"Did Brother Xian get some news?" Li Xiuning and Chai Shao looked at each other in astonishment. Li Xiuning winked at Ye Zhu, and Ye Zhu consciously closed the door of the front hall. , Chai Shao then asked Lu Chen in a tone full of speculation and probing.
"No!" Lu Chen responded simply.
"Uh..." After receiving such a straightforward answer from Lu Chen, the couple looked at each other in confusion.
"Then why do you want to mention Ashina Dubi and Master Liang?" Chai Shao asked again.
"This is purely my speculation. This time King Rencheng returned to Lingzhou, he must have received some news. Otherwise, His Majesty would definitely not be in such a hurry and let King Rencheng return to Lingzhou just after the New Year!" Lu Chen said directly After hearing Lu Chen's analysis, the couple nodded in agreement. As the commander-in-chief of the army, even if Lu Chen didn't say anything about it, they understood the reason. However, in their status and position, You can't say this casually.
"Of course we are aware of this kind of thing! But even so, Master Liang and Ashina Dubi are sending their troops south, and naturally they will not lead a small number of soldiers. With the strength of Lingzhou's troops, Chengfan can only Defensive, can't we counterattack?" Li Xiuning frowned slightly and looked at Lu Chen and whispered in a speculative tone.
"I feel that Liang Shidu's fellow will not be involved in this matter this time, but will let Ashina Dubi use the road to approach Lingzhou, and he will reap the benefits!" Lu Chen shook his head. Shaking his head, he expressed his speculation directly.
"Why?" Hearing what Lu Chen said, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao looked at Lu Chen with some confusion. As far as they knew, Master Liang was now an ally of Ashina Dubi, and Master Liang was now even more so. He was canonized as Dabijia Khan by Ashina Dubi.
"Piga" is the son of Gu Duulu, the founder of the Eastern Turks. This man is the Zuoxian King of the Turks. Now Ashina Dubi has given this title to Liang Shidu, using the position of "Zuoxian King" to win over Liang Shidu, since Liang Shidu has accepted the position of the Turkic Zuoxian King, how could Ashina Dubi send troops this time to allow Liang Shidu, who is sitting on the "south passage", to stay at home?
"The purpose of Ashina Dubi this time is not to capture Lingzhou, but to plunder food..." Lu Chen explained, "The Turks are nomadic people and are not good at production. The purpose of going south this time is to plunder. Food that will help them transition to spring!”
After hearing Lu Chen's analysis, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao nodded unconsciously, thinking that what Lu Chen said made sense.
"However, since the Liang master has accepted the canonization and became the Great Big Khan, he can completely supply the food of his 'Liang Kingdom' to the Turks!" At this moment, Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and said, Obviously, he had different views on Lu Chen's analysis. Moreover, according to the tip, Master Liang often provided daily necessities such as salt, iron and food to the Turks in order to protect his "Liang Kingdom".
What's more, Master Liang is the one who owns the "Four Great Salt Ponds". The reason why his "Liang Kingdom" has not been conquered until now is entirely because of the support of the "Four Great Salt Ponds" in his hands, and also because of him. Only with these four salt ponds in hand can the Turkic Jieli Khan befriend him. What if Jieli Khan doesn't want these four salt ponds?
How could you not want to!
Ashina Dubi dreams of taking these four salt ponds as his own. If there are these four salt ponds, Ashina Dubi will definitely relieve the Turks' "lack of food and salt". But Ashina Dubi can sit in his current position, he is not a fool.
After killing Liang Shidu, he will definitely have to face the Tang Dynasty, and the existence of Liang Shidu is the barrier between him and the Tang Dynasty, and now it seems that this barrier is "in control" in his hands. This Xiazhou of Liang Shidu is now a "door" on the "wall" of the Tang Dynasty, and the "key" of this door is in his hand. With Master Liang, he is isolated from the Tang Dynasty. You can open the door and "go south" at any time, but if Datang wants to counterattack itself, it must first knock down this door.
What's more, now that the Tang Dynasty has been settled and the country is not peaceful, how can it have the ability to divide its troops to knock down this "door"? Moreover, Liang Shidu's "Liang Kingdom" is still quite stable at this time. The Tang Dynasty wants to knock down this "door" of Liang Shidu. The "Sect" will definitely suffer heavy losses, and by then the foundation of the Tang Dynasty will be shaken. If this is the case, then he can directly send his troops south to replace it.
This is the thought of Jieli Khan Ashina Dubi. As for going south from time to time, to put it bluntly, it is for "training troops" and "grabbing grass in the valley." Of course, if the defenders of Lingzhou go out to meet the enemy's pursuit, then he will not Mind taking Lingzhou and approaching Chang'an.
"Haha!" Hearing Li Xiuning's worry, Lu Chen chuckled, "Your Highness, as far as I know, although Ashina Dubi is Jieli Khan, the Turks are a mixture of many tribes. Even if Then Liangshi all supplies food, how much can Xiazhou alone supply? If the distribution is uneven and causes internal strife, this is what Ashina Dubi does not want to see!"
