Chang'an Mingde Gate guards looked bored at the people coming in and out, met a large number of goods, suspicious people fulfilled their own responsibilities and came forward to investigate, of course, to treat our own people are casually rummaged through the motions, ask the source and whereabouts will be released, for the colored people who come to Chang'an to do business, they will not let them go so easily, the reason is, of course, our Tang Dynasty is the Celestial Empire, the growth of national strength in recent years has also attracted businessmen from neighboring countries to come to Chang'an, bringing many exotic goods that the Tang people have not seen, For the soldiers defending the city, you can use some means, get a little money from them, this is not a big problem, who let them sell things are expensive and expensive, and these soldiers don't have a few food and salary a year, at most they will mix a food and clothing, get some copper money from foreign businessmen and buy some wine to drink, it is best to cut two catties of meat, buy two pieces of cloth for the sons and daughters of the family to mend their bodies and change two new clothes, half of the eldest son eats the poor old man, the Tang Dynasty now has the prototype of the prosperous era, it is said that it is not easy to live in Chang'an, It's still okay not to do it to your own people, it's okay to use your brains against foreigners, unlike a random foreign person in the later generations, who cares about his black and white, is a foreign guest immediately, and eats and drinks spicy food in the Celestial Empire.

"Stop, which of you is the leader, come here" The soldier saw a foreign caravan appear in front of him.

"In Xia Habusi, he is the leader of the caravan, what do you command, sir."

The fire chief said, "Tell me why you came to Chang'an, and what are you bringing with you?" ”、

Habusidui smiled and said to the fire chief, "Official, the caravan is full of all kinds of goods brought from the Western Regions, Tocharian and other countries, ready to be sold in the market, the villain hopes that the treasures of foreign countries will be sent to Chang'an for the people of the Tang Kingdom to enjoy." Please also ask the official to inspect and release. ”

The fire commander asked the soldier next to him, "Can you check it, is there any contraband?" ”

"Fire chief, the small ones have all seen it, it's not all goods, but now there are too many people and such a big caravan is not good to enter the city together"

The fire chief nodded and said, "Well, it's good that there are no contraband, in that case, I think ha, you take your caravan to the side of the road, and when the crowd passes, enter the city."

As Sogdian merchants, they have walked in many countries, and they have long developed a pair of discerning eyes, knowing that this is a benefit to him, and he will not break it, and he has sent a lot along the way, and it is not bad for this to be a kick in the door, besides, as long as this batch of goods can be sold all, he will get rich overnight, this little money is not in his eyes at all, and then he smiled and raised it to the fire chief and said, "It is not easy for all officials to defend the city, The villain has some gadgets here to play with the official. ”

He took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and sent it to the fire chief without a trace, and the fire chief followed and heard a sound and smiled, and said with a deep look in his eyes, "Oh, you see that the crowd is almost gone, so you will take the caravan into the city." ”

Ha Busi thanked the fire, turned his head and shouted, his subordinates led the caravan into Chang'an City, crossed Suzaku Street, and went to the West Market.

The fire chief let go of the caravan and turned around and returned to the gate of the city, opened the cloth bag in his hand, there were a few gems in it, and there were many copper coins, there were several times, the fire chief took two gems and the usual copper coins, and the remaining gems were left for the boss, and the copper coins were given to the soldiers present to divide one point, which was enough to buy a lot of things, and secretly said that the merchant was sensible.

"Da Da" This is a rapid sound of horses' hooves, the soldiers turned their heads one after another, only to see a red figure galloping, the red cloak on the body was blown by the wind to hunt, and the knight had two red flags on his back, and the red feathers were written on it. There was no slowing down towards the city gate.

"Huo Chang, look, it's Red Feather's Urgent Messenger"

The Fire Commander hadn't seen a message of this level from the Red Feather Messenger for a long time since the Turkic invasion three years ago, and immediately ordered, "Quickly, disperse the crowd, get out of the way, hurry,"

The soldiers immediately began to disperse the crowd at the gates. Open all the gates, shout and run into the city to spread out to both sides of the street.

