In the Xuanzheng Palace, there is a scene of gentlemen and ministers getting along, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

"Your Majesty, before that, Weichen had a lot of complaints about Erlang going to Nanyang, but now it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is far-sighted, and he has actually obtained such a good seed in Nanyang."

After Fang Xuanling left the rice field, he entered the palace to see Li Shimin.

Several ministers praised the rice like a flower, so that Li Shimin, who was still a little skeptical about the yield, completely believed in the high yield of rice.

"Kuan'er is also wrong. This time, the introduction of Nanyang rice seeds, the love is also a great contribution, and after getting married this autumn, he will be given the Taifu Shaoqing, so that he can live a good life with Gaoyang in Chang'an City. ”

Li Shimin married Princess Gaoyang to Fang Xuanling before, completely out of consideration for consolidating the relationship with Fang Xuanling, but now he is also a little interested in Fang Yiai himself.

Speaking of which, it's no wonder that Gao Yang was so unhappy when he heard that his husband was Fang Yuai's love.

It's really a bad reputation before Fang Yiai's love.

In the past few years, he has been mixed with Li Kuan, and it seems that he has mixed up some fame.

Especially after going to the Wa Kingdom and going to the South Seas, the whole person has changed a lot.

"Your Majesty, first the woad cabbage, and then the high-yield rice, it seems that there is still a lot of room for growth in the yield of this crop."

Dai Zhou inexplicably became interested in the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy.

He's not young, he'll be working for a year at most, and he'll be ready tomorrow.

It seems that it would be good if I could go to Guanshishan Academy to be a teacher and recuperate for the rest of my life.

"Your Majesty, Hedong Road is eight hundred miles expedited!"

Li Shimin was refreshed, but he saw Lan He rushing over with a twist.

It's really a bad sight.

Fang Xuanling and the others immediately shifted their eyes to Li Shimin, looking forward to knowing what happened to Hedongdao.

Eight hundred miles of urgency, generally speaking, is either a major natural disaster or a rebellion, or a foreign invasion.

Either way, it's not what you want to see.

"Bang!" Li Shimin slammed the fold on the table, "Yi Nan, this fang, it's really hateful!" ”

"Your Majesty, Xue Yantuo is harassing me in the Tang Frontier again?"

Fang Xuanling frowned, and a worried look appeared on his face.

Since Li Jing led his troops to destroy the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo's power has skyrocketed, and now nearly ten years have passed, even if the Tang Dynasty wants to deal with it, it is not easy to deal with it.

Fang Xuanling was not worried that Datang would not be able to defeat Xue Yantuo, but he didn't want to destroy Datang's thriving development momentum.

To deal with Xue Yantuo, who has 200,000 men who control the strings, Datang must dispatch at least 100,000 troops and more than 100,000 laborers to achieve a complete victory.

Nowadays, not to mention that the various workshops in Chang'an City are very nervous, even in Guanzhong Road, there are no idlers.

If there is a real war, the impact will be too great.

"Yi Nan personally led an army of 100,000 and wiped out several Eastern Turkic tribes one after another, this is not to take the Tang Dynasty and the heavenly khan of mine in his eyes."

Although it was a war between Xue Yantuo and the Eastern Turks, the Eastern Turks are now covered by the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Yantuo's move is not much different from a direct attack on the Tang Dynasty, so it is no wonder that Li Shimin will be furious.

If the Western Turks or Goguryeo sent troops, Li Shimin would be more acceptable in his heart.

However, Xue Yantuo surrendered to the feet of the Tang Dynasty, and it was by destroying the Eastern Turks together with the Tang Dynasty that the khanate really rose, and now it seems to have become another Xiongnu and another Turk.

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen forgive this Xue Yantuo and don't dare to attack my Tang Dynasty directly, just doing tricks on the frontier. Now that the cement road from Datang to Luoyang has been built, and the cement road from Luoyang to Jinyang is about to be repaired, Weichen suggested that the cement road from Jinyang to Shuozhou should be started immediately, and then the cement road should be repaired, and then choose the opportunity to send troops to Xue Yantuo. ”

Fang Xuanling's idea was really easy, and he quickly put forward his own suggestions.

