At the beginning, he will be divided by five horses of Tang Taizong

Li Zhi's face also became gloomy. He glanced at the ministers, and then looked at the Minister of the Household Department, "How much money can we allocate?"

Hubu Shangshu came out with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, one hundred thousand soldiers eat horse chews, which is enough for seven days at most."

"Where is Luoyang, the eastern capital?"

"The grain and grass in Luoyang, the eastern capital, can be supplied for ten days, but it will take time to transfer them, at least seven days."

Li Zhi's face was a bit ugly and he looked at the princes, "The Great Tang fell into my hands, why did it become like this?"

When he was talking, his eyes were on the people from the noble family. If he wanted to talk about food, he still had to count on the people from the noble family. However, at this moment, all the people from the noble family were silent.

Li Zhi looked at the courtiers with cold eyes, "Do you want me to search for the riches and riches of the people and extort money?"

The lessons from the previous dynasty have not passed long. It was like this when Emperor Sui Yang attacked Goguryeo, but it caused the people to complain and deplete the country.

On the other hand, it would be fine if the war could be won, but if it was defeated, coupled with the fact that the court is now divided and the people are full of grievances, the entire Tang Dynasty may fall into chaos.

For a while

In Ganlu Hall, the atmosphere is gloomy like water

At this moment, an eunuch came to Li Zhi's side in a low voice, and whispered a few words: "Your Majesty!"

Li Zhi raised his head, stared blankly, and confirmed again: "Sister Changle is back?"

The eunuch nodded.

He couldn't help being a little stunned, and after a long while, thinking about Qin Shou today, he couldn't help but suddenly said, "Let her wait a while, and I'll see her again after the court is over."

On the one hand, this is her own sister, and this relationship cannot be erased.

On the other hand, Uncle Guo is dead, and Changle has such an unclear relationship with Qin Shou, which also concerns his own throne.

"Go!" Li Zhi waved his hand.

The eunuch thought for a while, "Your Majesty, Princess Changle also said that she came here because she knew that His Majesty was short of food, and she came here for this reason."

Ok?

Li Zhi's expression changed very vividly at this moment. First, his face was full of astonishment, then his brows were tightly wrinkled, and then he was even more surprised.

"How did she get the food?"

Changle?food?

Hearing the faint voice, all the princes in the hall could not help but look at each other.

Li Yifu's eyes flickered, and said:

"Your Majesty, is there any food?"

Only then did Li Zhi turn his head to look at the princes of Gungun, squinted his eyes and said, "That's it for today, leave the court!"

"go!"

Li Zhi's face turned pale because he got up quickly, but he didn't stop.

Above the main hall, there were only a group of ministers left looking at each other.

After a few months, Li Zhi saw his sister again.

When he saw it for the first time, his figure froze and he almost didn't recognize it.

"you"

Compared to before, the complexion on his face is much better, and his figure is much plumper than before. His whole body seems to have been soaked in water, and his skin can be broken with a snap of his fingers.

"Zhier!" Chang Le looked at his younger brother and said softly.

Only then did Li Zhi think about the business, "I heard that sister can solve the crisis of food and grass?"

"Yes, before sending troops, Qin Shou contacted several families in the south to discuss transporting food to Chang'an. I think it should arrive in a few days,"

How many nobles in the south have been contacted long before sending troops?

Hearing this, Li Zhi couldn't help but suddenly raised his head.

After a long while, Li Zhicai took a deep breath. Locusts plagued the north and floods occurred in the Yellow River, but no major disaster occurred in the south, and food was still available.

He knew this. The 'Benxin' grain store used to transport rice from the south. He had sent people to the south to negotiate with the various nobles. Wuji waited for the objection, so that nothing happened in the end.

Unexpectedly, in such a short time after returning to Chang'an, Qin Shou has already contacted and gained the trust of the nobles in the south.

Li Zhi fell into silence again, his face was extremely complicated, he couldn't tell, he was relieved, but at the same time he was jealous, jealous, and disappointed

The pretty boy that Gao Yang had taken a fancy to at the beginning is now admirable, and his words are sometimes more effective than his own.

"Your Majesty, Li Ji asks to see you!"

"Let him in!"

After Li Ji came in, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he saw Changle, but then he recovered his expression and turned to Li Zhi, "Your Majesty, I heard that the food and grass are in place?"

Li Zhi nodded and told him what Changle said just now.

After hearing this, Li Ji clenched his fingers tightly, his face flushed, and he was overjoyed and excited.

"It's unbelievable that Qin Shou can boast so much that he has formed an alliance with the southern nobles. It's really shocking."

He made no secret of his admiration and admiration in his tone.

Li Zhi took a deep breath, "Please trouble General Li Ji to deal with this matter!"

Li Ji cupped his fists: "Your Majesty is wise!"

dawn

The golden-red light sprinkled on the ground, and the whole picture seemed to be dyed with a layer of golden light.

On the tower of Mukun City

A few soldiers from the Western Turks stood lazily on the tower, squinting their eyes, covering their mouths from time to time, and yawning.

A soldier wrapped himself in the blackened fur, "Why is it so cold in this damn weather?"

"It's cold in the spring, it's like winter"

A few days earlier, there was a rain, which made the temperature suddenly cold several degrees, and the wind blowing on the face hurt like snow stubble on the face.

