Chapter 104 Li Shimin's Association Hunt Dingxiang (Second Update)

Autumn is not only the harvest season for Chinese farmers, but also the eyes of wolves on the grassland are green again, preparing to invade in large numbers. At this time, the war horses are fat and strong, the climate in autumn is dry and cool, and it rarely rains, and the river water level drops to the lowest point of the year.

Unless the Yangtze River and Yellow River are generally seasonal rivers, the river water drops to the lowest level, even without sheepskin rafts, even horses can wading through the river. It is the golden season to go south, the climate and wind direction are so favorable, and it is simply unreasonable not to grab a ticket!

The great harvests achieved in Hedong during Li Shimin's governance this year are more than seen in two years. Once the harvest is completed, I am afraid that all the granaries in Taiyuan and Bingzhou will be filled. The warehouses of wheat, rice, and soybeans have an irresistible attraction to the nomadic peoples, and they can no longer hold back.

They couldn't help but, in fact, Li Shimin couldn't help it. He voluntarily applied to come to guard Taiyuan and serve as the chief executive of Bingzhou, so of course it was for the war. This battle was too important for Li Shimin. If he did not win a great victory that shocked the whole country, he would be out of the position of the Eastern Palace.

Although he worked hard to help farmers farm and composting in Hedong, the people would not be grateful to him. This change was led by Li Jian of the East Palace. The inventor was Chen Ying and the promoter was Li Jiancheng.

The Tang Dynasty had a population of more than 15 million, of which more than 95% were farmers. More than 14 million farmers made great gains because of Li Jiancheng's scientific farming method. They were all grateful to Li Jiancheng.

In just one month, Hedong alone has submitted more than one letter of the people to Chang'an, all thanking the emperor and Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng relied solely on Chen Ying's so-called scientific planting of land, which allowed tens of millions of people to earn at least twice the profit. Li Jiancheng could have eaten this contribution for at least ten years. What's more, Chen Ying was not idle. He first defeated the Western Turks in Liangzhou and drove the Western Turks to the west of the Yili River Valley. It is said that there are tens of thousands of miles away from Chang'an.

Even Li Yuan could not help the people of literature and the country could be stable and the country could be established. If Li Yuan dared to replace Li Jiancheng now, there would be no few who would rebel with the flag.

The common people never care about who is the emperor, but they only care about whether they can wear warmth and eat well. Now that Li Tang has the prince Li Jiancheng, he is wise, he actually let Prince Chen create a method of composting, which turns the originally most inconspicuous dead branches, rotten leaves and even weeds in the field into fertilizer, increasing the income of the land. In just one year, most people's income has been more than twice as much as before, and even more so, nearly twice.

If such a prince is replaced, it would be strange if the people are not in a hurry. There are even vague rumors among the people that Li Jiancheng should be the emperor in the Tang Dynasty.

Whenever he heard this rumor, Li Shimin felt very uncomfortable. Why? His Shangshu Ling was a blank shell, just saying it was nice and he had no real power. He finally got a chance to accumulate military merits, but the Eastern Turks did not dare to fight, and Li Yuan disagreed with taking the initiative.

Now that the Eastern Turks finally couldn't help it.

Li Shimin rushed to the Bingzhou General Administration of Taiyuan City like a gust of wind. Without Li Shimin's orders, the generals who saw the urgent news of wolf smoke, such as Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan, Lei Yongji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc., were all here.

The generals stared at the huge sand table with a wolf-like gaze, chattering about where to start, and cut a piece of meat from the Turks.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Turks have been a sharp sword hanging on the head of the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning, in the era of Shibi Khan, the Eastern Turks were relatively restrained. They only supported Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Gui, Xue Ju, Yang Kaidao and others to oppose Li Tang.

In the past two years, the Tang Dynasty has taken action to kill several evil dogs raised by the Eastern Turks, such as Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou. However, when the Eastern Turks saw that their dogs were not good, they would go there by themselves. For two years, they have been scattered in the northern border prefectures.

According to incomplete statistics, there are 29 prefectures in Hedong, Hebei and Hexi, and hundreds of counties have been robbed by Eastern Turks, killing and injured no less than 100,000 people.

The blood feud between Li Tang and the Eastern Turks was great. Of course, how could others snore on the side of the bed? Even if the Eastern Turks did not rob the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks could not coexist.

Li Shimin looked at the generals and coughed, calming everyone down, and said in a deep voice: "I know, everyone has been waiting for this battle for too long..."

Cheng Zhijie said excitedly: "That's right, I, Cheng, have been holding me crazy for more than half a year, and I dreamed that I could kill the Turks and blood flowed into a river..."

Qin Qiong murmured: "Kill the thief to defend the country, serve the court, and make achievements. We are not willing to be the last emperor!"

Li Shimin pressed his hands down and signaled the generals to stop talking.

Li Shimin thought about it and thought about the words: "Since the Xianbei Mountains, the Turks were our strong enemies of the Tang Dynasty. From the former Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, from Xihe to Hedong, Hebei, Youzhou, and Liaodong, we fought with us for decades. But we did not completely defeat them, but instead made them stronger and stronger. This is a tough and terrifyingly cunning opponent. Everyone must be cautious. We don’t have much capital and cannot withstand the toss and consciences!"

