Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 297
Last month, that is, in October of the fourth year of Wude, something happened in the grassland, neither big nor small.

For the Turks, they changed their Khan.

For Datang, the abrupt contract was declared broken.

Chuluo Khan died suddenly, and his younger brother Dubi was elected as the new Khan by the tribes. According to the Turkic custom, he married Princess Yicheng as his wife, and he was called Jieli Khan.

Half a month ago, the wolf king Jieli started baring his teeth at Datang.He first established Yang You as the king of the Sui Dynasty, restored the "Sui Dynasty", and established Dingxiang as the capital.Then he joined forces with Liu Wuzhou's former general Yuan Junzhang to attack Mayi.

Within half a month, Wang Xiaoji, the general manager of the Poshuo Prefecture's march, beheaded Li Dayen, the king of Dingxiang, and the military power was approaching Taiyuan!
This was not over yet, almost on the same day, news came from Hebei that Dou Jiande started to attack Beizhou again in an attempt to expand his sphere of influence.

Lao Li no longer has the time to pay attention to why Chu Luo died suddenly, he just wants to beat Xieli back!

Just when Li Yuan was in a state of desperation, news came from Guanbei, and Master Liang moved.

At this moment, Li Yuan thought of the northern incident in the second year of Wude.First Dou Jiande, then Wang Shichong, then Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu.

The current situation is like a replica.

The northern bandits went south, and the court shook!
Wude Hall.

A huge map of the north was spread on the floor, and Lao Li walked back and forth on the map non-stop, leaning on a golden staff.

On both sides, the ministers are lined up.

"The Turks tore up the peace agreement and went south. The Tang Dynasty is at a critical juncture. I hope that all my lovers and I will tide over the difficulties with the Tang Dynasty!"

Qin Wang first analyzed: "Father, when the Turks went south, Dou Jiande and Liang Shi both had abnormal movements at the same time, and there must be some connections. My son thinks that we should immediately send troops and horses to defeat them separately."

"What the king of Qin said is very true, my ministers agree." The prince said expressionlessly.

The emperor and his ministers were not surprised by the prince's statement like this.

Li Yuan asked, "Erlang, how sure are you of defeating the Turks?"

The Turks have always been Lao Li's big worry. He stabilized the Turks because he wanted to unify the interior first, and then send troops out of the fortress.However, the Turks repeatedly tore up the peace treaty, which made Lao Li very uncomfortable.

Li Shimin said: "I don't dare to say that I will be able to defeat the Turks, but I promise my father that as long as I am still alive, I will never let the Turks step into the land of my Tang Dynasty!"

One question and one answer, the coach of the expedition decided so.

In fact, no matter whether it was Li Yuan or the officials, they all believed that the person who resisted the Turks was none other than King Qin.

Coupled with the fact that the prince has become a repeater, there is no voice of opposition from the court.

Immediately afterwards, Lao Li ordered that the king of Qin be the commander-in-chief, and the king of Qi be the general manager of the Bingzhou Road march, with [-] soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction, to jointly resist the Turkic invasion.

Although Li Shimin didn't want to take Li Yuanji with him, he couldn't refuse.Because Li Yuanji was originally the governor of Bingzhou, if he refused, maybe Li Yuanji didn't know the heights of heaven and earth and wanted to resist the Turks by himself.

At that time, Li Yuanji's defeat will be small, but the Turks' southward march will be big!

What's more, it's a good thing not to let the prince follow him.In case the prince is allowed to go to Bingzhou with him, if the two of them disagree, who should we listen to?

In the army, he, the King of Qin, naturally said what he said.But the crown prince is the crown prince after all, and his status is there, so it is impossible for him to confront the crown prince on the face of it.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yuan looked at the prince, "Prince."

"My son is here."

"Master Liang, I will leave it to you, don't let me down."

"My son obeys!"

In fact, Li Yuan did this with the intention of compensating Li Jiancheng.In the past, he would never let the prince lead the army.But the prince's recent state is very depressed, he has to encourage the prince.

Finally, Li Yuan looked at Li Zhiyun.

"King of Chu."

"My son is here."

