Chang'an City.
Nowadays, it is doing business with all directions, and in order to introduce foreign investment, Li Shimin has promulgated laws to allow foreign businessmen to purchase real estate in Chang'an City, operate commercial ports, and have friendly exchanges with the Tang Dynasty, but the prerequisite is that they must abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Nowadays, Chang'an City, especially the barbarians from the Western Regions, can be seen everywhere on the streets, and the people of Chang'an are not surprised by the specialties of the Western Regions.
Acrobatic troupes and dance troupes from the Western Regions, vendors from Goguryeo, monkeys and elephants brought from Nanzhao Kingdom and other rare and exotic treasures performed throughout Chang'an City.
In addition, there are people from the major hermit families and hundreds of schools of thought, swordsmen, monks, Taoist priests, three religions and nine streams, each with his or her own way.
The street was very lively, and Zhuque Street was packed with people from the street to the end of the street, but under the patrols, no one dared to cause trouble.
There are almost no vacant houses in Chang'an City, which makes the people of Chang'an City rich. They originally work in workshops outside the city and cannot come once a month, so they simply rent out the houses and live outside the city. Room and board are free in the workshop.
Even so, there is no room for living in Chang'an City, and people who come from all over can only live in Wannian County and Chang'an County.
Just today, Li Shimin had just finished going to court and was about to have a meal when the secret guard leader Li Shu rushed to Li Shimin's side.
Seeing that His Majesty was about to have a meal, he hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, according to the information obtained by my subordinates, the war situation in the Western Region has deteriorated and a full retreat is already underway."
The chopsticks Li Shimin was holding fell to the ground with a clatter, his face full of disbelief.
He stood up slowly, looked at Li Shu and said, "Be specific!"
"The information we received is that our army fought with the Western Turks at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Our army of 200,000 troops was defeated. The King of Qin disappeared. Now he is commanded by Li Jing and is in full retreat."
"Ke'er is missing. This is impossible. There are so many experts around him, how could he be missing!"
"Is it the Hidden Family's fault? Damn it, these old guys, I'm at odds with them."
Li Shimin was so angry that he threw down the table in front of him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles is urgent. Those coming from the Western Region are eight hundred miles urgent!"
Wang De's voice of pulling a male duck came from outside the hall. He took three steps and two steps at a time and quickly ran to Li Shimin. Seeing the mess on the ground, he immediately felt that something was wrong.
"Your Majesty... The eight hundred miles of the Western Region are urgent!"
"Open it, read it!" Li Shimin's face was gloomy. He was already full of murderous intent towards the hidden family, and was ready to mobilize an army to kill a hidden family first to relieve his anger.
Wang De quickly opened the bamboo tube and took out the letter: "Father, how are you doing lately? Are your grandparents and your wife okay?"
Damn it!
Li Shimin listened to Wang De's voice and took the letter. This didn't look like a defeat!
This feeling is chatting with myself!
"Father, are you frightened because your son is missing? Hahaha..."
"This bastard is simply bullying you!" Li Shimin roared, but the anger in his heart dissipated quickly, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Father, they all say that when it comes to acting, there is nothing you can do about it. Only by laying the groundwork can the enemy believe it."
"The situation is like this..."
In the letter, Li Ke told the whole story one by one, and asked his father to cooperate with him in acting, and asked all the masters of the Central Plains Hidden Family to come to the Western Regions to help out, so that the Ashina family and the Central Plains Hidden Family could fight each other.
At the same time, this can also reduce the pressure on Yun Mengze, so that Yang Guang can free up his hands to hand over power to him as soon as possible.
After Li Shimin learned the whole story from the letter, he immediately laughed like an old man.
"Ker'er is still thoughtful. This way, the hidden family in the Central Plains can help the Tang Dynasty eliminate the Ashina family. I didn't expect that the Ashina family actually has 60,000 Heavenly Wolf Army masters."
At first, he was very proud of having trained 4,000 Tiance troops. Unexpectedly, the Ashina family of Western Turks had trained 60,000 Tianlang troops.
"Li Shu, immediately spread the word about the war situation in the Western Regions, and at the same time, make corresponding preparations and strengthen the security in the city."
"Wang De, immediately notify the three provinces and convene a small court meeting."
After Li Shimin finished his instructions, he ordered the imperial kitchen to cook a big meal for him, and he had a delicious meal.
Just when Li Shimin held a small court meeting, all the strongholds of the major hidden families in Chang'an City learned about the defeat of the Western Regions and the disappearance of King Qin Li Ke, who seemed to have been captured by the Ashina family's Sirius army.
At the same time, the eldest ladies sent out by their eight major surnames were also captured.
After some inquiring, it was said that the eldest ladies of the Ying family, Ji family and Jiang family were killed by the Sirius army of the Ashina family, and not even their bodies were found.
This made the eight surnames very popular, so they immediately spread the news to their families, and at the same time summoned the masters in Chang'an to immediately head towards the Western Regions.
The experts on Yun Mengze's side have been fighting with Yang Guang for a long time recently, but the appearance of Li Shimin and the Jianghu knights has given them a headache.
They all ran to grab Yang Guang's treasure hidden in Yunmengze, grandma's. These people were like madmen. Instead of killing Yang Guang's people, they were looking for trouble for their reclusive family members all day long.
There is no point in continuing to fight like this. After all, the Chosen Son has been captured by the Ashina family. What big wave can Yang Guang make?
As a result, people from the Hidden World Family and the Hundreds of Scholars withdrew their troops from Yunmengze, and took all these masters to the Western Regions.
In this day, countless war horses came out of Chang'an City and rushed to all parts of the country, all to deliver news.
In the Tai Chi Hall.
Li Shimin walked in carelessly. When he saw all the ministers arriving, he immediately became serious and straightened his face.
"Everyone, I believe you have also received the news that the Tang Dynasty failed in the battle with the Western Turks and is in the process of fully withdrawing its troops."
"The King of Qin, Li Ke, disappeared during the battle, and his life and death are unknown."
Standing below are Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Hejian King Li Xiaogong, Gao Shilian, Li Ji, and Liu Zhenghui.
To be honest, although some of them hated King Qin and it would be best if he died outside, the situation is different now. The overall defeat in the Western Regions means that the efforts of the Tang Dynasty over the years have been in vain.
But the Tang Dynasty mobilized the whole country and dispatched sixteen guards and garrisons from various places. The total number of troops was 500,000. How could it still fail? It was a complete failure!
Even though King Qin didn't know how to fight, he still had a god-like man named Li Jing beside him, and there were more than a dozen generals with the rank of commander of the Tang Dynasty.
But even so, it still failed!
This is unbelievable.
Biquge