After Li Shimin said this, the anxious expression on the generals' faces disappeared immediately, and replaced by caution and seriousness.

The Turks replaced the Rouran people and unified the north and south of the desert. They could become a strong enemy of China and were entangled with the Central Plains dynasty for decades. How could they be together?

At this time, Li Shimin nominally commanded a 100,000 army, which seemed to be quite strong. However, the 100,000 army was divided into three parts, including the left and right guards of the East Palace and the left and right guards of the left and right guards of the Zhechong Mansion (later expanded) and the full battle was only more than 30,000. The 21th Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry, 32,000 troops. The others were all in the Zhechong Mansion. The Zhechong Mansions of each station were not moved lightly at the moment. You must know that most of the Turks were cavalry, coming and going like the wind. If a Turkic mansion suddenly circumns to Hedong and has no troops to defend, once a city is broken, Li Shimin cannot bear it. Li Shimin did not lose this battle again. Once he is defeated, he will definitely have no chance of that position, so he must be cautious.

Li Shimin looked around the generals, and saw that all the generals calmed down, quite satisfied, and said slowly: "This time, we will not seek a big victory, but a small victory. If we can use attack instead of defense, we will force the Turks to give up robbing the border areas, which is a victory!"

All the generals were solemn.

Fang Xuanling said: "According to the spies who went deep into the grassland, since there was less snow last winter, there was a black disaster on the grassland this year, and a large number of livestock died. Many tribes suffered a lot. Until now, many tribes are already weak, hoping to break through the border and grab food so that they can survive this winter. If they can't grab enough food, those small tribes will not survive the spring of the next year. Therefore, our army only needs to take steady steps and not pursue great victory. It is a complete victory if they just smash their attempt to rob the border."

Qin Qiong's face showed a deep disappointment.

Cheng Zhijie muttered, "That's so boring! If we just want to stop them from plundering the border areas, we just need to defend the border walls. But the 24 states of the Bingzhou General Administration, with a border line of more than a thousand miles long, can we defend it? For my old Cheng, let's take an attack instead of defense, directly attack Dingxiang City, and go to Jie Li Khan's nest..."

Li Shimin said: "Old Cheng, why don't I want to fight the Turks in a decisive battle? It's just that our autumn harvest has not been completed. The Tang Dynasty fought against the Tubo people in Liang, Gan, Su, He and Shazhou. The situation of the Western Sea is not clear now. We cannot fight on both sides. We will fight against the Turks. It is not the time to fight! "

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's eyes met in the air.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness of the Qin King, the Turks relied on their strong force. Once we passively defend, it would be not difficult to defend the city. However, the food outside the city that was not enough to harvest will be all the cheaper than the Turks!"

Li Shimin said loudly: "Old Cheng, Lao Qin, Lao Niu, Lao Xie, you four led five Zhechong Mansions, from Hengzhou (now Datong) and Weizhou (now Lingqiu) to send troops to Jilechuan. Didn't the Turks claim to be strong and extremely crazy? Jilechuan is their most fertile pasture. Now we will burn the war to Jilechuan and smash their jars and jars to see if they are still crazy!"

Cheng Zhijie was overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay, my old Cheng will definitely live up to the trust of His Highness the King of Qin."

Li Shimin looked at Duan Zhixuan again and said, "Duan Zhixuan, take ten thousand cavalry, set out from Shuozhou, go north along Alxa, sweep the way. The Turkic tribes along the way, and die if they do not surrender. They will rob all the cattle, sheep and horses of the tribes that they encounter along the way that they are enemies of the Tang Dynasty, burn all the cattle, sheep and horses that cannot be taken away, and kill them on the spot."

Duan Zhixuan laughed and said, "I've done this job, but Your Highness, the King of Qin, you can transfer the Shuozhou Army to me another 10,000 troops. The soldiers of Shuozhou Army are all experts in the imperial horses. With them here, the Turks cannot even have a sheep left!"

Hou Junji was ready to move, and he saw that Li Shimin had not assigned him a task, and he immediately became anxious: "Your Highness, what about you?"

Li Shimin said: "You and Lei Yongji lead 20,000 Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry under your command. Do you dare to hunt Dingxiang with me!"

Listening to Li Shimin's order to fight, Changsun Wuji became anxious: "Your Highness, is this too risky?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Don't you take risks. General Chen led less than 20,000 troops to hunt Huaiyuan? I just want to meet Jie Li Khan to see if he has three heads and six arms!"

With Li Shimin's order, the troops of the Bingzhou General Office of the Tang Dynasty began to mobilize. One detachment after another began to gather, distribute food, fodder, dry food, and supplies, and then leave the city in a vast way from Taiyuan City.

A cavalry wearing black armor, with a high-headed cavalry horse, and a broken army sabre, slowly drove out from the city. The black armored iron cavalry war horses were very neatly arranged, and the war horses actually raised their legs and landed at the same time.

Although it is just a cavalry with less than 10,000 cavalry, it gives people a kind of pressure like a mountain.

Located in the north city of Taiyuan, near the teahouse near the street, a blond and blue-eyed businessman was lying on the window, looking at the army without blinking, and his brows were twisted into a bump.

The equipment of this army is really weird!
Chapter completed!