[Rebirth] Anecdote of Li Tang

Li Yuan's thoughts, even Pei Ji didn't dare to speculate, everyone was waiting for Li Yuan's order.

In the end, Li Yuan agreed to attack Chang'an and marched southward.His army is the most elite army in the Sui Dynasty. It was supposed to defend the Huns in the north, but now it is targeting the Sui monarch-Yang Guang.

In Li Shimin's army, he was so absorbed in staring at the war sand table that he didn't even notice that Fang Xuanling was walking behind him.

"Zhi'er, have you memorized today's homework?" The sudden voice behind him made Xin feel startled, and he quickly turned around and said, "You have memorized it." As he spoke, he waited for Fang Xuanling to come to test him.

When it comes to teaching, Fang Xuanling is definitely a strict teacher. If Xinxin becomes slack because of complacency, Fang Xuanling's cane will be pulled on his son's calf without any politeness.

After Yixin suffered from the cane once, she never dared to fool around again.It's no wonder that in her previous life, Fang Xuanling taught Fang Yizhi who was strict and well-behaved.

Fang Xuanling glanced at the huge sand table, then glanced at Xinxin who was pursing her lips, and said in a deep voice, "What was Zhi'er looking at just now?"

After a pause, she replied in a low voice, "I'm looking at Turks."

"Turk?" Fang Xuanling was a little surprised: "Why do you look at Turk?"

Yixin pointed to a large piece of land outside the Great Wall, then pointed to Taiyuan, and said puzzledly: "I was wondering why they didn't take the opportunity to invade. Once the Taiyuan defenders withdraw, it is obviously a great opportunity. They have been coveting the Central Plains for so long. Isn't this the day?"

Fang Xuanling stared at Xinxin's thoughtful expression, and nodded with satisfaction: "Zhi'er, in your opinion, the Turks have repeatedly invaded, what is the reason?"

Xin Xin frowned and said, "Isn't it for the purpose of devouring the country and replacing the Sui Dynasty?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Not necessarily. The Turks have lived in the grasslands and deserts for generations, and most of their people are free. They invaded the Central Plains for gold, silver, silk and silk, but they don't necessarily want the highest throne."

Yi Xin hesitated and said: "But even if this is the case, now is the opportunity to take advantage of the conflict in the Central Plains, don't Turks want to reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

Fang Xuanling asked back: "Who said the Turks didn't reap the benefits?"

Yixin was stunned, Fang Xuanling saw this, and said in a low voice: "Look at the Turkic state of the Central Plains now, it is obvious that they have reached an agreement with a certain party in the Central Plains, and there are many ways to reap the benefits of this fisherman. Wouldn’t it be better to just wait for others to come to your door instead of doing it yourself, after all, Turkic and Chang’an are far apart, no matter how powerful Shibi Khan is, there will always be times when he can’t reach him.”

Xinxin looked at Fang Xuanling in disbelief: "Aye, what you mean is that Li Yuan..."

He was at a loss for words, although he lived in the deep palace for a long time during the Zhenguan period, he had also heard about Taizong's large-scale conquest of the Turks, Li Yuan's "collude with the Turks" to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, this was something he never expected.

Looking at Xin's expression, Fang Xuanling knew what was going on in his heart, and sighed softly: "Zhi'er, you have to understand that there are no permanent allies and no permanent enemies in this world. If we don't unite with the Turks this time, there will be The Turkic army invaded the border, no matter how brave our soldiers are, it is impossible to divide our troops into two groups, this is a big taboo for military strategists, and we will definitely lose."

Hearing the meaning of Fang Xuanling's words, Yi Xin didn't know whether he dedicated this plan to Li Shimin, or whether Li Yuan had thought of it long ago and deployed it in advance.

However, it is an indisputable fact that Li Yuan and Turkic joined forces.As the price for uniting with the Turks, Li Yuan promised the Turks that after the capture of Chang'an, all property, except for the people in the city, would be owned by the Turks.

Li Yuan, who had no worries about his future, quickly headed straight to Chang'an relying on the strength of the troops in his hands.Seeing that everything is going very smoothly.On this day, Yixin was watching the soldiers practice on the school grounds, but suddenly saw Duan Zhixuan walking towards him in a hurry.

"Duan Juntou." Yi Xin put down the bow in her hand and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry, what happened?"

Duan Zhixuan wiped off his sweat and said anxiously: "Yizhi, where is your father now? The governor has something important to discuss with him."

Xinxin led Duan Zhixuan to meet Fang Xuanling. At this moment, Fang Xuanling was sitting in the tent with a stack of bamboo slips in his hand. The sound of the soldiers' drills did not interrupt his work progress at all.

Seeing Yixin and Duan Zhixuan coming in, Fang Xuanling said without any surprise: "But the governor is looking for something for me?" Duan Zhixuan and Yixin looked at each other, and could only nod in admiration.

Fang Xuanling didn't refuse, got up and followed Duan Zhixuan to Li Shimin's military tent. After taking two steps, he heard Xin Xin say: "Aye, I have learned by heart today's homework, take me with you."

Fang Xuanling glanced at Duan Zhixuan with some hesitation, but saw him laughing and said: "The governor said, Yizhi is smart, it doesn't matter if you take him with you."

Fang Xuanling looked back at his happy son, and said softly, "Hurry up and follow."

Fang Xuanling entered the tent, but found that in the army tent, besides Li Shimin, there was also the Changsun family who was applying medicine for Li Shimin.

Seeing Xin Xin behind Fang Xuanling, Changsun's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Yi Zhi is here too, come quickly and let me see, she has grown taller again."

Fang Xuanling frowned and stared at Li Shimin's affected area, and said in a deep voice: "Captain, don't rush everything, take care of your health."

Li Shimin waved his hands nonchalantly: "I'm sick, there's no reason not to be injured in this battle, Xuanling doesn't need to care."

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling didn't want to persuade him anymore, he just said: "The governor is looking for me this time, but is it because of Li Mi's deployment of troops?"

This time, not only Li Shimin, but even Changsun's face showed surprise.Li Shimin sighed: "Xuan Ling is really a god, you guessed it before I said anything."

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Don't worry, Governor, I stay in the military tent all day long and don't go anywhere. All the information on the front line is stored in my mind."

Li Shimin also laughed for a while, before he said seriously: "Li Mi has sent people to garrison Luocang now, I see what he means, he wants to go straight to Chang'an, the two armies are fighting, we need to make early preparations."

Fang Xuanling calmly sat on both sides of the table with Li Shimin, and calmly said: "How can the governor be sure that Li Mi is heading for Chang'an, the western capital, and not Luoyang, the eastern capital?"

Li Shimin was stunned, and asked in confusion: "Why did Xuanling say this? Li Mi is now stationed in Luocang, and taking Chang'an first, and then sending troops to the eastern capital Luoyang after the troops recuperate, isn't it the best choice? After all, the emperor manages the eastern capital Luoyang. For a long time, even if people are in Jiangdu now, Luoyang's military strength should not be underestimated."

After Fang Xuanling listened with a smile, she turned her head and said to Xinxin who was sitting next to Changsun: "Zhi'er, what do you think?"