Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 142 Li Shimin Gets the News

"General, there is actually another way." The soldier looked at Hou Junji hesitantly and said.

"Don't hide here at this time, just speak up if you have any ideas." Hou Junji waved his hand and said.

"General, the Zhang family in Bingzhou is a relative of the Cui family in Qinghe. Their family background is very strong. It's like a joke to take over our food, grass and war horses. In addition, several other small families in Bingzhou and wealthy businessmen support us. , our grain and war horses will definitely not be a problem."

When the soldier said this, he looked at Hou Junji with some embarrassment, "I just don't know if they will agree."

After all, Hou Junji had offended the Zhang family badly a while ago, and the Zhang family could be regarded as the largest family in Bingzhou. If the Zhang family hadn't spoken out, the other families probably wouldn't have helped Hou Junji.

Not to mention those wealthy businessmen, since Hou Junji made them pay double tax, they were going crazy, and they would not be willing to help Hou Junji.

Hou Junji frowned when he heard this, and then snorted coldly: "They have to pay if they don't want to."

"Bingzhou is their hometown. Do they have to stand by and watch because of some personal grudges?"

Even though he said so, Hou Junji still had some doubts in his heart.

"Hurry up and send troops to ask this general door-to-door right now, try to be as nice as possible, and see if there is any effect." Hou Junji sighed softly, and then said.

"Yes, my subordinate will go now." The soldier responded and left.

After leading the soldiers away, Hou Junji also had a sad expression on his face, and immediately wrote a letter and sent someone back to Chang'an to deliver it to Li Shimin.

After all, if the Turks decided to go south, he would be the first to suffer. He would have to notify Li Shimin first to see if he could send more troops.

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Changan.

Li Shimin was also shocked after receiving Hou Junji's letter, and immediately called Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji and others together.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Several people said in unison.

"Pingshen." Li Shimin frowned slightly, and then handed Hou Junji's letter to several people.

"Look, General Hou said in his letter that the Turks are currently recruiting a large number of troops, buying horses, and collecting food and grass, and they will probably go south."

Changsun Wuji was startled when he heard the words, and then said helplessly: "Didn't we just reach the Weishui alliance? Is Turkic going to be sentenced to the alliance so soon?"

"The current Tang Dynasty is not enough to fight the Turks, whether it is soldiers, horses or food!"

Wei Zheng on the side also frowned, and then sighed softly: "Actually, we should have thought about it a long time ago. After all, the two countries are already enemies, so how could there be any morals?"

"It's like we are also thinking about reorganizing our troops now, and going north for revenge within three years?"

Du Ruhui nodded when he heard the words, and then echoed in a deep voice: "Master Wei is right. The Turks want to attack the Tang Dynasty mainly because they want to occupy the land of the Tang Dynasty."

"Now that winter is about to begin, they are even more eager to invade Datang."

"And in the last battle on the Wei River, they lost countless soldiers and horses, but in the end gained nothing. Think about it, they won't be willing to do it, and they may not take advantage of the fact that the Tang Dynasty is at its weakest to give us a fatal blow."

Li Shimin felt even more headache after hearing everyone's conversation, frowned and said, "What can all the loves do?"

"This……"

Several people looked at each other in dismay after hearing the words, and then shook their heads, expressing that they had no choice.

After all, the Turks have already suffered a loss, and they will definitely not go to negotiate peace with the Turks now, not to mention that Li Shimin refuses to cede the city to his death.

Let's take a step back and say that even if Li Shimin agrees to distribute Turkic land now, they don't necessarily want it or not. After all, if they win this battle, the entire Tang Dynasty will belong to them.

And the loss has to be beaten, and the current Datang has a high probability of not being able to beat it.

Li Shimin frowned when he heard the words, and then sighed softly: "Okay, you guys go down first."

"Go back to the mansion and think about it carefully, and if you have a countermeasure, let me know."

"Yes." The four of them agreed, and then left together, their faces getting more serious than the other.

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midnight.

Dou Yinger took Luo Bin and Xu Shen to their secret base and met King Xia's old department.

Several people were also overjoyed when they saw Luo Bin, and then they cupped their hands at Luo Bin and said, "Your Majesty."

After Dou Ying'er said that Luo Bin and Li Shimin also had a grudge, they completely dropped their guard against Luo Bin.

After all, Luo Bin's sageness is well known to the world, if there is such a person on the united front with them, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Luo Bin nodded upon seeing this, and then said: "Everyone calls me to come forward, but what's the matter?"

"I have something important to discuss with Lord Hou."

Suddenly a middle-aged man stepped forward, as if he was a horse trader in Turkic a few days ago.

"What's the matter?" Luo Bin frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice.

The man cupped his hands at Luo Bin, and then said: "My name is Wei Renyou. He was a general under King Xia's knee. After King Xia was arrested, he has been selling horses in Turkic territory, secretly inquiring about Turkic news."

After all, Li Tang's kingdom has a certain relationship with King Xia, and as the former members of King Xia, they also cherish this hard-won kingdom.

And they still don't believe in Li Shimin, so they can only send people to monitor the Turks.

Luo Bin frowned when he heard the words, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, just as he was thinking like this, Wei Renyou said again: "Just a few days ago, the Turkic soldiers went out of their way and bought a lot of horses, and they also bought food and grass everywhere. I think they are likely to go south again."

"What?" Dou Yinger was startled when she heard the words, and frowned, "It's too much for these turtle sons to betray the water just after they reached the Weishui alliance."

Wei Renyou pursed his lips, and then said: "It's normal, after all, everyone cares about the interests of their own country."

"It's like when we asked the Turks for peace, didn't we use a strategy of delaying our troops, as long as we have the strength, we will immediately attack the Turks?"

After hearing Wei Renyou's words, Dou Yinger frowned slightly, then raised her eyes to look at Luo Bin and said, "What do you think?"

"I have long thought that the Turks would not keep their promises. After all, they suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Weishui River and have not yet achieved their goal. Jieli will definitely become the target of public criticism after he returns, and with his arrogant temperament, he will definitely start another war."

When Luo Bin said this, the crease between his eyebrows deepened a little deeper, and he sighed deeply: "But I didn't expect this day to come so quickly."

After all, there was a Tuli Khan secretly suppressing Jieli in Turkic. Unexpectedly, the two reached an agreement again this time, and they wanted to attack Datang wholeheartedly.

(End of this chapter)