"Dou Jiande was defeated by your second elder brother before, and he was dying. Now that Luo Yi has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, I will send a decree to let Luo Yi cooperate with you to attack Dou Jiande. You must annihilate Dou Jiande, take Hebei, and never cause future troubles!"

"My son obeys the order!"

As the war order was issued, the imperial court began to operate rapidly, and the states mobilized civilians to transport food along the way and send it to the front line.

Li Zhiyun walked out of the hall feeling inexplicably emotional.Because of his appearance, Lao Li's attitude towards Turks became more and more tough.He remembered that in history, Lao Li was once scared by the Turks to move the capital, but now, Lao Li is not afraid at all.

Turks dare to come, he dares to fight!
Now that the world is tending towards unification, the remaining rotten fish and rotten shrimps are impossible to pose a threat to Datang, so Li Yuan dares to be tough with the Turks to the end!
Li Zhiyun went to the camp of the king of Chu, summoned all the generals, and issued an order, requiring all the soldiers in the pass to arrive at the camp within three days to report.

At the same time, he called Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong.

"Two generals, I have a premonition in my heart that Dou Jiande will not be able to deal with this expedition to Hebei. I have prepared [-] sets of heavy plate armor and [-] sets of light plate armor. The two of you will lead the army respectively."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, you will know the seriousness in the end, and you will never disappoint Your Highness' high expectations!" Qin Qiong said in a deep voice.

The Plate Armor Army is an elite, and the king of Chu entrusted him with the elite because he had absolute trust in him.

Yu Chigong also said: "The final general is willing to die for His Highness!"

"Okay, you guys go get ready."

"Yes."

The two left, and Du Ruhui walked in.

"Your Highness, of the [-] soldiers and horses, only [-]% of them are currently training in the camp. The rest of the troops will have to come back within three days. I'm afraid it won't be easy."

"Keming, this is an order, and I know you have a solution." Li Zhiyun said.

Du Ruhui smiled wryly, and said, "This subordinate understands."

Seeing this, Li Zhiyun's tone slowed down, and he said: "This time Dou Jiande's change, the king really did not expect it. It seems that the Turkic side is not completely unprepared, and they have also made some plans."

"Planning." Du Ruhui pondered, "Will there be any accidents?"

Li Zhiyun was stunned, "Are you asking me?"

"Uh..." Du Ruhui said awkwardly: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, this subordinate was just thinking about summoning soldiers and horses. Don't worry, Your Highness, this subordinate will go and confirm the news with Xue."

"Yes." Li Zhiyun nodded.

After Du Ruhui left, Li Zhiyun walked behind the screen of the tent.

I saw a map of Bingzhou hanging inside, with dense circles on it.

"Unfortunately, I won't need it this time." Li Zhiyun put away the map with a little regret, and hung up the map of Hebei instead.

On the same day, Li Zhiyun discussed the route of sending troops with a group of staff and generals.

When I got home at night, it was already late at night.

Pushing open the door, Li Zhiyun sat up and rested with his eyes slightly closed.

To beat Dou Jiande, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, he is confident that he can solve it.But this time the focus is not Hebei, but Bingzhou.

For now, we can only hope they go well.

At this moment, Princess Chu opened the door and came in. Seeing Li Zhiyun sleeping drowsily, she made a booing gesture to the maid.Afterwards, he took the copper basin and put it at Li Zhiyun's feet, stretched out his hand to take off Li Zhiyun's boots, and washed Li Zhiyun's feet with his own hands.

In the past, she often washed Li Zhiyun's feet with skillful techniques, which made Li Zhiyun feel very comfortable.

"Why are you here?" Li Zhiyun looked at her.

Concubine Chu smiled slightly and said, "If you don't come again, you will have to wait a few more months to see Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun smiled apologetically, "It seems that you understand, don't worry, if this time goes well, there shouldn't be such frequent expeditions in the future."

Since the establishment of Datang, Li Zhiyun found that he had to go out to fight every year.

"My concubine knows, don't worry, Your Majesty." Princess Chu replied to him in a reasonable manner.

Enjoying a moment of tranquility, the husband and wife cherish it very much.

(End of this chapter)