"Please also ask Wang Lang to explain to me, what is going on?"

Li Shimin stared at Wang Ze with ugly eyes: "How can the herdsmen of Pingliang County and Lingwu County compete with each other? This is different from the situation you told me before. ”

It is important to know that these herdsmen are not ordinary people. Most of the people in this county have a good martial arts body and are good at riding, and they are all good seedlings of elite cavalry.

Therefore, more than 20,000 herdsmen, as long as they have sufficient armament, are a cavalry army that is not weak.

- He suddenly felt that his move to destroy Xiao Guan's leyline was too hasty?

Wang Ze's expression was also ugly: "According to the understanding of the lower officials, it should be the pastoral supervisor of Longxi, in recent years, the pastoral supervisor of Longxi has become greedy and contemptible, and has expropriated the herdsmen of various counties, knocking out the bones and sucking the marrow, making the people everywhere unbearable. Especially in Tianshui, and the northern area of Pingliang County, the people there not only have to supply war horses for the pastoral supervisors, but also pay taxes to the local government, and there are horse thieves from the Turks and Tuyuhun people. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned: "I can collude with those corrupt officials of the Longxi Pastoral Supervisor, but Bai Yusa! I am afraid that most of the materials that the Longxi Pastoral Supervisor has sold privately over the years have been through Bai Yusao's hands. ”

When he said this, he knew it was nonsense.

"The problem is that the herders over there don't understand what it's all about,"

Wang Ze cautiously replied: "This must be someone inciting demagogy again, and the lower officials are actually already thinking of ways to spread the truth among the rebels, or they may be able to shake Bai Yushao's military heart,"

"This has to be done as soon as possible!"

Li Shimin rubbed the corners of his forehead with a headache, thinking that if the Son of Heaven heard about it. I don't know what it's like.

Anyway, he is now annoyed, disgusted, funny, and helpless.

"On the Turkic side, Wang Lang has to keep an eye on you for me. Now that the Turks have intervened this time, they will not easily stop. It is impossible to directly dispatch the army, but now in the northern area, there are many horse thieves and bandits they support. Also, on the Tuyuhun side, you might as well pay attention to one or two. ”

Speaking of which. Li Shimin frowned again: "Speaking of this, can't you embroider clothes and guards think of a way?"

"Regarding the Turks' assistance to Bai Yusao to seize Xiao Guan, the lower officials have already notified the center. But now that the evidence is limited, we really don't dare to report it to His Majesty. As for the rest—"

Wang Ze bowed deeply: "The manpower of our Longxi Prison is too scarce, and the capacity is limited, please open the mansion Lord Haihan." ”

This time, it was several Turkic caravans that helped Bai Yusao seize the pass. But for some reason, these Turks left Xiao Guan early, and they were not affected by Xiao Pass's final detonation, and not even a single corpse was left at this time.

And Wang Ze estimated that even if they took down these people, it would actually be useless. The Turkic royal court could not have done so, otherwise these caravans were involved with them, and even directly said that these people were fake identities, in short, there were ways to prevaricate everything.

He also understood the intention of Li Shimin's question, the secret secrets of these Turks were not recognized by the Turkic royal court. This means that their identities are also shady and can be slaughtered at will.

But it's a pity that they don't have such strength in Longxi embroidered clothes.

Li Shimin could only reluctantly let Wang Ze retreat, and then devoted himself to the rectification of Xiaoguan city defense.

Previously, he expected that after Bai Yusao captured the Longxi Pastoral Prison, he would not be able to continue to go south for the time being. In the case that Xiao Guan is already on guard, this one is bound to have to reorganize his subordinates a little, and then recruit troops and horses to expand it vigorously.

But now that his command has expanded to nearly 40,000 horsemen, this is not necessarily the case.

He must be prepared to use the ruins of Xiao Pass to stop Bai Yushao's army for at least a day.

Fortunately, the three major beacons of Guoer Mountain, Yuhuang Mountain, and Chengdong Plateau on the periphery of Xiaoguan, as well as the three city barriers of Chengzigang, Shenjiatai, and Chengdong Goukou were not damaged, which made him maintain some confidence.

After that, Li Shimin convened a meeting with local village tycoons, and the results were also very gratifying, and he received a total of 170,000 yuan in silver, 30,000 stone of wheat, nearly 100,000 stone of other miscellaneous grains, and 2,200 family soldiers to join the army to fight, and temporarily serve as his promise of righteousness.

In the meantime, Li Quan, the deputy general of Xiao Guan, has already collected thousands of weapons and ink armor of different styles from the city, which is expected to arm 12,000 people. However, these soldiers have not yet been seen, and most of the messengers and proclamations from Xiao Guancheng are still on the way.

However, Liang Tianzhao privately gave him a guarantee, saying that the people of Pingnan County would definitely join the expedition.

- This is actually something that can be solved by Liang Tianzhao as soon as he ascends to the heights, but he has to make it so complicated.

However, Liang Tianzhao suffered a loss in the eight years after the opening of the emperor, and now he does not dare to do this anymore, and he must complete the procedures on the official face.

Due to the lack of soldiers, Li Shimin has always been worried. Almost every half hour, he released a scout horse to spy on the movement in the north.

However, until the early morning of the next day, the cavalry under Bai Yusa had not approached within thirty miles of Xiao Pass

According to the latest information provided by Wang Ze, this has been stationed in Haiyuan County, and is undergoing a large-scale reorganization of the army and the establishment of men.

After Li Shimin heard this, instead of disliking, he felt heavy.

He was nervous and annoyed when he thought that it was possible for the rebel to go south. But beyond that, there are actually some expectations.

If this happens, although it is indeed a bit dangerous, once he can hold it, it is very hopeful that within a few days, these thieves will be completely solved under Xiao Guan City.

But now Bai Yusa has chosen to reorganize the army first, which shows that this person still has considerable sanity, can discern the situation, and has not been carried away. This means that this person may not be an opponent that he will be able to solve in a short period of time.

At this time, there was a third force of soldiers and horses from Tianshui and the counties of Pacification, and they rushed to the city of Xiaoguan. It also caused the garrison here to swell to 17,000 people.

Except for about 4,000 of them, who are still injured, the rest are capable soldiers.

Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief, confident that he could hold Xiao Pass. So after arranging for these generals to stay and camp, and leaving them to Tang Jian, Li Daoxuan and others, he walked directly into the house prepared for him by the town general's mansion and fell asleep.

The battle in Xiao Guan before, as well as the busyness after that, had already exhausted him, and he was extremely tired.