The Military Intelligence Report, The Whole Court Was Shocked!
The Great Tang.
Chang 'an Dew Hall.
On the third day of the war against the Eastern Turks.
It was inevitable that today's court meeting would revolve around the war.
They waited for the latest battle situation every day!
Li Shi Min couldn't wait.
The first battle report was from Chai Lingwu!
"Yesterday, the Eastern Turkic soldiers of Dongqir and Shaduli arrived at the gates of Jizhou!
The enemy had launched several fierce attacks, but they were all suppressed by General Chai and his soldiers!
The next day, the enemy attacked again!
Our army has once again crushed the enemy's attack!
The enemy fled, and General Chai took the opportunity to chase them out of the city, killing 3,000 enemies!
The enemy had suffered heavy casualties. General Chai had launched a counterattack!”
After Zhangsun Wuji finished reading, his face was filled with joy.
I respectfully bow to Li Shimin.
"His Majesty has bestowed the Great Tang with a great victory! General Chai is truly a capable general of the Great Tang!”
All the officials in the court congratulated him.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations to the Great Tang!"
"The Great Tang is strong! Long live Your Majesty!"
Li Shi Min's face lit up!
Crown Prince Li Chengqian was overjoyed. Chai Lingwu was the only general in his faction.
Now that he was the first to receive good news, he felt proud.
"General Chai is truly a blessed general of the Great Tang! When he triumphed, he implored Imperial Father to reward him handsomely!”
Li Shi Min nodded happily.
"Of course!"
The group of officials also echoed. Under Li Chengqian's signal, they began to sing praises of Chai Lingwu.
At the same time, he secretly belittled the King of Wu, Li Ke, who had led 10,000 cavalrymen into the enemy without waiting for the imperial edict.
Soon, Li Ji came to report from Feng Province!
"The enemy is coming at us menacingly, 100,000 cavalry!
The city walls of Fengzhou had been in disrepair for a long time and could not withstand the war. The east gate collapsed!
The enemy attacked the gap fiercely!
Fortunately, General Li took the lead and personally guarded the gap!
Both sides were fighting here, with heavy casualties!
Up until now, they had repelled the enemy's attacks many times and took the opportunity to temporarily build a gap in the city wall!
I beg Your Majesty's blessing!"
hiss ~
The hall was silent.
Then, they looked at Li Shiming uneasily.
Li Shi Min's face turned pale.
He had just heard some good news and was not happy for long before he was worried.
He was furious!
"What happened? Why had the city walls of Feng Province been in disrepair for so long? Is there no funding?"
The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Revenue were all silent. They lowered their heads and trembled.
It was Zhangsun Wuji who spoke.
"Your Majesty, since last year, a rare drought has caused the north to have no harvest! In order to help these places tide over the difficulties, most of the funds available in the national treasury were spent on this. Therefore, other funds that needed to be allocated were temporarily delayed.”
Li Shi Min snorted coldly.
"Even so, national defense should be the top priority and must be handled well!”
"Yes, Your Majesty's teachings are extremely correct! He would never let such a thing happen again!”
Li Shi Min waved his hand unhappily.
"Order Li Ji to guard Fengzhou! Feng Province must not be lost!"
"Yes!"
Da da!
Another urgent military report was sent over!
All the civil and military officials in the court craned their necks to take a look at the signature on the memorial.
Li Jing?
Or Youzhou?
The memorial was in Zhangsun Wuji's hands. He opened it and read it quickly. His expression changed drastically!
"Your Majesty, this is Duke Wei's report!”
"Quickly read it to me!"
"A few days ago, the Eastern Turkic Army Commander Ha Chi 'er led an army of one hundred and fifty thousand to the city!
Duke Wei mobilized his army and waited for the battle to begin!
That night, the Eastern Turkic army suddenly launched a fierce offensive!
The Cloud Prefecture City was engaged in a fierce battle of offense and defense!
In the end, the enemy retreated unwillingly!
However!
The defense line of Yunzhou was dozens of miles long, and some areas were tall mountains. It was a naturally dangerous place like Yunlai Mountain, and it was customary to only send small troops to guard it!
During the great battle of the Cloud Prefecture, Yunlai Mountain was ambushed!
The enemy was the unfamiliar Eastern Turkic Blood Wolf Army!
The Blood Wolf Army had 1,000 tall and fierce Blood Wolves. They were well-hidden and had a strong surprise attack power!
Yunlai Mountain failed, and the Blood Wolf Army quickly passed through and launched a sneak attack on the nearby Cloud Valley Pass!
In addition, the enemy army had already moved a large number of troops during the night when they attacked Yunzhou!
The two of them worked together to break through the relatively weak Cloud Valley Pass!
Currently, Hachi 'er had already led the enemy troops through the defensive line from Mount Yunlai and was heading south!
It happened so suddenly that Duke Wei couldn't save him in time!
Immediately, he changed his direction and chased after Hachi!
Your Majesty, please prepare the army to defend Chang 'an!”
As soon as Zhangsun finished speaking, the entire court was shocked!
The Eastern Turkic army had already broken through the defensive line!
Are they going south? Chang 'an is just a few hundred kilometers south!
In that case, the capital will be in danger!
Or turn right and sneak attack Feng Zhou!
Then, it was Youzhou Province and Jizhou Province!
If that happened, the entire northern front would fail!
The ministers wanted to say something but stopped, not knowing how to say it.
They all lowered their heads, but they tried their best to look up, waiting for the Emperor to speak.
Li Shi Min took a deep breath. He couldn't panic!
"I didn't expect the Eastern Turks to have the help of the Blood Wolves!
I've seen a blood wolf once. It's really ferocious!
However, at that time, it was just a pet of Ji Li.
He did not expect them to train these animals into an army!”
Using wolves as an army, as a surprise attack, indeed had the effect of surprise. The current situation was a convincing example.
Li Shiming tapped his left hand on the throne, feeling a little frustrated!
The Eastern Turks had basically mobilized cavalry this time, and their mobility was very high!
If they did not have a powerful force to stop them, they would be swept away like a tornado.
Although Li Jing had already chased after them, the quantity and quality of his cavalry were inferior to the other party's. He was already at a disadvantage!
In addition, Li Jing's army had been transferred away by Ha Chi 'er, so Yunzhou's garrison would definitely be greatly weakened!
The Great Tang was in a very passive position!
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