"If that's the case, can't we take advantage of this?" Chai Shao's eyes lit up after hearing Lu Chen's analysis.
"Use this point?" After hearing Chai Shao's suggestion, Lu Chen looked at Chai Shao, "Brother Chai, even if we take advantage of this point, how will your majesty deal with the tribes that surrendered to the Tang Dynasty?" Lu Chen looked directly at Chai Shao and asked road.
"This..." Upon hearing Lu Chen's rhetorical question, Chai Shao was stunned for a moment, then directly asked tentatively, "Eradicate the root of the problem?"
"Brother Chai, if you can really do this! I will definitely respect you as a man!" Lu Chen gave Chai Shao a thumbs up and said, "There are at least millions of Turks now. If you can kill them all, If you kill them all, you will definitely be famous in history, even more famous than Bai Qi!"
Lu Chen's words were not without purpose. The number of people killed by the "Killer God" Bai Qi in his lifetime was basically the same as the number of Turks today. However, Bai Qi did not kill them all at once. He could kill up to 400,000 surrendered troops at one time. That's it. If Chai Shao kills millions of Turks at once, then Chai Shao will definitely be more famous in history than Bai Qi. After all, a million people were killed in one battle, which is more than any other battle in history. Numbers that cannot be reached.
"Uh..." After hearing Lu Chen's words, Chai Shao fell silent. Indeed, as Lu Chen said, Chai Shao really couldn't kill millions of people in a battle, not to mention that including the old man Weak women and children are included. When the two armies fight, it is a matter of life and death. If the old, young, women and children are massacred, it is a psychological abnormality.
"Actually, I have also considered this matter, but now the time is not ripe. Even if there is a way, it cannot be implemented!" Lu Chen said with a sigh.
"Why?" After hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xiuning asked curiously.
"Because there is Master Liang in the middle. Even if Master Liang is not eliminated, he will always be a thorn in the side of the Tang Dynasty!" Lu Chen said helplessly, and Lu Chen knew that this Master Liang had never surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, until It was not until the second year of Zhenguan that the people were pacified, and this old boy died at the hands of his cousin.
"Does my dear brother have a way to attack Master Liang?" After hearing Lu Chen's words, Chai Shao looked directly at Lu Chen and asked. After all, judging from the meaning behind Lu Chen's words, Lu Chen was planning to attack Master Liang. Take action.
"I have this idea, but this matter is very serious. If Your Majesty doesn't agree, I'm afraid it won't be possible!" Lu Chen said while looking at Chai Shao and at the same time looking at Li Xiuning.
"Could it be that you want to use the Detachment of Women?" Who is Li Xiuning? To put it bluntly, half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by this princess. Seeing the way Lu Chen looked at him, he naturally knew what Lu Chen was thinking. What's wrong, so he asked directly.
"Yes! If you want to take advantage of this opportunity to conquer Liangshidu, you can only use His Highness's Women's Army!" Lu Chen was not prepared to say anything false or convoluted, and said straightforwardly.
"Why?" Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen and asked with some confusion, "Aren't His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Qin more suitable candidates?"
"Only His Highness is the most suitable person to do this!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning and said. At the same time, he also told Li Xiuning the pros and cons of the analysis with Li Daozong. After hearing Lu Chen's analysis, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao both nodded in agreement. "Furthermore, Your Highness, don't forget one thing. Whether it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or His Highness the King of Qin, if either of them leads an army to fight, out of the desire to suppress the other party, there will inevitably be people from the other side occupying the army. For an important position, if the opportunity to fight is delayed, this is the most terrifying thing!" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning and said.
However, there was one thing that Lu Chen didn't say, that is, if people from these aristocratic families took this opportunity to reveal military information to the "outside" and wanted to "kill someone with a borrowed knife", it would be possible.
"Besides, no matter how great this military achievement is, Your Highness is still a woman. Do you understand, Your Highness?" 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, so they nodded again.
"It's a pity that no matter what we say, we are just guessing. Whether I will be allowed to lead the troops on the expedition will probably require Aye's consent! What's more, if the Detachment of Women abandons Niangzi Pass and leaves, I am afraid that the Turks will Directly divide the troops at Niangziguan!" Li Xiuning said directly with some worry.
"I didn't say that all the Detachment of Women was needed!" Lu Chen heard Li Xiuning's worried words and said with a smile, "With only half of the Detachment of Detachment, I will be able to capture Xiazhou and take over Liangshidu!" Lu Chen smiled with a smile. said.
"Oh? Are you planning to lead the army personally?" After hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Xiuning raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Chen and asked, her words directly revealing the meaning of expectation.
"It's the end of the year and I'm very busy with work, so I can only try my best to update it every day. I would like to express my sincere apologies to all readers!
In the final analysis, the author Jun is just an amateur writer who loves history. His first attempt at the history genre may make readers feel bad about his writing. I would like to thank all readers for their tolerance! "
