The question was quickly answered, and a fast horse flashed in front of Li Chengyang and went straight to the imperial study.

As for why no one went to stop it? Just look at the red feather behind the man, the Red Feather Messenger, anyone has to give way, and the sergeants will take the initiative to clear the barricades for the new style when they see it, and those who dare to block the Red Feather Messenger's path will be killed.

Don't be in a hurry to go, the red feather messenger easily does not appear, as soon as it appears, it is a big thing, a few days ago, the Turkic Koubian, failed to attack the big city, looted, at that time the red feather messenger did not enter the palace, just entered the Chang'an city gate and dismounted on foot.

Secretly put his ear to the door of the study, and heard the messenger inside panting like Li Shimin reporting the news:

"Your Majesty, the Turks invaded the border, did not pass through Lingzhou, but through Xihuizhou, the governor Li Jing sent a small day and night to report to Your Majesty, at this time the Turkic army is about 200,000, it has been three days now, it is estimated that it has now arrived in Yuanzhou, the governor asked to withdraw troops back to Chang'an, in order to ensure that Chang'an is not lost."

As soon as the words fell, there was no movement in the house, and after a long time, Li Shimin's voice was heard: "Bury him, find out his identity, and order people to treat his family well."

The "squeak" door was pushed open, and the two little eunuchs walked out of the study with the body of the messenger in their arms.

Only now did I see the appearance of the messenger clearly, his face was a little unhealthy flush, it seemed that this road was really day and night, half of the armor on his body was left, and the rest was not scattered on the road.

There was also half an arrow stuck in his leg, and the arrow pierced his calf, and the messenger was also a ruthless man, looking at the uneven appearance of the arrows, as if they had been broken by force, and the arrows moved around in the bones, and I don't know what kind of faith supported this man to persist here.

Quietly mourning the unknown messenger is worthy of admiration, this Datang can be inherited for three hundred years in the future, most of it is the credit of these soldiers who are willing to sacrifice their lives for Datang.

Walking back to the study, he found that Li Shimin was pondering on the map behind the bookcase, and tiptoed to Li Shimin, it was the first time he had looked at the territory of the Tang Dynasty so seriously.

Lingzhou is at the junction of the Turks and the Tang Dynasty, the location is extremely critical, it is said that it is the gateway of the Tang Dynasty, as early as April of the ninth year, Li Shimin sent Li Jing, who was the most capable of fighting under his hands, to Lingzhou, and was named the governor of Lingzhou, and resisted the Turks with all his might.

However, now Li Jing has let people spread the word, saying that the Turks have bypassed Lingzhou and directly entered the Tang Dynasty from Huizhou.

Huizhou is located in the current Ningxia, small-scale marching is OK, large-scale marching is not so easy, especially cavalry, there were many small-scale cavalry through Huizhou to fight the grass valley, that is, to run after grabbing, what to rob.

But this large-scale march is the first time, there are more than 200,000 people, and the Turks are mostly one person and two horses, and the better tribes can still get one person, three horses or even four horses, and I don't know how many people and horses there are, how did they come over?

Now the question of how to get there is no longer important, how to resist the Turkic invasion is the right thing.

"Passed on the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others entered the palace to discuss matters," Li Shimin commanded with his hands behind his back.

Li Chengyang saw that there was nothing to do with him, so he planned to sneak away quietly, if he could not listen to this major military matter, he would not listen to it, and he was so interested in fighting at a young age that he was easy to be criticized.

"Stay, you can listen to it later, it would be better if you could come up with some crooked ideas" Li Shimin did not shy away from it at all, the prince's contact with the army did not have much impact on him, the emperor immediately, and the mind of a generation of male lords was naturally not so small.

Li Chengyang stayed wilted, just looked at the map, the distance from Huizhou to Weishui is not close, nearly 500 miles away, the middle of the mountains and valleys are deep, how the cavalry march will take nearly ten days, there are many states and counties in the middle, each state and county has a lot of troops stationed, I really can't figure out how the Turks spent ten days all the way to conquer the city and still maintain the speed of the march without the slightest decrease.

It's the nineteenth, and I vaguely remember what happened in August shortly after Li Shimin ascended the throne, seeing that there are still twelve days before the end of the month, and now the Turks have just arrived in Huizhou, did they fly over?

I couldn't figure it out, so I could only sit honestly on the side, waiting for the group of uncles and uncles to come to discuss, and he would be ready to listen.

Li Shimin passed on an urgent summons, and the ministers came very quickly, this group of people lived not far from the entrance of the palace, and immediately rushed to the palace as soon as they received the order.

A group of people of all kinds, all kinds of looks, among which Lao Cheng wearing a profane dress is the most outstanding, the black face is set off by the white obscene clothes, the more it looks like the bottom of the pot, the foot stares at a shoe, the other foot is bare, and from time to time he also picks the floor a few times, fortunately Lao Cheng has no foot odor, otherwise this study will not be able to stay immediately.

Completely broke Li Chengyang's good impression of the ministers, Lao Cheng is like this, and the rest of the ministers are not much better, just after going to the court, they each go home and get ready to sleep, who knows that Li Shimin's urgent move will come in a blink of an eye, making the study unpeaceful for a while.

No matter how big the matter is on TV, aren't all those ministers well-dressed? Even if he goes into battle to kill the enemy, his hairstyle does not change, how can it be his turn Li Chengyang directly become a group of demons? The ministers' underwear show?