Of course, this is actually an indirect opposition to the current war with Xue Yantuo.

However, Fang Xuanling's point of view, considered from a rational point of view, cannot be said to be wrong.

After all, the Eastern Turkic tribes that Xue Yantuo is attacking now, although the Tang Dynasty is also embarrassed, but if the cement road is repaired to Shuozhou before sending troops, the logistics supply will be much more convenient.

Those generals sometimes don't think about the cost of fighting, but as Shangshu's left servant, Fang Xuanling must be considered.

Looking at the war between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, although on the whole it was a great success, but after years of war, the savings of several generations of emperors were basically lost, and huge hidden dangers were buried for the successors.

This is also one of the reasons why the Huns are already in a weak position, and the Han will still agree to continue to make peace.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also agrees with Fang Xiang's point of view, it is not appropriate to launch a large-scale battle at the moment."

As long as there is no war, Dai Guan, the head of the household, is supported.

Seeing that the household department finally has a little savings, if the war starts, it will be gone immediately.

"I want to allow the Eastern Turks to establish a khanate again, and let them return to live north of the Yellow River to fight against Xue Yantuo, what do you think?"

Li Shimin's idea is not a whim.

Historically, also in this year, the Eastern Turkic Khanate was re-established, which was regarded as a vassal state under the protection of the Tang Dynasty.

However, many of the Turkic nobles who had been raised in Chang'an City for more than ten years had already been abolished.

At the beginning, they didn't dare to move north, for fear of being beaten by Xue Yantuo, and it took a year to return to their homeland with the support of Datang.

As a result, the khan canonized by Li Shimin was too poor to convince the public, and after a few years, he ran back to Chang'an City to follow Li Shimin, and finally died on the battlefield of the conquest of Goguryeo, which is embarrassing.

"Your Majesty, in the short term, this is a good idea. But will the Eastern Turks ...... in the future?"

Fang Xuanling was a little hesitant.

"Thinking about it for a long time, in fact, I still have to let my people of the Tang Dynasty move to the border fortress, so that the situation in the border can be completely stabilized, otherwise, whether it is the Xue Yantuo people or the Eastern Turks, it will be unreliable in the end."

In his early years, Wen Yanbo did not support the resettlement of the Eastern Turks in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty, and he still does not approve of it.

As for Li Shimin's mention of letting the Eastern Turks move to their homeland, although they could contain the Xue Yantuo people, they always felt that the battle back then was in vain.

"Yi Nan's behavior, if I don't have any reaction from Datang, it will inevitably make them even more arrogant."

Li Shimin also understands Fang Xuanling's thoughts, but letting the situation deteriorate is not something he can bear.

"Your Majesty, didn't His Royal Highness the King of Chu show everyone black powder before? Can you send a team of elite cavalry to use black powder to teach the people of Xue Yantuo a lesson, let them settle down for a few years, and then choose an opportunity to wipe out all parts of Xue Yantuo? ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was unwilling to give up.

Fang Xuanling threw out another proposal again.

How powerful that black powder was, Fang Xuanling had seen it with his own eyes.

Even the well-informed self was so surprised by the movement of black powder, if he appeared in front of Xue Yantuo, people might think that the gods had descended.

As long as it is used well, even if it can't create the situation of His Royal Highness the King of Chu winning more with less in Liangzhou again, it can still make Xue Yantuo people cast a mouse.

"Yes, Your Majesty, isn't there a new gunpowder bureau in the Ministry of Industry? I heard that he has been developing the thunderbolt bomb that His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, as long as a few fierce generals are selected, with thousands of elite cavalry, and the thunderbolt is used well, maybe it will be able to get miraculous results. ”

Dai Xuan was also present that day, so he naturally supported this method of relatively small cost and able to deter and teach Xue Yantuo a lesson.

