Yun Ye's recital was placed in front of Li Er, and the subtle changes in the Western Regions were originally under his control, but now after reading Yun Ye's recital, he began to be unsure, just as Yun Ye said that the Western Regions are now swarming thieves, and there is smoke everywhere, in order to consolidate local law and order, he has made a heavy move, and the situation has not been completely improved, but is sliding towards a more sinister situation.

The newly established Metropolitan Protectorate was subjected to the most severe test, Yun Ye set up a base in Loulan, advanced his troops to the North Garden, and in order to deal with the complicated situation in the future, he began to build a camel city, hoarding gunpowder and oil, and now his greatest ability can only ensure the passage from the North Court to the Central Plains, and he is temporarily unable to suppress the westward advance of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions.

Putting down Yun Ye's recital, Li Er walked out of the Wanmin Palace with his hands behind his back and looked at the West for a long time and was reluctant to withdraw his gaze, yes, what Yun Ye said still makes sense, the people of the Western Regions have stayed in Talas for too long, this is completely unreasonable, and now they are burning, killing and looting in the Western Regions, this is to completely turn the Western Regions into a desert, why?

"Pass Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Biting Jin, Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong into the palace, discuss state affairs, and then pass on Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji into the palace, don't make a noise about this matter."

After Li Er finished ordering Broken Hong, he returned to the palace and continued to study and judge the situation in the Western Regions, Du Shui Jian had not sent useful information from the Western Regions for a long time, he wanted to ask Li Dayin what was going on, and when he knocked on the golden bell, a man in gray turned out from behind the curtain, and after hearing Li Er's instructions, he returned to the back of the tent.

It was common for the emperor to entertain a few veterans, and a few people entered the palace with a smile. I didn't go to Taiji Palace, why did I go directly to Wanmin Palace? This is unreasonable, now the banquet is all held in the Taiji Palace, there is no reason to go to the Wanmin Palace, and several people look at each other. followed the broken hung into the Wanmin Palace.

There was no wine and food in front of the emperor, only a huge map, and there was a geographical model of mountains and rivers next to it, and the emperor's eyes were looking at the few lonely small flags, Cheng Yanjin sighed in his heart, it was clearly the direction of Beiting Prefecture.

Yun Ye said that he was unable to go west now. You can only barely protect yourself, what do you think. ”

"Yun Ye's private message also mentioned the chaos in the Western Regions, where has become the world of thieves now, he wiped out five thousand Tibetan thieves in one battle, and then killed in Tingzhou, I am afraid it is to deter thieves, now he says that he is unable to go west, is it because there is a new change there, and now the letter received is already on the letterhead of three months ago. If it is bad news, the situation should be worse now, but I don't know if the army is stable. “

As soon as Cheng Yanjin came up, he asked Yun Ye's safety, more than 30,000 people in the desert were indeed a little thin.

"No, it's winter now, and the heavy snow will block all traffic, and you can't fight in the winter in the Western Regions, and horse feed alone is a very big problem. The situation in the Western Regions should be maintained three months ago now, and it is likely to deteriorate after the beginning of spring. ”

Li Ji is stationed outside all year round. He has also worked the Western Regions, and the way of nature is there.

Li Jing picked up Yun Ye's recital from the case and read it, and said to the veterans: "Do any of you send people to raise food thousands of miles away when your army is short of food?" ”

"Five hundred miles, five hundred miles is the limit, and we must also confirm that there is a lot of grain and grass there, and a single attack by the army can make up for all the shortcomings. Otherwise, there is no point in such a food-raising move. ”

Niu Jinda looked at Li Jing suspiciously, this is military common sense, he shouldn't ask such nonsense.

"Such people appeared, and that's what the Turks did. He sent his own people to raise grain two thousand miles away, crossed two salts and a desert, and set out from Talas to the North Court to raise grain. ”

Li Jing playfully looked at the map and took a look at the distance from Talas to Tingzhou, and then confirmed: "1,800 miles in a straight line, it's very strange." ”

"If something goes wrong, it's a demon, I can't figure it out so I asked a few Aiqing to discuss it together, now Guo Xiaoke's troops have entered Jiashi City, Yun Ye's left wing is empty, in order to maintain the business road, Yun Ye has to shrink his troops, set up a base camp in Loulan, and hand it over to Xu Jingzong to command, and he took the cavalry to sweep the thieves in the wasteland, I had planned to build a new city in Heishi Mountain before, Yun Ye thought that it was impossible to build a city there, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could not adapt to the gas epidemic there, and finally could only choose Chaos Stone City, It is said to be a good place to attack and defend Xianyi. Mr. Yuan also arranged eight arrays there, which can be regarded as solid. With such a fulcrum, the Western Regions will not be chaotic, and I don't believe that the Hu people mentioned by Yun Ye will knock on the Yumen Pass. ”

While they were talking, Fang Xuanling and they also arrived, and after listening to the emperor's words, the eldest grandson Wuji frowned and said: "Yun Ye's idea of the Hu people knocking on the guan will naturally not happen, but these people have stayed in Talas, Broken Leaf City, and Almaty for too long, and they have been there for more than two years, and they still can't see the posture of westward expansion, saying that they are preparing to go east and drive towards us This is not very like, Weichen thinks they are waiting, or there is an internal dispute, whether to send an envoy over to take a look." ”

"Your Majesty, Talas City is no longer a city that we Tang people can enter, and Almaty is extremely well guarded, and the water supervisor has lost no less than thirty scouts there."

