The fire is rising in July and the weather is getting colder.

Dongdu, Luoyang Palace.

After the summer grain harvest, the court finally regained its life. The eastern capital Luoyang also regained its previous liveliness, and the officials and guards who followed him no longer had to eat vegetables and porridge.

The emperor followed the prince's advice and made a strategy to deal with the Turks, and everything seemed to be recovering.

However, the Luoyang Palace was simple, and the emperor lived a little reluctantly this summer. Finally, the weather turned cold. Several times, officials requested to return to Chang'an, but they were rejected by a group of officials such as Wei Zheng and Dai Zhou. They believed that although the situation has improved, the situation is still not optimistic. The emperor moved around and there will be even more burdens on the court.

Wei Zheng also asked the emperor to take the lead, be thrifty, rest with the people, and strictly restrain the border generals, and not to lightly initiate border provocations.

As a result, Li Shimin issued an edict, and an urgent report came from Chang'an that Qin Qiong started a war with Dangxiang in Songzhou. The prince of the Supervisor sent Qin Lang, Zhang Shi, Guisu, Dingfang and others to transfer more than 20,000 troops in Jiannan, Shannan to aid.

Then again, news came that the governor of Lizhou had privately mobilized the government troops, township regiments, and 5,000 volunteers to reinforce Songzhou without waiting for the order of the court.

As news came one by one, Li Shimin was surprised how the little Dangxiang dared to attack Tang.

However, Wei Zheng mercilessly impeached Qin Qiong, Wu Shiwu, Qin Lang and others for being greedy for merit and warlike, and even criticized Li Jing and Wang Gui for assisting the prince in Chang'an for negligence and secretly criticized the prince for not sending troops.

Wei Zheng meant that the court was in trouble now, and everyone had reached an agreement to rest and not start the battle lightly. However, as important officials of the court, Qin Qiong and Qin Lang and others have started the battle in the southwest and have recruited tens of thousands of soldiers from Jiannan, Shannan. Not to mention the outcome of this battle, they just want to spend how much money and grain?

Wouldn't it be even worse for the already difficult days?

Secretary-General, Shangshu Right Prime Minister, and Advisor Wei Zheng, and Censor Xiao Yu followed, and a large group of officials submitted a letter, believing that Qin Qiong and his son were wrong.

As for why there was a Battle of Songzhou, few people were really clear. Many officials even didn’t even know where the Dangxiang Qiang was, how many people were, etc.

Anyway, they believed that Dangxiang was just a tribe of the Qiang people, just a small Western Rong barbarian, and it would be better if the court did not attack them. As for their invasion, at most they would come to the border to rob, send an envoy to promulgate, deal with one or two leaders who were leading the trouble, and comfort them a few more words.

Last year, the Northern Expedition was beautiful, but the butt was difficult to wipe, and everyone was implicated. They fled from Chang'an to Luoyang for several months and still had homes to go back. The surrenders of the Eastern Turks have not been dealt with yet.

So at present, the ministers in the Luoyang court are all a little tired of war.

If you want to fight, you have to wait until you finish this article.

In the palace, Li Shimin frowned. Compared to many officials who were unaware of Songzhou, the emperor certainly knew where Songzhou was, where Dangxiang was, and why there was a battle in Songzhou.

After all, the emperor had overestimated the deterrence of the Tang Dynasty before.

Songzhou was originally one of the western prefectures established by Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou Yuwen Yong after expeditioning the Qiang and Di in the west. It was originally belonged to Fuzhou, but later established Songzhou alone. However, at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, because the court could not take into account the southwest border, the name Songzhou was eventually owned by the Tang Dynasty, which was actually secretly occupied by the Qiang people.

Li Shimin was very clear about this, so he took the opportunity of the world's title and enthrone Qin Qiong to Songzhou, just to take this opportunity to let Qin Qiong, a fierce general, go to expel the Qiang people and let Qin Qiong guard the border for the court for generations.

