At present, the main direction of Zhao Junsheng's administration is to increase productivity, enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, and strictly guard against natural disasters.

Zhao Junsheng had already set the next strategic goal of Qianguo, that is, to solve Tuyuhun and Beiliang.

Zhao Junsheng's canonization of Fuqu Muqian and Mu Liyan successfully provoked their previous contradictions, Beiliang did not dare to provoke the Rouran people now, nor did he dare to provoke the big cadres, but Fuqu Muqian was young and vigorous, he wanted to expand his territory, so he began to expand to the west.

In September last year, he led the army to attack Shanshanguo, but did not take any advantage, Shanshanguo used the desert terrain to deal with Fuqu Muqian, the Northern Liang army was led by the Loulan people to the desert for two months, not only in vain, but also starved to death in the desert, thirsty to death Many people, Fuqu Muqian had no choice but to withdraw the troops.

In March this year, the Fuqu Muqian set his eyes on the Hehuang area, the capital of Tuyuhun is in Fuqi City, separated from the Hehuang area by a West Sea (Qinghai Lake), the composition of the residents in the Hehuang area is more complicated, there are both Xianbei people, Qiang people, Huns, Di people, so many tribes live together, Tuyuhun is not enough to rule here, so it has caused long-term chaos here, often you beat me, I beat you.

The Northern Liang army crossed the Qilian Mountains and killed the Hehuang area, and arrived in Xiping, the Tuyuhun people were greatly annoyed by this, but the frustrated Qu Muqian assumed that he was the military identity of the governor of Hehuang who was canonized by the Daqian Emperor, and he governed the Hehuang region with this identity, and Mu Liyan, the king of Tuyuhun, then convened the leaders of the various departments to discuss countermeasures.

Yang Nandang, who was stationed in Longzhi, learned that the Northern Liang army had arrived in Xiping and knew that his opportunity had come, so he and his more than 2,000 men first disguised themselves as Beiliang people to attack the Tuyuhun people, and successively eliminated four Tuyuhun tribes, and robbed countless property, food and livestock.

Later, Yang Nandang and his cavalry disguised themselves as Tuyuhun cavalry, and they attacked them with a group of Beiliang cavalry escorting a large number of supplies to Xiping and robbed them of all the supplies.

Yang Nandang's two attacks successfully provoked the anger of Fuqu Muqian and Mu Liyan, who both thought that the other party had done it, and they couldn't bear it, so they each set up troops and horses to kill each other.

On the sixth day of the first month of April, 20,000 Tuyuhun cavalry and 30,000 Beiliang troops met near Longqi City on the north shore of the West Sea, the two sides fought a big battle, Mu Liyan was a local battle, familiar with the terrain, first occupied a favorable terrain from a high place down to attack the Beiliang army, Fuqu Muqian was defeated, with more than 6,000 remnants of the defeated general fled in the direction of the Great Dou Tu Valley, along the way the baggage was discarded everywhere, Mu Liyan led the troops to chase until the Great Dou Tu Valley did not return.

This time, Fuqu Muqian can be said to be stealing chickens and rice, not only did he not reap the benefits, but he lost his troops and lost his strength.

Mu Liyan, who led the army back to Fuqi City, convened his ministers, servants, Shangshu, generals, Lang and other ministers and officials to discuss the matter of sending troops to Beiliang.

This matter was opposed by some people, who believed that if they wanted to send troops to attack Beiliang, they should first report to the Great Cadres and explain that the reason for sending troops to attack Beiliang was that Beiliang first sent troops to attack Tuyuhun, and Tuyuhun was forced to counterattack, so the reason should be supported by the Great Cadres.

Mu Liyan was as good as a stream, temporarily extinguished his intention to send troops immediately, and sent people to Qianjing to meet with Tuyuhun's envoy Shi Yin in Qianjing.

On April 28, Shi Yin saw a messenger from Tuyuhun.

On the first day of the fifth month, the court meeting.

Shi Yin came to the palace gate and asked to meet the emperor.

Zhao Junsheng had already gotten the news, and after getting the report, while guessing the purpose of Shi Yin's visit, he ordered someone to let Shi Yin meet him.

Today coincides with the day of the court, and the civil and military officials have arrived relatively completely, and the main hall is full of people.

Shi Yin walked to the middle of the main hall and saluted Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty Tugu Hun Shi Yin greets Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Shiyin, today is the day of the meeting of this dynasty, why did you come to see me?" ”

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, your subordinates received a message from the country, the lord of Beiliang suddenly led an army of 30,000 to attack my Tuguhun River Huang area, without warning and reason, killing countless people in our country, robbing countless money, grain and livestock, my king couldn't bear it anymore, forced to fight back, and defeated Fuqu Muqian! This person fled back to Guzang with the remnants of the defeated army! ”

"Your Majesty, Fuqu Muqian is really too presumptuous, he doesn't greet Daqian, he attacks neighboring countries at will, it is really arrogant, he doesn't take His Majesty and Daqian in his eyes, my king thinks that this wind can't be long, in order to maintain the authority of Daqian, please let the Jincheng defenders send troops to attack Beiliang, I Tuyuhun is willing to send troops to assist!"

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, this wind can't last, and the behavior of frustrating Qu Muqian is really hateful!" In this way, let's call the envoy of Beiliang over first and ask him, and see what he has to say. Come here, spread the message that the Northern Liang envoys will meet you! ”

Soon, the envoy of Beiliang, Qu Anzhou, came to the main hall, and this person has been in Qianjing for more than two years.

