What was originally a lively dinner party suddenly turned into a court meeting to discuss the conquest of Xue Yantuo.

Under the leadership of Queen Changsun, many irrelevant people quietly left the banquet.

It is not appropriate for a woman to stay there at such a moment.

Some noble disciples who were not qualified to listen to this discussion also walked away consciously.

Under the leadership of Zhang Liang, the veterans began a new round of competition for opportunities to lead troops in combat.

"Appoint Su Dingfang as the general manager of the march on Longyou Road, and Xue Rengui as the deputy general manager of the march on Longyou Road; lead an army of 30,000 people to set out the next day; appoint Li Ji as the general manager of the march on Guannei Road, and Zhang Liang as the deputy general manager of the march on Guannei Road; lead 20,000 troops

The army will set off in three days; Li Keshi is appointed as the general manager of the march to Hedong Road, and Qibi Heli is appointed as the deputy general manager of the march to Hedong Road..."

Li Shimin did not let the dispute last too long, and made an arbitrary decision on Qiankun.

Reinforcement is like putting out fire, so it's naturally not the right time to argue.

Seeing that Li Shimin had already said this, even if others were dissatisfied, they couldn't say anything else.

However, before Li Kuan could enjoy the joy, he felt a few unkind looks coming his way.

If Li Shimin's three legitimate sons were not still alive, many people would doubt whether he had the idea of ​​establishing another heir apparent.

Not to mention Xue Rengui, he is a direct descendant of the Prince of Chu's Palace.

As for Su Dingfang, he had been hidden away for many years and showed little performance.

It was only with Li Kuan's recommendation that he got the opportunity to lead the army again.

After two battles between Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo, Su Dingfang's reputation was slowly established.

Otherwise, many people would be dissatisfied if Li Shimin appointed him as the military commander of Longyou Road.

It's different now.

Although many people feel that they did not get a chance, they do not think that Su Dingfang is worse than themselves.

…

Outside Liangzhou City, Yi Nan looked at the pile of trophies in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Father, these supplies are more than our Xue Yantuo's taxes combined for several years. Those tribes who were reluctant when we set out should no longer complain."

Ba Zhuo also had a smile on his face.

This time, Xue Yantuo made a desperate move to send troops to Liangzhou, which actually took a huge risk.

If we continue to lose troops and return without success as we did when we invaded the homeland of the Eastern Turks the year before last, then the Xueyantuo Khanate will soon fall apart.

Fortunately, so far, everything is going very smoothly.

The army went straight to Liangzhou and encountered no resistance along the way.

That is to say, after entering the territory of Liangzhou, they were attacked several times by several groups of soldiers and horses, and some men were lost.

Compared with these losses, the current gains are huge.

Although Liangzhou received news of Xue Yantuo's invasion one day in advance and promptly gathered people from Beishi and surrounding areas into the city, Beishi was so big that in the panic, many things in the shops did not have time to move.

Now it is cheaper for the people of Xue Yantuo.

Exquisite porcelain, delicious spirits, beautiful woolen clothes, iron pots, salt, tea...

Various seizures were made, so much that Xue Yantuo's various ministries almost started fighting.

Even though the Yi men suppressed them in many ways, hundreds of people beat each other for supplies and died in the hands of their own people.

"Half of these supplies will be distributed to each tribe later. Whichever tribe has more people will get more, and those with less will get less. I want them to know that following me, Yi Nan, is the right choice.

For example, those Khitan people clearly could have sent more people over, but they sent hundreds of people to fight. After watching them, I didn’t regret it.”

Yi Nan drank a glass of wine and his face flushed.

The army is now stationed outside Liangzhou City, and decent people are sent to shout at each city gate, inciting the Xue Yantuo people inside to cause rebellion.

Of course, Yi Nan did not have high expectations for this method, nor did he want to attack the city immediately.

They are really a grassland people, and they can fight in the wild.

When it comes to attacking cities, I'm not good at it at all.

Now he is arranging manpower to prepare the hero's equipment.

"Father, we may not be able to capture Liangzhou City in a day or two. Why don't we just lead tens of thousands of troops and raid the surrounding villages first?"

