On September 11, the second year of Kaiyuan, Taozhou official road, night.

Team leader Jiang Yue looked at the outline of the city in Taozhou not far away, looked back at the long string of grain trucks and tired soldiers behind him, and the big stone in his heart finally fell: With the arrival of this batch of food security, his mission has been completed, and it can be considered to be more or less a contribution to the Tang Dynasty.

After he was born in a down-and-out general, his family had long received no benefit from the court. However, the Jiang family style always boasted of serving the country with loyalty, and urged the descendants of the Jiang family to follow their predecessors, contribute to the country, and shine their families.

Taozhou is located at the junction of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. It was often invaded by Tubo, and the fields were not harvested. For the livelihood of the people, the court specially allocated a large amount of food and grass to Taozhou to resolve the grain shortage in Taozhou.

He was just promoted to the head of the Zhechong Mansion Team and was honored to be incorporated into the grain transport team and was responsible for the transportation of grain and grass. The journey was quite peaceful.

Sudden!

A terrifying feeling of shock and a sharp sound broke through the air from all directions in an instant!

I heard the sound of "puff" beside me, and the sound of "puff" was endless, followed by screams and horse neighing. The smell of blood was filled with the air.

Jiang Yue trembled his body tightly and shouted loudly with all his strength: "The enemy attacks! The Tubo people are coming! Hurry up and hide!"

Just one round of fierce shooting, all the torches of the food transport army were shot out, and the darkness enveloped the chaotic and desperate battlefield.

Under the hazy moonlight, the spacing is not the size. I don’t know where the enemy is and how many it is.

When Jiang Yue was warning, he was already hiding behind the food truck. A long arrow still penetrated his shoulders, almost passing through his shoulders, and he couldn't help but be shocked: What a powerful archery technique! He practiced shooting skills since he was a child, and knew that it was not easy to do so. He gritted his teeth, cut off the arrow, and secretly looked into the distance.

The fire suddenly lit up, and countless torches flew in the sky, landing around them, illuminating the nearby scene.

The ground was covered with bright red blood and the dead bodies of his comrades. The soldiers who were still alive just now became cold bodies in the blink of an eye. The wounded soldiers kept moaning and crying...

Jiang Yue secretly looked at the seat where Guoyi Duwei Tao Qing was before. Sure enough, Tao Qing had already nailed the arrow to the ground, no wonder he didn't say a word.

The grain transport team lacking command is not established!

Jiang Yue gasped violently, the severe pain and tension made him sweat so much, and his mind turned rapidly: most of the Tubo Rangers were composed of Tuyuhun people, Tuyuhun was a branch of the Liaodong Xianbei Murong tribe. They used Xianbei warfare techniques. After riding and shooting, they would inevitably be accompanied by sprints. In this case, once they encountered a cavalry sprint, there was no room for fighting back.

Jiang Yue yelled: "Guard Guoyi was killed, I will command him on his behalf! Be careful of the enemy's bows and arrows, and circle all the grain trucks, and use the grain trucks as a defense line to defend the enemy!"

There was suddenly someone in command in the chaotic battlefield. The panicked soldiers were not worried that Jiang Yue was just a small team, and the grain trucks began to move one by one. At this critical moment of life and death, the grain trucks were all struggling desperately, piled up the grain trucks together, forming a circular vehicle array in a simple way.

The sound of horse hooves came one after another, and the enemy was still unable to see them, but their movements were under the control of the enemy. It was obvious that the grain transport team had a barrier and tried to come to the other side.

After a round, there was no obvious flaw: another round of arrow feathers broke through the air. Although the momentum was equally fierce and powerful, it did not cause many casualties with the obstacles of the car array.

Jiang Yue shouted at each other in the distance, looking at the more than 600 people around him. As the current situation was, he could never do it. He could only hope that the defenders in Taozhou City could come to help as soon as possible.

Just as I was thinking that countless rockets had already descended from the night sky, it seemed like a rain of fire was pouring down!

The enemy set fire to food!

Jiang Yue instantly understood the other party’s intention!

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The atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty has begun to appear, and most of the reigning officials have fulfilled their responsibilities.

The Censorate is mostly trivial matters, and it is enough to deal with it by Xiao Song.

Because of the recruitment system, Pei Min was busy with the Ministry of War for most of the past six months, and the Ministry of War was almost half his home.

The recruitment system was progressing extremely smoothly, which was expected by Pei Min. His recruitment system was not a semi-finished product that Zhang said was incomplete and needed to be tested and tempered by time. Instead, it was proven to be perfect military system that was verified by history and is most suitable for this era.

If there is an accident, it is only when the 150,000 government troops were cut, and this obstacle was a little hindered. But in the face of the general trend, this obstacle is nothing. After all, the government troops were in a serious state of collapse. Instead of forcing a little bit of rot, it is better to cut the mess, cut off the rotten meat with a quick knife, and adopt a new system.

In the first wave of recruitment, most of the soldiers obtained were charged to the Sixteen Guards, and the second wave of recruitment of soldiers would be sent to the frontier to replace the border soldiers with insufficient combat effectiveness.

Pei Min is already preparing for the second wave of recruitment. With the experience of the first wave, the second wave of recruitment will be smoother.

When he was about to write the second order to recruit soldiers from the Ministry of War, he received the following war report: Tubo invaded again and intercepted the Tang Dynasty grain transport team. Guoyi's commander Tao Qing was killed in battle, and the food and grass provided to Taozhou's military and civilians were almost burned.

