Li Yuan dismissed Li Jiancheng and immediately decided to act according to Sima Yi's plan: "Pei Qing, you will be fully responsible for this matter. Select capable people from the Ministry of Rites to send envoys to Turks, Tubo and Goguryeo. As long as they are willing to send troops to help, the gold and silver treasures of the Central Plains will be , even my princess, I can give it to them!"
"Wei Chen obeys the order!"
Pei Ji nodded and glanced at Sima Yi. Sima Yi understood and slowly pushed the wheelchair and retreated with Pei Ji.
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The Tang Dynasty sent envoys to the Turks, Tubo, and Goguryeo to request them to send troops to help the Tang Dynasty attack the Sui Dynasty. The news soon spread throughout the country. In fact, Li Yuan had no intention of hiding it. After all, the Tang Dynasty was currently short of troops. By then, there would be at least hundreds of thousands of Turkic and Tibetan troops entering from Hedong, Guanzhong. It was impossible to hide such a huge scale.
In this case, instead of causing panic when the time comes, it is better to let the wind out now so that the Tang Dynasty soldiers and civilians can be prepared. However, Li Yuan issued a death order regarding the cession of Bashu Youzhou in Liaodong. Anyone who knew about it, including Prince Li Jiancheng, who dared to reveal even a single word would be immediately executed.
"The Turks, Tubo, Goguryeo are all ambitious people. Allowing these barbarians to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains will do a lot of damage to our Central Plains world. I think it is absolutely impossible!"
Although the land cession was not leaked, many Tang officials still wrote letters of objection. In addition to the prince Li Jiancheng, there were also many officials such as Prime Minister Dugu Zhen, Chen Shuda, General Dou Kang, Zhongshu Shilang Yu Wenshiji, Admonishment Officer Han Qi, and Prince Xima Wei Zheng.
Li Shimin, the king of Qin in Longxi, and Chai Rong, the general in charge of Hedong, also wrote fierce letters of opposition, but they were suppressed by Li Yuan's strong attitude.
Yang Gao, who had moved his capital to Luoyang, also received the news. Not long ago, Han Xin completely wiped out the Nuzhen forces and captured Wanyan Aguda's success report to the capital. Yang Gao immediately ordered Han Xin to take advantage of the victory to march to recapture Liaodong, and mobilized the troops just summoned. Li Hongzhang and Fu Bi were born. Li Hongzhang acted as governor of Liaodong, and Fu Bi went north as deputy. While assisting Yu Qian, the governor of Youzhou, to prepare logistics for Han Xin's army, he took office when Liaodong was recovered.
Li Hongzhang's implanted identity is that of Li Jing's clan brother. With Li Jing, his brother with outstanding military achievements, and the two of them are only acting as agents in charge of logistics, this can be used to test their abilities. If they are incompetent, they can be replaced immediately. , so the ministers did not have much objection to the two men's unusual appointment.
"Thanks to your majesty's respect, I am designated as the Great Sui Dynasty. I will go through fire and water for your majesty without hesitation!"
Li Hongzhang and Fu Bi thanked the emperor for his kindness and headed north at night with their followers.
A few days after the two left, the news that Li Yuan colluded with Turkic, Tubo, Goguryeo and other forces to plan to attack the Sui Dynasty was presented to Yang Gao.
"The traitor Li Yuan deserves to die!"
Yang Gao slapped the desk fiercely: "The Turks and Tibetans are all ambitious, and Goguryeo is a feud in the Central Plains. The traitor Li Yuan wants to open the country wide and let them enter the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot. Even if they die, they will never be able to atone for their sins!"
Yang Gao, who came from later generations, knew very well that every time the nomads went south to invade the Central Plains, they would bring heavy disasters to the people of the Central Plains. Whether they took the initiative to go south or borrowed troops to quell the Sui Dynasty as Li Yuan claimed now.
