The back garden of the Tang Imperial Palace was carefully designed by the famous masters who personally mobilized the late Sui garden to build by Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Yuan had witnessed the heinous consequences of the extravagant profligacy of Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Gaozu, who was born in the world, still couldn't get rid of a few romantic bones from his family. Verbally, he constantly emphasized the rule of thrift every day, but secretly spent a lot of money to renovate this elegant garden with ingenuity. In a limited world, the shade of more than a dozen towering ancient trees divides the whole garden into different areas of light and dark, including bamboo forest paths, residual lotus listening to rain, small bridge pavilions, and delicate and gorgeous begonia flowers by the pond. A meandering murmuring stream connects these beautiful scenery into one, as if a silk thread strings more than a dozen brilliant pearls, making the back garden of the Tang Inner Garden like a fairyland.

It was late spring, hundreds of begonia trees in the begonia flower forest competed to release, looking from afar, as if a cloud like a brocade floating in this dream-like back garden. The morning breeze blows, falling like rain, floating on the gurgling stream, sparkling, and the flowing water waves flashing in the sunshine are mixed together, making people can't tell which one is the waves, which one is the begonia, like a dream, like a poem.

On the opposite side of the begonia flower forest, a white jade bridge across the stream was built with ingenuity, and an elegant and small pavilion was built on one side of the stone bridge, where the emperors of the past dynasties could enjoy the splendid begonia flowers on the other side of the stream.

At this time, in the back garden, there was not a single maid in the inner palace, let alone a maid. Only a dozen or so saber guards in golden helmets and armor stood majestically around the pavilion and near the jade bridge.

Li Shimin, the son of the Tang Dynasty, stood upright in the pavilion, with his hands behind his back, silently staring at the flowers blooming in front of him. and his old courtiers who fought in the north and south are very familiar with his current posture. At the head of the city guarding Taiyuan, in the trenches of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and on the plain in front of the Tiger Pass, he silently watched the enemy's military camp with this posture, observed the enemy's every move of soldiers and horses, and pondered the various military plans that were about to be deployed. Every time he assumes this pose, there is bound to be an earth-shattering military action that will take place, and each time, it will lead the army of the Great Tang Dynasty to another brilliant victory.

Looking at Tang Taizong's calm and restrained back like a high mountain, Li Jing always had a feeling in his heart when facing a tiger that was about to come down the mountain to feed. This tiger, having endured hunger for three years, could not bear it anymore.

"See Your Majesty." Li Jing piled up mountains of gold and knelt on the ground like a jade pillar.

"Flat, this place is not comparable to the Liangyi Palace, and the public does not have to hold the courtesy of a monarch and a minister." Li Shimin said lightly.

"Thank you, Lord Dragon." Li Jing said in a deep voice.

At this time, Li Shimin's tense back suddenly relaxed, he turned around leisurely, and smiled at Li Jing: "How about the public look at this full forest of begonias?"

"It's glamorous." Li Jing said respectfully.

"Well, it's not just beautiful, it's just beautiful," Li Shimin said proudly, "Looking at this forest of begonias, it's like looking at the splendid rivers and mountains of my Tang Dynasty." I really want to watch it for as long as I want."

Li Jinghong said: "May the Tang Dynasty never move."

"Forever?" Li Shimin smiled slightly, "I have full confidence that the Tang Dynasty will not end up in two generations. But what happens after the third and the fourth? I don't know."

Li Jing's heart moved, as if he had an understanding, and was silent.

Li Shimin glanced at him and said, "Do you know how long since the two Jin Dynasty, how long has my Central Plains not been peaceful?"

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, it has been more than 270 years, and after the death of the Sui, it has been decades of war, and now, three hundred years have passed."

"Yes, three hundred years." Li Shimin's face was filled with vicissitudes of emotion, "Three hundred years, how many generations, born in war, died in war, and never enjoyed a peaceful life in a lifetime. For many generations, generations of ancestors have died under the knife and gun, and no one can die of old age in peace. Do you know why?"

