.I heard that it was Li Wei's words, Liu Rengui hesitated, but his head turned quickly and immediately changed his words: "Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor, listen to me. The more troops we dispatched, the heavier the burden on the country. However, the national treasury is empty and cannot support the long-term expedition of nearly 300,000 troops. Moreover, due to the hasty affairs of the Western Turks, there are still troubles, and the Tubo people will not remain unmoved. They will also restrain the strength of the court. However, if you want to quell the Turkic rebels, it may cause the war zone to move to the center of the desert. In this way, the battle will be long, but there will be dilemmas one by one..."

"Direction?"

"If there are few soldiers, it may not be able to quell the riots. If the riots cannot quell the riots, then the consequences of Silla, Khitan, Tubo and Western Turks follow the riots, and the consequences are very serious. There are many soldiers and heavy burdens in the country... I don't know what to do."

"It was exactly that what Lian thought about at that time."

After the last performance, everyone dispersed. Li Wei walked to Liu Rengui and complained: "Liu Qing, I've said too much. If the military force is not strong, once Pei Qing fails, it will not only be the national destiny..."

"Yes, yes, I haven't thought about it."

This is indeed Liu Rengui's negligence, and there is also a reason. He is far away in the south, and he has not received much news and is not very thoughtful.

Although the burden on the country is increased, this battle requires great victory. Not all the troops will be used, but with the army, it can restrain them and increase the chance of Pei Xingjian's victory. Otherwise, if they fail, it will not only cause many consequences. Pei Xingjian was originally Li Wei's person, and Wu Zetian was very dissatisfied with Pei Xingjian. This dissatisfaction is not a year or two, but has been dissatisfied for decades. Otherwise, it would be Pei Yan and Xue Yuanchao's turn to take over? Not to mention military achievements, it is the ability of the administration, at least Pei Xingjian is above Xue Yuanchao. In terms of qualifications, family background and achievements, he has long been moved to the prime minister.

Once it fails, Pei Xingjian will inevitably be exiled to Lingnan like Xiao Siye, and Li Wei will undoubtedly cut off an important arm. He would rather give more troops, even if he gives the Turks a chance to escape, as long as he confiscate most of the Turkic troops, the remaining remnants will continue to riot in the future, and the momentum will not be as large as this time, and it will become easier to confiscate. Furthermore, a victory will increase the confidence of the soldiers.

Zheng Gongchu was always very curious and kept a short distance from Li Wei. After hearing this, his beautiful big eyes blinked, and I didn't know if I understood it.

Qiuhui made her expression amused. No matter what, this expression also shows that she is not scheming. This is a good thing. I am not afraid of Wan and Wei Yue's scheming, but I am afraid that this Zheng girl will be very scheming, otherwise she will be uneasy in the East Palace after she has a huge family as her backing.

"But I thought of a lot of things in Yinshan that Liu Qing just mentioned."

"yes……"

"It's just some ideas, not sure, and it's even harder."

If Liu Rengui is not good, please continue to ask.

Li Weigu turned his head, looked at Zheng Gongchu, and said, "Where are you here, prepare a car and send the little lady of the Zheng family back."

"Here," the guard went down to prepare the car.

When he returned to the Eastern Palace, Li Wei took out the map again to check it out. People in the Central Plains often called the Great Wall outside the Great Wall outside the Great Wall. This statement was wrong. During the Qin Dynasty, due to different knowledge and engineering quantities, it turned to the south and built the Great Wall. However, the Yinshan Nanwei had a warm and humid climate, and there were many rivers suitable for planting.

This Great Wall undoubtedly levered a large area of ​​fertile land to the nomadic peoples as a nomadic place. As a result, the strength of the nomadic people in turn threatened the safety of the people in the Central Plains many times. The Han Dynasty also had the opportunity to recover and gave it to the surrendered Huns. This was still the case in the Tang Dynasty, and levered it to the Turks. What did it mean to say that a large number of nomadic people made this land create many deserts and Gobi deserts, which was too far away. But if there was no such land that forced the nomadic people north of Yinshan, it would be a bitter and cold place. As long as the foreign enemies were blocked from Yinshan, no matter how powerful it was, a blizzard would come, these nomadic people could exterminate the race.

From a military perspective, based on the current Great Wall, from Youzhou to the east to Lingzhou to the west to Lingzhou, there are countless rivers and mountains separated by...", especially the Taihang Mountains and Luliang Mountains, which cannot communicate well with each other. Compressed outside the pass, it is just a line of Yinshan, and can cooperate in military terms. As long as the combat effectiveness is not as weak as the Song Dynasty, and using the population base of the Central Plains, it can ensure its strength to the nomadic peoples. There are many benefits, but I think of the people of all races that originally existed from the west to the east, and later moved and settled in the Tang Dynasty. It has developed to the present, with as many as millions, and it is impossible to count, but it is estimated that it may be close to more than two million people. Li Wei shook his head. It is not easy to do.

He sighed and rolled up the map again.

In the inner palace, Wu Zetian sorted out the memorials and prepared to rest.

Li Shoucheng brewed a cup of tea, brought it up, sipped it, and said, "Eunuch Li, do you think this Liu Rengui is very interesting tonight?"

"I didn't pay attention."

"You're old, too."

"Empress Dowager, I can still serve the Empress Dowager." Li Shou fell down in fear. "I am not blaming you, you get up. I just thought of Liu Rengui's tactfulness, and I want to talk to you." "Yes."

