Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 273 Western Turkic Needs Help
Under Wei Zheng's personal supervision, Cheng Yaojin tamed more than 1000 grassland cattle in just over a day.

Afterwards, these cattle were immediately sent to the homes of the soldiers who went abroad according to the military household registration, and officials were specially arranged by the household department.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, all farming cattle had to be registered. The characteristics of the farming cattle were recorded almost every day. Once the cattle owner was found to have abused the cattle, it would be a serious crime. , Seriously, they will be exiled thousands of miles away.

But in this era, as long as it is a farmer who is farming, it is impossible for anyone to abuse cattle.

So when the imperial court delivered the domesticated bullocks to the military households, the households of these military households became lively.

Looking at the extremely strong cattle, everyone knows that this year's harvest will definitely be better than previous years.

And those who are not military households, looking at the bullocks led by the military households, all cast envious eyes in the past.

At this moment in the North, the army did not know what was happening in Chang'an City.

At this time, Li Jing was leading the army to chase after the remnants of Xue Yantuo, and at this moment, the military report from Chang'an City came.

"Marshal, what's the meaning of Chang'an now?" Xue Wanche saw that Li Jing didn't say a word after reading Chang'an's letter, so he couldn't help asking: "We've been chasing you for more than ten days, and we eat compressed biscuits like this every day. , Changan said when will it be a head!"

Li Jing handed the letter to Xue Wanche, his eyes full of doubts, "Your Majesty told us to postpone the march, and let us transport back a lot of steers on the grassland, and all of them are alive!"

"What the hell?"

"Isn't this nonsense? I said earlier that I would send a thousand steers back to make His Majesty happy. It was just for show. What can those steers be used for other than eating meat? Didn't Your Majesty say why in the letter?"

"Your Majesty said that we should help him to domesticate the grassland steed cattle according to the method he gave, and then send them back!" Xue Wanche finished reading the letter at this time with a dazed expression on his face.

"Ridiculous, how can this be done?" Li Ji snatched the letter from Xue Wanche, but when he saw the content on the letter, he was dumbfounded.

Li Jing shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty's order has come down, let's try it for now, anyway, I don't know where to go to chase the enemy right now, so I just want to vent my anger on those cows, and eat beef if they kill them!"

"Okay, eat beef!" Xue Wanche actually waited for Li Jing's words, "I'll call Lao Niu, how can I do this without him!"

Niu Jinda was quickly called by Xue Wanche, and he also looked strange when he saw Li Shimin's order.

"Here, make a hole in the nose of the ox, then tie it with an iron ring, and take the rope to domesticate the prairie bison. Isn't this too nonsense? Is it possible to do this?" Niu Jinda looked confused after seeing the will.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Just do it, the messenger is a member of Baiqi, and he said that he has personally participated in this kind of experiment. Both His Majesty and Li Junxian have personally done it. So far, no steer has failed."

"I heard from Baiqi that Lao Cheng has followed His Majesty's method to deal with all the steers we sent back before, and now those steers have been sent to the military households to be used as farming cattle!"

When Li Jing said this, he stood up with a serious face, "Everyone, what His Majesty wants us to do now is a matter of the country. You must take it seriously, and don't be half-hearted or perfunctory."

"Otherwise, if we don't get it right by then, if people don't tell jokes, it will also chill the hearts of the soldiers. After all, His Majesty has said in this order that all domesticated bullocks will be given to the homes of meritorious ministers as farm cattle." use!"

Hearing what Li Jing said, the faces of the generals suddenly became solemn, and then under Li Jing's command, they carefully divided the tasks.

In this way, no one took this matter lightly, and soon His Majesty's will spread throughout the barracks, and everyone suddenly became agitated.

On the grassland, the Tang army soon spread all over, and everyone was capturing every steer, because for them, this was capturing farm cattle for their own family.

In this way, a steady stream of domesticated cattle were transported back to the Great Wall from the north, and were soon distributed to military households in various places.

But in Chang'an City at this time, Li Shimin began to make a new decision about the battle situation in front of him.

At this time, Li Jing's army had been fighting abroad for a long time, but the rest of Xue Yantuo's troops were still not found. Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan seemed to have disappeared on the grassland out of thin air with his personal guards, and the battle situation had come to a standstill.

Although it is only September in the Northland at this time, there are already signs of winter. Li Shimin must consider the next strategic policy of the Tang army, otherwise, once it snows, the war in the Northland may change.

Changsun Wuji first expressed his opinion, "Your Majesty, since Wei Guogong and others failed to intercept Xue Yantuo's remnants on the grassland for more than ten days, why not keep the current battle results and let Wei Guogong return to the court temporarily."

"After all, most of Xue Yantuo's territory is now under the control of our army. I think that Wei Guogong should start his return journey before the snow falls. Otherwise, once the road is blocked by heavy snow and our army's logistics is cut off, I am afraid it will turn victory into defeat."

Zhangsun Wuji's analysis was almost the same as what Li Shimin thought, but Li Shimin still wanted to hear more opinions from other people, so he looked at Hou Junji, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, "What is the opinion of the Ministry of War?"

Hou Junji hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, based on Qin Tianjian's opinion, the Ministry of War believes that Duke Wei should be given five days at most. If there is still no progress after five days, he will be dispatched immediately."

"En." Li Shimin mused, since Hou Junji said that he had consulted Qin Tianjian, it seemed that he had carefully considered the weather factor, so it seemed that the teacher was a foregone conclusion.

At this time, Shi Mazhou, head of Honglu Temple, came out of the class and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I have just obtained the Western Turkic State Letter, and the Western Turkic Khan is willing to send troops to fight against Xue Yantuo with Duke Wei."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes suddenly when he heard the words, "This Western Turk is a bit interesting. First, he separated Tuyuhun from Tang Dynasty, and now he has his eyes on Xue Yantuo. What is he trying to do?"

"Your Majesty, I still have inside information to report!" Ma Zhou reported again at this time: "In fact, in the first ten days of this month, the Western Turks have already sent a letter to Honglu Temple, saying that they want to trade with us in the Tang Dynasty."

"At that time they said that as long as my Tang gave them ten thousand catties of steel, they would make friends with my Tang Dynasty and send troops to Xue Yantuo's tribe together. I flatly rejected their unreasonable request. This matter has not been reported to Your Majesty. I am guilty!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly. Li Shimin would not believe it anyway if he said that there was no shadow of Li Fu behind Ma Zhou.

(End of this chapter)