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The Turkic Jieli Khan led 150000 troops into Yanmen and harassed Bingzhou; the other troops disturbed Yuanzhou and the great earthquake brought down the pass.
As soon as the news was announced, the ministers looked serious, but there was no excessive surprise. The sage Li Yuan said directly: ”at the beginning of the year, Xue Qingjia once said that Turks would go south this year, and we have been taking precautions against this. Now, Jieli is coming! ”
Because of Xue Lang, the court was not unprepared against the Turks' southward March. However, Xue Lang is not in Beijing. I don't know what measures the court has taken to adjust the personnel.
Feng De Yi said: ”those who can be worried about are those who are only afraid of going to the south, and most of them are not zhijieli. Besides, there are Liu Hei Kai! ”
The largest group of Turks plundered in the South was Jieli Khan's 150000 army. Although the rest of the Turks were not so powerful, the large number of invaders, together with Liu heikai, who was still making an attack, put great pressure on the defense of the Tang Dynasty's states.
The king of Qin had a resolute face and directly asked for a battle: ”sage, please lead the troops to meet the Turks. If Jieli went south, the momentum was very strong. If we beat him head-on and destroyed his momentum, then the troubles of the rest of the tribes would be easily solved. If we can't eliminate the momentum of fighting, the Turks will become stronger and stronger, which will certainly affect the morale of our army. At that time, the war that is easy to fight will also become a battle of hardship. ”
Xue Lang was an outsider in the war. He also understood the meaning of the king of Qin. He kept up his courage and went down again and again. When the enemy's voice is powerful, it's time to strike head-on, destroy the enemy's prestige, and strengthen our own prestige.
Li Yuan pondered for a while and said, ”map!”
Immediately, an internal servant carried out a huge map. I didn't know what kind of animal skin it was. Naturally, the drawing was not modern and delicate, and the painting style was still so rough and abstract. In any case, Xue Lang followed him around for a while. He could understand the characters, but he could not understand anything else. He could not understand the geographical situation that this map was intended to express.
Li Yuan took a walking stick handed over by his internal servant, lit the map with his stick, and said, ”this is Bingzhou and Yuanzhou, which are the places where Jieli soldiers attacked and attacked; these states are the places where Liu Hei Kai made trouble. And these states are bordering on the Turks, and all of them are suffering from Turkic soldiers. ”
Li Yuan points at the map and frowns at once -
there are many places bordering on Turks, and Liu Hei Kai, for the Tang army, the defensive pressure is too great! All the ministers frowned, even the king of Qin was frowning and pondering.
A middle-aged minister said directly: ”to the sage, Liu Hei Kai and the Turk soldiers are in rebellion, and the jieri interest rate department is entering Yanmen. It can be said that there are internal and external troubles. As the old saying goes, the first thing to do is to set the outside. I think that the imperial court should pacify Liu heikai first, and then Turks. Calming down Liu heikai is only a temporary achievement, but it will take time to wipe out Turks. Therefore, I ask the sage to make peace with the Turks and endure the anger for a while. ”
This is for peace.
Li Yuan said: ”Zheng Qingyan is reasonable.”
It turns out that this guy is Zheng Yuanshou, Taichang Qing. Xue Lang secretly looked at him. The reason why Zheng Yuanshou proposed to make peace was not a weak person, but from the perspective of old man seeking a country.
Since the Sui Dynasty, he has been sent to the Turks for five times. Each time, he was ordered to go back safely and finish his mission. Xue Lang expressed his admiration for such a capable man.