"Where are those guys attacking now?"

"No matter where they attack, they are stronger than us. Why is our life so bad?"

In their view, being able to go to the front line to snatch Datang's wealth and women is the greatest honor, but it's a pity that they were sent to this ghostly place.

A guy rubbed his palms, "Okay, it's time to change the guard, let's go down and eat something warm."

"Crash!"

Several sentries lazily stood up, and one of them was going to put a "water", and then he changed his guard and went to eat and sleep. It would be great if he could find a woman.

Suddenly, the squinting sentry's eyes suddenly widened.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and stammered, "What is that?"

Within the range of sight, a few war horses rushed down from the mountain, and then, hundreds of horses galloped towards this side like waves.

Immediately, they were all dressed in armor, holding standard long knives and spears in their hands, and the flags were waving in the wind.

On the front horse sat a burly man with a beard. He was Cheng Zhijie's lieutenant Zhou Zhidu. This guy was eight feet tall and had a ferocious face by nature.

"Here we are, Mukun City is in front of us. As long as we capture it, we can cut off the enemy's retreat." Zhou Zhidu raised his knife and pointed at Mukun City excitedly.

At this time, the soldiers of Mukun Chengshan were completely awake after experiencing a daze.

They never thought that Tang Jun would be so bold and dare to go so deep and attack Mukun City.

"Tang Jun!"

"Tang Jun, enemy attack!"

"woohoo"

The sound of the horn pierced the silent sky in an instant, thinking about spreading into the distance.

A deep and desolate voice penetrated the entire city at once, waking up all the sleeping Western Turks.

Mukun City is considered a large city in Western Turks, with more than [-] defenders. This scale is extremely rare for the grasslands, because they have always relied on cavalry.

The reason for the exception is that there are a large number of nobles and food and grass in Mukun City, so they will send heavy troops to guard the place.

The Turkic people in Mukun City reacted very quickly, and after a while, the guards ran up with them.

The guard is Ashina Helu's youngest son

Ashina Jiang, this son has been extremely powerful since he was a child, and he is highly skilled in martial arts. He likes to study dance and make sticks.

This is why Ashina Helu handed over Mukun City to him.

"Tang Jun? How dare you spare the army?" Ashina Jiang held the double hammers in his hands and sneered, "Just so few people? Court death!"

The Western Turkic people listened to Ashinajan's words, and all of them had smiles on their faces, deeply appreciating it.

Because there are not many people from Tang Jun, and there is worship for Ashina Jiang.

Chapter 371

An unknown courtyard in Chang'an

Several plainly dressed people hurried to the door, looked left and right, and then knocked on the door.

Then a person came out from inside, "Master Wang, please come in!"

After a while, someone knocked on the door again.

"Lord Choi"

In less than half an hour, more than ten people have already entered.

After entering, everyone met face to face one by one. The ones who came were not the patriarchs, but they were all the mainstays of each family other than the patriarch, such as Cui Yi from the Cui family of Boling, Wang Jingzhi from the Wang family of Taiyuan, etc., were even important officials in the court.

Lu Fu of the Fan Yang Lu family came in last.

Everyone looked at him, "You are a bit late, is there something unusual?"

Lu Fu shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "I was afraid that someone would notice, so I made a detour, which wasted time."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief

Wang Jing said straightly: "Now Chang'an's army is in the hands of that lunatic Qin Shou, so we can't be too cautious."

Everyone frowned and nodded again, and Wang Jing waved his hand to let those in the room go out.

When there were no outsiders present, he turned his head to look at the few people present with burning eyes, "There is news from the north that Su Dingfang and the Western Turkic people have already fought."

Oh?

Everyone's complexion changed, and they looked at Wang Jingzhi, "How's the situation?"

Wang Jingzhi said with a faint smile: "Su Dingfang's army is dragged by refugees, how can they make any contribution?"

Lu Fu nodded, "If this battle is not won, Datang's meritorious service will not be in the same rank as Qin Shou's."

"Oh, it's just that, we're afraid we'll have to bear the blame!"

Dealing with Turks, capitalizing on enemies, these are all facts, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, if someone comes out, the reputation of the noble family for thousands of years will be completely ruined.

Cui Yi of the Boling Cui Clan cast a cold look at Lu Fu, and said in a word: "Eternal infamy? Why are you talking about eternal infamy at this time? Since Qin Shou can take action against all clans in Guanlong, there is May attack us!"

all silent

Compared with fame, the long-term peace of the family is king.

As long as Qin Shou was in Chang'an for a day, they felt uneasy, as if they had a knife around their necks all the time.

gloomy atmosphere

Wang Jing gritted his teeth, the muscles on his face bulged because of his tight jaw, and he looked extraordinarily gloomy, "All the eternal infamy is the shame of the loser. How can there be eternal infamy in the history books written by the victors?"

Everyone's pupils shrank suddenly, and their eyes flashed.

They glanced at each other, everyone here is the family of Zhongming Dingshi, how can they not know the essence of history books?

Not to mention anything else, just say that the history books of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the previous dynasties were edited by people from such aristocratic families, especially for Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, some of them experienced it personally, how did the so-called three expeditions to Goryeo come back? Things, they know best in their hearts.

This time, no one has any objections. In the face of the rise and fall of the family, everything must be compromised.