Empress Eldest Sun was clueless when she asked this, but Li Shimin understood it as soon as she heard it.

The emperor slowly exhaled a breath, and said a little helplessly: "Now the two countries will start an army, the other and I are enemies of life and death, his mother is a Turkic saintess, this matter must not be leaked out, otherwise those people in the family will inevitably jump up and down, and no one can ......suppress this situation."

Empress Changsun wanted to speak and stopped, with a look of resentment on her face.

Li Shimin glanced at her and said in a deep voice: "Since he has the blood of the Li royal family on his body, he should stay in the Tang Dynasty as a prince, do you want the family to get the news and jointly force the palace, and then the child has to leave the Central Plains?" ”

Empress Changsun subconsciously shuddered and said in a panic: "That's not good, the concubine is reluctant to let him suffer anymore." ”

Li Shimin nodded, and said solemnly: "So this matter must be concealed, no one is allowed to leak it, and for the rest of his life, let him think that his mother is Han ......"

Speaking of this, he slowly turned his head, stared at Li Chong, the commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division, and said: "Those people who were sent to Hebei to investigate before will be hidden in the palace from now on, let them be transferred to the palace Yulin Guard, and they will not be allowed to step out of the palace gate for half a step for twenty years." ”

Li Chong is not only the commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division, but also the heir of the main branch of the imperial family, hearing this, he nodded hurriedly, and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, why don't you be more ruthless and let the ministers slaughter those people directly." ”

Li Shimin scolded and said, "There is no need to kill people, just stop in the palace." ”

Li Chong was still a little unwilling, and whispered: "Only dead people will not leak secrets." ”

Li Shimin glanced at him and muttered: "Then you test it first, if it is the kind of person who is not tight-lipped......"

The emperor didn't continue, but Li Chong already understood.

……

Same night, different places.

The Tang Dynasty is preparing for war, and the Turkic side has begun to set up camp.

It was night, the wind was howling, there was a bright moon in the sky, the grassland was white, and suddenly I saw a large army winding up, like a huge dragon lying across the grassland.

Turks, sent troops.

Huohuo's army of hundreds of thousands, as far as the eye can see, is full of cavalry, and there are three or four hundred thousand Han Nu auxiliaries, driving countless cattle to follow.

It was a decision to plunder like a frenzy and then form a huge army of cattle to bring back supplies.

In the middle of the million-strong army, Jieli Khan personally led the army.

This person is a hero who dominates the grassland, and he is also a warrior who can fight well, he has a red horse in his crotch, wears a steel helmet, and the scimitar at his waist is shining, and the killing intent in Jieli's eyes is also shining.

There was also a horse beside him, whose armor was also a Turkic nobleman, who occasionally peeked at Jieli and then let out a silent sigh.

He thought it was well hidden, but unfortunately it was still noticed by Jieli, Jieli suddenly turned his head to look at him, and snorted coldly: "Hulong, do you have something to say?" ”

The nobleman named Hulong sighed again, looked at Jieli and whispered in a deep voice: "Why do you have to fall out with the Holy Maiden, you should know the status of the Holy Maiden in the grassland!" ”

Jieli gritted his teeth, his face full of anger.

Hulong glanced at him, and couldn't help but say again: "You are the Khan of the steppe, you can't indulge yourself like ordinary Turks, the Central Plains people have an old saying, those who can achieve great things are not informal, the saint is the high priest of the entire steppe, we need her support to stabilize the ministries!" ”

Jieli gritted his teeth again, his face still full of anger.

Hulong sighed helplessly, and made a final effort: "She personally helped the army dance the witch sacrifice dance early this morning, you should take the opportunity to invite her to join the army to fight, only if the Holy High Priestess sits in the army, the morale of the soldiers will be strong......"

Jieli finally couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly roared: "I am the Khan of the grassland, she is just a sacrifice, now I have a million male soldiers, and I am full of people who control the strings, this kind of military strength, the world is invincible, and when I am powerful in the Central Plains, she should be the high priest to the end......"

Hulong opened his mouth and said stubbornly: "The Holy High Priestess is the inheritance of the grassland. ”

Jieli gritted his teeth and said viciously: "But she killed my two sons!" ”

Then he said: "And it was killed in front of everyone......"

Speaking of this, he didn't want to say more, so he suddenly pulled his cow tendon and horsewhip, and shouted: "Don't say more, the whole army will speed up, and within a month, Ben Khan will hit Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty." ”

This seemed to be said to Hulong, and it was like giving an order to march, and suddenly a herald next to him heard the sound and moved, instigating the war horse to gallop around to convey it.

Seeing that he was so resolute, Hulong could only sigh helplessly, this person faintly had a bad feeling in his heart, and he always felt that the grassland would not be too peaceful in the future.

The Khan fell out with the Holy Maiden, which is not a good thing.

……

What the scale of the million-strong army, the team alone has to be more than ten miles long, and when you look at it, you can't look at each other, and the heralds gallop wildly for half an hour before they can convey Jieli's order to the entire army.

The Turks were almost entirely cavalry, and the advantage was the speed of the march, and when the order of the Jieli Khan was given, the whole army accelerated violently.

In just one hour, it has reached the border of Datang.

Further on, it was the land of the Han people, but the Turkic army did not stop at all, and the iron hooves stepped across the border without any scruples.

This is a night march, and the cavalry gallops, and the million-strong army almost drove straight in, sweeping a small county on the border of the Tang Dynasty that night.

However, this place has been plundered for a long time, and there is too little grain and grass in the county, and the entire army has almost no harvest, so it continues to invade Datang in the early morning of the next day.

This time, it was a long drive of fifty miles, and I occasionally encountered one or two villages along the way, and my eyes were full of shivering old women.

These people were like earth under the front of the Turkic soldiers, and they did not even dare to cry after being robbed of food, and even if they were so deferential, they were still beheaded by Jieli's order, and he seemed to be becoming more and more tyrannical, and needed to use slaughter to calm the anger in his heart.

Finally, in the evening of the next day, the Turkic army approached Yanmen Pass.

Jieli was still in charge of the Chinese army, and he was complacent to see the millions of soldiers, but at this time, he suddenly saw that the army in front of him had stopped.

Jieli was slightly stunned, then he was furious, and roared: "Who gave the order, why did the army stop, at this time the sky is not completely dark, and it is not the time to bury the pot to cook." ”

He was roaring when he heard the sound of hooves in front of him, but he saw a Turkic general galloping towards him, and the whip in his hand was pumping like madness.

The general ran wildly all the way, and when he arrived at him, he suddenly reined in his horse, looked at Jieli and said, "Great Khan ......"

Jieli tiger's eyes flashed, and Sen Ran said: "The army suddenly stopped, but you galloped here, could it be that there is an obstacle ahead, and the Han people finally have the courage to resist Ben Khan?" ”

Speaking of this, he first laughed wildly, suddenly pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and shouted: "Very good, Ben Khan is looking forward to meeting the Han army and slaughtering it to sacrifice the flag." ”

Then he looked at the general again, and asked again: "Say, how many Tang troops are there?" ”

The general took a deep breath, suddenly stretched out a finger, and said with a strange face: "One person ......"