As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, the entire court suddenly fell silent.

The officials, whether it was the main battle or the main peace, all stopped their arguments and watched Li Shimin wait for the will to be read.

"I have decided to send an army of 50,000 to set Xue Yantuo in the north!"

"Order Li Jing to be the head of the march, the marshal of soldiers and horses, and the ...... of 50,000 troops"

"Ling Cheng Yanjin is the deputy general, Wei Chigong is the partial general, and the assistant commander of the army ......"

"Ling Ge Dahai, Zhou Cheng, and Zhang Qiang are generals, and the main scout battalion ......"

"Order ......"

Li Shimin directly announced the resolution of the Northern Expedition and at the same time read out a series of appointments.

At this moment, everyone understood Li Shimin's thoughts, Beiding and the Northern Expedition are different concepts, if Li Shimin is only talking about the Northern Expedition, then this expedition may just be a retaliatory strike, and it does not have to be with Xue Yantuo to the end.

But Li Shimin used the word Beiding, which means that Li Shimin was determined to defeat Xue Yantuo to the destruction of the country from the very beginning.

It's just that no one knows where Li Shimin's confidence comes from.

It is clear that with the current situation of Datang, it is very reluctant to even support a large-scale war, and there should be no ability to carry out a war to destroy the country.

All the courtiers had doubts in their hearts, but when Li Shimin read out the next appointment, many people immediately knew it.

"Ling Li Yan, as a vanguard general, led 1,500 Xuanjia cavalry to open the way for the army!"

Li Shimin announced such an appointment in a firm tone.

As soon as this appointment came out, many courtiers began to whisper.

"Does Your Majesty believe in Li Yan so much? Could it be that His Majesty thinks that Li Yan alone can lead 1,500 Xuanjia cavalry to defeat Xue Yantuo's main force? ”

"Perhaps, when the Northern Expedition to the Turks began, wasn't it Li Yan who led the army out of cavalry to take down the wolf tent, maybe he could come again."

"Your Majesty is angry, 1,500 Xuanjia cavalry are all sent out, if Li Yan makes a mistake in decision-making and buries the Xuanjia cavalry, I'm afraid it's ......."

"No matter what, he can't cut my head, he Li Yan wants to make meritorious contributions, just let him go."

The discussion among the courtiers was full of a sour meaning, and many people wished that Li Yan would lead the Xuanjia Cavalry into an accident, or simply die outside.

But there is one thing that is recognized in the court, that is, Li Yan's force is definitely the ceiling of the Tang Dynasty.

If there was really someone in the world who could lead a mere 1,500 Xuanjia cavalry into the hinterland of Xue Yantuo and open up a long way for the army to drive straight in, then this person could only be Li Yan.

If someone else does this, it is absolutely lifeless.

Everyone's understanding of this point is quite clear, so naturally no one wants to compete for merit and dare to grab Li Yan's pioneer position.

"From now on, immediately mobilize the army and march in five days!"

Li Shimin made a categorical announcement and set a date for the expedition.

The expedition of 50,000 troops will take some time just to mobilize manpower and escort grain and grass.

The five-day expedition is definitely in a hurry.

"The ministers obey."

All the officials bowed in unison, they all had a share in this order, everyone had to be busy these days, and basically few departments could have time to be free.

This is the end of the day's court meeting, and after the retreat from the dynasty, the officials are busy.

Among them, especially the province of Menxia is the most, just now Li Shimin in the court on a series of I don't know how many holy decrees, this has to be sorted out by them one by one, drafted into the holy decree and submitted to the emperor for review, and finally will be stamped with Li Shimin's big seal, by a group of eunuchs to send the holy decree to each person.

An hour later, the old eunuch Wang De personally came to Li Yan's mansion with Li Yan's appointment decree.

"Under the door: make Li Yan a ......"

After Wang De read the holy decree to Li Yan, he did not leave immediately, but explained to Li Yan.

"Li County Gong, Your Majesty has a few words for the old slave to convey."

"Your Majesty said that if there is any danger in this battle, you must save your life, the Northern Expedition can be cut many times, but there is only one life."

"Your Majesty also said that if you win this battle, you will be crowned the prince of the country, and in the future, whether you want to enter the court as an official or not ask about the world, Your Majesty will let you decide for yourself."

Wang De explained to Li Yan earnestly, and his tone was very respectful, without any transgression.

