Khitan Great He Duluo did not take Li Zhiyun's words seriously, killed people, robbed things, and fled back to Khitan territory. When the news came back to Chang'an, the generals were furious.
Especially the several great governors who once guarded the grassland.
When they were still in the grassland, Tang Qi could only kill people and obey others. When will it be the turn of these barbarians and scoundrels to kick their noses in the face!
He must be killed!
Qin Qiong and others wrote to the emperor, demanding that the Khitan be killed.
Li Zhiyun readily agreed, and appointed Li Junxian, the general manager of Xuzhou, as the main general to conquer the Khitans, and Wei Yunqi, the Shaoqing of Sinong, as the marching commander, leading an army of three thousand to conquer the Khitans.
The edict arrived with the front foot, but Wei Yun had already crossed the river with the rear foot.
Five days later, Li Junxian and Wei Yunqi met in Youzhou. They found Xie Shufang and took in more than 3,000 remnants of the Xi tribe. Together with a few surrendered indigenous soldiers and horses, the number barely reached more than 10,000.
Among them, the real elite are only three thousand plate armor cavalry.
But Wei Yunqi didn't panic at all.
Yuyang.
"Tell me, how many people are there in each Khitan tribe?" Li Junxian looked at Kedu, the leader of the Xi tribe.
The person who could be saved slowly told the generals of the Tang army all the information he knew.
After finishing speaking, he cried and begged: "I beg you generals to save my mountains and rivers!"
Save your mountains and rivers?
Li Junxian glanced at him, feeling very disdainful.
How dare you call a big place like mountains and rivers?
Besides, if I return the land of the Xi clan to you, where can I be the governor?
Wei Yunqi chuckled and said with emotion: "Dahe Duoluo, it's this boy. I don't know if he still remembers me as an old friend."
"Oh, Wei Changshi knows this person?" Li Junxian asked.
"We had a chance encounter. It was a story in the first year of Sui Dynasty..."
Dahe Duoluo never expected that he had misjudged the temperament of Emperor Li Zhiyun of the Tang Dynasty. The envoy he sent to Chang'an was sent back. Soon after, he received news that the Tang army was closely mobilized in Youzhou.
After some inquiring by the Khitan people, he learned some clues.
On the bank of Liao River in Khitan.
"According to information from our spies, Emperor Tang has decided to launch an attack on us. The commander this time is a guy named Li Junxian. Rumor has it that this person is the Emperor's favorite general, and this Li Junxian's deputy seems to be someone named Li Junxian.
Wei Yunqi." Brother Dahe Ku reported the news to the patriarch He Duluo.
"What, what's the name of that deputy general?" Dahe Duoluo suddenly became nervous.
Brother Daheku didn't know why, so he said, "My name is Wei Yunqi."
"Wei Yunqi, Wei Yunqi, Wei Yunqi." Dahe Duoluo murmured a few times, and then his face suddenly changed, "He is not dead yet?"
"Clan leader, who is he?" Ohma would ask.
Dahe Duoluo's face was gloomy, as if he was remembering something old that he didn't want to recall.
"More than twenty years ago, our troops went south to attack Yingzhou. At that time, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang, was in charge of the Central Plains. After he learned the news, he sent Wei Yunqi to the grassland. This bastard borrowed 20,000 Turkic soldiers
The horses attacked us, causing our tribe to suffer heavy losses. The clan leader was killed, and the livestock, women and children were given to the Turks. As a result, our tribe's vitality was severely damaged.
After so many years, I thought Wei Yunqi died in the civil strife in the Central Plains, but he did not die!"
Da Hemohui said: "Chief, don't worry. Wei Yunqi won last time because of Turkic soldiers and sudden attacks. This time, we are well prepared. Wei Yunqi will never succeed again."
Da He Du Luo was speechless and fell into a tangle.
He realized that he seemed to have done something wrong.
The young Emperor of Tang didn't seem to have a very good temper.
Chang'an.
Li Zhiyun silently looked at the map of Liaodong.
