Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"At that time, my wish was fulfilled..."

Just when Li Shimin was holding the hand of Empress Changsun, and the two were smiling and thinking about the good things in the future, suddenly an urgent military message from Youzhou came in.

Li Shimin didn't dare to delay, and hastily opened the military situation view.

If it were changed to the past, a generation of virtuous queens and eldest grandsons would never interfere or criticize government affairs or military affairs.

But today's military situation comes from Youzhou, and it is likely to be related to his son Li Qiu.

So Empress Changsun also came to her husband's side and watched the military situation together.

I saw that the first paragraph of the emergency military situation said that the Turkic army was stationed outside the city of Youzhou.

During this period, General Li Qiu was so brave that he beheaded the Turkic general, and the Youzhou army won a great victory, beheading a thousand...

Seeing this, both Li Shimin and Empress Changsun frowned.

"Who wrote this military report?"

"It's just nonsense!"

"Although Li Qiu is full of good things, he has been weak and sick since he was a child, and his body is not as good as that of ordinary people."

"Let's not talk about martial arts and fighting the enemy!"

Empress Changsun also frowned nervously at this time, "Erlang, in the recent dream, I really dreamed that Qiu'er was covered in blood many times, fighting with those Turkic people."

"This child, don't be reckless, go to the battlefield!"

At this time, the two of them continued to look down.

...The next day, the Turkic army with nearly [-] troops attacked the city at night.

The [-] defenders of Youzhou City were killed and wounded, and more than [-] enemies were killed.

Later, General Luo Tong led [-] Youzhou cavalry, and General Li Qiu led [-] Shenwu troops to fight to the death with the Turkic army in the city.

The city of Youzhou was broken, and the Turks burned the city.

The last sentence of this military statement, eight characters, was written directly in blood.

And judging from this person's handwriting, it should be extremely urgent when writing and sending out this military message.

The city of Youzhou was broken, and the Turks burned the city...

When he saw the end of this military situation, Li Shimin, who hadn't closed his eyes much all day and night, only felt his blood pressure surge and his head was buzzing.

The military situation in his hand also fell directly to the ground.

And the eldest grandson empress next to him felt that her eyes went dark, and she fell down!

Chapter 81 Chang'an is in danger

Seeing that Queen Changsun was about to faint, Li Shimin hurriedly helped her up.

He wanted to comfort his wife in his heart, but he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word of comfort.

In the end, I could only sigh deeply.

Empress Changsun cried out heartbroken at this moment.

"Erlang, I hope day and night..."

"I searched hard, waited for 17 years, and finally found my son, and left me like this..."

"As a mother, I have never fed him a bite, never looked after him for a day, and never accompanied him when he was sick..."

"Now I just found him, and he died in battle like this, at the hands of those Turkic people. Woohoo, my heart aches..."

"So those dreams these days are all real..."

"In the dream, Qiu'er was covered in blood, and wherever he could see, they were all Turkic people with green faces and fangs."

"Qiu'er must be dreaming for me, as if he wants to tell me that he was so scared, he died so badly, and he misses his mother whom he never knew..."

"Erlang, what should I do, woo woo, I'm sorry for my miserable Qiu'er..."

"I'm a mother, I'm sorry for him, I couldn't take good care of him..."

"It's all your fault, forcing me to not recognize Qiu'er, now my Qiu'er is gone, just like that..."

"In this world, no matter how much I look forward to, no matter how much I search, I will never be able to find my Qiu'er..."

Seeing the sad and pitiful appearance of Empress Changsun in her arms, tears pouring down like rain, Li Shimin also let out a long sigh and shed tears.

The man did not cry easily because he did not reach the sad spot.

Li Shimin has always been a caring person towards his wife and daughter.

At this moment, he was also crying sadly, shaking his head slightly and sighing.

"Ugh……"

"Guanyin servant girl, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for Qiu'er, I am sorry for your mother and son!"

"As the king of the Tang Dynasty, I can't even protect my own son. I am a father in vain!"

"However, Guanyin servant girl, I don't know the specific situation in Youzhou right now."

"I believe that Qiu'er will be auspicious and turn every calamity into good luck..."

……

At this moment, in Jingzhou in the northwest, Li Jing's army, who had already received an emergency military situation, set out across the board, rushing southward day and night to help Chang'an.

However, even after marching in such a hurry for a day, they only traveled more than a hundred miles, not even leaving Jingzhou.

Seeing this situation, Li Jing was very anxious.

With their way of moving, it is likely that before reaching Chang'an, His Majesty and the city of Chang'an may have already fallen into the hands of Na Jieli.

So, he, who has always used troops to be sure, gritted his teeth and ordered directly, "Send me the order!"

"After the infantry is broken, all the cavalry go into battle lightly, leave the team, and go straight to Chang'an at all costs!"

Seeing Li Jing's order, the lieutenant at the side hastily persuaded, "General, we only have these tens of thousands of cavalry."

"This is Datang's most valuable property!"

"If the march is so reckless, once you are ambushed by the Turks, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Li Jing sighed softly at this time, "If Chang'an City is destroyed, what's the use of keeping these family properties?!"