Bazhuo had long heard that in Liangzhou, both the Tang people and the surrounding Hu people were very wealthy.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to grab it, then when will you wait?

According to their thinking, they would only stay in Liangzhou for half a month this time. It would be best if they could capture this city. If they couldn't capture it, they would see if there were any opportunities in other cities.

Anyway, we took this opportunity to gather our troops again and start looting.

"Let's surround Liangzhou City for two days and take a look. If there is a chance to capture this city, it will be more delicious than any other village."

Yi Nan is still confident about attacking the outer city of Liangzhou.

Due to the rapid development in recent years, the original Liangzhou City is no longer enough, so in recent years it has been gradually expanded to the south and west, forming the outer city.

The walls of these outer cities are generally not very high, but there are various workshops inside.

Including the wool workshops and butter workshops of the Northwest Trade, they are all located in this area.

"That's right. I'll go over there later to see how the siege equipment is being prepared."

Ba Zhuo, who was originally feeling uneasy, is now completely calm.

It was not that they were not worried that reinforcements from the Tang Army would come, but they believed that they could return to the grassland before the reinforcements came.

After all, the 100,000-strong army this time cannot be defeated by just a few thousand people.

There are fewer people coming, so they are not afraid.

There were so many people coming that they didn’t come so quickly.

"Great Khan, I have an unkind request."

Just when Yi Nan and Ba Zhuo were happily dreaming about Xue Yantuo's bright future, Wang Dengke stood up.

"Wang Taifu, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. This time you sent the envoy to Goguryeo and asked them to send troops to Liaodong. It can be regarded as a great contribution to the army's expedition."

Yi Nan still values ​​​​this Tang man who has taken refuge in him.

He was even given the official position of Taifu.

Of course, the Tutor of Xueyantuo and the Tutor of the Tang Dynasty are completely different concepts.

Just like Tuyuhun, although a bunch of ministers and three ministers were sealed according to the operating model of the Sui and Tang regimes, in fact, these positions did not play a role at all, and everyone was still doing whatever they were supposed to do.

Can the Minister of Civil Affairs manage the promotion of personnel within the Khanate?

Dreaming!

"Khan, Wei Chen recommends that the army withdraw from Liangzhou within three days!"

As soon as Wang Dengke said these words, the military tent immediately fell into a strange silence.

One hundred thousand troops just arrived at Liangzhou City yesterday. Today, everyone looted Beishi without much effort. The fattest piece of meat in the city hasn't even been eaten yet, and he said he wants to withdraw his troops?

If this word gets out, the leaders of each tribe will not be able to jump around?

Everyone has just tasted the sweetness. Who can give up so much wealth and supplies in the city?

Everyone knows that if you miss this opportunity, you may never have the opportunity to plunder Liangzhou again in your life.

Even in order to avoid the revenge of the Tang Dynasty, in the next few years, everyone had to hide deep in the grasslands of the north.

Who would be willing to do this if you don’t have enough food all at once?

"Taifu Wang, you...are you kidding?"

A forced smile appeared on Yi Nan's face. Looking at Wang Dengke's serious expression, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"Khan, I'm not joking. I know exactly what I'm talking about now. Although the army has just arrived in Liangzhou, the harvest so far has been huge. As long as we sweep the surrounding tribes and villages in the next two days, it will be enough for us to survive.

A few good years ahead.”

Although Wang Dengke took refuge with the Xue Yantuo people, not many people knew him.

Therefore, in the past few years, he still had the opportunity to visit Liangzhou and other places to inquire about the development of Datang.

The more he learned, the more he realized how powerful Datang was now.

Even in the dead of night, he still regretted his original choice.

However, there is no regret medicine in the world, and he knows this very well.

Now only if Xue Yantuo maintains sufficient strength can he live a comfortable life for the rest of his life.

Don't look at the fact that Xue Yantuo's 100,000 troops are surrounding Liangzhou City, but the defenders inside don't even dare to leave the city to fight.

In fact, if the Xue Yantuo people really want to capture Liangzhou, it will take them ten days and a half and tens of thousands of corpses to pile up, which is simply impossible.

However, there are now spacious cement roads from Chang'an City to Liangzhou.
To be continued...