Before Li Ye and the others had completely walked out of the Qinling Mountains, Song Jiao personally caught up and reported a news that everyone did not expect.

"The Khitan is preparing to launch an offensive in the spring?"

Hearing Song Jiao's information, Li Ye couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

When the envoys of Khitan and Nanzhao met with Ma Yin, the agreed time for the start of the army was after the autumn, which had been repeatedly confirmed by the spies of the Tsing Yi Yamen in Changsha. Why did the war suddenly break out early, half a year earlier?

With such an important military situation, Li Ye believed that Song Jiao had repeatedly confirmed it, otherwise he would not have reported it to himself, and he would have chased after him personally.

Li Ye asked in a deep voice: "Are the Uighurs, Dangxiang, Shatuo, Nanzhao and other ministries also preparing to ...... in the spring Or rather, to go on the offensive right now?"

Song Jiao's face was very rare and a little pale, "The spies of the Tsing Yi Yamen in the West Building, after the first time I got the news that the Khitan would launch a war in the near future, I sent the Great Monk to all sides to investigate in depth. After comparing and verifying with each other, I confirm that the vanguard armies of all parties will carry out a surprise attack on the border pass in the near future!"

Li Ye pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What is the situation in Changsha? Ma Yin also plans to do something in the spring?"

Song Jiao shook her head, "This is the strange place. The Tsing Yi Yamen has been confirmed countless times in Chudi, and Ma Yin's plan to raise troops is still carried out in autumn. The old ministry he secretly convened, as well as the men, horses, and grain gathered by his old department, are not yet fully prepared, and don't say that in the near future, even in the summer, there is no possibility of raising troops!"

After a pause, Song Jiao added: "The Khitans, Uighurs, etc., have been preparing for war since last winter, and all their actions are in an orderly manner, and the Tsing Yi Yamen have a certain grasp of these situations. To our surprise, they were preparing with great fanfare on the surface, and they were hiding deeper actions, because they were very hidden, and the identity of the person in charge was extraordinary, and our people could not reach and detect it in time. ”

Song Jiao was ashamed.

Li Ye let out a long breath, "Aunt Song doesn't have to feel ashamed. The Tsing Yi Yamen is not a god, and being able to find out the real action time of all parties in time has given the dynasty a chance to deal with it, which is enough to call it hard work. ”

The war is about to begin. The difference is that it will no longer be attacked by Li Ye unilaterally, but will break out in an all-out way. In other words, the situation of the whole world attacking Tang is still going to happen.

Or even has already happened.

Li Ye personally went to Chu this time, the fundamental purpose was to comfort the people of Chu and Lingnan, take the opportunity to gather the luck of the people in the two places, and increase his own cultivation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to go out in person.

In Li Ye's prediction, there will not be too many waves in the southward journey to Chudi this time, and there is no plan to mobilize the Chang'an Forbidden Army - the recent task of the Chang'an Forbidden Army is to follow Li Ye to the north after Li Ye pacifies Chudi and Nanzhao.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed like this at this moment.

Ma Yin thought that he had the support of the Khitan and Nanzhao, and he could take advantage of the troubles in the Tang Dynasty to achieve his own achievements in the south, but as everyone knows, the Khitan just used him as a pawn to confuse Li Ye!

Sending an envoy to Chu to secretly contact Ma Yin, Yelu Abaoji never thought that he could hide it from the Tsing Yi Yamen, he just wanted to use this matter to make Li Ye think that the world's attack on Tang happened this autumn, so that Li Ye was unprepared!

In this way, when the Spring War suddenly came, the Tang Dynasty, which could not be prevented, faced with beacons on all sides, even if Li Ye had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, he had to be in a hurry, and he was overstretched to deal with the war, and finally embarked on the road of destruction!

When the big war suddenly came, although Ma Yin was not well prepared, he had to send his arrows when he was ready, but he was in a hurry to raise troops, and his achievements were destined to be limited.

In other words, Ma Yin was able to cause chaos and make Li Ye difficult and miserable both internally and externally, and once Li Ye was defeated, he would not have the strength to fight with the Khitan at all, hindering the Khitan's plan to annex the Central Plains, and he would soon be wiped out.

This is a plan to kill three birds with one stone, and when Li Ye thinks of this, he has to admire Yelu Abaoji's resourcefulness.

He looked up at the sky and said leisurely, "It seems that we underestimated our opponent before. ”

Song Jiao was silent, and Wang Jian's face was ugly. Everyone realized how serious the challenge Datang was facing now.

Only King Qi waved his hand and said domineeringly: "I'm afraid that it will do something, and the soldiers will flood the water and the earth! Don't say that the border war has not yet ignited, even if the war has broken out in an all-round way, is the Tang Dynasty afraid of these jackals, tigers and leopards?!"

As soon as she said this, except for Li Ye, everyone looked at her strangely.

At this time, there are only those who can speak so impassionedly and their fighting spirit is not affected at all, except for Li Ye, I am afraid that there is only King Qi.

King Qi is a fiery character, after the two battles of Hexi and Liangzhou, his self-confidence is unprecedentedly high, and his domineering spirit has been raised.

Li Ye laughed, "With King Qi here, Datang is naturally not afraid of any provocative enemy." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Song Jiao: "When will the vanguard armies of all parties be dispatched?"

