"Hmm... Your Majesty, do you want to use troops against the Turks?"

After listening to Fang Xuanling's explanation, Bai Yuqi rubbed her chin and became thoughtful.

Historically, Zheng Yuanshou, the Honglu Qing who was on an envoy to the Turks, suggested to Li Shimin after his return that he should take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Turks. Many ministers in the DPRK also agreed, but Li Shimin rejected the suggestion, mainly because of the situation in the Tang Dynasty at that time.

No more weapons are allowed.

But now, Li Shimin was obviously moved. Even though he learned from the "secret" leaked to him by Bai Yuqi that there would be drought and locust plagues in the next two years, he still couldn't restrain his ambition.

This is obviously because the emergence of Bai Yuqi, the "god", has greatly changed the original trajectory of history, making Li Shimin unconsciously dependent on him.

The domestic salt shortage and food shortage have been alleviated, a large number of refugees have been properly resettled, and 10,000 sets of immortal armor have just been obtained from Bai Yuqi.

Li Shimin felt as if he had put down a few heavy boulders, and couldn't help but feel itchy. Is it possible to take the risk and fight like that?

Anyway, my family has an indestructible 100-foot-long majestic city to protect me.

Even if the war fails, the worst result is to retreat to Tai Chi Imperial Capital and defend the city with strong walls and clear fields.

That group of Turkic barbarians, let alone the Taiji Imperial Capital with a fifty-meter-high wall, could not even attack Chang'an City, which originally only had a 5.4-meter-high earthen wall.

The Turkic barbarians, who were not good at siege warfare, encountered a serious snowstorm. Countless mules, horses, cattle and sheep froze to death. Naturally, they lacked supplies, making it even more impossible to resort to siege warfare.

In this way, Datang is already in an invincible position before the war against Tang Dynasty begins, so why should there be any hesitation?

As for the disasters in the next two years, with Emperor Wuji as a living god sitting in charge, droughts, locust plagues and floods will definitely be able to survive smoothly, right?

To put it simply, Li Shimin's confidence was inflated by this series of advantages, but because he felt somewhat unsure, he couldn't help but run to Kuyu City and ask Bai Yuqi for an explanation to strengthen his confidence.

Bai Yuqi rubbed her chin and thought about it for a long time.

All the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty looked at him eagerly, hoping for his correct words.

If you ask me whether I am qualified for porcelain or not, I must be qualified for porcelain...what a ghost!

Bai Yuqi secretly rolled his eyes, saying that he would definitely support the war against the Turks, and since Datang had no internal worries now, the chances of winning were not small.

But the problem is, he can't just pamper these emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, they will rely on him, the Wuji Emperor, for everything in the future. Success is the right thing, and failure is his fault. How unjust would he be?

The story of "a favor is gained, a favor is lost" tells us that if you help others in times of crisis, they will be grateful to you.

But if you help someone too much and make them naturally dependent, once you stop helping them, they will resent you.

The purpose of Bai Yuqi's various struggles was to better harvest faith, but not really to be a nanny for Datang.

The so-called "rescuing people in distress" naturally means rescuing people when they are "in trouble". If you save someone in advance and you are not grateful to you, why save him?

So, even Bai Yuqi felt that attacking the Turks was a good opportunity under the current conditions, but he could not tolerate these Tang monarchs and ministers.

Besides, Li Shimin, an emperor of the Tang Dynasty, wanted to attack the Turks, so why did he come to ask someone outside the court for advice?

What do you rely on to fight a war?

You can't just mount a horse, pick up a knife and go out to kill people. Fighting relies on logistics!

Although ancient wars did not rely on logistics as much as later generations, the cost of a war was equally huge, and it was even more difficult when transportation conditions were insufficient.

Li Shimin wanted to take advantage of the Turkic chaos and another disaster, which meant that the Tang army had to enter the snow disaster environment to fight, which required a lot of food and logistical support, but now it has a lot of food and manpower in its hands.

, isn’t it Bai Yuqi, the Wuji Emperor?

Bai Yuqi worked hard to stock up on food to prepare for disasters, and she also pampered the victims of the disaster like little babies, fearing that one of them would die. What was she planning?

Isn't it just to reduce population losses and expand the number of believers?

Li Shimin now wants to go to war to increase his "imperial achievements", but he comes here to plot Bai Yuqi's hard-earned food and protected population. It's strange that he is willing to do it!

Moreover, fighting requires death. Even if they are not killed in battle, the cold environment of the Turks, which is currently suffering from snowstorms, may cause a large number of casualties to troops who are not accustomed to that environment.

As a decision-maker who is accustomed to fighting wars, Li Shimin can just regard human life as a number, as long as these losses can eventually be exchanged for victory.

But Bai Yuqi can't do it. How can he bear this?

If a potential believer dies, it will take ten or twenty years for it to grow back. How much faith will be lost in the meantime?

Therefore, Bai Yuqi was very decisive, rejecting Li Shimin's suggestion that he support some food and supplies on the alarmist grounds that the construction of the water and land transportation network was at a critical moment. Once the southern grain road could not be opened before the drought and locust plague arrived, the Tang Dynasty would be in danger.

Manpower requirements.

"If you miss this opportunity, I don't know when I can call that old man Jieli to death!"

Li Shimin saw that Bai Yuqi did not support his military plan. Although he was a little disappointed, he did not get too entangled. He just sighed with regret.

After all, he was not unaware of the current situation in the Tang Dynasty. If he was the kind of person who went to war for his own merits regardless of the life and death of the people, he would not have actively rejected a plan that even the civil and military officials agreed to.

However, according to the current development situation of the Tang Dynasty, as long as it can survive these two years of famine, it will always be able to accumulate enough strength to defeat the Turks, a serious enemy in one fell swoop.

Just be patient, just be patient!

After all, in history, didn't Li Shimin wait until the fourth year of Zhenguan, when there was a good harvest of grain and the price of rice was three to five cents, before he wiped out the Turks in one fell swoop and captured Jieli alive to sing and dance for him?

"But I heard that Your Majesty has an alliance with that Jieli Khan to build a bridge over the Weishui River."

"I also became sworn brothers with the Tuli Khan. Now the white disaster brothers in the grassland are in trouble and we have to save them..."

Bai Yuqi, who rejected Li Shimin's request, rubbed her smooth chin again, blinked her eyes without knowing what she thought of, and said this while gasping for breath.

The emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were stunned. What did the Weishui alliance with Jieli and the brotherly agreement with Tuli mean? With the power of the Wuji emperor, it is impossible not to understand, right?

Even if the emperor was always benevolent, why did he still sympathize with those Turkic barbarians who drink blood with mushroom hair?

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