Li Liangzuo's bringing in Li Yanzong, Li Xiaoren, Li Chahan, and Li Yanze was actually preparing a large-scale operation, and the target of the action was the Naiman tribe located in the northwest of the Great Xia Kingdom, which was a tribe composed of Turkic people who had been subject to the Liao State, although the Naiban Department was subject to the Liao State, but because it was far away from the core ruling area of the Liao State, it was basically in a state of autonomy; The leader of the barbarian tribe is Bai Buhua, who calls himself Sun Khan.

Since Li Liangzuo occupied the middle of the grassland, cut off the connection between the Naiban Department and the Liao State, since then the Naiban Department has been completely out of the control of the Liao State, so the Naiban Department ushered in a period of expansion, during this period because the main strength of the Xia army was pinned down in the east, so the control of the west is relatively weak, and the Naiban Department took advantage of this in the name of recovering the territory of the Liao State to begin to expand to the east and north.

Originally, the territory of the barbarian tribe was located in the sun of the Altai Mountains, after expansion, under the leadership of Sun Khan Bai Buhua, the Naiban cavalry crossed the Altai Mountains and pushed the eastern border to the area of Lake Kyrgyz and the Zabkhan River, and its territory expanded more than doubled, and in addition to the surrounding nomadic tribes have surrendered, its population has reached more than one million, becoming the most powerful force in the western steppe; At this time, the territory of the Naiban tribe stretched to the Tangnu Wuliang Sea in the north, bordered the Black Khan Dynasty in the south, adjacent to the central grassland controlled by the Great Xia Kingdom in the east, and crossed the Yizhishui River in the west; It is more than 2,000 miles long from east to west, more than 3,000 miles wide from north to south, at this time the barbarian department is already a large country with a radius of 6,000 miles, of course, this territory is unstable, whether it is the east or the west in ancient times, its territory is extremely unstable, the so-called territory is actually a general control range, this range is constantly changing.

Li Liangzuo stood on the big sand table and said to the four of them: "I came to you today, even if I don't say it, you know why?" In the past few years, the imperial court has been carrying out domestic construction, digesting the territory it occupied before, and trying to tolerate those clowns who jump off the beam as much as possible, but I didn't expect them to dare to go on and over again; In that case, we should teach them a lesson and let them remember who is the overlord of the steppe. ”

"Your Majesty, it's time to clean them up." Richard said excitedly; "Led by Your Majesty, our army will be invincible."

Li Liangzuo smiled and said to everyone: "In this battle, I will not drive the expedition in person, I have decided to hand over the command of this battle, this time the western expedition is a barbarian department, Li Yanzong is the commander, Li Xiaoren is the deputy commander, Li Chahan is the forward general, and the three of you lead the 150,000 army to the west to the barbarian department." ”

"Your Majesty, what about the last general!" Li Yanze asked anxiously.

Li Liangzuo said to Li Yanze: "Don't go to the west this time, you go to replace Emperor Xiaoren as the commander of the Hehuang Army temporarily." ”

Li Yanze didn't answer for a long time after hearing this, and Li Liangzuo asked Li Xiaoren, "Why do you have an opinion?" ”

"Nope." Li Yanze said a little dejectedly; "The last general commands."

Li Yanzong asked Li Liangzuo: "I don't know that Your Majesty has allocated those soldiers and horses to the west this time. ”

Li Liangzuo said to the four of them: "I plan to transfer 70,000 border troops from the Anbei army, 30,000 border troops from the Anxi army, and as for the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses, I will transfer a heavy armored cavalry army from the Royal Forest Legion with Emperor Xiaoren as the commander. ”

As soon as Li Liangzuo's words fell, Xiao Fuzi walked to Li Liangzuo's side and said: "Your Majesty, the news I just got from the Naiman tribe is that the leader of the Naiman tribe worships Buhua, calls himself Sun Khan, and announces the establishment of the Turkic Khanate; According to the spies, he worshipped the gods and ancestors on Altai, and vowed to restore the territory of the Turkic Empire. ”

After hearing this, Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "He can also restore the Turkic homeland; This is clearly a declaration of war against me! ”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the micro-ministers swear to destroy the barbarian tribe and nip the so-called Turkic Khanate in the bud." Li Yanzong said to Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo said to everyone: "The Naiban tribe is the descendants of the Turks, with a population of more than 1 million and a strength of about 300,000; The Turks are nomadic tribes, and it is impossible to completely eliminate them, so the purpose of your western expedition is not to eliminate Bai Buhua, what we have to do is to conquer him and let him be used by us. That's why I tell you, this expedition is mainly about conquest, and I don't want my backyard to be full of war. ”

"Yes, the ministers understand that Your Majesty is on the line." The three of them said to Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo pointed to the map and said: "The western expedition is divided into two routes, north and south, the northern route army is commanded by Chahan, leading an army of 70,000 to attack the Kyrgyz Lake and the first line of the Zabkhan River, and the Anbei army is mostly light cavalry and moves quickly. The Southern Route Army was commanded by Li Yanzong and Li Xiaoren, and the 80,000-strong army went out of the Northern Court to attack the main army of the Naiban tribe from behind, cutting off its way back. ”

Li Liangzuo continued: "Of course, this is just my own plan, and the situation on the battlefield will depend on you to solve it yourself, due to the limited military spending this time, you must end the battle for me within three months, do you understand?" ”

"Understood, please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will definitely live up to our mission." The three of them said in unison to Li Liangzuo.

"Okay." Li Liangzuo said to the three of them; "In addition to the three of you in this expedition, I am adding two more to you, one is Li Bingchang and the other is Li Wu."

As soon as Li Liangzuo's words fell, Li Xiaoren thought to Li Liangzuo and said, "Your Majesty, is it appropriate for the two princes to let them go to the battlefield at such a young age?" ”

Li Liangzuo said a little angrily: "What's inappropriate, when I led the troops to resist Liao, I was about the same age as them, and I can't go to them if I can ......go to them."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely guarantee the safety of the two princes." Li Yanzong said to Li Liangzuo.

"It's not important if you're safe or not, it's not a big deal to get hurt, just come back with half a life." Li Liangzuo said nonchalantly.

After convening this military meeting, Li Yanzong and Li Chahan left and returned to Anxi and Anbei respectively overnight, while Li Xiaoren needed to stay in Xingqing Mansion for one night because he wanted to take Li Bingchang and Li Wu, and then went to Xiping Mansion to receive the heavy armored cavalry army before going to Anxi.

Anshou Palace Li Liangzuo sent someone to call Liang Luoyao over, Li Liangzuo said to Wuzang Feixue and Liang Luoyao: "The army will go west in a few days, and I will not go to the west this time, but this is a rare opportunity, I really plan to exercise Wu'er and Chang'er, I have already told Xiaoren, let the two of them follow Xiaoren tomorrow." ”

The two were taken aback when they heard Li Liangzuo say this, after all, Li Liangzuo had never said anything about Li Wu and Li Bingchang joining the army before, and today this statement was too sudden, and he didn't hide Feixue and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, the two children are still so young, but is it appropriate for them to go to the battlefield?" ”

"They are all fifteen years old, still young; Just like you, when will they grow up by protecting them every day! Li Liangzuo said to the two; What kind of climate can they achieve if they continue like this? You can rest assured that these two boys have good martial arts, but there is no problem if they can't make meritorious contributions to save their lives. ”

Thanks to the three recommendations of Yu Yan and Lu Mozhu, and the three recommendations of [Firefly], Tianyu is grateful......

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