I have a backstage in Datang

He paused slightly when he said this, his face looked extremely serious, and he said again: "I can't give a correct answer to the question of reclaiming wasteland, so, you say, I will listen."

Gu Tianya took a deep look at him, a little surprised by Li Shimin's openness.

Since he behaved like a bachelor, he would definitely not be able to do it if he was vain.

So Gu Tianya spoke without hesitation, spit out a word directly, and gave the answer: "Cow." Then he explained, and added: "If you want to reclaim these Susukina, you must have cattle to work."

Li Shimin is so smart, he understood what he meant in an instant, so he almost blurted out without hesitation: "Sure enough, as I expected, what you want to say is a cow!"

Gu Tianya smiled all over his face, nodded and said, "It's easy to talk to smart people."

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

There is a tacit understanding that doesn't need to be stated explicitly.

Where do cows come from?

Cows are precious!

Since ancient times, people in the Central Plains have attached great importance to cattle, and they even regard cattle as their population, and they have a share of cattle when they grant land.

So Gu Tianya set his sights on the Turkic cattle, and Li Shimin also guessed that he was eyeing the Turkic cattle.

Why did you choose not to touch the Miyun Sun family for the time being?

The answer is almost obvious!

Even if I really want revenge, I don't want to startle the snake. In order to get the bull of the Turkic people, I choose to endure the bullying I have suffered.

……

Li Shimin suddenly gave Gu Tianya a meaningful look, and said in a hinting tone: "I heard from Zhaoning that you intercepted Miyun Sun's private messages and also arrested his messenger, so there are all witnesses and evidence."

Gu Tianya let out a 'huh', and continued to follow his words: "But we can't do anything now, otherwise the cattle will be gone."

Li Shimin nodded involuntarily, looked at him with a full face of admiration, and said what he hadn't finished, and said: "The Sun family in Miyun colluded with the Turks, and the grassland will be tempted. This winter is heavy snow and cold, and the grassland is very difficult, so they They will inevitably raise troops and go south, preparing to plunder food to survive the winter."

He paused for a while when he said this, the tiger's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said: "If it were left in the past, this matter would be a major event. Every time the grassland invaded south, Hebei could only hold on to it, but this time it is different. We have [-] to [-] more soldiers."

Gu Tianya chuckled and said, "The other party doesn't know about this change, and they will still think it's the same as before. They will bring auxiliary soldiers and prepare to transport food back. Human transportation is too poor, so the auxiliary soldiers will take the bullocks with them." Cattle!"

Auxiliary soldiers will bring bullocks!

Listening to this makes people thirsty.

Li Shimin swallowed his saliva almost subconsciously, his tone was obviously a little excited, and his breathing was slightly rapid: "Turkic steers are extremely strong, and they can be turned into farming cattle with a little domestication. If the soldiers know the purpose of this battle, Make sure everyone is willing to fight the Turks with their lives."

"Second brother, you are wrong, the soldiers don't have to risk their lives!" Gu Tianya said suddenly, his eyes shone shrewdly, and said, "Because the battle situation can't reach that point!"

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback for a moment, then understood Gu Tianya's allusion, nodded and said: "You are right, the situation of the battle really cannot reach that point!"

The words of the two seemed to be playing charades. Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Liang were confused when they heard it. These two are strong generals who can charge into battle and capture the flag, but unfortunately they are not handsome talents who can strategize and win thousands of miles, so they seem to have not understood at all. , standing aside and staring.

The two generals hesitated for a while, and finally said a little nervously, "May I ask why the situation of the battle can't reach that stage?"

Li Shimin's expression froze immediately, and he felt depressed that he could not get off the stage. The two generals under his command were completely different from Gu Tianya.

He sighed helplessly, then suddenly pointed at Gu Tianya, and said, "You can ask him."

The two generals quickly looked at Gu Tianya, each first bowed their hands respectfully, and then said: "Dare to ask brother Gu, what do you mean? Why do you and my son look so determined, thinking that the battle will not reach that point?"

Someone sincerely asked for advice, so Gu Tianya naturally wouldn't pretend to be deep, and quickly explained: "The Miyun Sun family is just a low-ranking family, and it is impossible for them to be familiar with all the grassland tribes, so this time the Miyun Sun family wrote letters to collude, at most ten or so A tribe, even if a dozen or so tribes invite friends and companions, they can only gather [-] to [-] soldiers..."

