Before Li Ye and the others had completely walked out of the Qinling Mountains, Song Jiao personally chased after them and announced a news that everyone didn't expect.
"Khitan is planning to launch an offensive in Spring?"
Hearing Song Jiao's information, Li Ye couldn't help being slightly taken aback.
When the Khitan and Nanzhao envoys met with Ma Yin, the agreed time for raising troops was after autumn, which had been repeatedly confirmed by the Tsingyi Yamen's spies in Changsha. Why did the war suddenly break out earlier, half a year earlier
For such an important military situation, Li Ye believed that Song Jiao had repeatedly confirmed it, otherwise she would not have reported it to herself, and even chased after her personally.
Li Ye asked in a deep voice: "Are the Uighur, Dangxiang, Shatuo, Nanzhao and other ministries also planning to launch an offensive in the spring...or right now?"
Song Jiao's complexion was very rare and a little pale, "The spies of Tsingyi Yamen in the west building were the first to get the news that the Khitan would launch a war in the near future, so I sent the big monks to investigate in depth. After comparing and verifying each other, I confirm that , the vanguard armies of all parties will launch a surprise attack on the border in the near future!"
Li Ye pondered for a while, and then asked, "How is the situation in Changsha? Ma Yin also plans to raise an incident in the spring?"
Song Jiao shook her head, "This is the strange place. The Tsingyi Yamen has been confirmed countless times in Chu, and Ma Yin's plan to raise troops is still carried out in autumn. The old department he secretly summoned, as well as the people, horses, and fodder gathered by his old department , have not fully prepared yet, not to mention the near future, even in summer there is no possibility of raising troops!"
After a pause, Song Jiao added: "Khitan, Uyghur, etc. have been preparing for war since last winter, and all actions are orderly. Tsingyi Yamen has a certain grasp of these situations. To our surprise, they are on the surface. Under the fanfare of preparations, there are still deeper actions hidden, because they are very concealed, and the identity of the person responsible is extraordinary, and our people cannot get in touch and fail to detect them in time."
Song Jiao was ashamed.
Li Ye let out a long breath, "Aunt Song doesn't have to feel ashamed. Tsingyi Yamen is not a god, and being able to find out the real action time of all parties in time has already given the dynasty a chance to deal with it, which is a great achievement."
The war is about to begin. The difference is that it will no longer be a unilateral attack by Li Ye, but an all-out explosion. That is to say, the situation of the whole world attacking Tang is still about to happen.
It even happened.
This time Li Ye went to Chu in person, the fundamental purpose was to comfort the people of Chu and Lingnan, take the opportunity to win the luck of the people of the two places, and improve his own cultivation. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do it himself.
In Li Ye's prediction, there will be no big disturbances in the southward trip to Chu, and there is no plan to mobilize the Chang'an Forbidden Army. The short-term task of the Chang'an Forbidden Army is to follow Li Ye to the north after Li Ye has pacified Chu and Nanzhao. .
Unexpectedly, the situation had such a change at this moment.
Ma Yin thought that with the support of Khitan and Nanzhao, he could take advantage of the troubles in the Tang Dynasty and achieve his achievements in the south, but he didn't know that Khitan just used him as a pawn to confuse Li Ye!
Sending envoys to Chu to contact Ma Yin secretly, Yelu Abaoji never thought of being able to hide the truth from the Tsingyi Yamen, he just wanted to use this to make Li Ye think that the world's attack on Tang took place in this autumn, so that Li Ye was not on guard!
In this way, when the spring war suddenly comes, the unprepared Tang Dynasty will face the flames of fire from all directions. Even if Li Ye has the power to reach the sky and the earth, he will be in a hurry, unable to cope with the war, and finally walk on the road of destruction! When the great war came suddenly, although Ma Yin was not prepared enough, he had to launch the arrow on the string. He just raised troops hastily, and his achievements were destined to be limited.