Historically, the Tang Dynasty borrowed troops from Huihe in order to quell the Anshi Rebellion. Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Heng, was eager to regain the capital and made an agreement with the Uighurs that "on the day the city is conquered, the land, scholars and common people will return to the Tang Dynasty, and the gold, silk, and children will all return to the Uighurs."
Later, due to the persuasion of Prince Guangping Wang Li Yu, Chang'an was saved from disaster, but Luoyang was sacked by the Uighurs twice.
"Old Tang Book" records: "After taking over Tokyo, Huihe went into the treasury to collect wealth and silk, and looted the streets and villages for three days. The wealth was incalculable." "Zizhi Tongjian" records that "Huihe entered Tokyo and carried out wanton killings. Thousands of people were killed, and the fire was not extinguished for ten days." Kill without fear."
Although the Tang Dynasty at that time experienced a great loss in national power after the An-Shi Rebellion, its remaining power was still there. The Uighurs dared to burn, kill and loot like this, not to mention that Li Tang was suppressed by the Sui Dynasty. Yang Gao suspected that Li Yuan might cede territory like Shi Jingtang in order to request the Turkic Tubo Goguryeo to send troops.
Taking a deep breath, Yang Gao calmed down the anger in his heart and said slowly: "Old thief Li Yuan realized that since the Battle of Bashu, the Tang family would never be our enemy in the Sui Dynasty, so he thought In order to collude with the Turks, Tibet and Goguryeo, they are trying to fight to the death."
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!"
In the imperial study, in addition to several civil servants from the Military Aircraft Department, including Yu Yunwen, Liu Bowen, Fang Xuanling, Chen Ping, and Jia Xu, there were also generals Xue Rengui and Chang Yuchun who were stationed in Luoyang.
Yu Yunwen said calmly: "In the battle between Bashu and Bashu, Li Yaoshi severely damaged the main force of the Tang army led by Li Shimin. After Li Shimin retreated to Guanzhong, he still refused to return. How many soldiers and horses are left in Li Yuan's hands? What else can he do except grovel and ask for help from foreign races? ?”
Liu Bowen also said coldly: "I have a saying, if God wants him to die, he will be driven crazy. Li Yuan is at the end of his rope now. If he colludes with the barbarians to invade the Central Plains, he will definitely lose his heart!"
Yang Gao nodded slowly. It was hateful that Li Yuan led the barbarians to invade the Central Plains, but it also showed that the Tang Dynasty was at the end of its rope: "Old thief Li Yuan is now planning to fight to the death with me. In my opinion, The Puppet Tang Dynasty had just suffered a big loss in Bashu, and Li Shimin, who was closest to Bashu, defied Li Yuan's will again. Li Yuan will not launch troops against Bashu again. The main direction of the Puppet Tang Dynasty and the Hu people's attack is likely to be Hebei and Dongdu. According to my will, Order the generals from all over the country to train their troops diligently and pay close attention to the movements of the puppet Tang Dynasty."
After a pause, Yang Gao turned to look at Jia Xu and said in a deep voice: "Jia Aiqing, use all the imperial guards in Guanzhong to make sure you understand the troop deployment and direction of the Puppet Tang Dynasty, as well as the Turks and Tibetans."
Jia Xu, who had the lowest presence in the imperial study room, heard Yang Gao's roll call, and then he slowly stepped out of the queue and said, "I obey the order!"
"Li Yuan led the barbarians to invade. I don't believe that there was no one in the puppet Tang Dynasty who opposed what he did."
Yang Gao continued: "Aiqing can look for candidates among the officials of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty and recruit the most capable ones to be used by me in the Sui Dynasty!"
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During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, both sides began to make arrangements intensively. Yue Fei from Hebei, Li Jing from Bashu, and Xue Rengui from the Central Plains summoned their soldiers to strengthen training. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin of Longxi and Chai Rong of Hedong opposed Li Yuan's efforts to lead the barbarians into the fortress, but Li Yuan had already made his own decisions. They could only act in accordance with the order and prepare military equipment to wait for the arrival of the Turkic and Tibetan armies.
