When the army marched to Yizhou the next day, a piece of news from Chang'an also happened to come.

It was a military report about the battle in Xue Yantuo in the north, Chen Fei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened it and read it carefully.

A few months ago, Li Jing led the army to inspect the northern border and performed martial arts in front of a hundred countries to demonstrate the great strength of our Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty army relied on its powerful combat capabilities to deter the surrounding countries, including the Xue Yantuo tribes in the north, who had been making constant noise.

I still remember that time the troops led by Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan were surrounded by the Tang army and were almost wiped out, so Li Jing simply took care of the overall situation and did not launch an attack, which allowed Yinan to pick up a life and lead the troops to retreat hundreds of miles.

I thought that this winter would pass peacefully, but I didn't know that there was a snowstorm in the northern grasslands that I hadn't seen in a century. froze to death, blowing up countless cattle and sheep. Even many people lost their lives in this blizzard.

As a result, the Xue Yantuo tribe fell into a situation where they could eat five grains in winter.

Hungry people are terrible, although they know that their neighbors are powerful and difficult to mess with, but their rich food output makes the people of the Xue Yantuo tribe red-eyed.

It's like seeing a hungry tiger inside a fence. Finally, half a month ago, Xue Yantuo launched a large-scale attack on border villages and towns, wantonly looting grain.

The people of the Tang Dynasty are all bloody, how can they let Xue Yantuo rob the grain? So under the organization of the local government, the people cooperated with the army and launched a counteroffensive against the Xue Yantuo people.

The soldiers on both sides participated in the battle on horseback, and the fighting was fierce, and both sides looked like they were never dying.

For the Xue Yantuo people, if they don't use a knife, there will be no food, and they will starve to death, and for the Tang people, if they don't pick up a knife to resist, they will be killed, looted, and the end will still be a death, so it is better to take up arms and fight his mother's ****.

As a result, a large-scale conflict broke out between the two peoples, which was rare. There were countless casualties, but in the end, the Tang army won by holding the side and paying a heavy price.

Although Xue Yantuo did not achieve victory, he still got the food they wanted, so he retreated briefly.

Since then, the contradictions between the two sides have escalated, and Xue Yantuo's troops often come to grab food, and each time the scale is large, no less than a small war.

The government urgently evacuated the villagers and actively resisted Xue Yantuo's attack.

And Li Shimin also seemed to be fed up with Xue Yantuo's anger and planned to mobilize troops to attack Xue Yantuo's troops. Therefore, Chen Fei received an order to return to Chang'an quickly, and it is very likely that a large-scale battle will break out with Xue Yantuo in the north, and Li Shimin is already recruiting troops from all over the country!

After receiving the order, Chen Fei only rested for a short day in Yizhou, replenished the supplies, transferred the army, and hurriedly went north, intending to march back to Chang'an in a hurry.

Three days later, the latest battle report came back that the Xue Yantuo tribe attacked the small country in the west of the Tang Dynasty and obtained a lot of supplies, which was estimated to be enough for them to survive until the beginning of spring, so they planned to withdraw their troops.

Probably they also realized that it was irrational to attack such a powerful neighbor as the Tang Dynasty, so they set their sights on other small countries.

As a result, the surrounding small countries have suffered, especially Tuguhun. In the past two years, he was beaten down by the Tang Dynasty, and in September last year, he was beaten down by Tubo, and he was beaten down by Xue Yantuo just after the Chinese New Year this year, and the country was almost facing annihilation. It is estimated that the king of Tuguhun will faint in the thatched house with tears.

As a last resort, Tuguhun urgently asked the Tang Dynasty for help, and after making many promises, Li Shimin sent an army to help him without any pain.

Xue Yantuo also seemed to feel that this small country had been almost squeezed, so he turned his arrow to point elsewhere.

They seem to have found that except for Datang, other countries... It's all soft persimmons!

When Chen Fei led the army back to Chang'an, it would be more than half a month later. The cold wave is fading, the temperature is gradually rising, the river is thawing, and spring is already coming.

Xue Yantuo also stopped attacking the outside world, and when he had plundered enough supplies, he hurried to graze the animals, looking forward to a good harvest this year.

Li Shimin still did not use troops against Xue Yantuo in the end, probably because he felt that the time had not come.

When Chen Fei led his troops to leave Chang'an, it was a cold winter, and when he came back, the weather had already opened in spring, everything was recovering, and the heavens and the earth were full of life.

It's nice to be home!

Yan Yun'er and Yan Ying'er finally decided to stay with Chen Fei, the Holy Mother Sect was nowhere to be found, and it was not easy to find them, so they planned to live in Chen Fei's house temporarily, well, and brought the lucky beast that had always been stupid and cute, the giant panda.

Yinger named it Mengbao, which looks like it is also in line with this name, it is indeed cute.

After returning to Chang'an, the two girls took a giant panda to Chen Fei's house first, and the first thing Chen Fei had to do was to go to the military department to hand over the military power.

Military power was a very sensitive thing in ancient times, but the first thing a general who came back from a campaign must be to unload the military power in his hand, otherwise the next day will definitely be a transcript of your intention to rebel.

Chen Fei was young and couldn't withstand such a challenge, so after returning to Chang'an and settling down the army, he went to the military department to hand in the tiger talisman and unload the military power.

Also going with him were Cheng Chumo and others. When Chen Fei came to the military department, he just handed over the tiger talisman on the front foot, and the holy decree on the back foot arrived, and Li Shimin announced that Chen Fei, Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaidao, and even Yin Ping were all announced.

So the four of them hurriedly ran to the Taiji Palace.

Most of the things you see on the way to the march are deep mountains and old forests, and even if you enter the town, you can definitely not compare with Chang'an, so when you enter the Taiji Palace, the gorgeous decorations in the palace make Chen Fei feel like a human being.

I haven't seen him for a long time, and Li Shimin's sideburns seem to have more gray hair, but he still looks very energetic, holding a book with a taste of readers, Chen Fei and a few people came in before putting down the book, looking at a few people with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

No superfluous nonsense, just let them report the situation.

Chen Fei explained the situation in Luzhou one by one, and of course, omitted the part where he met with the sect leader alone.

Li Shimin didn't have much expression after listening, just nodded casually. "No matter what happens to the Church of Our Lady, at least the matter is over, and I will send someone to pay attention to this mysterious sect."

As he spoke, Li Shimin nodded the table and said with a smile: "You have completed several tasks well, although you are young, but you have done things beautifully, which is enough to afford the future of my Datang." Say, whatever reward you want, as long as I can do it, I will not be stingy! ”

Cheng Chumo's eyes lit up suddenly, and he spoke just now, but Chen Fei secretly pinched his arm and shook his head at him slightly.

Chen Fei took a step forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, it is the duty of the minister to quell the rebellion, and the minister should not expect extravagant rewards, but only to continue to solve problems for His Majesty in the future!" ”

Yes, Chen Fei said so, what else can Cheng Chumo do? rolled his eyes, and said it again in the same way as Chen Fei.

Li Shimin laughed: "Okay, good! Young but not proud of his achievements, humble and moderate, good! Li Shimin said yes twice in a row, and then waved his hand.

"Come and give a pair of swords, ten pieces of silk, and one hundred taels of silver as a reward!"

Several people looked excited and saluted one after another: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Recently, I feel that the feeling is getting worse and worse, and the inspiration is also intermittently not connected, which may be greatly affected by work, and I want to take a break on the weekend, but three days a day is more guaranteed, please don't blame you

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