"If everything goes well this time, the Khitan can be annihilated in one fell swoop and the Xi clan can be annexed. By then, Goguryeo will be wide open and we will be able to develop our strategy against Goguryeo."
Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, Goguryeo is different from the grassland tribes. They are engaged in farming. There are many mountainous areas in the country, so we need to slow down."
"I think what Prime Minister Du said is reasonable." Yang Gongren said: "At present, our country is in ruins and waiting to be revitalized. It is really not appropriate to conquer Goguryeo again. The lessons learned from the Sui Dynasty are vivid in my mind. Please think again."
"I know." Li Zhiyun said calmly: "Don't worry, I will not launch troops against Goguryeo within five years."
Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo brought endless nightmares to the people of the Central Plains. If Li Zhiyun proposed attacking Goguryeo at this time, a large number of people would strongly oppose it. And Li Zhiyun himself had not thought about what to do to Goguryeo at this time, because it was inappropriate.
Not to mention the fact that the Tang Dynasty has just emerged from natural disasters, Goguryeo cannot be regarded as a grassland tribe simply because of its geographical environment and national system.
Goguryeo, which has become a feudal country, must be taken seriously.
Of course, he felt that what Yang Gongren said did not make sense. The reason why Yang Guang madly attacked Goguryeo back then was actually because of his selfish motives.
You must know that when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, the number of troops mobilized each time was more than 300,000, including civilians, even more than a million.
Can the small country of Goguryeo, relying on its terrain, be able to stop the Sui Dynasty’s army which was still in its heyday?
The answer is very difficult!
But Goguryeo just blocked it.
It wasn't that they blocked it, but that Yang Guang helped them block it.
Yang Guang treated Goguryeo as a meat grinder and sent a large number of Guanlong disciples to die in Liaodong. Because of this reason, Goguryeo barely blocked it.
However, Yang Guang helped Goguryeo prevent the destruction of the country, but he himself failed to prevent the destruction of the Sui Dynasty.
If Li Zhiyun proposed to attack Goguryeo at this time, the Guanlong people would definitely feel that Li Zhiyun was following Yang Guang's old example.
At that time, it will definitely not be a good thing for Datang.
Moreover, Du Ruhui and others would not agree. Because of the natural disaster, the Khitans were reluctant to send troops this time.
After hearing the emperor's promise, several ministers breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they also want to kill Goguryeo, now is not a good opportunity. And if the emperor insists on having his own way, it is difficult not to cause the sensitive nerves of the Guanlong people to attack.
Li Zhiyun said: "Okay, that's it for today. Tomorrow I will inspect the spring plowing, and Fang Shangshu will accompany me."
"Yes." Fang Xuanling in the crowd bowed.
The next day.
Several people dressed as rich men were walking in the fields.
"Your Majesty, all the cattle sent from the grassland have been lent to local officials to help the people in farming. Such good deeds have made the people in the pass burst into tears of gratitude." Fang Xuanling said with emotion.
He had never thought before that making clothes with wool could be so profitable. It is no exaggeration to say that the people in the pass now definitely regard the emperor as a reincarnated saint. This is not a good deed, but the emperor's contribution to farming.
A series of arrangements were made.
Fertilizers, plows, rice for Champa, cement roads, water trucks, tax exemptions, relief for the people...
Fang Xuanling could not finish thinking about it. From farming to seeds to cultivation, the emperor paid careful attention to and made serious improvements in almost every process.
Everything is done to allow the people to harvest more food and make it easier for them to live.
There is even a system of ‘sharing a small portion into an acre’ which has not been implemented in Guanzhong for the time being.
"Yeah." Li Zhiyun nodded.
After watching for a while, Li Zhiyun was walking in the fields with a young man with a face as white as jade.
Don't get me wrong, Emperor Li Zhiyun is very normal and doesn't like to walk on dry roads.
The fair-faced gentleman next to him is a girl from the Changsun family disguised as a man.
Every spring plowing, Li Zhiyun likes to take Changsun out to exchange feelings, have a date, have a meal and so on.