In fact, these words don't need to be repeated by Xiao Han at all.

They are all veteran generals who have fought for half their lives, despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically, and Chai Shao and these people have long been extremely familiar with it.

Just a simple sentence of clear wilderness, the subsequent means are not at all something that Xiao Han, a newcomer, can imagine.

After all, the Chinese nation has a history of thousands of years.

In these thousands of years, the barbarians living in the steppe have always been the biggest scourge of this civilization, and there is no one!

With their ferocious and savage nature, they trampled on this newly developed civilization in every period, bringing countless blood and tears to the people of this land.

And the Chinese people, in this thousand-year-long resistance, also deeply understood them, and studied countless countermeasures and means.

Once, Xiao Han didn't have any ill feelings towards the people in that land.

In the peaceful era of later generations, his impression of that land was all the beauty of the sky and the wilderness, as well as the bright and dazzling grassland style that could sing and dance.

But since coming to Datang, Xiao Han suddenly discovered that the current land is different from that of later generations!

Savage, ignorant, murderous! It is the most basic hue of that green grassland.

Maybe in addition to this, there is still a little bit of boldness on the prairie, but this boldness is by no means facing them Tang!

"These barbarians come to plunder for food, cloth, and iron! In that case, why don't we open a mutual market and exchange their cattle, sheep and horses? Wouldn't this ease the pressure on our borders? ”

A breeze blew, and Xiao Han, who was slightly intoxicated, suddenly remembered a question that had been bothering him for a long time, so he asked.

"Mutual market?"

Hearing this, Chai Shao straightened up, rolled his eyes at Xiao Han, and snorted coldly: "You think of them too simply!" For those people, exchange things for money? How can there be a pleasure that is directly snatched with a knife? Do you believe that if you open a market today, let alone the goods tomorrow, even our shopkeeper will be robbed by them to be a slave? ”

"This ...... Ay! Xiao Han was stunned, and then thought about it carefully, but found that what Chai Shao said was the most likely thing to happen.

Robbery will also become a habit!

If they can get what they want without paying, or just paying a little price, why should they exchange it for their own things?

"Hehe, only when there are guns in this world, some nations can become good at singing and dancing."

Thinking of the words of the later generations, Xiao Han looked at this valley again, and there was an indescribable and unclear feeling in his eyes.

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Chai Shao didn't stay in this valley for long, just stayed for one night, and the next day he had already left.

He was accompanied by a dozen ox carts, as well as a donkey cart that was supposed to be an ox cart......

Chai Shao left, and Xue Wanche, who hid in the house and didn't come out, also left here alone.

I don't know if Xue Wanche will go to Chang'an, Xiao Han didn't ask anything more after giving him some entanglements.

He knows that he is not a savior, he cannot control the fate of everyone, and it is up to others to decide whether to stay or not.

After sending these outsiders away, the Qinling Workshop was quiet again.

Because of the preparation for the war, in the next few days, the passage between the workshop and the outside world was also blocked by Ren Qing.

Although the existence of the workshop is still a secret, and it is unlikely that those barbarians will trek through mountains and rivers to attack them, those who are as cautious as Ren Qing still isolate this area in advance.

It's just that the Qinling Workshop can be closed, but the border of Datang cannot be completely blocked.

On August 24, the Turks, as expected, began to send a large army to attack Gaoling.

On the 26th, Wei Chi Jingde, the chief of the Jingzhou Road March, and Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Officials, led the army to engage the Turks in Jingyang, broke the Turkic forward, captured the general Ashdewu Wuwu, and killed more than 1,000 people, but soon the Turkic brigade arrived, and Wei Chi Jingde and Changsun Wuji were forced to give up the opportunity to expand the Warring States and quickly retreated.

On the same day, Li Jing broke through countless Turkic cavalry in Liangzhou, and captured more than 3,000 Turkic people on the spot.

Two successive big victories were transmitted back to Chang'an, which immediately calmed the hearts of Datang.

But no one expected that when the situation was very good, Luo Yi of Youzhou only resisted a little when he resisted the other main force of the Turks, and then retreated, so that the Turks seized the loophole and galloped all the way from here, but in two days, the army was already approaching Chang'an!

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"Luo Yi!"

In Chang'an, in the emperor's bedroom, a fine porcelain tea cup smashed heavily to the ground from Li Shimin's hand, and the snow-white porcelain pieces mixed with dark red tea splashed on the thick carpet, and the startled palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling.

"I'm going to kill this fang! I must kill this fang! ”

didn't look at the person who fell to the ground, Li Shimin's heart was almost completely filled with anger at this time!

He never imagined that the forgiveness of these old ministries would not be exchanged for their loyalty, but in exchange for ruthless betrayal! This betrayal, like a sharp blade piercing the heart, hurts him to the bone marrow!

"Your Majesty! Now is not the time to hold accountable, the Turks have 100,000 people already approaching the city, we should think about how to defend the city! ”

Looking at the angry Li Shimin, Xiao Yu stepped forward to admonish with a worried face.

Now, all the soldiers and horses of Datang have been dragged to the periphery! Jieli rode in alone, and Chang'an faced a situation where no one could defend for a while!

"Chang'an, it's okay for the time being!"

Slowly turning his head to look at Xiao Yu, Li Shimin's tone was a little tired, but he said firmly.

"That'...... We should also think of ways to retreat from the enemy! ”

Xiao Yu didn't know why Li Shimin was so confident in Chang'an, but thinking of the large number of changes in Chang'an's garrison these days, and thinking of Xiao Han, who had not appeared for a long time, he also guessed something in his heart.

Li Shimin nodded tiredly: "According to what Xiao Qing's family sees, how to deal with it?" ”

Xiao Yu smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "The Turks are menacing, we can't fight back now, and we can only negotiate peace." ”

"Discuss peace ......" Li Shimin was silent for a while, although he was unwilling in his heart, he also knew that what Xiao Yu said was right.

Although Chai Shao, who came back from Qinling, had already mastered the use of those new weapons, due to the limitations of the number and methods, he still had more than enough to defend the city and not enough to attack!

Moreover, even if he finds a way to lead the Turks to attack the city, those Turkic barbarians are not fools!

Once injured by a firearm and scattered, it will undoubtedly be a deeper damage to the nascent Tang Empire.

As the owner of this land, Li Shimin never wants to see his people in misery.