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"Eighty thousand army!" Shangguan Yi and his civil servants changed drastically when they heard this, and Qin Huaiyu's expression became solemn. The current defenders in Songzhou are more than 10,000, which is an 8-to-1 gap in strength.

Li Yan nodded and told the soldiers to retreat. War is not a joke. After all, he has lived in a peaceful era and has never experienced war. What's more, it is this kind of cold weapon war. It is impossible to say that he is not nervous in his heart, let alone this kind of war with huge numbers.

"Eighty thousand army?" Zhu Youzhi sneered, "This is just a false pretentious momentum. Tuyuhun is a nomadic tribe. Every time he fights, the people and cattle and sheep move with the army. It is said that it is eighty thousand. It would be good if the army can fight can have 40,000. Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much. You should not stick to it now and wait until Tuyuhun's aura is slapped before looking for an opportunity to attack."

Qin Huaiyu frowned and said, "What Yuzhi said makes sense, but these 40,000 people are not a small number, and most of them are cavalry, with high mobility and difficulty in centralized annihilation."

Li Yan looked at the officials with different eyes and said, "It is useless to say more now. Today, Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu followed me to Songzhou to supervise the battle personally. General Shangguan Yi led all the officials to handle government affairs and appease the people."

"Your Highness, no, there is no eyebrow on the battlefield. What if your Highness fails..." Cui Zhang stood up and persuaded.

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu also advised: "Your Highness, we can go to Songzhou. Your Highness should stay in Yizhou!" The other officials agreed in unison, unwilling to Li Yan to go to Songzhou.

"You don't have to persuade me anymore. The Tang Dynasty established its country with martial arts, and the father was still able to fight south and north in the chaotic times of the end of the Sui Dynasty. If he was not afraid of all the heroes, how could I be a turtle that shrank his head and hide in Yizhou to enjoy peace? If Songzhou is broken, Yizhou will also suffer." What Li Yan said was his true thoughts, and it would be difficult for him to become a man without any tempering. He did this to train himself and also to establish his prestige in the army.

Li Yan said this. Although Shangguan Yi and others were still unwilling to see Li Yan in person, they could not refute it. As Li Yan said, Songzhou was broken. How could Yizhou be peaceful?

Each official was assigned a task, and Jin Daqian began to pack up Li Yan. I don’t know how long it took to go to Songzhou.

Cui Yingying and Su Moer were very worried when they learned that Li Yan was going to Songzhou. Cui Yingying shed tears several times, and Su Moer's eyes were red, but Li Yan had decided. They knew that it was useless to persuade them, so they could only pack up their things with Jin Daqian and bring them to Li Yan.

In the afternoon, Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi, dressed in military uniform, came to the royal palace. Li Yan also wore the plate armor carefully created for him by Taoyuan. This set of plate armor is not only made of high-strength aluminum alloy, but also sewn in the lining that Li Yan purchased from modern times. This carbon fiber is a high-strength flexible material. It is often used by the construction industry to strengthen the building structure. Li Yan suddenly had a whim and used it on the armor. After trial, he thought the effect was good. The defect of this plate armor lies in the fear of blunt force strikes. Now that the carbon fiber has been sewn, it has basically overcome this defect.

Standing in the sun, the plate armor on Li Yan's body shines with silver light. Li Yan has never slacked off in practicing swords and swords. The long-term exercise made his body very strong. At this time, he looked decent when wearing armor, with a unique temperament.

"Yingying. I'll leave the matters of this manor and the farm. If you don't know anything, please let Jin Daqian go to Tong Yu. I've explained to him about raising oil and boiling white sugar. He will send craftsmen." Before leaving, Li Yan gave Cui Yingying some of the big things so that he would not go away, and the matters in Yizhou would be messed up.

Cui Yingying's tears fell again and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, Yingying remembers it, but Your Highness must be careful."

Li Yan nodded and said to Jin Daqian: "I have prepared all the winter wheat seeds for you. The harvest of rice and wheat planting will be given to you. Don't make any mistakes."

"I remember it." Jin Daqian's concern was written on his face. He originally wanted to follow Li Yan to Songzhou to take care of Li Yan, but these things were not enough to leave him, so he could only let Rongda follow Li Yan to Songzhou.

After explaining the rest clearly, Li Yan left the palace, and Rongda was holding Red Boy at the door waiting for Li Yan.

Everyone sent Li Yan to the door, and Li Yan said, "Let's go back. Why do you say that there is also veteran General Niu Jinda in Songzhou, and there will be no trouble."

But even if Li Yan said this, Cui Yingying and Yizhou officials still sent Li Yan to the city gate. Cui Yingying said to Rongda: "When you arrive in Songzhou, you must take good care of Your Highness, otherwise you will come back to see me how to deal with you."

Rongda said with a bitter face: "Don't worry, Princess, even if Rongda sacrifices his life, he will take good care of His Highness."

"Go back!" Li Yan advised, as if he was going to go back forever. After that, he whipped Hongbo's butt with a whip. Hongbo spread his four hooves and ran forward. Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi immediately followed.

