Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"At the moment, Li Qiu's presence is of little use."

Speaking of this, Li Jing paused for a moment, and then continued: "This Tuli and Zhuan lost their minds, and this time they went south, they used Yangmou."

"It is obvious that we will fight a war of attrition with our army."

"Then take advantage of their strong bows and cavalry, and hurt themselves six hundred and me one thousand."

"Right now, there is no strategy to speak of. We can only rely on the terrain to defend steadily, and reduce the casualty ratio between the enemy and ourselves to [-]."

"Then stall for time, until the beginning of winter, these Turkic enemy soldiers will retreat by themselves."

"This year's battle is destined to kill us, but it will hurt us all the time."

"The ultimate decision to win or lose is likely to depend on the weather."

"Last year and this year, there was abundant rain on the grasslands, and Huma flooded."

"In contrast to us, the Guanlong and Shandong areas have already shown signs of drought again."

"In addition, the food in Suizhou, Xiazhou and other states in the north was destroyed by the Turks."

"If this situation continues until next year, the food and grass of my frontline army will become a problem."

"At that time, how can we fight this battle?"

"So I'm more worried about next year than right now."

……

In the city of Chang'an, in the imperial city of Shangshu Province, Sun Simiao personally performed acupuncture for Du Ruhui to cure his illness.

Ever since the eldest grandson Wuji wrote to Li Qiu in Youzhou last time, telling Li Qiu that Du Ruhui's condition had worsened.

As Li Shimin said, Li Qiu didn't dare to delay at all, so he sent the best carriage and dozens of guards to protect Sun Simiao back to Chang'an City.

Li Qiu's caring and caring attitude made Sun Simiao very grateful.

After arriving in Chang'an, Sun Simiao first prescribed medicine for Du Ruhui, supplemented by acupuncture and moxibustion.

Within two months, Du Ruhui's condition really improved significantly.

It was difficult for him to participate in government affairs and military affairs at the beginning, but now he has returned to his right servant position again.

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly led someone in.

Seeing Li Shimin, Sun Simiao hastily knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Grassman Sun Simiao, pay homage to the emperor."

"According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, grassroots should not enter this important place in the imperial city. If the grassroots are guilty, please punish them by Your Majesty."

Li Shimin hurriedly helped him up at this time, "Sun Simiao, don't panic."

"You know, I asked you to treat Keming's illness, but I personally ordered it."

At this time, Du Ruhui also hurriedly explained for Sun Simiao: "Your Majesty, the military affairs are urgent at present, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance have too many things to do."

"The minister didn't want to be a clone for a quarter of an hour, so he brought Lang Zhong here to treat the minister."

"If Your Majesty punishes, please punish the minister."

Hearing Du Ruhui's words, Li Shimin was filled with emotions, and then said to Du Ruhui and Sun Simiao, "There is nothing to punish for something special."

"Now seeing that Sun Simiao can stabilize your illness and seeing your condition improve, I feel relieved."

"Keming, at this critical moment, I really can't live without you by my side."

"Also, Sun Simiao, you really deserve to be called a miracle doctor."

"To understand this disease, many imperial physicians and imperial physicians are helpless, but now you have cured it in less than two months."

"You have done a great service for me, Great Tang!"

"I have to reward you a lot!"

At this time, Sun Simiao hurriedly bowed, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this Master Du's condition has improved, and what we have seen is only the appearance."

"It's just a palliative."

"It's still far from a real cure, or a cure for Mr. Du's disease."

Hearing his words, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, "Sun Simiao, what do you mean by that?"

At this time, Sun Simiao said to Li Shimin, especially to Du Ruhui, very seriously: "Master Du's illness is mainly caused by poisonous evil. The damp heat and epidemic poison invade and accumulate in the middle Jiao, and stagnation of Qi and blood occurs."

"Right now, although the dampness and heat symptoms have subsided slightly, the evil pathogenic factor of the epidemic is still lingering and has not been eradicated, the Qi mechanism is still uncomfortable, the blood circulation is still not smooth, the stasis has been accumulated for a long time, the Qi and blood are depleted, and the liver muscle loses capacity."

"Most of these illnesses are lingering and difficult to heal."

"Master Du's illness is also the more serious one among the patients."

"From now on, you must take medicine every day, supplemented by acupuncture and conditioning."

"Need to quit drinking, avoid food, fishy and spicy food."

"More importantly, don't get angry."

"Once I get angry, my anger will be aroused, and the accumulated old disease will relapse instantly. Even if it is me, it will be difficult to save it."

Hearing Sun Simiao's words, Li Shimin carefully wrote them down, and then said with emotion, "Keming, did you hear what Sun Simiao said?"

"Don't get angry any more, and don't drink any more, be careful!"

"Fortunately, there is no one in the Furong Garden today."

"If that kid Li Qiu is still here, I really have to worry about your taboo!"

Chapter 263

Li Shimin's words made Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others laugh out loud.

Afterwards, Li Shimin asked Sun Simiao again with concern, what did Li Qiu do in Youzhou?

Because Li Qiuke had instructed Sun Simiao before coming to Chang'an, Sun Simiao simply said that Li Qiu inspected the fiefdoms of the thirteen prefectures in Youzhou and re-established the Youzhou Army.

