Chang''an city.
Tai Chi hall.
Although the war continued in the north, there was no interruption in the early days.
However, for two consecutive days, there was no news from the north, which undoubtedly put a huge stone in everyone''s heart.
The king of Tang, sitting high in the Dragon chair, stared at the sky outside the hall. In his ear, Fang Xuanling reported to Lingzhou water conservancy.
After reporting back, the king of Tang remained silent. In fact, he was wandering outside the object and his heart flew to the north.
Deyang.
At the gate of the northern border of Datang, Datang, with great disparity in troops, is facing off with the Turkic army.
If the Turkic army attacked the city strongly, Li Jinggong let Deyang retreat and go out, it would be better to pay back.
If Li Jing is completely defeated, the Turkic army will march straight in. At that time, the whole Hedong road and even some areas in Guanzhong will fall.
At that time, Chang''an, the Imperial City, was in danger!
Such a result, but no one can bear it.
"Your Majesty?"
Fang Xuanling called softly, but the king of Tang still thought deeply and didn''t respond.
The old minister in the hall has such a mentality.
The war has begun and people are in panic.
For this time, it can be extremely dangerous.
Everyone knew that Li Jing basically had no choice but to defend the city.
However, it backfired. In the war report, the cunning Jieli Khan even attacked the city. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. He gave up attacking the city and threatened to attack Datong, forcing Li Jing to confront him head-on.
This war report undoubtedly worsened the war that had no advantage.
The whole court was full of clouds and sad faces.
These ministers of the Military Ministry frequently entered the imperial study these days to discuss with his majesty how to dispatch troops to deal with this Turkic beast after the defeat.
When it was discussed, it was late at night before it dispersed.
Is there a finished egg under the nest?
If Datang really loses half of its territory, not only the people in the invaded areas will be displaced.
Even their old ministers will certainly be slaughtered by the barbarians.
Thinking of these, the civil and military officials in the court only felt that their back ridges were cold and their hearts were cold.
An invisible cloud had already dispersed in the hall.
Li Ji didn''t close his eyes these days. Looking at the king of Tang selling some in the hall, he moved his steps and asked.
"Duke Shen, is there any news back from Deyang?"
Gao Shilian looked at Li Ji''s haggard face, sighed and shook his head slightly.
The whisper here was very quiet, but the word Deyang seemed to touch a nerve of the king of Tang, slowly collected his mind and looked over.
The eyes with a little blood flashed a touch of pure light and asked a little hoarse.
"Duke Shen, can I hear from you in the north?"
Hearing the speech, Gao Shilian looked up slightly and answered truthfully.
"No news came from Deyang."
At the other end of the hall, he obviously breathed out a thick breath. There seemed to be light in his eyes. He dimmed down and leaned slowly against the Dragon chair.
Gao Shilian frowned, pursed his mouth and said.
"Your Majesty, no news just means that the war continues."
At this moment, no news, in Gao Shilian''s view, is the best news.
The longer the Tang soldiers last, the more Turkic troops will be consumed.
At that time, even if it can''t resist this torrent, the thirty or forty thousand Turkic troops will not cause any storm in Datang.
The eldest sun Wuji frowned, hesitated for a moment, went to the palace and said.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
The king of Tang frowned and stared at the hesitant eldest sun Wuji in the hall, waving impatiently.
"Speak."
Changsun Wuji raised his head slightly again, looked at the gloomy face of King Tang, and said to his scalp.
"The Tubo emissary arrived in Chang''an two days ago and wanted to... Face the saint."
Hearing the speech, the whole Tai Chi hall was silent.
At this moment, the northern territory is in the midst of a great war, and the arrival of Tubo envoys at this time means taking advantage of the fire.
The king of Tang looked gloomy and said.
"Have you ever mentioned anything?"
Sun Wuji smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly.
The light in the king''s eyes flickered and snorted coldly.
"This time, it must not be a good thing."
"No!"
The king of Tang resolutely refused.
Fang Xuanling slowly stepped out of the line, stood on the side of his eldest sun Wuji, bowed his hand, hesitated for a moment and said.
"Your Majesty, I don''t know what happened when Tubo came to ask for an audience. It would be inappropriate for us to shut them out."
"What Fang Xiang said is very true!"
While talking, Du Ruhui came out, met the angry eyes of the king of Tang and admonished.
"Although the war is tight now, it is not clear. If we ignore the surrounding countries at this time and the relations are too rigid, it will be quite unfavorable to the whole Tang Dynasty."
"What''s more, when the messenger came to meet the saint, he didn''t indicate his intention. It''s not too late to make a decision after finding out their intention."
Gao Shilian pondered for a long time and said.
"Your Majesty, regardless of the victory or defeat of the war in the north, the vitality of the Tang Dynasty will be greatly damaged."
"Stabilizing Tubo is also a good strategy. In this way, it just frees up its hands to concentrate on solving the war in the north."
"Now instead of making more enemies, it''s not making more allies. Even if it doesn''t work, Tubo neutrality will be of great benefit to Datang."
The king of Tang weighed the weight of these words.
At this moment, even if the North wins, it will certainly have no power to fight again in the past two or three years.
Although Tubo is guarded by a large army, if there is a change, the Tang Dynasty will be attacked on both sides, but it really feels overwhelmed.
The king of Tang waved.
"Just, just, announce them tomorrow morning."