"Military advisor, the Goguryeo army had another abnormal movement yesterday."

"They built earth and stone on the border overnight, and the crossbows they got from somewhere, were also placed in front of the two armies."

"In this way, Na Yuan Gaisuwen is afraid that he will officially go to war with our Tang Dynasty."

Northeast Tang Dynasty border.

The commander of the border army, Zhang Liang, Duke of Yun, and Xu Shiji, talked about the movements of the Goguryeo army yesterday.

Zhang Liang is over fifty years old and has a numb and white beard.

His slightly old face was filled with worry.

Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty border troops have been confronting each other for more than two months.

In addition, the sudden news came from Chang'an that it was about to start a war against Goguryeo, which caught Zhang Liang off guard.

Goguryeo has always been a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Liang did not realize the morality of this war when the sect leader states took the initiative to start a war against his subordinate states.

Now the friction between the border troops of the two countries is getting worse, and both sides have placed crossbows and siege cars on their positions.

War is about to break out.

Xu Shiji was a military advisor of the border army. He used to be a Taoist priest, but later followed the emperor to make suggestions.

Now he is also serving as a military advisor in the border army.

Seeing Zhang Liang so worried, Xu Shiji sighed in his heart.

The tacit battle of Prince Li Tai made them completely unprepared.

A war that loses morality will have no benefit to win them. If you lose, it will be their responsibility.

"Zhang Shuai, I also received news yesterday that Hou Junji went to Goguryeo."

"Hou Junji was originally the Minister of War, so he knew the weapons of the weapons supervisor."

"Those crossbows, perhaps Hou Junji handed over to Yuan Gaisuwen."

"I didn't expect that the weapon that our Tang Dynasty spent money to study became a weapon to deal with ourselves." Xu Shiji said a few words to Zhang Liang, and then sat down aside.

According to the qualifications, Hou Junji is older than the two of them.

But no one expected that Hou Junji actually went to Goguryeo and used weapons developed by the Tang Dynasty to deal with the Tang army.

"This is also what I am worried about. Who knows if Hou Junji has obtained the eight-niu crossbow drawings sent by the Ministry of War last time?"

"If there is Goguryeo, then..." Zhang Liang's face was even more sad than before.

Thinking of the power of the Eight Niu Crossbow I saw before, Zhang Liang felt cold at this moment.

"The prince is confused about his actions and doesn't know what His Majesty is thinking, so he actually let the prince supervise the country." Zhang Liang sighed again.

Xu Shiji didn't speak.

Zhang Liang's words meant to be a false opinion of the emperor, but they could not be passed on.

"Zhang Shuai, the saint's thoughts, we don't have to speculate. Now, we should be on guard against Goguryeo..."

"Report—"

"The Grand Marshal, Military Advisor, and the Goguryeo border army suddenly launched an attack on our front army, and the two sides had already fought together."

Xu Shiji's words were still right, and a soldier from the Tang Dynasty rushed into the tent.

"The left and right armies quickly support." Zhang Liang's face changed, he looked at Xu Shiji and immediately ordered.

...

In the morning of the first day of the April 1st year of Zhenguan, Goguryeo raided the Tang Dynasty border army.

Zhang Liang, the commander of the Tang Dynasty border army, ordered a counterattack immediately.

The border troops of the two countries fought for one day, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

At noon on the second day, Goguryeo's Grand Marshal Yuan Gaisuwen announced on behalf of Goguryeo King Gao Jianwu.

The Tang Dynasty took advantage of the fact that the King of Goguryeo was seriously ill and blatantly launched a war against Goguryeo.

The subjects of Goguryeo were all indignant.

On this day, we will never stop with the Tang Dynasty.

Five days later, the news that Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty declared war reached Chang'an City.

"It's unreasonable. It's unreasonable that Goguryeo actually dared to raid our Tang Dynasty border army."

"What is Goguryeo? How dare you declare war on my Tang Dynasty?"

"If His Majesty the Tang Dynasty had pity on them, Goguryeo, would have sent troops to destroy them."

"Will they still tolerate them to jump to this day?"

"It's a pity that this raid caused my Tang Dynasty men to sprinkle blood on the battlefield."

"If Your Majesty hadn't been in Chang'an now, how could he tolerate Goguryeo being so arrogant?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince didn't know what he was thinking. Before the reinforcements arrived, he declared war with Goguryeo in advance."

"I really don't know what he is thinking."

"Since the prince was reigning the country, he has always been extremely strange."

"The previous pension insurance plan was not dead. It is said that Wei Xiang resigned because of this."

"Alas, if there is such a prince in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is in danger."

In Chang'an City, there are discussions about border wars and the prince Li Tai.

Many people kept shaking their heads when they mentioned Li Tai.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Li Tai's expression was very ugly.

He did not hear the comments from the people outside, but he knew very well that once the news in his hands would spread.

The prince, he, will be in danger.

"Your Highness, the failure of the border must not be made public at this time." Fang Xuanling stood up and said to Li Tai.

Fang Xuanling did not expect that just a surprise attack, the Tang Dynasty border army was so tragic.

The frontier army had more than 5,000 people, but in just one war, less than 3,000 people were left.

This also includes the wounded who have breathed a sigh of relief.

The border troops confronting Goguryeo had only more than 30,000 people in total.

If this continues, before Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong's support arrive, the Tang Dynasty border army will be defeated on its entire line.

If such a defeat is spread at this time.

The people of the entire Tang Dynasty will surely be in full bloom, and the Tang Dynasty will surely be in turmoil.

Li Tai took a deep breath.

This defeat, one person must be found to bear responsibility for this.

Otherwise, once the emperor comes back, Li Tai will definitely suffer.

"Transfer to Cheng Yaojin, so that he must arrive at the front line within ten days." Li Tai clenched his fists and said to the officials.

No one speaks.

Even if Cheng Yaojin and his team led their troops to the front line within ten days, the Tang Dynasty border army might not be able to hold on for that long.

Since the Tuyuhun destroyed the country, the Tang Dynasty has not launched a war to the outside world for two years.

But it was just Goguryeo that the first battle caused heavy losses to the Tang Dynasty.

"I heard that during this Goguryeo raid, our Tang Dynasty border army counterattacked, but was swept by Goguryeo's bed crossbow and the Eight-ox crossbow was swept across, causing heavy losses."

"If I remember correctly, these eight ox crossbows were from Zhao Chen's hands."

"Now, these eight-ox crossbows have become the weapon for the deaths of our Tang soldiers."

"Then Zhao Chen, maybe he had a conspiracy with Goguryeo."

"I pass on the orders of this palace to seal off all industries under Zhao Chen's name, seize money and confiscate all the treasury."

"Used as food and salary for front-line wars."

"As for Zhao Chen himself..." Li Tai hesitated for a moment.

He wanted to take this opportunity to completely take Zhao Chen down.

But now that Zhao Chen is with the emperor, it is unlikely that he will take Zhao Chen.

"When he returns to Chang'an, he will deal with it." Li Tai and all officials ordered.

"Your Highness, the drawings of the Eight Cow Crossbow have been stored in the Ministry of War. According to frontline news, Hou Junji has now been put into Goguryeo, so this..."

"Fang Xiang, I know that your son has a good relationship with Zhao Chen, but Fang Xiang is in the direction of the Tang Dynasty."

"It's not his Zhao Chen."

"If anyone has any irresponsible discussions about this matter, he will be dismissed from office and given a title and returned to his hometown." Li Tai looked at Fang Xuanling and said in a calm voice.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai, sighed in her heart, bowed her hand, and returned to her position.
Chapter completed!