Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 157 Borrowing Soldiers?

"As for the Battle of the Weishui River, the Turks won with an absolute advantage. The Tang Dynasty was forced to seek peace, but in the end they didn't even get a single city. How could they be reconciled?"

After finishing speaking, Li Yuan sighed softly, and continued: "Besides, the Turkic internal relations are very chaotic. Jieli and Tuli have reached the point where they can't die. More or less, they will definitely have some opinions on him, and they will defer to Tuli."

"Under such circumstances, even if Xieli intends to rest and recuperate for the sake of the Turkic soldiers, he will have to raise the battle flag again in order to regain the trust of the courtiers."

Li Yuan's complexion was complicated, with a bit of regret in his eyes.

He deeply knew that the Tang Dynasty was at the end of its strength at this moment, and if there was another battle with the Turks, it would undoubtedly be an egg against a stone, and it would undoubtedly be defeated.

Li Shimin lowered his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and then nodded, "Father is really young, and his analysis is not bad at all."

"A while ago, Hou Junji, who guarded Bingzhou, sent a letter saying that the Turks have started to buy war horses and grain everywhere, and they should go south in a few days."

Li Yuan frowned slightly, "Hou Junji guards Bingzhou? Isn't it Luo Bin who guards Bingzhou?"

"........."

Li Shimin frowned, not knowing how to explain his petty thoughts to Li Yuan.

After all, his unreasonable suspicion of Luo Bin was never done by a gentleman.

Li Yuan knew what Li Shimin was thinking at a glance, and said with a sigh: "Luo Bin is a peerless genius, if he is sincerely loyal to you, he will undoubtedly become the sharpest blade in your hand, invincible." .”

"But this person has deep thoughts and invincible scheming. If he changes his mind one day, all your counselors combined may not be his opponent."

Li Shimin nodded, and then rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, "Luo Bin has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and it is not my wish to neglect him, but if I reuse him, it will definitely increase his power in the court. And his reputation among the people is already very high, I'm afraid..."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin pursed his lips, and then sighed: "You also know that there is no man in this world who does not desire power. He already has the strongest army in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he is even taller than me." Under such circumstances, how can I reuse him so that he can win over the forces in the DPRK and China."

"This Bingzhou is Luo Bin's stronghold. If he is still in Chang'an, I can take care of him. If he returns to Bingzhou, he will be completely out of my jurisdiction."

"At that time, if he really understands what's on his mind, I will also..."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin didn't continue anymore, after all, his implication was already very obvious.

Li Yuan pursed his lips when he heard the words, in fact, after getting along with Luo Bin these days, he didn't see any rebellion in Luo Bin.

But Li Shimin's worries are not unreasonable. The most difficult thing to guess in this world is the human heart. The word "right" can really change too many people.

For an emperor who has been trusted by many people, he knows the price of trusting one person, so even so, he nodded and said: "It's good for you to be on guard, Luo Bin has indeed made some great achievements. "

"Father, don't worry, there is nothing to worry about on his side now, but on the Turkic side..."

Li Shimin lowered his eyes as he spoke, he was ashamed to ask Li Yuan about this.

But now he really has nothing to do.

Li Yuan chuckled when he heard the words, "If I didn't look for you today, what would you do?"

"Just put it off like this?"

"I didn't care about it, I just don't know how to manage it." Li Shimin frowned, "If I have an army of [-], I will not be afraid of the Turks, but the Tang Dynasty now..."

"Since you don't have one, go get it!" Li Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Yes?" Li Shimin nodded slightly, then frowned and said, "Who do you want it for? And who can give it to you?"

"Gaoguryeo." Li Shimin pursed his lips slightly, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Hasn't Goguryeo always been a vassal like the Tang Dynasty? Now that the Tang Dynasty is in trouble, they won't ignore it."

"........."

Li Shimin pursed his lips into a straight line when he heard the words, thinking about the feasibility of this method.

But in the end, he shook his head and said: "Father, although Goguryeo has already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, their hearts are not completely devoted to the Tang Dynasty. I am afraid they will not agree."

"I only want you to borrow troops from them as long as they have two people against Datang." Li Yuan nodded, with a bit of calculation in his eyes.

Li Shimin was startled, and then suddenly realized: "Father, does he want to kill two birds with one stone? Using Goguryeo to attack the Turks will hurt both of them, and we will reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

"En." Li Yuan responded, then pursed his lips and continued: "You don't think that Goguryeo is just a small country, but Emperor Sui Yang's three conquests of Goguryeo failed, and their fighting power should not be underestimated."

"But will they agree?" Li Shimin frowned, with a bit of worry in his eyes, "The emperor of Goguryeo is also a very smart person, he will definitely guess what we think, so how could he jump into us and dig a good place?" in the pit?"

"He has to agree even if he doesn't want to." Li Yuan snorted coldly, and then said: "Since they surrendered to the Great Tang, they must pay something while enjoying the protection of the Great Tang, or they would be an open enemy to the Great Tang. "

"But now with Datang's strength, he no longer has the capital to threaten them..." Li Shimin lowered his eyes slightly, a little lacking in confidence.

When Datang was powerful, Goguryeo might still take Datang seriously.

Now that the Tang Dynasty is at the end of its battle, he is thankful that Goguryeo did not collude with the Turks to attack the Tang Dynasty. How could he take the initiative to threaten Goguryeo?
"The Tang Dynasty did not, but the Turks have the capital to threaten Goguryeo."

Li Yuan pursed his lips, and then sighed softly: "Gaoguryeo is a small country, and everyone wants a piece of it. Since Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goguryeo three times, their strength is enough to show."

"If the Turks succeed in attacking the Tang Dynasty, which country do you think will be the next step?"

After saying that, Li Yuan snorted again and said: "Everyone knows the ambition of the Turkic barbarians, and Goguryeo will not understand the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold."

"As long as they understand this truth, they won't stop sending troops. After all, they still have a chance to recuperate and use some crooked thoughts like the Great Tang's surrender. But if the Great Tang dies, the Turks will not let them grow up wantonly. Opportunity."

Li Yuan's words really touched Li Shimin's heart.

The things that had been confusing for a long time suddenly became clear, and the previously suppressed mood became much smoother.

(End of this chapter)