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The eastern and western Turkic coalition forces attacked Datong, the border town of the Tang Empire. The generals guarding the pass had asked for help from the surrounding counties and towns, and at the same time sent an urgent case of 800 miles to Chang'an.

This is the news that Li Jiancheng knows, and when the news of the Richio has not yet arrived in Chang'an City, Li Jiancheng, who has a powerful intelligence agency, already knows.

As for telling Li Yuan in advance, there is no need.

The soldiers of the Datang Empire also needed blood training. Just as Li Jiancheng's [Thunder. Otherwise, everything relied on Li Jiancheng to solve it, and the army without steel casting was just a blink of an eye.

Therefore, it was not until this morning when Li Yuan told the matter that the ministers were in an uproar that Li Jiancheng slowly came from the prince's mansion to the palace.

Speaking of attacking Datong, even as the hostile sides, Li Jiancheng had to admire Tongye Hu or Jie Li for his good vision.

Since ancient times, Datong has been a military city and a strategic location, and is a place that must be fought for by military strategists: "From the border three sides, the most important thing. It connects Shanggu in the east, reaches Heng in the south, borders the Yellow River in the west, and controls the desert in the north. It is the vassal screen of the capital and the Central Plains.

". As such a major city, Datong has no natural danger to rely on, and it is entirely based on heavy troops to guard it.

Of course, it is not that easy to conquer Datong.

The Datong city wall is as high as six meters high, and it is one of the best among all the city walls today. Because Datong is facing the rising northern grassland nations, military defense is extraordinary. In addition to the problem of the city wall, Datong

The food and grass are also extremely rich, because Datong is always facing the dilemma of siege. Food and grass are naturally indispensable. Moreover, the soldiers in Datong are all tough soldiers who have fought against tribes on the grassland for many years, compared to the Turkic people who heard of them.

As for the Central Plains soldiers who were already depressed in morale, the soldiers of Datong were also unattainable in this regard.

Since these factors exist, why did Jie Li choose to attack Datong? Has his mind become irrational enough because of these mistakes?

Of course not, in just a moment. Li Jiancheng had already guessed Jie Li's idea.

This way, it would be necessary to achieve great harmony. After some days of disrespect, the generals of the Tang Dynasty felt that the morale of the Turks was depressed. They could launch a large-scale raid.

Near Datong, the closest thing is the place where Li Yuan started his career - Taiyuan.

If you get a Datong, you can look at Taiyuan Yaoyao. The harm to Taiyuan is not great. In this way, Taiyuan City will definitely send troops to attack when Turkic is tired, so this will be Li Lili.

That's right, Jie Li seemed to attack Datong, but his real goal was Taiyuan.

As the founding place of the Tang Empire, the existence of Taiyuan is of great significance. If it is occupied by the Turks, it will have a serious impact on the morale of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, Taiyuan City itself is also a strong city, which is easy to defend and difficult to defend.

Attack, if the sneak attack is not surrounded by the opponent. If Taiyuan is lost, it will be difficult to hit it again.

Let Datong soldiers form a surround from behind? This is purely a death sentence.

As long as they use tens of thousands of soldiers to defend the city wall, in the plains from Datong to Taiyuan, those reinforcements from Datong were killed by the powerful Turkic cavalry. In the Tang Empire, except for Li Jiancheng's [Thunder and Li Shimin's]

[Black armor is comparable to the Turkic cavalry. Other soldiers are fundamentally vulnerable. Moreover, the number of troops between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin is still very small.

In the siege, the final result is only a dead end.

Therefore, Taiyuan City must not be lost. Otherwise, it will become a thorn in the throat of Datang. It cannot be pulled out and swallowed, which is really uncomfortable.

However, since Li Jiancheng had expected that arrangements had been made.

Under his teachings, Qin Hu, Sha Liang, Shabao, Yang Wei, and Song Wen five people brought 500 [Thunder into Taiyuan City to dormant. Even if Taiyuan City guarded the troops, they should not act lightly.

There are too few people, so there is no enough to treat hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry.

If the Taiyuan City is lost, when the Ri Datang Army arrives, Qin Hu will attack the city gate overnight and enters the army into the city. Those Turkic cavalry in the city lose their maneuverability, and the natural strength decreases.

If Taiyuan City has not been lost and the Tang army arrives, then cooperate with the army to kill the Turks.

Nympho

"Your Majesty, the Turks are so rampant, I think we should let them see the power of our Tang Empire."

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead his troops to fight to the death with the Turks..."

"Your Majesty, I am willing to be the vanguard and sweep the Turks..."

In the Chang'an Palace Hall, a bunch of military generals chattered and asked to lead troops to the battle with passion.

Since ancient times, the Xiongnu during the Qin Shihuang period, the Xiongnu during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xianbei Di period, and the Turks today, the Central Plains people and the grassland people in the north always had irreconcilable contradictions. The contradictions between the two sides were also

Because of the killing, it is getting stronger and stronger, so that when you talk about each other now, YU always kills it.

Now when I hear the East, the Western Turkistan jointly invaded the Datang Empire. As a general who was a bloody soldier, the important leaders who hurriedly yelled at the moment.

As for whether they will fight the battlefield after sending troops, this is not within their consideration.

"Your Majesty, now that our Tang Empire is now inaugurated, everything is ineffective, but it is not suitable to send troops. I think it is better to strengthen our defense and wait until our Tang Dynasty is completely stable, and then send troops to wipe out the Turks in one fell swoop."

"Your Majesty, I agree. The Turks are not weak at all, so they don't say that their cavalry is strong. Now that the East and West Turks are united, it is the time when the troops are in full swing. We should avoid them first and then slowly plan for them."

The generals were bloody, but the Wenchens were more rational.

Shortly after the establishment of the Tang Empire, it was first attacked by Li Mi and other forces. Fortunately, he listened to Li Jiancheng's suggestion and took the lead in taking action to control the battlefield outside the Tang Empire, avoiding a lot of losses. However, after this war,

The Treasury almost was empty.

Even Li Jiancheng's [Journey to the West] to make money can not support continuous war consumption.

Fortunately, the treasures taken out from [Yang Gong Treasure House] later filled the emptiness of this item. War is all about money, but this sentence is not wrong.

Later, Liu Hei in Hebei made a noise. Although Li Shimin calmed the war at a very fast speed, the army also spent a lot of expenses. In the end, Wang Renzai, who attacked Luoyang, consumed another.

The treasures collected were almost exhausted.

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