Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi and other old ministers were stunned when they heard this, how could the problems that seemed unsolvable to them come into the hands of His Majesty's former ministers, and in a few words, they cleared the fog and solved the situation?

Could it be that these people are really old? Bad brains? Compared with His Majesty's old ministers, there is such a big gap? The ministers felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

But at this time, it is obviously not the time to sigh about this, they are more worried about whether this method really works? Does anyone dare to lead the generals who go to Jingzhou Road?

It's just that their thoughts are still endless, and as soon as Du Ruhui's words fell, Chi Jingde, the former first fierce general of the Qin Palace, stood up, patted his chest and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to take the order and lead the troops to Jingzhou to attack and intercept the Turkic army." ”

"Okay, Jingde, I ordered you to lead 15,000 elite cavalry to Jingzhou Road to attack and intercept the Turkic army, this battle, you must fight well, play the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, this is the general, you take it." Li Shimin's eyes fell on him, and he said with a look of relief.

"The last general will not dishonor." Wei Chi Jingde stretched out his hand to take the general, gave a military salute, turned around and left.

"Xuan Ling, Keming, Auxiliary Machine, you first go and count all the soldiers and horses in Beijing, as well as the defense of each city gate, and report to me immediately after the inventory." After Wei Chi Jingde left, Li Shimin's eyes turned to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji and others.

"The ministers receive orders." Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji took the order and left.

"Xiao Yu, Zicong, Minglun, you are responsible for the problem of the flag, within three days, I need 100,000 flags, is there a problem?" After instructing Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Li Shimin's eyes turned to Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi and others.

"Try your best." Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi and others replied with bitter faces.

Li Shimin was obviously not satisfied with this kind of simulated answer, and subconsciously frowned, but he also knew that the current soldiers in Chang'an City were only 30,000, and 15,000 were taken away by Wei Chide.

The rest of the people, the most flags are only 20,000, to within three days, it is obviously not easy to let the Ministry of Industry catch 80,000 flags, this matter really needs to be thought through, for this reason, after frowning, did not say anything.

When he finished arranging all this and returned to the harem to talk about it with Empress Changsun, the eldest grandson walked up to Li Shimin, and while reaching out and gently helping him press his head, he spoke: "Your Majesty, you really found the wrong person in this matter." ”

"Rush to weave flags, if it is peaceful, but this will be kung fu, it is not easy to let all the adults make more than 80,000 flags out in three days, this busy concubine can help."

"What's your idea?" Li Shimin said curiously.

"Flag, to put it bluntly, it is almost the same as the quilt, although the people are poor now, but after all these years of rest and recuperation in Chang'an, most of the people's lives are still passable, every family, other things are not easy to say, there are always two red quilts."

"Issuing an order, let each family take out a piece of red quilt, embroider it with a military flag pattern, and then collect it by the imperial court, and each family will make up the money according to the price, presumably no people are unhappy."

"In addition to the common people, all the people in the harem who know how to needle and thread can also be organized......" Empress Changsun said with a smile.

"Yo, you do have a way to do this matter than them, so do as you say, and I will let the people from the household department and the official department assist you in doing these things." When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately high-fived and praised.

Don't talk about the things in the palace, but say that Yu Chi Jingde received the general's order, and immediately summoned 15,000 elite horsemen to go straight to Jingzhou.

After he came to Jingzhou, he fought a vicious battle with the Turkic army, and Wei Chi Jingde really lived up to his name of bravery, this battle not only killed thousands of enemy soldiers, but also captured the enemy general Ashidewu did not sob.

However, he only had a total of 15,000 horsemen under his command, and it was impossible to block the 200,000 troops of Jieli Khan head-on, so he won a battle, and when he saw Jieli ordering the first brave general under his tent, Ashina Simo, to lead his troops to pounce, he immediately withdrew.

Jieli Khan's goal was Chang'an, and it was Li Shimin, seeing that Wei Chi Jingde was unwilling to fight, he stopped Ashina Simo from chasing, and directly waved his army up and attacked Chang'an.

On August 28, the ninth year of Wude, the Turkic army arrived on the bank of the Weishui River, and the 20th Army was lined up on the north bank of Weishui, with flags fluttering for dozens of miles, and the front of the army was directed at Chang'an.

In Chang'an City, the people are panicked and restless, but martial law has long been imposed in the city, and there are hundreds of thousands of Turkic soldiers outside the city, no matter how frightened the people are, at this moment, they will never dare to go out of the city.

In the Taiji Palace, the concubines of the Emperor Li Yuan were terrified, and many people ran to Li Yuan's palace and cried in front of him, hoping that Li Yuan would take them out of Chang'an.

Although Li Yuan's temperament is a little indecisive, he is still a promising man on the whole, and he has fought a lot of ruthless battles back then.

Normally, when this kind of enemy soldiers are approaching the city, as the emperor, even if he has fear and anxiety in his heart, he will never have the heart to abandon the city and flee.

For this reason, after hearing the cries of these concubines, Li Yuan not only did not appease, but instead commanded the eunuchs and guards on the left and right: "Take them down, take them under strict supervision, if I hear anyone shouting to flee and surrender, they will be killed!" ”

As soon as he said this, the ministers and concubines who followed him were all frightened, even since Jinyang Palace, they had been by his side, and Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu, who thought they knew him well, were frightened, and everyone shrank into their respective palaces in horror, not daring to say a word.

Li Shimin didn't know that his Lao Tzu was so powerful at such a critical moment, he was now in front of the palace to discuss countermeasures with the ministers, and the 100,000 flags had been completed the day before yesterday, and all of them were distributed to all cities and provinces.

Wei Chi Jingde went out to fight a battle and had already returned, and now there are about 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, and Li Shimin has already made the most reasonable arrangements for arming defense according to the results of their inventory.

But at this time, I still feel that it is a drop in the bucket, but I feel that all sides are so scarce that the manpower is not good, and if you want to force the Turks to retreat, it will not work to rely on the strategy of doubtful soldiers, and you must fight first.

"Your Majesty, in fact, we still have a team of soldiers and horses in the city." Fang Xuanling looked at the emperor's twisted brows, hesitated again and again, but still had the courage to say the words that had been in his heart for the past two days.

"Which troops, where? Why haven't I heard from you guys? Li Shimin blurted out.

"The group of soldiers and horses under Prince Yin has more than 3,000 people, and the ministers didn't mention it before, because they are all guilty and locked up in prison, and their main general, Feng Li, is a rare fierce general." Fang Xuanling said.