Two days after the imperial court sent a large army to quell the rebellion, Liu Yi also received news from the palace, because of the war in the north, Emperor Li Zhi had issued an edict to suspend the winter solstice of this year's Songshan Mountain, and forced by the tension of the situation, he had led the imperial car to Chang'an to rush back, but there was no order for Liu Yi to rush back to escort.

According to the information that Liu Yi knew, after Emperor Li Zhi learned that there was another Turkic rebellion in the north, he was extremely angry, and strictly ordered the army to quell the rebellion before the winter at any cost, so as not to echo the Hu people in other places, causing chaos in the border passes of the Tang Dynasty, and there was no time to deal with it.

Within a year, the Turkic people in the northwest and north rebelled one after another, which made Li Zhi as the emperor feel embarrassed, and the authority of the Tang Dynasty was challenged.

Because of the need to prepare for the departure of the army and the return of the imperial driver to Beijing, the crown prince Li Xian and the hundred officials who stayed in Chang'an were all busy, and even Liu Yi, who was originally required to be on standby in the palace, was also called to the Qianniu Wei official office to be on duty.

In addition to using the border army in the northwest area, this expedition also has to recruit a government army from all provinces in the interior, and the emperor's edict requires the conscripted army to set off from Chang'an in mid-October, and now the weather is already in mid-September, and there is only less than a month to go, and the government soldiers scattered in the various Zhichong provinces should be gathered, and then come to Chang'an to concentrate, which is the most laborious and time-consuming thing. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty has fought a lot in recent years, and the officials of the Ministry of War are still very experienced in recruiting government soldiers, after the emperor's edict was delivered to the Ministry of War, all the officials of the Ministry of War immediately took action, and the orders issued by the Ministry of War were sent to the various Zhichong Prefectures near Chang'an as quickly as possible, and the conscripted Zhichong Prefecture sent troops to Chang'an, and the Ministry of War issued a conscription order in the name of the imperial court at the same time, recruiting people outside the establishment of the government to make up for the shortage of soldiers.

Another troublesome thing is the collection of war preparation materials, which is mainly the affairs of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, more than 100,000 troops go out to fight, and the materials required are very much, including grain and grass, arrows and other weapons, armor, war horses, etc., fortunately, although the official establishment of the various ministries of the Tang Dynasty is small, but it is not as superficial as in later generations, there are many people who give orders, and there are few people who do the work, everyone is conscientious and conscientious, and they are dedicated to their duties. Some people have not even been able to go home for days, and they eat and sleep in the official office.

For a time, the entire Chang'an entered an intense pre-war preparation stage.

The sky is about to turn cold, the army is already in winter, the weather is very cold, the army at this time into Anbei, and the Turkic rebels are really forced to fight.

Compared with the Turks who have been staying in the Anbei area, whether it is Mobei or Monan, our sergeants recruited from near Chang'an are certainly not easy to adapt to the cold weather, according to Liu Yi's estimate, this expedition is not easy to fight, and the battle with the Turks mainly relies on rich combat experience, has adapted to the cold in the Anbei area of the Shan Yu Duhufu belongs to the border army, but the number of border troops is limited, compared with the Turks The strength disparity is huge, and the army recruited from Chang'an must also rush to Anbei quickly.

Liu Yi also thought of another point, although the cold time is not very beneficial to our army, but this time is a good time to gather and annihilate the Turks, in winter the Turks basically stopped nomadism, the wandering surname is not strong, it is easy to cause a blow to the destruction of the surname, and the Turks do not necessarily think that our army will launch an offensive in the severe winter, and now in this era of very inconvenient intelligence information transmission, even if the edict of my Tang Dynasty has been issued, it is not easy to reach the ears of the Turks.

It's just that this war is destined to be very difficult, fighting in winter, which is a very big test for our army, and the supply of logistics and military supplies is a thing that needs to overcome many difficulties to complete.

If our army were to fight in the Anbei area in the cold winter, winter clothes and other cold items could not be delivered in time, and food, grass, and weapons could not be effectively replenished, not to mention annihilated by the enemy, even if the non-combat attrition due to these reasons would be very serious, and it was very likely that it would be defeated without a fight.

This is one of the reasons why Liu Yi thinks that the emperor returned to Chang'an, there is a big war in the imperial court, and the imperial car is still in the eastern capital, so he cannot effectively command and dispatch the war, and many things are not handled by the crown prince Li Xian, and it is natural for the emperor and empress who have real power to return to Beijing.

Liu Yi also guessed that when Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian discussed military operations with their courtiers and made the order to go out in winter, they must have gone through a fierce debate and dared to make such a decision.

Is this Li Zhi, or Wu Zetian's final decision?

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Liu Yi waited for some time in the official office of Qianniuwei, and finally waited for the news that the emperor's imperial drive was about to arrive in Chang'an, and he and a Qianniuwei sergeant who stayed in Daming Palace also went out of the city to meet the royal driver as ordered.

On September 29 of the first year of Tiaolu, the emperor's imperial car finally arrived in Chang'an, this time it took only fifteen days from Luoyang to Chang'an, which was the shortest time for the imperial car to and from Chang'an and Luoyang.

What reassured Liu Yi was that Shangguan Wan'er didn't have anything to do, but she lost some weight.

After returning to Beijing, Emperor Li Zhi also held his sick body, personally arranged the affairs of the army, and summoned Hua Dazhi, the general of the right leading army, and Li Jingjia, the general of the right Qianniuwei, who led the army from Chang'an, and clearly told them that this battle can only be won, not defeated, and if our army fails to suppress the rebellion, then the rebellions of the surrounding tribes and subject countries will break out, which is absolutely intolerable.

The emperor's order made Hua Dazhi and Li Jingjia, who were ordered to go on the expedition, feel the pressure they had never felt before, but these two generals, who had been on the battlefield, also patted their chests and promised in front of the emperor that they would definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy and quell the Turkic rebellion as soon as possible.

Liu Yi also went to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian to ask for orders, but was refused, which made him depressed again.

Due to the orderly arrangement of various affairs of the officials of various ministries, the nearly 40,000 troops recruited and raised, under the leadership of Hua Dazhi and Li Jingjia, set off from Chang'an about five days after the emperor returned to Beijing...

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