The implication is self-evident, this is a battle with the wind.

It's a pity that the two generals didn't seem to understand. Instead, they blinked and looked confused, and said again: "What do you mean? What's going on? I don't understand!"

Gu Tianya suddenly took a deep look at the two of them, and said with a smile: "You two don't need to do this, we can talk to each other, if you two continue to pretend like this, don't blame Gu Tianya for not talking to you anymore."

The faces of the two generals turned red immediately, and they suddenly started laughing and laughing together. It turned out that they were really pretending, and their intention was nothing more than to praise Gu Tianya.This is a special way to curry favor, but unfortunately it was exposed by Gu Tianya.

Now that it has been exposed, they can no longer pretend, the two generals cupped their hands and apologized to Gu Tianya with smiles.

Gu Tianya knew that he was being respected by others, so he quickly bowed his hands and saluted the two of them. He thought about it, and finally decided to take the initiative to explain it. Although everyone knew this plan well, he took the initiative to say it. It's also polite.

He said solemnly: "The Turkic people only have [-] to [-] cavalry at most, but there are [-] women's soldiers stationed on the border of the Tang Dynasty. .So if this battle is not fought, it will be a good one. Once it is fought, it will be a battle with the wind."

Everyone nodded.

In fact, they know more than Gu Tianya.

Forty-five thousand infantry is actually nothing. What is really scary is the five thousand black cavalry. You must know that it is the property of the entire Tiance Mansion. After gaining the upper hand, you can even hit five with one.

Just 1 Xuanjia iron cavalry can fight more than [-] cavalry, plus [-] Niangzi Army and [-] Tiance Mansion infantry, this battle will definitely be a big victory if it is fought, and there may even be only one Ending with no casualties.

The ending of only wounding but not death is simply the favorite thing of the army leader, and after killing the group of Turkic barbarians, there will be a lot of spoils to get.

The only booty is the steer?

Do not be silly!

It was just Gu Tianya's gaze.

After all, Gu Tianya's vision is limited, so he doesn't think carefully about some things.But Li Shimin and others are different, their greed is much greater than Gu Tianya.

These ruthless people from Tiance Mansion had already set their sights on another thing about the Turkic people.

More than 1 Turkic cavalry, representing more than 1 war horses...

We only kill cavalry, but we are not willing to kill horses.

The elders laughed badly, and had already started to think about how to distribute them. Gu Tianya was watching from the sidelines in bewilderment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

Immediately, he was extremely distressed, only felt that the loss was heavy, and shouted: "Horse, horse."

A Turkic war horse can be sold for fifty guan in Datang.

Gu Tianya suddenly ran wildly, and directly held Li Shimin and others in place. Everyone was confused by his actions, not knowing why this kid suddenly went crazy.

They would never know that Gu Tianya was in a hurry to run home, he had to find his 'wife' to blow the pillow breeze, and he had to wring out some profits from Tiance Mansion's hands.

We also scored a share of those Turkic war horses.

Brother, you can settle accounts, not to mention you Li Er is just an uncle, hum.

If Li Shimin knew about this, he might chase after him and beat his brother-in-law to death.You took away all the flower pots from my house, and you still want to get Turkic war horses again?

Chapter 87 [The beacon fire is lit, the people beg for heaven]

The invasion on the grassland was earlier than predicted.

Although everyone was prepared in their hearts, they did not expect the Turkic people to come in such a hurry. Just two days later, a group of soldiers suddenly appeared on the border.

Looking around, there was a black crowd, like a black wave sweeping across the earth, constantly marching towards the border of the Tang Dynasty. There were tens of thousands of cavalry, and behind them were Turkic auxiliary soldiers of various shapes.

And among the auxiliary soldiers, there were really bullocks with them.

Sure enough, everything was guessed by Gu Tianya, the Turks really couldn't survive this winter.

War is coming!

A huge beacon tower ignited the beacon fire without any hesitation. When the flame shot straight into the sky, it was seen by the next beacon tower in an instant, so another beacon fire was lit and passed to the third place.

This is the oldest means of the Central Plains nation, but it is the fastest way to communicate information for thousands of years. Since the fall of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, beacon towers have been preserved. Even if they have been used until now in the Tang Dynasty, beacon towers are still the best military means.

Whenever the flames are soaring into the sky, they can be seen even if they are far away, so the propagation speed of the beacon fire is light, and it is the only rapid communication that can break through geographical restrictions in this era.

