Tuyuhun's entire envoy team, except for the carriage of inferior horses, were all soldiers.
Therefore, they moved very quickly.
The scouts also reported the situation of their envoy team day by day.
"Report! The envoy's team marched to the southeast of Qizhou, with only 60 carts of food.”
"Report! When the envoy team reached the southwest of Qizhou, there were only twenty carts of food left.”
"Urgent report! The envoy team had already distributed food in the eastern region of Taozhou.”
"Urgent report! The envoy team split into two groups. One group headed toward Taozhou, while the other group sneaked into Hezhou through a small path.”
In the royal study, the officials who knew about this were all more surprised than the last.
Damn it, I underestimated the guts of the Tuyuhun people!
"It seems like they are not only going to plunder Taozhou, but also invade Hezhou!"”
Cheng Yaojin: " I have such a bad temper. Your Majesty, you don't have to wait anymore. Give me 100,000 troops. Before the end of next month, I will definitely offer the heads of the Tuyuhun royal family to the heavens!"”
"What's the hurry?" How much food would they need if they were to march now? Inside the pass, there would be at least a million families starving in Shu.”
"When the wheat and rice are harvested, it will be the time for a large-scale attack.”
Li Shimin had to consider how much food he needed to attack Tuyuhun.
If Tuyuhun was more important than the rations that the army needed to fight for half a year, Li Shimin would have defeated Tuyuhun 800 years ago.
The problem was that the area occupied by Tuyuhun was very barren. Even if they attacked them, they would not be able to earn back the cost.
"Didn't the winter wheat just be harvested?" Cheng Yaojin mumbled.
Li Shi Min almost kicked him.
I'm so poor, and I still have to tell you? If I could use winter wheat, I would have used it long ago.
What if there was a major drought or flood this year, resulting in a poor harvest of spring wheat or rice?
Zhangsun Wuji knew what Li Shiming was thinking."Cough cough, Cheng Yaojin, His Majesty has to consider the issue of the treasury. The treasury is still quite abundant, but a large portion will be left for future use against Tubo, Goguryeo, and Jiaozhi.”
"Yes, yes. Old Cheng, it wouldn't be good to let you go and have a good time in such a hurry, would it?" Fang Xuanling said.”
Cheng Yaojin was speechless.
When the Great Tang was first established, there were hidden threats everywhere.
Moreover, according to the lessons of the Great Sui Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Someone would definitely want to cause trouble.
Therefore, the national treasury had been saving money to prepare for war.
Even Li Shi Min's royal family didn't use the money from the national treasury.
He had always been using his private vault.
This would not change.
"Then let's wait a little longer."”
"800 miles, urgent!"
The people who were teasing Cheng Yaojin stopped their thoughts.
Li Shimin gestured, and Pei Xingjian stepped forward."Come in!"
After a scout entered, he handed over the battle report with both hands."General Hou Junji, hurry!”
"The Tuyuhun envoy's troops split into two groups and plundered Taozhou and Hezhou. They burned more than fifty houses and destroyed half a village.”
"Fortunately, General Hou Junji is currently patrolling Taozhou. He quickly led the soldiers of the Taozhou Army to destroy the Tuyuhun Army, killing more than seven hundred people and capturing more than two hundred prisoners.”
"General Hou Junji has already sent a report to the Ministry of Central Affairs, the Bureau of Military Personnel, and the Bureau of Rites.”
The scout felt strange as he spoke.
Logically speaking, the ministers present should have cursed out loud when such a thing happened.
Why was it so quiet?
Zhangsun Wuji hurriedly cupped his hands." Your Majesty is wise. You have seen through the Tuyuhun rebels 'actions in advance."”
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Your Majesty is mighty."
Li Shi Min nodded." Everyone, please disperse. Gather the various departments to discuss this. We will discuss it again tomorrow morning."”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Shi Min frowned. How could Fang Yang be so accurate?
If Fang Yang entered the Ministry of Central Affairs, wouldn't he be able to skip the inspection?
Li Shimin decided to go to the painting shop again and ask more questions about the war.
Everyone left, except for Cheng Yaojin.
"Cheng Zhijie, you want to stay and freeload?"”
Cheng Yaojin laughed." Your Majesty, I'm going to leave Cheng Chumo to Fang Yang to discipline. I don't ask for much. If I can learn 30% of his skills, it won't be a problem for me to become a marquis in the future."”
Li Shimin laughed and scolded,"Get lost, your position as Duke of Lu is reserved for Cheng Chumo, why do you still want to be a marquis?"”
Cheng Yaojin: " You still have to learn the real skills. Otherwise, how can you be a rich man for the rest of your life?"”
"Your Majesty, are you also planning to let the Crown Prince study?" Logically speaking, the Crown Prince's enlightenment had already ended and he should have found a great teacher to pay a visit.”
Li Shimin sighed." The great scholars and capable people all live in remote mountainous areas and live in seclusion in the mountains. If they want to become disciples, they can only gain fame. They can't learn any real skills.”
How old was Li Chengqian? He couldn't possibly be thrown out to study for a few years, right? By the time he returned, the officials would have completely forgotten about the Crown Prince.
Therefore, Li Shi Min didn't force Li Chengqian to be his disciple.
After finishing his elementary school, he continued to study in the palace.
Fang Yang's appearance reminded Li Shiming.
Li Fangyang calculated that he would hide in the city.
He would probably be able to learn a lot from Fang Yang.
Moreover, he could use the excuse of studying results to ask Li Chengqian what Fang Yang thought about political affairs every day.
Li Shi Min raised his head." Cheng Zhi Jie, wait a moment. I will immediately recall the Crown Prince. Then, we will send them over together in the afternoon. How about that?"”
"Alright!" Cheng Yaojin giggled. To be able to let Cheng Chumo find a good teacher, and to be able to treat the Crown Prince as a classmate, how wonderful!
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