"Your Majesty, Anzhou, please see Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Frustrated Qu An Zhou, Tuyuhun envoy Shiyin accused you of sending troops to attack Tuyuhun in the Northern Liang Kingdom, how can you explain this matter?" ”

Frustrated Qu An Zhou was shocked: "What? This ······ That's impossible! ”

Zhao Junsheng said in a deep voice: "What is impossible? This is a fact, can I still deceive it? ”

Fuqu An Zhou looked very flustered, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty didn't know that this kind of thing would happen, how could my brother Wang do such a foolish thing?" Presumably, there must be another reason for this! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and said coldly: "No matter what the reason is, it is wrong to send troops to attack Tuyuhun without my consent, I now officially inform you that Daqian will not sit idly by and watch the subject country be attacked, and Beiliang's attack on Tuyuhun is to attack my Daqian, and my Daqian will send troops to attack Beiliang!" ”

"Your Majesty, please let the ministers say a few words, it is not right for me to send troops to attack Tuyuhun in Beiliang, and the ministers are willing to return to Beiliang immediately to persuade Brother Wang to surrender and let His Majesty decide!"

Zhao Junsheng's eyes flashed, "Do you want to go back and persuade Fuqu Muqian to surrender?" Are you sure? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is at least eighty percent sure, and please give the minister three months!"

Minister Li Yuande stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister suspects that this person wants to take the opportunity to sneak back to Beiliang, and the minister asks Your Majesty to issue an order to arrest this person, kill him when the army is ready, and sacrifice the flag with his blood!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and ordered: "Come on, arrest Fuqu An Zhou and put him in the prison, and wait for the fate!" ”

When Fuqu Anzhou was dragged down, he shouted: "Your Majesty, you can't kill me, I am the envoy of Beiliang, the two armies will not fight and do not kill the envoy, even if you want to send troops to attack Beiliang, you should let me go back first!" ”

Let you go back? You are the emperor of Gaochang Beiliang, let you go back so that you can escape to Gaochang and build Beiliang again? Zhao Junsheng muttered in his heart, ignoring Frustrated Qu An Zhou's words.

Zhao Junsheng said to Shi Yin: "Regarding whether to send troops to attack Beiliang, I still need to think about one or two, you go back and wait for news first!" ”

Of course, Shiyin knew that it was impossible to get Zhao Junsheng's reply on the spot, so he bowed and left the hall.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the ministers: "How to solve this matter?" Let's discuss one or two together! ”

Cui Hao first stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the time has come to solve Beiliang, since the Tuyuhun people are willing to send troops to help, why don't I do it?" If these two countries secretly join forces to reinforce each other, I can't help them for a while, and now that there is a feud between them, I can just join forces with Tuyuhun to solve Beiliang first, and then turn around and attack Tuyuhun! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't want to wait any longer, the Rouran people repeatedly violated the side, although they didn't get any benefits in the past two years, but it always didn't count if they were always attacked and harassed by the Rouran people, Zhao Junsheng decided to solve Beiliang and Tuyuhun first, and then go all out to deal with Rouran.

"Since all the ministers agree to send troops to attack Beiliang, then this time we will solve Beiliang at once!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he swept his gaze towards the column of generals, "Cao Jiao, I have appointed you as the general of the expedition to the west, and I will command 50,000 troops and horses and infantry to conquer Beiliang!" ”

Cao Jiao stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said again: "Come on, send someone to Fu Qi City to send an edict to Mu Liyan, ordering him to send 20,000 troops to Dadou Bagu to attack Beiliang, and before the tenth day of the ninth month, he must reach Guzang City and join the imperial army, otherwise I will investigate him for delaying the warplane!" ”

A draft edict was written through the Hanlin edict and sent to Dongfang Chen's hands, Dongfang Chen read it and handed it to Cui Hao for review, but he didn't find anything wrong, so he asked people to copy it and hand it over to Zhao Junsheng for review and then stamped with the jade seal, and then handed it over to the province to send eunuchs to rush to Fuqi City with Yulin Jiashi to pass the decree.

It is now May, and there are still four months to attack the city of Guzang in September, which seems to be very abundant, but in fact it is also very hurried, and it is not easy to prepare at least two months of dry food for an army of 50,000 troops, and it is necessary to prepare other baggage, and the soldiers need to be mobilized, which will take time.

When Zhao Junsheng returned to the inner palace, it was already dark, and lights were lit everywhere in the palace.

Hua Mulan came over and took off his dragon robe, took off his crown, and changed him into a cooler regular clothes.

During the meal, Hua Mulan said while serving vegetables to the child: "I heard that there is another war, and I thought that you were going to drive the army again, and I was worried about killing me!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "It's just a small country in Beiliang, there is no need for me to drive the expedition, if I drive the expedition every time, those generals should say that I don't give them a chance!" ”

"I heard that you made Cao Jiao handsome, are you sure to beat Beiliang this time? I heard that Bei Liang's strength is not weak! ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "Do you know how many troops Bei Liang lost in Tuyuhun this time?" Less than 5,000 of the 30,000 cavalry fled back, Beiliang can be said to be disabled this time, we are now joining forces with Tuyuhun, and even if the gods descend to earth, will they be defeated! ”