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Chapter 357 Prepare for war

But will Li Hao care about this?

Of course the answer is no.

Since I have decided to break up with Li Ji, there are only two.

Either you are beaten back to your original form and continue to be bullied by this old man in the future; or you will be overwhelmed by this old man in the future. Everyone will be on an equal footing in the future. Don’t mess with me, and I won’t mess with you.

Seeing that Li Hao still looked like you killed me, Li Ji finally began to face this little guy who was about the same as his son. He thought for a while and said, "Li Dejian, I won't hide it from you now. Former Sui Empress Xiao, you should know, right? Someone brought him to the Tang Dynasty. I need your lower subordinate to protect this woman. If you agree, you can give me a reply."

Li Hao was stunned and blurted out: "Kang Sumi?!"

"Do you know Kang Sumi?" Li Ji was surprised by the name Kang Sumi from Li Hao.

Judging from Li Hao's previous performance, he should not have known about Kang Sumi's surrender to the Tang Dynasty before, otherwise he would not have shown such a surprised expression when he heard the former Queen Sui.

Li Hao quickly calmed down and smiled indifferently, "Do I know Kang Sumi is strange?"

"Of course." Li Ji seemed to have discovered some big secret, so he simply stopped leaving. He opened the unlocked prison door and walked in, and sat opposite Li Hao: "I didn't seem to have said who brought Xiao just now, right? You actually said Kang Sumi's name in one mouthful. Isn't that strange?"

Li Hao knew that he had just lost his words because he was too excited. Now that Li Ji was caught, he wanted to explain that it was difficult, so he simply threw it away and said mysteriously: "What's so strange about this? I not only knew that Kang Sumi took Emperor Xiao, but also knew that a child he accompanied was named Yang Zhengdao, and..."

"And what?" Li Ji was indeed deceived and asked according to his words.

Li Hao smiled and spread his hands out, "And I also know that Queen Xiao has a very important thing in her hand. Well, yes, it's very important, especially important."

Li Ji's face suddenly became very ugly, and all his original calmness disappeared. Without Li Hao's explanation, he had roughly guessed what was that very important thing.

"Are you saying true?" As soon as he said that, Li Ji was startled by himself. The sound was like two iron pieces rubbing, and it was indescribable hoarseness and harshness.

Li Hao was a little funny: "What's the real thing, so what's the fake one? If the thing is in the hands of Queen Xiao, she doesn't take it out on her own initiative. Can you still use the strong one?"

The imperial seal has disappeared since Yang Guang's death. No one knows where this thing has gone. Some say it is in the hands of Wang Shichong, and some say it is in the hands of Dou Jiande, but in the end, both of them were killed, but the imperial seal is still missing.

Now, under Li Hao's reminder, Li Ji finally reacted that the imperial seal must have been put away by Empress Xiao, otherwise it would be impossible for the entire Tang Dynasty to find it.

Li Ji, who was so nervous, caught a glimpse of Li Hao's careless look, and did not care about his premonition just now, and said viciously: "Boy, since you know that things are in the hands of the former Queen Sui, why don't you go out?"

"This is fresh. What does it have to do with me in the hands of Queen Xiao? You shouldn't want me to betray me, although I am indeed handsome, the former Empress Sui can be my grandmother if she is older, and it's not my food."

Li Ji: "..."

If you love it, this child is completely useless.

Outside, Yunzhou Prefecture.

Yang Zhengdao, wearing Turkic clothes, hid behind his grandmother Xiao, and his eyes drifted around Hegan Chengji and Cheng Wenle. Whenever the two looked at him, they hid behind Xiao like a frightened little rabbit.

Cheng Wenle's performance was not much better than Yang Zhengdao. Standing in the middle of the lobby, he was so suppressed by Xiao's aura that he didn't dare to raise his head.

He was originally an official from the former Sui Dynasty, and faced his previous master, he had natural suppression.

Fortunately, Xiao's messy thoughts have long faded over the years. As long as her grandson can be safe, she has no other thoughts. Facing Cheng Wenle, she said in a calm tone: "All the past has passed, so you don't have to worry about becoming an envoy."

"No!" Although Cheng Wenle agreed, he still didn't dare to look up.

In the end, Hegan Chengji was more reliable. He called the government office and asked him to arrange a yard in the backyard of the yamen for the Xiao family's grandchildren to temporarily live in. This was how they settled down.

