civilwarnovels Chapter 111 You must learn from others
Chapter 111 You must learn from others
Chapter 111 You must learn from others
And after living a good life, these Eastern Turkic captives were all convinced by Li Hao.
It turns out that grazing depends on the sky for food, and if you are not careful, a large number of livestock may die. You can only live on dairy products on weekdays, but you can't afford meat at all.
It's better now, I can eat enough meat, there is no shortage of all kinds of food, and I can vomit after eating big white noodles and steamed buns.
Who wouldn't want to live this fairy day!
These Turkic captives even brought their original family members over.
Now under the rule of Cao Chun, there were originally 20 tiger and leopard cavalry plus [-] Turkic soldiers, but now it has grown to a full [-] people!
A rich little country has been formed!
Even if it is not compared with Datang, in the nearby area, this is really a very powerful country.
Li Hao is quite satisfied.
Cao Chun did a good job. In history, Cao Chun was not considered a first-class player. Li Hao felt that he had exceeded the standard for such a result.
In the letter, after Cao Chun introduced his achievements, he began to ask Li Hao for his opinion.
The major tribes of the Eastern Turks were extremely dissatisfied with the Khan because the new Khan reused the Han people and increased the exploitation of their major tribes.
It can already be said to be eccentric.
In fact, East Turkistan is already vulnerable.
What Cao Chun meant was whether or not he should take this opportunity to directly take East Turk into his hands.
Li Hao thought for a while.
To be honest, Li Hao didn't set his sights on East Turkic.
Although this is a huge territory, the East Turkic area is really not suitable for development.
If that place is captured, the people of Eastern Turks will have to worry about it.
Li Hao is too lazy to worry about that.
After much deliberation, Li Hao simply waved his hand and let Cao Chun make his own decision.
I don't give Cao Chun money, and I don't give Cao Chun more troops. I want him to do whatever he wants under the premise of preserving his own situation.
As long as it doesn't crash.
After Li Hao left the tiger and leopard knight to eat a meal of boiled mutton, he asked the tiger and leopard knight to deliver the letter back.
From Li Hao's point of view, this is not an important matter.
On Li Shimin's side, there has already been a storm about whether to crusade against the Eastern Turks.
Li Shimin summoned several important ministers to discuss how to attack the Turks in the study.
The prime ministers and famous generals of the current dynasty all came here.
The prime ministers include Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu and others.
The generals include Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Shubao.
Li Shimin circulated the letter about the Turkic news to all the officials, and after they finished reading it, Li Shimin said:
"My love, what do you think of this letter?"
All the ministers are people who have dealt with Li Shimin for many years, so naturally they have vaguely guessed what Li Shimin meant.
I only heard Li Jing say:
"Your Majesty, are you planning to attack the Eastern Turks?"
Li Shimin laughed.
"Pharmacist, you are indeed my favorite general, you guessed what I meant right away."
"That's right, the Eastern Turks are weak now. Their [-] troops have been severely damaged, and they have no foreign soldiers. Moreover, they are going to rebel internally. This is really a godsend opportunity."
"The Eastern Turks have been fighting us for many years since the Sui Dynasty. This is really a powerful and terrifying opponent. Their soldiers are too powerful. If we don't take this opportunity to kill him, we will be killed in the future." It was my Tang Dynasty that developed, and if I wanted to eat the East Turks, I would definitely suffer heavy losses."
"The opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again. What I mean is to send troops. What do you love?"
Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Shubao and other generals looked at each other.
Attacking the Eastern Turks was a war to destroy the country, and it was no small matter. The three of them dared not make a decision just based on the information in a letter.
Finally, Li Jing said:
"The ministers can only lead troops to fight, and it is up to His Majesty to decide whether or not to fight and when to fight."
Li Shimin nodded, and then turned his attention to these prime ministers.
"What do you think?"
It was difficult for Fang and Du to make a decision.
"But listen to His Majesty's order!"
Zuo Pu shot Xiao Yu a step forward and said:
"My minister thought that this battle must be fought!"
All eyes focused on Xiao Yu at once.
Just listen to Xiao Yu say:
"The Turks have always been a threat to our Tang Dynasty. Now that our military strength has recovered, it is not difficult to mobilize [-] troops. Although our treasury will be empty for a while, and the lives of ordinary people will be more difficult, but our Tang Dynasty In the future, there will be long-term peace and stability, and this battle must be fought!"
"Eradicate the troubles of Turkic, at this time! If we care about the future, then we should simply admit defeat to Turkic. We dare not fight Turkic when it is weakest. Then when it becomes strong, we have to be afraid. To death!"
These words are speaking to Li Shimin's heart.
That's exactly what he thought.
Although attacking the Turks is a big event, it will never be easy. The East Turks are a huge empire that can fight well and has a land area larger than that of the Tang Dynasty.
But now is the best time to attack, how could he, Li Shimin, not have the courage?
For a moment, Li Shimin's face was full of joy.
All the ministers are the best of the best, knowing that His Majesty is so focused on fighting at this moment, it is inconvenient for him to get into trouble.
Li Shimin was about to make a decision.
At this time, Changsun Wuji suddenly cupped his hands:
"Your Majesty, I have a different opinion."
Li Shimin was taken aback, he didn't expect Changsun Wuji to have a different opinion, and said with a smile:
"Auxiliary machine, tell me."
All the ministers also looked at Changsun Wuji.
I only heard Changsun Wuji say:
"Although my Great Tang is stronger than before, I was not threatened by the Turks like last year, and was almost defeated in Chang'an. But time has not passed, and my Great Tang still needs to recover, and it is not yet truly strong."
"Besides, to attack others, you must learn from a famous teacher. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do it just because the Turks are weak."
Li Shimin laughed and said:
"When Jieli Khan attacked my Tang Dynasty, he took advantage of the vacancy and entered. Isn't it also a teacher who has no name?"
Changsun Wuji said seriously:
"Therefore Jieli Khan has no way to help those who lose their way. Our Tang soldiers resisted the invasion and would rather die than surrender. Before Mr. Li Hao made a move, we held back the Turkic army."
"If our Tang officers and soldiers were to fight abroad, they might not be so brave in fighting."
Xiao Yu frowned.
His temper has always been very upright, not much worse than Wei Zheng's. He once had a red-faced fight with Chen Shuda in the hall, which made Li Shimin Longyan furious.
Xiao Yu didn't like Changsun Wuji's words, so he directly retorted:
"Master grandson, do you mean that my Tang soldiers will regard death as home when they guard the land, but when they go on an expedition, they will be greedy for life and afraid of death? Refuse to work hard?"
"You really look down on my Tang soldiers too!"
Changsun Wuji was slightly angry.
"Xiao Pushe, what do you mean by this? The truth is just that going to war is bad for morale and it is inconvenient to fight. Are you distorting the truth?"
Xiao Yu sneered.
"Did I distort it, or that was what you meant, you know it in your own mind!"
Changsun Wuji was furious all of a sudden!
The veins on the forehead popped out slightly!
Fang Du and the two next to him immediately grabbed Changsun Wuji, for fear that they would fight directly in front of Li Shimin!
(End of this chapter)