Hezhou, the city guard.

Li Erduan sat on the top, silent, but his eyes looked at the direction of the gate in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, the civil and military forces on both sides of the division lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to speak.

A depressing aura permeated the surroundings, and the hearts of the oppressive people were heavy.

The imperial army came in a hurry, and wanted to attack the Tuyuhun King City, but suddenly received the military information that the Turkic army appeared in the north, and more than 200,000 troops were fierce, Li Er was worried that the northern states could not stop it, and the Turks went to Chang'an, panicked, and ordered the army to stop in Hezhou.

Being beaten passively is not Li Er's character.

On the first day of arriving in Hezhou, Li Er decisively divided his troops to go north to Jincheng County, but he took a defensive position, surrounded but did not fight, dragged the Tubo army, and if necessary, he could go north to support and block the Turkic army.

In order to alleviate the pressure on Jincheng County, Li Er has been sending troops to the west to attack in the past few days, trying to recover the lost territory, but the Tubo did not know what was going on, the resistance was extremely fierce, and the two sides fought very cruelly, with many casualties, and the situation in the northern steppe became more and more unfavorable, and the Turks advanced very quickly, so they had to temporarily truce.

"Let's talk about it." Suddenly, Li Er said coldly.

Everyone cheered up and prepared to play right, but there were very few people present who really understood military affairs, and Liu Hongji, the Duke of Kui Guo, was proficient, but he was suppressed, treated coldly, and had resentment in his heart, so he refused to say more.

Li Er looked at the silent crowd, and a kind of sadness suddenly came to his heart.

When was it, the ministers under the account were like rain, and the generals were as handsome as stars, but they were worried about how to balance, so that everyone could make meritorious contributions, and then look at the present, there are still some Wenchen, but they are all concerned about fighting for power and profit, and there are no generals who can take the lead.

"Is the sky going to kill my Li family's Datang?"

A voice sounded in his heart, Li Er sat down unwillingly, cheered up, and asked with a cold face: "What, no idea?" What is the use of me raising you? ”

The crowd bowed their heads and remained silent.

Some young generals wanted to take the opportunity to stand up, but when they heard the advice of their parents and elders, they remembered Li Er's coldness towards the generals, and they suddenly extinguished the blood in their hearts one by one, and they were silent.

In that year, the Eastern Turks were defeated, hundreds of thousands of elites of the Tang Dynasty were dismissed, and even Li Jing was promoted and secretly surrendered, and he was out of the power circle, and Lu Guogong and E Guogong were demoted, all of which were lessons from the past.

What is the general most afraid of?

It was abandoned after meritorious service, shedding blood and tears!

Quiet, dead quiet.

This silence was like a silent confrontation, which made Li Er's heart uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but think back to what he had done in the past two years, several wars with foreign countries, the rebellion of grain prices in Chang'an, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and the rebellion in the north, almost all of which were solved by Qin Huaidao alone, and the imperial court enjoyed the success and eased.

One man, prop up an empire.

But now this man went to the west, and was driven away by himself.

couldn't help but feel a little regretful about it.

Once the Tang Dynasty falls into the hands of the Turks and Tibetans, the people are ravaged and the world is in chaos, he is the king of the fallen country and a sinner through the ages.

The more he thought about it, the more regretful Li Er felt in his heart, lonely, sad, and bitter.

Liu Hongji, the Duke of Kui, has lived in the north for a long time, and he knows the Turks best, and he can't bear the suffering of the people in the world, and he doesn't feel at ease if he doesn't do anything, so he comes out of the crowd and says: "Holy Lord, the old minister, please play." ”

"Come on!" Li Er cheered up and let go of distracting thoughts.

"Recommended by the old minister, with Xu Shiji as the commander, he led 20,000 troops to the north, controlled the soldiers and horses of Lingzhou, Xiazhou and Anbei Prefecture, and built a defense line based on Helan Mountain and the Great Wall, which will definitely be able to block the invasion of the Turkic army, as long as the Turkic soldiers and horses cannot go south, the imperial court can calmly clean up Tibet."

Li Erbaizhan also thought of this method, but he didn't expect to use Xu Shiji, it was really too important for Chang'an City, except for Xu Shiji, others were not at ease.

It is a sensitive matter for the recommender to lead the troops, Liu Hongji pointed to the end, and returned and said no more.

A gleam flashed in the eyes of the eldest grandson Wuji, and he said: "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that this move is feasible, Xu Shiji can fight well, as long as he is given the right to act cheaply, he will definitely be able to block the northern Turks." ”

"What should the garrison of Chang'an City do?" Li Er asked, still trusting his brother-in-law.

"The minister thinks that General Niu Jinda, the secretary of the Ministry of War, can temporarily take the post of General of the Northern Yasi, and the post of General of the Southern Yasi can be temporarily taken by the prince. The eldest grandson Wuji solemnly proposed.

