Chapter 281: Turkic Invasion of the Border

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, the cold winter had passed, and the time of four months passed in a blink of an eye.

After more than half a year of training, the Linghui Army has been completely reborn and has become a powerful army.

On this day, Li Hao sat on the platform and admired the drills of the soldiers.

Under the orders of the instructors of the Falcon Squad, the officers and men of the Linghui Army were fully equipped and the formation was perfect.

The army is orderly and agile, constantly changing formations.

Such a fierce division, if it goes to the battlefield, it will definitely be able to move the world.

After a morning of training, the soldiers went back to the camp to repair and eat, and Wan'er also brought a bowl of ginseng soup to Li Hao.

"Young master, Mingda has sent a letter, she said that her body has recovered well in the past few days, and she is no longer chilling!"

After staying in the barracks for a month, Li Mingda was sent back to the palace by Li Hao.

After Sun Simiao's treatment, Li Mingda's hidden heart disease has been stabilized, and then it is slowly adjusted.

It turned out that Li Mingda felt chills all over her body every winter in the past few years, she originally thought that it was just that she was weak and didn't care too much, but she knew that Sun Simiao personally diagnosed, only to find out that it was a heart problem that caused her to have insufficient blood supply throughout her body, which caused the symptoms of body cold.

Li Mingda's hidden illness was only known to Li Hao, and even Li Shimin was not notified. Li Mingda is a smart child, she knows her father's love for her, if she knows that she has such a big illness, she will definitely panic.

"It's good to recover!" Li Hao was also completely relieved.

"By the way, Mingda also said in the letter that something seems to be wrong on the border, if you have time, it is best to go back to Chang'an immediately and discuss it as soon as possible."

"Border? Is it Turkic? Li Hao was slightly startled and stood up from his chair.

He pondered for a moment, then summoned the black egg.

"There is movement on the Turkic side, I want to go back to Chang'an, the Linghui Army will be handed over to you, ready to fight at any time, training for more than half a year, it's time to check the results!"

"It's the owner, I'll be ready!"

When it comes to the war, Black Egg also put away his usual jump, and replied very seriously.

In this way, Li Hao left the Linghui military camp for the first time in more than half a year and galloped all the way to Chang'an in a carriage.

In the imperial study room of the palace, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, and his generals such as Qin Shubao, as well as the first-class ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China were all gathered here, their faces were solemn, as if they were facing a great enemy, looking at the strategic map on the wall.

A soldier dressed as a sentry pointed to the strategic map in a heavy tone to report the battle situation to those present.

"After two consecutive years of cold winters, the Turkic grasslands have been seriously degraded, and countless cattle and sheep have been killed and injured, and they can no longer hold on! Jieli Khan personally led an army of 100,000 to raid Liangzhou, blocking our main communication routes, plundering the people in the sandbank, burning, killing and looting! ”

"Damn it!" Li Shimin was furious when he heard this, and slapped his palm on the desk and rumbled: "At the beginning of me, Jieli took 150,000 Turks to rob the people of my Tang Dynasty, and I gave them gold silk, cattle and sheep to show goodwill. ”

"Where is Lu Guogong!"

Cheng Yanjin was also indignant at the moment, and said angrily: "The minister is here!" ”

"I ordered you to personally lead 150,000 Datang Heavenly Army to the battlefield, recapture the cities of Liangzhou, have lifted the siege of the sandbank, and drive these breakthrough robbers out of my Datang border!"

"Yes!"

Cheng Biting Jin Zhen was about to take the order and leave, but he heard a person shouting: "The emperor thinks twice, the Turks came suddenly this time, our army is unable to defend against it, we must have been prepared for a long time, and we will inevitably suffer losses in a hurry." Moreover, the border of Liangzhou is adjacent to the Turkic steppe, and they are familiar with the terrain, and rashly facing the battle is not good for our army! ”

"Chen Shutai Taibao, we have always treated the Turks with courtesy, but they have repeatedly invaded our Tang border, and this time they have looted materials and killed our people, how can we endure this hatred?" Cheng Yanjin had a hot temper and immediately asked loudly.

Chen Shutai sighed: "The Guogong is angry, the Turks are disturbing my border, how can I not be angry, but in recent years, my Datang has had frequent disasters year after year, heavy snow and floods, all of which are rare in a century, and in order to help the victims, the Datang treasury has also spent a lot." Moreover, there is now a Tubo Party in the west of the Tang Dynasty, and there is a Tibetan party in the north, and there is a Khitan peeping secretly. If you offend and send troops to fight, I'm afraid that these people will also get involved and be disadvantageous to my Datang! ”

"Fart! With the assistance of Li Hao, the king of Zhen'an, this year's grain harvest in the counties of our Datang Dynasty, the national strength is getting stronger, and the treasury is full, how can it be empty? Our country is so strong, why should we be afraid of the Turks? ”

"It's really because of the bumper harvest in the counties, the neighboring countries are very angry with us, if we rush to war, it will inevitably attract sneak attacks from various countries, and the war will cost people and money, so we must not act rashly."

"This ......" Cheng Yanjin is a fierce general, how to talk about these ministers on political issues, I don't know what to say for a while.

Seeing that Cheng Biting Jin had nothing to say, Chen Shutai continued: "Now that Quanzhou has been captured by the Turks, even if we send troops to attack, it will be difficult to conquer in a moment or three, and when we recapture Quanzhou, the Turks have already plundered the sandbar and fled back to the grassland, where will we chase it when the time comes?" Instead of doing this senseless thing, it is better to make peace with the Turks. ”

"First, there is no need to provoke war, so that the surrounding countries can find opportunities; Second, it can also save the lives of the people in Shazhou, demonstrating the majesty of our Tang Dynasty. In the coming days, we will reorganize our military strength and settle accounts with them. ”

As soon as this remark came out, many ministers agreed.

Cheng Biting Jin and the others couldn't help but feel chills when they saw them so greedy for life. But what he said was not unreasonable, and several people were speechless.

"What a compromised, greedy for life and afraid of death! With you here, the mighty Tianwei has long been lost! ”

A snap came from outside the door.

Cheng Yanjin and the others were overjoyed, and they all turned their heads to look.

"King Zhen'an, you're finally here!"

That's right, it's Li Hao who came!

If the court has been an official for several years, the edges and corners of Cheng Biting Jin have long been smoothed out by the officialdom and the city government, they are not spineless, but they are officials in the court, many things must be thought twice, and they cannot disobey the will of the people, maybe only Li Hao, who is not an official of the Tang Dynasty and has enough right to speak, can scold so unscrupulously.

Chen Shutai had already controlled the overall situation, but when he was scolded like this, he suddenly felt disgraced, and couldn't help but shout softly: "King Zhen'an!" This is the imperial study, how can you let your mouth insult me! ”

Li Hao was neither humble nor arrogant, walked with style, and walked quickly in front of Li Shimin.

"Li Hao, King of Lijiazhuang Zhen'an, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

"The prince doesn't need to be polite!" When Li Shimin saw Li Hao, his heart was completely put into his stomach. As long as he's there, it's as if everything is no longer a problem.

Li Hao's unscrupulous Moyang angered Chen Shutai even more. He stepped forward and pointed at Li Hao and shouted: "I am a Tang State Minister, what qualifications do you have as a foreigner to point fingers!" ”

"I have long said that Li Jiazhuang lives in the territory of Datang, and it will be a brotherly state in the future, and what is in Datang is my Li Hao's business. Seeing that you and other dogs who are greedy for life and afraid of death have lost the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, how can I ignore it! ”