A few days later, Chang 'an City, the court meeting.
"Your Majesty, according to an urgent report from Youzhou, the situation is just as General Li Jing said. The Eastern Turks are in chaos!”
Secretary Fang excitedly passed on the report, causing all the officials in the court to be shocked.
Everything was exactly as Li Jing had said. The former's report was so clear?
"Jie Li? Is there any news? Did the Eastern Turkic nobles serve their own masters?”Li Er asked excitedly.
"Your Majesty, the Eastern Turkic nobles have already split up into different camps. Their soldiers are scattered, their cattle and sheep are dead, and their tribes are littered with corpses!”
Fang Xuanling reported the news respectfully.
"As for Jie Li Khan, we don't know where he is. He has obviously fled and is unable to gather any more strength!”
"Good!"
Li Er shouted excitedly. His eyes were filled with excitement as he looked at the civil and military officials and said,
"Back then, Jie Li said that the Great Tang was unprepared for a sneak attack from the south and had suffered for our Great Tang for a long time. Today is the day I return the favor!”
"Cai!"
All the officials shouted excitedly. They were all extremely excited by this news.
The alliance at the Weishui River was a disgrace to the entire Great Tang. Not only Li Er, but the entire court was humiliated as well.
The people of the Great Tang had been wantonly massacred, and they had to take revenge!
"Your Majesty, you can't!"
Xiao Yu stood up again and said solemnly to Li Er,
"Although the Eastern Turks are scattered, the whereabouts of the Jie Li Khagan are still unknown. May I ask why they have entered the Turks?”
"If we capture Jie Li, we don't know where to start now!”
"If we exterminate the Turks, how can we exterminate the scattered Turkic tribes?”
"I think that sending troops is absolutely inappropriate!”
"Hmm?"
Li Er frowned, and even the officials were stunned.
What Xiao Yu said made sense.
He still didn't know what the purpose of sending troops this time was!
"Your Majesty, we will send troops to attack the Turkic Ya Zhang and capture Jie Li alive!”
Li Jing stood up and spoke solemnly. The officials were stunned. Xiao Yu sneered and said,
"Duke Wei, do you know where Jie Li is?”
"I don't know, but the Turkic tribes are in chaos. Jie Li can only escape into the depths of the steppe!”
Li Jing puffed out his chest and said,
"This general will lead the army to the depths of the grassland, I don't believe I can't capture Jie Li Khan!”
" A thousand miles?!"
When these words were said, all the officials were shocked.
Li Jing's words were too arrogant, right?
Back then, Li Erzhan and Song Jingang chased after him for two hundred miles.
After chasing for two days and two nights, he had exhausted four to five horses and spent a lot of resources to win.
A thousand miles?
How many resources would that cost?
Moreover, it was to search for Jie Li Khan aimlessly, how difficult would it be?
"Duke Wei is a famous general, but he actually said such ignorant words!”
Xiao Yu angrily rebuked and glared at Li Jing.
"I only have one question. How many warhorses do we need for thousands of soldiers to travel thousands of miles? How much food?"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the officials nodded.
A thousand miles of travel was undoubtedly built with sufficient reserves. Otherwise, it would be suicide!
Five thousand soldiers had to have enough resources to support them.
According to common sense, he would need at least fifty thousand high-grade warhorses and fifty thousand dan of rations!
After all, although the assault team only had 5,000 cavalrymen, they had to send quite a number of reserve troops. The total number was over 10,000!
Once the battle line was extended, camps had to be built to ensure the transportation of food and resources!
These preparations were only a conservative estimate. This was an extremely heavy burden for the Great Tang!
"10,000 warhorses and 10,000 dans of rations are enough!”
However, Li Jing's words were like a clap of thunder. All the officials in the court were shocked, and Li Er frowned.
"Apothecary, stop talking nonsense. How can we guarantee the safe return of these supplies?
"The horses will collapse before they even enter the Eastern Turks, so how can the rations ensure that the soldiers are fed and clothed?!”
"Your Majesty is right!"
Xiao Yu said excitedly. He looked at Li Jing and said sarcastically,
"Duke Wei is eager to make contributions, but he doesn't consider the consequences. How laughable!”
"Laughable? Haha…"
Li Jing looked at Xiao Yu disdainfully and said,
"If I can prove that this is enough, how will Censor Xiao respond?”
This fellow had stopped him time and time again, which made Li Jing angry.
If he did not teach him a lesson, he would not know the immensity of heaven and earth!
As soon as he finished speaking, all the officials fell silent. Xiao Yu glared at Li Jing and said,
"You, if you can prove it, I, I will definitely avoid you in the future!”
"This old master doesn't need you to retreat. As long as you write a letter for this old master before the expedition, it will be enough.”
Li Jing laughed coldly. Xiao Yu was stunned." W-what letter?”
"Are you going to say yes or no?"
"I promise you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the corners of Li Jing's mouth curled up. He turned to look at Li Er and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, please move to the stage. I have something to show you!”
"Good!"
Li Er nodded and led the officials to the spectator stand.
Below, Li Jing had changed into battle armor and was riding a warhorse.
"What is Duke Wei doing?"
"Could it be that you want to compete?"
All the officials spoke up, expressing their confusion. Even Cheng Yaojin and the others were surprised.
"Giddyup!"
Li Jing slapped his horsewhip and rushed toward the fighting stage.
"Li Jing is going to ride his horse onto the stage? These were all steps, extremely rugged!”
" How can it be? The horse can't stand it either. This…"
The officials all exclaimed in surprise. This tournament stage was specially designed for the imperial court to select soldiers.
The steps were rugged, as if they were a path to heaven.
Such a design represented the supremacy of imperial power!
At this moment, Li Jing was riding the horse from the bottom and rushing up.
It was like walking on flat ground!
The horse was not restricted by the rugged steps at all. It was extremely fast and appeared in the middle of the steps in the blink of an eye.
"Heavens!"
The officials were all shocked. Li Jing held a spear and shouted,
"Which general is here to spar with me?!!”
"What is it? Riding a warhorse and gesturing on the steps?”
"Is Li Jing crazy? If I don't do well, I'll fall off my horse!"
All the officials were puzzled and spoke one after another. Li Jing shouted,
"One, two, three doesn't matter. I'm not afraid.”
No one dared to reply. Li Jing frowned and looked at the general and shouted,
"Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji, Li Ji, it's just the three of you. Come and spar with this general!”
" That old fellow is so arrogant?!!"
Cheng Yaojin and the others were furious. They didn't want to cause trouble, but Li Jing took the initiative to call out names.
"Let's go! He was going to teach this old fellow a lesson. He had indeed been too arrogant during this period of time!”
Cheng Yaojin took the lead, and Hou Junji and Li Ji's faces darkened as they looked at Li Er. The latter laughed.
"Then it's Medicine Master's wish. Go, remember to stop!”
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