Song Jiao said coldly: "Based on the clues detected by the Tsing Yi Yamen, it will be one month at the earliest and two months at the latest. ”

Li Ye nodded, and said to King Qi: "You don't have to go to Chudi with me, return to the capital immediately, take the Wolf Tooth Army as the vanguard, and go north quickly." Within a month, we must break the party and the Shatuo department! I will send people to send a message to the Tatar department and the yellow head to show their solidarity from the steppe. ”

King Qi's expression perked, and he clenched his fists and said, "Take the order!"

When a large army goes on an expedition, it is necessary to prepare food, grass and ordnance. From Chang'an to Xiazhou, the march takes a lot of time. Li Ye's military order can be said to be extremely strict, and there is no way to achieve it in ordinary times.

But now it is different, Li Ye originally planned to come back from Chudi, he made a surprise attack on the two departments of Dangxiang and Shatuo, and the soldiers and horses went first before the grain and grass were moved, and the logistics baggage had already been gathered on the front line, so there was no need for temporary deployment.

The Wolf Tooth Army is mainly based on elite cavalry, and under the condition that the states and counties along the way properly arrange food and accommodation, they can achieve high speed and speed.

However, it took only one month, which was enough for the Wolf Tooth Army to rush to Xiazhou and Yunzhou, but Li Ye asked them to break the enemy within a month, obviously asking them to speed up their march and win a battle, the task is so arduous that you can imagine.

Such a task, without Li Ye personally dispatching, can only be completed by the Wolf Tooth Army and King Qi.

After King Qi returned and flew back to Chang'an, Li Ye said to Wang Jian: "Our trip to the south is to solve the hidden dangers of Chu and Nanzhao, and the soldiers and horses of the Xichuan Jiedu envoy have all been in place. After you go to Shudi, immediately lead the army into a dangerous place, if you can rush into the territory of Nanzhao before Nanzhao launches an attack, it is naturally better.

"Nanzhao's mountain geography and military map, Tsing Yi Yamen will give it to you, as long as you can grasp the opportunity to attack, you won't worry that Nanzhao will become a headless fly. ”

With King Qi rushing north, Wang Jian naturally would not admit it. Everyone is a king, and whoever gives it to no one can lose to the other party, otherwise, how will he gain a foothold in Datang in the future?

Wang Jian shook his spirits, hugged his fists and said: "King An, rest assured, Wang Jian is in Shudi!"

Li Ye bowed slightly, and asked Wang Jian to take a team of Tsing Yi Yamen and go to Shuzhong by himself.

After everyone left, only Song Jiao and a group of great monks were left by Li Ye's side.

Song Jiao thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Ma Yin was used as a cover by Yelu Abaoji to confuse you, and now that the war is about to start, you say, has Ma Yin been abandoned by Yelu Abaoji, or has he arranged a trap pocket there, waiting for you to drill?"

Li Ye glanced at Song Jiao: "There will be traps?"

Song Jiao didn't answer directly, and said unhurriedly: "We have already underestimated Yelu Abaoji once, so we can't underestimate him a second time." Since Ma Yin is a pawn that he took out to show us, then it is possible to expect that we may solve his ...... early."

Li Ye smiled, "How else can he calculate me? Send the Great Monk to ambush me?"

Before the words fell, Li Ye had already flown out, "If there is really a trap, I want to see if I was put into Yelu Abaoji's bag, or Yelu Abaoji stole chickens and rice!"

......

Ma Yin has become more and more proud of the spring breeze recently.

The treasures and goods promised to him by the Khitan had already been transported to Changsha, and his old ministry did not disappoint him, and successfully turned these treasures into money and food, and armed batch after batch of people.

Now, his old department is secretly practicing the courage of recruitment in various places, and sometimes Ma Yin goes to various places to inspect the training results of the tribe in the name of play, and what he sees is a scene that satisfies him.

Because of the sufficient preparation time, Ma Yin had a detailed plan for his troops.

Of course, all the brave men did not gather together, but scattered in the important places he had demarcated. When he uses the power of the Khitan divine envoy to cut off the imperial court power in Changsha and change the banner of the king at the head of the city, the subordinates of all parts of the country will launch at the same time to capture important states and counties.

In this way, Ma Yin will be able to reap the greatest results in the shortest possible time and quickly bring Chu Di into his control again. At that time, he will be called the king of Chudi, and with a shout of raising his arms, he will be able to lead the Dongting Lake sailors down the river and capture Jiangdong and other places.

If the war goes well, it only takes half a year, and Ma Yin is confident that he can sweep Jiangnan.

Only in this way can he run ahead of the Khitan and Nanzhao, develop and expand his own power, and take the lead in the final world competition.

Time, the most important thing is time, Ma Yin knows that he must be fast.

However, on this day, the Khitan envoy suddenly told him that they were going to leave Changsha for a while.

Because there was a rebellion in the steppe, they needed to rush back to quell the rebellion. They told Ma Yin not to worry, and swore that it would not take long to put down the steppe rebellion, and that they would be back soon.

On the one hand, Ma Yin didn't want these Khitan monks to leave, after all, his strength was not strong enough, and he had no ability to resist the risk when the other party left;

But on the other hand, Ma Yin didn't want to stop the Khitan monk from leaving, because only by getting out of the other party's sight could he better cultivate his great monk strength, so as not to be attacked by the other party, and he would not have the power to deal with it.

Sent away the Khitan envoy, Ma Yin retreated for three days.

Just as he was leaving the customs, the steward of the palace suddenly told him with a strange look that a distinguished guest had visited.