Then the rest is to appease the people's livelihood, build city walls, resist foreign enemies and so on.

After hearing his words, Li Shimin couldn't help shaking his head, and sighed with emotion to Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others.

"Keming, Xuanling."

"Why do I feel that Li Qiu's fiefdom in the thirteen states is managed and managed more handsomely than me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"

Fang Xuanling said quietly at this time: "Your Majesty, how can the affairs of these few states be compared with the entire Tang Dynasty?"

"However, from the beginning of last winter to the current summer solstice, Li Qiu's ability to manage the thirteen states like this is indeed far beyond my expectations."

"Anyway, externally, they repelled the Turkic attack by themselves, and even beheaded more than [-] heads. This is very rare."

"Inwardly, the people on their side have never heard of starvation, let alone refugees, and they can still build Youzhou City."

"These few items alone are enough to surpass the governors and governors of most states."

Hearing that Fang Xuanling praised Li Qiu, Li Shimin still felt very comfortable in his heart.

His face was also full of pride.

And Du Ruhui also said with a smile at this time: "This also shows that Li Qiu is a kid, and he has to arrange some things for him to do."

"Whether it's in the army or in power, he can make a name for you."

"Otherwise, this son is too tired and lazy. He only knows how to do business to earn gold and silver vulgar things all day long, which is a waste of his talent."

At this time, Sun Simiao had already retreated, and Li Shimin also returned to his seriousness, and said to Fang Xuanling, "Xuanling."

"At the Jingzhou Hou Junji, several reminders were sent out in succession."

"He is struggling with Ding Jie. You have to supervise the grain and grass on the household department's side."

Fang Xuanling sighed softly at this time, "Yes, I will do it now."

"But right now, we don't have much food left in our warehouse."

"And we need to leave enough surplus food for the war in Jingzhou."

"The imperial court can no longer allocate food and grass to that side."

"The Ding Festival of the Jingzhou Rebellion, Shichen and others also estimated at the beginning, but they did not expect this battle to be fought for such a long time."

"It seems that we can only allocate the grain from the Yicang in Jingzhou to Hou Junji's army first."

Li Shimin could clearly hear the implied meaning in Fang Xuanling's words.

"Xuanling, you're saying that Hou Junji intentionally delayed his military term."

"Just to transfer the grain stored in the righteous warehouse in Jingzhou, so as to cause trouble for the warrior general of Jingzhou who has a close relationship with Li Qiu?"

"I don't think this is possible."

"I understand Hou Junji. In terms of fighting, especially in the current situation of the court, he should not be like this."

"Right now, as you said, use the grain in the warehouse first."

"Other things, we have to wait until this battle is over!"

……

In Jingzhou, after seeing the decree issued by the imperial court, the samurai frowned, and his eyes flashed with incomparable anger.

On the side, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang brothers were also extremely indignant.

"Father, this Hou Junji is deceiving people too much!"

"Since Ding Jie rebelled and the court sent him to quell the rebellion, he has come to trouble us several times."

"This time, I will focus on our warehouse in Jingzhou again."

"There are only 4 or [-] horses in the Dingjie area, how can they fight for so long?"

"This is clearly Hou Junji's intentional delay, in order to remove the grain from our warehouse."

"It's about to enter the autumn harvest, and it's catching up with this year of drought."

"Once they take away the grain from this warehouse, what shall we do then?"

The samurai Xun frowned at this time, and then glared at the two sons, "This is a decree from the government, do you want to resist the decree?"

"As for the war between the imperial court and Ding Jie, how can you two criticize yourself?!"

Under the scolding of the warrior Xun, the two brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were upset and retreated in desperation.

At this time, only Samurai Xun and Wu Jue, father and daughter, were left in the study.

Only then did the samurai Xun show deep fatigue.

"Father, since the imperial court has issued a decree, we just hand over the grain in the warehouse to Hou Junji."

"As for this year's drought and autumn, there will naturally be a solution."

"Dad, don't let this make you angry."

With that said, Wu Jue poured a cup of tea for the warrior Xun very sensiblely.

Seeing his well-behaved and sensible daughter, Samurai Xun's mood eased a little.

"Oh, it has to be my baby girl."

"After you get married, Daddy really misses you."

Wu Jue smiled at this time, "Dad, don't worry, my daughter will come home to visit Daddy more often."

"Since coming to this land of Jingzhou and away from Chang'an, my daughter has actually relaxed a lot."

"I no longer worry about being pressured by those people, and being randomly assigned to marry by the court."

At this moment, someone outside the door suddenly reported that Meng Shen and others from Youzhou had come to see him.

Meng Shen?

Upon hearing this, both Samurai Xun and Wu Jue were very surprised and hurriedly let them in.

Afterwards, an official from Youzhou and several guards came in to salute the warriors Xun and Wu Jue with gifts from Youzhou Li Qiu.

And beside them, there was a little fat man, Meng Shen who was only nine years old.

This Meng Shen was also a student of Furong Academy, who was later accepted as a personal disciple by Sun Simiao and was always with him.