In these two wars, the Tang Dynasty won with overwhelming victory.
Especially the battle with Tubo made Tuyuhun even more frightened.
Tuyuhun is located between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. If the army of the Tang Dynasty wants to enter Yefan, it must pass through the border of Tuyuhun.
After the Tang Dynasty returned from the great victory, they did not dare to act rashly even though they were transporting a cartload of treasures passing by Tyuhun.
Apparently he has been intimidated!
How could he inexplicably act like he was going to fight the Tang Dynasty now?
After discussing for a while, Fang Xuanling stepped forward, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think what the Minister of Rites said is reasonable."
"Presumably Tuyuhun still wants to repeat the actions of the Wude period and take this opportunity to ask for benefits from the Tang Dynasty!"
His words were unanimously recognized, and the ministers nodded.
Fang Xuanling continued: "Tuyuhun must have done this with the intention of harassing him."
"Fighting guerrilla warfare as before, I want to make the Tang Dynasty miserable."
"When Datang is tired of dealing with it, we will negotiate terms again!"
His Majesty Li Er nodded and said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
"Their prairie cavalry can't do anything else, but they can run really fast."
"If an army of this size comes to harass us together, the eleven continents on the border may really be in chaos for a while."
"If that's the case, then send someone to inquire!"
"Let's see what they have in mind!"
"but."
His Majesty Li Er changed the subject.
"No matter what their intentions are, the eleven continents on the border cannot be messed up, especially Liangzhou!"
"Li Jing!"
"I'm here!" Li Jing took a step forward.
"I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the march to Xikai Road, and lead an army of 50,000 troops to garrison Liangzhou first."
"We must keep the enemy invaders outside our borders in Datang."
"Can it be done?"
"I will live up to my orders!" Li Jing replied in a deep voice.
His Majesty Li Er nodded and continued: "Li Daozong!"
"I'm here!" Li Daozong took a step forward.
"I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the Shanshan Road march, and lead 30,000 troops to guard the flanks and protect the grain road."
"I obey the decree!"
"Su Dingfang, you are the general manager of Qie Mo Dao's march. You will lead 30,000 troops and horses from Lizhou to coordinate the main force of the army."
"Remember, never let the Tuyuhun people come in!"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" Su Dingfang responded, patting his chest.
"good!"
His Majesty Li Er waved his hand.
"You wait to order the troops and set off as quickly as possible!"
"We must arrive at the front line before Tuyuhun arrives and put the battlefield outside our borders in the Tang Dynasty!"
"Dai Zhou!" His Majesty Li Er continued to order the general.
"Immediately go to the official warehouses in various places to collect grain and grass."
"Gather together enough rations for an army of 100,000 men within a month!"
"I obey the decree!" Dai Zhou said, cupping his hands.
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Under His Majesty Li Er's orderly arrangements, this impromptu meeting came to an end.
All the ministers performed their duties and took action quickly.
After concluding the discussion, His Majesty Li Er quickly returned to the imperial study.
It didn't take long for Dai Zhou to come in a hurry. After saluting, he said directly: "Your Majesty, the food reserves in our country in the Tang Dynasty are only enough to feed an army of ten thousand for more than a month!"
His Majesty Li Er rubbed his temples and said: "This matter is my negligence. I didn't expect that Tuyuhun would seize this loophole. These barbarians really impress me and they have actually grown up!"
"A fight with Tuyuhun will definitely be a protracted war."
"If we can't keep them out of the country in the early stage, even if we defeat the Tang Dynasty in the later stage, we will suffer a lot of losses."
"The rations for the soldiers are second to none."
"But if this war horse can't eat enough, it really won't be able to catch up with those prairie barbarians!"
"Did you include the Hongsu in the official warehouse?"
Dai Zhou replied in a deep voice: "Reporting to your majesty, excluding the grains sown in the summer, what I said is basically the limit!"
"We can't use the grain, right?"
His Majesty Li Er nodded!
If you starve to death, you cannot plant food. This is an ancient saying.
Now we are not in a situation where we need to burn everything.
"Otherwise, we will bring back the grain from Liaodong."
His Majesty Li Er continued: "Let them save some time temporarily and wait a few months to make up for it!"
Dai Zhou shook his head and said: "There is not much food stored in the Liaoxi River now. Most of it has been transported to various places in Goguryeo."
"Given the topography of Goguryeo, if we want to collect them all and then transport them back, it will probably take us two months!"
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er felt quite headache.
He really dug a hole for himself!
Although there is plenty of money in the national treasury now, there is a bit of a shortage of food!
"I plan to collect it among the people. The people now have a lot of food, so I think they won't be too much in conflict."
"It's just that I don't think there will be too many. If you can gather enough for the army to use for two months, that's the limit."
His Majesty Li Er nodded and said: "Two months is enough!"
"As long as we can wait until the new crop is harvested."
"Go and arrange this quickly!"
"I have been ordered to do so!" Dai Zhou bowed and resigned.
After he left, His Majesty Li Er called Wei Zheng and asked: "Xuancheng, has there been any news recently from Jiannan Road?"
The fact that the prince went to Jiannan Road to raise horses should not be widely publicized, so His Majesty Li Er handed over the matter to Wei Zheng.
He has been busy fighting recently and has not paid attention to it. He does not know what the current situation is like in Mafang, Jiannan Road.
When fighting against the Tuyuhun people, horses are more important than weapons and armor.
Tuyuhun's army all wore light armor, which originally placed a small load on the horses. In addition, horses in the northwest grasslands have stronger endurance, so they can run extremely well.
If the horses were at a disadvantage, the initiative in the war would be given to Tuyuhun.
This is something His Majesty Li Er does not want to see.
"Your Majesty, a secret report came in a few days ago, saying that the horse farm on Jiannan Road is now on the right track."
"Su Chen spent a lot of money to purchase more than 20,000 bloody horses. Now the total number of horses in the stable is about 50,000."
"The prince said that with Su Chen's feeding method, these horses are 50% better than my army horses before the Tang Dynasty!"
Upon hearing the news, His Majesty Li Er's eyes lit up.
"Send a message to Cheng Qian immediately and ask him to bring all the horses available in the stable to the front line!"
"There must be no mistakes in this matter, let him handle it personally!"
"I understand."
Wei Zheng nodded and said, "But your Majesty must issue an approval alone."
"Otherwise, according to the prince, if you don't do this, it may not be easy to record."
"Account?" His Majesty Li Er asked doubtfully.
Dai Zhou immediately replied: "I heard from the prince, it seems that Su Chen taught a new accounting method."
"Be able to quickly detect whether there are any problems with the accounts."
"His Royal Highness the Prince recorded the daily cost of food and fodder in accordance with his requirements, down to the smallest detail."
"If there is no reason, these horses may not be able to be mobilized!"
