The seventh year of Wude in the Great Tang.
Eastern Turkic Jie Li Khan led 100,000 cavalry south, claiming to wash Bingzhou with blood, revenge Li Yuan's crime of not being a minister.
The founding emperor of the Great Tang, Li Yuan, received the report and immediately sent the king of Qin, Li Shimin, to lead the elites of the Great Tang to Bingzhou to increase their defenses.
Jie Li used the advantage of the Turkic cavalry to bypass the defense line of Bingzhou and directly take Guanzhong. The army crossed the cities along the road and approached Chang 'an.
The capital was shocked.
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At the foot of Longshou Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Chang 'an, there is a village of sons.
The village was hidden deep in the mountains, surrounded by mountains.
There was a rumor outside the mountain that the villagers living in this mysterious village were all descendants of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy who had retired at the end of the Qin Dynasty, hence the name of the village.
The road to the village was full of twists and turns, and it was surrounded by clouds all year round. It was said that there were array mechanisms everywhere, and only those who were proficient in the five elements and eight trigrams could enter.
A young man stood with his hands behind his back in the village's holy palaces. He looked around at the stone statues of the sages, and the expression on his face seemed to be deep in thought.
"Giant, if Chang 'an is lost, the Great Tang will definitely fall apart. At that time, the Turkic cavalry will trample across the north and south of the Yangtze River, and the people of the Han family will once again suffer the nightmare of the Five Barbarians!”
"As a giant of the Mohist family, the successor of the philosophers, and the destined war god chosen by the Heaven Secrets Compass, you should step out and fight for the people of the world!”
The white-haired old man behind him tried to persuade him.
The young man's brows twitched slightly, as if he was slightly moved.
"The current emperor is your grandfather after all. He's related by blood. For both public and private reasons, it's only right for a giant to come out of the mountain and turn the tide.”
The young man suddenly turned around, his eyes resolute and fierce.
"Back then, my mother led me into exile among the people, and I only survived thanks to the help of my fellow villagers. A real man should repay a drop of kindness with a spring. Even if I, Li Zhao, am not a descendant of the philosophers, I will never sit idly by and watch them be slaughtered by the Hu.”
After saying that, the young man picked up the three-pointed double-edged sword on the weapon rack and turned around to leave.
"Chivalrous and righteous, it seems that the heroic spirits of my philosophers did not choose the wrong person…"
The old man looked at the young man's muscular back and stroked his white beard as he nodded slightly. His eyes revealed a gratified expression.
Then, his eyes moved and he noticed something was wrong. He quickly asked,"Why didn't you use the golden hammer that was passed down in your family? Your father used this divine weapon and was invincible!”
"If I use my father's soldiers, they will definitely see through my identity. I don't want to see them fighting each other. After I help them get through this crisis, I will be free in the countryside and have nothing to do with the court and the martial world!”
With that, the young man no longer hesitated. He carried the three-pointed, double-edged sword on his back and walked out of the sacred land that worshipped the memorial tablets of the philosophers.
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In the north of Chang 'an City, a hundred thousand Turkic cavalry galloped back and forth, covering the sky with dust.
On the north gate, Li Yuan glared at the Turks who were showing off their might, his eyes bloodshot as he punched the battlements.
He was angry, but helpless.
The Great Tang had unified the world for less than a few years and was in dire straits, while the Eastern Turks were unprecedentedly powerful and were known to control millions.
If the Great Tang fought the Eastern Turks, the outcome was still unknown.
Even if they managed to win, they would definitely exhaust the strength of the people and the country. The four seas would boil, and they would repeat the mistake of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty abusing the strength of the people and the collapse of the world.
For the sake of the Great Tang and the people of the world, Li Yuan, as the founding emperor, could only choose to passively defend and endure the Eastern Turks 'invasion.
Who would have thought that today, Jie Li Khan would arrive at Chang 'an City, the capital was in danger, and the Great Tang would lose face.
"Li Yuan, back then when you raised your army in Jinyang, if it wasn't for the fact that the Great Turks granted you the right to submit, would you have the glory you have today?”
"Do you think that you can be on equal footing with me just because you've taken over the Sui Dynasty? This time, I'm going to Chang 'an to let you know the consequences of not submitting to me!”
The Jie Li Khan in front of the city was extremely overbearing and arrogant. He didn't put the Tang officials in Chang 'an City in his eyes at all.
He controlled millions of bowstrings, allowing him to freely enter and exit the Great Tang's territory, so he naturally had the right to be arrogant.
In recent years, he had frequently invaded the Great Tang and plundered countless goods and people, enough for him to enjoy for many years.
Forcing Li Yuan to submit!
As long as the Great Tang became a subject and paid tribute, the Turkic warriors would receive hundreds of millions of tributes from the Great Tang every year, as well as the marriage of the women of the Li Clan.
Furthermore, if he forced the Emperor of the Central Plains to submit, Jie Li would become the greatest Khan of the Great Turks. That sense of accomplishment was not something that could be compared to mere goods.
"Jie Li, you're going too far!"
Li Yuan let out a deep roar. As the Emperor of the Tang Empire, he was humiliated in front of his own door. No matter how much he could endure, he could not calm down.
"Jiancheng, Apothecary, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?”
Li Yuan looked at the two people he trusted the most. Li Shimin, the most capable fighter in the Great Tang, had been sent to Bingzhou and was still on his way to reinforce the army.
" Father, please don't be angry. A little impatience will ruin the plan. The enemy outside the city has at least 100,000 cavalry, and we only have 30,000 troops in Chang 'an. We can only hold on and not fight outside the city. Otherwise, Jie Li will be right in the middle.”
Li Jiancheng knew that his fighting ability was not as good as Li Shimin's, so he naturally did not dare to show off. The plan he proposed was also safe.
Li Yuan looked at Li Jing again.
"Jie Li is too arrogant. I can see that the enemy has no formation to speak of. If a fierce general can surprise and disrupt his middle army, then my soldiers in the city can take advantage of the situation to kill him.”
Li Jing's ability to use troops was far above Li Jiancheng's, and he was not intimidated by the Turks 'momentum. Instead, he saw through their flaws.
"Apothecary, it's easy for you to say. All the fierce generals in the capital are in second brother's Heavenly Policy Manor, and now he's taken them to Bingzhou.”
"Moreover, even if they did, they might not be able to mess with the Jie Li army.”
Li Jiancheng's words made Li Jing sigh.
The other Tang generals also fell silent.
To be able to break through 100,000 iron cavalry, defeat the Jie Li army and retreat unscathed, what kind of martial arts was this!
Even fierce generals like Yuchi Gong and Qin Shubao might not have such ability.
The martial arts of ten thousand enemies was already the existence of a war god.
Throughout history, there were only two people who could do it.
One of them was Xiangyu, the Conqueror, and the other was... Li Yuan.
" Sigh, if only my son Yuan Ba was still alive, I wouldn't have suffered such humiliation today…"
Li Yuan let out a helpless and bitter sigh. His eyes were already filled with submission.
The Tang generals on his left and right were filled with grief and indignation. They hated themselves for being powerless and could only watch the Great Tang suffer such humiliation!
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