Although Xue Yantuo dominates the northern grassland, his strength is far from being comparable with the original Turkic, not to mention that the current Tang Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty in the early years of Zhenguan, after more than ten years of hard work by Li Shimin, the strength of the Tang Dynasty has increased several times compared with the beginning, not to mention the small Xue Yantuo, even if the original Turks are still there, I am afraid they will not dare to challenge the Tang Dynasty head-on.

However, Xue Yantuo's new Khan Bazhuo was caught in the trap of Feinusi, not only did he have Feinusi's fine work by his side, but even some important Xue Yantuo nobles were bought by Feinusi, with these people, it was easy for Bazhuo to make some wrong judgments, such as this time he took the initiative to send troops to attack Xiazhou, and he was also preparing to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army.

In fact, Bazhuo is not unaware of the strength of the Tang army, but he has just inherited the Khans, he is also ambitious at this time, and he wants to surpass his father Yinan, and Yinan's greatest wish is to unify the grassland, so that Xue Yantuo can become a powerful empire like the Turks, but unfortunately he has not been able to complete it until his death, so now Bazhuo has also inherited his wish, and if he wants to unify the grassland, he must defeat the Tang army, even if he can't drive the Tang forces out of the grassland, he can also establish his prestige.

It is precisely under the impetus of the above idea that the greedy Bazhuo decided to take a risk, if he can defeat the Tang army from the front, he can establish his ignorant prestige, so as to subdue more tribes for his own use, and even completely drive the Tang forces out of the grassland.

Bazhuo's wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, no plan can not coincide with reality perfectly, there will always be some unexpected things, so that the original beautiful plan can not be implemented, and even get diametrically opposite results, such as Bazhuo's good wish this time is in vain.

Li Daozong and Qiao Shiwang are both famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, and they each led tens of thousands of troops to Xiazhou to ask for help, originally they thought that Bazhuo should retreat before they arrived in Xiazhou, but they didn't expect Bazhuo not only to leave, but also to open a decisive battle with them under Xiazhou City.

For Bazhuo's abnormality, Li Daozong and Qiao Shiwang were startled at first, thinking that the other party had some conspiracy, so when they first arrived at Xiazhou City, they didn't dare to attack, but after a few attempts, they found that Bazhuo really wanted to fight them head-on, which made Li Daozong and others feel at ease, and then these two reinforcements and Tianrenhui of Xiazhou City sent a three-way army together, and launched a decisive battle with Bazhuo's army.

Bazhuo's attack on Xiazhou this time was also prepared, the entire Xue Yantuo controlled more than 200,000 people, and he brought 150,000 at once this time, so the force was enough to sweep the grassland, in contrast, Li Daozong and Qiao Shiwang only brought a total of 60,000 reinforcements, even if they added the 10,000 defenders under Tian Renhui, it was less than half of Bazhuo's troops, which was also one of the main reasons why Bazhuo was full of confidence and refused to retreat.

However, Bazhuo is still too young, although the number of the army represents the strength of this army to some extent, but in addition to quantity, quality is more important, the Tang Dynasty has been invincible and invincible over the years, slaughtering countless cities and destroying the country, which has long allowed the Tang army to cultivate an invincible belief, especially when fighting abroad, the Tang Dynasty's army has won more with less.

In addition to the belief in victory, the equipment of the Tang army is not comparable to Xue Yantuo, whether it is weapons, armor, supplies, etc., the Tang Dynasty is far stronger than Xue Yantuo, especially the Tang army also has gunpowder weapons, which makes them more powerful, so there is almost no big suspense in this decisive battle under the city of Xiazhou, and when Li Daozong personally led a cavalry to kill the scorching Chinese army, the victory of this battle has been laid.

Li Xiu in Chang'an City has also been waiting for the results of the battle of Xiazhou, and when Li Daozong's good news arrived in Chang'an, he was also overjoyed, according to Li Daozong's description, they killed more than 10,000 enemies in this battle, and captured nearly 50,000 people.

However, it is a pity that Bazhuo was not caught, but fled to the Mobei grassland under the protection of a defeated army of tens of thousands of people, and Li Daozong and they had already sent people to chase after them, but with Xue Yantuo's familiarity with the grassland, I am afraid it will be difficult to catch up.

Hearing the news of Li Daozong and others' victory, Li Xiu was also overjoyed, and immediately brought the things he had prepared, and then chose a time to enter the palace in person, before he had a new idea of annexing the grassland, but the time was not enough, so he didn't tell anyone, and now that Xue Yantuo has been defeated, it is also the time for the Tang Dynasty to march into the grassland.

Li Xiu came to the Liangyi Hall very smoothly to see Li Shimin, but what he didn't expect was that not only Li Shimin was here, but also the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Zhi were here, and when he saw him come in, he saw Li Shimin also smiled at this time: "Li Xiu, you came too coincidentally, I am discussing the matter of Xue Yantuo with Wuji and Pheasant Slave, you also come to express your opinion!" ”

"Hehe, Yi Nan can be called a generation of heroes, but unfortunately it is a tiger father and a dog, it is difficult to pull out this person, this defeat has caused Xue Yantuo to suffer heavy losses, I am afraid that his sweat position will not be stable, and the surrounding Hui and other big tribes will not give up this good opportunity, so the minister feels that Xue Yantuo is no longer worth spending our energy!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time and stepped forward.

This is not Li Xiu's big words, in fact, he remembered that in the original history, although Xue Yantuo was strong for a while, but just a few years after Yi Nan's death and Bazhuo succeeded to the throne, Xue Yantuo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and now Li Daozong has hit Xue Yantuo hard, and then whether it is the Tang Dynasty himself, or the encouragement of Hui and other big tribes to do it, Xue Yantuo has no chance of survival!

"Hahaha~, Li Xiu, you are really bold, although Xue Yantuo was defeated, we can't underestimate it too much, in case they resurrect, they will also become a border trouble for our Datang in the future!" Li Shimin also laughed when he heard Li Xiu's words, although he admired Li Xiu's courage, he still didn't dare to relax with Xue Yantuo.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but the minister feels that Xue Yantuo is no longer worried, and the minister's coming to see Your Majesty today is the last step in the strategy to annex the grassland to Your Majesty!" At this time, I saw Li Xiu smile and step forward again, and at the same time took out a thick fold in his sleeve, and then presented it to Li Shimin with both hands, which he had spent countless efforts to write during this time.