Li Shimin

Chapter 847
In the ten years of Zhenguan, the internal and external stability of the Tang Dynasty.

After the spring plowing, the biggest warmonger in the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, looked at the farming situation in the newspapers of the counties and states in the Tang Dynasty, and felt comforted.It has already begun to prepare to calm down, prepare to marry a daughter, and focus on cultivating talents, developing agriculture, and engaging in infrastructure construction in Datang.

And the second batch of warmongers, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde, Li Ji, Zhang Liang, Duan Zhixuan and other generals, also spent half a year sighing in their respective homes, preparing to bid farewell to His Majesty and go to guard the states for the Tang Dynasty.

By the way, under the leadership of the mighty and wise Emperor of Tang Dynasty, he developed agriculture, cultivated poor talents, and then built concrete houses and paved cement roads for Datang.

However, these people had just submitted the memorandum, and a group of travel-stained, flustered faces, like disaster victims, came in from the Jinguang Gate of Chang'an City and went straight to Hejian County Prince's Mansion!
Less than a quarter of an hour.

Li Xiaogong, king of Hejian County, rushed directly to the palace angrily!
After half an hour.

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and other important officials of the Tang Dynasty all came to the Hall of Liangyi with serious faces.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what kind of event has happened in such a hasty summoning of Weichen and others?"

After entering the hall, Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and the others hurriedly asked with puzzled faces.

They hadn't experienced the hastily summoned by Li Shimin for more than a year.

"Hmph, Xiao Gong will tell you about this matter!"

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help being startled, and quickly looked at Li Xiaogong.

"May I ask the Prince of Hejian, what kind of event happened?"

"Everyone, my Tang caravan was snatched by the barbarians of the Western Regions!"

Li Xiaogong said directly.

"How dare you!"

"My Datang's caravan, those horse thieves dare to attack, I'm really impatient..."

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and the others stared angrily and began to curse.

The Datang caravan that Li Xiaogong talked about was the caravan under the Datang Chamber of Commerce where so many of them were members.

"Su Guogong, Wei Guogong, and Qi Guogong are not the hands of horse thieves from the Western Regions!" Li Xiaogong said with a cold face.

"Ok?"

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then looked puzzled.

"Hejian County King, apart from those horse thieves in the Western Regions, where else would dare to attack my Datang caravan?"

"That is, although my Datang caravan is only a caravan, because it carries a lot of goods, each caravan has at least 200 veterans accompanying it. Veterans carrying weapons, even if they encounter large barbarian tribes , you can also slaughter them all!"

As they said that, several people subconsciously thought of something, and looked at Li Xiaogong with frightened and angry faces.

"Hejian County King, could it be that a small country in the Western Regions did it?"

"no!"

Li Xiaogong shook his head slowly, and said: "Listening to what the caravan steward said, the people who robbed my Datang caravan were all black armor and black cavalry, and those barbarians were all blond and blue-eyed, holding the eagle flag, it seems extremely The Great Food Country of the West!"

"Big food?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help but change their expressions.

"Didn't those Hu merchants in the Western Regions say that the Great Food Kingdom is in the far west, tens of thousands of miles away from my Tang Dynasty, how could their cavalry come to the Western Regions? How dare they plunder the goods of my Datang caravan?"

At this time, Li Shimin walked to the big map in the hall and said slowly.

"According to the map, the Great Food Kingdom is indeed tens of thousands of miles away from our Great Tang! However, since my Great Tang king master destroyed the Turks and took down the countries of Tuyuhun and Tubo, our Great Tang territory has expanded to the west again. Thousands of miles!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Cheng Zhijie and Changsun Wuji hurriedly bowed their hands in praise.

Li Shimin glared at these veterans angrily, and continued: "Since my Tang Dynasty has been able to expand its territory to the west by thousands of miles in the past two years. As a big country in the far west, the Great Food Kingdom must also go to the west." Expand east!"

"Your Majesty, if that big eater dares to come over, I, Old Cheng, will slaughter him and make him into my Tang's food!"

Cheng Zhijie said harshly.

"They have already robbed your caravan and killed many people!"

Li Shimin glanced at Cheng Zhijie and said coldly.

Cheng Zhijie was startled, his eyes turned red, and he wished he could lead the soldiers to wrench off the heads of these thieves immediately, "I also ask your majesty to order, my old Cheng will call his subordinates to cut off the heads of those thieves!"

"Your Majesty, the Western Regions are extremely far away from our Tang Dynasty, and the matter of dispatching troops needs a long-term plan!"

On the side, Wei Zheng quickly cupped his hands and suggested.

"A long-term plan?"

Before Li Shimin could speak to Li Xiaogong and others, Cheng Zhijie exploded.