"I wonder if Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxun can stand out this time?"

"The Queen Mother, I will definitely do it. But I am worried..."

"What are you worried about?"

"Worry about the emperor's reaction."

"From the perspective of this, Honger can take into account the overall situation. This is also for the sake of the country. Although Pei Xingjian is a talent, he has extreme ideas. If this person wins a great victory, has contributions, reputation, family background, qualifications, and talent, he will take charge of more military power. If he takes charge of more military power, the national balance will collapse immediately. Honger believes in him, and relying on him as his brain, there will be a major change... The arrival of a major change is not a blessing for the country."

"Yes, the Empress Dowager is wise." Li Shoucheng was very impressed and sent someone to inspect the information in Qinghai, immediately found an opportunity from the conflict between Xue Na and Zhang Qianxun, and through Zhang Qianxun's desire to take over, he secretly brought this brave general into his hands through Pei Yan. I'm afraid that it was not something the emperor could think of.

In the court, every step was intrigue.

Five thousand soldiers of Dangxiang were also rushing to Fengzhou.

However, the battle has begun.

First, the Turks attacked, Xiao Siye was defeated, and the Turks quickly crossed the Sanggan River and came straight to Dingzhou. Hebei has been safe for decades. When he heard the arrival of the Turkic army, officials and soldiers from all prefectures and counties were embarrassed and did not know what to do, and could only protect themselves according to the dangers of the city.

The prefectures and counties he passed by were not very rich, and the Turks gave up one by one. However, when they arrived in Dingzhou, they were originally a wealthy area of ​​the Tang Dynasty. There was a lot of wealth in Dingzhou City, and they came quickly. Dingzhou Governor Huo, King Huo, had no time to bring reinforcements. In poverty, they had no choice but to stage an empty city plan again.

Li Yuan used an empty city plan once, and Li Jinxing used an empty city plan once. This is the third time he has used an empty city plan.

There was no way, a risky strategy. The Turks came many troops. Dingzhou City was located in the heart of the heart and had no military service for a long time. Like Hulao Pass, it was disrepaired and many city walls were damaged. There were almost no decent defenders in the city, and it was impossible to defend forcibly.

So the city gate was opened and the flag was stopped. When the Turks saw this and the situation, they thought that there was an ambush in Dingzhou City. They had been stalemate for a day and only saw smoke and dust rising in the city, but there was no movement. The Turkic rebel general who led the leader was even more suspicious. When the night came, he suddenly heard noises in the city. The more he thought about it, he became more worried, so he evacuated with the help of the night.

But in this era, there was no shortage of traitors. There was a wealthy family member in the state, Li Jiayun, who had a little conflict with Li Yajiao and reported the situation to the Turks. The incident was leaked, so Li Yuangui was arrested, and many reinforcements rushed to Dingzhou City. When reinforcements arrived, the Turks were not able to forcibly attack the city. But they also knew the reality of Dingzhou, so they were relieved and bold to plunder outside Dingzhou City.

The disaster in Hebei has arrived.

After hearing this, Li Zhi was furious and immediately issued an edict to ask Li Yuangui to investigate his party. However, after receiving the imperial edict, Li Yuangui said: "The great enemy is in the territory, and people are uneasy. If they pursue the prison, they will expel the people and surrender to the Hu people."

He killed only Li Jiayun. Then he made a statement and asked for the reason and then asked for the crime. Li Zhi was overjoyed and regretted the couplet (the horse's hindsight). If there was no King Huo, he would have lost Dingzhou. His lack of understanding of military affairs also proved that Li Zhi could not be called stupid even now. As Li Wei thought, his biggest disadvantage was that he loved power. One loved power, which led to the gradual control of power in history, and the other loved power, which led to the current situation of the court.

From then on, King Huo Li Yuangui became more serious. Li Zhi occasionally wrote letters to him for some major events.

Then the counterattack was reached by the Tang Dynasty.

In short, Xiao Siye still made contributions this time. He delayed it and even though he was defeated, he won precious time for the Tang Dynasty. Although he harmed the people outside Dingzhou City, he did not cause much harm. Seeing the continuous arrival of the Tang Dynasty's army, the Turks were not confident at this time, and feared, they Sali from Dingzhou City and returned to the area north of the Sanggan River.

So the battle began to break out in February.

Pei Xingjian led his army to set out and faced a strict test. That is food. It is not outside the Great Wall. Now there are many Hu people. Within the Great Wall, including Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Daizhou, Tanzhou, Yuzhou, Yizhou, Weizhou and other prefectures and counties, all of which have placed a large number of Turkic people.

This time, many films participated in this riot, or the Great Turkic Movement in the mouths of the Turks.

The combat location must be outside the pass, but inside the pass, it is possible that with the cooperation of these Turks, they can wash the food and grass. There is no need to rob, just burn it with a fire after success. This is 300,000 troops, not 30,000 troops, without food and grass, can they fight by fighting with war? However, the imperial court's integrity policy has no evidence, cannot be handled, and cannot be handled. Could it be that all the millions of Hu tribes were expelled outside the pass? Don't forget that some tribes are still very loyal to the Tang Dynasty even now. Besides, if you drive out outside the pass, you will not rebel, and you will not be able to deal with it. This is the rebellious force that strengthened the Turks.
Chapter completed!