The fire kept burning. The border city of the Li Tang Dynasty closest to Xitujue. Although the Tang army fought until the last moment, the flames burning everywhere devoured the buildings in the city, which all showed that the Tang army still failed in the end.
In the south direction of the city, hundreds of women and children took care of their families, crying and rushing south quickly.
Although they were tired, they did not dare to rest, and there was an old man shouting loudly there.
"Everyone, run quickly. You must run out to tell other cities no matter what. The Turks suddenly launched an attack on us. We cannot let our children and our relatives sacrifice for us in vain. We must run out no matter what. ." What they didn't know was that when they spared no effort and gritted their teeth and ran towards the south, there was already a group of Turkic soldiers waiting for them in the south.
After the fire in the city gradually extinguished, Manila entered the city with his guards.
As soon as they entered the city, some Turkic generals came to Manila and began to report.
"General, your strategy was very successful. The city was captured with ease. Not only did a large amount of supplies for the Tang Army be captured, but some of them were also captured. You have repeatedly urged us to obtain the armor of the Tang Army. I wonder what the general will do next? "Manila asked excitedly.
"How many Tang army armors were captured?"
"There are nearly a thousand."
"Very good!" Manila nodded.
"Select warriors with Han faces, equip them with these armors and transform into a Tang army, and lead the Tang prisoners captured by the ambush team in the south to deceive the city in other directions. I want to prepare for the Great Khan before he leads the Turkic warriors. The Khan gathered all his strength and gathered an army of 300,000 Turks to occupy a city large enough to be stationed there." Manila's words revealed the true situation of Zhishili. He gathered warriors from all tribes and gathered 300,000 Turks. The warriors are coming to completely occupy Li Tang.
The 150,000 originally mentioned was just a cover, a cover that allowed Zhishu Sili to know that the intelligence personnel in their Turkic territory had misunderstood and made wrong judgments.
After leading 100,000 Turkic troops in Manila and using his own methods to disguise themselves as Tang troops, they could not stop infiltrating Lingzhou, occupying all counties and counties in Lingzhou, blocking Lingzhou, and blocking access to the inside and outside of Lingzhou. Finally, Jin Yiwei was allowed to The people with Li Shimin noticed something strange.
After these intelligence officers rushed the letters to Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, Li Shimin couldn't stay in the palace any longer.
"How is it possible? How is it possible? These Turks are actually playing tricks on us?" But just after Li Shimin finished speaking, he looked at Sun Simiao, who was always beside him.
"It's too late now. I have to take over the power again, otherwise something big will happen." Sun Simiao remained motionless and silently remembered Huang Ting, but Li Shimin couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to walk out, but Sun Simiao didn't stop him, but As soon as he reached the door, Li Shimin hadn't opened the door yet, and turned to ask Sun Simiao.
"Daozhang Sun." This time Li Shimin did not call Sun Simiao a miracle doctor, but a Taoist priest. Sun Simiao finally opened his eyes and looked at Li Shimin with a questioning look. He didn't know what Li Shimin was calling him.
Li Shimin looked at Sun Simiao and finally looked at him and said randomly.
"Some things are beyond our imagination. The Turks did not gather 150,000 soldiers and horses, but used the entire clan's strength to attack with 300,000 cavalry. For the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the people of Li, I must gather the troops and horses again. Go and deal with it, I wonder if this expedition is auspicious or bearish?" Sun Simiao didn't seem to understand the number of people who suddenly arrived, but he was talking there.
"Your Majesty has already made up his mind whether it is good or bad. Even if it is really a serious disaster, will your Majesty not go?" After Sun Simiao finished speaking, Li Shimin laughed.
"It's just hateful. There are powerful enemies outside and worries inside. It's really a wealthy family that doesn't know what to do." After Li Shimin said this, Sun Simiao said a strange sentence.
"Why don't we fight against the outside world and pacify the inside first? To solve the problems in the Tang Dynasty quickly, I believe that the soldiers led by His Royal Highness can definitely stop the Turks? I am defending the city in the Tang Dynasty and I can't solve this problem. Can the Turks gallop on horseback?" Sun Simiao was extremely confident about the Tang army, while Li Shimin also nodded as he said that when fighting foreign forces, one must first calm down the domestic affairs.
"That's right, you can't send all your strength to the North just because the powerful enemy is pressing down on the territory. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in chaos. After the Tang army gathered in the North was unstable and was defeated by the Turks, there was no way to assemble it from all over the country. It would be a huge disaster if the soldiers and horses resisted the Turks. Then continue to follow what we said. It will be some time before I take over the world again and let everyone know the style of Doctor Sun. Now we can only speed up The progress requires those who are prepared to take action quickly, so that all those who have made any changes will be able to calm down. Only in this way can I gather all the troops to completely deal with the 300,000 Turks who invaded." After Li Shimin made a decision, once again After being quiet, there were more mascots than people in power in the imperial city. The intelligence personnel in Chang'an kept conveying the information, and the generals sent to various places for Li Shimin to place began to take action.
The messenger ran and ran to where they should go, and where Li Chengqian was, in addition to Hou Junji standing next to him, Li Shentong and Chai Shao were also standing next to him.
The military camp that originally had 40,000 people now has 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered. This is beyond imagination. Some cities began to strengthen their defenses after Li Chengqian and the others passed by. After a simple statistics, Qingzhuang organized into groups and were ready to go to the city to provide support. Although they did not know what was going on, the imperial court paid them to do so. When there is no war, these situations are still very pleasant.
