The two talked for a long time before Chai Shao understood Li Ke's arrangement, but it was too risky.
"Your Highness, your plan is too risky."
His Highness evacuated the troops from the four states in Hexi, which really made Tuyuhun greedy. Tuyuhun dreamed of taking the four states in Hexi as his own.
However, he never had the strength to win it, so he could only take advantage of Datang's lack of attention, give Datang a sudden attack, rob it and then run away.
Today, Guazhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou only have Zhechong Prefecture, and the three states have less than five thousand troops. It can be said that as long as the Tuyuhun cavalry arrives, the three states will fall.
There were fifty thousand elites in Liangzhou. He originally thought that His Highness would place Qin Qiong in Ganzhou, so that he could rescue Guazhou on the left and Suzhou and Liangzhou on the right.
But when he arrived here, he realized that not only did His Highness fail to do so, he also moved his 50,000-strong army, not a single one of them left, to the north, almost crawling into Xue Yantuo's territory.
As for the Zhechong Mansion in the three states to the west, instead of defending the city, the three families gathered together and guarded Yangguan and Yumenguan, staring at Gaochangguo.
It seems that Gao Changguo is the main target of this attack.
"Your Highness, Tuyuhun Prime Minister Tianzhu King Dilian Wu is very cunning and scheming. I'm afraid he will see your Highness's strategy. What if they don't come to Liangzhou?"
"Instead, attack Shanzhou, Taozhou, or Minzhou..."
Li Ke shrugged and said that was just right.
"The king has now solved the internal problems in Longxi. He has sufficient food and grass. He can also borrow 20,000 cavalry from Xue Yantuo, plus 20,000 elites from Li Daliang and 30,000 elites from Qin Qiong. Now that you have brought another 30,000 horses, we will start from Gansu. The state entered Tuyuhun territory."
"At that time, my father-in-law will use the country's sacred weapon to break through the defense of Riyue Mountain, and lead two commander-level generals, Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun, to attack Fuqi City from the northern front."
"Hou Junji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Li Daozong, the Chief of Marching, Ren Chengwang, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Li Daoyan, the Governor of Minzhou, set out from Taozhou and Minzhou to attack the southern line guarded by the Qiang and Dangxiang people."
"In this way, I won't believe it if you are attacked from three sides. Fu Yun can still grow wings and fly this time."
"Tuyuhun only has so many troops. Counting all his people as soldiers, he killed 150,000 people. However, we dispatched 130,000 combat troops. Including the logistics troops, the number exceeds 160,000."
Chai Shao was stunned.
When did we dispatch 160,000 troops? Didn’t the DPRK say that there were only 80,000 troops?
Even if we add the 30,000 he brought and the 20,000 troops borrowed from Xue Yantuo, this is only 130,000.
It took only 100,000 troops to defeat the northern overlord, the Eastern Turks! !
this……
If Tuyuhun knew that the Tang Dynasty had sent an army of 160,000 to attack them, would he be frightened to death?
"Of course, Xue Yantuo is not worthy of the Tang Dynasty's mobilization of troops. Eighty thousand people are enough to destroy the country."
"There are two reasons why we mobilized so many people this time."
"On the one hand, it is to frighten Tibet and make it return all the territory it occupied in Tuyuhun. The territory of the Southwest Qiang people originally belonged to the previous dynasty. We, the Tang Dynasty, inherited everything from the previous dynasty. That part of the territory should be returned to our Tang Dynasty. Song Whenever Zangampo wants to blow up his hair, I will teach him how to behave."
"On the other hand, after capturing Tuyuhun, the three armies gathered in Hexi and attacked Gaochang to open the western gate of the Tang Dynasty and open up the Silk Road."
"It depends on Xue Yantuo's attitude at that time. If they dare to cheat, I will kill them. If he is willing to follow the Tang Dynasty to defeat the countries in the Western Regions, then we will take over the Western Regions first and deal with the Western Turks together."
"Three to five years later, the Tang Dynasty will basically realize control of the Western Regions. It depends on Xue Yantuo's attitude. If he is willing to surrender, Yi Nan can still be an idle king and die in peace in Chang'an. If he is not willing, he can only be sent to Chang'an immediately. See the Buddha."
Although Li Ke was just talking on paper, his ambition really suppressed Chai Shao.
However, with the current logistics of the Tang Dynasty, it is still a bit difficult to support such a large-scale long-distance operation. After all, the domestic aristocratic families control the resources. Your Majesty is crying for poverty every day, and the treasury is running out of money.
But your Majesty actually sent an army of 160,000 this time. Is the court really poor?
Fighting relies on logistics. Without strong logistical support, this war cannot be fought...
"Uncle, in the past two days, I have sent my father twelve urgent messages of 800 miles."
Chai Shao: "???"
"The content is that the situation in the northwest is tense. All the people of Tuyuhun are armed, with 150,000 cavalry, ready to fight to the death with our army. Gaochang unites the countries in the western region to form a coalition army, with hundreds of thousands of people, and the troops are overwhelming Yumen Pass and Yang Pass..."
"Xue Yantuo from the north took advantage of the crisis and gathered tens of thousands of troops at the border of the Tang Dynasty..."
"The situation of our army is not optimistic. Now we need support from the DPRK and China. Let the DPRK and China send another 50,000 elite troops and 200,000 troops with food and fodder for half a year."
"Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of the Longyou Road march, also urged my father to cover twelve roads and eight hundred miles in one day. The content is consistent with my king."
Chai Shao's face turned pale, and he thought in his heart, "Is His Highness going to rebel?"
It was obvious that he could easily kill Tuyuhun, even scare Tubo, and easily destroy Gaochang, yet he even asked for help from His Majesty.
Half a year's worth of food and fodder for an army of 200,000 people was enough for a successful rebellion.
But he is not willing to follow His Highness to rebel!
He has reached the pinnacle of his life, has a virtuous wife, filial son, great wealth, and a noble status. There is no need to take risks with His Highness.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Chai Shao couldn't speak clearly, and a cold feeling appeared on his forehead.
In these years of following Li Yuan, following his second brother-in-law to conquer the world, and following his second brother-in-law to kill his first brother-in-law, he had never been afraid, but today he was really scared.
This boy from His Majesty's family actually wanted to rebel, and even wanted to drag him along with him.
"Uncle, what are you thinking about?" Li Ke looked at Chai Shao's nervous look and rolled his eyes.
"This is my father's plan. My father wants to take advantage of the situation in the northwest to transport a large amount of food to the northwest, causing a domestic food shortage, causing food prices to skyrocket, and allowing wealthy families and wealthy businessmen to stock up on food."
"At the critical moment, the DPRK and the Central Government shipped a large amount of grain to the country, and at the same time announced that there was no shortage of grain in the Tang Dynasty and drove down the price of grain."
"At that time, it will not be my father who begs for help, but all the wealthy families will kneel down and beg my father and the court, and the court will buy the food. Isn't this the military expenditure for our war?"
"Every time we go back and forth, the aristocratic family's money will be lost to the imperial court, and the food is still in the hands of the imperial court. It is considered that the aristocratic family and the wealthy family have paid for our military expenses."
Chai Shao: "???"
Chai Shao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Isn't this too stupid?
"Uncle, only my father-in-law, father-in-law, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji know about this matter. It must not be spread out."
"Your Highness, don't worry, I know what's going on."
Chai Shao finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't rebel.
"Then you immediately write an urgent letter of eight hundred miles and send it to the court to create opportunities for my father!"
"I will send a letter right away..."
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