"What can I do? Only you and I know about this matter. I will also help him smooth out some clues that Shubao may leave when he goes to your place. As long as I don't tell you in the future, no one will know, so I'll ask Li Jijiu to keep it a secret!" Cheng Yaojin lowered his voice again at this time, which was also the reason why he took the initiative to run on the carriage and chat with Li Xiu.

"So that's it, General Cheng, don't worry. I know the severity of this matter, so I will never reveal it!" Li Xiu couldn't help but relax when he heard this. He thought Cheng Yaojin was going to kill someone to silence him. It turned out that he was just asking him to keep it secret. This was a small task, and at the same time he also made him look down on Cheng Yaojin a little bit. Although this guy is careless on the surface, but actually has a lot of thoughts, he is at least a kind person, which is very similar to Ma Ye.

Seeing Li Xiu agreeing, Cheng Yaojin also made a thankful move to him, and then started chatting with him. Li Xiu also took this opportunity to inquire about the current situation in the Tang Dynasty. Although Lao Qi could also find out some situations, compared with Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin's confidant, the information he could find was naturally very limited.

Cheng Yaojin knew Li Xiu's position in Li Shimin's heart more than anyone else, and this time he invited him to discuss how to deal with the Turks' going south. Naturally, he had to understand the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, so he also explained in detail.

Through chatting with Cheng Yaojin, Li Xiu knew how bad the current situation in the Tang Dynasty was. Although Li Shimin successfully made a coup and had a considerable number of troops, he had been at a disadvantage in the past two years and had been stationed by Li Jiancheng in various places. For example, taking Qingzhou where Li Xiu had been to before, it was originally Li Shimin's territory, but later Li Jiancheng sent people to squeeze out Li Shimin's people, thus gaining control of the military power of Qingzhou.

There are not one or two places like Qingzhou, but there are everywhere in the Tang Dynasty. This is also the result of Li Jiancheng's hard work for many years. Li Shimin could not completely eliminate these old princes in a short period of time. He could only focus on appeasement and deploy heavy troops in various places to prevent these people from causing trouble. However, even so, when the news of Li Jiancheng's death was spread, there were still many rebellions in many places, and Li Shimin was worried just by suppressing the rebellion.

In addition, compared with the severe local situation, the situation in Chang'an City can even be said to be even worse. You should know that most of the civil officials in the court were Li Jiancheng's people, and most of the scholars of this era paid attention to integrity. Therefore, after Li Jiancheng was killed, these people almost one-sidedly bombarded Li Shimin to kill his brother and imprison his father, and were not afraid of the butcher knife in Li Shimin's hand.

Li Shimin didn't dare to kill them all, so he could only catch the leading man while being angry, so he was able to attack the people in charge, so as to kill the chicken and warn the monkey. Unfortunately, the effect was not very good. After many ministers fell silent, they began to resist passively and did nothing at all, resulting in almost paralysis of the three provinces and six ministries. All the decrees could only be done by Li Shimin and a few confidant ministers, which made Li Shimin even want to kill people.

After hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel heavy. The situation was even more serious than he thought. During this period, he had not heard the news of rebellions in various places. He thought that it was suppressed by Li Shimin, so no one dared to move, but he did not expect that it was controlled by Li Shimin. Therefore, no one inside or outside Chang'an City knew about it. After all, in this era when traffic information was extremely backward, it was too easy for the court to block the news.

With Li Xiu and Cheng Yaojin chatting, their carriage finally entered Chang'an City, heading north along the quiet and deserted Zhuque Street, and finally entered the palace. Although Li Yuan has not abdicated yet, he has been under house arrest in the forbidden palace and can only live in Ganlu Palace. Most people can't see him at all. The entire palace has been firmly held by Li Shimin.

After entering the palace, Cheng Yaojin immediately took Li Xiu to Liangyi Hall. When he entered the hall, he immediately saw Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji discussing matters, and there were two other scholars. Li Xiu seemed to have seen him by Li Shimin before, but he didn't have a deep impression, so he couldn't call his name.

"Li Xiu, the Turks have arrived, and Jingzhou has been lost. They advance to martial arts and may threaten Chang'an at any time. What are you doing about this?" Li Shimin immediately waved to him when he saw Li Xiu coming in.

Li Xiu also walked over immediately, but found that Li Shimin and others were surrounding a map, which clearly marked the Turkish march route. From the map, it can be seen at a glance that they were indeed coming to Chang'an City.

"Based on Your Highness's estimate, how many days can the Turks reach Chang'an at the earliest?" Li Xiu frowned and looked at the situation on the map, then raised his head and asked. Based on what he had just learned from Cheng Yaojin, he had almost ruled out the possibility of blocking the Turks in the middle of the way, and it was almost time and time for the Turks to kill the city of Chang'an.

"I have sent Yuchi Gong to Jingzhou and asked him to organize troops to delay the footsteps of the Turkic army as much as possible. With the courage of Yuchi Gong, he should be able to win a few games, but he can only slightly block the Turkic people. It is estimated that the Turkic people will be able to kill near Chang'an in seven or eight days at most!" When Li Shimin said this, his face also showed a look of resentment. After finally succeeding in the coup, the coup was not completed in the country. These hateful Turkic people actually came again, which made him hate Jie Li and others to the core.

"Seven or eight days? This time is too short. Even if you go to make gunpowder now, it will probably be too late?" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little headache when he heard this. The Turks came too quickly, which made him completely unprepared.

"The time is indeed a little shorter, but I just discussed it with Wuji and the others. If you are willing to take out the hot air balloon that day and cooperate with gunpowder as a surprise weapon, we are not without hope of winning. It depends on how much gunpowder you can provide now?" Li Shimin stared at Li Xiu and said.

Without gunpowder and hot air balloons, Li Shimin could only mobilize less than 30,000 troops. Even if there is a strong city like Chang'an, he would not have the confidence to defeat the Turks. What's more, even if he could defend Chang'an, he would probably be robbed by the Turks by then. This is something Li Shimin would never want to see, so he had already planned to bow to the Turks temporarily, even if he took the initiative to send money and food, he could not let the Turks kill to Chang'an.

However, with gunpowder and hot air balloons, Li Shimin and others have just discussed a feasible plan, so that he can not only not pretend to be a turtle, but also defeat the Turks in one fell swoop! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!