As long as the first beacon tower ignites the beacon fire, the rest of the beacon towers can be seen almost instantly, so the layers are lit and passed on, and it can spread far in a short time. It only takes less than an hour, and the beacon fire can be transmitted from the border to the Central Plains .

When the frontier is on fire, all fires are lit.

If someone in this era could fly into the sky and look down from the sky, he would see countless light spots suddenly appearing in the entire Huaxia land, almost every thirty or forty miles.

These light spots are like a meandering line, connecting the border of Datang and Chang'an in an instant.

The atmosphere in the entire Huaxia land suddenly became tense.

War is coming.

The first people to see the flames were always the soldiers who defended their homes and the country. After seeing the flames, almost all of these soldiers turned pale, and then they subconsciously clenched the knives in their hands.

As the flames of war rose to the sky, the common people would also see it, so no matter where in the whole of China, almost all the common people looked miserable. Someone suddenly knelt down on his knees, looked at the sky with tears on his face, and murmured: "God, open your eyes, Don't fight anymore, don't fight anymore."

The beacon continued to pass, and gradually reached Chang'an, so the atmosphere in Chang'an suddenly tensed up, and the deafening drums sounded directly in the palace.

This drum is a battle drum, and it is played to encourage the border. Even if the border guards cannot hear it, they still have to ring for it thousands of miles away.

Those who guard my homeland have been called pawns since ancient times, and now there are beacon fires coming to the border, why don't they beat drums and pray for blessings?Therefore, the huge battle drum on this side of the Datang Palace was not sounded to urge the soldiers to exhaust themselves, it was to beg for blessings from God, hoping that the border guards would survive.

Since it was begging for blessings, men were not allowed to beat the drums, but before the gate of the palace stood a dozen women, all of whom were princesses of the royal family, and some of them were even underage.

Those who sounded the drum of blessing were the Princesses of the Tang Dynasty.

Because the war drum is too big, the drumsticks used to beat the drums are also very big. These princesses are limited by physical strength, and they will be out of breath after a few beats of the drums, but they did not escape, and each held the drumsticks and beat hard.

It's a pity that the drumsticks were too big and heavy, and the princesses gradually became weak. Several women were already sweating on their foreheads, and their bodies were soaked in sweat in the cold weather.

Suddenly, a girl princess shouted loudly, shouting at all the princesses, and encouraged: "Sisters, work harder. As princesses of the Tang Dynasty, we can do little for the common people. Today, the flames of war suddenly broke out, and the border war Reigniting, it's a pity that our skills are too poor to be stationed at the frontier like Sister Pingyang, so let's use all our strength to beat the drums of God's blessings on this side, and hope that our drums can move God and let me guard the home of the Tang Dynasty A man of earth can live..."

Pray to God!

Let the Tang man live!

So all the princesses worked hard again and beat the drum of blessing on this side.

The sound of the drums was like thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth, covering almost the entire sky of Chang'an. Many people came to the gate of the palace on their own initiative.

It seemed that in just a very short time, the entire palace was already full of kneeling people.

There are people with poor clothes, kneeling on the ground and begging for heaven.

There are people who are fleeing famine and wandering, weeping and begging.

Countless civilians kowtowed in unison, and suddenly an old man took the lead, looked up at the sky and shouted loudly, saying: "Now my Han family is in the middle of the country, the flames are lit again, and the Hebei border, there must be swordsmen, sigh my land of the Han family, why? It is always miserable, robbed and slaughtered, and the hardships of living for thousands of years have been like this almost from generation to generation... However, the children of the Han family will never bend their backs, the sky is like a father, and the people are like a son Today, the son of the people tells my father, my Han family has never lacked men, and soldiers who serve in the army, guarding the land and defending the frontier, must fight hard to kill the enemy, and do not hesitate to splatter three feet of blood, because this piece of land was left to us by our ancestors The wealth of the Chinese sages, all the sages of China, struggled and flourished in the blue thread of the road. A corner of the field, a piece of land, a grain of grain, and a plant are all things left to us by our ancestors. No one is qualified to snatch them. If anyone dares to snatch them, We fight with our lives, even if we die, we are not afraid of death, but the son of my Han family guards the frontier, defends the family and the country, throws his head and blood, and only asks God to bless and protect the man alive..."

