It was supposed to be the end of the year when the family spent the festival together, but because of the Turkic invasion, the entire Shendu City was shrouded in a cloud of war, so naturally there was no festival. Even some necessary ceremonies in the imperial court can be exempted, and the entire imperial court is nervously waiting for the follow-up battle report from Hedong.

The reaction of the imperial court was not indiscriminate, and after crossing the river, the 5,000-feather forest army galloped to the aid of Bingzhou, day and night, and did not dare to delay, and soon encountered the Turkic thief army at Qingyuan, south of Taiyuan. In this battle, the Turkic thief army waited for work and broke the 5,000-feather forest army.

When the report of this battle was transmitted back to the court, the court was in an uproar, and the threat brought by the Turkic invasion skyrocketed, and the emperor Li Dan was furious, and the battle with the Turks was not only related to the stability of the current internal and external situation, but also directly determined whether the majesty of the subsequent court could be re-established.

Since the revolution in Shendu, Shaanxi Dao has frequently reported successes and repeated thieves, which has made the hearts of the lovers of the DPRK anxious. This time the Turks entered the Kou, I thought it was a good opportunity for the imperial court to declare its prestige, but I didn't expect that the first battle would be a big defeat and loss, and this result was really unacceptable.

In a fit of rage, the emperor directly ordered an envoy to be sent into the army to arrest Li Huaiyuan, the general manager of Shuofang Dao, who was unfavorable in supervising the war, and to ask the guilt of the gods, and to severely punish this mediocre minister who had defeated the army and humiliated the country.

However, the sentencing is still secondary, and the most important issue at the moment is to continue to arrange counterattacks. In the discussion related to the later plan, the courtiers were also clearly divided into two factions.

One of the factions supported the dispatch of troops from Shaanxi Dao Daxingtai to Hedong, and since the news of the Turkic invasion reached Liangjing, Shaanxi Dao Daxingtai has been earnestly asking for war, and the book has been reaching a few times a day, and the attitude can be described as positive.

In terms of pure military strength, it is undoubtedly far superior to the imperial court. The 5,000 Yulin army at the vanguard of Shuofangdao's march was already one of the few elite forces that the imperial court could recruit in a short period of time, but it was defeated by the Turkic ambush. Although there is still the strength to continue to levy and dispatch the northward transfer in the future, both the level of armament and combat effectiveness will lag far behind the elite of the forwards.

Moreover, the Turkic thief army has already appeared in the southern part of Bingzhou, which shows that its sweeping trend has been extremely serious. The fortunate thing in the misfortune is that we have not yet received the news of the fall of Taiyuan, but the momentum of the Turkic encirclement has been completed, and it is really difficult to reverse such a bad situation if there is no elite army to fight in the future.

Under such circumstances, it is really unreasonable to refuse to allow the Taixi Army to fight just because of fear. What's more, Taiyuan, as the land of Tang Ye Longxing, once it is attacked by the Turks, the bad impact will be fatal.

It must be known that in the Wuzhou season, when the border situation was the most disorderly, although the Turks were in turmoil for many years, it was difficult for their thieves to break through to the territory of Bingzhou. Once the northern capital is broken, then the image of the mighty four empires created by the Tang Dynasty over the years will be destroyed, and the order of the fetters on all sides may also completely collapse as a result.

But the voice of opposition to Xingtai sending troops is also very loud, the Turks are silent or jackals from the south, but King Yong is a trapped dragon in the country, once the restrictions on King Yong are lifted, the consequences will be even worse than the raging of the Turks.

"The Turkic wandering thieves took advantage of the weakness and unpreparedness of the Hedong states, and they may become sweeping for a while, but it will be difficult for long. Where it plunders, it is only a remote countryside, and there are very few cities, so it can be seen that there is no ability to attack fortifications. Shuo Fangdao's army rushed to the aid of the war, and its non-technical strength was inferior to that of the thief. ”

Jiang Xi, the central supervisor of the palace, recently paid homage to the prime minister, and he had to join the military and state secrets, and he was resolutely opposed to the dispatch of troops by the Western Army from Taiwan. Not only Jiang Xi, but the vast majority of the prime ministers in the political hall did not approve of sending troops to Taiwan.

Prime Minister Wei Juyuan also raised his hand and said: "Taiyuan City is high and wide, and there are more than 100,000 residents, or it may be disturbed for a while due to the difficult situation, but it is also difficult for the Turkic thief army to break the city. The thieves go in and out of Monan, or they can also take advantage of the vast territory to hide the traces of the thieves, and the mountains and rivers in the east of the river are colluded and restricted, and the terrain is not a vertical and horizontal place. The thieves are poor and vicious, or they run around and plunder, but it is difficult to divide them, such as hungry wolves in the suburbs, and they flee when they are full.

Zhuzhou and counties have to hold on to the territory, and if they do not fight for merit, the thief's affection is bound to be difficult for a long time. When he retreated, the imperial court made the elite army chase after him, and he could break through his return journey. Previously, the Western Army broke the Thief River Meander, and it was precisely because of this strategy. ”

"But Hedong is the heart of the community, and if the two Beijing humerus are allowed to loot calmly, the local people will suffer a deep disaster, and the imperial court will also be greatly damaged. It is good to track down the thief, if you can get a plan, but if the thief escapes and can't catch up, enjoy this benefit, and the Hedong states may become a thief's warehouse in the coming year! ”

Prime Minister Li Sixun said worriedly, he worships the prime minister as a clan, although big and small things will not go against the emperor's wishes, but there is no big conflict with Shaanxi Dao Daxingtai itself. At present, it is already the best choice to let Xingtai send troops, and with just a paper order, tens of thousands of Western troops can cross the river to kill thieves, and there is no need to be reluctant to deal with the situation at all.

