Li Xiu entered the palace with a few bottles of chili sauce in his arms. He didn't know what Li Shimin had to do with him, but as soon as he entered the Liangyi Palace, he saw Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji whispering something. There was no one else other than that, which made him feel sank, because it was definitely not a trivial matter that could allow Li Shimin to discuss with Changsun Wuji alone.

Sure enough, when Li Shimin saw Li Xiu coming in, he immediately waved to him with a smile and said, "Li Xiu, come and have a look. A huge good news came from the north of the Prime Minister, but Wuji and I had a disagreement, so we had no choice but to invite you over!"

The Prime Minister is Zhao Deyan's code name, which was proposed by Li Xiu. Such a fine work placed in the enemy's name by the code can greatly reduce the risk of fine work exposure. When Li Xiu heard that it was good news, he felt relieved. After all, the smallpox storm had just passed, so he didn't want to make any more trouble.

When Li Xiu walked forward, Li Shimin picked up a memorial from the table and stuffed it into his hand. Li Xiu opened the memorial and looked at it. He found that this was a piece of information sent by Feinusi, which indicated that it was the news sent by Prime Minister Zhao Deyan himself. It was top secret and also very credible.

According to the news conveyed by Zhao Deyan, the changes implemented by Jie Li have caused great complaints within the Eastern Turks. Many tribes have rebelled, and many small tribes even surrendered directly to the Tang Dynasty, while some large tribes are unwilling to live under others, so they live together after betraying the Turks to prevent Jie Li's revenge.

In theory, with the current situation of the Turks, the most important thing for Jie Li was to appease the people and suspend the implementation of the new policy to avoid attracting opposition from more tribes. However, Jie Li was blinded by Zhao Deyan and his so-called confidants, and could not see the current situation of the Turks. As a result, he not only did not appease the people, but instead made a more crazy decision, which was to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and send troops to attack those rebellious tribes.

Among those tribes that rebel against the Turks, the most powerful ones belong to the Tiel tribes. Tiel has fifteen tribes, scattered in the northern part of the Mo area. The most powerful ones are Xueyantuo, Uighur, and Bayegu. They are all Tielite people and have many marriages, so their relationship is naturally closer than other tribes. In particular, Xueyantuo, the second five-year-old tribe, is closely related to the Tang Dynasty. In order to cause chaos for the Turks, Li Shimin once instigated Xueyantuo to rebel. Now Jie Li is in chaos, so Xueyantuo rebels again without hesitation, and also took away the two tribes of Uighur and Bayegu.

Tuli had betrayed Jie Li before, but the two had a big fight. Tuli was defeated and fled to the south. Finally, he asked for help from the Tang Dynasty. Then with the help of the Tang Dynasty, he settled down again in the desert. Jie Li did not want to fight with the Tang Dynasty again, so he had no choice but to do anything about Tuli. As a result, the tribes of Xue Yantuo and others dared to rebel, which made him finally unable to help it.

However, although Jie Li was impulsive, he was not stupid. He was not so stupid that he fought with the three tribes of Xue Yantuo, Huihe and Bayegu at the same time. Instead, he chose a Uighur with strength at noon as the target of killing the chicken to warn the monkey. So he appointed another nephew, Yugu, as the commander and led 100,000 cavalry to conquer the Uighurs. The Uighurs could use less than 10,000 troops, so in Jie Li's view, his side was almost certain to win.

However, anything can happen on the battlefield, and war is not just a battle of troops. Factors such as the right time and place can sometimes affect the victory or defeat of a battle. Faced with the 100,000 army led by Yuguzhi, the Uighurs could only organize 5,000 elite troops to stop them. The two sides fought decisively in a place called Malishan. What no one expected was that the Uighurs actually defeated the 100,000 cavalry of Yuguzhi with 5,000 people, and many of the defeated soldiers became prisoners of the Uighurs. As a result, the Uighurs' strength increased sharply for a while, and some small tribes also surrendered.

Zhao Deyan's intelligence was not determined by the reason why the army of Yugu was defeated by 100,000 in Yugu was defeated by 5,000 Uighur cavalry. The rumor was that the army of Yugu suddenly attacked when it encountered a sandstorm, which led to the defeat of Yugu. However, Yugucheng reported to Jie Li that his army was all drawn from some small tribes and was unwilling to serve them at all. As a result, they surrendered to the Uighurs during the war, which led to his defeat.

Zhao Deyan could not be sure which one was true, or both might be true, but this was not important. After this battle, Jie Li's prestige fell to the bottom again, but the Uighurs' voice rose sharply, becoming another Tieler person who was not weaker than Xueyantuo in the north of the Mo. At the same time, this battle also laid the foundation for the rise of Uighurs in the future.

