The Xi clan started their posture and planned to fight with Datang, which is definitely explosive news in this era.

Several surrounding tribes, such as the Khitan, the Xia, and the Yan, were really shocked by the news.

The Tang Dynasty had just destroyed the Turks and Tuyuhun, and morale was high.

If you fight them at this time, won't you just wait to be beaten?

But the Xi people have their own confidence.

As Zhao Youlin said, the Xi people occupy two major advantages: geographical advantage and people.

The location is advantageous, the territory of the Xi people is behind the mountains, and Yanshan and Taihang are their natural barriers.

If Datang wants to attack, it must go over the mountains and mountains.

In this way, it will definitely slow down the advance of the Tang battalion soldiers.

Moreover, in the narrow mountain stream, the numerical advantage of the Tang camp has disappeared.

The Xi people can not only take advantage of the favorable terrain to deal with the Tang camp, but can even carry out effective counterattacks.

Hehe, after the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Northern Desert Turks, carried out the southward migration of the northern people according to Li Chengqian's proposal.

To a certain extent, this is indeed for the benefit of the aborigines of the Northern Desert.

After all, when you come to the land of Datang, you don't need to live in fear, worrying that tomorrow there will be enemies to come to you to take revenge.

They also don't have to take part in such rigorous military service, and they have to live with their heads pinned to their belts at a young age.

But even so, there are still many people who do not understand this kind of behavior.

Coupled with the encouragement of well-intentioned people, some old people in the Northern Desert thought that the Tang Dynasty was going to their land to carry out large-scale massacres.

Therefore, some of the old people of the Northern Desert chose to move west to the Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, or to the northeast.

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of displaced Turkic people really made the Xi people a little strong.

And this is also where they dare to call themselves the head of the three times, and they also dare to shout with Datang.

……

But when Li Shimin received the news, he immediately smiled.

Yuwen Yuanliang is explaining to him what it means to be arrogant.

Did he think that the current Datang was still the same Datang before?

If it was before, Datang really couldn't do anything about them.

They have the Yan Mountains to the south, the Taihang Mountains to the southeast, and the Turks as a powerful neighbor to the east.

Even if Datang wants to beat them, at least he has to look at the face of the Turks.

But now and before are completely different concepts.

The Tang Dynasty has destroyed the Northern Desert and recovered the Hetao region.

Datang can use the Hetao area as a logistics transit station.

Later, the troops were transported by waterway, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers were continuously sent to the eastern foothills of Yinshan Mountain and the northern foothills of Yanshan Mountain.

In this way, can the Xi people still rely on Yanshan?

Datang can go all the way east through the Mobei grassland to the hometown of the Xi people.

Li Shimin thinks so, and at the same time does this.

After learning that Yuwen Yuanliang's attitude was very tough, he ordered Su Dingfang's Bingzhou army to slowly advance north.

Then he sent Li Xiaogong to lead the Tang Dynasty sailors to Liangzhou, recruited the most elite and brave Liangzhou soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and took a boat to the Hetao area.

Since you, Yuwen Yuanliang, feel that his wings are stiff.

Then my Datang will break your wings so that you can't fly.

……

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, at the end of June.

50,000 Liangzhou soldiers arrived in the Hetao area.

In this war, Datang dispatched a total of 50,000 Bingzhou Corps and 50,000 Liangzhou Corps, a total of 100,000.

In the eyes of others, using 100,000 people to fight a Xi tribe with a total of 50,000 soldiers is really suspected of hitting mosquitoes with cannons.

In particular, the Bingzhou Legion and the Liangzhou Legion are still the top legions in Datang's combat power.

The Bingzhou Army once accompanied Li Jiancheng to fight in the south and the north, and later participated in the Mobei War.

The Liangzhou Army was Li Shimin's descendant troops, and the most glorious battle was the defeat of the combined forces of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande in one fell swoop.

Later, he participated in the Northern Desert War with Li Daozong, although he did not appear in person, which made his soldiers sulk.

But in the Tuyuhun War, the Liangzhou Army appeared again, and fought all the way to the capital of Tuyuhun State.

Such a brilliant record, just taking it out to scare people is enough to scare people to death.

Let their two legions go to fight a small Xi clan, and they will be able to capture it.

There are many old faces in these Liangzhou pawns who came.

Many of them went to see Chang'an City with Li Chengqian.

Although more than a year has passed now, they could hardly hide the excitement on their faces when they saw Li Chengqian again.

The same is true for Li Chengqian.

He couldn't help but step forward and greet a few acquaintances.

These people are the ones who wanted to bury the ashes of their comrades in Chang'an City at the beginning.

The man in the northwest values affection and righteousness, as long as he is a little kind to him, he can remember it for a lifetime.

When they saw Li Chengqian, several people knelt on the ground to salute.

"I'll wait, see His Royal Highness King Qin!"

Li Chengqian hurriedly stepped forward and helped these guys up.

"Didn't I say it a long time ago, don't fix this nonsense thing."

"If you have the time to bow down to me, you might as well go and cut off a few more enemy heads."

After several people looked at each other, they all laughed.

The old military commander smiled and said, "Your Highness will kneel, and the enemy's head will also be cut off." ”

"Besides, it doesn't take long to bow down to His Highness, at best, it's enough to cut off a dog's head."

"When I went to the battlefield, my brothers worked hard and snatched this time back."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help laughing.

He raised his hand and patted the old captain on the shoulder and said, "Don't talk about it, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your old Xu Xu's ability to brag is indeed growing." ”

"This place is not comparable to the northwest, and when the time comes, it will be enough for you to drill into the deep mountains and old forests."

"Hey, hey."

Wu Changhan, whose name was Lao Xu, said with a smile: "Although I haven't drilled into the forest before, we old guys have all traveled through the desert. ”

"Could it be that his deep mountains and old forests can be more difficult to walk than the desert?"

As he spoke, Lao Xu glanced at Li Chengqian: "Your Highness really didn't go this time?" ”

"Wouldn't it be better for me to stay and show you supplies?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't say that there is meat in the meal, we can also ensure that you have a bun for your meal." ”

"But you have to promise me that after eating my two buns, you must cut off the head of a taunting dog."

Hearing this, Lao Xu and the others smiled honestly.

"Your Highness, don't worry, if you want this dog's head, you will definitely pull back a cart for you."

"That is, if Your Highness wants these dog heads, we will cut them off a lot."

They also know that Li Chengqian's status is noble, and there must be a limit to jokes.

So after a few pleasantries, the group retreated, and then ran up to keep up with the large army, heading further east.

Li Chengqian stood at the high post and watched them leave.

I don't know how long it took for him to finally come back to his senses.

Li Chengqian waved his hand to call Cheng Huailiang and ordered: "You go and select a hundred elite brothers, divide them into ten batches, and follow closely with the Liangzhou Legion." ”

"No matter what's going on in front of me, I'm going to know first, understand?"

"Understood."

Cheng Huailiang intervened and took the order.

Li Chengqian looked up at the looming mountains and forests again.

For some reason, he always had a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart.

After all, the Northeast has been a tough bone to gnaw on since ancient times.

If it weren't for this, the Central Plains Dynasty would not have been deflated on the northeast issue.

But what the problem is, he still hasn't figured it out......