The edict came quickly, and before dark that day, the edict from the East Palace was sent to the palace of the king of Qi.

There were two copies of the edict, one was to appoint Wei Chi Jingde as the general manager of the Jingzhou Road march, to command the whole army to resist the Turks, and to appoint Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, as the supervisor of the army.

The meaning of supervising the army is very simple, that is, literally, supervising the whole army, representing the emperor, about any situation in the army, the supervising army has the right to report directly to the emperor, if the situation is urgent, it also has the right to directly deal with it, and then report to the emperor.

However, Li Yuanji also received another edict, which told him that Li Yuanji could replace Wei Chi Jingde as the new commander in charge of whatever he saw fit, and that Li Yuanji could take full responsibility for anything until the Turks formally withdrew their troops.

The meaning of this edict is even simpler, Li Yuanji not only has the responsibility of supervising the whole army, but can also intervene in the command of Wei Chi Jingde, and even replace him, including the subsequent negotiations, which will be the responsibility of Li Yuanji alone.

This trust is that Pei Lian, the celebrity next to Emperor Li Yuan, has never enjoyed it, and how popular is Pei Lin by Li Yuan's side?

Pei Lin once led the army to conquer Song Jingang, but because of his stubbornness, he returned defeated, but Li Yuan did not anger him, but made the incident cold for a while, and after a period of time, he was promoted to the position of left servant, Sikong and other important positions.

But with the trust on Li Yuanji's shoulders at the moment, even Pei Lin can't compare.

At this point, the people and the court are completely different reactions.

This is the first time that the people have officially heard that the Turks are coming, although the court sent a prince to meet the battle, but the people have also heard about the king of Qi being imprisoned, so the people are more worried about where the Turks will fight? Does Chang'an live or not?

On the court side, it was a mess, and the trust that Li Shimin gave to Li Yuanji instantly set off a huge storm in the court.

And the original faction also has a faint tendency to redivide, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, suddenly got power, although people with a discerning eye know that this may not be a good thing, but there are still many people who are still not dead, because their previous allegiance is Li Jiancheng and King Qi, or Li Yuan.

These ministers don't know about some of the inside stories of the Xuanwu Gate, and they still think that the King of Qi went to the army according to the plan and escaped by mistake.

And the ministers of Li Shimin's faction complained one after another, secretly asking why Li Shimin chose Li Yuanji again? Aren't you afraid that Li Yuanji will take this opportunity to directly rebel?

And there are only a few people who really know the truth, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, Changsun Wuji, Empress Changsun, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Chi Jingde, plus Ma Zhou, who was involved because he didn't know why.

With the arrival of the two edicts, the palace of the king of Qi gradually became lively, the convoy came and went, the traffic was busy, the carriages stopped in front of the door, and the courtyard was also full of vehicles.

Cheng Zhijie, Li Tao, Li Jing, Chai Shao and Duan Lun were the busiest, not only did they come, but they also brought a lot of money.

Cheng Zhijie brought 3,000 guan, Li Tao brought 2,000 guan, Li Jing brought 2,500 guan, Chai Shao and Duan Lun each brought 1,500 guan, and the part less than 5,000 guan was all borrowed from Qiwang Qianzhuang, and the principal and interest of the loan were deducted from the future share.

The two horses just left the money and left in a hurry, and this place will have nothing to do with them in the future, although these two can also lead troops to fight.

Duan Zhixuan's defeat brought deep stimulation to these invincible Li Shimin group generals, Duan Zhixuan's status is not as good as their princes, but Duan Zhixuan's ability is not bad at all, and the difference is in his qualifications.

And Duan Zhixuan is well-known for being good at fighting tough battles, and Li Yuan, who had followed Qu Tutong's fight, had a headache, and even had to take a detour to leave later.

How could such a general who could fight a vicious battle be defeated and die on the battlefield not bring them a huge shock?

The fierce generals under his command are like clouds, and the fighting spirit is proud, but Li Yuanji can't be happy at the moment.

"There are not many troops in Chang'an City, Duan Zhixuan took away three thousand, except for the necessary garrison strength in Chang'an, the troops that can be mobilized for the time being are less than 15,000 people, and they can only gather a little more troops than a pure combat army. (12,500 combatants in the first army, 20,000 at full strength)" Li Jing faintly worried, the lack of troops is a hard wound, and the slightest carelessness will lead to even more tragic consequences.

"Although our army is brave and good at fighting, 15,000 to 200,000 means that excluding non-combat troops, the main Turkic force is at least 70,000 or more. Rao is the eldest grandson Wuji, who is unhappy in his heart, and he has no intention of making it bad at the moment, and he also expresses his worries.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth! The Turks came to kill one by one, and two to kill a pair, afraid of a bird? Cheng Zhijie was also unhappy, but the reason why he was unhappy was because of the worries of his family, he was cowardly before he fought, and if he was on the battlefield, he could have killed them.

"That being said, we can't afford to lose now, and we can't defeat again." Li Tao shook his head.

Cheng Zhijie is like this, talking without a brain, giving people a feeling of being stunned, but if you really believe his innocent face, then you are really not far from death.

Cheng Zhijie belongs to the kind of person who has no hair on his mouth but has a very delicate head, if he is really scheming, even the eldest grandson Wuji can't compare to him, Li Tao knows Cheng Zhijie's personality very well, so he didn't refute it, but just explained their own situation.

"How many weapons and armor are left in the treasury?" Li Yuanji asked.

Everyone was stunned, and then they reacted, Li Yuanji is the core person of this counterattack, although it is difficult to accept it in his heart, but this is the truth.

"About 50,000!" Fang Xuanling remembered that he had checked the account books of the treasury once a few days ago, and immediately said it.

"Fifty thousand ......" frowned, saying too much, saying less and not too much, if you make up for it, it is barely enough.

However, the previous strategic purpose has failed, which makes it necessary to reformulate a new combat mission to accomplish this strategic purpose, and at the same time, in consideration of the overall situation, 50,000 weapons and armor to complete an earth-shattering reversal, which is a bit weak.

"Why didn't Your Highness send someone to contact the Second Turkic Khan, if you can persuade him to negotiate peace and withdraw his troops, wouldn't it be the best?" Du Ruhui suggested that this was the measure that Li Shimin had prepared.

"If you were a Turk, would you still say yes now?" Li Yuanji directly asked, "This battle must be fought, not only must be fought, but also fought beautifully, not only to fight beautifully, but also to make the Turks frightened and dare not have the courage to go south." ”

Du Ruyan shook his head secretly, if you want soldiers or not, if you want equipment or not, the Turks are coming to the city with soldiers, how to fight?

"Jingde, from the middle of the city, order 3,000 soldiers, 500 Mo sword soldiers, 1,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry, all the sergeants with a war horse, bring three days of food and grass, led by you and me, and go to the north to fight the Turks." Li Yuanji thought about it for a while, and finally decided to use a riskier method to fight this battle, and there seemed to be no better way besides this method, and without waiting for others to refute, he continued to speak:

"Su Guogong, Cao Guogong, the two of you will lead the remaining forces in Beijing, recruit people from the city, form four armies, wear armor, train queues, no combat effectiveness, but from a distance, it must be elite, you will be stationed on the front line of Jingshui, the distance can be a little farther, but it must be able to see at a glance." After speaking, he looked at Li Jing, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty, his arrangements were all original in history, but I don't know if those troops were temporarily brought in to fill the number, but I didn't have a choice.

"Pharmacist! You led the men to the Northlands......"