The eldest grandson of the head of the ministers, Wuji, covered up the belly that accidentally leaked out and spoke first: "I don't know what Your Majesty is so anxious to recruit us, what is the so-called?" ”。

"The Turkic Jieli Khan led all the soldiers of the grassland to bypass the Lingzhou defended by the pharmacists, and broke into the Tang Dynasty from Huizhou, three days have passed, and the Aiqing will discuss what to do first" Li Shimin briefly introduced Li Jing's message, and passed the letter brought by the Hongling messenger to the ministers.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty what he thinks" Fang Xuanling squeezed his wet hair with one hand, and when the urgent move came, he was about to wash his hair, and hurried over with a body of water.

"At present, Datang is really not ready for a big war, and now that the war has just ended, the people are all looking forward to recuperating and recuperating, and at this time they are talking about war, I am afraid that it will cause great dissatisfaction" Li Shimin said his thoughts, and now everything is waiting to be rebuilt, and it is really not good to set off a war.

"If you want me to say, if you come, you will fight, you will fight as much as you come, you are not afraid that there will be many others, you are afraid that he will not come, Your Majesty, I Lao Cheng will ask for war, and I will call that Jieli Khan will come and go" Lao Cheng buckled his feet while asking Li Shimin to fight.

Li Shimin didn't reply, but Fang Xuanling fired at Lao Cheng: "It's easy for you to say, you don't need money to fight, now there is not much money left in the treasury of the household department, and the taxes have not had time to be collected, the weather is hot, and the sergeants are also cultivating and recuperating, so you can take advantage of it, what to fight?" I'm going to hit you out for money. ”。

Lao Cheng sighed heavily, stopped talking, and concentrated on picking his feet.

Li Shimin nodded: "Fang Aiqing is right, now we are not suitable for war, everything is defense first, wait for a few years to be stable, and then go and ask for everything that the Turks have owed us all these years to come back, kill me, and ask him for a hundred."

The ministers didn't speak, they didn't say anything, they were really aggrieved, there were so many Li Shimin's henchmen present, which one was not trained in the sword mountain and the sea of fire, there were no ministers and generals, and which one didn't have a body of blood, and they fled first without a fight, this is the first time.

Defending and escaping are not much different for this group, they have always taken the initiative to attack the side, and now they have suddenly become the defending side, and it is false to say that they are not uncomfortable.

It was Li Shimin who was the first to stabilize his emotions: "Okay, don't think about that, now let's discuss how to do a good job of defense."

Everyone began to study the map carefully, according to the Turkic troops, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an invasion of the whole country, such a large force, it will definitely not be as hasty as in the past, and their appetite is definitely not small.

Li Shimin looked at the map, the states that can be defended have long been defended, since April this year, the Turks have been constantly invading, for the areas that the Turks may reach, Li Shimin has long given enough attention, otherwise he would not have sent the most capable Li Jing to the front line of defense.

"Shiji, what do you think? What is the purpose of the Turks this time? Li Shimin asked Li Shiji, Li Shiji is Xu Maogong on TV, and now that Li Jing is no longer there, Li Shiji's views, as the number two person in the army, have naturally become the top priority.

Li Shiji pondered for a moment, pointed to the area north of Chang'an in the map, and said: "The situation on the grassland is not very good, according to experienced sergeants, this year the grassland may continue to snow heavily, and the cattle, horses and sheep may suffer heavy losses this winter, maybe Jieli also expected this, so he invaded on a large scale, hoping to grab something to make up for the losses that will occur in the future."

The eldest grandson Wuji answered on the side: "Shiji is right, and Jieli is powerful on the grassland, constantly bullying small and medium-sized tribes, the people on the grassland are panicking, and the voice of opposition to Jieli is getting louder and louder, this is the news brought back by the merchants, so this time it may also be that Jieli is doing it in order to maintain his rule, and the intention is to deepen his prestige."

Li Shimin looked around and found that no one was answering, so he nodded: "Since you have said so, then this invasion, Jieli will not stay here for a long time, let alone have the intention of replacing my Tang Dynasty, so we only need to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness and actively defend, what else can the Zhongqing family add?" ”。

Li Chengyang understood on the side that before and after the Weishui Alliance in his memory, the Turks did not do anything to occupy the land, but only made a lot of money from Li Shimin, and then returned to the grassland satisfied, and then was wiped out by Li Shimin's troops within a few years.

However, it takes time for Jianbi Qingye to give an order, and in ten days, the order alone takes up more than half, and it is too late to organize the villagers to enter the city, so he immediately interjected:

"Father, uncles, the kid has some questions, I don't know if I can ask?"

"You say, if you have any questions, just ask" Li Shimin didn't care, and motioned for Li Chengyang to ask.

"Now the order, is it urgent, now that it has passed Huizhou, it is about to invade Yuanzhou, can this order of Jianbi Qingye still arrive? The people didn't have time to enter the city, how could they call it a strong wall and a clear field? Li Chengyang raised his own question.

Everyone looked at each other, they all smiled and said nothing, which made Li Chengyang scratch his head for a while, how profound do these people think they are, Li Shiji, you have half of your feet and feet, where did you come from.

Still intimate with his uncle, the eldest grandson Wuji covered his stomach and said: "Yuanzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and in the early years, it was invaded by a Turkic tribe last year, and now there are no more people, and the rest of the states are heavily guarded, and the fast horse message will arrive in five days, no need to worry, no matter what, the deployed army can withstand a few days, there are these few days, you can do anything, you don't need to worry."

Then he reflexively touched his beard and leaked out a piece of white flowers' belly: "Jingzhou is a problem, and your question is not completely empty."