I felt that the date was a little wrong before, and after confirming from Yan Liben's mouth that tomorrow was the twenty-fourth, Li Chengqian finally remembered what he had overlooked.

The Turks go south!

To be precise, it was the Jieli Khan of the Eastern Turks who wanted to take advantage of the change of power in the Tang Dynasty to invade the land of the Tang Dynasty.

And the Weishui Alliance incident will happen tomorrow.

As for the place where the incident took place - the temporary bridge.

Li Chengqian turned his head stiffly, and suddenly saw a wooden bridge on the Weishui River not far away. And the old gentleman was fishing by the wooden bridge.

It can't be such a coincidence!

Today, I am afraid that the most frontier regions have detected Turkic anomalies.

"I'll go! Yan Liben, hurry up, call Yu Tai over, Lone's legs are a little weak now. ”

Li Chengqian was not afraid of the Turkic army pressing the border, he was afraid of involving Li Gang. If the old gentleman is frightened in the chaos, even if he has become the prince, he will be criticized by the world.

Yan Li didn't know what was going on, but seeing that Li Chengqian's fear didn't seem to be fake, he hurriedly called Yu Tai over.

Yu Tai, who had just completed a somersault, heard Yan Liben's call and ran over like a fly.

Getting closer, Yu Tai said anxiously: "Your Highness, are you uncomfortable?" ”

Li Chengqian shook his head, pointed to the old gentleman fishing by the bridge and said, "Hurry up, send the old gentleman back to Chang'an, and inform my father that Jieli is likely to lead the troops directly to Weishui and reach Chang'an through the bridge!" ”

Listening to Li Chengqian's words, Yu Tai laughed: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too worried, although the location of our Chang'an is indeed dangerous, the defense line in the north is not very strong. However, as long as you have a little brain, you will be wary of the hypocrisy here. This is called the empty city strategy, and His Highness will learn it when he learns the art of war in the future. ”

Looking at Yu Tai, who was full of confidence, Li Chengqian was speechless for a while.

Damn, shitty empty city plan! The capital of the Tang Dynasty is located around the border, even if it is not heavily defended, what's the matter?

Empty city plan? It can only scare and scare the generals of the Central Plains. If it's for the Turks, it's strange that it works! The Turks don't care if you're empty or not, they're like oxen listening to the piano, just rush when they see the gap!

Now he can be sure that it must not be Li Jing who is in charge of the fortification. The generals in the early days of the Tang Dynasty were more from Xiangma bandits, and at most they were familiar with the regular marching regulations. If you really let them play intrigues, it will be difficult for them.

If it were a military law like Li Jing, he would not have done such a desperate thing. He will only protect the weak points of the defense tightly, leaving no gaps.

A slap on Tai's waist, Li Chengqian said angrily: "Lone is ordering you, don't be fucking talkative, you are the prince or Lone is the prince!" ”

After being slapped by Li Chengqian, Yu Tai could only act immediately. The prince just asked him to send the old gentleman back to Chang'an, which was not a problem.

Walking to the old gentleman who was fishing, Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and said, "Master Li, the disciple wants Yu Tai to send you back to Chang'an." The installation of equipment in the barracks still has to worry about the disciples, and I am afraid that they will have to stay here for the night. The barracks are not far from Weishui, and the cold at night is not good for your health. ”

Li Gang didn't reply and said: "A few days ago, when you asked the old man to eat boiled fish such as dogwood peppercorns with you, you didn't worry about the old man's body, right?" Tell me, what is the reason? At such an age, you don't need to worry about it. ”

Knowing that he couldn't deceive the old gentleman, Li Chengqian could only admit: "The kid thinks that the Eastern Turks will go south in the next two days, and it is very likely that they will go straight to Weishui and go south through the temporary bridge." ”

After listening, the old gentleman did not laugh at Li Chengqian's whimsy, but said seriously: "Tell me your reasons." ”

Finding a tree branch, Li Chengqian drew the topographical map he had secretly memorized to the bank of the river. And a straight line was drawn between the Eastern Turkic steppe and the Weishui Bridge.

The old gentleman took a look at it and immediately gave up, he was a civil official and couldn't understand the terrain drawn by Li Chengqian.

Pointing to the three places of Gaoling, Jingzhou, and Jingyang, Li Chengqian hated that iron could not become steel and said: "I just tested Yu Tai, and this stupid person actually told me that the defense of these places is not strict. You know, the steppe peoples are at their strongest in autumn when they are at their most combative. As long as the Turks attacked along this route, the large army would approach Chang'an directly. ”

"But you're just an idea, a seven-year-old child's idea, do you think anyone will believe you except the old man?"

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, although Li Gang expressed his support, he was still skeptical. He is not a military general, he just thinks that what Li Chengqian said is the same as the truth, but he can't fully agree with it.

After all, it's just a guess. Although he is the crown prince, even if he reports it, it is impossible to be taken seriously. The military generals of the DPRK and China are all virtuous and have a very high opinion of themselves, and the speculation of a seven-year-old prince, even if it is reasonable, they will veto it with all their might.

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly: "The disciple naturally knows, so the disciple is just reporting a letter." The most important thing is that you need to be sent back, you are so old, once the army is overwhelmed, the kid doesn't know what to do. ”

Hearing this, Li Gang's eyes widened: "Stinky boy, what are you going to do?" Don't tell the old man that you're going to take you with 2,000 people to block here! It's an egg hitting a stone! Go back, you go back with the old man! The old man will never allow you to do this! Regardless of whether your speculation will come true or not! ”

Li Chengqian suddenly smiled bitterly.

He didn't expect that the old gentleman would actually pick him up as a deserter.

It's over, the old guy looks very open-minded, but in fact he is also very stubborn, as long as he determines something, the nine cows will not be able to pull it back.

On the other side, Yu Tai had already prepared the ox cart.

As soon as he approached the old man's wheelchair, he was pulled back again and again by the old man's fishing rod.

Standing in front of Li Gang and grabbing his hand, Li Chengqian said seriously: "Don't worry, the kid has a way." And, you think the brat is the kind of fool who hits a stone with an egg? ”

Li Gang pouted: "Okay, since you don't want to go back with the old man, then the old man will stay with you." Let's talk about it first, what are you going to do? Although the old man is not a military general, he also knows that the Turks are coming, and there are at least two or three hundred thousand troops. Your 2,000 men, it's not enough to feed them horses, how can you resist? ”

Li Chengqian glanced back at the barracks and smiled slightly: "We don't have an army, but we have carpenters!" In the boy's opinion, these carpenters are worth millions of elite soldiers. ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian looked at Yu Tai: "When you go back, you have to do the same to inform your father." In addition, you call all the carpenters in Chang'an! Let's just say that Lone wants to find them to work, and the salary is good! ”