Li Chengqian stood in the main position with a frosty face, looking at the three generals next to him, and their faces were also a little gloomy.
"I didn't expect the Turks to be so hateful and attack Lingzhou? It's a pity for our fathers and people in Lingzhou." Hou Junji just said his whole life, but Chai Shao looked embarrassed.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, makes atonement. He didn't expect that I didn't even know about such things in Lingzhou in Xiazhou. It's such a pity. If I had known this earlier, I would have led troops into Lingzhou in advance to assist Lingzhou's defense. I would not have let Lingzhou go." If such a situation occurs in the state, at least it can be delayed until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brings troops from Qingzhou to help." After Chai Shaogang finished speaking, Li Shentong looked at him.
"How did you ever think that there would be such a situation? Who of us could have imagined such a situation? We only know that Xiazhou and Lingzhou are still flat. Going west into the Ganliang area is crisscrossed with ravines, and the cavalry cannot move at all. We think he will still come from Fengzhou entered the line of Xiazhou and Yunzhou, and once again crossed the border, I didn't expect that it unexpectedly entered our Tang Dynasty from Lingzhou on the corner." Li Shentong had just finished speaking, and this Li Chengqian was not a novice who knew nothing about military affairs. , hurriedly said here.
"Now we urgently order the governors of Liangzhou and Ganzhou to guard against the Turks entering Ganliang, and gather all their troops to garrison on the front line in Lingzhou to prevent the Turks from further attacking Ganliang."
"His Royal Highness is wise!" After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Hou Junji, Li Shentong and Chai Shao kept complimenting Li Chengqian, but Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to their wise compliments at all, but kept talking.
"Now we must go north. The people of the Tang Dynasty are being bullied by the Turks. I will not let them be bullied like this. Send the order now to break camp and go north to Lingzhou. First, deal with the 100,000 Turks who entered. ." Hou Junji, Li Shentong and Chai Shao nodded hurriedly after Li Chengqian gave the order and set off regardless.
But just as they were about to leave, another figure quickly rushed into the camp. In the surprised eyes of these generals, Li Chengqian quickly came to the new figure regardless of the general's image.
"What's going on? Is there any news about Master?" The person who came to this meeting was Li Qianhu, who had obtained Xu Yunyan's identity and came to report. Li Qianhu looked like he was tired of work, and Li Chengqian didn't pay attention. Instead of letting him rest immediately, he went forward and asked anxious questions.
Li Qianhu also knew what was going on and hurriedly replied to Li Chengqian after Li Chengqian asked.
"When I return to His Highness the Crown Prince, I have already found the location of the Champion. The Champion is camping in the direction of Yanzhou."
"What? Yanzhou?" Li Chengqian's eyes couldn't help but shine at this moment. There was another incredible soldier and horse that could enhance his strength.
"Go back quickly and tell Master that the current situation in Qingzhou allows him to maneuver at will." Li Chengqian's words made Li Qianhu very confused.
"Lingzhou? What happened in Lingzhou?" After Li Qianhu asked this question, Li Chengqian told Li Qianhu about Lingzhou in a concise and concise manner, which frightened Li Qianhu and almost stopped him standing.
"It turns out that such an urgent matter has happened again. I'm going to inform the Hou Champion Marquis. I don't know what other arrangements His Highness the Crown Prince has. Are they mobilizing troops and horses along the way to defend against the Turks? Or are they going to attack the Turks directly?" Li Qianhu asked After speaking, Li Chengqian shook his head.
"No, all the soldiers along the way are not suitable for mobilization again. If we defeat them, it is okay to move forward. If we are defeated, they will be the only barrier to defend the city until the main force of the Tang army comes to deal with the Turks. Along the way Let each city recruit young and strong men to form teams and be ready to garrison the city at any time. All other government soldiers will cancel their rest and stay in the city to garrison and obey orders." As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, Hou Junji added.
"But we still can't tell them the outcome of this matter. If they find out about the Lingzhou incident, there may not be any rumors." As soon as Hou Junji finished speaking, Li Shentong and Chai Shao were in Li Qianhu. Talked in front of me.
"You can say that His Royal Highness the Prince has defeated the Turkic vanguard troops while marching along the way, so that everyone will know that His Highness the Prince is wise and powerful." Although they are a bit overconfident now, the Turkic vanguard troops have not been defeated, but there are only 100,000 people. It can be regarded as the main force of Turks.
Isn't it true that the vanguard who is responsible for solving the problem of thousands of people fleeing is also the vanguard? These people have their own ideas about how to turn an unfavorable situation into something that is most beneficial to them.
But what they didn't know was that Duan Kun, who had been arranged by Xu Yunyan who came to see Chai Shao, had been waiting for Chai Shao for a whole day but there was no result from Chai Shao.
Instead, I met someone running from Lingzhou in the west and learned about the situation in Lingzhou, and I couldn't help but be surprised.
"How could this be? What should we do now?" Duan Kun scratched his head here, uncertain for a moment, and rushed towards Chai Shao quickly.
The original military camp. There are also soldiers left by Chai Shao to garrison the camp here, and there are also generals among them.
The business is to discuss how to deal with it first. As for informing Xu Yunyan to wait for Xu Yunyan's order? Although people have been arranged to do it, there will be no results in a short time.