I thought that as soon as Qin Qiong went over and read out the imperial decree, it might be like Qin Lang went to Wu'anzhou, Jiaozhi, and the liars all surrendered.

Who would have thought that Qin Qiong, as the Situ of the Tang Dynasty, went to Songzhou in person, but Qiang and Di were so dissatisfied with Wang Hua. Qin Qiong fought beautifully in Songzhou for several battles, took Songzhou and surrendered the profit-making troops, but Dangxiang Qiang dared to fight with all his strength.

Dangxiang, an important ally of the Tuyuhun people, was also the pioneer in invading the Tang Dynasty's border in recent years.

Qin Qiong stood firm in Songzhou and refused to retreat. Wu Shiyan urgently provided reinforcements. The prince sent Qin Lang, Zhang Shigui and others to provide reinforcements at the first time. Li Shimin felt that he had done a good job, especially the prince's decisiveness, which made him very satisfied.

The Dangxiang people dare to come to compete for Songzhou, of course they cannot show weakness.

This hole cannot be opened. Since the court has taken action, Songzhou must not be allowed to be abandoned. Otherwise, once this hole is opened, how can the imperial court's prestige in the Qiang and Di in the future?

If you do not guard Songzhou, how can you guard Fuzhou Wenzhou or even Diezhou Dangzhou and other southwest border prefectures?

The war reports were sent back one after another, and the scale of the war continued to escalate, and the attitudes of the court officials began to slowly move closer to the opposition.

Of course, the reason is that this battle was not the same time.

Qin Lang and Qin Qiong defeated Tuoba Qiang at the city of Songzhou. The news came back to Luoyang, which made the opposition shut up a little.

But just when everyone thought that the border war was about to end, military information was sent to the scene. Dangxiang Qiang gathered 50,000 troops to invade from Fuzhou, breaking the siege, trapping Fuzhou, and besieging Wenzhou.

For a moment, the military situation was rushed into Luoyang like snowflakes.

When the governor of Lizhou and his five thousand reinforcements were also brought back by Wenzhou, the opponents even began to impeach Qin Qiong and his son, leading to a border war.

Soon after, news came again that the warrior was defeated, Wenzhou was lost, and five thousand Lizhou troops were defeated.

Qin Lang and Su Dingfang led three thousand light cavalry to join Dangxiang, lost contact, and did not know about life and death. There are rumors that Qin Lang was surrounded by Tuoba Chici at the foot of Jishi Mountain, and the entire army died in battle by the Yellow River.

All kinds of news came back, which made Li Shimin a little upset.

He didn't really believe that Qin Lang would die in the Qiang land, but he had indeed lost contact for a long time, and no one knew where they were. After Fuzhou, Wenzhou was in a trap, which made the opposition press more and more.

"This battle is a bit confused and can't be fought any longer." Shangshu Zuo Pushe Fang Xuanling spoke, "Your Majesty, we are not ready to fight a war in the southwest now. Now the entire Dangxiang has been mobilized, and there are also reports from Longyou, Hexi that the Tuyuhun people are also mobilizing frequently."

"Auxiliary machine?"

Li Shimin called his brother-in-law's name and asked him for his opinion.

Changsun Wuji is the emperor's absolute confidant, and his opinions have a great influence on the emperor. "Your Majesty, why not wait!"

"What are you waiting for?" Wei Zheng asked back.

Changsun Wuji smiled, "I think the current situation is not as critical as Wei Gong said. On the contrary, I think the situation is beneficial to our Tang Dynasty. Fuzhou is lost and Wenzhou is trapped again. This is true, but we must also see that since the war in the southwest border began, we are still beneficial to one side. Qin Qiong recaptured Songzhou and defeated the Qiangs several times. In the city of Songzhou alone, he defeated the Jaoli tribe, Dangchang tribe and Tuoba tribe. In total, he annihilated, captured and surrendered more than 30,000 enemies."

