"Newspaper, newspaper...... Northwest Emergency, there is news, there is news! ”

In the palace, a long trumpet interrupted the ongoing court meeting, and everyone turned their heads to look outside the Taiji Hall.

The chamberlain Gao walked out of the palace gate quickly, and a dusty border messenger was being supported up the stairs by the palace guards.

Asking about the situation, Lao Gao personally supported him, walked into the main hall, and the messenger soldier could no longer stand, and collapsed directly to the ground, his lips were full of cracks, and his voice was hoarse and speechless, just pointing to the letterbox he was carrying.

Lao Gao took it off, checked the fire paint seal, opened it and took a quick look at it after confirming that it was correct, and then bowed down and sent it to Li Er: "Your Majesty, the Northwest Yumen guard will expedite the eight hundred miles, and there is news of the master of the horse." ”

Li Er exclaimed: "What? Finally there is news of Xiao Rui? Quick, pick it up. Oh yes, send the person to the Tai Hospital to take care of the students, and give him a feast and a bounty, and when he recovers, I will personally inquire about the situation. ”

The messenger was moved by tears, the first time he saw the emperor, such a high-ranking person, he cared so much about my little soldier, so excited that he only kowtowed. He was soon carried on a stretcher to the Tai Hospital. At the same time, someone went to the imperial dining room to order.

opened the border emergency report, Li Er read it quickly, read it three times in a row, and couldn't help but applaud loudly.

Immediately, he frowned and scolded, "What is this bastard, if you don't come back, and go to the Western Turks to stir up the wind and rain?" Although the Western Turks are now scattered, they are all evil wolves, and they are all good friends? It's really extraneous, do you think you have a lot of ability? ”

The ministers looked at each other when they heard this, and His Majesty seemed to be scolding Xiao Yuma, but he always felt like he was boasting about his son-in-law. Hearing this, Xiao Yuma didn't have an accident, but went to the Western Turks, and even participated in the internal strife coup d'état of the Western Turks?

After scolding people, Li Er passed down the letter, "Let's take a look, we are worried in Chang'an, Xiao Rui, this kid went to the Western Turks to eat and drink spicy food, and he has become a guest of others." ”

The chamberlain Lao Gao came down with the letter, and the first person was the eldest grandson Wuji, who didn't look at it, and handed the letter to Xiao Yu with a smile: "Let's let Song Guogong read it first." ”

Xiao Yu thanked him, and hurriedly watched it, just like the emperor, he watched it three times in a row, and the expression on his face was even more exciting, and he couldn't help but scold after reading it: "This bastard, since he escaped from Jieli's pursuit, why don't you hurry up and come back from the customs and stay in the Western Turks?" For a little war horse? Datang has no shortage of war horses! ”

Everyone is getting more and more confused, what did Xiao Fuma do in the west?

Soon, the letter reached the hands of the ministers to solve their doubts, looking at the reports one by one, the cognition of these old ministers was refreshed again, how is this possible? Aren't they running for their lives? How can there be any strength left to interfere in the political situation of the Western Turks?

At this time, Fang Xuanling stroked his palms and praised: "Wonderful! I remember that not long ago, there was news from Lingwu County, saying that the Turkic Chen Bing Lingwu County had not been gone for a long time, and there seemed to be a big incident. Now it seems that Chen Bing's Lingwu border is for ambush, and Xiao Yuma came back from Yumen Pass on the Silk Road, and Lingwu is the only way to go. ”

"Yes, the Turks must have expected the return of their horses. But they never imagined that the horses would stay in the Western Turks for many days, causing them to wait stupidly for many days. No wonder Lingwu said that the Turkic barbarians had withdrawn not long ago, presumably because they knew the news and chased after the Western Turks. Du Ruhui agreed.

"Not good! If this is the case, I am afraid that if they chase them to the territory of the Western Turks, they will not let go of the horse master. If you stay for a long time, you will be in danger, and with the thousands of veterans in Yumen Pass, I am afraid that it will be ......"

