묱aL3o cjɈ ,f* ov~n" ! R 6 9 > ^ I 7A!c 6 Look, this is the latest information from the north! After discussing the affairs of the academy, Li Shimin handed a copy of the book to Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji, and at the same time showed a somewhat worried look on his face.

At that moment, the eldest grandson Wuji took the fold and looked at it first, but his face also showed a solemn expression, and then handed it to Li Xiu, but when Li Xiu opened the fold, he also frowned, because this is an information on the latest developments in the northern grassland, and the movements of the main forces on the grassland have been described, and the longest of them is about Xue Yantuo's movements.

At the beginning of March, the eldest son of Xue Yantuo Khan Yi Nan raised troops to the south, and wiped out the Hutuo Department of the big tribe entrenched in Mo Nan in one fell swoop......

Li Xiu looked at the information in his hand and also felt very tricky, he didn't expect that even under the suppression of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo could still develop so fast, and now he has become the overlord of the Mobei grassland, and has even begun to extend his power to the south of the Mo, if they continue to develop like this, I am afraid that further south will border the mainland of the Tang Dynasty, and then the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty will suffer from the swords again.

"What do you think about this?" Li Shimin saw that Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji had read this information, and immediately asked, although the Turks were exterminated, and the remaining Turks were also moved to the south to open up wasteland and farm, but the Hu people on the grassland were inexhaustible, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the energy to completely occupy the entire grassland, so he could only pay attention to the movements of the grassland at all times, lest another Turk appear.

"It must be to curb Xue Yantuo's expansion, but now I'm worried that our previous means of curbing Xue Yantuo may have failed, and if we want to stop Xue Yantuo's expansion momentum, we must come up with a more effective way!" Eldest Sun Wuji said almost without hesitation at this time.

When the Turks were destroyed, Xue Yantuo had tested the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, and as a result, he almost dragged the victorious army to death on the grassland, Li Shimin was angry, not only suppressed Xue Yantuo everywhere on the surface, but also secretly provoked Xue Yantuo's internal or relationship with the surrounding tribes, causing Xue Yantuo to fall into internal and external troubles.

However, this method only lasted for a few years, Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan is also a powerful person, first cleaned up some internal opposition forces, and then gathered the strength of the entire tribe to expand outward, and the power has been in full swing in recent years, except for a few large tribes such as Hui Hui and so on, there is no longer a force to restrain them.

"I'm also thinking about this now, but Xue Yantuo is mainly entrenched in Mobei, if we go on an expedition, not to mention how much manpower and material resources need to be consumed, and there is no certainty of victory, but if we don't send troops, there is no way to weaken Xue Yantuo's strength." Li Shimin was also very distressed at this time.

"We definitely can't send troops, after all, it's far from Datang to Mobei, and the grassland climate is unpredictable, no one knows what they will encounter, the labor expedition has always been a taboo for soldiers, so the minister thinks it's best to let other forces fight with Xue Yantuo, such as Hui is a good choice, they have always been friendly with our Tang Dynasty, and there are also contradictions with Xue Yantuo, and the strength is not much worse than Xue Yantuo, as long as a few more tribes are united, they should be able to compete with Xue Yantuo." Eldest Sun Wuji thought for a moment at this time and spoke.

"Hui Hui is indeed a choice, but Hui Hui people are not stupid, they will definitely not be willing to work for us, if you want to move them, I am afraid you will have to pay a lot of price, in addition, I am also worried that defeating a Xue Yantuo will raise Hui Hui into a big trouble in the future!" Li Shimin said in distress again at this time, as an emperor, he must consider all aspects of things, and many times he has to face a dilemma, and in the end he can only choose the least harmful plan.

When Li Shimin said this, he suddenly found that Li Xiu had not spoken, but was still looking at the recital just now, but his eyes seemed to be a little scattered, as if he was in deep thought, which made Li Shimin couldn't help but ask: "Li Xiu, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Xiu seemed to wake up from his contemplation, and immediately looked up at Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, and then pointed to a passage on the fold and said: "Your Majesty, the minister found that in March, Yi Nan sent his two sons to fight in the east and west, could it be said that he had already divided the military power to his two sons?" ”

"Yes, Yi Nan's two sons have already reached adulthood, and before the civil strife in Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan handed over part of the military power in the tribe to his two sons in order to control power, so that the three of them have the vast majority of the military power in the tribe, and there are no soldiers available if others want to rebel!" Li Shimin immediately nodded.

"Hehe, it seems that Yi Nan really doesn't have a long memory, if His Majesty wants to deal with him, in fact, he doesn't need to spend any effort to buy back the Hui people." Li Xiu suddenly smiled easily when he heard this.

"Oh? What can you do? Li Shimin couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Li Xiu's words, and immediately asked.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember how you divided the various forces on the grassland when Jieli was powerful?" Li Xiu didn't answer immediately, but smiled and spoke again.

"At the beginning?" Li Shimin couldn't help but show a contemplative expression when he heard Li Xiu's words, when Jieli was powerful, he did use a lot of means to divide the forces on the grassland, but it has been many years, and Jieli has long since died, so he really can't think of the things he did at the beginning for a while?

"Hehe, donkey Gaojian, I know how to deal with Xue Yantuo!" The eldest grandson Wuji's memory is obviously much better than Li Shimin's, and when he heard Li Xiu's words, he immediately reacted, and said with a relaxed smile on his face at the moment.

"You two don't sell it, hurry up and tell me how to deal with Xue Yantuo." Li Shimin saw that even the eldest grandson Wuji understood, and he couldn't help but ask a little anxiously at the moment.

Li Xiu was not in a hurry at all, and glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji at the moment, and then said with a smile: "At the beginning, Jieli was powerful, but Xue Yantuo in Mobei began to rise, and His Majesty issued a holy decree to canonize Yinan Khan in order to contain Jieli, so that Xue Yantuo can justifiably compete with the Turks, and now what His Majesty lacks is just a holy decree!" ”