After the beginning of spring, the plan designated by the Turks began to be implemented, and the middle-aged men of the various tribes in the steppe, armed with bows and arrows, swords, a month's rations, and a spare horse, began to assemble and converge towards the designated place.

Within a few days, men and horses from dozens of tribes large and small in the steppe began to assemble, a full 200,000 knights, each of whom was a Turkic warrior, an archer, and 400,000 horses.

Boom Boom –

The scene of thousands of horses galloping, the earth shaking the mountains, and the momentum is majestic.

Looking from afar, the cold light is moving, the armor is like a forest, the dust and smoke are billowing, the momentum is vast, and the invincible momentum is unstoppable!

In the area of Shuofang County, the smoke burned, and the guards began to warn, but they did not dare to resist, because the strength of the defenders was too small, and they could only stand out the wall, but fortunately, the Turkic army did not attack the cities along the way, but quickly passed through, bypassing some fortresses and major cities, and went straight to Yan'an County, avoiding the delay in the battle, and only seeking to march quickly!

The scouts began to report to Chang'an Kuaima one after another, bringing a new atmosphere of tension to Chang'an City.

The Ministry of War, the Privy Council, the Qingying Guard and other departments got the news almost at the same time and sent urgent information to the palace.

Luo Zhaoyun summoned the privy envoys of the Privy Council, the secretary of the academy, the secretary of the military department, the squire, the governor of the political hall, and the provincial secretary of the Chinese book who drafted the documents, and discussed matters in the palace overnight.

Lai Hu'er, eldest grandson Shunde, Wen Yanbo, Chen Liang, Fang Xuanling, Zhu Suiliang, eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng and other important ministers, worthy of Luo Zhaoyun's trusted cronies, were all summoned to the palace.

Although Luo Zhaoyun had long anticipated the Turkic attack and made arrangements in advance, after all, Bing Ge is a major matter of the country, and it needs to be paid special attention to.

The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Diligent Administration!

There is a tall bronze heater in the center of the hall, the heater is in the form of a seven-layer pagoda, the body of the tower is inlaid with gold hollow, the glazed heavy eaves cover the top, it is very magnificent, beautiful. The charcoal fire in the furnace is burning, and the charcoal blocks make a slight cracking sound from time to time, although it is spring, but the hall is still a little cold, and the furnace has not been canceled.

Luo Zhaoyun instructed the eunuch temple people to give these ministers a brocade, and everyone sat down to discuss the crisis of the Turkic invasion.

"The Turks attacked again, with 200,000 troops, plus Liu Wuzhou's men and horses, and the remnants of Liang Shidu and Li Rail, etc., conservatively estimated, there were 250,000 to 300,000 soldiers and horses, they did not attack the city pass, but made a detour, looking at the posture and approaching Chang'an City." Luo Zhaoyun said with a cold face.

After learning this shocking news, the faces of the eldest grandson Shunde, Wen Yanbo and others all changed drastically, and the concept of threat to the Turks had long been deeply rooted, almost to the extent of talking about the tiger's color.

The Turks in the Sui Dynasty is a border trouble, has a long history, it is a branch of the Xiongnu, once attached to Rouran, for its iron slaves, is the Ashina clan, and then the Turks began to grow, conquered the Tiele tribe, successively defeated Rouran and other large and small tribes, dominated the grassland, and then aimed at the Central Plains, in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period, the tiger eyed, forming a strong threat, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty had no time to fight, are the policy of peace and proximity, tribute, to obtain the support of the Turks, from attack.

In the early years of the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were more powerful, and the national strength of the Sui Dynasty was weak, and it was difficult to attack hard, so they adopted the strategy of building the Great Wall and garrisoning the troops, and later used the strategy of Changsun Sheng's "distant and close attack, separation from the strong and the weak", which divided the Eastern and Western Turks and weakened the power of the steppe, until ten years ago, Yang Su led the Sui army in a classic war, completely repelled the main Turkic force, subdued the Eastern Turks, and annexed the Sui court.

However, the Turkic people of the steppe, with a low level of education, are not like the Central Plains people who abide by integrity, they only believe in fist strength, when the Great Sui is in full voice, they will surrender and depend, when the Great Sui has a crisis, Shibi Khan came to a siege of Yanmen Pass, and almost trapped Emperor Yang of Sui in Yanmen.

Later, the Great Sui fell apart, the world was in turmoil, and the Turks took the opportunity to support the Central Plains separatist forces, and obtained a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, Central Plains grain, cloth, and so on from these princes and kings, and obtained great benefits. He naturally didn't want to see the emergence of a unified empire in the Central Plains, so Shibi Khan felt that Dahua had become his confidant, and this time he sent troops for a long time.

The military department Shangshu came to Hu'er and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the ambition of the Turkic wolf has long coveted the Central Plains, this time seeing Dahua's momentum, he is unwilling to let Dahua smoothly unify the north and south, so if you want to sneak attack Chang'an City, you must fight to the end and fight the Turkic invasion head-on!" ”

Zhu Suiliang, the squire of the military department, hugged his fists and said: "What the Lord said is reasonable, the purpose of this attack of the Turks has been understood, not to attack those cities, not to plunder the wealth, but to go deep alone and go straight to Chang'an City, this is the purpose of the Turks!" ”

"Makes sense!"

"Yes, the Turks are playing this abacus!"

The rest of the ministers seconded the proposal and agreed with this view.

Chen Qi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, said: "Your Majesty, how to send troops and who to send to lead the army to block the Turks is particularly crucial. The minister thought that the current imperial court could use generals, only Qu Tutong could hold this position, he had several experiences in the previous dynasty, and he was able to lead troops to fight and prestige in the army. ”

The eldest grandson Shunde, Xin Gongyi and others, are the courtiers of the two dynasties of the Sui Dynasty, naturally they all know Qu Tutong's talent, at present, there are wars in the north and south of Dahua, the generals are scattered, most of the generals of the older generation are lost in the troubled times, and the generals who are still alive are only Qu Tutong, Laihu'er and a few, it is true that Qu Tutong is more suitable, and the rest of the generals are all promoted by Luo Zhaoyun, and have not been precipitated and verified by the war, and such a large-scale battle with the Turks, I am afraid that the prestige is insufficient, it is difficult to believe.

"Lord Qu Tutong, it is indeed very suitable!" The right servant Wen Yanbo also suggested so.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to be anxious, in fact, at the end of last year, I received the news that the Turks were going to invade the south, although I was not convinced, but it was related to the lifeline of the country's fortunes. Therefore, when the Turks attacked, I was not worried, but had been waiting for a long time, and as for the candidates for the troops, arrangements had been made. ”

"Oh, Your Majesty has already made a layout?" Everyone was surprised, this matter was not trivial, sloppy, and the courtiers were worried that the king would have a good face, and what he said was false and empty, which was not conducive to solving the problem.

Wei Zheng, the imperial historian of the Imperial History Observatory, was more upright and took the lead in asking: "I don't know when Your Majesty got the news, is it true that the matter of sending troops?" Minister Wei Zheng, dare to ask Your Majesty to tell me in detail, so that I can rest assured and accurately grasp the current situation, so that I can share your Majesty's worries and solve problems. ”

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