The invasion on the other side of the grassland was earlier than predicted.

Although everyone was already prepared, they didn't expect the Turks to come in such a hurry, and only two days later, a force of troops suddenly appeared on the border.

Looking at it, the black pressed a group, like a black wave sweeping the land, constantly heading towards the border of the Tang Dynasty, it was a cavalry with tens of thousands of people, and behind it were Turkic auxiliaries of various shapes.

And in the ranks of the auxiliaries, there are really a bullock.

Sure enough, everything was guessed by Gu Tianya, and the Turks really couldn't survive this winter.

War, here!

A huge beacon tower ignited the beacon fire without hesitation, and when the fire light went straight to the sky, it was seen by the next beacon tower in an instant, so another beacon fire was lit and passed to the third place.

This is the oldest means of the Central Plains nation, but it is the fastest transmission of information for thousands of years, since the Shang Zhou has fallen, the beacon has been retained, even if it has been used to the Tang Dynasty, the beacon tower is still the best military means.

Whenever the flames are in the sky, they can be seen even from a long distance, so the speed of transmission of the beacon fire is light, and it is the only rapid communication that can break through geographical restrictions in this era.

As long as the first beacon tower ignites the beacon fire, the rest of the beacon towers can be seen almost instantly, so the layers of ignition can be passed on, and it can spread far in a short time, and it only takes less than an hour for the beacon fire to be transmitted from the border to the Central Plains.

When the border is on fire, all the fires are lit.

If someone in this era could fly into the sky and look down from the sky, he would see countless points of light suddenly appear in the entire land of China, almost every thirty or forty miles.

These points of light are like a winding line, connecting the border of the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an in an instant.

Throughout the land of China, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

War, coming.

The first people to see the beacon fire ignite are always the soldiers who defend the country, and after these soldiers saw the beacon fire, almost all of them turned pale, and then, they subconsciously clenched the knives in their hands.

With the beacon fire soaring into the sky, the people will also see it, so no matter where in the whole of China, almost all the people are miserable, and some people suddenly knelt on their knees, looked at the sky with tears on their faces, and murmured: "God, open your eyes, don't fight anymore, don't fight again." ”

The beacon fire continued to pass and gradually arrived in Chang'an, so the atmosphere in the entire Chang'an suddenly became tense, and the deafening drums sounded directly in the palace.

This drum is a war drum, and it is beaten to encourage the border, even if the border defenders cannot hear it, but it must still be beaten thousands of miles away.

Those who guard my homeland, known as pawns since ancient times, now have beacon fire borders, don't they beat drums and pray for blessings? Therefore, the huge war drum on this side of the Tang Palace is not to urge the troops to fight hard, it is to beg for the blessing of God, hoping that the border guards can live.

Since it was begging for blessings, men could not beat the drum, but in front of the gate of the palace, there were more than a dozen women, all of whom were princesses of the royal family, and some of them were even minors.

The people who beat the blessing war drum are these Tang princesses.

Because the war drums were so big, the drumsticks were also large, and these princesses were limited to physical strength, and they would be out of breath after a few beats of the drum, but they did not run away, and each of them took the drumstick and beat it hard.

It's a pity that the drumsticks are too big and heavy, and the princesses gradually become overwhelmed, and several women are already sweating on their foreheads, and their bodies have been soaked with sweat on a cold day.

Suddenly, a young princess shouted loudly, shouting at all the princesses, and encouragingly: "Sisters, exert yourself. As princesses of the Tang Dynasty, there are not many things we can do for the people on weekdays. Today, the beacon fire flickered, and the border war was rekindled, but unfortunately our skills are too poor to be stationed in the frontier like Sister Pingyang, so we will use all our strength to beat the drum of prayer and blessing on this side, I hope that our drum can move the heavens, so that the man who guards the family and the land of my Tang Dynasty can live......"

Pray to God!

Let the Tang boy live!

So all the princesses fought hard again and beat the drum of this prayer heavily.

The drums sounded like thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth, almost covering the entire sky over Chang'an, and many people took the initiative to come to the palace gate.

It was as if it was just a short time, and the entire palace was already kneeling with people in front of it.

Those who are clothed in fine clothes kneel on the ground and beg for heaven.

There are those who have fled the famine, crying and pleading.

There are countless ordinary people, kowtowing in unison, and suddenly an old man took the lead in speaking, looked up at the sky and shouted, saying: "Now in the Central Plains of my Han family, the beacon fire is ignited again, and the border of Hebei must have been swordsmen, sighing that the land of my Han family, why is it always miserable, robbed, slaughtered, and the hardships of living for thousands of years, almost from generation to generation...... However, the children of my Han family, the backbone will never bend down, the sky is like the father, the people are like the son, now the people tell the father of the sky, my Han family has never lacked men, soldiers and soldiers, guarding the land and defending the frontier, must fight hard to kill the enemy, do not hesitate to splash three feet of blood, just because this piece of land, is the wealth left to us by our ancestors, the sages of China, in the blue wisps of the road to struggle vigorously, a corner of the field, a piece of land, a grain, a seed, this is the ancestors left us something, no one is qualified to snatch, if anyone dares to rob, we fight with it, Even if I die, I don't have to be afraid of death, but the man of my Han family guarding the frontier will protect his family and defend the country and throw his head and spill his blood, only asking for God's blessing and protecting the man's life......"

