The chamberlain quickly took Li Shimin and the messenger to the huge mobile palace, and as soon as Li Shimin entered the palace, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Princess Yicheng sent a messenger to say that there is an urgent matter to report to Your Majesty." ”

Yang Guang looked at the messenger, but it was not a Turk, but a Han Chinese.

"You said that you are the messenger of Princess Yicheng, but what proof do you have?"

After the messenger saluted, he took out two waist cards from his arms, "Back to Your Majesty, the little one was originally a guard in the capital, and later guarded the princess into the grassland, so they stayed there together, and they have been the princess's personal guards all these years. These two waist cards, one is a small waist card used when he used to serve as a janissary, and the other is used when he was on the grassland. ”

Yang Guang took the waist card from the inner hand, looked at it carefully, and nodded, "This is indeed the waist card of the forbidden army, but these two things alone are not enough to show your identity." Now that the war is imminent, Yang Guang does not dare to be careless. In case the other party is just a spy of Shibi Khan, using these two waist cards as the princess's messenger, passing on some false information and misleading him, it is a big matter and has to be guarded against.

The messenger took out a small cloth bag from his bosom, and when he opened it layer by layer, it was a small jade seal. "This is the princess's personal seal, and the princess said that as long as this seal is added to the princess's handwritten letter, your majesty should believe it."

After the princess married into the grassland, Yang Guang also sent people to contact the princess many times, and this seal is the princess's token. In the past, he sent people into the grassland to find the princess, but now the princess suddenly sent people thousands of miles to find the door, and Yang Guang also felt that there must be a real emergency.

"I already believe in your identity, but what about the letter that the princess sent you?"

The messenger took out a personal collection of letters from his bosom and presented it to Yang Guang.

Yang Guang checked the fire paint seal on the letter, and after confirming that it was correct, he opened the envelope and looked at it.

The letter was not very much, only a few lines. In the letter, the princess said that he had discovered that Shibi Khan had gathered troops from various tribes and declared that he was going to attack the Khitan. However, as far as she found, she learned that the Turkic cavalry did not go east, but south. The princess guessed that Shibi Khan was likely to have gone south.

After reading these short lines, Yang Guang was already shocked into a cold sweat. According to the reports of the scouts sent to the steppe by the imperial court, the Turks were indeed mobilizing their troops and horses to prepare for the eastward expedition to the Khitan and plundering supplies. But that information was more than a month ago.

Half a month ago, after Tuli came to Taiyuan, he had already sent several groups of spies to reconnoitre, but the news he got was that the Turks were preparing to march east to the Khitan in order to plunder supplies. But now, the princess's letter suddenly said that the Turks had gone south, and he was terrified.

"Quick, immediately announce my will, pause the carriage and rest on the spot. In addition, I immediately uploaded all the ministers who accompanied me from the third rank and above, and hurried to see me. Yang Guang was already a little uneasy, and now he had gone out of Yanmen and came to Mayi. If the Turks really went south, then there were only 150,000 people around him, and there were no cities and fortresses to follow.

After getting the emperor's will, soon all the purple-robed ministers from the third rank and above had already rushed to the palace.

"According to the ministers, how credible is Princess Yicheng's letter?" Yang Guang said with the last glimmer of hope.

Sima Dekan, the commander of the black-clothed guards, said, "The Tanma sent to the steppe has not reported information for ten whole days, and the minister thinks that it is estimated that the Tanma has been discovered by the Turks and cleared. ”

The old man in his seventies, Shang Shu's left servant shot Su Wei and didn't doze off anymore, and immediately followed and stood up.

"Your Majesty, although Princess Yicheng is a Turkic Kedun, she is also the Princess Yicheng of my Sui Dynasty. And the princess has always been in contact with the imperial court in the past, and has always had a great Sui in her heart. Now the princess took the risk and sent her personal guards to deliver the letter. The old minister thought that this letter was completely true. At the moment, although we do not yet know when the Turks began to move south, how many cavalry came. But in any case, the minister thought that the most important thing at the moment was to immediately turn around and return to Taiyuan, so as not to put the Son of Heaven in danger. ”

Su Wei is a lot old, and he has long been a person buried in the loess to his neck, and he is not willing to be surrounded by the grassland Hu people when he is dying, and finally fall into the hands of the enemy. It is a matter of his own net worth and life, and he no longer cares about what he is wise to protect himself, and acts according to the emperor's eyes in everything.

Fan Zigai also hurriedly said, "Regardless of whether it is true or not, you should return to Taiyuan immediately at this time, and without further ado, you should leave immediately." ”…,

Although Yang Guang was a little worried in his heart, he didn't want to flee immediately before he heard the name of the Turkic people and didn't even understand the situation. What if this information is fake, or if the Turks are only a small force moving south, then he will not lose face in the future?