"Jie Li's defeat in this case must have been severely damaged and his reputation fell to the bottom. If we could send troops to the Turks at this time, we might be able to destroy Jie Li in one fell swoop!" Li Shimin saw that Li Xiu had finally finished reading the information, and said with excitement on his face, he had been waiting for this good opportunity long ago.

"Your Majesty think twice. Although Jie Li lost a battle, the information also said that most of the 100,000 troops set up in Yugu were drawn in some small tribes. I believe that Jie Li's real confidant army did not hurt his muscles, and our Tang Dynasty army was not suitable for grassland combat, especially the lack of cavalry cavalry, which was not a good opportunity to attack the Turks at this time!" Compared to Li Shimin's optimism, Changsun Wuji opposed it very firmly.

"Li Xiu, you have also seen it. Wu Ji thinks the timing is wrong, but I think it is a good opportunity to attack the Turks. Jie Li's strength has been greatly damaged, and we have our internal support. In addition, we can join forces with Tuli and Xue Yantuo, and the strength may not be as good as Jie Li. If you miss such a good opportunity, it would be a pity!" Li Shimin spread his hands at this time. It was precisely because he and Changsun Wuji had disagreements that he wanted to invite Li Xiu to express his opinion.

Li Xiu couldn't help but think about it when he heard this. After a while, he looked up at Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji, and then said with a firm look on his face: "Your Majesty, I agree with Brother Changsun's opinion!"

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have the same view as Wuji. Do you think the timing is wrong?" Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Li Xiu in disappointment when he heard this. He hoped that Li Xiu could support him so that he could convince Changsun Wuji and then let Changsun Wuji support him and convince the ministers, but he didn't expect that Li Xiu would have disagreements with him.

"Report to Your Majesty, chances are indeed a good opportunity, but the key is that my Tang Dynasty is not ready yet, or if I send troops now, I have to take too much risk. If I return without success or even go to the army, it will cause a serious blow to my Tang Dynasty and will also make Jie Li more alert. So if I don't have a complete grasp, I think I should act cautiously!" Li Xiu said solemnly again.

"What the prince-consort said is so, and I think so too. To deal with an enemy like Jie Li, you must hit it with one blow, and you must not give the other party a chance to escape. Otherwise, my Tang Dynasty will be in great trouble, but now my Tang Dynasty does not have such strength. Moreover, this opportunity came too hastily, and we have no time to prepare at all!" Changsun Wuji spoke again at this time.

Hearing these words from Changsun Wuji and Li Xiu, Li Shimin couldn't help but show a meditative expression. He also knew that Li Xiu and the others were right. But as a natural commander, it was really a very uncomfortable thing for him to miss such a good fighter.

"Okay, the risk of this matter is indeed a bit greater. If you fail to kill or capture Jie Li, I, the Tang Dynasty, will probably have to bear the crazy revenge of the Turks in the future. For us, the most important thing in the past few years is to recuperate. After all, the previous war has greatly damaged the vitality of Zhongyuan, and it really cannot withstand too much trouble!" Li Shimin sighed at last, as if he was telling Li Xiu and the others, and it seemed to be trying to convince himself.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Seeing that Li Shimin finally gave up the idea of ​​attacking the Turks, Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji were all relieved, and then looked at each other, and both saw a bit of appreciation in each other's eyes.

But at this moment, Li Xiu suddenly blinked his eyes, smiled and stepped forward again, "Your Majesty, although we cannot attack Jie Li, we cannot miss this opportunity in vain. For example, we can encourage other people to attack Jie Li!"

"Li Xiu, what do you mean is...Suddenly?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood what Li Xiu meant.

"Yes, Tuli escaped to the place controlled by our Tang Dynasty like a dog, and then he had a chance to breathe. Now the Turkic civil strife is a good opportunity for him to kill him again!" Li Xiu nodded with a smile. Although Tuli surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was a Turkic man after all, and he had many supporters in the Turkic Republic. Even if he was defeated before, these supporters were just turned into secret and were not completely eliminated. At this time, Tuli returned, which would definitely make Jie Li busy.

"This method is good, but Tuli was defeated too badly before, with only more than 10,000 troops left by his side. It is estimated that at most, he will be organized to have an army of several thousand people. If he goes back, it may not be enough to put Jie Li in the gap between his teeth?" Changsun Wuji stopped Li Xiu's suggestion again. He was more cautious and believed that the main thing in the Tang Dynasty was to hide his strength and keep a low profile. When he had enough strength, it would not be too late to attack the Turks.
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