But Yi Nan is now riding a tiger and is difficult to fight, and he is afraid that the Tang Dynasty will settle accounts after the autumn, after all, the Eastern Turks are a lesson from the past, so they can only continue to attack hard.

Cheng Biting Jinmian is careless and careful, relying on the supply is easy, and he is not entangled with Xue Yantuo's army, and has been cruising on the side, making it difficult for Yi Nan to sleep and eat.

Yi Nan set a trap several times, but Cheng Biting Jin saw through it, and he took a few bites.

Later, Yi Nan sent another 30,000 people, intending to encircle and suppress, but they were broken by each one, one destroyed, one disabled, and finally watched the tired Tang cavalry enter Wubao.

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Tuyuhun suffered a lot in the hands of Datang, in recent years, I saw the Datang caravan through the Western Regions, every time the goods were huge, I had long been blushing, and several times pretended to be horse bandits to rob, all of them were eliminated and arrested, especially the large amount of salt in Datang, so that Tuyuhun's largest export commodity, Qinghai's green salt had no market, and this move almost reduced Tuyuhun's income by half.

These add up to Tugu Hun hatred to the bone, and he has been caught pretending to be a horse thief many times, and the lord of the country Fu Yun has long been panicked, worried about the revenge of the Tang Dynasty, so Cui Tao sent someone to persuade him to immediately send troops to Jian Nandao to contain it.

Although Tuyuhun does not have too many troops, there are a lot of cavalry, and Hou Junji's subordinates are mainly infantry, so they have to defend the city, after all, they go out of the city to fight against the cavalry, and the troops are insufficient, so they have to be consumed first.

It's a pity that it backfired, and Murong Xiaojun, the general of Tuyuhun, was only stationed five miles outside the city, opposing Hou Junji, and did not attack.

Hou Junji tried many times and attacked secretly, but Murong Xiaojun was unmoved, and guarded the camp steadily, and the open and dark posts were complete, and the camp established by the mountains and rivers was not afraid of siege.

Several attempts were fruitless, so that Hou Junji couldn't help the dog bite the turtle, and there was nowhere to eat, but there was no better way for a while, so he had to focus on defense, after all, Li Shimin emphasized many times, and holding on is the credit, although he was unwilling, but he had to do so.

On October 15 of the fifth year of Zhenguan, as the number of troops sent by Tubo was discovered, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin decreed: the twelve guards and horses were led by the British Duke Li Ji, and the right Tun Wei general Zhang Shigui of the State of Qiu; Zuo Xiaowei, general Xiangwu County, Liu Shili; Right Xiaowei general Mengyang County Gongpang Tongshan; Zuotun Wei general Wushui County Gong Li Mengwei; Sun Wuda, the general of the right military guard, the Gonggong of Qingshui County; the right leading general, Shanyang County Gong Pang Xiaotai; Zuo Wuwei, General Huaining County, Gong Du Junqiu; the general of the right prison gate, Zheng Rentai, the prince of Tong'an County; Fan Xing, the general of Xiangcheng County, the general of the left prison gate; Li Daliang, the general of Wuyang County, the general of the left leading army!

A total of 200,000 troops marched to Longyou Road, including 150,000 cavalry, all of whom were the elite of the Tang Dynasty, intending to destroy the Western Turks in one fell swoop. (The Twelve Guards are only remote commanders, and the Twelve Guards are the actual commanders in peacetime.) ）

He also ordered Lizhou Assassin Shi Gao Yongsheng, Langzhou Assassin Shi Jiu and Luosheng, Nanhui Prefecture Governor Zheng Yuan Wang Shou, Minzhou Governor Liu Shili, Yizhou Governor Wei Xiaojie, and Liangzhou Governor Xue Wanshu respectively led the soldiers and horses under his rule to support Shuzhong Songzhou.

Feng Fan Guogong Duan Zhixuan was the head of the Qinghai Road march, and took 5,000 Xuanjia troops to support Hou Junji of Jiannan Province.

This time, almost all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty were transferred out, and there were only about 20,000 Wuhou in Chang'an City, and about 20,000 Qianniuwei defended, which could not be said to be empty, and if the war ahead was unfavorable, there was only a new army.