Putting the pen on the pen holder, Pei Min was so angry that she slapped the table and said, "What time has this been? What did Du Binke do?"

The former head of the Ministry of War, who succeeded Pei Min, said: "For the ninth time, the Tubo bandits are really hateful."

Last year, Tubo invaded, and the Tang Dynasty and Tubo completely broke off diplomatic relations. Tubo no longer cared about it and began to plunder the land of Longliang frequently. They were like wolves: they sprinkled small groups of rangers with hundreds of people far away in the wilderness. When they encountered enemies that could be eliminated, the cavalry team directly attacked; when they encountered large groups of prey, they directly avoided them.

Xue Na in Liangzhou was in charge, and Tubo did not get any benefits. Guo Zhiyun, who was guarding Longyou, was also a long-time general, and did not let Tubo take advantage: only Taozhou is like a deep pit.

In the final analysis, it was the evil of the traitor Yang Ju. He gave the Hexi Jiuqu land to Tubo for free, and the Hexi Jiuqu land is close to Taozhou, just like a natural springboard, able to enter and exit Taozhou freely.

In just over the past year, Tubo plundered Taozhou nine times, not only destroying spring plowing, destroying fields, and killing the people, but now he is a bold attack on the grain transport team. It is really a hateful urgent.

In order to deal with such a situation, the governor of Taozhou changed four terms in just one year, but none of them could change the situation.

The current governor of Taozhou is Du Binke, who is also an experienced general, but he does not want to let Tubo rage into disaster.

Pei Min didn't want to take care of recruiting troops anymore, thinking about how to solve the problems facing Taozhou.

However, when Xue Ne conquered Taozhou, he happened to justify Wang Haibin and returned to Chang'an. He was not aware of the geographical situation of Taozhou and could not think of any good way.

Suddenly Pei Min's heart moved: Now everyone in Taozhou is avoiding taboos, isn't it a good opportunity for him to give him a god?

Thinking of this, Pei Min felt a little excited and chose to enter the palace without hesitation.

As Li Longji's most trusted foreign minister, Pei Min had almost no obstacles to entering and leaving the palace.

Li Longji was dealing with political affairs in the Tai Chi Palace. The atmosphere of prosperity had begun to appear. It was the time to take advantage of the victory to create a better situation. The Li family Sanlang spent most of the day reviewing memorials to understand the situation of reform in the world. When he learned about Pei Min's request for advice, he invited him into the hall without hesitation.

"See Your Majesty!"

Li Longji smiled and said, "No need to be polite!" Looking at the important minister in front of him, he felt more happy: Compared to Yao Chong's full of ulterior motives, Pei Min was the Censorate and the Ministry of War, but he had never acted to form cliques. In his opinion, this was the true spirit of a good minister.

"Jingyuan is here, but it's for the second recruitment of troops?"

Pei Min did a very beautiful job in recruiting soldiers, which directly solved the problem of the military soldiers in Chang'an. The carefully selected military talents were of high quality, which improved Chang'an's military escort strength a lot. It not only met the needs of soldiers, but also slowed down the pressure of military service, which is really commendable. All the civil and military officials in the court praised them for their good results.

Pei Min replied: "You can issue an official document at any time. The soldiers recruited this time are mainly guarding the border, so it is best to change the title!"

Li Longji thought for a while and said, "Just call him the Long March athlete! The Long March athletes are exempt from classes for life, and all the equipment and supplies are provided by the Tang Dynasty. I will never treat the loyal and righteous soldiers who guard the borders of my Tang Dynasty."

"Thank you for your compassion!"

Pei Min said with both hands, submitting the newly arrived battle report: "Your Majesty, today I am here to ask for a meeting, mainly for the Taozhou incident, and Taozhou has a situation again..."

When Li Longji heard "Taozhou", his face sank. After defeating the political reform of Tubo, almost all he heard were good news. The Tang Dynasty flourished under his governance, and its achievements were obvious to all. Only "Taozhou" kept coming to messages that made him feel disgusted. For this reason, he withdrew three inaction-in-one governors, but he didn't expect that he could not hear good news.

Gao Lishi came to the court to get the battle report and handed it to Li Longji.

Li Longji looked carefully and was as angry as Pei Min before. He slapped the table and shouted: "The thief is arrogant and hateful!"

Taozhou was so robbed by Tubo that he could not rely on the supplies allocated by the court. Unexpectedly, he even burned the supplies for Tubo.

"Your Majesty! It's a big deal to continue like this!" Pei Min said in a deep voice: "Now the people of Taozhou cannot stand up, they all rely on the supplies of our Tang Dynasty. If they continue for a long time, the people in the state will inevitably feel uneasy and evacuate Taozhou to take refuge. It won't take long before Taozhou will become a state of no one to die. Tubo's intentions are so poisonous."

Li Longji pondered for a while and sighed, "I don't know what Jingyuan said. It's just that the thief was cunning and occupied the advantage of the nine curves of the Xihe River and attacked by a cavalry. The fields could not be cultivated, and the business roads were uneasy. After several governors, they could not achieve results. Now there are not many generals available in my Tang Dynasty, and Du Binke is a rare candidate. He can't change the situation. I... I really can't imagine who else can be competent."
Chapter completed!