At the same time, Li Ye ordered the transfer of grain from the south, and hoarded food and materials in Taiyuan, Zhenzhou, and Dengzhou that could supply 400,000 troops and 500,000 people for two years.

Hedong Province, Hebei Province, Qilu Province, Shannan West Province, Sichuan Province, Guannei Province, Henan Province, and Huainan Province each formed 10,000 united troops, and at the same time, the number of troops in their respective states was doubled.

The united army is not a regular army in the first place, but because of the needs of wartime, the temporarily formed army does not have military status, and does not undertake the main combat tasks, mainly to assist the main army in combat, defend the captured cities, escort grain and grass, etc.

As for the weapons with reference to the state soldiers, the armor is mainly leather armor, and the officers are iron armor, and the military salary is lower than that of the state soldiers.

The promulgation of this series of wills means that the saint in Ziwei Palace can no longer tolerate the Khitan, and the Northern Expedition is on the agenda because of this Khitan southern attack.

However, the ministers of the DPRK and China also had different attitudes towards the Shengshang's insistence on the Northern Expedition, and they supported more of them, and they opposed it because they were worried that the hard-won Zhongxing situation of the Tang Dynasty would be dragged down by this Northern Expedition.

The Northern Expedition of Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty led to civil strife in the Sui Dynasty, and now the ministers of the court and the central government are worried that they will die in war. But the Holy One was resolute, and even if someone objected, he didn't dare to say it.

Because the imperial court has won successive victories in foreign conquests in recent years, the saint's control over the imperial court is also very strong. Of course, the Northern Expedition was still early, and the 400,000 troops and 500,000 people required by the Holy Lord needed time to deploy the food, grass and materials needed, not to mention two years.

In order to counterattack the Khitan Southern Invasion and the Northern Expedition this time, the household department has planned to spend 15 million guan, and it may be increased. Fortunately, the treasury revenue of the imperial court has been increasing every year over the years, and there is no big war, so there is no need to worry too much.

"Chao'er doesn't know what happened to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate? Will it be unsafe? You don't know how much to care about as a father. ”

Luoyang, in a small official residence, Fu Cunxian's wife is complaining about Fu Cunxian, who instructed the second son Fu Yanrao and the third son Fu Yantu in martial arts.

"Chao'er has now been promoted to a general, and she is an adult, where do we need to worry?" Fu Cunxian said lightly.

Of course, really not caring is fake.

At present, the center of gravity of the imperial court is not in the Western Regions, but there are not many troops in the Western Regions.

Although the strength of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate is not as good as that of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, because the latter has such a relatively strong Metropolitan Protectorate as Khotan, the strength of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate is not bad.

After the destruction of the Uighurs in Western Prefecture, there were not so many battles in the Beiting Prefecture, mainly to eliminate the remnants of the Uighurs and quell the rebellions of all sides.

In addition, Zhong Wei, who was the protector of the Beiting Prefecture, was unwilling to be lonely, and in addition to the remnants of the Uighurs in the west, he also sent his troops deep into the north of Jinshan.

Jinshan is the Altai Mountains of later generations, and it belongs to the territory of the Tatars north of Jinshan.

Fortunately, the Tatars are also scattered, and there are not only Tatars north of Jinshan, there is the example of the Uighurs in Xizhou, but no powerful tribe dares to start a war with the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why Fu Cunxian knows so much is because his eldest son Fu Yanchao belongs to one of the generals of several capitals of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"Naturally, you don't worry, you know that there is a war, and you don't care about your son." Mrs. Fu was dissatisfied.

"Where do I not care? If he doesn't take advantage of the current accumulation of military merits, how can he compare with others? Fu Cunxian was also speechless.

"You know the military merits, I am only worried about my son's safety." Mrs. Fu said stubbornly, "Also, when will we go back to Chang'an?" I've been here in Luoyang for a year. ”

"Back to Chang'an? If you want to go back, you can go back, but you won't be able to go back for a short time. Fu Cunxian shook his head.

"Don't go back? Is the Holy One really going to move the capital? Mrs. Fu couldn't help asking.

"Who did you listen to? Don't chew on the root of your tongue for this kind of thing. Fu Cunxian frowned.

"Many wives of officials in the DPRK and China are saying that the saint likes Luoyang and doesn't want to go back to Chang'an." Mrs. Fu explained.

"Don't talk about it, there's no such thing." Fu Cunxian reminded.

Moving the capital, probably not.

Luoyang actually has a lot of drawbacks, although the traffic has a canal, and it is located in the Central Plains, it is more convenient, but there is no danger to keep.

If the true northern Khitan army broke through Hedong and Hebei, the cavalry could reach the north bank of the Yellow River.

Of course, he knew that the reason why the Holy Lord had not returned to Chang'an was because the Holy Lord planned to go on a northern expedition.

If it's early, it may be a few months later, and if it's late, it's just next year.

If it is the Northern Expedition, it is more convenient to start from Luoyang, and there is naturally no need to return to Chang'an.

This is also the reason why he taught his son Fu Yanrao attentively during this time, if it was the Northern Expedition, he would naturally send his son to the army.

"Then why doesn't the saint go back to Chang'an?" Mrs. Fu was a little puzzled.

"Women, don't care about these things, just do your best." Fu Cunxian was a little impatient.

He was afraid that his wife would have a big mouth and talk nonsense to those women, and sometimes women were unconcealed, and it was really easy to do bad things.

Seeing that her husband didn't want to say anything, Mrs. Fu was also a little unhappy, so she turned around and left.

"Father, are you going to war?" Fu Yanrao on the side couldn't help asking.

"What do you care about so much? Hurry up and practice archery, you must shoot 150 arrows today, and the target cannot be less than 100. ”

Fu Cunxian knocked on the head of the second son and said with a straight face.

Hearing his father's words, Fu Yanrao's head suddenly grew big, and when he saw his right hand, which was a little out of strength, he hesitated for a while, but still picked up an arrow.

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Hedong Road, Yunzhou Governor's Mansion.

Looking at Yunzhou City in front of him, Li Siyuan's expression was a little complicated, this is the place where Li Keyong started, and he occupied most of Hedong in the back.

But more than ten years later, those things have become a cloud of the past.

"This is Yunzhou City? The northern powerhouse of the Tang people? Looking at Yunzhou City, where the city wall in front of him was relatively tall and strong, Yelu Abaoji looked at it curiously.

"Back to Yue, it is Yunzhou City." Li Siyuan replied.

"Then capture this important town in the north, and then go south to attack Taiyuan. It is said that the Central Plains of the Tang people are prosperous, and they also want to see it. Yelu Abaoji rode on the horse, quite proud.

Before arriving at the city of Yunzhou, the Khitan cavalry had captured more than a dozen large and small towns, and everywhere they passed, the Khitans plundered, whether it was people or property, they were not spared.

Although the Tang army along the way desperately defended, the disparity in strength was too great, and the city was finally destroyed.

The successive sieges of cities and territories also made the Khitan army more arrogant, and even Yelu Abaoji was not spared.

"Yu Yue, the last general thought that Yunzhou should not be attacked, and this city was captured. Our army should mainly fight in the grass valley and bypass these fortified cities, otherwise it will be a fierce battle when the Tang reinforcements arrive. ”