thefictionvixens Chapter 388
Chapter 388
"Your Majesty, I think Su may want to wait until the Tang Dynasty's national strength is improved before going abroad."
"What Su has done in the past six months is all for the people's livelihood. Your Majesty might as well think about it. Half a year ago, the people of the Tang Dynasty would become refugees and flee everywhere if there was a natural disaster."
"Now that there are high-yield grains such as sweet potatoes and Zhenguan beans, I believe that within two years, the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer suffer from famine. The population will inevitably grow rapidly with the abundance of food, and then it will be time for the Tang Dynasty to show its strength to the outside world."
Fang Xuanling made a long analysis.
Li Shimin nodded silently, and couldn't help but think of the previous bottoming out of the national treasury and the internal treasury. Su Chen helped him fill the national treasury with only fine salt.
How many dynasties in history were militarily powerful and indeed powerful in expanding territory, but the domestic finances had long been empty.
Such dynasties all faced the risk of imminent extinction.
As a wise emperor, Li Shimin naturally understood the reason, and the two prime ministers knew it even better.
"Hahaha, let alone two years."
"Even if it takes another ten years, what's the harm? I can wait!" Li Shimin suddenly laughed out loud.
If Li Shimin asked Su Chen in person, Su Chen would definitely say: 'To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country. The Tang Dynasty has no food security and a small population. What's the point of conquering those places? '
Just when Li Shimin's carriage was halfway to Zhuque Street, he heard a hurried shout behind him:
"Get out of the way quickly, six hundred urgent people, whoever blocks the road will die!"
"Get out of the way quickly, six hundred urgent people, whoever blocks the road will die!"
As the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, Li Shimin ordered the carriage to stop and quickly got out of the carriage.
Li Junxian stepped forward to stop the messenger scout and stated his identity. Seeing this, the scout directly drew out the knife he carried with him.
The scout had never seen Li Junxian before. If the military intelligence letter was hijacked, the scout's family would be finished.
Li Junxian handed the fish token of the commander of the imperial army to the scout, and told him that the emperor was here, and then took the scout to Li Shimin.
The scout put away his knife, but did not dare to relax at all. He held the letter tube tightly to show that he had to enter the palace to hand over the letter to them.
This was not his fault. He was a small figure and had never seen the emperor, let alone on the street.
Li Shimin not only did not blame him, but also admired the scout's cautious attitude.
"Junxian, go back to the palace quickly!"
Li Shimin and others turned around and got on the carriage. Zhuque Street was a full ten miles from Mingde Gate to the palace.
The group accelerated and drove towards the imperial city.
Ten minutes later, Li Shimin got off the carriage in front of the Taiji Hall. The scout quickly stepped forward and said: "The urgent military information from Yunzhong six hundred miles away is presented to your majesty..."
After the scout handed the letter tube to Li Shimin with both hands, he fell to the ground.
The 600-li express route passed through more than 200 post stations from Yunzhong to the capital Chang'an, and the distance between the two places was nearly 1,500 li, so it only took three days.
Normally, a horse can travel about 180 li a day. The horses used to transmit urgent military information are good horses. The messenger saw that the post station had to change horses to hurry on, so the 600-li express route traveled 500 days a day.
"Quickly call the imperial physician."
Li Shimin ordered his men to take the scout away and take good care of him, and opened the sealed letter with a heavy heart.
"On October 25, the second year of Zhenguan, when the King of Shu and Xue Rengui were returning to Chang'an from Yunzhong, they encountered 3,000 cavalrymen from Shuofang who entered the country to commit evil."
"In the battle, the 3,000 cavalrymen from Shuofang were defeated and fled. Xue Rengui cut off their way back to the city, and the remaining 1,000 cavalrymen from Shuofang fled to Ganzhou, and then they were annihilated by Zhang Bao, the garrison commander of Ganzhou.
On October 26, the King of Shu and Xue Rengui led their 500 elite soldiers to challenge the governor of Yunzhong under the city of Shuofang, but they could not persuade him."