After the two of them left with the yamen runners, Cheng Wenle wiped the cold sweat from his head and smiled bitterly: "General Hegan, why did you bring people to me?"

"There is no choice. Empress Xiao has a noble status. Our camp is full of rough men. If it hits, it will be unfair." Hegan Chengji did not explain that there might be Turkic people coming to steal people. One reason is that it is useless to say it, and the other is that it is afraid that if it says it, it will make Cheng Wenle worry.

Cheng Wenlei also knew that what Hegan Chengqian said was reasonable, and nodded immediately and said, "Since that's the case, let the nobles live with me first. I will send a few maids to serve you, just hope that the chief executive can arrive as soon as possible."

The arrangements were made here, and Hegan Chengji did not delay. He immediately returned to the camp and ordered his subordinates to strengthen their vigilance. At the same time, he sent a siege to go north to inquire whether the Turks had any signs of chasing them.

Life passed by three days in peace. For three days, the entire vanguard army was waiting for the battle and did not dare to relax at all.

There seemed to be some movement in the Turks. According to the news from Dingxiang City, Jie Li Khan led 100,000 troops to station in Jikou to prepare for war, and he could cross Dingxiang City at any time.

It was under such circumstances that the 50,000 army led by Li Jing, the chief general of Dingxiang Road, joined forces with the vanguard army. In the Yunzhou and Dingxiang, the storm suddenly emerged, and large armies gathered.

"What? That brat actually threw a tantrum and stayed in prison and refused to come out? Why did I give birth to such an unfilial son?" Li Ji informed his old friend of his first time about Li Dejian, and Li Jing was so angry that he was furious.

This does not mean that Li Jing does not feel sorry for his son. It is really a war is imminent, not a time to show off his temper. After all, so many powerful generals in the army are watching. It is too easy for Li Hao to give him a handle.

Li Ji naturally did not leave a message to others at this time, and bowed to Li Jing with a wry smile: "Pharmacist, it is a fault for a family that did not investigate clearly in advance, which made De Jian's child wronged, so he no wonder."

"Mr. Mao doesn't have to do this. You are the uncle of that brat, so you just want to say something wrong with him. Please sit in the camp and wait for someone to go to Yunzhou prison to raise the rebellious son and ask him to apologize to you."

After Li Jing finished speaking, he ignored Li Ji's obstruction and was angry and wanted to take people to Yunzhou City.

Unexpectedly, before he walked out of the tent, a sudden sound of horse hooves suddenly came from outside. Soon the curtain of the tent was lifted open and a knight crashed in: "Report, Grand Chief, emergency military information."

"Tell me!" Li Jing didn't care about going to Yunzhou again, and after Li Jing made a big stride to the patron case.

"The chief general manager, the Turkic Jieli Khan, on the surface, stationed at Jikou, but actually sent a cavalry of 50,000 people to detour a hundred miles and invaded Fengzhou."

"What?!" Li Jingwen was shocked: "What's the war in Fengzhou?"

"Return to the Grand General Manager, because General Cheng came in time, Fengzhou was safe and the Turks had been repelled, but General Cheng suffered some minor injuries in the formation."

"Can General Cheng be seriously injured?" Li Ji asked when he heard that Old Cheng was injured.

"It's not heavy, it's just an arrow hit on the arm. When the young man came out, a doctor had already treated him."

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that the spy had nothing to say, he waved his hand and said, "You go down and rest first. If there is something wrong, I will send someone to find you."

"No!" A day, he rushed to report the news. The spy was already exhausted and immediately took the order and left.

In the big tent, Li Jing and Li Ji looked at each other, and all had a sense of awe.

"I didn't expect that Jie Li was a little anxious and knew how to start first." There was a surprise in Li Jing's tone. It was obvious that he had never expected that Jie Li Khan would still dare to divide his troops at such a critical moment.

Li Ji smiled a little scared and shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that his courage is still a little less. If he sends a 100,000 army to raid Fengzhou, maybe we can really be caught off guard by him."

During this Northern Expedition to the Turks, Li Er sent a total of six armies, with Li Jing and Li Ji as the main force, with a total of 50,000 people, and the remaining five armies, each of which was about 30,000.

Fengzhou City is 30,000 to 50,000, and it is another battle to defend the city. Jie Li naturally can't get anything good. If it were as Li Ji said, he would really dare to send an army of 100,000, even if he could not break Fengzhou, he could still go deep into the Tang Dynasty.

