Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Shimin wore a golden dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, and summoned him to comfort the 400,000 Northern Expedition troops on the front line.

Fang Xuanling reported to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, since Your Majesty adopted King Yong'an's pardon for the Turkic Jieli Khan, our Tang army withdrew from the grassland, withdrew to the hometown of the Han people in Yunzhong and Hetao, and secretly supported the Tuli and Qibi He Li who were close to my Tang Dynasty, the situation in the entire grassland has become increasingly stable, and the situation in the entire northern border of our Tang Dynasty (chui) has also become increasingly stable. The minister thought that as long as the imperial court continued to maintain the previous policy, His Majesty would be able to sit back and relax for the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's report, Tang Emperor Li Shimin was shocked at the time, and then he was stunned, but he quickly regained his composure, and asked easily: "Xuanling, you said that the situation in the grassland is becoming more and more stable, and the situation is becoming more and more stable in the entire northern border of the Tang Dynasty, is there no movement in this Xue Yantuo True Pearl Khan Yinan?" Has it been quiet all the time? With his wolf ambition, didn't he attack my Datang? ”

Fang Xuanling replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although Xue Yantuo's True Pearl Khan Yinan is a wolf and has disloyalty to my Datang, he is now busy suppressing the old department of Jieli Khan in his territory and expanding his own strength, how can he attack my Datang without authorization when he is fledgling and his strength is insufficient?" Didn't he faint and bring about his own destruction? ”

After a moment of silence, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty said: "What Xuan Ling said is reasonable. Maybe I'm too worried. Stand down, I'm tired. ”

After Fang Xuanling bowed down and agreed, he left the Taiji Palace.

After Fang Xuanling left, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin took a copy of the fold from the imperial case and opened it, and the fold read: "Xue Yantuobu Zhenzhu Khan Yi male wolf ambition." Commanding the army of 250,000 Xue Yantuo, with the intention of invading our Tang Dynasty. The minister implored the commander of the 400,000 troops of our Tang Northern Expedition stationed in the land of Yunzhong and Hetao to meet the enemy, defeat the Xue Yantuo tribe in one fell swoop, and capture and kill Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan Yinan, in order to dedicate to His Majesty. ”

The inscription of the fold is Li Jing, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Tang Dynasty and the general of the auxiliary country.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin muttered in his heart: Fang Xuanling said that the grassland was becoming more and more stable, and Xue Yantuo's Zhenzhu Khan Yinan did not move; However, Li Jing said that Yi Nan led an army of 250,000 to invade the Tang Dynasty. The two men gave themselves two very different terms. Fang Xuanling is the head of the hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Zaifu, his right-hand man, Li Jing is now the general of the Tang Dynasty, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and controls the 400,000 Northern Expeditionary Army. Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty felt the seriousness of the situation, and the two results that were so completely different must be that one of the two people, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, lied to himself. Lie to yourself for no reason. Then that person must have his own unknown intentions, or that person must be unfaithful. Whether it is Fang Xuanling or Li Jing who has a second (er) heart, this is something that can threaten the Tang Dynasty and threaten his throne, and he will never allow such a thing to happen.

Li Shimin clapped his hands at the empty palace, and Zhai Changsun, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, appeared in the Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin ordered Zhai Changsun: "Arrange your people to check the movements of the Zhenzhu Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo Department and the situation in the grassland. Check the actions of Li Jing, the general of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Yes!" Zhai Changsun bowed and saluted, and was just about to turn around and leave.

Li Shimin ordered again: "Monitor the left servant of the Tang Dynasty and Xuanling of the Ministry of Officials to monitor his every move." I want to know. ”

"Yes!" After Zhai Changsun bowed again, he left the Taiji Palace.

After Zhai Changsun left, Tang Emperor Li Shimin sat silently on the dragon chair, without saying a word, but his mind was spinning rapidly. Compared with Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, Tang Emperor Li Shimin still believes in Fang Xuanling very much. Fang Xuanling is his confidant. From the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the heroes were divided, they took refuge and depended on themselves, Fang Xuanling was cautious and cautious, and he was his right-hand man; But Li Jing is not his confidant, Li Jing has always supported the former Sui. Later, seeing that the former Sui Dynasty was gone, he was attached to the Tang Dynasty, but even if he was attached to the Tang Dynasty, he was not loyal to himself, but to his father, the Emperor Li Yuan.

And the Tang Emperor Li Shimin now does not want Li Jing to have a problem, Li Jing now holds the 400,000 Northern Expedition army of the Tang Dynasty, which is almost all the elite of the Tang Dynasty, all the mobile forces, and Li Jing himself is proficient in the art of war, is the God of War of the Tang Dynasty, invincible, invincible. Once Li Jing has a bad heart, it will be very difficult for him to put down Li Jing's rebellion. And Fang Xuanling is different, even if Fang Xuanling has a second heart, but Fang Xuanling is in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty after all, and Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is still under his complete control, and his own team of guards can bring Fang Xuanling to justice and put him to death.

Once Li Jing led the 400,000 Northern Expeditionary Army to rebel, it would certainly be very difficult for him to pacify them, and he would not succeed at all without a few years of hard work. In a few years, however, the situation will change a lot. The decisive battle of the Tang Dynasty overthrew the regime of the Turkic Jieli Khan and defeated the Great Turkic Khanate, and the high political prestige and vigorous national momentum that the Tang Dynasty painstakingly established in the surrounding countries will inevitably be lost with the civil war between himself and the 400,000 army led by Li Jing; And Xue Yantuo's True Pearl Khan Yinan will inevitably take advantage of the opportunity of the past few years to develop and grow and unify the grassland again, once again posing a comprehensive and major threat to the Tang Dynasty.

This made the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's face gloomy and worried in his heart.

More than ten days later, Zhai Changsun, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, reported to the Tang Emperor Li Shiminyu: "Your Majesty, the situation in the grassland is very stable, whether it is Tuli, Qibi He Li, or Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan Yinan, they are all trying their best to suppress the old departments of Jieli Khan in their respective territories and expand their respective strengths. And I, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Tang Dynasty and the general of the auxiliary country, Li Jing, is transferring troops and sending generals, and may be ready to launch a big war at any time. ”

After listening to the report of Zhai Changsun, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, knew that the words of his henchman Zhai Changsun and Fang Xuanling's words had been confirmed, Fang Xuanling did not lie, he told the truth, and Li Jing, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Tang Dynasty and the general of the Tang Auxiliary State, lied to himself, he was still transferring troops, he had a second heart, and he was ready to rebel. (To be continued.) )

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