Li Dayin stood at the foot of the steps and reported to the emperor that the current Talas City was no longer open to the Tang people, and the caravan could only go around the city if they wanted to go to Dashi, and no news came back from those who ventured into Talas City.

"Your Majesty is now in the midst of a large-scale development, the entire Tang Dynasty is like a huge construction site, from south to north, from west to east is full of busy people, if Your Majesty wants to send more troops to the Western Regions, the old ministers think it is inappropriate, this year's budget has been all sent, and part of next year has been spent, the household department can now be said not to have a copper coin, but owes a large amount of money, the treasury is unable to support the army to conquer, please Your Majesty Mingjian."

Fang Xuanling saw that the melancholy on everyone's faces was getting stronger and stronger, and he took precautions to tell everyone that the country is now engaged in construction, and there is no money for war, this is the truth, and others have no way to blame.

Since Li Er made a big profit on the exchange rate of copper and silver, he immediately prepared to spend the money, the new road in Shuzhong, the canal in Hebei are the top priority, and it must not be stopped, if you miss this opportunity, you don't know what year and month the next construction will be.

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of the old minister, although Yun Ye's army suffered a loss in numbers, it was not completely powerless, what he was worried about was that the Western Regions was too big, and his soldiers and horses could not take care of it, plus Guo Xiaoke's westward advance, which caused his left flank to be empty, as long as His Majesty ordered Guo Xiaoke to withdraw east to fill the gap, it would be no big problem, 50,000 troops were stationed in Beiting, Anxi, even if they couldn't coerce the Hu people to move west, at least they could ensure that there was no war in the border pass, drag it out for three or five years, and wait until I vacated my hand, It's not too late to settle accounts with these Hu people. ”

Li Jing's words made Fang Xuanling and the others nod their heads, this is the safest, although the Western Regions are important, they are not important enough to surpass domestic construction, as long as Yun Ye can drag the people of the Western Regions for three or five years, when the time comes, the country will free up its hands and the army will move westward, and it will naturally be able to wipe out a demon, and in the face of absolute power, it is useless for the Hu people to play any tricks.

"In this way, the burden on Yun Ye's body is heavy, 50,000 people are stationed in the 5,000-mile defense line, and there are only 10 people in a mile, isn't there a hole everywhere? There are roads everywhere on the Gobi Desert, how can he be stationed, we are here to say it easily, Yun Ye will break his leg on the Gobi Desert, you calculate, whose army can maintain combat strength all year round? Especially in the ghost place of the Western Regions, the eyes are full of yellow sand, and you can run dead horses from one city to another. His strength is far from enough, and at least he needs to be given the strength that can be rotated. Cheng Yanjin put Yun Ye's fold on the table and said angrily.

"Camel City, Yun Ye mentioned Camel City to us when he left Chang'an, I don't know what his Camel City has become now, with such an activity fortress, he can be active on the Gobi for a long time without worrying about morale exhaustion." Li Ji suddenly screamed, he seemed to be very confident in Yun Ye's idea of a camel city.

"This is the first time that the camel city is used in actual combat, who can know what it will be like, if it succeeds, everything will be fine, if it is not successful, the lives of 50,000 troops are worried, plus the climate in the Western Regions is changeable, a strong wind and sand can make an army disappear completely, when Hou Junji attacked Jiaohe, didn't there be a partial division that disappeared into the desert?"

Qin Qiong took a long time to say a word, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he said: "What is the difference between pinning the lives of the army on a camel city that we have never seen and used before, and tying the lives of soldiers to the crotch of God's pants?" The old man built yì, abandoned the North Garden, defended Gaochang with the whole division, and gave up all the places north of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

Li Er shook his head and said: "At this time and that time, as long as our Tang Dynasty's military horses retreat, those people from the Western Regions will quickly return, and then our hard work in the past few years will be in vain."

Come to the people, the intention is to order Yun Ye to stick to the Beiting and Anxi lines no matter what, Guo Xiaoke can retreat to Qiuzi, and from now on he will be under the command of Yun Ye, and the camera will force the Hu people to go west, there must be no mistake! ”

Niu Jinda saw that the emperor had made a will, sighed, and then kept silent, Li Er smiled and said: "The Zhuqing family underestimates Yun Ye's ability, I am full of confidence that Yun Ye can hold the Western Regions, as long as I order the retreating Su Dingfang to lead the army to garrison Yumen Pass, the Tang Dynasty will have no worries, where Yun Ye changes, Su Dingfang can enter the Western Regions as quickly as possible, and at the same time, Qiao Shiwang, who withdrew from Anxi, must also be stationed in Hexi, keep an eye on Tubo, and not let them have a time to breathe." (To be continued......)

PS: Section 2