After thinking about it, Yang Guang was still unwilling to retreat immediately, "Sima Dekan, I order you to immediately have a black-clothed iron guard, and immediately go north to find out which part of the Turkic soldiers and horses are going south this time, who is in command, and where they have arrived." As soon as the situation is discovered, the pigeon immediately sends a message back. ”

Sima Dekan did not dare to hesitate, and immediately took the order to withdraw from the palace and summoned his five thousand black-clothed iron guards to go north to investigate the movements of the Turks.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be done, the body of a daughter cannot sit down. What's more, it is the Son of Heaven, His Majesty is related to the billions of people in the world, how can he be in danger. The old minister thought that he should send scouts to investigate the movements of the Turks. At the same time, the car was immediately driven back, and no matter what, it could not stay here any longer. ”

Many ministers also spoke out one after another, but it would be good if these people didn't speak out, and as soon as they spoke, the last hesitation in Yang Guang's heart was gone. On the contrary, he was determined to trade down, and in his mind, even if the Turks went south, from Dingxiang to here, there would be more than ten days of travel along the way. And with so much time, as long as the beacon fire on the border is lit, he will have enough time to return to the customs calmly.

In front of him, at the junction of Dingxiang and Mayi, there is still the pass of the Great Wall. It was impossible for the Turks to easily reach the Turkic pass, and even if they had crossed the Great Wall, he would have retreated to the Yanmen Pass by then. With Yanmen, the world's first male pass, Yang Guang is really not afraid of the Turks. If he hears a Turk, he will run, and how will he command the world in the future.

After rejecting the proposal of the ministers, Yang Guang issued another order, "Order Li Shimin, the general of Zuotunwei, to immediately lead the 5,000 men and horses of his headquarters to continue north to the Great Wall Pass to prevent the Turks from entering the pass." ”

Li Shimin had been a little worried just now, and it was his suggestion to let the emperor go north. Now it is found that the Turks have gone south, putting the emperor in danger, which is already a great culpability. If the emperor really investigates it, not only will his official position not be guaranteed, but even his life may not be guaranteed. Seeing that the emperor did not pursue it, but asked him to continue to go north to guard against the Turks, he immediately happily accepted the order.

In his heart, Li Shimin didn't worry much about the Turks, in his opinion, with the Great Wall, it was a natural danger, but it was not easy for the Turks to enter the customs. And maybe, this is an opportunity for him Li Shimin to show his skills and show himself in front of the emperor. If the Turks did not come much, and he defeated the Turks at that time, it would definitely be a big attack, and this would be the first achievement of the Turkic conquest.

After the connection sent the black-clothed iron guard and Li Shimin to the north to reconnoitre, Yang Guang's chariot was also dissuaded by the hundred officials, and was temporarily stationed by the Wuding River, waiting for Sima Dekan's intelligence results. In the absence of definite information showing that the Turks were only a small force of harassing troops, it was impossible for these ministers to let Yang Guang's chariot continue north.

Regarding Princess Yicheng's letter, Yang Guang and the ministers read it, although they believed that the Turks might really go south. But they still think that with a long border and the isolation buffer zone of Dingxiang, suddenly even if people go south, they can get news at any time.

Crazy gusts of wind blew, countless rains fell from the sky, and in the midst of this drizzle, loud horns whined. There was a rush in the sound of the trumpet, and the sound of the trumpet soon spread throughout the camp.

The tents in the camp were lifted one after another, and Li Shimin's 5,000 soldiers hurriedly ran out one by one, carrying helmets and horizontal knives and spears, and assembled in formation.

Standing in the middle of the queue, the soldiers continued to arrange their armor and kept asking to the left and right, "Are the Turks coming?" Did the Turks really come over so quickly? ”。

They were answered by the roars of the captains one after another, "Assemble, assemble immediately, those who fail to complete the horn three times will be shown to the public" With the roar of these officers, the soldiers did not dare to complain any more, and honestly assembled and lined up one by one to check their weapons and equipment.

On the other side of the road, a cavalry was galloping towards it. The sharp-eyed soldiers saw at a glance that this was the Xuanjia guard who had gone back to see the emperor with the general Li Shimin. Among the black-armored knights who saw the water, Li Shimin, a general in bright white armor and white armor, many officers had already guessed that it might be that the general had already received some task from the emperor.

The Xuanjia guards galloped like a gust of wind, and they didn't hurry to rein in their horses until they were a few feet in front of the assembled array, and the war horses stopped a few feet in front of the array in the front row. Li Shimin was dressed in a bright silver bright unicorn battle armor, a white cloak, and a bright silver horse lance, and the whole suit looked like Chen Kefu's previous equipment.

Li Shimin rode on the pure white war horse, glanced at the team that had been assembled, and shouted loudly, "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while." Today, the time has finally come for us to fight. His Majesty has decreed that the general will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command to immediately go north to the pass of the Great Wall to strictly prevent the Turks from entering. Now, the general of the Chuan Ben ordered that all the horses immediately set out for the whole army without slackening, and if there was any violation of the order, they would be cut off "......,