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Chapter 504 Turkic Means
Mothers are more expensive than children.

After Empress Xiao said these four words, Yang Ehuang frowned and said: "I don't know if the baby in this belly is a boy or a girl, the queen mother must have said this too early."

Empress Xiao said: "It's not too early. I heard that King Zhao had a concubine before you, and it was Hu Ji, right?"

Yang Ehuang said: "Yes, but my sister Shi De and I have always been in harmony, very kind. I regard him as a sister."

Empress Xiao said: "Ehuang, today is different from the past. There is less intrigue among concubines and concubines in the harem. On the surface, sisters match each other, but are there fewer knives in secret? What's more, I heard that the woman in that room is from Xianbei. Unlike my Jiangnan gentry, women hold the door, which is a legacy of Xianbei. When Queen Dugu was there, how could she be comparable to ordinary women in the boudoir, not to mention that he gave birth to a son for King Zhao. The so-called mother is more expensive than her son. If so."

Speaking of Empress Dugu, although Yang Ehuang has never met her grandmother, she has heard rumors that although she and her grandfather Yang Jian supported each other and shared weal and woe, they were a generation of virtuous queens, but they also left behind the name of being jealous , when Empress Dugu was there, the Six Palaces of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty were in vain.

Once Yang Jian met a court lady, who was the granddaughter of the criminal minister Wei Chijiong, and was exiled to the palace. Empress Dugu killed her in a rage. After Yang Jian found out, she left the palace alone. He said that he was the son of heaven, but he was not free.

Empress Xiao said: "It's the custom of Xianbei that lowly concubines are not shy about jealousy. The daughter of this house was before you, and you are now the queen. How can she be reconciled in her heart?"

Yang Ehuang was silent for a while, and said resolutely: "Mother, I can let some things go, but some I won't let go. But Shi De's sister is not that kind of person. Besides, I know Xiao Jiu's temperament, he doesn't like others In front of him, privately with the wrist."

Empress Xiao knew that her daughter had a stubborn temper, and if someone was right, it would not be easier anyway.

Empress Xiao heard the words and said: "It's true, men don't like women who are too scheming. Your queen, you don't need to use tricks, and you will lose your status, but the heart of defense is indispensable."

Speaking of this, Empress Xiao paused for a moment, and said: "Okay, my mother will not persuade you anymore, but now that my mother is in Beijing, I need to take good care of you and the child in your womb."

Yang Ehuang looked at Empress Xiao, and said: "Mother, Xiaojiu used to tell me that the Han Dynasty died because of relatives and eunuchs. Therefore, I have been persuading my brother to let him not form a clique even though he is in an official career."

Empress Xiao saw her daughter saw it through at a glance, and immediately said: "What is a party? The woman in that room still has the support of the Fanbu. Isn't this considered a party? Besides, the Ai family is not a party. My Yang family has ruled the world for decades. How much kindness has been spread, if you can ask those old courtiers to serve you, it will be more useful than Zhao Wang's [-] troops. If someone helps him win the world, he will not be willing. Don't forget that my mother's family is Lanling Xiao Shi, even if Liang Wang Xiaoxiao sees the Ai family, he must respectfully call him aunt."

Yang Ehuang knew that her mother was planning for herself. Although she didn't think that Shi Deyun could pose much threat to her, but she could use the power of the Yang and Xiao families to help Li Chongjiu win the world, which is what Yang Ehuang wanted to see .

The previous sentence says that a mother is more expensive by her son, but a wife is more expensive by her husband.

Yang Ehuang said: "Mother, let's talk about it after the baby is born. Xiaojiu promised that if it is a boy, it will be the son, and if it is a girl, then nothing will be mentioned, right?"

Empress Xiao heard the words and said: "Okay, it's up to you."

Li Chongjiu, who was in the army camp under the city of Handan, didn't know that his harem was already undercurrent.

Handan City is the south gate of Yongnian City, only ten miles away from Yongnian City.

At the beginning, Wei Chijiong, the governor of Xiangzhou, raised troops from Ye to attack Yang Jian.At that time, Yuchijiong rose from the city of Ye, and all the prefectures were subordinated, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Finally, Wei Xiaokuan and Gao Jiong were defeated in a bloody battle.

Later, Yang Jian felt that Yecheng was too far away from Guanzhong to be controlled, and that it was weak in Hebei, so he ordered the demolition of the ancient city of Ye, and all the names of a generation became ruins.Yang Jian also ordered all the people of Yecheng to move to Anyang City together with the people of Xiangzhou, Weijun, and Yexian, and those craftsmen who had participated in the construction of ancient Yecheng were arrested to build Chang'an City.

So far, Handan City and Yecheng have become small counties and townships. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the two cities showed signs of revival.

The [-] Zhao troops approached the city of Handan, with continuous fortifications, camped at night, and the battle was strict.The Handan guard is Dou Jiande's brother-in-law Cao Dan, who has clearly rejected Li Chongjiu's offer to surrender.

Li Chongjiu and the generals were looking at the map of Handan City under the lamp, thinking about how to break the city.

Just at this moment, an attendant came in and said, "Report to King Zhao, the urgent report from Youjing Wen Zaifu."

Hearing the urgent report from Youjing, all the generals stopped discussing, and the urgent report came late at night, so something big must have happened.

Li Chongjiu opened the letter himself, read the letter in ten lines at a glance, and said to the generals on the left and right: "Luo Khan, the Turkic place, ordered Mo Heduo to set up [-] cavalry to go out to the north of Wuyuan and approach Yanmen. Zhang Changxun, the prefect of Wuyuan County, also He led [-] troops to join the Han army in the north, and went up to the valley with the criminals."

