The Western Region Caravan was robbed

In the tenth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty was peaceful both internally and externally.

After the spring plowing, the biggest war monger in the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, looked at the farming situation reported in the various states and counties in the Tang Dynasty and comforted him. He had already begun to calm down, prepare to marry off, and focus on cultivating talents in the Tang Dynasty. Develop agriculture and build infrastructure.

The second batch of warmongers, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde, Li Ji, Zhang Liang, Duan Zhixuan and other generals, also spent half a year sighing in their respective homes, preparing to bid farewell to His Majesty and go to guard the states for the Tang Dynasty.

By the way, under the leadership of the mighty and wise Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, agriculture was developed, talents from poor families were cultivated, and then cement houses and cement roads were built for the Tang Dynasty.

However, these people had just submitted the memorial when a team of dusty and panic-stricken people, like victims of a disaster, came in from the Jinguang Gate of Chang'an City and went straight to the Prince's Mansion in Hejian County!

Less than a quarter of an hour.

Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian County, rushed directly to the palace angrily!

Half an hour later.

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and other important officials of the Tang Dynasty all came to Liangyi Hall in a hurry with solemn faces.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, what kind of big thing happened when you summoned the ministers and others in such a hurry?"

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others quickly asked with doubts on their faces after entering the main hall.

They had not experienced this situation of being hastily summoned by Li Shimin for more than a year.

"Hmph, Xiaogong will tell you this!"

Li Shimin's face was gloomy and he snorted coldly.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others were startled and quickly looked at Li Xiaogong.

"May I ask the Prince of Hejian County, what kind of big event happened?"

"Everyone, my Tang Dynasty caravan was robbed by barbarians from the Western Regions!"

Li Xiaogong said directly.

"How brave!"

"Those horse thieves dare to attack our caravan of the Tang Dynasty. I am really impatient..."

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others stared angrily and cursed loudly.

The Datang caravan Li Xiaogong mentioned was the caravan affiliated to the Datang Chamber of Commerce of which so many of them were members.

"The Duke of Su, the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Qi are not the hands of horse thieves in the Western Regions!" Li Xiaogong said with a cold look on his face.

"Um?"

Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but be startled, and then looked confused.

"Prince Hejian, apart from those horse thieves in the Western Regions, who else dares to attack my Datang caravan?"

"That is, although our Datang caravan is just a caravan, because it carries a lot of goods, each caravan is accompanied by at least two hundred soldiers. The soldiers who carry weapons will be able to protect themselves even if they encounter large barbarians. Tribes can also be slaughtered!"

As they said this, several people subconsciously thought of something and looked at Li Xiaogong with shocked and angry faces.

"Prince Hejian County, could it be that some small country in the Western Region took action?"

"no!"

Li Xiaogong slowly shook his head and said: "I heard from the caravan manager that the people who robbed our Tang Dynasty caravan were all black-armored and black-horsed, and those barbarians were all blond and blue-eyed. They were holding the eagle flag. They seemed to be extremely powerful. The great food country of the West!"

"Big food?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but change their expressions.

"Didn't those Hu merchants from the Western Regions say that the great food country is in the far west, tens of thousands of miles away from our Tang Dynasty? How could their cavalry come to the Western Regions? How dare they rob the goods of my Datang caravan?"

At this time, Li Shimin walked to the large map in the hall and said slowly.

"According to the map, the Great Food Country is indeed thousands of miles away from our Tang Dynasty! However, since our Tang Dynasty King destroyed the Turks and captured the Tuyuhun and Tubo countries, our territory of the Tang Dynasty has expanded westward.

Thousands of miles!”

"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"

Cheng Zhijie and Changsun Wuji quickly praised him.

Li Shimin glared at these old guys angrily and continued: "Since the Tang Dynasty has been able to expand its territory by thousands of miles to the west in the past two years. As a big country in the far west, the Dashi Kingdom will inevitably expand its territory to the west.

