Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 544: Little Hands Spread, No One Is Available
Du Ruhui was no novice either. The two of them unfolded the map, set up the sand table, and with a little simulation they were able to roughly figure out the intentions of the Western Turks.

"I never expected that the Marquis is both civil and military."

"Are you being sarcastic? Are you mocking me?" Xia Lin asked with his eyes squinting, "Have you forgotten how the Western Turks came about?"

Du Ruhui slapped his forehead and then realized that there was no Western Turkic Khanate in the world. They became Western Turkic Khanate because they were beaten badly.

This group of Western Turks were originally members of the Turkish royal court. Later, they were driven out of the royal court by the peasants among the Turks. They were exiled everywhere. In addition, the countries in the Western Regions were really a bunch of scum, so they were able to develop again in recent years. After destroying about twelve or thirteen countries in the Western Regions, they re-formed the current Western Turks.

Originally, the goal of this group of people was to return to the royal court, but they suddenly turned their guns southward, which made Du Ruhui break out in a cold sweat.

You have to know that neither Li Tang nor Tian Wei have too much energy to deal with foreign enemies. If the two sides fail to reach an understanding and form a tacit understanding in a short period of time, it will be bad. After all, with the Turkic style of fighting, Li Tang may not even wait for Er Feng to return to the court to save the situation before its economy is devastated.

"I want to go back and report to His Majesty." Du Ruhui left in a hurry.

Xia Lin kept staring at the sand table until it got dark.

"This is directed at me." Xia Lin muttered, "Damn it, they'd go this far just for me?"

Foreign invasions are always extremely cruel. Massacre is the basic principle and human life is treated as worthless is the best description.

"Fuck you."

Xia Lin's teeth were grinding.

"Shunzi!"

"To!"

Xiao Shunzi, who had been serving as Xia Lin's personal guard, ran in and said, "Marshal, you called me."

"Go, be my messenger, and tell the five generals to prepare their troops. Don't bring too much food and fodder. March quickly to Chang'an. Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. There is no time to delay!" Xia Lin took out the tiger talisman and handed it to Xiao Shunzi: "Eight hundred miles!"

"Order!"

Then Xia Lin walked out, jumped on his horse and rushed towards Chang'an City.

When he arrived outside the palace, Li Yuan was extremely anxious, because when Du Ruhui came to report to him, the spies in front had already sent back the news using precious carrier pigeons, that is, the Western Turks were really moving towards the southeast, and that the number of people and the full range of troops were unprecedented.

All the movement predictions are almost the same as those made by Xia Lin and Du Ruhui.

"Raise the army. Order Houmochenqi and Helan Kuan to lead 50,000 troops to meet the enemy. Order Wang Jianzhi to lead 30,000 troops to support from the rear."

At this moment, the eunuch outside suddenly came with a message: "Report, Changsha County Hou Xialin wants to see you."

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Him? What is he doing here?"

Du Ruhui shook his head: "Your Majesty, I don't know..."

"Tell him to come in."

Soon Xia Lin came to Li Yuan. Li Yuan tilted his head and looked at Xia Lin: "Is Xincheng out of money?"

"Your Majesty, don't show off." Xia Lin waved his hand: "The sudden invasion of the Western Turks is a bit embarrassing, right?"

"Let him go..." Li Yuan cleared his throat and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He is just a little barbarian. What's the problem?"

Xia Lin walked to the steps of the dragon throne with his dirty shoes and sat down: "It's useless. No matter how many generals and soldiers your majesty appoints, we will lose."

Li Yuan paused and said, "Keming, cover your ears."

Du Ruhui immediately covered his ears with his hands, and then Li Yuan started to curse: "You little bastard, no matter what, I am still your son's grandfather, can't you just fart properly? Damn it, although I am also educated, I am also a military general after all, believe it or not, I will beat you up right here!?"

"Okay, okay... Hey, why are you so arrogant?" Xia Lin stood up and began to pace back and forth. "It's the nobles who are putting pressure on His Majesty Emperor Li Tang. How capable are these Turks? They were able to gather together so quickly, and there must be those people behind them. They have been manipulating the situation for more than a year or two. Your Majesty, you only have two people who can really fight."

Li Yuan was silent immediately. Who were these two? Aren't they his own children? In this situation, it would be a miracle if other people could be trusted.

"Erfeng is currently in Jiange, and is about to take Xijing. Sanniang is nursing her child. Your Majesty has no one who can fight."

"I will transfer people from Dragon City."

"Your Majesty, do you think the Turkic royal court is dead? You transfer people from Longcheng today, and the Turkic royal court will send 100,000 troops tomorrow."

"So what do you say? Surrender and surrender?"

"Fuck..." Xia Lin turned his head and cursed, "As for me, Your Majesty, please don't worry about this battle. I don't want anything else but food and fodder."

"You???" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "You?"

"Yes, me."

"You have two ounces of flesh on your body, and you want to fight? Young man, you can show off your strength, but you have to be strong enough."

Xia Lin tilted his head and said nonchalantly, "How should I put it, Your Majesty? Let me tell you this, I will not participate in any domestic wars, I will only mediate, but from now on, I will be the one fighting in wars of foreign invasion."

After Xia Lin finished speaking, he untied the bundle from behind, and the general's tiger talisman inside was unfolded in front of Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Li Tang, do you recognize him?"