Sun Yuanheng, the squire of the military department, also agreed to send troops to Taiwan, and his hometown was originally from Hedong, so he should be more concerned about the safety of the situation in Hedong, and he should be more aware of the military force that the imperial court has now: "Previously, the guards of the Southern Ya and the guards each held the edict and supervised the transportation of money and grain in the lower state, and there was already a shortage of soldiers in the DPRK and China. Today, the Yulin army has not been warned, and less fine armor is available, and now in the eastern states of Hedong, only the township righteous regiment practices to defend the city and soil, and there is no power to attack. If you really allow the thieves to sweep away, there is really no cavalry that can hinder the thieves' way back......"

The opinions of the members of the political hall can no longer be unified, and each has its own insistence. As for Wei Chengqing, the Chinese scholar who was supposed to preside over the coordination, he was just silent at this time and didn't say a word.

Li Huaiyuan, the general manager of Shuofang Dao, who was about to enter the capital and be sanctioned, was originally the person he recommended, and the emperor pursued and punished Li Huaiyuan regardless of the great plan of changing the generals, which was itself a signal that he was already extremely dissatisfied with him, so no matter what opinions he expressed at this time, he was afraid that he would not be adopted.

Seeing that everyone in the political hall had their own opinions and could not be unified, Emperor Li Dan was also irritable. Whether to let Xingtai send troops, he was actually a little hesitant, and his attitude was no longer as resolute as at the beginning.

But Wei Juyuan said in one sentence that he had one of his biggest heart problems, the Turks were just wandering thieves, even if they came from the south to join the Kou, they were greedy for nothing more than money and food, and they had no long-term plans to attack the city and cut the land.

But once the forces of Xingtai enter Hedong in name, then Hedong Prefecture and County may no longer be owned by Hedong. Once this happens, he, the emperor, will be even more nominal and completely reduced to fish on the chopping block.

"King Yong has been on the expedition for a long time, and the disturbance of Hedong is not among them, so he really can't bear to be driven by hard work. The humiliation of the ancients' three defeats can still be fought bravely, and the court figures have it, although they lost the first battle, they can not be convicted. Thieves cannot be allowed to continue to run rampant for a long time. Then the king of Yu led the governor of the state and the governor of the Heavenly Soldier Dao, and sent the guest slaves and exiles of the prefectures of the capital and the province to expand the heavenly soldiers. ”

The emperor paused, and then continued: "Shaanxi Province is eager to fight and loyal to state affairs, and it is not to be disregarded. Where Gyeonggi Province belongs to Tongzhou, Huazhou and other prefectures and counties, all the township members who donate their strength and donation, will be awarded medals based on materials and materials, and will enter Puzhou and march for the Heavenly Soldier Road! ”

Shaanxi Province is diligent, although the imperial court is cautious in using its strength, but therefore must not tolerate the thieves in Hedong, and must actively respond to the counterattack. The number of troops in the capital is already greatly insufficient, and without using the western army in Taiwan, dispatching a new army of 10,000 cavalry has become one of the few options.

But once the Wanqi is dispatched, the defense of Jinai will be even more empty. Once the western army comes from the east, it will have no way to deal with it. Therefore, the emperor wants to include several states in the Guannei Province into the scope of recruitment, on the one hand, it is to disintegrate the mood of the people in Taiwan, and on the other hand, it is also to lock in the righteousness.

What is the emperor's strategy and intentions, everyone present also has their own perception, whether they agree with it in their hearts or not, but they dare not directly speak out against it. So then, personnel supplements could only be made according to such a framework set by the emperor.

So then the entire imperial court began a new round of mobilization, this time with greater intensity than before. Previously, all the official slaves of the capital had been issued, and this time the emperor's eldest son pawned the army, and the order was extended to the people, and even the relatives and accounts given by the officials and nobles should join the army.

In a very short period of time, more than 70,000 troops were dispatched from the entire province of Tugi Province, and they continued to go from various prefectures and counties to Huaizhou, Zezhou, and other places in Hebei, and the number of soldiers collected and issued in the previous round has reached 100,000.

The money and grain involved in such a large-scale levy and issuance are also staggering, and the treasury of the Togi Prefecture is almost empty, and a large amount of various expenditures for the coming year that have already been spent and checked have also been misappropriated. Throughout the province, the people of the province were suffering from all kinds of new miscellaneous contributions.

But no matter how the people's livelihood was destroyed, the new army from all walks of life finally drove towards the east of the river in a steady stream, and the chariots were connected from end to end, and the soldiers were all over the mountains and fields, and they converged towards Bingzhou.

In such a situation, even though the Turkic bandit army was rampant, the space for its activities was gradually compressed. Although the imperial court issued many new brigades this time, the armies marched side by side and coordinated their actions, which also made the Turks no longer have the opportunity to break through separately, and had to retreat gradually. By the time the army entered the state again, the Turkic bandit army had already withdrawn to Daibei.

Although the bandit situation in Hedong came to an end, the Shan Yudao march that was originally scheduled to appear on the back road of the thief army was missed and did not appear on the Turkic retreat route, causing the Turkic thief army to successfully retreat to Monan.

The imperial court made such a big move, but it failed to do all the work and annihilate the Turks, which is naturally unacceptable. Knowing that Shan Yudao's army was missing, the imperial court naturally sent an envoy to inquire, but not long after the envoy was sent, shocking news came from Hebei: Li Quanzhong, the governor of Khitan Songmo Prefecture, attacked and killed the chief administrator Dou Xiaochen, and joined forces with the Khitan tribes to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty!