Before the monument of immeasurable merit was erected, countless wealthy families in Chang'an began to donate food and money.

There were even two disciples who fought for the order of donations, and it became a joke in Chang'an for a while.

And these two sons who fought were originally well-known gentlemen, but because of this fight, the reputation among the people was inexplicably much better.

Everyone thinks that they are worried about the country and the people, but only they know that the order of donating food is like the order of hospitality in the Red Mansion Tavern, just a battle for face.

However, as the major families donated grain, Li Shimin was angry and happy.

Naturally, the amount of silver taels and millet donated completely exceeded his own expectations, and even in order to meet the disaster relief and the Eastern Crusade, there was still a surplus that could be used to fill the treasury.

This tense day has finally come to an end.

But compared to this joy, he was actually secretly frightened.

Just a monument of immeasurable merit made the family donate such a huge amount of food, so what is the amount of money, silver, and food hidden behind their backs that they don't know?

You know, these are all exploited from his Tang people!

Every copper plate, every piece of silver, every grain of rice was soaked in the blood and tears of the people!

In this way, Li Shimin, as the emperor, as the parents of heaven and earth of the people, how can he not be angry!

It's just that at this time, Li Shimin has no reason to go to the trouble of the family anymore.

After all, he just cut off two taels of meat from the other party, and if the persecution is too tight, I am afraid that the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry.

When the time comes, the gains will outweigh the losses.

As a result, the Heavenly Khan could only set his sights on distant Liaodong and Goguryeo, which was in chaos.

It is time for this clan to bear the wrath of the Son of Heaven!

Five days later.

The army has been assembled.

Henan Road, under the city of Luoyang, in front of the merit monument.

This is the first pledge meeting in the eleventh year of Zhenguan.

Thirty thousand soldiers stood silently under the city gates, and even though the snow covered their armor and obscured their vision, not a single man raised his hand to sweep the snow!

This shows the strictness of military discipline!

This is the elite general who was originally stationed in Luoyang and guarded the Beijing Division.

Now, they will be sent to Liaodong to conquer Goguryeo!

On the city gate, Li Shimin looked at the veteran who had followed him for many years in front of him and instructed:

"Goguryeo has been harming me in China for hundreds of years, and this time the sky has caused a disaster, and they have taken advantage of the situation for me to enter the Tang Dynasty."

"Su Dingfang, this battle is to sweep away the scourge for my Tang Dynasty, and bring down the land and peace for future generations! Don't be careless! ”

The general in the audience knelt on one knee, took the tiger talisman handed by Li Shimin with both hands, and said in a deep voice:

"Minister Su Lie has decreed that he will take off the head of Naquan Gai Suwen and send it back to Luoyang!"

However, Li Shimin was not satisfied.

That spring Gai Suwen is certainly the first evil.

But if only one Goguryeo minister is strangled, there will still be a second and third Quangai Suwen who will stand up and lead the cholera Tang Dynasty.

So, he once again instructed: "This battle gathers the strength of my Tang Dynasty!" Don't take it for granted! ”

"Besides, in this battle, my goal is to plow the court and sweep the caves, and it is necessary to exterminate the Goguryeo clan before we can stop!"

Su Lie bowed his head: "No! ”

And Cheng Yanjin, who was named a deputy general on the side, said happily: "Don't worry, brother!" In our Datang, if you don't destroy several countries, you are embarrassed to call yourself the general of the Tang Dynasty! ”

"Goguryeo, under the three-plate axe of Brother Su and me biting gold, it's not easy to capture!"

Cheng Biting Jin's gag made the atmosphere of the pledge meeting a lot easier.

Li Shimin explained all aspects of affairs with several generals, and after confirming that everything was correct, he raised a glass of wine and said loudly:

"Soldiers, brothers, now my Datang has been affected by the disaster, and the treasury is empty. The people in the pass still need me, and I will not go with you on this expedition. ”

The soldiers under the city all bowed their heads, and countless snow fell from the top of their heads, revealing a silver helmet with a cold light!

"I am in this Chang'an City, waiting for good news! I also ask all the soldiers to plow the court and sweep the holes, and punish the aliens who dare to offend my Tang territory! ”

"This glass of wine, I salute all the soldiers to triumph as soon as possible!"

After that, Li Shimin drank all the wine in the cup.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Thirty thousand voices came in unison, shaking down the snow on the branches and startling away the birds standing on them.

The sky overlord hovering above the nine heavens can only avoid its edge at this time and fly away in a hurry!

……

"Your Majesty, the ministers are here!"

"Go now, go back! Another day, I will have a good time with Qing and the others. ”

Li Shimin said with a smile.

Su Lie clenched his fists, then turned around, took a deep breath, and gave his first order to become the leader of the Eastern Army:

"The whole army...... Open dial! ”

……

At the same time, Hebei Province.

"Your Excellency, I have dispatched 50,000 sturdy people from Hebei, which is enough to ensure the logistics supply of Youzhou!"

The middle-aged man standing by the canal was Wei Ting, Taichangqing, and the new transport envoy, who was responsible for the logistics of the Eastern Expedition, and all the prefectures of Hebei were subject to it.

People may be more accustomed to another name for this position than to feed the envoy - quartermaster.

"Can you prepare enough food and grass?"

"Five hundred grain ships are ready to go, just waiting for the army to start! The food donated by those wealthy families supported the rations of the expeditionary force for a year. ”

"Don't be careless, these grains and grasses are forcibly pulled out of the mouth of the family by His Majesty, and they are the capital of our Eastern Crusade, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the subordinate has ordered his subordinates to patrol the grain ship day and night, and there will be absolutely no mistakes!"

"Okay, I still need to prepare cotton clothes and leather boots for the soldiers......"

Wei Ting, the Taichang Qing of Hebei Province, instructed the logistics related matters in an orderly manner.

And Xiao Rui, the servant of Henan Province, is the grain and grass collected by the southern states of the canal into the sea.

This batch is not prepared for those armies in Youzhou......

In Pyongyang Province, Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, led 40,000 sailors and 500 warships to cross the sea from Laizhou to Pyongyang.

Their goal was to sneak into the rear of Goguryeo and cut off the retreat of the southbound army!

Guannei, Shannan, Longyou......

The entire military strength of Datang, with the support of this wave of grain and grass, began to operate!

Goguryeo didn't know what kind of opponent they had provoked!

In Youzhou, Zhang Jianzheng Chen soldiers confronted Goguryeo's soldiers and horses.

In the past few days, there had been a skirmish between the two armies, but due to the severe cold climate and the lack of troops, the Youzhou army did not achieve any advantage.

But at this time, Zhang Jian was full of confidence!

Because he knew that what was standing behind him at the moment was the entire Datang! It's tens of millions of Datang people!

Although he did not win favor with these "jackals", his own reinforcements will arrive soon.

And what he has to do is to drag the Goguryeo army outside the pass and prevent them from setting foot in the territory of the Tang Dynasty for half a step!

Otherwise, once the army enters the country, it will definitely be the people of Liaodong who will suffer!