Yes! Or not!

This is the first time Guo Rong has heard Li Yu ask questions so bluntly, even when Xingqing Palace is in the most dangerous time, Li Yu has always been full of confidence.

It can be seen that this time, the situation he speculated on has been completed beyond Li Yu's control.

"Yes!"

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, in fact, the only thing we have is time!"

"When?"

Li Yu asked a question, but it was obviously not only Li Yu who didn't understand, a group of people around him were more confused than the other, and even Li Erniu, the reconnaissance battalion that Guo Rong had high hopes for, was at a loss.

Originally, Guo Rong's confidence was very high, but looking at the dazed guys in front of him, Guo Rong had a bad premonition, if no one could understand this, it would be troublesome, at this moment, Guo Rong missed Li Yu extremely much.

Li Yu, who is the best at fighting surprise battles, can definitely see the problem in front of him at a glance, but the next moment, after glancing at everyone present, there is one person missing, the battalion commander of the first battalion of the cavalry of the Changying Army, that is, the Lang general Mo Lingjun!

yes, I forgot about those boys!

"Bae Zhi!"

"In!"

"Go to the reconnaissance battalion and cavalry battalion and ask if Degang, Yu Qian, Mo Lingjun, and Wang Zheng have come back, and if so, let them come over immediately!"

Everyone waited too long, less than half an hour, one was tall and burly, one was short and fat, and one was well-proportioned, and the figures of three appeared in the big tent of the Chinese army after Pei Zhi.

"What was the outcome of the pursuit?"

"The brigade has returned, and it is certain that these people are Khitans, but they don't know anything, and they have all been ordered to disguise their identities as much as possible before they set off."

There is no doubt that everything is consistent with Pei Zhi and Guo Rong's investigation from Huai'an Fort, if there is no information to investigate, there is a high probability that they will track in the direction of the Khitans, and in the end, it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty will come to a round of purge of the Khitans in the north.

If Li Yu was still a little confused at the beginning, then at this moment, Li Yu didn't have any other thoughts.

"Guo Rong, the person has arrived, you can say it!"

"Obey the order, the current situation of Degang and Wang Zheng is ......"

Guo Rong didn't talk much nonsense, and briefly described the situation in front of him to the two of them, but before Guo Rong could finish everything, Degang and Wang Zheng had already glanced at each other thoughtfully, and when Guo Rong finished speaking, the two of them immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, generals, Bayegu does have a channel to purchase Tang Dynasty weapons and armor, this is beyond doubt, because when we were young, we once bumped into a large group of cavalry transporting supplies!"

"The problem is that there are at least two thousand miles from here to the territory of the Bayegu tribe, assuming General Guo's inference is correct, it will take at least a month to transport such a large amount of ordnance and supplies from here to the main tent of Bayegu!"

"It will take at least ten days to transport from Bayegu to Yaoge Luo, complete the equipment, distribution, adaptation, complete the preparations, and raid the tooth tent, it will take at least five more days!"

"In other words, there is still a month and a half before the time when the Yao Geluo Tribes are ready to go to war?" Li Yu asked softly with doubts.

"Your Majesty, the scope of battles in the grassland is often very large, and the time is not fixed, we have no way of judging that the battle will start, even if the battle happens now and will not make the minister feel strange, but if the rebels of the Yaoge Luo tribe are really ready to launch an attack on the tooth tent, the time should be set between one and a half months to two months!"

"It only takes less than a month to get the tooth tent from here, which is what I call the time difference, so the first article that the minister said is also based on this."

"In the army, there are six cavalry battalions in total, plus a reconnaissance battalion that is not yet in formation, bring them all supplies and equipment, and from here, go straight to the location of the Uighurs' tooth tent!"

"If the situation in the tooth tent deteriorates, these six thousand cavalry may not be able to change the situation, but at least the safety of the eldest princess can be guaranteed, as long as the eldest princess is still there, there is still hope."

"What about the second one?"

After a little thought, Li Yu asked a second question.

"Second, our army will start tomorrow, without further delay, along the Great Wall, quickly march westward into the Hetao area, and take Ren Dijian, who is in collusion with the rebellious and ill-intentioned Fengzhou defense, and then use the Hetao as the basis to march north to receive and assist the eldest princess!"

"Your Majesty, the advantage of this is that it is safe, and it will take about two months to travel west from now on."

"First, in the process of our westward expansion, we can get in touch with Hedong and Shuofang. Order Shuofang Jiedu to make Fan Xichao, Hedong Jiedu to make Yan Shou, and Zhenwu Army Jiedu to make Yan Juyuan cooperate with us, allocate grain and grass in advance, and mobilize soldiers and horses! ”

"In fact, we are not ready to march into the grassland this time, more than seventy percent of the soldiers have no experience in grassland combat, and two months is enough time for the soldiers to become familiar with the grassland."

