Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After Li Shimin received the food and grass sent from Chang'an, he directly dismissed Cheng Yaojin from his position as pioneer officer and gave him the position of governor and relief envoy, ordering him to provide relief to the people affected by the disaster.

As for himself, he directly combined the front army and the central army into one, and rushed to Youzhou day and night.

When the Tang army arrived at Youzhou City and made peace with Hou Junji, Li Junxian and other generals who were waiting for reinforcements, Li Shimin, who originally thought that the Turks had reached the city, was almost angry when he saw that there was no fighting outside Youzhou City. He drew his sword and killed Hou Junji directly.

If Chai Shao, Li Ji, Xue Wanche and others had not jointly guaranteed that Hou Junji had sent nearly a hundred scouts in total to Chang'an to deliver the message, Li Shimin might have really cut off his head to sacrifice to the flag.

Soon, Li Shimin learned the current situation from everyone's mouths.

It turned out that after Wang Junkuo and Liang Shidu joined forces to capture Mayi, they originally planned to continue attacking Youzhou.

However, the weather in the Turks gradually deteriorated, and the numerous people and horses that had been frozen to death and frostbite in the past made the Turks unable to do anything, so they had no choice but to give up and withdrew to the Evil Yang Ridge area.

Although the Turkic troops withdrew from Evil Yang Ridge, Liang Shidu did not want to give up.

He believed that the Tang Dynasty had suffered two disasters this year and its national power was empty. This was the opportunity for him to become bigger, so he took the initiative to accept the task of defending Mayi and encouraged Jieli Khan to send troops to seize the Central Plains.

However, Jieli Khan was too busy taking care of himself at the moment and didn't have much thought about the Central Plains.

He just blindly asked for benefits from Master Liang, but never gave him a single soldier.

There were constant exchanges between the two sides, but there was no progress at all. This gave Youzhou City a chance to breathe.

When the audience finished speaking, Li Shimin's originally worried heart was instantly relieved.

However, after looking around, he didn't see the person he wanted to see, so he asked:

"I heard from Jun Ji before that Jingde led 1000 Xuanjia troops to help you cut off your rear. What's the situation now? Is he in Youzhou City?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Finally, Hou Junji said bravely:

"Your Majesty, the day Princess Wu mobilized and brought thousands of Xuanjia troops to defeat the enemy, it gave us a chance to breathe, and then we were able to return to Youzhou City. We all owe our lives to Duke Wu."

"But it was after that day that we lost the news about Wu Guogong, but one thing can be confirmed, that is, Wu Guogong did not fall into the hands of thieves."

Seeing Li Shimin's face darken instantly, Hou Junji hurriedly added.

Li Junxian on the side also saw Li Shimin's abnormal expression and said hurriedly:

"Your Majesty, there is no news about Duke Wu now. That is the best news."

"You think, both the enemy and us are looking for Duke Wu now, which means that he did not fall into anyone's hands. It can be said to be a blessing in misfortune."

"Although there is no news, we should still recapture Mayi as soon as possible. In this way, we can not only block the Turks from entering our Tang Dynasty, but also do our best to search for the whereabouts of Duke Wu."

So, after a short rest, Li Shimin decided to divide his troops into three groups three days later.

Along the way, with Chai Shao as the commander and Xue Wanjun as the vanguard, they went straight to the Liang Kingdom and destroyed Liang Shidu.

The other route continued to take back Mayi with Hou Junji as the commander and Xue Wanche as the vanguard.

He took the remaining troops with him and was ready to respond at any time.

However, what Li Shimin didn't expect was that the troops of Chai Shao and Xue Wanjun had just captured Shuofang City.

Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren came directly to surrender with his head.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he received the news, and he named Liang Luoren the title of General Youxiaowei and Duke of Shuofang County on the spot.

And changed the Liang State established by Liang Shidu to Xiazhou.

At this point, Master Liang has withdrawn from the stage of history.

At the same time, when the defenders originally stationed in Mayi heard that Liang Division had been defeated, they immediately opened the city gate and surrendered.

Hou Junji took Mayi without spending a single soldier.

Just when Li Shimin wanted to take advantage of the situation to directly attack Evil Yang Ridge, Queen Changsun's "urgent report" finally arrived.

When Li Shimin saw the news on the "urgent report", he was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood.

(Don’t ask me why Li Shimin had so much blood. If you ask me, it’s because he drank too much water and the blood he spit out was impure)

What made Li Shimin even more angry was the food and grass that was delivered later.

According to his previous budget, this disaster relief and military supplies would require about 350 million stones of food and grass. When he set out, he brought 20 stones with him, and added another 30 stones in Youzhou City. The remaining 300 million stones were originally planned to be used Chu Mo helped him find a way.

Previous news has been saying that Chu Mo's food reserves are enough to support this disaster relief and Northern Expedition.

But now he told himself that the food and grass only amounted to less than 150 million shi, and Cheng Yaojin's gang had intercepted all of it in the name of disaster relief.

What could be sent to Youzhou City, except for a gust of southeast wind, was just a blank piece of paper. This made Li Shimin not angry.

You know, now in Youzhou City, there are not only the 15 people you brought, but also 3 defenders and 10,000+ civilians.

If these grains and fodder only supply one's own army, it must be more than enough.

However, due to the frost disaster and the fact that Mayi and Xiazhou had just been recaptured, food was needed everywhere to help the refugees. Under such circumstances, food and grass became somewhat stretched.

But when he saw behind him, it was said that Prince Li Chengqian had his legs broken because of his bad relationship with Chu Mo, and the blood that had just stopped spurted out again.

Without any hesitation, Li Shimin directly ordered Hou Junji to lead an army of 3 to garrison Mayi, and Xue Wanjun to lead [-] soldiers to garrison Xiazhou.

The rest of the troops were withdrawn, and he directly returned to the court.

After the order was given, everyone felt a sense of astonishment.

In the eyes of everyone, the situation is now very good, the Tang army is unstoppable, and with His Majesty the Emperor personally conducting the expedition, they can take advantage of the opportunity to capture the Evil Yang Ridge and directly attack the Turkic Central Army's tent.

But what they can't understand is that His Majesty the Emperor is willing to give up such a great achievement and return to the imperial court. This is a bit thought-provoking.

Li Shimin ignored everyone's speculation. After issuing the order, he immediately led a group of troops back to Chang'an. The remaining troops were led by Li Junxian and slowly returned to Chang'an City.

Chu Mo didn't know that his small revenge would ruin Li Shimin's Northern Expedition plan.

At this time, he was riding his own little female donkey, slowly walking on the official road to Lingnan.

Although it was already late autumn and the surrounding temperature continued to drop, he still decided to ride on the little female donkey as he was almost falling apart in the carriage.

Although a group of refugees would appear on the road from time to time, and a few ragged bandits would appear from time to time, carrying farm tools and kitchen utensils to rob, but looking at the sparse team of tens of thousands of people behind him, and the people around him who laughed at me from time to time. Yang Hongyu and Chu Mo were so confident that they didn't take these things that were blocking the road seriously at all.