With these words, the old man looked up to the sky and screamed, instantly mobilizing countless people, who almost roared and raised their heads to the sky, screaming: "I only ask God to bless you and protect the man alive."

In front of the entire palace gate, there were tens of thousands of voices.

There were more than a dozen princesses beating the giant drum with all their strength. The sound of the drum was like thunder, and the people screamed.

What an exciting scene, but someone not far away was unmoved.

But when I saw a group of family officials walking towards the palace, I heard someone laughing and mocking, and said with disdain: "The Li royal family is playing tricks on people's hearts again. It is indeed a family that can win the world. That old thing It is Da Zongzheng of the Li family's royal family, every time there is a war, this old man will come out to tell the sky, his words are really sonorous, but his behavior is like a beggar. How can the Li family not feel ashamed of such absurd and ridiculous behavior?"

He paused as he spoke, pointed at the princesses who were beating the drums, his tone became more and more mocking, and he said again: "Did you see that His Majesty sent out all the daughters, and one of them was young, just At the age of five, can such a little girl play drums? This is a show for the common people. Tsk tsk tsk, I don’t want to lose face. Does he really think that all his daughters can become Pingyang? Can their Li family produce one? Female handsome has been a blessing for hundreds of years."

Another official of the aristocratic family followed closely, and this person's tone was also mocking, saying: "Mr. Li has only been in the country for a few years? The debt owed to my aristocratic family has not been paid off. Don't want to share the world with us , but wanted to get more from us! What is the result? The retribution is coming. I only got the fields of eight villages, but I have to bear the invasion of the Turks in the grassland. When I went to court, I really wanted to see that His Majesty's face, it must have been extremely wonderful, and it was worthy of my explanation."

All the officials burst out laughing.

However, some officials were kind-hearted, and couldn't help frowning and reminded: "The Turkic invasion set off swords and soldiers, and the people who suffer are always my people. Is it a bit unreasonable for you to take pleasure in other people's misfortune..."

A group of officials looked at him immediately, and said with a faint smile, "That's the people of Tang Dynasty, not the people of the aristocratic family."

The kind-hearted official frowned even more, and couldn't help saying: "Since ancient times, the royal family and the aristocratic family have ruled the world, why are the people of the Tang Dynasty not our people?"

"Hahahaha!"

A group of family officials laughed, as if mocking this man's pedantry.

But someone reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a tone of instruction: "Even if the royal family and the aristocratic family rule the world, we don't need to care about those common people. There is a stubble, like weeds in the wilderness, it will not be cut off even if it dies, why does the royal family care about the people, because they want to keep their own country, but our family is different, we don't need to care about the people..."

The kind-hearted official was furious immediately, and retorted angrily: "The so-called country is also a gathering of nationalities. You are all Han blood, and you all read the books of sages. However, when foreign invaders invade, how can you say such a thing?" Disregarding the words of the country?"

Unfortunately, his outrage was all for naught.

Not only did those officials turn a deaf ear to it, some even showed displeasure on their faces.

Finally, an official of an aristocratic family made friends with this person, and couldn't bear to see him become a young bird, so he came over and pulled him away, and persuaded him in a low voice: "Brother Zheng, why are you bothering. My younger brother knows that your sister married Datang Prince, so you have some special feelings for the royal family of the Li family, but you should always keep in mind that your origin is a family. Why did your sister marry the prince? It is because the royal family wants to marry the family! This kind of thing cannot talk about feelings , the two sides are just an exchange of etiquette. That's all, you have to recognize..."

The man paused while talking, and then said: "What is a family? The family cares about the country! The so-called continuous transmission from generation to generation is actually the word 'family', family, family, generation to generation What matters is the family, having a family, not having a country, this is our interest. The reason why the Li family cares about the people is because they want to keep their own country, but our family does not need to care about this country, because if the country is destroyed, we will follow It’s good to change the dynasty, and it’s still the bells and the food, which will be passed on from generation to generation..."

The kind-hearted official stood there in a daze, and after a long time, he suddenly let out a long sigh.

He seemed to have lost interest in arguing with everyone, and just looked at the countless people in front of the palace gate.

He watched the people kowtow and weep continuously.

Seeing that the Li family patriarch is begging God.

He also heard the sound of war drums in his ears like thunder, and those girls and princesses were sweating all over. For some reason, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and secretly said: "The royal family of the Li family has done a good job."

Chapter 88 [There are also passionate people in the family]