Outside Chang'an City, a group of generals from the Sixteenth Guards of the Tang Dynasty reluctantly followed Li Shimin to escort Li Jing and Li Chengqian to lead their troops to the north.
In this ten-mile long pavilion, Li Shimin was giving instructions to Li Jing.
"General Li is not feeling well, but don't be too tired. If you have something arranged, get some rest. Don't worry about the Turks.
Jieli's children and Tuli's lower mode have been captured alive by us. Even if they are in Youxiao, it is just a minor problem, and the general's body is more important! "
Li Shimin persuaded Li Jing earnestly here, and Li Jing nodded here.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if something happens to the old minister, His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely protect the North without any influence."
Li Jing was talking nice here, and Li Shimin was nodding to him here.
Just when everyone was about to go out for battle, some war horses came galloping from the north. Just looking at these galloping horses, the people present were a little surprised.
What's going on here? Why are the troops from the North coming again? Are they here to ask for help or do they have something to do?
Just when everyone was thinking this, this group of soldiers saw a large number of Tang troops gathered outside Chang'an City, and couldn't help but quickly approached.
If they wanted to go to Chang'an City, they had to pass by the army first. But as they approached, they saw the group of generals, and the ones in Shili. His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who was bidding farewell to the general in the long pavilion, quickly stood up and dismounted.
As they got closer, the generals saw the appearance of these soldiers, and a general stepped forward and asked.
"What are you waiting for? Why are you here suddenly?"
As soon as the questioner finished speaking, he saw several carriages behind them, and they were a little surprised when there were several literati on the carriages.
"What's going on with you? Why did you arrest so many intellectuals in a prison car?"
After the general spoke, the soldiers from the north hurriedly spoke.
"General Long Cake, these are the Anbei Army assigned to carry out the mission by the Anbei Protectorate.
They were the ones we captured while we were waiting to pacify the Turks in Yanmen. They encouraged the Turks to act recklessly..."
As they said this, the general in front of them was shocked.
"What? It's them? What's going on?"
When the general asked, Li Shimin had already come over. He heard clearly what was going on and asked directly.
Although Li Shimin and the others didn't know what was going on in the North, they just arranged for soldiers to prepare for a thunderous attack to crush the resurgent Turks to ashes again. Unexpectedly, someone came with the culprit in custody.
Although Li Shimin and the others had just received the news and discussed recruiting urgent troops and delaying it for a few days, Xu Yunyan from the North immediately dispatched troops to solve the troubles in Yanmen and other places after getting the news from Yanmen. The officials did not dare to report to the court truthfully. They thought that they could solve these trivial matters on their own, so there was no need to use the imperial army, which wasted time.
When Xu Yunyan had captured several of the culprits, the imperial court prepared troops and horses and was about to head to the North.
This made Li Shimin furious.
"What? It's these young men? How could this happen?"
Li Shimin waved his hand and quickly brought me the people in the team who knew the whole story. I wanted to question them carefully.
Soon, Zhai Peng, the first general assigned by Xu Yunyan to come to this town, came to Li Shimin.
"Zhai Peng, the general of the Anbei Protectorate, comes to see His Majesty the Emperor."
After Zhai Peng saluted, Li Shimin hurriedly said, "General Zhai Zhen, tell me what is going on?"
Then Zhai Peng taught them about the marriage between Han family sons and Turkic children in the military camp. While celebrating, he got the message from Yanmen asking for help.
When talking about this again, Li Shimin couldn't help but look fiercely in the direction of the north.
"Yanmen County Magistrate? You're confused! Are all the officials in Yanmen working for a living? Why don't you report such a matter to the court as soon as possible?"
But when Li Shimin said that they were confused, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were here to refute.
"Your Majesty! I thought that the northern commanders were not confused, but that they felt that the resurgent Turks were a minority after all, so they could still be subdued and did not want to cause us any trouble. Who would have thought that they would become such a powerful force that they could not lose."
As Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui led them here, they said that it was not easy for the officials in the North and they tried not to embarrass them. Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But he also remembered in his heart the officials in the North who had caused trouble for him.
"Xu Guichang, right? I remember you. If you do well, I can spare you. If you don't do well, the old and new accounts will be settled together!"
However, after knowing the cause and effect of this incident and the culprit, Li Shimin looked at Zhai Peng who was kneeling on the ground and continued to ask questions.
"General Zhai, how is the situation in the North now?"
After Li Shimin asked, Zhai Peng hurriedly raised his head and looked at him.
"Your Majesty, when I came to Chang'an from the north, the Turkic tribes were already in Yanmen, but I didn't know what the situation was like in Yunzhong and Wuyuan.
However, when the general came to Chang'an, my Lord Protector had already led a team to help Wuyuan and Yunzhong. Presumably, the matter in Beidi should be solved easily, right? "
When Zhai Peng said this, Li Shimin hadn't said anything yet, but Li Chengqian next to him was asking a little happily.
"I wonder how my master is doing now? How is the training of the Anbei Army in the North? The Anbei Army is a new army. They are all newly recruited soldiers and there are few veterans. How is their combat strength? Don't suffer a big loss in one battle. Let the Turks’ morale rise.”