Li Er thought about it carefully, Niu Jinda was loyal, and he could rest assured that he was in charge of the Chang'an Forbidden Army, and the Southern Yasi was in charge of the imperial city, and it was also under the command of the prince of the supervising country, so he bowed his head and said: "Proposed purpose, Feng Xu Shiji is the general of the Northern Route Army, control the soldiers and horses of Lingzhou, Xiazhou, and Anbei, take the Great Wall as the boundary, and be sure to block the Turks. ”

"Yes!" Wang De hurriedly agreed.

Temporary management and temporary collection, the difference between one word and a world of difference.

Everyone heard that Li Er was actually not at ease in his heart, he was only temporarily managing affairs, not temporarily commanding, and the military power was still in his own hands, and everyone had different thoughts and was silent.

Of course, Li Er knew that it was not appropriate to do this, but as long as he solved Tubo as soon as possible and went back with the power of victory, everything would not be a problem, his cold gaze fell on Liu Hongji, and he asked: "Duke Kui, Tubo was lost in your hands, can you have the confidence to recapture it?" ”

"This ......"

Liu Hongji was a little confused, he couldn't see through what Li Er wanted to do, hesitated for a moment, came out of the crowd, and arched his hand: "Back to the saint, the minister is old, his actions are not as good as before, he is powerless, and he is afraid of ......."

"There is no need to be modest and cautious." Li Er waved his hand and interrupted: "The national disaster is at the head, when the people are united, Kui Guogong, I promise you 20,000 elite soldiers, carry siege equipment out of the city overnight, and surprise attack Tuyuhun King City, there must be no mistake." ”

The tone is firm and unquestionable.

This is not a discussion, but an order, and if you disobey an order during a military discussion, you should be beheaded, and if you are defeated, you will be beheaded.

This is forcing people to work hard, Liu Hongji thought of Li Er's Bo Liang, and also thought of punishing himself, but he didn't expect to be so resolute, 20,000 people went deep into the rear to attack Tuyuhun It was impossible to do it, even if it succeeded, it was a tragic victory, Tubo only needed to be surrounded on all sides, or a dead end.

can kill his brother and imprison his father, how can he not be cold?

But military orders cannot be violated!

Liu Hongji felt bitter in his heart, and responded: "Obey the order!" ”

Li Er nodded with satisfaction and continued: "This is dangerous, your son Liu Renshi will stay by my side, the intention is that Liu Renshi, the son of the Duke of Kui, is both civil and military, loyal and benevolent, and even has a heart, and is promoted to the guerrilla general of Zuodian Rongwei, hoping to make new contributions and live up to my hopes." ”

The promotion from a lieutenant to a guerrilla general, skipping the general, is not unpleasant.

But Liu Hongji was sad in his heart, the promotion was just for personal view, and the real purpose was to be a hostage.

I'm such a son.

Liu Hongji held back his bitterness, squeezed out a little smile and said gratefully: "Thank you for your grace." ”

"Go in peace, I'm waiting for your good news." Li Er smiled with satisfaction.

……

Jincheng-gun.

The news of the defeat of Zhangye County has come, and all the 100,000 troops have been killed, piled up into a high Jingguan, fortunately, the scout in charge of the investigation was killed on the spot, once the news spreads, the military heart will definitely be shaken, and the future will be endless.

100,000 elite troops, and the city to rely on, why were they all killed?

I can't even figure it out if I want to break my head, especially when the scout said that the city wall collapsed, the city gate was destroyed, and the city gate was forgotten, how could the tall and thick city wall collapse?

Unless......

Suddenly, the Qinling thought of the scene when the city of the king of Tubo was breached, the tall and strong walls of the royal city soon collapsed, it must be the king of Han who carried that terrible weapon again, what was it? How many more?

The key is...... What's next for Geumjo-gun?

Fearless in the face of the imperial court attack, 100,000 male soldiers in hand, as many as they come, but if the Han King counterattacks, wouldn't Jincheng County be broken at any time like Zhangye County?

The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became.

A pair of bloodshot eyes stared at the map, and a bold plan came to mind, shouting, "Someone—"

"Right Shuai, what do you command?" One rushed in.

"Beat the drums, gather the generals, Ben Shuai wants to go east and attack Chang'an before the Turks." On Qinling shouted murderously, a pair of eyes sometimes fell on the northern grassland of the map, and sometimes fell on Chang'an, the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt.

There are Turks attacking from the northern grasslands, and they will be able to hold back the northern soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, as for the imperial army, they have been entangled in Hezhou by the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses, and they can't be separated, and what they have to face is only 30,000 reinforcements in front of them.

Thinking of being able to step on Chang'an, Qinling trembled with excitement.