The short-term joy, before he had time to celebrate, Du Ruhui's bad voice once again lifted the mood of the emperor and Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu said worriedly: "Then is it too late to send someone to receive support now?" ”

Fang Xuanling sent someone to bring the performance of Lingwu County a few days ago, and sighed: "It's late, the Turkic ambush has been set off for seven days, if the person commanding the soldiers and horses is not a fool, he will definitely block the Yumen Pass first, and then go to talk to the Western Turkic dignitaries." ”

So what now?

Li Er said in a deep voice: "Even if it's late, you have to send someone to support." Herald ......"

"Your Majesty, in order to rescue Youzhou, Shanxi sent 50,000 troops and Guanzhong sent 50,000 troops to jointly take Dingxiang. Another 50,000 were sent to Luoyang to meet the horses, totaling 150,000 troops. The treasury was empty, and it was not durable to fight for a long time, and it could no longer raise a large army to travel long distances to Yumen Pass. As the prime minister, Xiao Yu is the most suitable person to stand up and persuade at this time.

Of course, he also did this, a qualified prime minister, there is a clear distinction between public and private.

Everyone knows that Chang'an goes to Yumen Pass, and the army marches, even if it is light and simple, it takes a month. So, it's too late to rescue.

Hearing this, Li Er was silent, and his face once again showed a look of entanglement and pain, Xiao Rui! If he can come back alive, it will be the reincarnation of the champion Hou, even if he does not go to the battlefield in this life, it will be a deterrent to the barbarians around.

Just when everyone was pondering and regretting, Du Ruhui stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, you don't need a large army to send them to pick them up, as long as they enter the Yumen Pass and walk in the territory of Datang, they will be much safer." Why don't you send 3,000 Xuanjia? ”

Xuanjia Army? Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, yes, the Xuanjia Army is all heavy armored cavalry, although it is difficult to walk in heavy armor, but you can not wear heavy armor, and the lightly armored cavalry is on the way, maybe it will be able to arrive in ten days.

But the Xuanjia Army has been sent by Emperor Li Er to take care of the immortal grain potatoes at this time, and they have been transferred, there are so many potatoes around Xiaojiazhuang, what should I do if something happens?

After a long silence, Li Er clenched his fists and said: "Spread the decree, order three thousand Xuanjia troops, all lightly armed and simple, one person and two horses, and rush to the aid of Yumen Pass." Find Xiao Rui, live to see people and dead to see corpses! ”

Xiao Yu knelt on his knees with emotion, "Old minister, thank Your Majesty Longen." ”

As for the land of Xiaojiazhuang, what to do? can only send additional guards to guard, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, the Xuanjia army is not there, Xiaojiazhuang is ten miles around, it is not easy to enter a stranger.

Li Er is rational, the news of Yumen Pass temporarily suppressed the female dependents who did not pass it on to Xiaojiazhuang, after all, the Turkic pursuers also went, and the follow-up is all speculation, no one knows whether Xiao Rui can survive the catastrophe, so it is better not to mention it.

At the same time, on the north side of Dingxiang City, attacking and defending Yixing, Li Jing and Li Ji combined 100,000 troops, broke through Dingxiang City, and captured the Turkic prince Ashina Dumin. At this time, Jieli 100,000 soldiers and horses attacked the city, and Erli defended the city, and they had been facing each other for many days.

Jieli's damage is a bit big, after all, the Turks are not good at attacking cities, but fortunately, the Tang army is holding Dingxiang, which is a lonely city, and there is no supply and no durable war, so Jieli is still a little patient.

"Li Jing, acquaintance, hand over my son, Ben Khan promised to let you wait for a safe exit from Dingxiang City. Otherwise, on the day the city is broken, if you don't leave one behind, you will all have to die! ”

The spirited old Li Jing has experienced a hundred battles, how can he be frightened?

"Hahahaha, Jieli, thank you for running Dingxiang so richly, the grain and grass in the city are enough for us to consume for half a year. If you have the ability to break the city, you will come, but the old man will see how many lives you have to fill in. ”

You...... Jieli was angry, knowing that the other party was bluffing, but he couldn't, as soon as Li Jing's words came out, he, the khan, didn't believe it, but his soldiers and horses would believe it, this was a trick.