At the same time, Li Shimin listened to Fang Xuanling's suggestion and continued to use merchants to transport materials to save time and expenses, even so, he still requisitioned 200,000 people and 100,000 Japanese slaves to transport grain and grass.

"Father! Liaoxi urgently reported that Goguryeo had sent troops! Li Chengqian strode into the imperial study and said with a little anxiety.

"Calm down! Panic! Li Shimin took the battle report and whispered to Li Chengqian.

For such a big event, of course Li Shimin will let his son run errands in the court and see it.

"Yes, Erchen understands, but the third brother and fourth brother must be recalled." Li Chengqian reminded worriedly that he was not too worried about the war, after all, there were nearly 100,000 troops of Feng Daiwen in Liaoxi, and he still had blind confidence in Feng Daiwen.

This self-confidence comes from the fact that since he was a child, Feng Daiwen participated in the Xuanwumen Incident, to fight the Turks, the Japanese slaves, the Liaoxi, and the South China Sea, which left him with an invincible impression, after all, he was too young when the other ministers were powerful, and he didn't remember, and Feng Daiwen appeared when he admired heroes the most.

It can be said that in some years, Feng Daiwen was better than Li Shimin in his heart, and the two got along for a long time, Feng Daiwen treated him as a brother and a father, which is also because Li Shimin is busy with government affairs and has always been strict with his son, which is of course more willing to play with his close brother in the hearts of adolescent teenagers.

"Humph! As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can he see the truth that the enemy will go first. Li Shimin frowned and snorted coldly, and then handed the battle report in his hand to Li Jing.

In fact, of course Li Shimin will be worried about his son, but he believes that Feng Daiwen will arrange it properly and will not let Li Ke and Li Tai go to the battlefield.

"Yes, the son understands that his father said that he will not be in harmony, he will not pay tribute, the Son of Heaven will guard the country, and the king will die." Li Chengqian bowed his head and replied.

Of course, he would not know that Li Shimin took Feng Daiwen's words as his own and used them as a family motto.

"The saint is wise, and he is far away from the Han Martial Arts!" Yang Gongren stood up and complimented.

"As soon as the words of the Holy One come out, they should be instructed by the kings of the generations to come." Chen Shuda bowed and said.

Yang Gongren and Chen Shuda were appointed by Li Shimin to listen to the politics of Zhongshu Province, participate in political affairs, check and inspect servants, and can be regarded as reusing the old ministers left by Li Yuan, which is also because the two of them are much more capable than Pei Lian, and Chen Shuda is very helpful to Li Shimin, but on the grounds of his age, he refuses to be the chief official, otherwise he will be in charge of at least one of the six departments.

"Huh! The two Aiqing have won the award, but I can't feel it! Li Shimin was open-minded and unceremoniously accepted the flattery.

"Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, part of the Tatar tribe, Xi people, Khitan a total of more than 700,000 troops to attack Liaoxi!" Li Jing quickly finished reading it, handed it to Xiao Yu beside him, and introduced it to the waiting crowd.

"So many people?" Fang Xuanling asked with a look in his eyes.

"Yes, the battle report is written like this, the Khitan and Xi people are the part of the people who are unwilling to submit to the Tang Dynasty, the Yan tribe is the Heishui tribe, and the banner of Baekje and Silla was found in the army, and it is true to think about it." Li Jing nodded and replied.

Listening to Li Jing's introduction, the atmosphere in the imperial study room suddenly became depressed, and for so many enemies, this group of ministers, who were almost all civil officials, naturally felt great pressure.

"Is there a request for help in Liaoxi?" Xiao Yu's hand, which was originally touching his beard, stiffened for a moment, and then asked.

"Feng Dai Wenyan, the governor of Liaoxi, let the saint rest assured that there is no problem with the defense, and let the imperial court try its best to support other places." On the contrary, Li Jing was very relieved about Liaoxi, after all, Feng Daiwen could support Chang'an's 100,000 weapons, so you can imagine how well prepared he was.

(End of chapter)