"What's more, Qin Qiong and Zhang Shigui led their army to recover Qichuan not long ago. If Wei Gong didn't know where Qichuan was, you can look at the map. Qichuan is an important town west of Fuzhou. In the sixth year of Wude, the Qiang people invaded the border, and Dou Gui led his army to defeat the Qiang people in Qichuan."

Qichuan is not only the gateway to Fuzhou, but also the main channel for Songfu.

"Qin Qiong took down Qichuan, which means that the nearly 50,000 Qiang people occupying the two states of Fuwen have been blocked. In fact, they have no more than 50,000 people. According to the information I have obtained, Qin Qiong once besieged the city and attacked the city, annihilated more than 2,000 Qiang people, captured Qichuan, and annihilated thousands of enemies. In addition, before Qichuan siege, nearly 10,000 Qiang people retreated to the territory of Dangxiang Qiang. It is speculated that these people were transferred back in a hurry because Qin Lang went deep into the hinterland of Dangxiang, causing a lot of casualties to the people of Dangxiang. The people who stayed behind could no longer deal with Qin Lang, so they could only transfer troops from the east to join the siege and blockade."

Changsun Wuji calculated for Wei Zheng with his fingers, "You see, after doing this, the people of Dangxiang Qiang in the two states of Fu and Wen still have at most about 35,000. After Qin Qiong's new victory in Qichuan, he had nearly 30,000 troops, and in terms of morale, number or other, he was not weaker than Dangxiang."

"Since Qin Qiong entered Songzhou, he fought several times and surrendered to the liberty, buried Dangchang, annihilated Tuoba, surrounded Chuanchuan, and made a fine seal. It is estimated that nearly 40,000 Qiang enemies have been destroyed. It can be said that the Qiang people have been seriously injured, even injured, especially since they still have more than 30,000 main forces blocked and helped them. Wenzhou and the other two states cannot escape. I would like to ask, isn't this an excellent result? Why did Gong Wei feel that the sky is about to collapse?"

Changsun said to the emperor, "I think this war is a Dangxiang invasion. Qin Qiong defends the border. The border provocation was initiated by the Dangxiang people, and the crime is not on me. At present, Qin Qiong severely damaged Dangxiang Qiang and surrounded Dangxiang Qiang's heavy troops. He was just taking advantage of the victory to pursue him and dispatched troops to attack from the direction of Longzhou, Lizhou, Longzhou, Wuzhou, Lizhou, and encircled and annihilated tens of thousands of Qiang bandits in one fell swoop. After this battle, Dangxiang will no longer be a border trouble for our Tang Dynasty."

Fang Xuanling is not as optimistic as Changsun.

"Your Majesty, Changsun Gong said it is indeed good, but now there is no military force in Jiannan, Shannan, and he cannot afford to provide money, grain and transfer responsibilities. Tens of thousands of Qiang people still occupy the support of our Tang Dynasty and the Wenzhou. If they fight for the trapped beasts, I don't know how long this battle will last. I am afraid that the two Fuzhous will be completely corrupt. The most important thing is that the Dangxiang people will definitely come to support with all their might, and Tuyuhun will not sit idly by. If the war is fully escalated and becomes a full-scale war between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, the court is really not prepared and cannot fight this battle. Your Majesty, what the imperial court needs now is rest and recuperation, and temporarily tolerate Dangxiang and Tuyuhun."

Changsun Wuji is a pro-war faction.

After all, this battle began to be caused by the emperor sending Qin Qiong to Songzhou, and he also involved the prince Chengqian of the governor. If the war is now in a standstill, this war will be classified as Qin Qiong's fault and will inevitably become a stain on the prince's governor's improper handling.

Moreover, the Changsun family and the Qin family are now both in-laws and important ally. As the core of the prince's party, Changsun Wuji naturally has to protect them.

"Your Majesty, now you give in, but your efforts are in vain!"
Chapter completed!