Expand eastward!”

"Your Majesty, if that big foodie dares to come over, I, Old Cheng, will kill him and turn him into food for me, the Tang Dynasty!"

Cheng Zhijie said harshly.

"They have robbed your caravan and killed many people!"

Li Shimin glanced at Cheng Zhijie and said coldly.

Cheng Zhijie was shocked, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he wished he could immediately lead his troops to cut off the heads of these thieves, "Please give your Majesty's order. I, Old Cheng, will summon his subordinates to cut off the heads of those big thieves!"

"Your Majesty, the Western Region is extremely far away from the Tang Dynasty. The matter of sending troops needs to be considered in the long term!"

On the side, Wei Zheng quickly raised his hands and suggested.

"Long term plan?"

Before Li Shimin could speak to Li Xiaogong and others, Cheng Zhijie exploded.

"Old man Wei, people have come here, robbed my Tang Dynasty caravan's goods, and killed my Tang Dynasty soldiers. This matter must be dealt with severely. What else do you want to discuss?"

"Cheng Heizi, I knew we were going to fight, but sending troops to such a long distance must be done with a long-term plan!"

Wei Zhengcai was not afraid of Cheng Zhijie, and said with a straight face: "Do you know how many troops that big thief defeated? Is the robbery of my Datang caravan this time a deliberate attempt to lure my Datang king's army? Is it a trap deliberately set?

Waiting for me Tang soldiers?

How many soldiers and generals can Datang send this time? Who should we send as generals?"

"I, Old Cheng, am the general!"

Cheng Zhijie said directly.

"His Majesty……"

However, before he finished speaking, Li Shimin raised his hand.

"Our Tang Dynasty has not used weapons for more than a year, and some barbarian traitors have begun to ignore our Tang Dynasty and want to send troops to conquer. As for who to send as generals and how many generals to send, tomorrow's imperial court will

I will discuss this with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty again!"

"Xuanling, Keming, how much food does our Tang Dynasty have in Liangzhou now for the army to go on an expedition?"

"Your Majesty, in order to prevent border towns like Shunzhou and Tuyuhun from rebelling, our Tang Dynasty has specially stored 200,000 dan of grain in Liangzhou for the use of the army!"

Du Ruhui quickly replied.

"Two hundred thousand shi of food?"

Li Shimin nodded slightly, "In this case, in the next few days, we will transport a thousand kilograms of dried fish and a thousand kilograms of pickle sticks to Liangzhou, and then we will quickly collect a thousand kilograms of beef jerky from Tubo and store them in Liangzhou first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others quickly responded with their hands raised.

This time, Wei Zheng did not stand up to stop it.

Anyway, now that the Tang Dynasty is at peace, the warehouses are full, and the soldiers and horses are strong, even if your Majesty sends 100,000 troops, he can support it!

Moreover, Datang is not afraid of war now!

Soon, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others went down to start preparations.

However, Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong remained motionless and stayed in Liangyi Hall.

In the end, it was Li Shimin who couldn't help but look at Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong with disgust.

"Cheng Heizi, Brother Xiaogong, what else do you two have to do?"

Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong glared at each other, then looked at Li Shimin and shook their heads.

"Return to Your Majesty, I'm waiting for you!"

Li Shimin glared, "Since there is nothing to do, why are you two still sitting in the Liangyi Hall and not leaving?"

"Hey, Your Majesty, I know you must go to Lijiazhuang to find King Jin, and I want to go too!"

Cheng Zhijie chuckled.

"Exactly, what Mr. Su Guo said is right. Your Majesty, I also want to follow your Majesty to meet Xuan Ba!" Li Xiaogong agreed.

"Who said I'm going to find Xuan Ba?"

Li Shimin said angrily.

"Your Majesty, this is what the Prince of Hejian County said!"

"Your Majesty, it was Cheng Heizi who said..."

Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong subconsciously pointed at each other and said!

"snort!"
To be continued...