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For half a month, the entire northern border of the Tang Dynasty has been preparing.

Now that news has been heard from all parties, all the deployment has been completed, Li Shimin from Chang'an has also sent a special envoy to inquire.

"Your Majesty asked Li Pingzhang when will the general attack be launched? All the commanders have gathered their troops and prepared. Just wait for Li Pingzhang to say something. If Shuofang is ready, you can start fighting here. The Tang Dynasty's thousands of miles north border from Yuguan, Hebei to Dunhuang Yangguan in Hexi, will have a full counterattack."

The 200,000 to 300,000 troops and several generals in the north are now waiting for Li Chao's decision. Li Chao, the governor of Shuofang, has become the key core of the entire battle.

He said he would start fighting and the whole line would start fighting.

Even Li Shimin handed over the decision to finally start the fight to Li Chao.

Whether to fight or not, whether to fight or not, will be decided by Li Chao, the governor of Shuofang.

A heavy rain came unexpectedly.

Lightning and thunder, heavy rain poured down.

The heavy rain that followed the sky blurred the world, and Ningyuan City also stopped construction, and even the shipyard at the port terminal and the crossbow factory in the fort stopped.

As summer begins, the rain begins to increase, and even comes as soon as possible, without any warning. Even a place like Hetao is still a rare time for rain in the year.

The rain kept falling, and for half a day, the water in Wuhu was rising.

Such rain can't do anything.

The castle cannot be built, the weapons cannot be built, the ship cannot be built, and even fishing and pickling can be stopped.

Fortunately, after this period of construction of Ningyuan City, the city walls and trenches have been completed, and the rest are only urns, gate towers, arrow towers, corner towers, warehouses, houses, etc.

The soldiers moved the camp to a high-slope waterproof place, dug drainage ditches around the camp, and dug dry ditches in the camp.

There were tents in groups, and soldiers sat in the tents, repairing clothes, sharpening knives, wiping armor, and maintaining bows and arrows. The rain was too heavy, making a fire difficult. Fortunately, in early summer, the weather was not cold. It was just that the hot rice could not be eaten, so they could only chew dried meat, salted fish and fried rice.

At this time, everyone missed the fresh stewed fish again, the hot fresh fish soup, and the green wild vegetables, mushrooms, etc., which were a hundred times better than the dried, salty and unchewable dried fish.

Many grain and salt ships from Lingzhou were docked on the dock, and the supplies on the ship were not rushing to be unloaded. The boatmen were wearing straw raincoats and squatted in the hatch, looking at the rain that followed the sky, enjoying a rare little peace.

Although the rain is annoying, it also brings you a rare leisure.

Li Chao stood on the tower of Wubao, the inner city of Ningyuan City, standing with his hands on his back, looking at the rain and fog in the sky.

Li Shimin sent an eunuch to ask about his decision, which put a lot of pressure on him.

The counterattack is already on the string.

However, Li Chao is getting more and more information now, which makes him hesitate about a full-scale counterattack.

Now the troops in Shuofang Town are divided into three groups.

Li Chao commanded 60,000 government soldiers and village soldiers to guard Lingzhou, and now 50,000 soldiers stationed in Ningyuan.

Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Xue Wanche, Liang Luoren and others led 20,000 troops to station in Xiazhou.

Yuchi Gong, Guo Xiaoke, Li Junxian, Liu Gan and others led 20,000 troops to station in Linzhou.

Three ways to guard the key areas, one by one, one by one.

But Li Simo also said that to the north of Li Chao, there were at least 100,000 Turkic cavalry in the Hetao area.

In the back area alone, there are almost 30,000 accounts. Li Simo was only stationed at the Tangkou, and only 3,000 people could command the movements, and the other 5,000 may not be listened to him.

But in Fengzhou, the strongest person was not Li Simo, but Yu Sheshishi Ashina.

Assuming that in the Turks was a high-ranking official, who was in charge of the leaders of other departments, the Khans were the children of the direct clan, and no one was allowed to do the bloodline or system.

It is equivalent to the title of kings and princes, and commanding troops on one side, similar to the royal family princes in the Han Dynasty.

Li Simo's father used to be a singular, but by his time, because he was a naughty person and had problems with his bloodline, he never had the opportunity to be a singular and had no chance to be a singular and lead troops.

Jie Li Khan's real name was Asuna Dubi. Before becoming a Khan, he served as Mohe Duchess.

Before Tuli's little Khan was the last khan, he was also named Mibushi.

Now in the Houtao area, Yushe Asunumo is the son of Chuluo Khan, the cousin of Tuli's little Khan and the nephew of Jie Li. Because when Chuluo Khan died, he was still young, or was not as strong as Jie Li and Tuli, he failed to inherit the Khan throne. The little Khan was not even accused of Yushe and led 10,000 households to Houtao, becoming the largest Turkic nobleman in the Houtao area.

Yu She set up his father Luo Khan, before he succeeded to the throne, it was also a design, and Shilifu set up.

Yu Sheshi Asun Momo was very young, in his early twenties. However, he had a noble bloodline and a high status, and was very strong in the backstand area. He also had a brother, Asun Sheil, who had long been sealed off the establishment, and the title was to be sealed.

Together with Shibi's other son, Yugushe, he divided the feudal areas to guard Mobei and led the Tiel tribes together.

