Tai Chi hall.
Tomorrow is the day to go to court.
Today, however, several ministers of humerus have stood up to his highness.
Although it was the beginning of the new year, the king of Tang''s mind of completely exterminating the East Turks could not be stopped.
Therefore, we should gather these important officials early.
The king of the Tang Dynasty sat high on the Dragon chair, looked at the Minister of household and asked.
"How about the grain and grass preparation over there?"
The Minister of household slowly stepped out of the line, bowed and told the truth.
"I inform your majesty that the 150000 troops have prepared most of the food and grass for two months. In another half month, the barracks in the imperial city must be ready."
After listening to the report of the Minister of rites, the king of Tang was a little relieved.
As the saying goes, before soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first.
Grain and grass are the key to the expedition.
The northern expedition was what the king of Tang was most concerned about at this time.
At the time of conscription last year, the king of Tang never thought that the recruits of Tang Dynasty would become a new force of expedition in such a short time under the training of Tang Hao.
It is in front of us to eliminate the remnants of Eastern Turks and completely control the Turkic grassland that has been entrenched for a hundred years.
In this time and space, East Turkistan seems to be much more powerful and did not die out in the six years of Zhenguan as in history.
On the contrary, in the following years, I fought with Datang again and again.
Even the East Turks launched a fierce attack on Datang last time, and the Datong front line was still attacked by the Turkic army, resulting in heavy losses.
Even Deyang, an important town at that time, was almost reduced to Turkic cavalry.
If Tang Hao led the special troops twice, broke the Yinshan King''s court and captured Jieli Khan, I''m afraid the whole Beijing would have been completely eroded.
But after all, he is the dominant grassland overlord for a while. Where can he be defeated so easily.
Only a group of grassland warriors beside Jieli Khan were slaughtered and captured. Most of the small tiger masters have fled.
Of course, some scattered tribes, seeing that the momentum was wrong, had already broken through Li Jing''s siege and broke out.
Now, the East Turks are only thirty or forty thousand elite forces.
At this moment, the East Turks ushered in the weakest moment in hundreds of years.
It is also the time for the Tang Dynasty to comprehensively eliminate and destroy the East Turks!
The king of Tang, with a light green beard, said slowly.
"The Turks have always been all soldiers and everyone can fight."
"My preliminary estimate is that the maximum number of East Turks is no more than 80000."
"This war will certainly determine the heaven and earth in the north."
Seeing the king of Tang sitting high in the middle of the battle, Fang Xuanling''s eyes were full of worry, frowned and said.
"Your Majesty, less than half a year has passed since the war last year."
"Now there is another Northern Expedition, which is bound to deplete the country''s money and food."
"This time, there is a small snow disaster in the north, but we can cope with it. If there is anything bad this year, I''m afraid we Chaozhong won''t be able to provide disaster relief."
After hearing this, Yuchi Jingde slowly came out and said with a smile.
"Lord Liang, I''m worried."
"The so-called auspicious snow is not a year. At the end of the new year, a heavy snow must indicate that our Datang will be full of grain and grass this year."
"As for the snow disaster in the north, even our Datang border has been affected by the snow disaster. It must have been destroyed in the farther east Turkic."
"When will we wait until the East Turks are destroyed?"
Listening to the loud voice ringing in the hall, Du Ruhui slowly shook his head, staggered two steps, walked up the hall and said.
"Duke of Hubei, that''s not true."
"You only look at one, but not the other."
"The heavy snow can indeed bring abundant water supply to Datang, which is a good omen for the north."
"It''s snowy in the north, but the sun is still shining in the south. Last year, locusts were rampant in some states and counties. I don''t know whether they will spread widely this year."
Of course, for these literary ministers, they pay more attention to Nongsang.
The generals should have a more comprehensive understanding of these climates and geography.
Sun Wuji pondered for a moment, looked up at the king of Tang with a slight eyebrow on the hall, and slowly arched his hand.
"Your Majesty, Lord Lai is right. You can''t help it."
Cheng Zhijie bit his teeth, stared at a dry minister opposite, snorted coldly and said.
"What?"
"Now the arrow is on the line and has to be launched. Do you have to wait until next year?"
Gao Shilian turned slowly, patted Cheng Zhijie and motioned him to calm down.
Looking up, he greeted the eyes of the king of Tang and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty."
"This is the best time to completely eradicate the East Turks. In another year, when they breathe, the variables will be great."
As soon as the voice fell, several generals behind him nodded slowly.
A man of letters and a man of arms have the opposite view.
As the leader of the Tang Dynasty, the king of Tang needs to control the overall situation.
Sitting on the Dragon chair, the king of Tang did not answer immediately.
The king of Tang narrowed his eyes slightly, beat the armrest of the Dragon chair rhythmically with his right hand, and thought carefully about the suggestions of the ministers.
As you generals said, if you send troops at this time, Datang will be able to eliminate this great trouble.
In fact, the ambitious king of the Tang Dynasty also focused on the northern expedition.
But indeed, as Chang sun Wuji and his Gang said, this war needs gambling.
Bet on whether this locust plague will happen and whether this locust plague will be extremely serious.