Li Jing, Duke Wei of the Tang Dynasty, was the last one among everyone to rush to the palace.
When he was led by a young eunuch and arrived at the steps outside Liangyi Hall, he heard a "ding, ding, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, tang, twang, twang, twang, twang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, ping, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, ping, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, tang, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping.
And in the middle, there seems to be weird noises like wooden fish knocking?
"Huh? How come there are monks knocking wooden fish in the palace? Don't you believe in Taoism? When did you become interested in Buddhism?"
Li Jing was stunned for a moment when he heard this strange sound, but soon he realized that he had guessed wrong!
Because at this moment, in the Liangyi Hall in front of him, poor Liu Hongji was lying on the ground, being beaten by Cheng Yaojin and Duan Zhixuan!
The "dong dong dong" sound of knocking the wooden fish was exactly what Lao Cheng made by knocking Liu Hongji on the head.
Don't tell me, the sound sounds very crisp, it should be a good head...
"That's enough! Pull them apart!"
Looking at the smoky hall made by the three people, Li Shimin finally couldn't help it and roared at them!
Following this roar, a group of golden melon warriors who had been waiting outside the palace quickly rushed into the palace and separated the three entangled people.
But even so, the three people still tried hard to punch and kick each other, and they kept swearing!
"Those with the surname Cheng! Those with the surname Duan, I have taken note of you!"
"Bah! I, Old Cheng, are afraid that you will hold a grudge? Come on, come on! Let me go and let me help him remember it more deeply!"
"Shut up! Do you want to be punished by military law?"
Seeing that the three princes were disheveled and scolding each other like ruffians, Li Shimin turned pale and shouted at them again.
But this time, the three people were finally silenced and turned their heads to the side, with no one bothering to look at the other.
"His Majesty!"
Just when Li Shimin was gasping for breath and wanted to drag these three people down to wait on them, Li Jing also happened to arrive in the hall.
When he entered the hall, he first glanced at Liu Hongji and the others who looked like fighting cocks, then at Xiao Han, Changsun Wuji and others, and finally bowed and clasped his fists, saluting Li Shimin expressionlessly: "Weak minister Li Jing,
I was ordered to meet you!"
"No gifts!" Seeing that Li Jing had arrived, Li Shimin finally forced a smile.
The three gangsters were causing a lot of mischief just now, which almost made him forget about his business.
Now that everyone is finally here, it's time to discuss business matters.
Summoning Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and others to the imperial desk again, Li Shimin calmed down and took out all the secret letters and documents he had received these days for Li Jing and others to check.
Of course, Liu Hongji, Duan Zhixuan, and Cheng Yaojin did not come forward.
Because two of them came here shamelessly!
Although the other Liu Hongji was also summoned, he was summoned from time to time to give advice.
So at this moment, he could only squat in the corner and draw circles, cursing Old Man Cheng and Bald Duan... Hey, what a heavy blow!
"Your Majesty, this..."
It was obvious that Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling had read the secret letters on the table, at least more than half of them.
Therefore, both of them looked through these things very quickly. Only Li Jing and Xiao Han were looking at them carefully and one by one.
After a long time, Li Jing put down the last document in his hand, closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then opened his eyes and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, do you mean that we send troops?"
"Yes! Send troops!"
Before Li Shimin had time to speak, behind him, Cheng Yaojin's loud voice started shouting again!
However, after receiving a sharp look from Li Shimin, this demon king closed his mouth angrily, muttering something in a low voice!
"The vengeance of Yangguan, Yumenguan, and Shazhou must be avenged!" After warning Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin took a deep breath and slowly said: "So, we must send troops this time! And we must fight to the end.
Do your best!”
"Yes! We really need to send troops!"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Changsun Wuji, the fat white man next to him who always had a smile on his face, also spoke:
"General Li, please see, based on the analysis of these information, Tuyuhun suddenly attacked our Yangguan and Yumen Pass this time, not on a whim, but because they wanted to control these two places! We must send troops to recapture these two passes.
become!"
"Yeah! Control, Yang Pass, Yumen Pass?"
After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Xiao Han, who had his head down and was still checking the information, suddenly raised his head and looked at Changsun Wuji!
Before that, he had just thought that Tuyuhun was out of his mind and dared to attack Datang, but he ignored why they wanted to attack Datang!
Now, after Changsun Wuji reminded him, he suddenly woke up!
Yangguan, Yumenguan?
What is that place?
That was the only gateway from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions! It was the most important link between the Tang Dynasty and the Western countries!
If Yangguan and Yumenguan fell into the hands of Tuyuhun, it would not only mean that they could use their own gates to block the Tang Dynasty themselves!
It also represents that this famous Silk Road was abruptly cut off!
In other words, from now on, goods from the Tang Dynasty will no longer be transported to Western countries through this road!
And the gold and silver wealth of the Western countries could not be successfully transported to the Tang Dynasty!
"They did this premeditatedly! In other words, they also fell in love with this golden road full of gold and silver! They want to get a piece of it!"
In an instant, Xiao Han's originally confused mind suddenly became clear. Some things that seemed unreasonable before could now be explained!
No wonder they wanted to attack those two barren passes instead of attacking the richer Dunhuang!
No wonder Li Shimin was so furious after hearing the news!
Because the loss of those two passes not only meant that Datang was slapped twice by Tuyuhun!
And because Tuyuhun did this, he cut off his little plum’s financial path and the Tang Dynasty’s financial path!
You know, in this era when maritime trade has not yet flourished, almost all the foreign exchange in the Tang Dynasty was earned through the Silk Road!
And most of this foreign exchange flows into the national treasury!
But now, a group of robbers have taken a fancy to this road, and they want to play a trick of "I planted this tree, I drove this road, I want to pass by this road, and leave the money to buy the road!"
Xiao Lizi, it’s surprising that he agreed!
"Since Your Majesty has decided, I am willing to lead the troops out of the fortress to fight against Tuyuhun!"
Li Jing has always been a very pure soldier, and he does not need Changsun Wuji's explanation.
As long as the emperor decides, as long as the ministers agree! Then his task is to win this battle, and there is nothing else.