All the officials held their breaths and stared at the emperor.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths…
Li Shiming quickly read through the memorial. At this moment, his expression became extremely ugly.
"My dear ministers, the Turks have indeed gone south. The fifty thousand Turkic vanguard troops were attacking Yanmen Pass. Yanmen Pass Guard General reported that there were 250,000 troops behind this vanguard!”
Hiss!
The moment this number appeared, all the officials in the court gasped.
Fifty thousand vanguards and two hundred and fifty thousand main forces meant that the Turks had gathered three hundred thousand soldiers to invade the Central Plains.
Even if this number was exaggerated and the Turks were given a discount, there were at least 150,000 to 200,000 soldiers.
A whole 200,000 grassland soldiers!
This was crazy.
The Turks had gone mad!
At a time no one had expected, they had launched a massive assault on the Great Tang.
Uh…Wait!
No, it wasn't that everyone hadn't guessed that there was a little fellow who had seen through this matter in advance.
He was Chen An!
At this moment.
Li Shi Min suddenly turned his head and looked at the corner of the hall.
At this moment.
All the officials turned around and looked over.
Shocking,
shocking,
unbelievable!
Everyone could hardly believe what was happening.
How did this three-foot-tall little guy guess this?
This was too terrifying!
This is too magical!
"Cough cough!"
Li Shi Min coughed and said,""Chen An, tell me, how did you know about this?”
Hearing this, Chen An raised his head slightly and said lightly,""Your Majesty, I am the Prime Minister of the Great Tang. This is a court meeting. Please address me by my official position. Minister An!"
F * ck!
F * ck you!
The moment this little child opened his mouth, he could make people half dead with anger.
Li Shi Min almost cursed.
However, in an instant, he finally endured it. It was because the Great
Tang was the Li Clan's empire!
Personal feelings were a small matter. The safety of the country was the real big deal.
"Good, good, good! Minister An, I ask you, how did you know this?”
Li Shi Min asked loudly.
Hearing this, Chen An raised his head and replied,""This is a secret. Your Majesty, you should discuss the military affairs first.”
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
Hearing such an answer, Li Shi Min wanted to chop this little guy to death.
At this moment.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, and the others came to the center of the hall and bowed.
"Your Majesty, Chen An is right." The military situation is extremely urgent, please send troops to Yanmen Pass.”
"Your Majesty, two hundred thousand Turkic soldiers are attacking Yanmen Pass. I'm afraid we can't hold Yanmen Pass!"
Hearing
this, Li Shi Min nodded.
"Civil officials below the third rank will leave the court, the rest will stay!”
"Here!"
The civil officials left the hall, leaving only the important officials and the generals.
Chen An did not leave.
After all, he was still a prime minister. Regardless of whether he had real power or not, just this title alone made his rank higher than the nine ministers.
As the low-ranked civil officials left, the door of the Dew Palace closed with a bang.
The military conference began.
The eunuchs quickly took out a military map of the Tang Empire and laid it out in the hall.
Li Shi Min quickly walked to the center.
"Li Jing, you're the Minister of War.”
"Here!"
Li Jing promised and began to tell everyone about the situation of the garrison at Yanmen Pass and the details of the Tang army.
The Great Tang had a prefectural army system, with a total of sixteen armies. The four guards of the Imperial Army and the twelve guards of the government.
The four guards of the Imperial Army, the left and right guards and the left and right Thousand Oxen Guards, were the emperor's personal troops and were responsible for protecting the emperor.
The Twelve Guards were the Left and Right Guards, the Left and Right Xiao Guards, the Left and Right Martial Guards, the Left and Right Wei Guards, the Left and Right Leading Guards, and the Left and Right Golden Guards. In addition, the Great Tang had also established the Zhechong Prefecture.
The Twelve Guards led the 657 Zhechong Prefectures in the world and divided them into various military prefectures to Chang 'an.
"However, the key now is that Yanmen Pass cannot wait for national support. "So…"
Li Jing paused for a moment before pointing to the northern corner of the map."Therefore, the best strategy now is to recruit all the prefecture soldiers from the seventeen northern provinces to aid Yanmen Pass.”
Hearing this, the officials and ministers nodded in unison.
At this moment.
Hou Junji added,"With the Turkic army of two hundred thousand, we need at least one hundred thousand reinforcements. The number of government troops in the seventeen northern states was probably not enough.”
"No!" Li Jing shook his head."I don't need 100,000. 70,000 is enough. Yanmen Pass was an important city on the Great Wall. The walls were thick, and one hundred thousand reinforcements were enough to defend against the Turks. Also, don't forget that it's winter now. The steppe is getting colder. As long as we can reach it in half a month, the Turks will retreat!”
When these words were said, the ministers and ministers were overjoyed.
That's right.
It was already winter, and it would probably snow soon.
No matter how strong the Turks were, they could not fight a prolonged war in winter.
The terrifying natural snowstorm would definitely destroy everything…
Thinking of this, the generals in the army were extremely excited and requested for orders.
"Your Majesty, this subject, Hou Junji, requests permission to go to Yanmen Pass!”
"Your Majesty, this subject, Yuchi Gong, requests: I'm willing to make a military pledge that if I don't defeat the Turks, my head will fall to the ground!”
"Your Majesty, I, Liu Hongji, request to fight!”
"Your Majesty, there's still me, Old Cheng. Send me, Old Cheng. I'll chop off the Turkic Khagan's head with three axes.”
Hearing
the pleas of the Tang soldiers, Li Shiming was very happy.
However, this battle was not to defeat the Turks, but to defend Yanmen Pass.
If the commander was rash and left the city without permission, he would fall into the ambush of the Turkic army and Yanmen Pass would be finished.
Once Yanmen Pass was passed, the entire Central Plains would be plunged into misery.
The Great Tang Dynasty would be in danger of being subjugated.
For this reason, he had to choose a cautious commander to defend Yanmen Pass.
"Li Jing!"
Li Shi Min said seriously.
Hearing this, Li Jing immediately bowed and said,""Your subject is here!"
"This battle concerns the safety of the Great Tang and the world. I'll appoint you as the General Manager of the march. You'll be in charge of defending the seventeen northern regions against the Turks.”
"Here!"
"Remember, there is no need to defeat the Turks. You must guard the Yanmen border.”Li Shi Min emphasized.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I understand!" Li Jing nodded.”
"Go, immediately. We can't delay the battle at Yanmen Pass!"
"Yes, sir!"
Li Jing accepted the order and prepared to leave the hall.
However…
at this moment, at this moment.
"
Wait, don't go to Yanmen Pass!" A childish voice suddenly sounded.”
As soon as he said this, everyone turned around and looked at the source of the voice.
A little fellow walked over from the corner of the hall.
He was Chen An.
At this moment, the officials and ministers frowned.
Li Jing was also extremely puzzled.
"Yanmen Pass is extremely urgent, why not go?”
"Because..."
Chen An said in a deep voice under the gazes of the ministers and ministers,""Maybe the attack at Yanmen Pass was just an illusion?”
What was that? An illusion?
Were the Turks trying to create a ruckus?
That was impossible, right?
The Turkic vanguard army had fifty thousand men. Using fifty thousand men as bait, was 'Jie Li Khagan' crazy?
Sensing everyone's doubtful gazes, Chen An smiled and said,
"Hehe, believe it or not!"”
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