"Old man Wei, they have all come to fight, robbed my Datang caravan's goods, and killed my Datang old soldier. This matter must be dealt with severely. What else do you want to discuss?"

"Cheng Heizi, I know I want to fight, but to send troops from such a long distance, we must think long-term!"

Wei Zhengcai was not afraid of Cheng Zhijie, and directly said with a dark face: "Do you know how many troops the big food thief captured? Did he rob and kill my Datang caravan on purpose to lure my Great Tang master to go, or did he set a trap on purpose?" Waiting for me Datang soldiers?
This time, how many soldiers will I send in the Tang Dynasty?Who needs to be sent as a general? "

"Of course I am the old Cheng!"

Cheng Zhijie said directly.

"His Majesty……"

However, before he finished speaking, Li Shimin raised his hand.

"My Tang Dynasty has not used swords for more than a year, and some barbarian thieves have begun to disregard my Tang Dynasty, so they will naturally send troops to conquer. As for who to send as generals and how many soldiers to send, tomorrow will be the top of the dynasty. I will discuss with Manchao civil and military again!"

"Xuanling, Keming, how much food does my Tang Dynasty have in Liangzhou for the army to go out?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, in order to prevent the border towns of Shunzhou and Tuyuhun from rebelling, my Tang Dynasty has specially stored 20 shi of grain in Liangzhou for the army to use!"

Du Ruhui hurriedly replied.

"20 shi of grain?"

Li Shimin nodded slightly, "So, in the next few days, we will send a thousand shi of dried sea fish and a thousand jin of pickled vegetables to Liangzhou, and hurry up to collect a thousand shi of beef jerky from Tubo, and store them in Liangzhou first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others hurriedly clapped their hands together.

This time, Wei Zheng did not stand up to stop it.

Anyway, now that the Tang Dynasty is in peace, the warehouses are overflowing, and the soldiers are strong and strong, even if His Majesty sends [-] troops, he can support it!

Moreover, Datang is not afraid of war now!
Soon, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others went down to start preparations.

However, Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong did not move, staying in the Hall of Liangyi.

In the end, it was Li Shimin who couldn't bear it first, and looked at Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong with disgust on his face.

"Cheng Heizi, Brother Xiaogong, what else do you two have?"

Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong glared at each other, then looked at Li Shimin, and shook their heads together.

"Go back to Your Majesty, I didn't wait!"

Li Shimin stared, "Since there is nothing to do, why are you two still sitting in Liangyi Hall and not leaving?"

"Hey, Your Majesty, I know you must go to Li Family Manor to find King Jin, and I want to go too!"

Cheng Zhijie said with a laugh.

"Exactly, what Su Guogong said is correct, Your Majesty, I also want to go with your Majesty to meet Xuan Ba!" Li Xiaogong echoed.

"Who said I'm going to find Xuan Ba?"

Li Shimin said angrily.

"Your Majesty, it was the Hejian County King who said it!"

"Your Majesty, Cheng Heizi said it..."

Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong subconsciously pointed at each other and said!

"Humph!"

Seeing this, Li Shimin snorted directly, sat on the sofa, and looked at Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong quietly.

However, these two people are determined to lead troops to conquer the bandit army of the Great Food Kingdom, so they bite the bullet and continue to sit on the top.

After staying up for a while longer, Li Shimin's frown became deeper and deeper.

In the end, he let out a long sigh, his face full of helplessness.

"Isn't it just a barbarian army? How dare you stick to me like this?"

"Your Majesty, now our Great Tang country is safe and peaceful, and the small border countries on all sides have become my Great Tang's vassal state, and there is no war at all. My old Cheng is already bored, and I plan to follow the example of the Crown Prince and take my Tang people to farm. too!
Now, I finally met such an army of thieves to satisfy my old Cheng's greed, so I must catch them! "

Cheng Zhijie was still smiling.

"I will make a decision tomorrow on who to send to the expedition!" Li Shimin said.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie's face became anxious, and he said quickly: "Your Majesty, it's okay to let Lao Cheng be a lieutenant general!"

"As soon as my Great Tang was the founder of the country, the Twelve Generals of the Guards went to be the deputy generals? Is it possible that my Great Tang will send 20 troops?"

Li Shimin sneered, "You bastard doesn't even know how many people there are in that army?"

"Your Majesty, how many troops?" Cheng Zhijie asked with a sneer.

"2 horses!"

Li Shimin said.

"Twenty thousand?"

Cheng Zhijie frowned slightly.

"May I ask Your Majesty, are these 2 horses all cavalry, or are there still infantry accompanying them?"

"It's [-] cavalry!"

Li Shimin said.

Cheng Zhijie suddenly became excited: "Your Majesty, if you want to eat up [-] cavalry, how can I, the Tang Dynasty, have to send [-] cavalry?"