The little khan of Tuli, Yugu, Tuoshe, Ashinashe, Yushe, Ashinashe, and Yushe, these three khans are considered the four most powerful princes of the East - the Turks.

Yu Shishi is the south of the Turkic Turks.

Jie Li is a great knight, and his four nephews are stronger than his.

Although the Turks were strong for a while and were overlords of the grassland, their system was also very grassland. They were mainly feudal systems, and their official positions were mostly hereditary and the whole people were soldiers.

After experiencing the initial chaos, the Turkish official system has formed a system of its own, with a total of twenty-eight major and large officials, all of which are hereditary.

Under the great khan, there were Little Khan, Ye Hu, Shi, Special Forces, Shi Lifa, Tutunfa, etc.

"Empress Wang, thank you for your hard work to tell Your Majesty that I think the time is not yet ripe and it is not the time for a full counterattack."

The eunuch Wang is in his thirties and is fat and fat. He is also a person in the residence and is deeply trusted by Li Shimin. This time he took the errand and came to Shuofang. He thought Li Chao would start fighting immediately, but he didn't expect that Li Chao would not fight in the end.

"The Prime Minister, won't fight?"

Li Chao shook his head, "It's not that I won't fight, but the time has not come. I still have to fight, but it's not that big fight, the time to start the fight in full. I will look at the timing, and Shuofang will still fight, but the scale will definitely not be as large as originally expected."

"I can dare to ask the prime minister why?"

“The situation is changing.”

The eunuch was speechless.

There are some things that Li Chao couldn't explain to him too clearly. In fact, not fighting was just Li Chao's temporary decision. This was also due to the analysis of intelligence. Li Chao combined the intelligence and found that the Turks in the back area were very strong, exceeding expectations.

At the same time, the Turks did not seem to be a solid piece of iron. According to Li Simo's introduction, it seems that people in Mobei recently wanted to provoke trouble. Jie Li's nephews were all powerful princes, but their brothers had been great khans, and everyone thought they had inheritance rights.

I was not so convinced by Jie Li, the uncle.

Li Chao felt that there should be room for operation. It is better not to fight for the time being and observe the movements. If the Turks are in a civil turmoil, it is better to fight at that time.

"Tell your Majesty that although it is not appropriate to start a full battle for the time being, I am still preparing to find an opportunity to recover Hequdi."

Hequdi is almost the Ordos area.

"The land in Henan will not be recovered?"

During the Qin and Han dynasties, Henan not only refers to Hequ, but actually includes Houtao, Xitao and Longyou. Even at this time, the Yellow River in Fengzhou was divided into two, one of which was along Langshan and Yinshan, and the Uga River in later generations was the main stream. The main stream in later generations was called Tungenshui during the Tang Dynasty, but it was just a southern branch.

Therefore, although Henan land during the Tang Dynasty did not include Longyou, Xitao and other places, it actually included Houtao and Hequ land.

The Hequ land generally refers specifically to the area north of the Guanzhong Great Wall, south of the Yellow River, that is, the Ordos Platform.

There are many deserts, Gobi and quicksand areas, but the area close to the Tungenshui, a tributary of the Yellow River, is also an alluvial plain, and there are many river valleys and slopes in the east and south.

This place is very vast, but sparsely populated. Only in the northern part of the Yellow River are many Turkic people nomads.

Li Chao's plan was to not take over Fengzhou for the time being, but to occupy the large area of ​​Hequ first, drive the Turks out of Hequ and push the control line between both sides to the Yellow River.

As for Fengzhou, I would like to think of some other way to communicate with the young Yu Sheshi who was in his twenties.

If Yu Sheshe was a relatively ambitious young man, then maybe he could convince him to rise up and create Jie Li's rebellion. After all, a general manager in the south of the Turkic region, compared with an eastern Turkic Khan, the Khan was definitely more tempting.

The Eunuch Wang couldn't think of this, and Li Chao didn't want to say more to him.

Specifically, he would write a detailed memorial and then ask the eunuch to take it back for the emperor to show it.

"Li Xiangguo, there is a news that I forgot to tell you. Duke Qiao returned to Beijing a few days ago, and Princess Pingyang and Duke Qiao divorced."

While saying this, the eunuch Wang looked at Li Chao's face, wanting to see how he reacted.

To his surprise, when Li Chao heard this, he just said something. He did not show any great surprise, no sadness or joy.

Li Chao and Li Xiuning have been in contact for a long time and have some understanding of her personality. Once she decides something, the nine-headed cows can't get back. Since she said so firmly last time that she wanted to be with her, it's not a strange thing to have her and Chai Shaoli.

However, Li Chao was indeed a little sad.

This matter seems to have something to do with me.

In history, Princess Pingyang died in five years of Wude and was buried with military courtesy. Now, she has been in the sixth year of Wude, and Li Xiuning is still alive. She even became the eldest princess. Through the half-month talk, she has become a heroine sung by the world.

But she and Chai Shao were separated.

Things in the world are really unpredictable.

"Does Li Xiangguo have anything to say to me?"

"It's just to bring it to Princess Pingyang."

Li Chao was stunned for a moment, looked at the rain outside the city tower and shook his head.

Since we have decided to let go, we might as well forget each other!
Chapter completed!