During the new round of military training in Fengzhou, the team that went to Chang'an to deliver the war report finally returned to Fengzhou.

Returning with them was a eunuch familiar to Li Yan, who was Gonggong Yuan, who had come to Fengzhou twice to proclaim the decree.

"Under the door: Li Yan, the defender of Fengzhou, guarded Fengzhou under the 30,000 Turkic army, killed more than 16,000 enemies, and offered the Northern Expedition in the spring. Order Li Yan of Fengzhou, temporarily hang the commander seal of the Northern Expedition, unify the soldiers and horses of Fengzhou, Ganzhou, Quanzhou, and Shazhou, and also dispatch 5,000 soldiers and horses of Longyou Road and Guannei Road, and start a war with the Turks in the spring! ”

"If this battle is fruitless, the merits and demerits will be offset by the merits, and there will be no reward and no punishment."

"If this battle is pacified, the county will be sealed, and there will be 700 households."

"If this battle goes straight to the Turkic king's tent, capture Jieli Khan alive, seal the county marquis, and eat thousands of households!"

"In the second year of Zhenguan, January 15, Xuan."

When the decree was announced, Li Yan was pulling Cheng Yanjin to guide the cavalry to charge and kill, and Cheng Yanjin heard the content of the decree on the spot.

"Shhh...... It's a step to the sky......"

Cheng Yanjin couldn't stop gasping, at this moment, Rao is weather in mid-February was sucked a little cooler by Cheng Yanjin.

The founding county marquis, this title can definitely be regarded as a step to the sky.

Although the Marquis of the founding county is two grades lower than Cheng Yanjin's own dukedom, for Li Yan, who does not have any title himself, it is four noble ranks in a row!

Of course, there is a premise for this reward, that is, Li Yande led the army to break through the desert, went all the way to the north, and captured Jieli Khan alive.

If such an act is achieved, from the strategic significance of the geographical location, it is completely the Tang Dynasty's version of the Feng Wolf Juxu, after all, from the map, the location of the Wolf Juxu Mountain is not far from the Turkic king's tent.

"Northern Expedition Shuai Yin ......"

Unlike Cheng Yanjin, Li Yan's focus was not on the follow-up reward at all, but he was thinking about this handsome seal.

It stands to reason that he Li Yan is just a newcomer to the Tang Dynasty military generals' camp, and this Lu Guogong Cheng is currently in Fengzhou.

This emperor is looking for someone to be in charge, even if he doesn't go to Li Jing, he should let Cheng Yanjin take command, right?

Why did this directly make Li Yan in charge?

Could it be that the princes in the court didn't react at all, and no one refuted it?

Li Yan was very puzzled, he couldn't figure out the purpose of Li Shimin's move, and he couldn't even figure out why Li Shimin had such an inexplicable mysterious trust in himself.

The doubts did not last long, and Li Yan quickly left them behind.

Now that the heavy responsibility has been taken, Li Yan has no reason to retreat.

Originally, Li Yan's strategic plan was only to send a thousand-man cavalry squad to quickly switch to battle, he wanted to sweep through Monan within half a month, and then go straight into the desert without any defense of the Turks, cross the Gobi, and quickly defeat the king's tent.

Such a plan can be described as extremely risky, and if you miss a move, you will be in danger.

But since Li Shimin gave himself the power to dispatch the troops and horses of the four cities and dispatch the two partial troops, then the plan can be modified.

He could completely mobilize war horses from all over the country, so that his cavalry battalion could save the time of obtaining war horses by fighting and raising wars, and he could directly form a complete cavalry combat force of 1,200 people.

At that time, Li Yan personally led the cavalry to open the way in front, and then the follow-up army swept the tail, and it would not take a few days to complete the sweep of the Monan region, and directly began to cross the Gobi and march towards the Mobei Wang's tent.

As soon as he thought of it, Li Yan immediately took the freshly arrived handsome seal, returned to his camp tent and began to write the transfer order.

"Lingganzhou sent 3,000 defenders on the same day, with all the war horses, to Fengzhou, and Lu Guogong Cheng Jin's temporary command......"

"Order ......"

A series of military orders were written and stamped with the handsome seal, and Li Yan directly handed them over to the three pig cavalry led by Ge Dahai, like conveying them to the cities.

In order to prevent delays, Li Yan specially asked them to bring the holy decree, and also pulled Cheng Yanjin's name in the military order.

After Li Yan finished explaining, Cheng Yanjin, who had been watching from the sidelines, spoke.

"You're ready to go to war early?"

Cheng Yanjin was very aware of Li Yan's plan, and Li Yan was originally going to wait until March to send troops.

It's only mid-February, and although it's already spring, and because of the terrible snow this year, there is still a little chill on the grassland.

"Yes, when all the troops and horses arrive, send troops within five days, and send troops at this time, which can catch the Turks by surprise."

Li Yan gave Cheng Yanjin a positive answer.

Although the Turks would not be prepared for any time they sent their troops, the earlier they were sent, the worse the state of the Turks would be.

On the contrary, if it dragged on for too long, the Turks might have recovered a lot from the miserable situation of the winter snowstorm.

"Sending troops on five days? How are you going to arrange it? ”

Cheng Yanjin's expression has become completely serious, now that Li Yan is the commander of the army, Li Yan's arrangement will affect tens of thousands of soldiers.

"Assemble the cavalry, drive straight in, the army follows, sweep and occupy."

Li Yan's plan was very straightforward, he wanted to take advantage of the weak time period of the Turks, personally lead the cavalry to bully the weak, and directly lead the cavalry of more than 1,000 people to complete the main combat mission.

After Cheng Yanjin listened, he was silent for a while.

"You're bold."

Cheng Yanjin could only give Li Yan such an evaluation.

You know, at this time last year, any tribe of the Turks had at least a thousand strong cavalry.

At that time, the Turks could easily gather an army of 100,000 and drive all the way to the Weishui River in the Tang Dynasty.

And now, Li Yan actually judged that the Turks had lost a lot of combat power through only a winter war and a snow disaster, and dared to lead a team of thousands of people to fight thousands of miles and attack dozens of tribes.

I have to say that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no general has had the courage of Li Yan.

"What about Mobei? How are you going to fight? The Turks over there did not lose more than 10,000 men in winter. ”

Cheng Yanjin once again raised a question, perhaps the Turks in the Monan steppe were already vulnerable, but there was no war in the north of Mobei in winter.

"The snow disaster in Mobei will only get worse, I lead a thousand cavalry teams, it's enough."

Li Yan is very confident, and his self-confidence is well-founded.

According to the original trajectory, the Tang Dynasty would launch an offensive against the Turks two years later.

At that time, the Turks had experienced three years of snow disasters, and the Tang army's method of breaking through the Turkic king's tent was to drive a small force straight in!

In fact, the snow disaster in the past three years has the largest impact on this year's snow disaster, and although it is still a disaster in the next two years, the impact on the Turkic people is not as terrible as imagined.

In other words, even if Li Yan sent troops two years in advance, the Turks experienced two snow disasters less.

But the actual strength of the Turks is not much of a mistake.

On the contrary, because this year is the first time to experience a snow disaster, they have no defense, which directly leads to the fact that this is the weakest year for the Turks!

All in all, in Li Yan's judgment, this battle will be won! There will be no surprises!