Chapter 151: The War Begins

Trouble Sometimes if you don't look for it, it will also find you, in Li Shen's opinion, the current Datang can be said to be in its heyday, and the surrounding countries may be offended at will, at most, they will dress up and go to the Datang frontier to grab something, and the other is the exterminated Turkic remnants to make trouble.

Although the Turks have perished, there are really a lot of remnant forces, and many people do not give up and want to restore the former glory of the Turks.

Soon as the new year approached, the entire Chang'an City suddenly became crowded, and officials from all over the country came to see the annual Great Dynasty Meeting, bringing their families and domestic servants, and it felt as if the population of Chang'an City had more than doubled, and the major restaurants were full of people.

Li Shen was teasing the two twin cubs at home, but he didn't know that His Majesty Li Er in the Xuanzheng Hall was holding an urgent military report sent by the border gate in his hand.

Tubo, together with other small states, including the remnants of the Turks, swept through several cities in the Tang Frontier within a few days, leaving no people and animals in the captured cities, and all the houses were burned to ashes, which was an absolute extermination action.

Originally, there were more alien races in the frontier, and just when it entered the New Year, the floating population became exploding as usual, hiding in the city to carry out fire prevention everywhere, and then the army arrived, and it was completely taken by surprise.

Li Shen, who followed to the Xuanzheng Palace, felt the very oppressive atmosphere in the hall, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at His Majesty Li Er's dark face, exuding a rich and incomparably cold air, thinking in his heart; Which one made him so angry?

I didn't expect him, it should be because he is not out of the door these days, and it is impossible to make her angry, and said, "Father, what happened?" ”

His Majesty Li Er grabbed the military newspaper on the table and threw it at Li Shen, and said coldly: "Look for yourself." ”

Li Shen picked up the military newspaper on the ground with some weakness, opened it and looked at it slightly, and then his face darkened, and said coldly: "They are looking for death." ”

Li Shen really couldn't believe that Tubo actually attacked the Tang Dynasty and wiped out the Turks, and in less than two months, the three kingdoms of Goryeo, Baekje and Silla were almost destroyed.

"Father, what do you think?"

"What do I ask you to do?"

"Since they are looking for their own death, we can't help it, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, and those who offend my Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away." Li Shen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, now is not a question of whether to start a war or not, since they are coming, we will definitely fight back, but how to fight this battle? This time, Tubo united with the first team to form an encirclement and attack on Datang, Yumen Pass, Hezhou, Yazhou, Yaozhou and other places It is estimated that they have now been conquered, and the troops are very scattered, which is very unfavorable to our Datang. Li Jing said with a slight tremble.

Everyone frowned when they heard this, and they were not wrong at all, Datang claims to have a million troops, but this million army includes men who transport grain and grass, etc., in fact, there are only four or five hundred thousand people who can fight, if all of them are used, it will be good to get enough of 600,000 people.

"Do you know how many soldiers they have?" Li Shen asked with a frown.

"Yumen Pass has almost gathered an army of 300,000 troops." Cheng Biting Jin replied.

"What about other places?" Li Shen asked.

"The news hasn't come yet." Cheng Yanjin replied and followed: "However, according to the information we have on various countries before, the number of people they have combined this time is estimated to be around seven or eight hundred thousand, but definitely not more than one million. ”

Li Shen frowned slightly, he didn't expect that there were so many people, it seems that these people came to fight with Datang with the determination to die, what gave them so much courage? Hundreds of thousands of troops, and although the physique of those Fanbang people is not as good as theirs, they are definitely stronger than them in all aspects of cold resistance, a nomadic people, a farming nation, this gap must be there.

In the face of this siege by the surrounding countries, Li Shen also knew that this was really a life-and-death juncture for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shen hugged His Majesty Li Er and said: "Father, the Erchen of Yumen Pass personally led the troops to go, and the other places are still bothering you to arrange confidently, the Erchen can lead Su Dingfang's 30,000 horses, and the cannons have also been produced these days, and the Erchen will bring ten, and the rest will be distributed by yourself, and the Erchen still has something to deal with, and then he will not come to say goodbye to his father, and the Erchen will go directly to Yumen Pass." ”

"Qian'er, be careful all the way." His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Shen's back and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, I have also gone to His Royal Highness the Prince." Cheng Chumo hurriedly said.

"Uncle Huang, I'm going too." Li Chongyi shouted loudly, and then shouted to Li Shen: "Brother, wait for me." ”

The other gentlemen in the hall, you look at me, I take a look, glanced at His Majesty Li Er, lowered his head and quickly fled outside the hall, the last time I didn't get the cheap, how can I say that this time I have to get some military merits back, even if I can't get it back, at least I can have a good time, and in this war, they also heard the chill in Li Shen's previous words, and they didn't destroy them, and they swore not to give up, so how could they give up such an event that could be recorded in history.

Eldest Sun Wuji looked at the gaze cast by Eldest Sun Chong, frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand and waved.

The eldest grandson Chong showed a slight smile on his face, and said to the eldest grandson Wuji, "Thank you, Daddy." Then he said to His Majesty Li Er, "Father, my son also wants to go out with my eldest brother to meet this time." ”

His Majesty Li Er looked at Eldest Sun Chong and nodded slightly.

It stands to reason that the identity of Changsun Chong is absolutely good with Li Shen, the first identity is his cousin, and the second identity is his sister-in-law, but now? The relationship with him has opened a long distance, and if he wants to make up for these distances, he knows that he can only follow him.

Family affection has a sense of distance, so it is not so important, it is better to have a good relationship with the people who follow him all day long, otherwise there will be no old saying, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

Li Shen turned around and looked at the twenty-odd disciples behind him, and shook his head slightly.

"Brother, I'll go with you too." Li Chongyi said with a smile.

"This time is extremely dangerous, it can't be compared with the previous ones, and there is not much time given to us, so you have to think about it." Li Shen said lightly.

"Hehe, brother god, even if I follow you to death, I am willing." Cheng Chumo said with a smile.