By that time, Chang'an had empty troops, and the speed of the Turkic cavalry was far higher than the speed of the return of each army, so if they were not done well, they would really be able to repeat the Weishui Alliance that year.

Li Jing obviously didn't want to continue wasting his energy on what had happened, so he changed the subject and said: "It's impolite to come but not go. Since Jie Li has made a move, we should give him a gift for him."

"What the chief executive said." A ruthlessness flashed in Li Ji's eyes, obviously he did not object to Li Jing's opinion.

Li Jing thought for a while and said in a negotiated tone: "You Dao is the most important thing in the speed of soldiers. I plan to send a surprise soldier to attack Dingxiang City as quickly as possible. I don't know what Mao Gong wants."

Li Ji nodded and said, "Great Good and Jie Li won the new victory, so he will definitely relax his vigilance. It is a good time for us to fight back."

"Okay, since that's the case, call the generals to discuss the matter."

No one expected that the war would come so quickly. When the drum of gathering sounded, everyone who was arranging their subordinates to camp was stunned. After reacting, they immediately handed over the affairs at hand to their deputy, and rushed to the central army camp with a quick horse.

After a while, Su Dingfang, Hegan Chengji and others rushed over sooner or later, and were so excited that they were like children who were preparing to visit relatives' houses to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year.

Everyone's ideas were similar. The Tang Dynasty had not fought for a long time. After fighting the Turks this time, I still don't know when the next war would happen, so I should seize this opportunity and take a good fight.

The second Li in the tent did not let everyone wait for a long time. As soon as the time came, he immediately decided that no one was late. Li Ji said first: "Generals, let me inform you of a message. Just yesterday afternoon, Jie Li sent a 50,000 army to raid Fengzhou. Fortunately, General Cheng arrived in time to avoid the danger of breaking the city. Unfortunately, General Cheng suffered some minor injuries in the formation and injured his arm by an arrow by the Turkic people."

"What? Jie Li is so bold."

"The thief picks up birds, but he still dares to cause trouble when he dies. The chief manager, please give him a separate branch of the position, and he will take Jie Li's dog head to avenge General Cheng."

"Master General, when will you attack? Please order it."

For a moment, the crowd of emotions in the big tent was infuriated, and there were endless calls for the call, but Hegan Chengji hung his head and said nothing.

The reason is very simple. The main general is not here, and he, the deputy general, is just a charger and is not qualified to speak.

Just when Hegan Chengji was pretending to be stupid, Li Jing might as well come to him: "General Hegan, your vanguard army is the first to arrive. You should know more about the situation here, right?"

"Uh..." Hegan Chengji was named and immediately walked out of the crowd, saying seriously: "Return to the general manager, as we understand, this year's Mobei is about half a month earlier than in previous years. There was another heavy snowfall for several days, which caused the Turks to be slightly less prepared for this winter, and many tribes were panicked."

"Yeah." Li Jing nodded. People are panic-in, and people will be weaker in panic-in resistance, and it will be much easier to fight. After thinking about it, he continued to ask: "How much do you know about Dingxiang City?"

"When I returned to the Grand General Manager, there were not many defenders in Dingxiang City, with a population of about 5,000. There were about ten tribes of all sizes around Dingxiang City, but..."

"But what?" Li Jing's face was slightly darker. What he hated the most was his subordinates hesitant to answer questions.

Hegan Chengji didn't know what he thought of, and a strange look flashed across his face, and he licked his lips and said, "But... most of those tribes are our people, and they welcome us to hit him."

"What?" Li Jing could hardly believe his ears.

Li Ji was also confused. He had been in Yunzhou for four or five days, but he never knew that there would be his own person on the other side.

Seeing that everyone was confused, Li Jing snorted: "Hmph, what's going on, explain it clearly."

Under the gaze of everyone, Hegan Chengji said with a laugh and cry: "It's not because of the milk powder workshop. More than a month ago, the Pioneer Officer built a milk powder workshop in Dingxiang City through connections. Now many grassland tribes rely on the Pioneer Officer's milk powder workshop. They like this kind of life very much and don't want to live the life that they used to live today but not tomorrow."

Milk powder workshop? Except for a few people here, everyone has no idea about this new term.

What is milk powder? Why did the Turks survive by making it? Are the Turks going crazy?

Li Jing also felt that this matter was too strange. He had planned to send someone to attack Dingxiang before, but now it seems that there is no need to be so troublesome.
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