"The country is in turmoil, the discipline is corrupt, the bureaucracy is corrupt, there are no people who are the pillars of the society, and there are no generals who can protect the country. The Han people in the Central Plains are fighting endlessly, and people with lofty ideals have no way to serve the country, resulting in chaos among the Hu people, and no one can cure them, and the disasters of war are frequent, which continues to this day." Li Jing pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Wrong, very wrong." Li Shimin turned his head, looked at Lin Haitang, and said in a loud voice, "Infighting is the nature of human beings, where there are people, there is infighting, is it very united between the Hu people?" Their infighting is a hundred times stronger than ours. The corruption of discipline has affected three generations, but there is no reason why it has been the case for 300 years. We Han people have been at war for 300 years, because we are cowardly, have low self-esteem, are accustomed to compromise, are cautious, and like to be subservient and pleasing to others." Speaking of this, Li Shimin's tone turned excited, and he raised his hand and slapped the carved railing of the pavilion hard, making a bang.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was angry, Li Jing hurriedly knelt on one knee, indicating panic.

"Today's Inner Dynasty, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui and others oppose sending troops to the Turks, I don't blame them. They are civil servants who do not know how to soldier, and they are accustomed to being cautious. However, you, Li Jing and Li Ji, actually advocated not sending troops. You know, I'm disappointed." Li Shimin said angrily.

Li Jing only felt a cold sweat flowing down his body, and hurriedly said, "The minister is panicked."

"Humph!" Li Shimin said angrily, "According to your arguments, I, Datang, can retreat from now on and let the Hu people bite you to death. It's safe, it's too peaceful. But didn't you think that even if the Saishang tribes wiped out the Turks, there would still be another, more powerful steppe of national unity? And once they unified the grassland tribes, the first thing they did was to invade the Central Plains in the south. In their eyes, our Central Plains is just a piece of fresh meat that is too big and fat, and you can take a bite of it casually."

Li Shimin paced back and forth in the pavilion excitedly, and he didn't look at Li Jing, who was kneeling upright on the ground, his chest rose and fell violently, as if he was barely suppressing his anger.

"Why should I send troops? Because I want the army of the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Turks, to destroy the strongest tribes in the steppe, I want the Tang Dynasty to dominate the steppe, I want all the Hu people outside the Saiwai to call me Tian Khan, and I want the people of the Tang Dynasty to raise their heads and chest in front of the Hu people, and be happy people. Even after a hundred years, if the Hu people want to invade the Tang Dynasty, they must think clearly. Because Datang is not fat, but ironclad, if you want to take a bite, hum, be careful to break off a full mouthful of teeth."

Hearing these solemn words, Li Jing only felt that the blood in his body was boiling, his temples were swollen for a while, he raised his head and looked at Tang Taizong, and a desperate look flashed in his eyes.

"I don't care what the Turks do with me. This time, I have raised 280,000 men for the army's salaries, food and grass, and I will have as many blades and arrows as I want. I will first approve the food and salary of 180,000 people for you, and then you go back and think about it, and hand over the strategy to me when China and North Korea are in power. This time I want you to send troops, and I will bear all the consequences. Don't be afraid if the 180,000 people are gone, I can give you another 100,000 at any time, and if it's not enough, I'll give you another 100,000. I don't care about anything, even if everyone in Datang is hungry and eats grass roots and leaves. When all the men in the Tang Dynasty died, I sent strong girls and young children to send troops. If even the women and children are dead, I will send the eunuchs as well. Gong Dang firmly remembered that at all costs, I will make the ** Turk Khan Jili kneel in front of me and kowtow to me. I want all the Hu people to know that the children of the Tang Dynasty are not the Han people of the past, their soldiers and horses are the most powerful soldiers and horses in the world, their generals are the most capable generals in the world, and their emperor is the emperor of the strongest empire in the world. If you see that the disciples of the Great Tang Dynasty don't want to bow to them, please take a detour." Li Shimin puffed up his chest and said excitedly.

"Yes!" Li Jing replied loudly from the bottom of his heart, at this moment, he had completely surrendered to Li Shimin's majestic and magnificent royal demeanor, and had made up his mind to be loyal to the death.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said to the samurai beside him, "Go and ask someone to bring pen and ink."

After dozens of breaths, the pen, ink and paper case was neatly placed in front of him, and he didn't think about it, he picked up the pen with a wave of the pen, copied the page of paper and handed it to Li Jing, and said, "This was all the rage three hundred years ago, but now it has been completely forgotten. Keep it in mind."

Li Jing unfolded the paper and looked at it, and the eight big characters "Those who commit strong men, although they are far away, will be punished" came into view. His heart was hot, and he said loudly: "The ministers please lead the general manager of the march of Dingxiang Road, please appoint Xue Wanche, the governor of Yingzhou, as the head of the march of Changwu Road, Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, as the head of the march of Heng'an Road, and Li Ji, the governor of the state, as the head of the march of Tonghan Road, the governor of Huazhou, Shi Chai Shao, as the head of the march of Jinhe Road, and the governor of Lingzhou, Li Zongdao, as the head of the march of Datong Road.

