In the spring of 812 in the Gregorian calendar, Chang'an City was shrouded in an indescribable sense of tension. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the surface, everything is as usual, and the lives of the people are as usual, but as long as you carefully observe the footsteps of the officials and servants, you can feel that the entire Chang'an City is in a state of nervousness. Many people can see this situation, but they don't care about it, because at this time last year, Chang'an City was almost facing a direct attack by the Tuqi army, and compared with the panic at that time, no one would care too much about this small change.

Of course, there is a reason for this loose outside and tight inside of Chang'an City, just at the end of last year, Liu Xianzhi, the king of Zhongyi County, gave Emperor Liu Yan a secret fold, and it was this secret fold that created today's situation.

The content of Liu Xianzhi's secret fold is very simple and straightforward, in short, it is to launch a retaliatory action against Tuqi. In response to the fact that the military action of Tuqi last year made the country of silk up to the emperor and down to the people lose face, Liu Xianzhi believes that it is not enough to seize the Western Regions, although the seizure of the Western Regions can cut off the economic source of Tuqi, and it is also in a very favorable situation strategically, but this is a painless thing for ordinary people, so it is not of much value to save the face of the country and the emperor. For ordinary people, there is no better news than a head-to-head victory with the Tukchi army, so launching a retaliatory attack on the Tukchi as soon as possible is what the people most expect to see.

But launching such a campaign is not a matter of making a decision at the moment of the moment, and there are countless precedents in history in which the monarch raised an army because of his own selfish anger, only to lose his army and lose his success. Now that we have decided to fight, we must think clearly from the beginning where the goal of this battle is, how to fight it, how the enemy will respond, and how to adjust our own side.

Liu Xianzhi believes that after the last battle, the country of silk has lost a considerable number of cavalry, and for the time being, it is impossible to send cavalry troops to attack Tuqi, but it is extremely difficult to win if you use an army dominated by infantry to engage it. Because Tuqi will not take the initiative to fight the infantry group that is in a superior position, but will choose to attack their food supplies, and wait until the infantry is shaken due to poor supplies, or even retreat, and then kill the killer. Therefore, the most important point is to attack the enemy and save it.

However, there is no place that must be defended in the vast desert and grassland, even their capital Dragon City is not a place that must never be abandoned, and the choice of this attack target is very difficult. For this reason, Liu Xianzhi believes that this goal does not exist, but it can be artificially made, and the method of manufacturing is to build a city.

After Wang Hanxin seized the Western Regions, there were two ways for the Tuqi to enter the Western Regions, one was to cross the Tianshan Mountains from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the other was to enter from between the Tianshan Mountains and the Qilian Mountains. Therefore, Liu Xianzhi proposed that troops should be sent to cut off this passage, and several cities should be built north of the desert to block the possibility of the Turkic army entering the Western Regions. This will not only make the passage to the Western Regions safer, but more importantly, it will prevent the Turks from attacking the Western Regions through this route. Such a move is obviously unbearable for the Turks, so it is conceivable that the Turks will have to engage the army of the Silk Country directly in order to thwart the attempt to build the city, and thus obtain the effect of the head-on decisive battle that the Silk Country wants. In addition, if the fortification is successful, these cities can be used as a starting point to launch operations against Tukchi in the future, and the supply lines of the troops can be greatly shortened.

To build a city in Mobei, it is not an easy task. You must know that there is no soil and stones, and there are no trees, and no matter how many skilled craftsmen there are, it is difficult to cook without rice. In this regard, Liu Xianzhi proposed his own solution to Liu Yan, which became the main reason for promoting this military operation.

With the support of the emperor, then the whole country of Silk must prepare for this battle, which is a large-scale military operation, especially the logistics supply of the troops has been put forward unprecedentedly high. For this reason, Liu Yan gathered all the forces that could be mobilized in the Silk Country to prepare for this matter, and in order to keep it as secret as possible, it was a challenge to keep a low profile when acting. Mi Yiguo's prediction did not hit all the targets, and the main reason why Liu Yan could not transfer Xue Boren to the Western Regions as the capital protector was that he needed to stay in Beijing to dispatch in the center and control the overall situation. Even if this matter is that the military department Shangshu An Jingbian recovers from his illness and joins forces with Xue Boren, he can't do it, not to mention that An Jingbian's illness this time is difficult to heal, and only Xue Boren is alone.

In order to implement this military operation, Liu Yan appointed Liu Xianzhi as the general of sweeping the north, and all the front-line troops from Youzhou to Fengzhou were transferred by him in moderation, and suddenly Liu Xianzhi became the commander-in-chief of more than 300,000 troops in the country of silk, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of troops of Su Chengdong in Liaodong and tens of thousands of people in Wang Hanxinyuan in the Western Regions, the king of Zhongyi County almost mastered all the elite divisions of the country of silk.

This is also a huge adventure for Liu Yan. Because no matter how you say that Liu Xianzhi's father Liu Qian is also a prince who once raised the banner of rebellion, although Liu Xianzhi killed his relatives and quelled his father's rebellion, he has also been conscientious and meritorious in Liu Yan's bold use over the years, but all of a sudden the troops in the entire Central Plains region were handed over to him, and not all emperors could make this determination.

Liu Xianzhi, who was so trusted by the emperor, continued to get in touch with generals at all levels on the front line, coordinated all parties, formulated battle plans, quietly mobilized materials, and prepared for the Northern Expedition.

Due to the fact that almost all the forces of the Silk Country were preparing for war in addition to attacking the Western Regions during the whole year last year, the preparations for the Northern Expedition have been quite large-scale, coupled with Liu Xianzhi's efforts have been fully cooperated by the rear, so that the adjusted plan can be prepared and completed in less than half a year, which has to be said to be a great thing, and it also fully reflects that the Silk Country is relying on strong national strength to support this war.

But it is not completely without opposition in the country of Juanzhi, from the very beginning of the implementation of this matter, someone has raised a different voice, he is the former branch of the Ministry of Household Servant Pi Longxian. (To be continued.) )

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