"Please also ask your father-in-law to tell Your Majesty on behalf of the minister, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, the minister will never give up!"

"Ahem......"

After saying that, Li Yan exerted force in his chest again, cracked a few capillaries, and coughed up some blood.

For the sake of free time in the future, Li Yan naturally has to act more fully.

"Shhh...... Your ......"

Wang De was not clear about the situation, but was instantly frightened by Li Yan.

Isn't Li Yan a god-of-war figure? How can you cough up blood? Looking like you're hurt?

"It's okay, even if I die, I will die behind Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan!"

Li Yan's gaze was firm, and he couldn't tell that he was pretending.

All in all, Li Yan has only one idea now, to destroy Xue Yantuo as soon as possible, and then return to Chang'an for the entire "thirty days of serious illness", so that the royal family will no longer be embarrassed to let themselves do things, and even more embarrassed to unload the mill and kill the donkey, so far they will live a dull life as the Liver Emperor.

When Wang De heard Li Yan's description, he immediately felt a sense of reverence, it turned out that Li Yan was going to go out with an injury, which really deserved to be the prince, and he really deserved to be the son of Li Shimin.

"If this battle is successful, Your Majesty should also announce it to the world, right?"

Wang De suddenly had such an idea.

When Li Yan succeeds and returns triumphantly, his prestige will inevitably reach its peak in one fell swoop.

At that time, even if Li Shimin reveals Li Yan's identity to the world, the people will not have much resistance, but it will be a beautiful conversation.

The long-lost prince has quietly made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and his achievements are in the world, who dares to stop him from recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors?

At that time, even if that group of families is the obstacle, it will be difficult for public opinion to be reversed.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Li Yan can once again make that immortal achievement, pacify Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop, and expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty.

"The old slave will convey this to Your Majesty."

Wang De saluted Li Yan and showed his respect, then turned around and left.

Until the time of leaving, Wang De was full of respect for Li Yan, thinking that after returning to the palace, he must vividly repeat Li Yan's original words to the emperor.

"Vanguard General, this is for me."

Li Yan muttered to himself.

Vanguard General, this is indeed the most suitable position for Li Yan.

Compared to the commander of the first army, the vanguard general has less to think about.

Li Yan only needs to bring in all the way to fight over, no matter whether the coach's judgment is right or wrong, anyway, as long as the vanguard army wins, then the army will definitely not be defeated.

If it goes further, the vanguard army directly tears apart the main force of the enemy army, then it is even more unlikely that there will be an accident with its own army.

Obviously, since Li Yan participated in this battle, and he participated as a vanguard general, after the war began, the 50,000 army led by Li Jing basically couldn't get too much military merit.

The vanguard army alone is enough for Xue Yantuo to drink a pot of injuries, how can he still use the army to go shopping.

"It's annoying to save some experience, exchange two potions, and build a monster farm......

Li Yan turned around and returned to the room, and while throwing the holy decree into the box dedicated to the holy decree in extreme disgust, he entered "my world" with himself

Now Li Yan's coordinates in "Minecraft" are directly above the dungeon, that is, on the edge of a brand new village.

He was 108,000 miles away from the monster farms and stone farms he had built, so everything had to be rebuilt.

Fortunately, Li Yan now has abundant material reserves, and he has prepared a few diamond pickaxes.

Relying on these resources, Li Yan was able to regain his original glory in less than a day and build all the basic settings.

"Let's build a hell portal first, there's not enough blaze powder......"

While thinking about it, Li Yan took out the obsidian and began to build the Hell Portal.

Everything is starting to get back on track, back to the way it was before the ender dragon was found.

……

Five days later, the time had come to the time set by Li Shimin to set for the expedition.

Li Yan was in the imperial city at the moment, in the Xuanjiawei's station.

This army is the real elite directly under Li Shimin, with only 3,000 people, including 1,500 Xuanjia infantry soldiers and 1,500 Xuanjia iron cavalry.

Now Li Yan wants to lead the vanguard army is this 1,500 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

All of them were fully armed, all of them were fully armoured, and they did not have the poor appearance of the border army at all.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of this army can be imagined, and it is definitely a lot stronger than the cavalry that Li Yan temporarily trained in Fengzhou.

In order to ensure the execution of the army and initially establish his prestige, Li Yan specially came here one day in advance, preparing to kill the limelight of this group of elite soldiers.