"Lan He, go and summon Kuan'er into the palace!"

Li Shimin directly expressed his approval of Fang Xuanling and Dai Xuan's suggestions with actions.

However, none of the generals in the Tang Dynasty had used black powder, and the thunderbolt was also proposed by Li Kuan.

With the record of defeating the Western Turks and Tuyuhun, no one in the DPRK and China would think that Li Kuan was the kind of gentleman who knew nothing about the art of war.

……

Li Kuan rushed to Daming Palace.

This morning, I just invited Fang Xuanling and them to see the harvest of early rice, and Your Majesty will let him enter the palace now.

This efficiency is a bit high.

"I've seen Your Majesty!"

When Li Kuan arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Shimin was discussing things with the ministers.

However, in addition to Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo, and Dai Guan, Li Kuan actually saw Li Jing, Wei Chigong and other generals.

To discuss the promotion of rice, also need the military to go out?

Li Kuan couldn't help but put a question mark in his heart.

Without waiting for Li Shimin to take care of himself, Yan Lide and several other ministers also came to the palace under the leadership of the eunuchs.

Li Kuan faintly felt that today's summons seemed to be a little different.

Looking at Li Shimin's face, there was not much joy.

It stands to reason that the yield of Nanyang rice is almost twice as high as that of the current rice, and he should be very happy.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Li Shimin said expressionlessly: "Lan He, you come and read the content of this compromise." ”

"Xue Yantuo attacking the Eastern Turks?"

Lan Hecai read a beginning, and Li Kuan reflected why Li Shimin's face was not good-looking.

This Xue Yantuo was an ally of Datang at the beginning, and they can have today's status, and Datang has contributed a lot.

Now that he has raised a white-eyed wolf, it is no wonder that Li Shimin feels that his face is gloomy.

"Okay, Xue Yantuo acted like this, Xuan Ling proposed to wait for the cement road from Jinyang to Shuozhou to be repaired before considering large-scale use of troops, but in order to deter Yi Nan, it was proposed to arrange an elite cavalry to carry thunderbolts and teach them a lesson. Yan Aiqing, how is the Gunpowder Bureau's thunderbolt preparation? ”

I had already discussed it with Fang Xuanling a few times just now, so Li Shimin didn't ask everyone to re-discuss how to deal with it, but directly discussed the matter of small-scale elite cavalry attack.

"Your Majesty, the transportation of this black powder is very inconvenient, and the slightest carelessness will cause a great disaster; Even if it is made into a thunderbolt, it needs to be very careful about storage and transportation, so the Gunpowder Bureau has only made some of them for testing for the time being. ”

Yan Lide told the truth, and he didn't dare to falsely report his credit.

"So what is the current test, can the Thunderbolt be used or not?"

Li Shimin doesn't care about the process, he just wants to know the result.

Yan Lide: "Your Majesty, if it is used to defend the city, it can be used; But when used in field warfare, it can be more troublesome. ”

Li Shimin: "What's the trouble?" ”

Yan Lide: "Thunderbolts need fire crackers to ignite the fuse, and they are afraid of water, moisture, and bumps, so if they are used in the wild, it is difficult to exert their power. ”

"Field combat, whether cavalry or infantry, to drop a thunderbolt on the enemy's head, means not too far away. However, if the distance is too close, it will hurt oneself again, and in a short period of time, it is difficult to use thunderbolts for large-scale field combat. ”

Li Kuan somewhat understood why Li Shimin had summoned himself into the palace.

So he didn't wait for him to ask himself, and after Yan Lide finished speaking, he stood up and added.

"That's right, no matter how powerful the thunderbolt is, if it can't be effectively dropped on the enemy's side, it will be useless."

Yan Lide gratefully glanced at Li Kuan, who helped him out of the siege.

Li Shimin was a little disappointed when he heard this, "Thunderbolts can only be used to defend the city?" ”

"Your Majesty, for now, Thunderbolt is the most suitable for defending the city. But black powder can not only be used to make thunderbolts, but also can be used outdoors. ”

Li Kuan once again thought of his hot air balloon battalion, if it is used with explosives bags, the power should be more powerful than fire oil bombs, right?