"This is not necessarily the case!"

Li Shimin glanced at Cheng Zhijie with a half-smile, and said slowly.

"what?"

Cheng Zhijie was surprised.

"Go, I'm going to meet Xuanba!" Li Shimin waved his hand, stood up and walked out.

"Hey, Your Majesty, wait for me..."

Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong both grinned and chased after them.

……

After half an hour.

Li Xuan, who was bored with Li Chenglu and walking the dog in the village, saw Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, and Cheng Zhijie get out of the carriage, and couldn't help being surprised.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Li Shimin: "..."

"See His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Cheng Zhijie on the side hastily bowed his hands in salute.

Li Xiaogong explained: "Xuanba, my Datang caravan was plundered by the army of the Dashi Kingdom in the Western Regions. Tens of thousands of money and goods were looted. indivual!"

"How dare you!"

Li Xuan's expression changed, and his whole body was filled with murderous aura.

Then, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "No, why did my Datang caravan meet the Dashi army? Where did they go?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was also startled.

When he heard this, he was also furious, and he didn't think about this problem at all.

"Let's go, let's talk in the house!"

With that said, Li Xuan invited Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others into the house.

Li Chang took two maidservants, and hurriedly served micro tea and melon and fruit snacks.

"Your Majesty came here today, but do you want to send troops?" Li Xuan asked.

"Xuan Ba ​​is right. A mere country of barbarians dares to rob our Tang caravan and slaughter our Tang people and veterans. I wish I could capture its lord alive and kill him as the dead old soldier. Apologize to the people!" Li Shimin said angrily.

"Furthermore, in the past two years, this caravan brought me back many rare treasures from the Western Regions. Dashi barbarians dare to cut off my fortune!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly.

Indeed, in the past few years, the most profitable caravans of the Tang Dynasty were those from the Western Regions.

There are tens of hundreds of countries in the Western Regions, and all of them are rich. As long as good objects from Tang Dynasty can be transported there, a glass object can be exchanged for half a catty of gold or a piece of gemstone.

Or, a piece of silk can be exchanged for half a catty of gold, or a good horse!
Just by running the caravans in the Western Regions, more than [-] guan of money can be distributed to the Prince Jin's mansion every year.

As for Li Shimin, he got more...

In addition, there are no more battles to fight around the Tang Dynasty, and all the generals in the Tang Dynasty, including Li Shimin, are probably too idle to grow hair.

Now there is such a big barbarian country that dares to stand up and bark its teeth at Datang. If Li Shimin doesn't fight, those generals will make a fuss!
"Xuan Ba, there are about [-] cavalry soldiers in Da Shi Kingdom's rebel army, and my Tang Dynasty also sent [-] generals, including [-] cavalry soldiers, [-] infantry soldiers, and [-] thunder soldiers. Can we kill these rebel soldiers in one battle?"

Li Shimin asked the purpose of Lijiazhuang.

"Your Majesty, is there a cannon in the Thunder Army?" Li Xuan asked.

"artillery?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong's eyes suddenly widened, their faces full of longing.

"Xuan Ba, the Military Weapons Supervisor has produced a hundred cannons, and I am going to let the Thunder Army bring them all!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly and said.

Now, Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong stared directly at Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, a hundred cannons need at most five hundred soldiers to escort them. How many bombs are equipped for each cannon?"

For one hundred cannons, Li Xuan was not too surprised. In the past two months, the Military Weapons Supervisor could completely forge them.

"Each cannon can only be equipped with fifty bombs!"

Li Shimin said.

"enough!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "Although the cavalry is fast, the Dashi cavalry has never seen my Datang firearms. As long as they dare to send troops to our Datang and charge head-on, they only need two rounds of artillery salvo, and the [-] The Dashi cavalry will be turned on their backs, and [-]% of them will be killed.

The rest of the soldiers will also lose their courage and flee in all directions! "

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, but he was still a little dissatisfied.

"Xuanba, I want to slaughter all these [-] bandits!"

As for Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong, they were already short of breath, and their eyes were full of longing.

"Your Majesty, unless five times as many troops are dispatched, if the [-] cavalry are determined to escape, they will not be able to wipe them all out!"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin indifferently, "Let alone a hundred cannons, even a thousand cannons can't kill them all at once!"

"However, how can Your Majesty be sure that there is no Great Food army behind the Great Eater? Or, how can Your Majesty be sure that among the countries in the Western Regions, there are no small countries that have joined the Great Eater?"

"Your Majesty, artillery is most suitable for attacking bandit soldiers who are standing still! It's not that they can't fight bandit soldiers who are moving, but Your Majesty has to choose resourceful generals, otherwise it will be useless to carry more artillery!"

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(End of this chapter)