At this time, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, compared with the treasury of the early Han Dynasty of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, is beyond the reach of it!

In the past ten years, no, in the past few decades, the power of the Turks has been far greater than that of any other regime in the Middle Earth of China.

The late Sui dynasty that was adjacent to the Turks, including Li Yuan, had all paid homage to the Turks, what a humiliation it was! During the Wude period, Li Tang conquered the heroes of Middle-earth one by one, and the momentum became stronger and stronger, causing the Turks to feel threatened.

Therefore, from the seventh year of Wude, the strength of the Turkic invasion was as strong as a year, and in the last two years, it was even necessary to transfer Li Yaoshi from the south to the north to directly confront Jieli in order to block the Turks from the north.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he still had to endure and humiliate Jieli and sue for peace on the Weishui Bridge.

Li Shimin and Li Yaoshi know very well that after years of humiliation and forbearance, all they have to do is accumulate steadily, hoping that one day, Datang will have the ability to face the Turks and start a war in all directions.

In the past three years, all the plans are here.

But is the perfect time to do so? At that time, the DPRK and China were unable to reach a consensus after several senatorial meetings.

After all, this is an unparalleled event, Pharmacist Li taught young students, and he also earnestly advised: "The prime minister's obedience can still be saved, and even if the dynasty is lost, it can be returned, and the country is in danger." ”

This time, Zhang Gong, the governor of the acting state, was preferable to the Turks, which was actually a strategy made by him after discussing with his monarchs and ministers.

Two and a half years ago, Yuan Junzhang returned to the Tang Dynasty, but Mayi was still under Turkic control.

After the Tang Dynasty defeated Liu Wuzhou, although Mayi was renamed Shuozhou, it was later controlled by the Turks and changed back to the old name of Mayi.

Daizhou is the Yanmen of the Sui Yang Emperor period, and the distance between Mayi is not more than 100 miles, the two places look at each other across the Sanggan River, naturally each has its own armament, and there is friction from time to time.

After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the capital of Liang and obtained Xiazhou, there was a big celebration, including the banquet of Li Yaoshi to set up a new residence and a house, and let the five princes and grandsons "go out to hunt" and other high-profile gestures, all of which were aimed at making Jieli relax his guard.

This time, in the name of Zhang Gongjin's request for battle, Li Yaoshi sent someone to pass the news to Kang Sumi, saying that this move was just the intention of the governor of Daizhou to control the local border situation, so that Jieli thought that the Tang Dynasty had no further intentions.

Before Pharmacist Li took over the appointment of the head of the march on Daizhou Road and led the army to set off, he and Li Shimin made another rice plate deduction.

It is only because of the suppression of the Liang division that the situation has changed greatly in less than two years.

The Gobi Desert in the north, the Yinshan Mountains in the middle stretch from east to west, separating it into the south of the desert and the north of the desert, and the moraine mouth is an important passage between the two.

When the Turks were strong, the Great Khan lived in the moraine.

However, at this time, most of Mobei has become Xue Yantuo's sphere of influence.

The desire valley setup, extension setup, and Yantuo set in the north of Jieli have all retreated to the southern edge of Mobei and the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain.

Therefore, Jieli's tooth tent had to be moved south to Dingxiang.

After the fall of the Liang Division, the power of Yu Sheshe, in the south of Jieli, in the south of the Hetao can be said to have ceased to exist, and the Qi Ji Sheh and Bu Lishe had no ability to advance south, so they had to live in the north of the Hetao.

The eastern Tuli has broken with Jieli and asked to join the Tang Dynasty.

Only the sand bowl of the West is still capable of supporting Jieli.

In this battle, the Tang Dynasty only needed to contain the reinforcements set up by Sha Boluo in the west, monitor Tuli in the east, and suppress the interference of the eastern tribes......

In this rice plate deduction, Li Shimin only listened to Pharmacist Li's explanation, and there was almost no interface except for the approval of the chin.

After analyzing the situation in the desert, Pharmacist Li then emphasized that based on logistical considerations, horses, etc., this expedition must be resolved quickly.

After all, as early as thousands of years ago, "Sun Tzu" has proposed "feeding food for thousands of miles...... The daily cost is thousands...... Therefore, the soldier is not expensive for a long time", and "the soldier's love is the main speed, taking advantage of the people's time, from the way of danger, attacking what it does not stop" and other principles.

Seeing that Li Shimin still agreed with himself, he recommended suitable generals on the east and west wings.

Li Shimin listened to Pharmacist Li's suggestions on finance, personnel and other aspects, and always only agreed with it.

After the end of the day, the emperor personally wrote a handwritten edict and handed it to the "my brother" in his mind: "All military affairs are paid to the public, and I will not govern from the middle." In just ten words, it shows how much unreserved trust!

Pharmacist Li took this edict and was inexplicably moved.

However, he did not say much except to receive the order of thanksgiving.

After all, at this time, the rebellion between the monarch and the minister can not be expressed in words!

In September of this year, Pharmacist Li led his army to Daizhou.

There were not only Xue Guwu and He Bi, but also Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche.

After he joined forces with Zhang Gongjin, he first advanced to the Sanggan River.

Due to the division of the Tang intelligence personnel in the past two years or so, the upper reaches of the Sanggan River have long been detached from Jieli.

Hearing that the army of the Celestial Empire was coming, the nine Turkic leaders nearby, that is, the tribal leaders, led their 3,000 cavalry to surrender.

The news soon spread to the east along the Sanggan River, and more than ten days later, the four eastern tribes that originally belonged to the Turks, including Bayegu, Fugu, Tongluo, and Xi, were all led by the chieftain.

As a result, Pharmacist Li successfully obtained Shuozhou, that is, Mayi, and its surrounding areas.

The success of the war exceeded Li Shimin's expectations, so he opened another battlefield in the west and sent Chai Shao to attack Shengzhou.

Shengzhou is located in the north of Xiazhou, in the northeast corner of the Hetao Qiantao area.

This area was originally occupied by Guo Zihe, and then descended to the Tang Dynasty.

However, in the later period of Wude, Li Jiancheng believed that the land was far away, and the residents interacted with the Turks, and the officials could not prohibit it, so he proposed to abandon the city and move the people to Lingzhou.

Li Yuan actually agreed, so a large area of land around the Hetao, including Shengzhou and Xiazhou, was occupied by the Turks.

A year and a half ago, Datang had defeated the Liang division and captured Xiazhou.

At this time, Li Shimin sent Chai Shao to attack Shengzhou, not only to regain this land, but also because it was less than 200 miles away from Jieli's Yatent Dingxiang, that is, Helinger in today's Inner Mongolia.

After crossing the river from Shengzhou, we drove straight to Dingxiang, and during this time, a horse and a flat river, all of which were grassland terrain suitable for galloping.

Shuozhou, on the other hand, is nearly 400 miles away from Dingxiang, and there are many hills and mountains during it, which is not conducive to marching.

At this time, Jieli finally realized the seriousness of the situation, but his way of dealing with it was beyond the expectations of Li Shimin and Pharmacist Li.

Jieli did not transfer heavy troops to Dingxiang to prepare for a decisive battle, but sent the western Sha Bo Luo to invade Hexi.

Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, only resisted with the local garrison, and easily repelled it.

Jieli's unusual handling of the situation made Zhenguan Junchen realize that the weakness of the Turks exceeded their most optimistic assessment.

Therefore, on November 23, the third year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin officially issued an edict on a comprehensive crusade against the Turks on the grounds that Jieli invaded Hexi.