A bright smile appeared on Li Shimin's face, nodded, and said indifferently, "Quasi-play."

"If the army of the Tang Dynasty sends troops to settle the army, it will inevitably divide the troops into many routes, echoing each other, and we must be scattered all the way, and we must go all the way." Princess Splendid leaned over the sheepskin map in the middle of the big tent and said in thought, "If we confront it head-on, even if we win a great victory, our army outside the fortress will be greatly damaged, and I am afraid it will be difficult to organize a further offensive against the Tang Imperial Capital. And the Tang people are outnumbered, and they can organize countless men and horses to fight against our army. Therefore, I will send the general of the ** Golden Wolf Department to lead the army of 30,000 with the Great Khan of Jili to fight with scattered guerrillas and invite them to return. My scouts have a total of 3,500 men, and in the past year they have spread over the entire territory of Saiwai from Daishuo Erzhou to Dingxiang City, and some of them have infiltrated the Central Plains in various ways within a year.

"It's too risky to do this," Feng Jie said, "If the Tang people are allowed to take the lead and break through Dingxiang City first, my father will be in danger."

"Let's just lead the elite to disperse the army out of the customs first, and then send troops to attack Chang'an." Mantuo was also a little worried and said impatiently.

"No, first of all, I have already said that our soldiers and horses cannot afford to compete with the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, and secondly, if Tang is Li Jing and his ilk, and finds that I have more people than he expected, he must have guessed that he has fallen for our weakness plan. With Li Jing's talent, he will definitely lead the army to retreat decisively and defend Yanmen. Then it will be difficult for us to succeed in our internal and external solutions." Princess Splendid said this, her face was already a little pale.

"So," Feng Jie muttered, "we're in a race against the Tangs. Let's see who breaks through the other man's capital first."

"Yes," Princess Splendid said categorically, "it's a gamble. And we already have the advantage of having mental arithmetic and not having a mental arithmetic. Okay, let's talk about what's going to go south."

The heads of the clans in the tent immediately lifted their spirits at this time, to be honest, the fate of the Turkic Great Khan, they will not worry, only by capturing Chang'an City will they be attractive to them. Now when it comes to the main topic, they are all excited.

"We will divide our troops into three routes, attacking the Tang Prefectures from Yuanzhou, Youzhou, and Mayi. Yuanzhou and Youzhou are still second, but the area of Mayi and Yanmen is guarded by the Tang people as if it is an iron wall. Every time I go on a Turkic expedition to the south, I always run into a nail here. Moreover, besieging Chang'an will take time and days, and the food and grass of my 500,000 army will also be a problem." Princess Splendid said lightly.

"How do you fix that?" Tie Fu's heart tightened for no reason, it turned out that every time the Turks lacked food and grass, the first to find it was always the Ta Ta people. Because they are close to the white mountains and black waters, the cattle and sheep have abundant grain production.

Princess Jinxiu looked at him and smiled slightly: "I heard that the great chief of Limo, Da Qirong, yearns for the culture of the Tang Dynasty and wants to build a Longquan City on the bank of the Limoshui River that is exactly the same as Chang'an City."

"Exactly." Tie Fu said, "That kid is only five or six years old, and he is all at the mercy of his ministers. Those ministers had traveled to the Central Plains and envied the grace of the Celestial Empire in Beijing, so they instigated this ignorant boy to build a country in the Bohai Sea and a city in Limoshui."

"This is not very good," Feng Jie's eyes suddenly lit up, "The white mountain and black water have always been the land where the people of the Black Water Evil Tribes dominate, and the people of Limo actually want to build a country and build a city instead, this is really too deceitful."

"Exactly, exactly." Tie Fu's eyes lit up, and he said continuously.

"In this case, I should send an army to fight against him, clear the rebellion for the Tiefu chieftain, and seek stability on the side." Princess Jinxiu's face seemed to be smiling, and she said indifferently.

"Good!" Tie Fuyu was overjoyed, "The Limo people thought that they had a monopoly on the trade of the Celestial Empire, and that they were rich and armory, so they were arrogant and had no one in their eyes. We should teach them a lesson. Let them know who is the overlord of the savannah."

Feng Jie understood, turned his head to look at Mantuo, and said, "It's time for you to show your skills again." Mantuo was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and nodded with a cruel smile.