The fire oil bomb, unless the opponent is in a relatively confined area, can have a relatively large result.

If it is in the vast prairie, his deterrent power will be greatly reduced.

And, in the event of a fire, the scene is far less scary than an explosion.

For the Xue Yantuo people, who had only heard the loud sound of thunder in their lives, if an explosive package fell from the sky, even if it didn't hit, the explosion could cause a big commotion.

Especially for horses, without special training, it is likely that they will be directly frightened by the sound of explosions and run around.

"Kuan'er, if there are only three or five thousand cavalry, if you want to teach Xue Yantuo a lesson, do you have any way?"

At this time, Li Shimin didn't bother to investigate Li Kuan's circumstances under which black powder could exert its power outdoors.

What he was most concerned about was whether he could give Xue Yantuo some colors with less to win.

If this method can be successful, then Datang can use this method to deal with many border conflicts in the future.

"There is a ...... way"

"Don't go around in circles, just go straight."

Before Li Kuan's words were finished, he was interrupted by Li Shimin.

However, Li Kuan didn't care, and continued to explain at his own pace, "Your Majesty, Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan invaded the Eastern Turkic tribes with an army of 100,000 this time, if you just send a few thousand people to teach them a lesson, you must rely on surprise to win, and there is a certain amount of chance. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, what is a surprising way to win?"

Li Jing looked at Li Kuan with a little curiosity.

is true, even Li Jing is not sure at this moment that he can teach Xue Yantuo a painful lesson with only a few thousand people.

The Eastern Turks are not vegetarians, and now they are beaten by the Xue Yantuo people and have no power to fight back, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the Xue Yantuo people is still very good.

Unless you fight for the lives of thousands of cavalrymen, it is possible to teach Xue Yantuo a lesson among the 100,000 troops.

But this is clearly not the outcome that Li Shimin wants to see.

"Hot air balloons, combining black powder and hot air balloons, if you use it well, you can naturally teach Xue Yantuo people a painful lesson."

Li Kuan was accustomed to the rhythm of dispatching the air force first whenever there was a war in later generations, and he first thought of his hot air balloon battalion.

On the contrary, although Li Jing and his men have rich combat experience and have studied the art of war more thoroughly than Li Kuan, they are still not used to the use of hot air balloon battalions.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Tang Jun did not pay too much attention to it.

In Li Jing's view, although Li Kuan used the hot air balloon camp to teach the Western Turks a painful lesson in Liangzhou, there were too many accidents and uncertainties in it.

Therefore, hot air balloons have not been paid much attention, and even if some military hot air balloons are mainly used for reconnaissance.

"Hot air balloons? This thing is rare to see in other places except for the dozens of your escort team equipment. ”

"Your Majesty, although there are only dozens of hot air balloons in Weichen's escort team, there are as many as 100 people who can operate hot air balloons. A hundred hot air balloons are enough to rush to the ground. ”

A picture of hundreds of hot air balloons floating in the air appeared in Li Kuan's mind, constantly heading at Xue Yantuo's head and still dynamite packets, and the picture seemed to be ......

"Your Majesty, my Tang Dynasty is like a cloud, just a Xue Yantuo, how can I let the guards of the Chu Palace's Mansion also go to the battlefield?"

Cheng Yanjin saw that Li Kuan seemed to have the intention of going on the expedition again, and hurriedly stood up to stop it.

His Majesty's intention has been very clear, this time there are only a few thousand troops, while Xue Yantuo has more than 100,000 people.

Do you really think that people can cross the grassland by luck?

One carelessly, thousands of people were wiped out.

Cheng Yanjin doesn't want his daughter to be widowed.

"Zhijie, I didn't say that I wanted Kuan'er to go on the expedition."

