In the face of the aggressiveness of the Turks, the Tang Dynasty did not fight head-on, but only defended the city with heavy troops on the border, which was very surprising.

At the beginning, Xue Ju took advantage of the unstable foothold of the Tang Dynasty and led a large army to invade the Tang Realm, and the Tang Dynasty chose to fight with Xue Ju with great momentum, and finally eliminated Xue Ju's forces, so that the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded by thirty percent.

Now that the Turks are attacking, it is not even the Turkic soldiers who are attacking the city, and the Tang Dynasty directly gives up the land of the three counties, which makes the people of the Tang Dynasty panic all day long, for fear that the Turkic army will break through the defense line and enter the pass.

Compared with the panic of the people, the court was quite calm, hundreds of officials entered the court every day, the six departments were in order, and Li Yuan's face was not the slightest flustered, as if the Turkic attack had long been expected by them.

"Your Majesty, the envoy to the Turks has returned last night." After bowing down with some etiquette, the hussar general Duan Zhixuan took the lead in playing: "Because of his serious injuries, Weichen made an assertion to let him recuperate in the mansion, and asked His Majesty to punish him." ”

Since Jieli Khan's edict ordered the world to destroy the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan has constantly sent envoys to the Turks to negotiate, at the beginning, the Turks also let the envoys return to Chang'an safely, but in the last few times, those envoys were beaten at best, and even their lives were thrown on the grassland.

Li Yuan leveled his hand, motioned for Duan Zhixuan to get up, and said lightly: "Since the Turks have made up their minds to invade the Tang Dynasty, it will only be in vain to send envoys again." After a pause, he looked at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and said majestically: "Ladies and gentlemen, when the Turks invaded, you persuaded me to send envoys to make peace with the Turks. ”

"The ministers know their mistakes." As soon as Li Yuan's words fell, many ministers in the court bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, and those who stood still were the side of the main battle.

"The imperial court is recuperating and recuperating, and it is also good for you to persuade me to make peace with the Turks, and I am not to blame." Li Yuan's tone was a little softer: "The people have experienced turmoil for a short time, and I don't want to use troops and displace the people, but blindly retreating, can you really make those barbarians on the grassland treat the people of the Tang Dynasty well?" ”

Wu'an County was lost, and those future people who fled were enslaved by Turkic soldiers like animals, and they couldn't eat every day, which was embarrassing.

"Making peace with the Turks is to seek skin with the tiger, so Erchen has always opposed sending envoys to the Turks." Huo Guogong Chai Shao said: "The crown prince, the king of Qin, and Jiang Guocheng led the army to confront the Turks, and asked Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, and the ministers are willing to lead troops to help." ”

"The ministers are willing to go." Many generals echoed.

"Your Majesty, this matter needs to be considered in the long run." Seeing that Li Yuan's heart was moved, Pei Lin hurriedly said: "Weichen thinks that a war with the Turks is inevitable, but if the whole country is at war with the Turks, how can the south defend against it?" ”

Nanbian naturally refers to the Southern Sui.

"What Wei Guogong said is very true." Liu Wenjing echoed: "It is reported that as soon as the Turkic army entered Taiyuan, the Southern Sui sent additional troops to Hejian, Wuyang, and Dongping Counties. ”

Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing's words are also what many people are most worried about, but Zhou Guogong of Nan Sui is Li Yuan's biological son, how dare they speak casually, after all, they are not as favored as Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing.

"Once the Turks enter the customs, the Central Plains will be ruined, and King Wei should be very aware of this, so Erchen thinks that he will definitely not do anything to fall into the stone." Since Li Xuanba woke up, Chai Shao has never had anything to do with him, and saying these words at this time will not make people think about it.

Hearing Chai Shao's words, Li Yuan's eyes softened, he nodded appreciatively, and said, "I don't believe that he would do such a thing. ”

"Your Majesty, King Wei's prestige, the ministers naturally won't doubt it, but Nan Sui is not His Royal Highness King Wei after all." Pei Lin bowed down and said, "As far as the minister knows, in recent months, His Royal Highness King Wei has rarely left the mansion, and he has only been to the court twice. ”

Li Xuanba and Yang Tong acted in a play, from the king of Zhou to the prince of Zhou, although many people speculated that it was just a scene, but without evidence, no one dared to say that Yang Tong did not have the intention of alienating Li Xuanba.

Pei Lian's words made everyone sober up a lot.

If Nan Sui or Li Xuanba were in charge, Datang might dare to give it a go with the Turks, but if it was Yang Tong who was in charge, the situation would be completely different.

Although the Turkic inscription is only an excuse for the Turkic invasion, those crimes cannot be said to have been made out of nothing.

Yang Tong is Yang Guang's grandson and Yang Yu's imperial uncle, and he has every reason to take advantage of the danger of the Tang Dynasty to add fuel to the fire.

After a brief silence, the courtiers whispered.

"What do you suggest?" Seeing that most of the people were at a loss, Li Yuan frowned, continued to look at Pei Lian, and said: "In the face of the Turkic invasion, the imperial court must deal with it with the strength of the whole country, how to guard against the Southern Sui?" ”

"What I said before is just Weichen's speculation." Pei Lin replied respectfully: "According to Weichen's humble opinion, the top priority is to send people to Jiangdu to lobby, and the best result is that the Southern Sui is willing to send a large army to drive the Turks back to the north together with the imperial court, and then sign an alliance with the Southern Sui imperial court to ensure that they will not attack us when the imperial court and the Turks are at war, even if the worst case scenario, the imperial court can know the Southern Sui's plans and make plans early." ”

The possibility of letting Nan Sui send troops is very small, otherwise Li Yuan would have sent an envoy to Jiangdu a long time ago, and in the face of the Turkic army, how could he still care about face?

"What Pei Qing said, what do you think?" Li Yuan had already accepted Pei Lian's suggestion in his heart, but he still asked casually.

"The ministers agree with Wei Guogong's performance." The courtiers had no better way but to try it according to Pei Lian's suggestion.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Yuan then asked, "Jiang Du and his party, who is willing to go?" ”

"My son is willing to go." When everyone was still considering, Chai Shao took the lead in worshipping: "Xuanba is the younger brother of Erchen after all, even if he is unwilling to send troops to help, he will not hurt Erchen if he wants to come." ”

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Huo Guogong stepped forward to listen to the seal. Chai Shao hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed to listen to the order. Li Yuan's face was grim, his eyes were like torches, and he said in a deep voice: "From now on, Huo Guogong will lead the post of General Xiaowei." Chai Shao did not shirk, and hurriedly thanked him, and the others had no objections.

"Your Majesty, Weichen still has something to do." The matter of lobbying Nan Sui has been decided, and Pei Lin said again: "What should I do with the soldiers and horses that Lu Guogong borrowed from the Turks at the beginning?" After speaking, he glanced up at Li Yuan, and his eyes revealed killing.

After several years, more than 100 horsemen borrowed from the Turks are now only 30 horsemen.

"After all, they have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, how can I bear to embarrass them?" Li Yuan realized Pei Lian's intentions, and sighed: "General Shi, you go and persuade them, if you are willing to stay, I will still reuse them, and if you still want to return to the Turks, I will also give them some rewards and let them leave." ”

"The last will obey." Shi Danai was stunned for a moment, and bowed down to receive the order.