"I'd rather treat all these cavalry as fat for Na Jieli to swallow than let Chang'an City and His Majesty have the slightest mistake!"

"Chang'an City and His Majesty are gone, and the Tang Dynasty will be completely over!"

……

And just like that, another day passed.

Just when Empress Changsun and Li Shimin were still immersed in the grief of Li Qiu's death, another urgent military situation reached Chang'an.

Inside Chengqing Hall, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Feng Deyi, Hou Junji, Qin Qiong and others were already waiting hard.

When they saw Li Shimin coming in a hurry, they immediately reported the military situation in front of him to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, all the follow-up troops of Jieli have all achieved martial arts."

"According to the latest reports, Jieli's army is currently divided into three groups."

"Stay in martial arts all the way, and attack Gaoling and Jingyang in two separate ways."

"The two cities fell within an hour."

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, "What?"

"Less than an hour?!"

At this time, Feng Deyi was also surprised: "Your Majesty, let's not talk about this Jingyang, but this Gaoling city is still strong, why is it so careless?!"

Eldest Sun Wuji at the side glanced at him, then sighed helplessly and said, "I'm talking about Lord Feng!"

"Don't talk about Jingyang and Gaoling, just look at our Chang'an City right now."

"This old city wall has not been repaired for more than 20 years."

"Let's say that's the case in Chang'an, let alone the two small cities of Jingyang and Gaoling?"

Li Shimin looked deeply at the night outside, and an extremely dangerous atmosphere enveloped his heart.

With Jieli's heroic courage and consistent marching style, I am afraid that this first battle will not wait until Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing's army arrives.

"Junji, Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing's troops are still a few days away from Chang'an City?"

Hou Junji hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Cheng Yaojin's troops are mainly infantry. I estimate that the fastest time for them to reach Chang'an will be tomorrow night."

"And Li Jing's army has already arrived in Xinping. General Li Jing has ordered the cavalry to separate and march towards Chang'an as quickly as possible."

"It is estimated that it will take at least three or four days to arrive in Chang'an."

"The fall of Jingyang and Gaoling is also a wake-up call for us."

"Counting it all together, our large forces have not engaged in large-scale battles with the Turks for nearly ten years."

"The troops in many places are not familiar with the Turkic combat style at all, and they are not used to it."

"If this continues, I'm afraid that once we really fight Xieli, we will suffer a lot!"

Li Shimin slapped the table angrily at this time, "For the past ten years, the Taishanghuang and Jiancheng just refused to listen to my advice."

"Buy peace from Jieli every year."

"This soldier, this army is to be fought and honed, not bought with money!"

"Look, it's good now. Not to mention the tigers in Jieli's side, the strength of our army here is not as good as it was ten years ago!"

Chapter 82

Originally, when Li Qiu, Luo Kexin and the others arrived near Jingyang, they were thinking that they would finally be home and could relax.

Suddenly, he encountered the Tuli tribe who had just captured Jingyang.

Fortunately, Li Qiu and Luo Kexin were astute, as soon as they saw the Turkic banners and soldiers wearing them from a distance, they realized something was wrong.

Immediately turn around and run.

As for the Tuli Ministry, Jingyang had just been captured, and their morale was booming.

As soon as he saw these more than 200 cavalrymen from the Tang Dynasty, he immediately became interested, and immediately sent Qibi Heli, the leader of the Tie Le clan, to lead his tribe to attack, and strangled more than [-] Tang troops including Li Qiu.

This Qibi Heli became the leader of the tribe at the age of nine. He was born brave and resourceful, and he was a rare general.

Now that Tuli sent their tribe to chase and kill Li Qiu and more than two hundred Tang troops, he also got all the energy in his heart, and rushed out with his people.

He still prefers this kind of military exploits that can be obtained without any effort and without losing any clansmen.

At this time, Li Qiu was running around and fighting for days, whether it was people or horses, they were all in a state of exhaustion.

On the other hand, the Qibi Heli Department waited for work with leisure, and their morale was high, so Li Qiu and the others didn't run very far, and they were about to be overtaken.

At this time, Luo Kexin's eyes were fixed, and with a swing of the five-hook flying spear in his hand, he was about to turn back and kill.

"You go first, wait for me to kill their leading general."

"At that time, the pursuers will disperse."

But before she could move, Li Qiu grabbed her arm.

Then she glared at her angrily, "Did you forget the lesson of the last time outside Youzhou City so quickly?"

"There are quite a few brave generals in Turkic Jieli's army."

"The guy behind you is no match for him."

Hearing Li Qiu's words, Luo Kexin was naturally unconvinced.

Then he stared back at Li Qiu, probably meaning that the fight hasn't happened yet, how do you know that I am not the opponent of the Turkic general behind?

Li Qiu didn't explain much to her, but held Fang Tian's painting halberd, turned back the horse's head and rushed straight towards Qibi Heli.

"You head towards the east of Chang'an City, don't worry about me, I will catch up when I turn around."

Seeing Li Qiu rushing towards the enemy's back alone, Luo Kexin was anxious, angry, and worried.

Ever since she disguised herself as a man to lead the army, all the things like this kind of exposure to dangerous places have been carried out by her alone.