With these words, the old man looked up to the sky and shouted, instantly driving hundreds of people, almost roaring to the sky together, and shouting: "I just ask for God's blessing and protect the man's life." ”

In front of the entire palace, thousands of voices.

There were more than a dozen princesses, struggling to beat the huge drum, and the drums were like thunder, and the people screamed.

It was such an exhilarating scene, and yet there were people not far away who were unmoved.

But seeing a group of family officials walking towards the palace, he suddenly heard someone laughing with ridicule, and said with disdain: "The Li royal family is playing with people's hearts again, and it is worthy of being a family that can compete for the world." That old thing is the great patriarch of the Li family's royal family, every time there is a war, this old man comes out to tell the sky, his words are really sonorous, but his behavior is like a begging dog. With such absurd and ridiculous behavior, why didn't the Li family feel ashamed? ”

He paused as he spoke, stretched out his hand and pointed at the princesses who were beating the drums, his tone became more and more mocking, and he said again: "Have you seen that His Majesty actually sent out all the girls, and one of them is a little one, who is only five years old, can such a little girl also beat the drum?" This is for the people to see. Tut-tut, don't even want your face. Did he really think that all his daughters could become Binh Duong? It has been a blessing for hundreds of years that their Li family can produce a handsome woman. ”

Another family official followed suit, and this person's tone was also sarcastic, and said, "The Li family has only been sitting in the country for a few years?" The debt owed to my family has not yet been paid off. I don't want to rule the world with us, but I want to get more from us! The result? Retribution is coming. I only got the acres of land in eight villages, but I had to endure the invasion of the steppe Turks, and the income was so small, and the retribution was heavy, and when I entered the palace and went to court, I really wanted to see the face of that majesty, and the face must be extremely wonderful, and it was worthy of our great whiteness. ”

The officials burst out laughing.

But there are also officials with good intentions, and they can't help frowning and reminding: "The Turkic invasion set off sword soldiers, and it is always my people who suffer......

The officials immediately looked at him and said with a faint smile: "That's the people of the Tang Dynasty, not the people of the family." ”

The good-hearted official frowned even more, and couldn't help but say again: "Since ancient times, the royal family and the family have ruled the world together, why are the people of the Tang Dynasty not our people?" ”

"Hahahaha!"

A group of family officials laughed, as if to laugh at the man's pedantry.

But seeing someone stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, he said with a teaching: "Even if the royal family and the family share the world, we don't need to care about those Li people, Li people, Qianshou also, just like that leek, separated by stubble and stubble, and like a wild grass, it will not be cut off when it dies, why does the royal family care about the people, because they want to keep their country, but our family is different, we don't need to care about the people......"

The good-hearted official was furious and retorted angrily: "The so-called country is also the gathering of the nation. You are all of Han blood, and you all read the books of sages, but when this foreign tribe invaded, how could you say such words that disregarded the country? ”

Unfortunately, his indignation was completely useless.

Not only did those officials turn a deaf ear, but some even had a displeasure on their faces.

Finally, an official of the family became friendly with this person, and he couldn't bear to see him become a bird, so he walked over and pulled him away, and whispered to persuade: "Brother Zheng, why are you suffering." The younger brother knows that your sister is married to the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so you have some unique feelings for the Li royal family, but you should always remember that your background is from a family. Why did your sister marry the prince? That's because the royal family wants to marry into a family! This kind of thing can't talk about feelings, the two sides are just an exchange of etiquette. That's it, you have to recognize ......"

The man paused as he spoke, and then said, "What is a family?" Gu family does not care about the country! The so-called continuous transmission from generation to generation, what is passed on is actually a 'family' word, family, family, generation to generation is a family, there is a family, there is no country, this is our interests. The reason why the Li royal family cares about the people is because they want to keep their country, but our family doesn't need to care about this country, because if the country is destroyed, we will change the dynasty and change the dynasty, and it will still be Zhong Ming Dingshi, and it will be passed ......on from generation to generation."

The kind-hearted official stood on the spot in a daze, and suddenly let out a long sigh after a long time.

It was as if he had lost interest in arguing with everyone, and he just looked at the hundreds of people in front of the palace.

He watched as the people kept prostrating their heads and weeping.

looked at the Li family's righteous begging to heaven.

Listening to the sound of war drums in his ears like thunder, those girl princesses were tired and sweaty, for some reason, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said secretly: "The Li family royal family, you are doing a good job." ”