In the winter of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin ordered the governor of the state to send troops from Tongmo Road, Li Jing to send troops from Dingxiang Road, Chai Shao, the general of the Right Wuwei, to send troops from Jinhe Road, Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, to send troops from Datong Road, to send troops from Heng'an Road, and Xue Wanshu, the governor of Yingzhou, to send troops from Changwu Road, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on the road, and Li Jing was the general manager of the march to the Northern Expedition to the Turks.

In fact, since the last time Jieli was scared by Li Kuan, in the past few years, Datang has not stopped suppressing the Turks in an all-round way. First of all, although the Later Sui regime is still there, it has completely fallen to the Tang Dynasty, and even the swagger of the opening of trade routes has been opened. The reversal of the Later Sui caused the Turks to lose their strategic buffer with the Tang Dynasty. What's more, without the support of these hundreds of thousands of Han people, the Turkic trade route with the Central Plains completely fell into disadvantage.

Secondly, all kinds of small means of buying interests have pulled the small tribes that were originally attached to the Turks to the Tang camp. The livestock and other materials that were originally paid tribute to the Turks every year were also sent to the Central Plains. Without this gain, the Turks had a harder and harder time.

The most important thing is that on the thousands of miles of border between the Turks and the Central Plains, there are enough troops stationed at almost every pass to prevent Turkic invasion in all directions. The original normal state of entering the middle school and grabbing a handful if you are not doing well has become history, and the barbaric bandit style has completely lost the market.

And within the Turks, in addition to the division of the divisions. There is also a Hannu Liberation Organization led by the wolf cavalry Zhuo Sang, with a group of crazy people doing things around, snowballing bigger and bigger. But no one dared to kill him, lest he accidentally provoke the evil star. No matter how hard his head is, he doesn't dare to use it to test the blade of the King of Chu.

Thanks to the fact that there have not been many serious disasters in the steppe in recent years, otherwise the Turks are really waiting for death. However, the feeling of cutting meat with a blunt knife is really uncomfortable, and in the past two years, Jieli has gradually been unable to suppress internal dissatisfaction. As a last resort, this year he asked the small court of the Later Sui Dynasty in Dingxiang for one million loads of grain to survive the winter.

Yang Zhengdao, who had long been fed up with this kind of anger, was furious and simply asked Datang for help. There was a love for the jade seal of the country a few years ago, and now there is such a high-sounding excuse, the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers who sharpened their knives directly made a decision and decided to send troops. The six-way army marched hand in hand, and what they wanted was to pacify the northern frontier in a war!

In the past few years, although the Tang Dynasty has a big killer like the King of Chu and its national strength has steadily improved, it has always put on a friendly neighbor face that is harmless to people and animals, which makes Jieli and the Turks have an illusion. I thought that what Datang wanted was for the Turks not to invade the borders, and to create a stable environment for Datang so that he could bury his head in development. This made them somewhat lose their vigilance.

In addition, the Tang army set out in winter, and even the Turks would not go out to rob, and when the first snow fell, everyone felt that war was impossible. Even if the Tang Dynasty wants to fight the Turks, it will definitely get after the spring of the next year.

However, on the contrary, in the past few years, Datang has not only saved enough food, but also countless novelties. Among these countless magical things, there are a few that are not very conspicuous. Cotton has given the people of Datang a new clothing material, coupled with the research and development of wool textiles, so that winter is no longer terrible.

What's even more incredible is that when the northern land was covered with snow, the Tang army's marching speed was a few points faster than usual! With the protection of winter clothes, perfect logistical supplies, and magical tools, the constraints on the Tang army in winter almost completely disappeared.

The Later Sui court was fed up with being caught between the two countries, and this time, they completely gave up their plans to painstakingly run those small cities. When the Tang army appeared under the city of Dingxiang, not only was it not hindered in the slightest, but even almost had the illusion of returning to the Central Plains city.

Li Jing took over the defense of Dingxiang and several other Later Sui cities without much effort, without even waiting for him to react. After hurriedly completing the formalities, Yang Zhengdao took Empress Xiao and Princess Yicheng and others, asked him to borrow a team of soldiers and horses to escort him, and set off directly to Chang'an to "visit relatives".

It was only at this time that Li Jing, who carefully hid his tracks all the way, learned that because of the courtship of the king of Chu in Dali City, the frightened Turks did not dare to be presumptuous in recent years. Even the scouts didn't dare to put them on Han Chinese territory. Therefore, the Turkic side did not even know the news that the Don Army had launched in six directions and began a winter offensive!

Li Jing found that the group of soldiers under his account seemed to be a little dissatisfied, and he was a little depressed with a punch, and after patrolling the camp as usual, he suddenly thought of the 3,000 new troops who came with the army to observe, and hurriedly recruited his staff to ask.

"I marched for days, and I didn't bother to ask questions. The 3,000 new troops, how is this going? Can there be attrition, falling behind, etc.? ”

"Back to the Grand Boss! Instead of attrition, more than 200 soldiers were injured in various accidents during the march of the army...... Although those new soldiers have never seen blood, they are indeed the only elite soldiers they have seen in the army for more than ten years! ”

"What? They took in wounded soldiers? Can you catch up with the march of the army? Oh, there's a sleigh to go, and there's no need to delay. It seems that those rumors are true, but the old man underestimated these dolls. What are you doing with this expression? If you have something to say, just say it, can the old man blame you? ”

"Boss, the general thinks it's better for you to see it with your own eyes......"

"Huh? Originally, he said that when he saw the last blood, the old man would go to appease him. If you say so, let's go together to see what kind of new army this new army that even His Majesty has specially taken care of is! ”

Li Jing walked out of the tent of the Chinese army with a few henchmen and went to the camp of the new army. The situation in Dingxiang City is not much different from that of the Central Plains, but due to the reason of the intercourse with the Turks in these years, the Hu people have a strong atmosphere. Along the way, you can see all kinds of dirty messes everywhere. However, when they approached the camp of the Forces nouvelles, half a mile from the camp gate, they found that the situation was completely different.

"The ...... cleaned here Anyway, it seems to be too clean! A veteran in the army smiled bitterly: "This strength to fight on the street, I'm afraid it was practiced in the East Palace!" ”

Li Jing glanced at him, and that guy didn't care at all, leading the army to fight, relying on the bloody battle of releasing horses, but it was not comparable to relying on these to brush the land for the royal family.

When they arrived fifty meters in front of the camp gate, a group of veterans suddenly tensed, and several guards involuntarily protected Li Jing. This hostile and murderous aura can only be truly felt by these battlefield veterans.

Li Jing looked at the wide open camp gate in front of him, waved his hand to signal the guards to disperse, and at the same time, the two figures at the entrance of the new military camp suddenly stood upright, and at the same time raised their right hands and gave a strange military salute.

Hiss! Those two turned out to be living people?! This is his grandmother's, I was eye-catching, I just saw these two goods there from afar, and I thought it was decoration, but it was actually a sentry?

Li Jing's expression gradually became solemn, this new army is really a bit of a doorway!