When Li Yuan saw these tiger talismans, his eyes widened. He reached out and picked up one and put it together - the door opened wide. "This..."

Li Yuan certainly knew about the twelve tiger talismans of the border armies. He was once one of the military governors of the border armies and the commander of the Longcheng border. When he saw the tiger talismans, he just bowed his head and called him "General".

The value of this thing, to put it simply... Wen is the imperial seal, which is entrusted by heaven with longevity and prosperity. Wu is the tiger talisman of the twelve frontier armies.

"It was given to me by Emperor Jingtai." Xia Lin took the tiger talisman from Li Yuan's hand and said, "It is true that you are Emperor Li Tang. Do you recognize this tiger talisman?"

"recognize!"

Li Yuan is not stupid. Refusing to recognize this is just like refusing to recognize the imperial seal. He is simply crazy.

"Okay, the border troops will not obey the emperor's orders or the changes of dynasties in the Central Plains. I don't care whether you are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty or the emperor of the Wei Dynasty. Should the border troops fight in foreign wars?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, now I beg His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to allow me to go out and resist the enemy and open the city gates for my Green Forest Frontier Army to replenish food and grass. Is that feasible?"

"Row!"

"That's all." Xia Lin nodded, turned around and was about to leave: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, do you believe in Emperor Hongbao's judgment?"

"Yes." Li Yuan nodded heavily: "But wait a moment."

"What?"

"Tell me the truth, are you sure?"

Xia Lin laughed: "Wait for me to return triumphantly, Your Majesty, and then go on a killing spree, okay?"

Li Yuan took a deep breath and said, "I respectfully send you off."

Xia Lin was startled and asked curiously, "No, Your Majesty's sudden shout scared me. There's no need to be so polite."

"Stop talking nonsense, this is the rule."

But it seems to be true. The border army is a very mysterious military system. When Qin Shihuang was burned down in Xianyang, the border army was not mobilized. It is no exaggeration to say that the border army determines the rise and fall of the dynasty.

Xia Lin was the commander of all border troops. If he wanted, he could even send troops to the Central Plains from all directions at the same time. One person held all the tiger talismans, which had never happened in history.

And Xia Lin's question "Do you believe in Emperor Hongbao's vision?" was actually asking Li Yuancheng whether he recognized his loyalty, because once the border troops turned their guns around, there would be basically no solution.

Li Yuan didn't even trust his own son in his life, but he only believed in Emperor Hongbao. Even when Emperor Hongbao was bedridden, Li Yuan didn't dare to step out of line.

"Besides food and fodder, what else do you need?"

"Your Majesty, please control yourself and do not send troops to the Central Plains at this time."

"Hiss... who do you think I am?" Li Yuan laughed: "Am I so unbearable?"

"That's not what I meant, Your Majesty." Xia Lin also laughed: "That's right, Your Majesty has a strong desire to win... If you were to conquer the Central Plains right now, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"I took advantage of the border troops' weakness and invaded. I would be nailed to the head by historians. I am a respectable man and I have to keep my dignity."

Xia Lin just smiled and said nothing. When he arrived in front of the palace, he suddenly turned around and said, "Your Majesty, please keep it a secret for me."

"I know, I know. Oh, when are you going to go to war?"

"As soon as the Green Forest Army arrives, I will set out immediately."

In fact, this is really a last resort. If they dare to do this, it means they have the confidence. Although Li Yuan has selected his troops, his base camp is actually in Longcheng, where Li Yunlong has a division that dares to fight. But those elite troops have to guard against the Turkic royal court, because from the royal court to Longcheng, there is a smooth road, and it only takes five days to get there by galloping on horseback. In addition, the current climate is very good, and there is no shortage of food supplies on the grassland. If they take Longcheng, then the Central Plains will be in trouble.

On the other hand, in Chang'an, with Erfeng absent, almost all the generals were from aristocratic families. If you want to kill Li Yuan, there are nine ways.

As for Xia Lin this time, he not only wants to fight against outsiders, but also wants to let these guys who have been rampant since the Zhou Emperor era understand what the new era is, what the fucking new era is!

Three days later, the most interesting thing happened.

Next to Hongnong County, the armies of Li Tang and Tian Wei were still tangoing with one advancing and the other retreating, when suddenly 70,000 Green Forest Army rushed over right under their noses. These soldiers looked murderous, and the Wei and Tang armies stood on the side of the road with their weapons in their arms, watching them with snot bubbles in their eyes.

"Green Forest Army." A lieutenant in the Tang army bumped his shoulder against his fellow Wei army soldiers beside him and said, "Your people?"

"Yes." The Wei army captain also nodded and said, "These are elite troops. We are all rotated. They are directly dispatched from the Fuliang New Army. Look at the guy wrapped in cloth behind them. If they touch you within 30 feet, they will die. If they touch you, they will be injured."

"That powerful? Have you ever been that powerful?"

"Yes, of course. But our commander-in-chief said that this thing cannot be used against our brothers, but only against foreign races."

"Okay, okay..." The captain of the Tang army nodded and said with a smile: "After the troops are dispersed, I will treat you brothers to a drink?"

"Come on, you always pretend to be drunk, and I'm the one who pays you."

"I'm really asking you this time! Guaranteed!"

(End of this chapter)