemy's activity space with a large number of fortresses, and finally concentrated its forces to expel the Mongols... However, the Tang Dynasty did not have this condition now, and it did not have this habit.
When fighting against the Turks, the Tang army relied on chariot formations for defense and cavalry for attack. It sounds like both offense and defense, but in reality it was mainly field battles. The most important of these was the elite cavalry that could break formations. These were the guardsmen of the Ming Dynasty. conditions that are not met.
Nowadays, in terms of experience in fighting Turks, Li Shan has the most experience, but there are two cavalry against Turks, one is under the command of Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou, and the other is the Tianjie Army under the command of Luo Yi, King of Yan County.
It is said that if the Tianjie Army is mobilized, Luo Yi will be driven out of Chang'an, but neither Donggong nor Li Yuan will do this. The former itself does not agree with the establishment of a county, and the latter will not provoke Li Jiancheng at this time.
Therefore, Li Shan's hand was perfect... He even dragged Zhang Shigui into it.
At the same time, Li Shan also vaguely expressed his attitude to Li Yuan... Whether it is Zhang Shigui or Luo Yi, they are indispensable to the King of Qin and the Crown Prince. I am really impartial and only support you!
Pei Shiju regretted in his heart that after the two battles of Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, Li Huairen would not return to the battlefield in a short time. Neither His Majesty nor the King of Qin would allow it. Otherwise, if he really wanted to give advice today, what would Luo Yi and Zhang Shigui do? Dao Zai, stationed in Yulin, it must be Li Huairen.
When Dubu Khan and Tuli Khan know that you are in Yulin County, they will definitely stop making peace and kill you first... I don't believe you can escape this disaster!
Obviously Li Yuan had trouble making a decision for a while, so he changed the topic and asked about the current situation of Lingzhou and Huizhou. After all, they had just recovered. Liang Jun needed to disband and return home, and the government offices needed to be rebuilt. Officials and generals also needed to be rebuilt. There are countless things going on in Zhe Chong Mansion.
Yang Gongren, who was also the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, couldn't hold on any longer. Although he was famous, he also had heavy responsibilities, not to mention his own position as the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In the end, Li Yuan ordered the Minister to order the King of Qin Li Shimin and the Minister Zuopu to shoot Pei Ji. Collaborative measures should be taken to restore the organizational structure of Lingzhou and Huizhou as soon as possible, and also prepare candidates for officials in Yinzhou, Suizhou, Shuofang and other places.
Li Shan sat in the back boredly. He was not very interested in these things. He was thinking about whether he would be able to live with peace of mind by this time next year. When this era just came, he was determined to leave a mark in the history books. own name.
Now, I have done it, and I can't do it any better.
Li Shan believed that even if Li Jing succeeded in destroying the Eastern Turks in the future, and Su Dingfang could destroy the Three Kingdoms and capture their masters in the future, they would not be able to overshadow his own glory.
When it was about to end, Pei Ji asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, Master Liang has been escorted to the capital. Do you want to dedicate prisoners to the Ancestral Temple?"
Li Yuan's face suddenly darkened, and after a moment he said: "Master Liang is in Shuofang, and Liang Luoren is in Chang'an, both of them will be cut in half immediately!"
Everyone was a little surprised. Li Shan remembered that when he just returned to Beijing, Li Yuan also mentioned that if Liang Shidu was captured, he and Liang Luoren would be sacrificed to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Why did he change his mind now?
(End of chapter)