Princess Jinxiu's face turned serious, and she said in a deep voice, "Third Prince, this time you led the 150,000 White Spike Wolf Army of your clan to assist Tie Fuyou in besieging Limo Ren City. Carrying five times as many flags makes people think that it is best for our army to have a million."

"Princess, this is so strange, aren't we trying to show weakness? Why is it so public?" Manda asked.

"Hmph, the stronger we are on the surface, the more the Tang people will think that we are weak on the inside, this is the Han people's art of war handed to me, and now I use it to see how they deal with it." Princess Splendid said confidently.

"I see." Feng Jie, Mantuo and others were relieved at this time, and they secretly praised Princess Jinxiu's deep scheming.

"Mantuo, this time you just need to show your majesty, don't slaughter the city, don't spoil the big thing." Princess Splendid said solemnly.

"Don't slaughter the city?" Mantuo's face was dissatisfied, but finally he said, "Okay, princess commands."

"I want you to put forward three conditions to Da Qirong, first: order him to send 30,000 people with 70% of the cattle, sheep and horses of Limo to Daishuo Erzhou, where the Tang people have a camp dedicated to accepting Hu people. It was said that it was a Turkic invasion, and they fled with their families. Second: I ordered him to let my elite troops of 10,000 Turks be mixed in with these 30,000 tribesmen, and not leak them, otherwise they will destroy the Limo clan. Thirdly: For the sake of insurance, these 30,000 people must be old and young, male and female. However, those whose parents are present keep their children, and those who are children who are still keep their parents, which is mutually restrictive. If the Limo people dare to tell the Tang people, they will immediately kill all his family left in Bohai." Princess Splendid finished in one breath.

"Troublesome enough." Mando frowned, but suddenly grinned, "It's interesting. I did."

Princess Splendid said in a deep voice, "I have trained those 10,000 elites for many years, and every time they pass through a pass, some of them will lurk in the city to respond. If you stay in the Bohai Sea for a month, and these 30,000 people have already arrived in the two prefectures of Daishuo, you will immediately send troops to attack the states of the northern Tang River, and someone will answer you."

"Great." Mandala said happily.

Feng Jie's heart moved, and he asked, "Princess, will the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court accept these fleeing Limo clansmen?"

At this question, all the generals in the tent felt nervous and looked at Princess Jinxiu together. Princess Jinxiu didn't seem to care, calmly looked at the battle map and said indifferently: "In order to contain the grassland tribes, the Tang Dynasty has added interest to the Limo tribesmen, sent material resources into the Bohai Sea, and wants to help the Bohai Kingdom build a city. As for the affairs of the Limo tribesmen, they will definitely take it on their bodies to show their favor to the tribes that belong to the grassland. So you don't have to worry about that."

She then turned her head to Feng Jie and said, "Second Prince, half a month after the Third Prince attacked Limo Ren City, I believe the news has arrived in Chang'an. You immediately lead your men and horses to attack the two states of Daishuo, and attack them fiercely, so that they will suffer some hardship. When the troops and horses from the states come to help, you immediately retreat a hundred miles and stand by."

Feng Jie thought for a moment and said, "Obey. But what does that mean?"

Princess Splendid smiled slightly, "Then you will know the reason." She took a breath and said, "When the Limo people arrived in Daizhou, the second prince immediately attacked Yanmen Pass, and the 10,000 elites should still have 5,000 people to respond internally. When the time comes, I will lead the troops and horses with General Dunjieshe to break through Yuanzhou, plus the three princes will definitely be able to break through Youzhou and Jinzhou, and my three soldiers and horses will attack Puzhou, Fengzhou, Qizhou, Shangzhou, Fengzhou and Liangzhou respectively, and complete the siege of Chang'an."

"We will use Daizhou as a logistics base, and we can maintain a fierce offensive against Chang'an for more than a month by using the cattle, sheep and horses brought to Daizhou by the Limo people, as well as the grain and grass we looted along the way. I believe that even if Chang'an is a pillar of copper and iron, it will be smashed into powder by our foreign coalition forces."

She handed the two sheepskin bags to Fengjie and Mantuo, and said, "Here is a list of my marching strategies and supplies, you two can refer to them."

There was silence in the tent, and everyone felt that success in this battle was in sight.

"If everyone is in doubt, I will immediately send troops and horses." Princess Splendid said in a deep voice.

"Good!" The generals in the tent said in unison.