Wentang

Chapter 324 Turkic Attack
Homecoming is like an arrow, only these four words can describe Yue Shan's mood.

It was nothing when I didn't decide to return to Beijing, but the homesickness became uncontrollable after boarding the boat.

It has been almost two months since I left Beijing in mid-June, and the key is that the annual Mid-Autumn Festival is only four or five days away.This festival has an extraordinary status for Chinese people, reunion.

After traveling through so many years, he has gradually integrated into this era. With relatives and friends, he naturally wants to spend such an important festival with his relatives.

On the return journey, he did not go with Baiqisi, but chose to take a boat.As for Baiqisi, he has other arrangements.

But having said that, the main purpose of his return to Beijing this time is not to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with his family, but...

When Yueshan was in the middle of the march, a news that shocked the whole country came: Li Yi, the king of Yan, colluded with the Turkic people to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the sudden loss of important border towns one after another, the Turkic army went south as if they had entered an uninhabited territory, and it was estimated that they would be able to reach the city of Chang'an in two or three days.

When the news came out, the whole country fell into panic.Can Datang overcome this difficulty?It's only been a few years since the peaceful life, won't it be another troubled world?
When everyone was panicking, Yue Shan was still sipping tea leisurely, this was the real reason why he was anxious to meet Chang'an.

After raising a war horse for a summer, the horses are fat and healthy, suitable for expeditions; the Central Plains is the autumn harvest season, and a large amount of food and grass can be grabbed; in a month or two, there will be heavy snow in the north, so it is not suitable for expeditions...

So in general, August and September are the best time for nomads to invade the south, and in fact, most of the northern nomads are also hunting grass and valleys during these months.

Jieli's ambitious people will make a reactionary Southward invasion almost every year, but the scale is different.

At the beginning of this year, Li Shimin and others launched a series of actions against the Turks according to Yue Shan's plan, and successfully confused Jieli Khan.

It can be said that this time Li Yi's betrayal and the Turkic invasion of the border were all in the plan, just to lure Xieli to raise troops to invade Tang.

It was the first large-scale battle against the Turks in the Zhenguan Dynasty, how could Yue Shan be absent, so he wanted to rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible, whether public or private.

Knowing that the Turks were attacking, the boatmen rowed with all their strength without Yue Shan urging them.It took less than a day to complete the journey that would have taken two days.

When they saw the tall and majestic Chang'an City from a distance, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if they were safe here.

At this time, the waterway outside Chang'an City was full of boats, which looked extremely chaotic... Most of them were boats fleeing from the north.In order to prevent turmoil, the imperial guards were dispatched as a whole to maintain law and order on the canal.

When Yue Shan's fleet appeared, a small boat approached to ask about their identity and purpose.After learning of Yue Shan's identity, the Datang marine policemen acted immediately and opened a road for his fleet to Chang'an City through the crowded waterway.

After two months, Yue Shan set foot on the land of Chang'an City again. In his heart... Well, he didn't have any special thoughts, it was no different from returning from a long trip.

Originally, his return this time should be a major event in the court. At least half of Chang'an City will be attracted to it. After all, there is a lot of excitement about going to Dezhou to engage in sea salt.Now because of Li Yi's betrayal and the Turkic invasion, almost no one pays attention.

And he came back a day earlier than expected, and no one greeted him.This is more in line with his wishes, he doesn't like a lot of people coming to greet him, trouble is meaningless.

He didn't stop after landing, and went straight to the palace.

At this time, Li Shimin was discussing with his confidant ministers about what to do, and he was not surprised to learn that Yue Shan asked to see him, so he calmly had someone announce him into the palace.Not only him, but everyone else also looked as expected.

Gao Shilian also said with a smile: "Our military adviser has finally returned. To tell you the truth, don't be angry. Without him, my heart is always at a loss."

Everyone can naturally hear that this is a joke, and no one feels angry that they have been slighted or anything.

"Luring the enemy to go deep was originally formulated according to Qing Shuihou's strategy. The first step is to close the net immediately, and we really need to listen to his opinion." Du Ruhui said lightly, stroking his beard.

"Then let's take a rest and talk about it when he comes in." Li Shimin nodded.

After a while, Yue Shan walked in.

"Yue Shan paid homage to the sage, and met the princes."

"Excuse me." Li Shimin waved his hand, then looked him up and down and said, "You are tanned, and you have a murderous look on your body, not bad. You did a good job in Texas, I am very satisfied."

"Saint, as long as you are satisfied. Do you need me to report the situation over there?" Yue Shan said.

"I don't have that kind of effort. Now resisting the Turks is the most important thing. All the gentlemen are waiting for you, the military adviser, to come back and preside over the big event." Li Shimin laughed.

"Hehe... The sage was joking, there is no place for me, a half-child, to talk if there are gentlemen there." Yue Shan said modestly.

Li Shimin's refusal to listen to his work report was not because he didn't want to listen to it, but because there was already a secret report on everything over there, so there was no need to listen to him rambling.Right now it is still important to deal with the Turks.

"Although the Turkic invasion was intentional, we have to admit that the enemy is strong and we are weak. If you are not careful, you will be self-defeating, so you must be careful. With you, you will have more strength. Don't underestimate yourself." Li Shimin said.

"Here." After Yue Shan responded, he said, "Would someone please tell me about the current situation?"

It was Gao Shilian who stood up and said, "Old man, come on, I can't exhaust my energy when I see Yuehou."

"We received a secret report that Luo Yi was rebellious. After a little testing, we found that it was true. So we used him as a bait to lure Xieli to go south..."

With Gao Shilian's introduction, Yue Shan roughly understood the whole story.

What secretly reported that Luo Yi was rebellious, Yue Shan knew this very well.It was he who told Li Shimin that Luo Yi would rebel, and Li Shimin sent people to test it out and found some clues.

Then he sent a Taoist priest to tell Luo Yi's fortune, saying that he had a destiny or something, but Luo Yi turned his back on it.

Luo Yi also knew that Minxin Si'an and Li Tang had stabilized Guozuo, and the possibility of succeeding in rebellion by himself was very small, so he colluded with Xieli.

Originally, Xieli had planned to attack Caogu by Kou Bian, but now with Luo Yi as the internal response, he immediately changed the plan and escalated the routine raid of Caogu into a battle to destroy the Tang Dynasty.

The Central Plains is divided, which is in the interests of the Turks.

So he gathered an army of 20 troops and headed south from Jingzhou. Now the peak of soldiers has reached the gate of Yongzhou, and will reach the outside of Chang'an in a few days.

"How are our preparations going?" Yue Shan asked looking at the map in front of him.

(End of this chapter)