The Red Feather Envoy passed through the Mingde Gate in an instant, and went straight to the palace, and the shouts of "Red Feather Urgency, get out of the way" sounded along the way.

Inside the Royal Palace

Li Shimin is in the Lizheng Hall to open the political hall to circulate the seal, since the establishment of the political hall, Li Shimin's life has changed greatly, the previous to spend several hours a day to deal with state affairs, now only one hour a day to look through the seal, unless he is not satisfied with the rejection, it is also very rare, after all, those prime ministers are experienced. The rest of the time he could go to see the pregnant queen, supervise the knowledge of his son and daughter, and go for a walk in the garden. I'm going to talk to the concubines about the day, it's very freehand. Li Shimin sighed that this is the life of an emperor.

"Red Feather Urgent. Suzhou emergency"

Li Shimin raised his head when he heard the voice, and Liu San said, "Your Majesty, it's Hongling's urgent envoy,"

"Oh. Come in"

Li Shimin walked to the door of the main hall. Hongling hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and said, "Your Majesty, the Turks have attacked Suzhou, and General Zhang Shigui has asked His Majesty to send troops to rescue." With that, he put his hands on the letter.

Li Shimin opened it and said: The Turks attacked Suzhou by night, with no less than 30,000 people, and Zhang Shigui, the general of Suzhou, led his troops to defend the city and bravely resist the Turks. Please send troops to the rescue as soon as possible.

Li Shimin saw that the messenger was covered in gray and hazy thighs, and the blood that had been worn out could be killed, his cloak was broken, and his face was sallow. You just don't faint.

"Come, carry the messenger into the main hall, and quickly summon the imperial doctor to come here for diagnosis and treatment, and use the best medicine."

The samurai in front of the hall stepped forward and carried the messenger into the main hall.

Li Shimin also ordered "Summons quickly, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing will meet him, and Enzai will call King Wei." ”

The eunuch Liu San turned around and arranged for the little servant to summon people quickly.

The imperial physician came to the Lizheng Hall with the medicine box, "Meet Your Majesty." ”

"Excuse me,. Hurry up and show the messenger, be sure to save the man, I still have important things to ask. ”

Doctor Nuo hurriedly stepped forward to check on the messenger's condition and found that he was extremely tired. Sluggish, blurred inner thighs,. Instructed the little guy to bring clean water, took out the ginseng from the medicine box, cut it into thin skins and put it under the messenger's tongue, and then took out the gold and used acupuncture to relieve the fatigue of the body with acupuncture on the various acupuncture points on the messenger's body, and prescribed the medicine to let the little guy hurry up to decoction the medicine.

"Your Majesty, the messenger is only a long-distance traveler, and his body is overtired. Lao Chen has already used ginseng to help him replenish qi, supplemented by acupuncture, and after taking the medicine, it will be okay for a while. ”

"Very well, he'll leave it to you, and I'll tell you when he wakes up,"

"Obey"

Not long after, Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, and Li De came to the Lizheng Palace.

"Ministers meet Your Majesty"

"It's all exempt. I urgently summoned you because there was a report from Hongling's urgent envoy that the Turks had raided Suzhou City by night, and the defender Zhang Shigui was defending the city, and asked me to send reinforcements to rescue me immediately."

The eldest grandson Wuji said, "Your Majesty, this Turkic attack has long been expected by us, whether to transfer troops to Suzhou from nearby Dunhuang and Zhangye." ”

Li Jing immediately said, "No"

The eldest grandson Wuji asked suspiciously, "What's the problem with Duke Wei?" ”

"If the old man's guess is correct, not only is there a Turkic invasion in Suzhou, but there will also be a Turkic army in Ganzhou, and Ganzhou may have been attacked by the Turks now, and the messenger may arrive later."

