West. Suddenly. Turk, originally the khan to the west of the Turkic Khanate, was subordinate to the Turks. However, during the Sui Dynasty, due to internal discord, it was divided into Eastern and Western Turks.

East. Suddenly. When he was in Zhenguan for four years, he was defeated by Li Jing and his army, captured the Khan, and thus destroyed the country. Suddenly. The Turkic tribe belonged to Xue Yantuo, and now Xue Yantuo has been defeated, and the former grassland people have been completely incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

But the West. Suddenly. This nomadic people, who once also rose in the grassland, are now living well, not only living a good life, but also entrenched on the Silk Road all the year round, faintly mastering the transportation arteries in the west, and has a tendency to dominate.

In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the Western Regions Coalition Army attacked the Tang Dynasty and suffered a great loss in the Tang Army's new weapons, and the troops were scattered and suffered heavy losses. Subsequently, West. Suddenly. Seizing this opportunity, he attacked the countries of the Western Regions, attacked several small countries, and plundered cities, all of which were defeated and became kings

As soon as these small countries were finished, many important routes of the Silk Road fell to the west. Suddenly. In the hands of the Sycophobic, not only that, West. Suddenly. He also set his sights on Datang, and tried Yizhou's military defense several times, Li Shimin was quite annoyed by this, but he couldn't help it in a short time. Suddenly. And the cost of sending troops from Guanzhong to the Western Regions was too high, so Li Shimin had to swallow this evil breath temporarily.

However, swallowing the evil anger is temporary, and the grievances between the two countries will have to be understood sooner or later. Suddenly. He would unite with the Jointbone Tribe to attack the Beiting Protectorate, and in this way, Li Shimin's endurance finally reached the limit.

I can bear with you messing with the Silk Road, but you put your hand on my territory... I'm sorry, I can't take it anymore!

When the war report was transmitted back to Chang'an City, Li Shimin immediately convened a meeting of ministers. For the West. Suddenly. Most of the people took a hard-line attitude towards the attack, and although a small number of people did not approve of sending troops, they were sure to make a big move, and the ideas of these people did not play a big role.

Sending troops is a must, and there is basically no opinion from the court to this, not to mention that the two-year recuperation has also laid the prerequisites for sending troops to the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that this time the enemy is a nomad, and unlike in the past, the Western Turks are too far away from the Tang Dynasty to deal with the Eastern Turks. The Turks provided a steady stream of logistical supplies, so it was necessary to fight quickly, otherwise the treasury would not be able to afford it if the time dragged on too long.

And this time it is not like the battle against Xue Yantuo two years ago, first holding the city and consuming it with thunderbolts, and then blocking them on the bank of the Weishui River for encirclement and suppression.

The next thing the Tang army had to face was a head-to-head confrontation with the nomads. West. Suddenly. The strength of the Turkic cavalry is definitely not a joke, and if you despise them, then you will definitely suffer heavy losses!

Therefore, although the Tang Army had advanced weapons, no one was relieved because of this, and they were still worried and worried about the future war.

Based on this, the main general of the expedition has become the most concerned by everyone. There are many capable generals in the DPRK, such as Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Niu Jinda, and Li Jing, who is semi-retired.

But as for who can be the commander-in-chief of this march, no one dares to pack a ticket.

Others didn't dare to pack tickets, but these generals didn't think so, no, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, and Niu Jinda, the three irascible ones had already begun to pinch up. One person greeted each other's female ancestors with foul words, and they were very noisy.

"His mother! Cheng Lao Pifu will be brave in his mouth, and if he has courage and no strategy, he will definitely suffer a loss against the Western Turks......"

"Ahh Old man Niu, don't patronize Lao Tzu, you are not a fucking good thing, fighting a war with me is a routine, scolding Lao Tzu is equivalent to scolding yourself! ”

"You ......." Niu Jin reached the knot, waiting for the big eyes of the copper bell to stare at Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Yanjin did not admit defeat, and the big eyes of the copper bell stared back......

"Hehe, Your Majesty, Cheng Zhijie and Niu Jinda will only talk about their abilities, it may be appropriate to fight with their mouths, but the real fight may be a little worse, if Your Majesty lets the minister be the commander, the minister will definitely kill the west. The Turkic Nayi Bilu Khan returned defeated, and he did not dare to step into the border of my Tang Dynasty for half a step! ”

Taking advantage of the fact that Niu Jinda and Cheng Biting Jin tore each other, Wei Chigong stepped forward half a step forward with a smile and proposed to Li Shimin that he would make both of them yin by the way, which made the two of them angry and almost went up to fight.

Li Shimin also had a headache when he saw a few people making noise, he had to come to such a set before every expedition, and he was still a familiar person, a familiar quarrel routine, you are not annoyed, he is still annoying.

"Okay, okay, don't argue, since you all want to go so much......." Li Shimin paused deliberately, and Cheng Yanjin and the three of them revealed their ecstatic expressions.

“... Then don't go to any of the three of you, Li Ji? Li Shimin didn't take into account the expressions of Cheng Yanjin and the three of them who were converted from heaven to hell, looked at Li Ji, who was silent in the class, and shouted,

Li Ji took a deep breath, stood up from the court, met the murderous gaze of Cheng Yanjin and others, and bowed his hand slightly towards Li Shimin: "The minister is here." ”

"I ordered you to be the chief of the marching army, lead an army of 30,000, and send troops to the Beiting Capital to protect the mansion five days later, and clean up the invaded west. Suddenly. Faint. ”

Li Ji exhaled slightly excitedly, arched his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Then, Li Shimin glanced at everyone again, selectively ignored the three haunted ghosts, and called out again: "Hou Junji, Li Daozong." ”

"The minister is here!" Hou Junji and Li Daozong were listed.

"You and the others each lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I will make you and others the generals of Anxi and Anbei, and go out with Li Ji to pacify the west. Suddenly. Rebellion! ”

"Obey the order!"

"The minister will not disgrace his life!" Both of them answered at the same time.

Seeing Li Shimin's selection of candidates, Li Tai frowned first, while Li Chengqian's face raised an imperceptible smile.

The expressions of both were subtle and did not linger on their faces for long, and they quickly disappeared.

"What do you think of this expedition?"

The ministers looked at each other, the general was selected, the plan was preliminarily formulated, and the back of the grain and grass was not a problem for the time being...... "The ministers are no different." ”

"Okay," Li Shimin nodded and glanced at Wanfu beside him, "Then follow this edict and crusade against Xi. Suddenly. If you can, kill him for me! A trace of evil flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, which made the ministers feel a sigh in their hearts, and secretly said that this time the Western Turks were going to be unlucky and provoked the most unprovoked enemy.

"By the way, I forgot one thing." Before the meeting ended, Li Shimin suddenly added: "Take Chen Fei with you on this expedition, Li Ji, let him be a staff officer under your account, and you can discuss with him if you encounter difficulties, maybe there will be a turnaround." ”

(End of chapter)