Chapter 225 Ruler

If you catch it, you can be boasted.

At this time, when Qin Shou and the others were heading towards the border, they were far away in the Mongolian steppe of the Northern Desert.

Jieli Khan, the Khan who almost overthrew the Tang Dynasty, gathered the leaders of all the big tribes together.

Over the years, Jieli Khan was powerful, conquered various tribes, and truly became the ruler of the steppe.

Today's Datang is suffering from internal and external troubles, and its vitality is greatly damaged, but it has just taken off.

And the Turkic side has good weather all year round, and the soldiers are strong and strong.

In addition, Li Shimin's riotous operation caused the Tubo people to also become hostile to the Tang Dynasty, so Jieli Khan moved to destroy the Tang Dynasty.

"Today, I have gathered you here for the purpose of the southern expedition."

"A few days ago, I received a secret report that Li Shimin would send someone to ambush our army at Yinshan, and now he is on the way."

"Now, I have sent many elite troops to secretly infiltrate the southern part of Yinshan Mountain and ambush them."

"And the Tubo people will put pressure on Datang from the east."

As soon as Jieli Khan's words fell, someone asked aloud.

"Khan, isn't it a little inconsiderate to rush to send troops, what if that secret report is false news from Datang and deliberately lures us to the bait?"

"Yes, if it is not of my race, its heart will be different."

Listening to the doubts below, Jieli Khan sneered: "What you said, I naturally have something to say.

"Listen, now that Li Shimin has found his long-lost eldest son, and the son's performance is extremely outstanding, Li Shimin has vaguely the idea of re-establishing the crown prince."

"In this way, it is natural that some people do not want to see this situation."

"And the ones who give me information are the ones who are on the opposite side."

But even so, there are still doubts.

"But Datang has a strong army, just winning this battle can't destroy Datang in one fell swoop."

Jieli Khan nodded and said: "If you overthrow the Tang Dynasty based on this battle alone, it is naturally a fantasy. ”

"However, do you know that this time there is also Li Shimin's eldest son-Qin Shou."

"If we capture Qin Shou, not to mention capturing the Tang Dynasty, it will not be difficult to ask for a few cities."

Listening to Jieli Khan's analysis of the situation in front of him and the results of the victory in this battle, the eyes of the tribal leaders present all showed a fanatical light.

They have been hungry for the soil of the Tang Dynasty for a long time.

At this time, Jieli Khan nodded with satisfaction and continued.

"This time, the army of the Tang Dynasty is led by Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin, and will assemble in Ganzhou, south of Yinshan."

"And we just need to ambush here..."

Jieli Khan informed the tribal leaders of the plan, "You and each of you will lead your army to these three places to intercept..."

"Once this battle is won and Qin Shou is captured, I will reward the city and the beauties according to their merits."

Jieli Khan's words encouraged the tribal leaders, and their morale soared, and they got up one after another, patting their chests and promising that this battle would be won.

Five days later.

Cheng Yanjin's secret report was finally delivered to Li Shimin after being rushed day and night.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Li Shimin looked at the contents of the secret letter and trembled with anger.

"In my court, there is such a traitor who is not as good as a pig and a dog!"

"It's ridiculous!"

As he spoke, Li Shimin was a little dizzy for a while, and almost sat down.

There are many people who know about this war, but very few people know about Li Shimin's arrangements this time, but there are also many people.

Li Jing and Qin Shou will naturally not be listed as targets of suspicion.

But others, such as the soldiers who went with the army, could hardly guarantee that there would be no ill-intentioned people in them.

There were also officials at the imperial court.

"Check it out, check it for me!"

Hedong Province, Daiju.

After several days of investigation, Liu Ruyan finally found a clue.

There was a group of grain merchants, and every time they went out to deliver grain, they would always rest on a hill.

And when they leave, they often leave behind a few carts of grain.

This is a very strange phenomenon.

So Liu Ruyan immediately thought that this was the place where Li Yuanchang hid his private soldiers.

Sure enough, when she was squatting, she really saw a group of soldiers coming out of the mountains and pulling the grain cart into the mountains.

Fortunately, Liu Ruyan had learned techniques such as tracking, and she followed quietly and silently, and really found a cottage.

It's somewhere deep in the mountains of Daiju.

And the number is extremely large, far exceeding the hundred people she expected.

Look at this scale, there are even thousands of people!

These are quite difficult to write, because I am busy with new books.

Let's talk about a funny thing, when I update it today, I often beat Qin Shou into Lin Pingliang.

Headache, big head.

It's night.

After two days and two nights in a row, Cheng Yanjin led his troops to stop and rest.

It is located on the border of the Tang Dynasty, only a few dozen miles away from Ganzhou, surrounded by mountains and complex terrain.

Cheng Yanjin thought that once he went to Ganzhou, he would inevitably go to war.

And the army led by himself, after running all the way, is no longer in its heyday.

Moreover, the next dozens of miles will be the most dangerous section of the road. According to Nuna, this will be the place where the Turkic army is ambushed.

The Tang Dynasty was not strong to the extreme, especially in this era, it was not impossible for the Turks to hide troops in the border areas.

What's more, there are still internal ghosts that should be combined with the outside.

Inside the general's tent camp.

With a hint of solemnity in Cheng Yanjin's eyes, he looked up at Qin Shou and said slowly.

"Lord Wang, are you ready?"

Qin Shou took a deep breath, the situation at this time had exceeded his expectations, and when a person suddenly found that the script was not advancing according to his own arrangement, his sense of security at this time was weak.

"Hmm."

The army of 30,000 men marched on this expedition.

And Cheng Yanjin led no more than a thousand people, and the rest were all led by Li Jing.

With only a thousand people, the battlefield built with crowd tactics in ancient times seemed a bit insignificant.

Cheng Yanjin got up and lifted the curtain and walked out first.

Boosting morale is something that every army general must do.

By this time, all the soldiers had been assembled.

I don't know when, Ashina. The words of the slave had been circulated among the soldiers, and at this moment their eyes were full of scrutiny, doubt, and doubt.

It seems to be wondering how we can deal with the Turkic army that is lying in ambush ahead.

Whether General Li Jing is aware of this and whether he will arrange reinforcements to come to support.

Cheng Yanjin slowly glanced at it, and then said.

"You are all soldiers of my Tang Dynasty, I don't know what beautiful scenes to say, there is only one word: slaughter the Turks in the world!"

When the words landed, although the Tang soldiers were responding, they were really not enthusiastic.

Qin Shou happened to come out of the tent camp at this time, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he secretly shook his head.

These words had little effect.

In fact, the so-called morale boost, to put it bluntly, is a pledge meeting.

When Qin Shou was studying in his previous life, he was often fooled by those who went to school to give speeches, and often bought a chicken soup book with tears in his eyes.

Although after buying it, the dormitory bed was cushioned at the foot.

But brainwashing, he learned too much.

Qin Shou slowly came to Cheng Yanjin's side, and his eyes swept over the soldiers' faces one by one.

The atmosphere gradually quieted down.

Many soldiers showed a trace of doubt on their faces, isn't this the wet prince?

Why did he stand there and not speak?