As soon as Li Shimin heard Cheng Yanjin speak, he knew what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty, the country is in trouble, the husband is responsible, and the guards of the Chu Palace's palace are at any time at the disposal of the imperial court."

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, do you think that you are great after a few battles? There are more people in Chang'an City who are more powerful than you. ”

Cheng Yanjin listened to Li Kuan's words, and his lungs were about to explode.

Why is this guy so worry-free, why is it bad, he has to think about going to war?

You are a prince, isn't it good to be your prince in Chang'an City obediently?

"Know, and listen to Kuan'er."

Li Shimin naturally didn't want Li Kuan to personally lead troops to complete such a dangerous task, but Li Kuan didn't say that he wanted to lead the troops to the battle.

With his understanding of Li Kuan, if he really had this thought, Li Kuan would not have spoken like this.

Li Shimin's guess was right, Li Kuan really didn't mean to make his own move this time.

Regardless of whether the war is going well or not, the journey back and forth alone will take at least a month.

If you don't get married, you don't have children, then you might go out in person, now......

Gentle Township, Hero's Tomb.

I'll come up with the idea, and I'll do it or someone else.

"Your Majesty, Xue Li on the Weichen Mansion, excellent archery, brave champion of the three armies, and familiar with the art of war, when he was in Tuyuhun, he was the first person to capture and the end of the city, and Weichen recommended Xue Li to serve as the head of the march."

Xue Li is such a fierce general, Li Kuan feels that he still has to be given a chance.

Especially now that he is married to Li Xueyan, he can't be a guard commander in the Chu Palace's mansion for the rest of his life.

In the eyes of many people, this operation may be more than lucky, but Li Kuan is seventy or eighty percent sure that he will be able to get good results.

Although air strikes cannot defeat a country, they can teach him a painful lesson very effectively.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you are really virtuous and do not shy away from your relatives. However, Xue Li's level is really good, and if there is another veteran to cooperate, it may be more stable. ”

Li Jing also knew Xue Li's skills, but considering that he had no experience in leading troops to fight alone after all, it would be better to let him be his deputy to fight for the sake of insurance.

"That's true, the pharmacist's advice is always serious."

Li Shimin did not object to Li Kuan's recommendation of Xue Li to lead the troops, and he had heard of this person.

Besides, strictly speaking, this job is not a good job, and I accidentally put my life on the line.

"If that's the case, then Weichen proposes that Su Lie be the head of the march and Xue Li be the deputy head of the army."

Although Su Lie was skeptical of Li Kuan at first during the conquest of Tuyuhun, in the end, Li Kuan basically surrendered the fierce general.

With Su Lie and Xue Li, the two 10,000-strong enemies joining forces, even if there is any accident, Li Kuan will be much more relieved.

"Su Lie? Okay, then Su Lie, the soldiers and horses simply went to the forward camp of Tuyuhun with you last time, Su Lie and Xue Li are more familiar. ”

This is the second time that Li Kuan has ordered Su Lie to go on the expedition, and Li Shimin simply and completely relinquished power.

As long as Xue Yantuo was cleaned up, he didn't care about some details.

"Yan Shangshu, I'm going to trouble you in that moment."

For the production of explosives packs, Li Kuan is going to let the Gunpowder Bureau handle it, just provide some ideas by himself.

This kind of thing with a relatively large loading capacity is not something that the laboratory in his palace can meet the production capacity.

Besides, if there is an accident in the middle, wouldn't I ......

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, please rest assured, whether it is a hot air balloon or black powder, the Ministry of Industry will fully cooperate with the production, and it will not delay the army."

No matter what time it is, there is nothing wrong with this truth.

Although Li Kuan is not the commander, he can still say when Su Lie and Xue Li will go on the expedition.

These days, it seems that I have been busy.

At least some of the tactics and views of aerial bombardment, I still have to find time to talk about it to the two main generals, Su Lie and Xue Li, don't fall into the tiger's mouth at that time.

Seeing that things were finally developing in a good direction, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the things discussed in the Xuanzheng Hall had nothing to do with Li Kuan.

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