"What?!"
Li Shi Min stood up from his throne.
"100,000 mercenaries!"
"The army is approaching Jingyang!"
"Bastard!"
"A bunch of good-for-nothings!"
Li Shi Min shouted hysterically,"Why are you only reporting now? What are the Jingyang border guards doing? Kill their nine clans! I want to kill their nine clans!”
No wonder Li Shi Min was so angry.
Jingyang was only 40 kilometers away from Chang 'an Fortress!
Once the Turkic soldiers arrived, they would attack Chang 'an City in an instant!
He, Li Shi Min, had yet to sit on the throne, and he was about to become a slave of a subjugated country!
How could he accept this!
"Your Majesty, don't be impatient!"
Zhangsun Wuji said to Li Shiming.
Yuchi Gong looked at Li Shi Min and said,"Your Majesty, a small Turkic, so what if I have a hundred thousand mercenaries? Your Majesty, give me ten thousand soldiers, and I will bring Jie Li's head to see Your Majesty!”
Fang Xuanling immediately said,""No!"
Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shiming and asked,"Your Majesty, how many soldiers are there in Chang 'an City?" With less than fifty thousand elite soldiers, they couldn't attack the hundred thousand Turkic soldiers. They could only set up a diversion!”
As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Du Ruhui added,"Your Majesty, Lord Fang is right. This lowly subject feels that we can't attack now and can only use a diversion tactic to stop the Turks from advancing!”
Li Shi Min listened to the suggestions of the officials and glanced at them. Finally, he turned his gaze to one person.
"Uncle Bao, what do you think we should do?”
Uncle Bao!
The official Li Shimin was asking was the Great Tang's Left Military Guard Great General, Qin Qiong!
Qin Qiong thought for a moment, then cupped his fists and replied to Li Shiming: "Your Majesty, Lord Fang and Lord Du's suggestions are correct. We cannot attack forcefully, but we cannot show weakness either!
At this moment, the 100,000 Turkic soldiers should be on the bank of the Wei River. Once they crossed the river and went straight down, Chang 'an would be in danger!”
Qin Qiong paused for a moment before continuing,""Your Majesty, we should send troops to Jingyang first, leaving ten thousand soldiers in Chang 'an. The rest, like the ten thousand Imperial Guards and thirty thousand Prefecture Guards, will all go straight to Jingyang and face the Turkic army of one hundred thousand.
Although the Turks claimed to have an army of one hundred thousand, they did not cross the river immediately.
Why?
This was because the Turkic old man Eli knew that once they crossed Jingyang, the mercenaries would charge straight down and they would have no way out.
Our Great Tang will grasp this mentality of the Turks and give that old man Eli a show of strength, forcing him to retreat without fighting!”
Du Ruhui nodded and said,""I agree with General Qin's plan.”
Li Shiming looked at Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling, and the others. Finally, he regained his calm and regained his composure. He had regained his composure as the King of Qin, Li Shiming!
"Yuchi Jingde, listen up!"
"I'm here!"
Li Shimin looked at Yuchi Gong and said,"Jingde, I'll appoint you as the general manager of Jingzhou Road's army. Bring thirty thousand troops to Jingyang and defend against the Turks!"”
"I will obey!"
Yuchi Gong accepted the order.
Li Shimin looked at Qin Qiong and said,"Uncle Bao, listen to the decree!"”
"I will listen to your decree!"
"We confer you the title of Jingzhou right-guard great general. Lead ten thousand imperial guards and attack the Turks from the right of Jingyang!”
Hearing Li Shi Min's decree, Qin Qiong frowned.
Fang Xuanling and the others also frowned.
Chang 'an Fortress only had less than 50,000 soldiers.
With Yuchi Gong leading 30,000 House Guards and Qin Qiong leading 10,000 Imperial Guards, Chang 'an Fortress would be empty!
If anything happened, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Du Ruhui looked at Li Shimin and was about to speak.
Li Shi Min waved at him.
He naturally knew that the 40,000 troops had left Chang 'an and the city was empty. If there was an accident, he, the emperor, would be powerless.
But Li Shiming had no choice!
Why was the Great Tang army empty?
Because when Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, Du Fuwei, the general of the peasant uprising army who had originally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Fu Gong Wei were not on good terms. Fu Gong Wei took advantage of Du Fuwei's entry into the court to secretly occupy Danyang and rebel against the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuan appointed Li Jing as the commander and Li Ji as the deputy commander. The two of them led 50,000 troops to Jiangnan Road to pacify the auxiliary duke.
At the same time, a few days ago, Li Shimin gave 30,000 troops to Li Xiaogong.
Li Xiaogong led 30,000 troops to Jiujiang to pacify the remnants of the warlord Xiao Xi.
Thus, the Great Tang only had less than fifty thousand soldiers left!
Li Shiming looked at the crowd and said," The Turkic mercenaries have 100,000 troops heading straight for Jingyang. What's the use of leaving Chang 'an City's troops behind?"
Once the Turkic army risked everything to cross the Wei River, what would happen to the people of Chang 'an?
Do I want to be the ruler of a subjugated country?”
Li Shiming paused for a moment and looked at the officials present. Finally, he looked at Yuchi Gong and Qin Shubao and said,"Shu Bao and Jing De, first resist Old Er Li. I will arrive later. I will bring the remaining personal guards and divide them into six cavalry. I will personally lead the army. I want to see how Old Er Li will face me when he betrays his faith!”
"This humble subject is willing to follow Your Majesty!"
Zhangsun Wuji spoke up after Li Shimin finished speaking.
Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and the others also said,"This lowly subject is willing to go with Your Majesty!”
Li Shiming looked at Fang Xuanling and the others with a smile before finally turning his gaze to Zhangsun Wuji. He smiled and said," Ancestors, I'm leading the army on a personal expedition. Chang 'an City is empty. Are you willing to guard Chang' an City for me?"”
Zhangsun Wuji's voice choked as he looked at Li Shiming and cupped his fists,""I'm willing. As long as I'm here, Chang 'an Fortress will definitely be here!”
"Good!"
Li Shiming stood up and said to Fang Xuanling and the others,"Xuanling, Kepeng, Zhijie, Xuancheng, follow me to Jingyang!”
"This lowly subject obeys!"
Fang Xuanling and the others replied.
Li Shimin thought for a moment and looked at Cheng Yaojin."Zhijie, go to the Cui Residence and tell the old lady that the Turkic mercenaries are heading straight for Jingyang. Chang 'an is in danger. I need Brother Wang, and the Tang Empire needs Brother Wang!”
This time, Cheng Yaojin did not hesitate at all because he knew that this matter was not a joke.
"I'll go now!"
Cheng Yaojin accepted the order and left.
"Jing De, Shu Bao, Zhen will personally send you off!”
...
At the same time.
Xiao An Village.
Crescent Moon looked at a woman in disbelief.
Li Hao also saw the woman.
When Crescent Moon called out the woman's name, Li Hao didn't hesitate to activate his Wolverine's perception.
It was dangerous!
The woman gave Li Hao an extremely dangerous feeling!
Li Hao said to the system,"System, exchange for the Supreme Mystery Scripture!"”
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