"General Gao Chu, Su Su of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Zhao Wansan, governor of Shanggu County, have jointly signed an urgent request for help. Several forts on the border have been destroyed. Right now, the Turkic cavalry is heading straight to Yanmen. Su Suyan shakes Taiyuan, and the soldiers and people are shocked three times a day."

All the generals were furious when they heard the words, Xue Wanche said: "The Turkic people are too arrogant to attack the main force of my Zhao army. Didn't Tuli see my strength by the Qinshui River in Wuhou?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "At present, Zhao Gongxia's soldiers are approaching the city, and the Turks don't send troops to contain them, which is abnormal."

Xue Wanshu said: "But the Turks are too sympathetic to each other. Mo He Tuoshe is Chuluo's younger brother. He has always been straight to the tribes north of the Wuyuan. , and Zhang Changxun, who is familiar with our situation in the Central Plains, attacked Yanmen together, obviously because he did not want me to capture Mingzhou."

All the generals talked about it.

Xue Wanshu said in the foreword: "Although Yanmen has natural dangers to defend itself, if Yanmen is broken, the Turkic army can enter the city of Taiyuan. If something happens to Taiyuan, then even if Mingzhou is captured, the gains and losses will be mixed."

While the generals were discussing, Gao Xudao, the minister who was supposed to be in Youjing, came to the Handan barracks to report.

Xue Wanche was amazed, seeing Gao Xudao's dusty face, he asked, "You shouldn't be in Youjing, why did you come here in person? We already know about the Turkic soldiers coming to Yanmen."

Gao Xudao looked anxious, panted and said: "Something has happened, Wen Zaifu just wanted me to personally report to the king, the Turkic envoy has arrived in Youjing, holding a letter from Luo Khan, asking our army to return To the north of Hejian County, return to Xia to invade the land, and restore the old ones. Otherwise, personally lead 30 Turkic cavalry, and go south to break through Youjing!"

Hearing this, the generals took a breath, Turkic finally made a move, but it happened that the battle of Zhao Xia was about to end.The Turkic Khan Chu Luo said that Zhao Jun should retreat immediately, otherwise it would be a situation where 30 Turkic cavalry went south.

The Turks are powerful, and their cavalry is criss-crossing. For the time being, it is not Zhao who can contend. What's more, even if they send troops to attack, if the Turks lose the enemy, they can retreat to Mobei at any time, making it impossible for the Central Plains Dynasty to go deep.How can such an enemy be easily defeated.

Hearing that the generals present could not help but be shaken, many people asked Li Chongjiu to stay away temporarily.

Some people said that after more than two months of attacking Xia, the teacher was already exhausted, and it was time for the teacher to take advantage of this great victory to return to Beijing.

Seeing what the generals wanted, Xue Wanche came forward and said angrily: "Liu Heikai is poor and tied his face down. Now Turkic is coming to the north, but he is just a false threat. If he gives up halfway, Liu Heitai will completely regain his land. At that time, think about it." It will be difficult to get it again.”

At the Yanmen Gate of Zhao State, when Shanggu was invaded by Turks, the Turkic army also invaded Hexi.

This incident spread to Chang'an, causing Li Yuan, who was in Changchun Palace, to return to the capital immediately.

It turned out that just a few days ago, Chuluo Khan sent his younger brother Buli to set up a rate of [-] cavalry to invade Xihe. Yang Rengong, the general of the Tang army, thought that the opponent was just a small group of troops, and rushed to fight. The result was a big defeat, and thousands of border people were taken away. .

Li Shimin's main Tang army had just arrived in Xin'an at this time, and the Turkic cavalry had already approached Xihe. Although it was not Pujin, it also alarmed Chang'an.It has been a long time for the people of Chang'an, and they have not heard of the news that Hu Qi broke through the frontier and invaded Chang'an.

Even though Li Tang is powerful in front of him, the common people are not very confident in the face of the Turkic people.At present, in Chang'an City, the price of rice is already high, and when it climbs to a new height, many people rush into the market to grab rice and hoard it, and some large households have moved from Chang'an to settle in the more stable Sichuan.

The Turkic army shocked Chang'an overnight.

The same Turkic envoy swaggered into the Wuji Palace, presenting Chu Luo Khan's personal letter to Li Yuan and the officials.

As stated in the letter, the state of Zheng is the state of Fengzheng Shuo, and at the same time it is also a diplomatic relationship with Turkic. Li Tang's crusade was an unreasonable and unjust act.The Turks could not bear to see such an act of injustice happening in a neighboring country.

The letter said that if Li Tang did not retreat from the front line, Luo Khan from the Turkic Office would personally lead the Turkic cavalry to hunt together with the Tang Lord on the banks of the Weishui River.

After Li Yuan saw the letter, he was furious, but he didn't attack the Turkic envoy.

After Li Yuan retired from the court, he returned to the palace, threw the Turkic national book on the ground and cursed: "Turkic dog, bullying me, is there no one in the Tang Dynasty?"

The important minister Pei Ji entered the palace, seeing Li Yuan was furious, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty calm down, if you lose your body from anger, wouldn't it make Turkic happy."

Li Yuan pointed to Luo's handwritten letter on the ground, and shouted: "Back then, I gave away land and donated money to make friends with the Turkic people. I didn't expect that the Turkic people would do this again after only one year. Everyone said that the Turkic people are wolf-like. No matter how you feed them I can't get enough to eat, and I really don't. Pei Qing immediately drafted an edict, calling Shimin's class teacher, and I will use the power of the whole country to fight with Chu Luo."

Pei Ji knew in his heart that Li Yuan was speaking in anger, and it couldn't be true, otherwise the emperor would not tolerate the Turkic envoy.

However, Pei Ji still said: "Your Majesty calm down, the army has already arrived in Xin'an, how can it be transferred back, now we have to find another strategy."

(End of this chapter)