When Li Chengqian asked, Li Jing spoke for Xu Yunyan before Zhai Peng could speak.
"Presumably the Anbei Army has already formed a large number of troops. It will be very capable depending on the battle at Yanmen. Some Tang troops are stationed in Yanmen, Yunzhong, and Wuyuan. What's more, the generals here have participated in Xiaguan's attack on the Turks. , not wine bags and rice belts.”
Although Li Jing said it bluntly, everyone couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. After Li Jing said this, then Yanmen, Yunzhong and Wuyuan should be exactly the same, but that was the newly recovered Dingxiang. It has become a hanging thorn in everyone's heart.
"Who knows what's going on in Dingxiang now?"
Li Shimin was also a little worried. Dingxiang had not long been recovered, so it would be troublesome if it was captured by the Turks.
With the fall of Dingxiang, the morale of the Turks will surely rise again, and a tribe like Jieli or Tuli will once again appear on the grassland.
Even if you lose the battle, throw away your weapons and flee in embarrassment, as long as there is a righteous cause, you can make a comeback.
But just as Li Shimin was questioning Zhai Peng here, even after asking a few more questions, he couldn't find a reason. He kept asking about how powerful Li Ying was.
Zhai Peng is full of amazing confidence in Xu Yunyan...
No matter what Li Shimin asked, Zhai Peng kept guaranteeing here that as long as Xu Yunyan took action, the Turks would not be their opponents at all. They could attack them with one blow, so that the Turks would never dare to show off their power in their Tang Dynasty again.
It's just that Zhai Peng wanted to praise Xu Yunyan a few more words. Li Shimin waved his hand impatiently.
"Okay, your mission is over. Leave the people here and I will arrange for someone to handle the matter. You can go back to the North to help."
With just one sentence, Zhai Peng and his entourage, who had been guarding these young people who had come to Chang'an for a long time, were sent back. Zhai Peng and the others didn't have any dissatisfaction, so they hurriedly clasped their fists in response.
"Your Majesty, please leave."
After Zhai Peng finished speaking, he resolutely got on his horse, and with these dust-worn soldiers, he galloped north without resting, let alone replenishing food and supplies, or seeing the prosperity of Chang'an.
After Zhai Peng and the others left, Li Jing looked at Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, we will set off as soon as possible and go to Beizhi to terrify Xiaoxiao. If there is one, there will be two. Don't just deal with them. We don't have troops stationed in Beizhi to terrify another incident."
When Li Jing said this, Li Shimin nodded hurriedly.
"Then General Lao Li is responsible for everything."
After Li Shimin sent the general off to the expedition with the courtesy of an emperor, Li Jing was extremely moved. Although this was not the first time, Li Shimin trusted him so much and even arranged for the crown prince to accompany him. How could Li Jing not think about it here? Li Shimin's good. From now on, Li Jing will accept whatever Li Shimin says and will never cause any more trouble to Li Shimin.
After the changes in the Northland and Chang'an, some aristocratic families in Chang'an, even though they were suppressed by Li Shimin, still had some people providing them with information in various yamen in Chang'an in different ways.
In a secret room, several people sat around a table, sighing and sighing as they looked at the pieces of paper placed on the table.
"Those who are so useless, the Turks are destined to perish."
A majestic voice sounded, and next to him several people who looked like they were in high positions and were quite arrogant in their words and deeds echoed here.
"Yes, I just didn't expect that the people we arranged to go out this time would be so useless. As soon as the Anbei Army was dispatched, they turned away. There are also some old scholars who actually opposed us. Don't think they have solved our analysis. The disciples will be safe and sound, but if they dare to go against us, they will have to pay the price!"
These people were discussing here and soon decided what they were going to do next.
"Aren't you going against us? Okay, then I'll let you know what price you have to pay for going against us. It doesn't matter that you are in the North. Aren't your families still around here?"
But they were even more jealous of the person on the piece of paper placed in the middle of the table.
"There is also this Li Ying. Li Ying ruins our good deeds every day."
After the last person who had been silent said this, the others felt a little sad here.
"This Li Ying is in the military camp. We can't fix him, but he can't stay in the military camp forever. What's more, we can impeach him. Now let our people collect evidence of his misdeeds in the North. I don’t believe this guy did anything wrong.”
When these people once again temporarily turned away from Li Shimin to look like Xu Yunyan and wanted to cause trouble for Xu Yunyan, one of them was talking here.
"Have you ever considered it? This Li Ying no longer has a wife, why don't we bring him into our camp?"
But when this person said this, the person who had been thinking about impeaching Li Ying, causing trouble for Li Ying, asking him to leave his current position, and giving them a way to control the military power, couldn't help but feel stunned.
yes! Why do they think about turning Li Ying into their enemy every day instead of trying to win over him?
"This is a great plan!"
One person touched his chin and said this, and the others echoed it after thinking for a long time.
"You can give it a try. Although he is very close to Li Chengqian now and is loyal to Li Shimin, he was originally Liu Heitai's person. As long as he is not Li Tang's at first, we can win him over. As long as we are willing to pay the cost ."