But it was only after Li Yan came that he found out that this Xuanjia guard had already used the same set of queues he had moved from later generations for training, and almost everyone had a deep admiration for him Li Yan.

This made Li Yan very embarrassed, he was going to come over in advance to establish a prestige, but when he arrived at the place, he found that they were all his fans, and they didn't want to be obedient, and they didn't need Li Yan to retrain and run-in.

"I think you already know that I, Li Yan, am on the orders of Your Majesty to lead you and others as the vanguard army......"

Since there was no need to retrain and run-in, Li Yan went straight to the point, and after he made a speech, he called all the hundred cavalry captains of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, and roughly told him about his marching arrangements.

"You are all in a hurry, the vanguard army led by me Li Yan is different from the regular vanguard army."

"The average vanguard may just be a tentative fight, probing the terrain and doing some scouts."

"However, now I, Li Yan, am the vanguard general, and our opponent is Xue Yantuo."

"In order for the army to advance smoothly, we must completely annihilate all those who stand in the way, and anyone who dares to be on the route of the army, regardless of whether he is a tribe of thousands or a tribe of ten thousand, must all die clean!"

Li Yan's conversation with these fifteen hundred cavalry captains was not without irritability.

He clearly wants to use the vanguard army as the main army!

He wants to use the vanguard army to directly destroy the enemy army, and the role of the army in Li Yan's eyes is simply to clean up the battlefield and then occupy the territory by the way.

Of course, when it comes to the final battle, you still have to let the army exert some strength.

No matter how fierce he Li Yan was, it was impossible for him to take 1,500 people to kill Xue Yantuo's nearly 100,000 army.

At most, he will capture a Yinan Khan alive or something, and the real annihilation battle will have to be carried out by the army.

"I am willing to go to the soup for the general!"

None of the fans needed Li Yan's encouragement, when they heard Li Yan's imaginative strategic goal, they were stunned and did not have any fear, but were full of fighting spirit and ready to enter the battlefield at any time.

"It is worthy of being an elite who can be passed on to future generations, and this courage is unusual."

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction.

Since this cavalry is so elite, then he doesn't need to be tied up like he did when he was in the Mobei grassland.

When the time comes to war, he is completely relieved to become the spearhead, and he no longer has to worry about whether others can keep up.

"Let's go and prepare, bring enough dry food, the vanguard army led by me will not wait for the food to be heavy, everything is self-sufficient."

After Li Yan explained the arrangement, he let everyone in the Xuanjia Iron Rider start to prepare.

Just after the Xuanjiawei were all busy, Li Yan did not return to his house.

Anyway, everything has already been explained to him, Fuzhong, Xianyunju, Tiangong Academy, Tiangongfang, and Tiangong Academy will all operate normally, and he doesn't need to do anything, he just needs to wait for time to go on the expedition.

In this way, Li Yan stayed in the Xuanjiawei for the time being, until the early morning of the fifth day.

On this day, the Xuanjia army moved from the imperial city to the large camp outside the city before the sun rose.

According to the normal process of the army, the sun rises to worship the sky, then the drums are sounded, the oath is taken, and finally the army sets out.

In the past, when supporting Shanzhou, due to the urgency of the situation, these cumbersome processes would be omitted, but this time it was a serious expedition, and it was a national war to be fought, so these processes were naturally indispensable.

At this moment, even Li Shimin personally appeared in the camp outside the city and participated in the process of worshipping the sky.

"Soldiers......"

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin led the entire process of swearing and expressed his importance to this expedition.

In the process, Li Shimin's eyes drifted to Li Yan in the general's lineup from time to time.

Feeling Li Shimin's gaze, Li Yan couldn't be indifferent.

You must know that he now has a character who has fallen ill and has not healed from his injuries.

Therefore, Li Yan must maintain his image.

I saw that Li Yan forcibly exercised his strength and concentrated the blood in his body on his limbs, which made the blood on his face decrease and turn pale.

And the longer you stand, the more you look and the paler your face becomes.

Seeing this situation, Li Shimin naturally didn't dare to talk too much nonsense.

He was afraid that his precious son would not be able to go on the expedition before he set out.

Li Shimin only spoke for less than a stick of incense this time before ending the expedition ceremony.

"I hope all the soldiers can return safely!"

"Great army, go on the march!"

Li Shimin said the last sentence impassionedly, and the 50,000-strong army began to march like a tide.

The great army marched in columns and began to approach towards the north.