Li Shimin finished reading the 'emergency military information' angrily and cursed:
"Asshole!"
Empress Changsun thought that the scouts had sent emergency military information from the border, and carefully observed Li Shimin's face.
Seeing Li Shimin's reaction, Empress Changsun was relieved. Although Li Shimin was a little angry, it could be seen that there was no worry on his face.
"Your Majesty, I will take my leave first!" Then she bowed slightly to Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling.
"Farewell, Queen!"
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling bowed.
Li Shimin finally understood. No wonder Li Ke and Xue Rengui hadn't returned to Chang'an for so long.
It turned out that they encountered 3,000 Shuofang cavalrymen on their way back, and then led 500 people to fight against the 3,000 people. More than 1,000 cavalrymen were killed, and the other 1,000 Shuofang cavalrymen wanted to escape but were cut off by Xue Rengui.
Then they chased them all the way to Ganzhou, and finally wiped out all the Shuofang cavalrymen with the garrison of Ganzhou.
Originally, they would have just returned to Chang'an after the matter was over.
But these two actually took 500 people to challenge the city of Shuofang.
How could the governor of Yunzhong persuade them? Not to mention that Li Ke was a prince, just based on the tokens given by the emperor on the two of them, anyone who saw them would have to obey.
But Li Shimin was still very happy in his heart. These two people were brave!Although a bit reckless, but brave enough!
"Order the Ministry of War to send out scouts, and convey my oral order to the King of Shu and Xue Rengui to return to Chang'an as soon as possible."
Li Shimin issued an order casually, and did not say to rush.
"Xuanling, assist the imperial study to discuss matters, the two of you take a look at this 'urgent military situation' first." Li Shimin handed the secret letter to Changsun Wuji casually.
After the two read it, Changsun Wuji smiled slightly and said:
"Your Majesty, don't be angry. Five hundred people challenged under the city of Shuofang. I believe that old thief Liang Shidu would not look at them directly.
Well, congratulations to your majesty for obtaining the equipment of three thousand cavalry."
Since Li Ke and his men destroyed the three thousand cavalry of Shuofang, those equipment must have fallen into their hands. It is customary to confiscate the spoils of war.
Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed:
"That's right, that's right!"
Three thousand war horses are worth at least 150,000 strings of cash.
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Far away at the foot of Shuofang City, which is adjacent to Yunzhong, Li Ke and Xue Rengui led the five hundred black armored soldiers from the palace and sat listlessly on the ground under the city.
"Rengui, it's not a good thing to go on like this. Liang Shidu, the old turtle, never comes out."
It's been the fifth day, and Li Ke and Xue Rengui are almost losing their patience.
"It's getting late today, so let's do this for now. In my opinion, we should return to Chang'an as soon as possible. If my guess is correct, the governor of Yunzhong has sent someone to send a letter to Chang'an.
Your Majesty will send someone to ask for punishment soon."
Xue Rengui stood up and said slowly.
Forget about challenging each other for the past five days. There were only three sentries on the wall of Shuofang City, and they ignored the five hundred people.
Who would attack the city with only five hundred people? Liang Shidu, the leader of Shuofang, didn't know that Li Ke and Xue Ren were challenging each other under the city.
Li Ke thought about it and felt that what Xue Rengui said made sense.
"Okay, tomorrow we will set off to return to Chang'an. It has been almost two months since we left."
"Brothers, retreat!"
Sixty miles behind them is Yunzhong. These days, the governor of Yunzhong sent people to deliver food to the five hundred people every day.
I felt helpless.
The two of them had thought that they could have a big fight with Shuofang, but Shuofang did not cooperate.
However, Li Ke and Xue Rengui did not gain nothing. The horses and equipment of the three thousand cavalrymen were all stored in their inner capsules and temporarily stored in the Yunzhong Governor's Mansion.
At dawn the next day, with the warm farewell of Yunzhong Governor Zhang Jian.
Li Ke and Xue Rengui left Yunzhong and headed for Chang'an with the equipment of the three thousand cavalrymen.