The incident of Tuyuhun siege of Songzhou in Chang'an caused a lot of controversy in the court. Speaking of which, Li Yan suffered a disaster. At the beginning of this year, Tuyuhun invaded Lanzhou and other places many times. The Tang army and Tuyuhun's army were fighting and stopping. At the beginning, Tuyuhun Khan Fu Yun seemed to be trying to make peace with Li Shimin to send an envoy to pay tribute to Li Shimin, but not long after the envoy left Tuyuhun's army began to attack Shanzhou. According to the detailed report, it was instigated by a minister named Tianzhu Wang of Tuyuhun.

Li Shimin was very angry and sent an envoy to summon Fu Yun to Chang'an to meet him. But Fu Yun pretended to be sick and refused, and asked Li Shimin to marry a princess to his son Zunwang. Tuyuhun had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin agreed, but Zunwang began to pretend to be sick and refused to marry the princess. So Li Shimin was furious to cancel the marriage. Fu Yun accused Li Shimin of sending troops to Songzhou without trust, which was completely beyond Li Shimin's expectations, because Tuyuhun had never attacked Songzhou in the past.

In the morning court, Li Shimin told the matter and asked the ministers for their opinions. For a moment, the court was silent. Wei Zheng glanced at Changsun Wuji and then at Fang Xuanling. Seeing that both of them were asleep, he went out and said, "Emperor, Songzhou is now affiliated with Chengdu Prefecture, and now the King of Chengdu is responsible for guarding the border. Then the siege of Songzhou should be solved by the King of Chengdu. Moreover, the King of Chengdu also recruited more than 20,000 soldiers on the grounds of guarding the border. If he did not assume such a responsibility, it would be difficult to block the world's long mouth."

This was said from Wei Zheng, and Li Shimin had no reason to refute that Li Yan's rights were already great enough. This kind of rights had already made many nobles dissatisfied, and some people even began to secretly instigate other princes to request the licensing. This was especially the most active Li You, who was far away in Qizhou. His mother Yin Fei had already mentioned this matter in front of Li Shimin, but they were suppressed by Li Shimin and ignored it.

"Emperor, Wei Zheng also said the opinions of ministers and others. Since ancient times, responsibilities and obligations have coexisted. Chengdu Prefecture is now considered a country among the top countries. Resisting foreign enemies is the responsibility of the sixth prince. We should no longer rely on the power of the court. Moreover, Chengdu Prefecture is now sufficient for food and grass, and it will take several months for the imperial court to summon troops. The amount of money and food consumed during this period is really not worth the loss." Changsun Wuji spoke, and he was waiting for Wei Zheng to speak first. He never liked to do the matter of being the first to come forward.

Fang Xuanling also said at this time: "When the ten prefectures in Shu were granted to the sixth prince, it was clear that the sixth prince needed to bear the responsibility of guarding the border. If this was not implemented, I am afraid that other princes would have thoughts in their minds. Since they did not need to bear the responsibility, they could be granted Li Yan, and they could also be granted other princes."

Li Shimin frowned slightly. It was a special situation to enthrone Li Yan as the King of Chengdu. Li Shimin did not want to continue to enthrone other princes, because the lessons learned by his predecessors were here, and he could still control a Li Yan, but he couldn't grasp it too much.

"Emperor, since the Sixth Prince did not ask for help from the court, it means that the Sixth Prince still has the confidence to resist Tuyuhun. If he can't resist, he will ask for help from the court. It will not be too late to launch a large army at that time." Cen Wenben stood up and said at this time.

Li Shimin thought for a while and felt that what Cen Wenben said was reasonable. It was inappropriate to send troops directly now. Moreover, Li Yan did not show that he could not resist Tuyuhun. Li Yan might have his own ideas, and he deliberately left Niu Jinda, a veteran, there to assist Li Yan.

Cen Wenben's words were impeccable, and all the ministers agreed. Li Shimin stopped talking about this topic and began to discuss other government affairs.

After a day and night of trekking, Li Yan arrived in Songzhou at noon the next day. In addition to Xue Rengui, he also went out to greet him, Niu Jinda, whom he met a year ago.

"Xue Rengui meets His Highness!"

"Niu Jinda meets His Highness!"

Li Yan got off the horse, and the two bowed to Li Yan at the same time. Li Yan helped them up with one hand and said with a smile: "No gift!"

Now Xue Rengui and Niu Jinda are both wearing plate armor produced in Taoyuan. They stand together like two giant steel beasts. The soldiers at the city gate and the soldiers at the city gate are also wearing the same style of armor, holding compound bows and horizontal swords in their hands, and they all look solemn. They stand there without moving, and they are obviously trained in strict discipline.

After observing the military appearance of the Songzhou defenders, Li Yan felt a little at ease. Although these 10,000 people were small, they were all elite troops who had been strictly trained.

Zhu Youzhi was also looking at the soldiers and nodding constantly. He was obviously very satisfied with these soldiers. Qin Huaiyu was not much surprised. His style had long been learned by Xue Rengui. Several people combined the training methods of the Tang Dynasty themselves to study a unique training method to implement in the army. It can be said that these soldiers received regular training.

Moreover, when Li Yan first came to Yizhou, many soldiers looked malnourished. The food in the army was very poor, and the soldiers could only eat half full. However, this situation has changed since Li Yan came. Today, the defenders of Songzhou eat food from Yizhou, including rice, white flour and steamed buns and various vegetables. Although there are less meat, they are also somewhat different. Living conditions are incomparable, and the nutrition is kept up. With the hard training, these soldiers are as strong as cows.
Chapter completed!