"As for the third point, if the minister has a strategy of surrendering the army without a fight, he needs His Majesty's cooperation!"

Two ideas, two directions, one urgent and one slow, one adventurous, one conservative, including Li Yu, everyone fell into deep thought, obviously difficult to choose.

Waiting for everyone to finish walking according to their own ideas, Li Yu looked at him again.

"Guo Rong, is there a third way?"

"Yes!"

"Go north and go east, both at the same time!"

That night, the entire forbidden army camp where the Emperor Taishang was located was brightly lit, and a large number of forbidden troops kept going in and out, knowing that it was gradually quiet after midnight.

Less than ten miles away, Liu Runlong of Huai'an Fort waited anxiously for two hours, and finally got the news that the forbidden cavalry surrounding Huai'an Fort had lifted the siege and left, and fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, after dawn, the entire forbidden army camp was busy, and in less than an hour, the entire camp was dismantled, 30,000 forbidden troops marched forward, and 5,000 square meters of Lu troops escorted grain and grass to follow.

At three o'clock in the morning, the forward part of the army arrived at the grass on the south side of Huai'an Fort, about three miles away from Huai'an Fort.

Looking at the mighty soldiers and horses, Liu Runlong on the tower of Huai'an Fort was amazed, this formation, this military discipline, a strong army, fortunately I made preparations, otherwise I would have died without a place to bury by now.

Just when Liu Runlong was watching, suddenly a dark yellow carriage inlaid with dragon patterns came into Liu Runlong's eyes, there are not many people in Datang who are qualified to ride such a carriage, and the only one in front of him is the emperor.

The next moment, a ride, rushed out of the neat queue, and came straight to the direction of Huai'anbao, as the distance got closer and closer, Liu Runlong saw the figure clearly.

The person who came was Pei Zhi, and when he saw Pei Zhi galloping straight to the gate of Huai'an Fort, Liu Runlong immediately walked down from the watchtower, and at the same time ordered the gate of the fort to be opened.

As soon as he walked down the watchtower, he happened to see Pei Zhi reluctantly getting off the horse and running to his side in two steps.

"Brother, get on the horse, come with me, the Emperor will send you over for questioning!"

"There won't be any problems!"

"Don't worry, brother, everything is in order!"

"Last night?"

"After I returned to the camp last night, I reported the situation to General Guo, who was still a little puzzled, knowing that at midnight, the cavalry pursuing at night returned."

"As my brother said, those Khitans didn't know anything, and then General Guo ordered the siege of Huai'an Fort to be lifted, and at the same time reported the situation to Emperor Taishang."

"Then thank you, brother Xian......"

"Brother, between you and my brothers, why bother, the Emperor is waiting to see you!"

"Brother Xian, the Emperor Taishang's ......"

"I heard General Guo say that when he reported today's situation to the Emperor Taishang last night, the Emperor Taishang was very satisfied with his brother's choice according to the situation instead of blindly sticking to the rules, today is very important, if he deals with it properly, in my opinion, it may be a big opportunity for his brother!"

A big opportunity, three words made Liu Runlong excited in an instant.

However, looking at the excited Liu Runlong, Pei Zhi's laughter was almost unbearable, because the great opportunity was really the original words of the emperor.

If Guo Rong has a keen sense of smell in the military, then the Emperor Taishang is really unparalleled in researching people, and he can be specially calculated by the Emperor Taishang, and Liu Runlong can be regarded as a green smoke on the ancestral tomb.

The Emperor Taishang will leave this Huai'an Fort, and will not eradicate Liu Runlong, firstly, to quietly find out who the people who resell ordnance within the Hedong Army are.

Second, thinking about the treasury where rats can starve to death, as well as the bottomless pit of expenditures brought about by future reforms, the Emperor Taishang looked at ten times the profits!

In the words of the Emperor:

Smuggling ordnance is a felony and deserves to be killed!

Sell the armaments of the Tang Dynasty to other races, and the nine clans should be destroyed!

But if he can sell everything he sells to foreign races for ten times or even a hundred times the profit, then his identity will change, and he will become a hero who makes money for the Tang Dynasty and contributes to the treasury!

Of course, Liu Runlong didn't know the emperor's intentions, so Pei Zhi held back his smile and worked extremely hard, in order to avoid exposure, Pei Zhi didn't say anything more.

"Brother, let's go, don't let the emperor wait in a hurry!"

Immediately, Pei Zhi and Liu Runlong left Huai'an Fort, galloped down from the top of the hill, and quickly approached the marching queue and arrived at the side of the carriage where the Emperor Taishang was.