In the second year of Zhenguan, the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

The Don officially declared war on the Turks.

After the Weishui Alliance.

In order to completely eliminate the Turkic threat, Li Shimin took many political and economic measures.

All this is for the purpose of increasing national strength.

Moreover, since Li Shimin came to power, Datang has achieved unprecedented military development.

Ministers were even allowed to wear weapons to the temple for worship.

And he himself led by example, taking hundreds of soldiers to practice martial arts and archery in the Xiande Hall every day.

Under his leadership, it is impossible for Datang's army not to be strong.

At the beginning of the first year, Li Shimin took Junzhang of Heng'an Town in the north under his command.

Later, under the control of Li Chengqian's miraculous mutual market, he successfully exterminated the first division of the Liang division and destroyed an important military base of the Northern Desert Turks.

These things seem to be scattered and messy.

But interspersed together, it is a big net.

From this, it is not difficult to see how much Li Shimin hates the Northern Desert Turks.

And Li Chengqian's sentence, God wants Li Shimin to destroy the Northern Desert Turks, which is not a joke.

As we all know, if you want to win a war, you have to have the right time and place, but you can't.

The so-called time of day refers to the natural disasters such as frost and drought encountered by the Turks in recent years.

And Jieli is as if he didn't see this, and he is still leading troops to fight year after year.

As a result, the people were tired and the animals were thin, and many sheep and horses were frozen to death and starved to death.

Last year, he was cheated by Datang and took away many herdsmen's cattle, sheep and horses.

To a large extent, this is more than just a matter of aggravating the situation.

Instead, it was a blizzard and freezing rain, and an electric shock and lightning strike.

The so-called geographical advantage and harmony are due to the fact that Xue Yantuo led the people to rebel out of the Northern Desert and bowed down to the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, the Turkic second Khan Tuli Khan was suppressed and excluded by the Jieli Khan for a long time, and also secretly contacted Tang and expressed his willingness to return.

Xue Yantuo is located in the northwestern part of the Northern Desert Turks, while the Turks are located in the east.

In this way, Datang can completely go on a full-scale Northern Expedition.

If such an opportunity is not seized, it will not be Li Shimin.

……

Now, the gears of Datang, the war machine, have begun to turn.

In the palace, Li Shimin listened to Li Chengqian's suggestion and made slight changes.

On the first road, Li Shimin appointed Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, as the head of the march on Dingxiang Road.

Chi Jingde, the lieutenant of the Hubei State, and Su Dingfang, the commander of Kuang Daofu, were the deputy generals, and personally led the Chinese army to advance to Yunzhong and Mayi.

On the second road, Li Shimin appointed Li Tao, the governor of the prefecture, as the head of the march on the Tonghan Road.

Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Zou Guogong, and Gao Yongsheng, the governor of Minzhou, were the deputy generals, and the main force was led by the East Road to directly attack the hinterland.

On the third road, Li Shimin appointed Ma Chai Shao as the head of the Jinhe Road march, and Qin Shubao, the Duke of Hu Guo, as the deputy general.

Advance along the Yellow River on the west road, echoing with Li Jing and Li Tao, and responsible for covering the left flank.

On the fourth road, Li Shimin appointed Li Daozong, the king of the city of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, as the head of the Datong Dao march.

Zhang Baoxiang, the assassin of Ganzhou, was his lieutenant and advanced northwest from Lingzhou to cut off the Turkic escape route to the west.

On the fifth road, Li Shimin appointed Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, as the head of the march of Heng'an Road.

Zhang Shigui, the Duke of the State of Qiu, was the deputy governor and led the army into the Yanyun area to prevent the Turkic army from fleeing eastward.

On the sixth road, Li Shimin appointed Xue Wanche as the head of the Changwu Road march.

Zuo Xiaowei's general, Fan Guogong, Duan Zhixuan, was the deputy commander-in-chief.

Attack the Turkic rear through the northeast, and monitor and contain the Turki Khan.

In this war, more than ten generals led a total of more than 100,000 troops, all of whom were controlled by Li Jing, and counterattacked the Turks in six ways.

In addition, Li Shimin also specially told Li Daliang, the baron of Wuyang County, to guard Liangzhou and guard the northwest.

Liu Hongji, the Duke of Renguo, guarded Yizhou, Hebei, and defended the northeast.

Except for the fact that Chen Guogong Hou Junji was abducted by Li Chengqian, the main force and the battleable famous generals in the army almost poured out.

The strategic scope of this war is enormous.

This also shows Li Shimin's determination and self-confidence in the war.

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After leaving Chang'an City, Li Chengqian began to inquire about Li Tingxue's whereabouts.

In the end, he could be sure that Li Tingxue was heading in the direction of Yanmen Pass.

This tiger girl......

Li Chengqian was really speechless to her.

As long as you get out of Yanmen Pass, it is already completely the territory of the Northern Desert Turks.

She was so blatantly looking for trouble in the past, isn't this purely a lack of beating.

Anyone with a little brains can't do such a thing.

But thinking about it, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel distressed.

The so-called concern is chaotic, precisely because she cares too much about herself.

So I don't want anything at the moment, I just want to go to Jieli and work hard.

"Alas, my stupid sister ......"

Li Chengqian carefully wiped the ring-headed knife in his arms.

This ring-headed knife was given to him by Li Tingxue when he returned from the Northern Desert.

This sister will always be like this.

Occasionally it's not serious, and occasionally it's scary.

The purpose of the ring-headed knife she gave Li Chengqian can be seen as long as she is not stupid.

Li Chengqian also understood Li Tingxue's thoughts.

But he really doesn't want to be a prince, let alone an emperor.

He just wants to live a carefree life.

I don't want to mix so many useless things.

Although I am not used to many things in this era.

But to change these, you don't have to be an emperor.

Besides, even if you become an emperor, can you do whatever you want?

Seeing that Li Shimin devotes 80 percent of his time to watching the music every day, Li Chengqian felt tired.

Not to mention letting him do it himself.

Li Chengqian put the knife back into its sheath and stuffed it under the thin blanket.

Then he got up and walked out of the carriage.

Because they were in a hurry, the team had to sleep in the wilderness.

The brothers of the camp gathered in groups to light bonfires for warmth and to bake food.

When Li Chengqian was glancing, he suddenly saw Cheng Huailiang sneakily running to the foot of the mountain on the side.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian felt strange.

But he didn't say a word, and quietly followed through the night.

Cheng Huailiang looked sneaky all the way, as if he had just stolen something from someone's house.

He groped his way forward, and he had to walk almost a mile before he stopped.

At this time, Li Chengqian suddenly saw that at the foot of the mountain, a carriage was parked.

Cheng Huailiang walked to the carriage and gave a respectful salute.

Because the distance is too far, what Li Chengqian can see clearly is only a general shadow.

As for what they say, I can't hear it at all.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows.

Whose carriage is this?

It seems that Cheng Huailiang still knows each other.

Could it be that this group of people has been following them?

It was also when Li Chengqian was puzzled, and even thought that Cheng Huailiang had become a traitor.

Suddenly I felt lighter.

The next moment, the person was lifted into the air.

"Hehe, let me catch Lao Cheng!"

An extremely rough voice sounded behind Li Chengqian.

Hearing this voice, Li Chengqian was obviously stunned.

"Uncle Cheng?"

Don't look back, just with this voice, plus the classic line 'I Lao Cheng'.

Li Chengqian can conclude that he is carrying his goods.

Seeing Cheng Biting Jin in this place is no less than seeing a Siberian tiger.

How did he get here?

Could it be that the carriage is in the ......

My beloved great, Lao Tzu???