Li Shimin also felt that Gao Shilian was a little vexatious.

Indeed, Yang Zhengdao's escape makes the matter of destroying Hou Sui not so perfect, but the work of destroying Hou Sui is not something that can be erased casually.

Therefore, Gao Shilian let Qin Tian be punished, which is really a bit unreasonable.

As the ministers said this, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore, I know it in my heart, and I will talk about it after Qin Tian comes back." ”

Li Shimin didn't intend to punish Qin Tian, but he wouldn't just refute the matter directly, saying that he didn't care.

The Emperor's Mind Technique played a role at this time.

Indeed, Qin Tian has made a contribution, but the more he has made a contribution, the more he will make the Son of Heaven jealous, Li Shimin has to beat Qin Tian, and the suspicion of privately releasing Yang Zhengdao is just a thing that can be used by him.

Therefore, he will not comment on this matter for the time being, and will talk about it after Qin Tian comes back.

Of course, he also has a little bit of face for Gao Shilian.

In the end, Gao Shilian is the Tang Dynasty siege city, and he is the uncle of the eldest grandson queen, no matter how you say it, you have to give him a little bit of this face.

After Li Shimin finished saying this, the ministers of the court and the central government did not continue.

But Gao Shilian was a little reluctant, and said: "Shengshang, there is one more thing, the minister wants to say, now, the Later Sui and Liang States have been destroyed, why not take advantage of the strong morale to directly attack the grassland and destroy the Turks, why wait for the beginning of spring, in this case, it is too wasteful of grain and grass." ”

When these words came out, the ministers looked at each other, and many people also felt strange, since there was a war, then they should be more vigorous and resolute, why wait?

However, after Gao Shilian finished speaking, Li Shimin waved his hand: "Li Jing did the right thing in this matter." ”

In the end, Li Shimin is the Son of Heaven on horseback and knows how to fight this battle, so he will not be confused by Gao Shilian's words.

"Seeing that winter is about to begin, the weather in the north is colder than our Chang'an City, and most of our Tang army are people from the hinterland of the Central Plains, even southerners, how can they withstand the cold of the north, so they can't hold weapons, how can this battle be fought?"

After Li Shimin said this, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government had already understood.

"What the saint said is timely, we all feel that we can't stand the cold in Chang'an City, let alone the border soldiers, this battle is sure to be fought, we must wait."

"That's it, that is, this year's bumper harvest of our Datang is not bad for the grain and grass in those months."

"That's right, it's best to play after the beginning of spring."

“…………”

The ministers all said this, then Gao Shilian couldn't say anything anymore, if he said it again, he was afraid that he would be made fun of, saying that he didn't know how to fight, and he just said that Qin Tian would not fight.

This is how the matter of Chang'an City passed.

Winter is in the blink of an eye.

The winter of the grassland is surprisingly cold, even if it is just winter, it is a little unbearable.

The whole grassland, as far as the eye can see, is all withered yellow, and at this time, there are no more shepherds.

Normally, after winter, many herders settle in one place and keep their cattle and sheep in captivity, and before winter comes, they have already harvested a lot of hay.

We spent the whole winter like this, until the following spring, when grass grew on the land again.

And throughout the winter, what they herdsmen have to do is relatively simple, that is, rest, of course, because of the cold weather, many cattle and sheep will freeze to death every winter, and what they need to do is to eat these frozen cattle and sheep.

Winter is the time when they eat the most meat.

The nearest Turkic tribe to Dingxiang City is called the Naiman Tribe, which is a tribe of almost 40,000 people, of which more than 10,000 men are soldiers and horses of this tribe, and the rest are either women, children or old people.

In their Turks, as long as they are adult men and there is no big physical problem, they will become the guardians of the tribe, constantly fighting and fighting with others, which is the foundation of their survival.

Originally, the men of their tribe had already gathered and were waiting for the war with Datang, but they never thought that Datang's speed was too fast and directly destroyed the Later Sui and Liang Kingdoms, so they could only wait to change from active to passive.

However, they didn't know when the Tang army would attack the city, so even though it was already winter, the soldiers here still kept an eye on the movement on the grassland.

And at this time, Danmu came to the grassland with a group of soldiers and horses, and set his sights on the Naiban tribe.

Monmu was fast and direct, and he knew that if he delayed too long on the steppe, he would soon be discovered by the Turkic soldiers, and it would not be easy for them to escape.

Therefore, after entering the steppe, they went straight to the Nabarian tribe.

The Naiban tribe is relatively grouped, of course, their so-called group of kings is still very different from the group living in the Tang Dynasty, because the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, so they are more than a dozen families living together, forming a team, and the distance between each team is about a mile.

They feed too many cattle and sheep, and if they are too close, it is actually not conducive to the raising of cattle and sheep, and it is easy to have neighborhood conflicts.

After the single eye led people to rush into the Naiban Department, they directly rushed into a squad, this squad was about dozens of people, and after they found the Tang people, they were very shocked, and the nightmare not long ago seemed to have suddenly reappeared.

Frightened, frightened, they have nothing but horror.

They began to scatter and flee, not daring to have the slightest duel with the Tang army.

On the side of Monomu and the others, they also slashed and killed a few people, but after the others fled, they did not chase and kill, but plundered the team, looted their belongings, and then each slashed and killed a few sheep, and then left with them.

There were a thousand of them, and each of them cut down a few heads and brought them back, and also cleaned up the sheep of this small group.

After leaving like this, they had no intention of staying in the Naiban tribe for longer.

They want to harass the Turks and make them uneasy, so they will plunder today and come again another day, anyway, this winter, they just can't let them have a good time, and after they go back, they will have mutton to eat.

The first plunder went particularly smoothly, and they did not encounter the slightest danger, which gave them a sense of pride and joy that they had done something bad, but had escaped the sanctions.

This feeling of captivity is very refreshing, and they finally understand why the Turks like to plunder them in the Tang Dynasty, because this is the best way to make themselves rich.

You don't have to work yourself, you just need to plunder by force.

It's probably the most lucrative business in the world.

(End of chapter)