The cold winter is coming, the weather is getting colder and colder, the Turkic people hide in the yurts, tooth tents and do not want to go out, but the steppe has not been quiet, and there are often cavalry shuttling between various camps, making the final preparations for the war.

One after another, orders came out of the khan's tent, no matter whether those arrangements were reasonable or not, the Turkic soldiers would not disobey, and everyone was seriously carrying them out. The cold makes them unusually united.

The Turkic lands were covered with steppes, which provided them with the best environment for raising war horses and livestock, but at the same time, it also made it difficult for them to grow grain and vegetables.

During the reign of Qimin Khan, the Turks were friendly with the Great Sui, and the Turkic people could obtain food for the winter through trading. So the Turks could only get food in their most primitive way, which was looting.

In order to survive, the cold increased the morale of the Turkic soldiers.

On the second day of the 11th month of the third year of Tianze, Jieli Khan issued an edict to the world, counting Li Yuan's crimes, and ordered the world to discuss it, Song Jingang, Gao Kaidao and others immediately responded, and they all wrote to express their acceptance of the Khan's edict.

The strength of the Turkic cavalry has long made the people of the Central Plains frightened, close to the land of several counties in Taiyuan, many counties and townships went to the empty building, and fled one after another, although the Tang Dynasty court sent envoys to pacify one after another, it still could not stop the people's desire to survive.

On November 16, a total of 120,000 troops of the two Turkic divisions, known as 300,000, entered Taiyuan in a mighty way, and pointed at Guanzhong.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Qu Tutong each led tens of thousands of Tang soldiers to garrison the three counties of Lishi, Linfen, and Longquan, watching each other and waiting for each other. Above the Yellow River, thousands of warships also stopped in the area of Dongjun to prevent the Turks from sneaking up on the waterways.

Bu Lishe seemed to anticipate Datang's reaction, and after three days of rest in Taiyuan, he sent Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou to attack Xiangguo, Wu'an and other counties, at this time Datang had already shrunk its forces, and the three counties of Xiangguo, Wu'an, and Shangdang were almost abandoned by Datang, which made Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou connect the three counties within a month.

When the news came back to Taiyuan, Bu Lishe did not show a smug look, after all, for him, those three counties were in the bag, and the real Tang Dynasty had just begun.

After several wars, Jinyang Palace still maintains its integrity, and the luxurious decoration in the palace has been admired so far, but the quarrel in the palace makes him feel a little headache.

"King Xian, it must be their conspiracy for the Tang Kingdom to easily abandon the land of the three counties, they want to disperse the forces of the imperial court, how can you do what they want?" A Turkic general said loudly: "Dare to ask King Xian to order that all the people in the three counties be slaughtered or taken back to the grassland." ”

"If there are no people, who will cultivate the land?" A Central Plains strategist retorted: "Cutting down Tang must be a long-term thing, and fighting to feed the war is not the best policy at all!" ”

"The Central Plains is rich, where do you need to worry about running out of food?" Another Turkic general retorted: "Moreover, in the face of the iron cavalry of the imperial army, it is easy to attack Chang'an City!" ”

"If it's really so easy, Chu Luo Khan is already sitting on the dragon chair in Chang'an City, how can he end up with hatred?" The Central Plains strategist sneered: "Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one survive a hundred battles, it is not a good thing to despise Tang State so much." ”

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Bu Lisheh sat in the first place and listened for a long time, how to deal with those people, he had already made up his mind in his heart, and the reason why he kept listening was because he was waiting.

"Tell the virtuous king, the khan has sent an envoy to deliver the edict." Just as Bu Shili's patience was about to run out, a personal entourage ran in from outside the palace and said loudly, and the palace instantly fell silent.

After waiting for two hours, Bu Lishi finally waited for what he was waiting for, he quickly stood up and said, "Let him in." Then, walking to the center of the palace, the staff and generals stood quietly behind him, their faces still red with anger.

Jieli Khan's edict was very simple, first rewarding Bu Sheli Daxing, then rewarding the meritorious ministers who captured the three counties of Xiangguo, and finally ordering that no matter what city was captured, the people should be treated kindly, and no slaughter should be done.

Bu Lishe received the edict, and very politely sent someone to send off the messenger of the edict, and then returned to the first place and sat down. The others sat back in their seats, but there was no more arguing.

Jieli Khan had already given the order, and there was no point in them fighting again.

"The Khan has decreed, generals, this king can only follow the order, and please ask the generals to restrain the warriors under his command." Bu Lishe read the edict for a while, with a hint of apology on his face, and said softly: "Of course, although the edict only says that the city cannot be slaughtered, and does not mention anything else, but you had better not go too far. ”

Having said that, those Turkic generals were not stupid, and their faces showed joy, and on the other hand, most of the faces of those Central Plains staff members were very ugly.

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In the harem of Jinyang Palace, Bu Lishe was full of smiles, politely saluted his husband, and said: "Fortunately, Mr. reminded me, otherwise this king really doesn't know how to deal with it." ”

The old man replied with a smile and said, "King Xian has already made up his mind in his heart, so why should he say thank you." ”

"How can this king's plight not be known?" Bu Lishi smiled, and did not deny the old man's words: "Sir only used the word 'wait', and let this king easily resolve this matter, and this king naturally wants to be grateful." ”

"Even if the old man is not here, the word Yun Zhili offers can also make you understand how to do this, right?" The old man looked at the word "drag" on the paper in his hand and said, "If it weren't for the inconvenience of being old and inconvenient to appear in front of people, I really want to accept him as a student, so that he can assist King Xian in the future." ”

Bu Lishe's heart was moved, shook his head, and said: "For this king, no one can compare to Mr. ”

The old man smiled, and said no more, "Since the Khan ordered that the city should not be slaughtered, and the Xian King acquiesced in their plundering, they will definitely have a good impression of the Xian King. ”

"In that case, the king must thank Kedon for his kindness." Bu Lishe nodded, with a slightly mocking tone, and said, "I don't know what kind of expression she will have on her face after she gets the news." ”

"King Xian, with all due respect, this time it is to appease the generals, and the old man will offer you a plan to rob the people of the three counties." The old man saw Bu Lishe's proud look and reminded: "If you really want to stay in the Central Plains, you need to be kind to the people. ”

"This king has always been taught by Mr. Yu, and he understands these truths." Bu Lishi hurriedly explained: "This king guarantees that unless the situation forces it, the affairs of the three counties will not happen elsewhere. ”

"That'll be fine." The old man nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "The generals are satisfied, and those staff members still need to be appeased, after all, most of them are from the Central Plains." ”