As soon as the words fell, Liu San hurried to the palace to report: "Your Majesty, the guard general of Ganzhou, Zhang Baoxiang, reported urgently, the Turkic people invaded Ganzhou, and he is leading the troops to resist. Please send troops to the rescue. ”

Li Shimin said, "Wei Gong is right, I also guess that the Turkic invasion routes are from Suzhou and Ganzhou, and after cutting off the connection between the two states, they will merge into one place for plundering and attacking. ”

Li Jing "Your Majesty is right, the old minister also thinks about it, this time the Turks are quietly attacking, attacking the two states at the same time, it must be not small, I don't know if the messenger has any other information reports?" ”

Li Shimin: "I have already arranged for the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat me, so I should wake up soon,"

The messenger has been treated by the imperial doctor in time and has woken up, "The villain has seen all the adults,"

"Excuse me, the old man asks you, is there anything else abnormal besides the Turkic situation that Zhang Shigui said? and tell us what you see."

"The villain obeyed the order, when the villain came from Suzhou, the Turkic brigade had already begun to attack Suzhou City, General Zhang ordered people to seal the city gate, all the soldiers were ready to defend the city, summoned the people to assist in carrying materials, and demolished the houses in the city to defend Suzhou City."

Fang Xuanling was puzzled and said, "Oh, in this way, the Turks unexpectedly took the initiative to fight a siege war with us. It stands to reason that the Turks would not have done this kind of abandonment of the basics without a scale of 100,000 people. ”

Li Jing took over and said: "No, the Turks are preparing to encircle the point to send reinforcements, first make the appearance of fighting a tough battle, lure the nearby Tang army to come to help, and then turn around and eat the reinforcements, you can hit the morale of the defending army, and then you don't need to storm Suzhou City, they can start to loot everywhere."

Du Ruhui said, "Wei Gong is right, I conclude that there is another point, that is, Zhang Shigui's letter said that the Turks are not less than 30,000 people, so in addition to encircling the point to send reinforcements, they must also want to find an opportunity to break through the city, otherwise the tactics of attacking such a large number of casualties, the Turks will not do it easily, and there will be an ambush army behind." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji said, "Fortunately, we have known for a long time that they will come to attack, and we have already implemented the clear field of the fortified wall in advance, and the Turks will definitely not get enough supplies." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "We must also guard against the Turks finding that they can't loot, and they are angry and really trapped in the two states." Duke Wei immediately sent reinforcements, made a plan to deal with the Turkic ambush, and rushed to the aid of the two states. ”

Li Shimin continued, "We are fully prepared for this Turkic attack, then it is time for us to counterattack, I will never tolerate such an unscrupulous invasion of the Tang Dynasty by the Turks, which just gave me an excuse to send troops." You say whether the current treasury can support the mobilization of 100,000 troops. ”

Fang Xuanling said, "If it is an army of 100,000 troops, it can support half a year, and Lao Chen has arranged for various granaries to transfer grain." ”

Du Ruhui said: "It will be inconvenient to transport grain and grass in winter, and if it can be used to feed the war, it will be eaten by the enemy, and it will be able to solve the supply of a part of the army." ”

Li Shimin nodded, "Very good, just do it, your political affairs hall will immediately prepare a large army to go on the expedition, be sure to ensure the strength of the army, and immediately issue a convening order, this battle I am ready to mobilize 100,000 troops to annihilate Jieli in one fell swoop." ”

"Wei Gong, have the methods of warfare of the Turks already been planned?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister has already been prepared, and there is still a lack of perfection in the details, and he will definitely come up with a complete strategy to present to His Majesty in two days."

"Okay, then you can go and prepare immediately, and King Wei will stay."

"No, the ministers are retiring"

The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Li Jing went to the office yamen together.

Li Shimin said to Li De, "Third brother, what do you think about this incident?" ”