That is to say, Ma Yin could cause troubles in Chu, causing Li Ye to suffer unspeakably internally and externally; but once Li Ye was defeated, he would not have the strength to confront the Khitan at all, hindering the Khitan's plan to annex the Central Plains, and would soon fail. Ash annihilation.
This is a plan to kill three birds with one stone. When Li Ye thought of this, he had to admire Yelu Abaoji's resourcefulness.
He looked up at the sky, and said leisurely: "It seems that we underestimated our opponent earlier."
Song Jiao remained silent, and Wang Jian's expression turned ugly. Everyone realized how severe the challenge Datang was facing now.
Only King Qi waved his hand and said domineeringly: "Afraid of what it will do, the soldiers will flood the water and flood the earth! Not to mention that the border war has not yet ignited, even if the war has already broken out, is Datang afraid of these wolves, tigers and leopards? !"
As soon as she said this, everyone except Li Ye looked at her with strange expressions.
At this time, the only one who can speak so impassionedly without affecting his fighting spirit, besides Li Ye, is probably only King Qi.
King Qi was originally a fiery character. After the two victories in Hexi and Liangzhou, her self-confidence was unprecedentedly high, and her arrogance was cultivated. Now even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of her, she dares to charge forward with a gun .
Li Ye laughed, "With King Qi around, Datang is naturally not afraid of any provocative enemies."
As he said that, he looked at Song Jiao: "When will the vanguard armies of all parties be dispatched?"
Song Jiaohan said in a low voice: "Integrating the clues discovered by the Tsingyi Yamen, it can be as early as one month, and as late as two months."
Li Ye nodded, and said to King Qi: "You don't have to go to Chudi with me, return to the capital immediately, lead the Spike Army as the vanguard, and head north quickly. Within one month, the two departments of Dangxiang and Shatuo must be destroyed! I We will send people to the Tatar Ministry and Huangtou to send a message to let them support from the grassland."
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King Qi's expression lifted, he clasped his fists and said, "Take orders!"
When the army goes out, it needs to prepare food, grass and weapons. From Chang'an to Xiazhou, it takes a lot of time to march. Li Ye's military order can be said to be extremely strict, and there is no way to implement it in normal times.
But it was different now, Li Ye originally planned to surprise the Dangxiang and Shatuo after returning from Chu, the soldiers and horses did not move the food and grass first, and the logistics and supplies had already been gathered at the front line, so there was no need to temporarily dispatch them.
The Spike Army is mainly based on fine cavalry, and under the condition that the states and counties along the way properly arrange board and lodging, they can achieve high speed.
However, one month is enough for the Spike Army to reach Xiazhou and Yunzhou, but Li Ye wants them to defeat the enemy within a month. Obviously, he wants them to speed up their march and win a single battle. The task is arduous. One can imagine.
Such a task, without Li Ye personally dispatching, only the Spike Army and King Qi can complete it.
After King Qi flew back to Chang'an, Li Ye said to Wang Jian: "Our trip to the south was originally to solve the hidden dangers of Chu and Nanzhao. Immediately lead the army to the dangerous place, if it can break into the territory of Nanzhao before Nanzhao launches an attack, it will be the best.
"The Tsingyi Yamen will give you Nanzhao's mountains, rivers, geography and military maps. As long as you can seize the opportunity to attack, you won't have to worry about Nanzhao becoming a headless chicken."
With King Qi rushing north ahead, Wang Jian naturally wouldn't admit to being cowardly. Everyone is king, and no one can lose to the other. Otherwise, how will we gain a foothold in Datang in the future
Wang Jian cheered up, cupped his fists and said, "King An, don't worry, Wang Jian is in Sichuan!"
Li Ye nodded slightly, and asked Wang Jian to lead a team of Tsingyi yamen to go to Shuzhong on his own.
After everyone left, only Song Jiao and a group of big monks were left beside Li Ye.
Song Jiao thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Ma Yin was used by Yelu Abaoji as a cover to confuse you, and now that the war is about to start, do you think Ma Yin has been abandoned by Yelu Abaoji, or did he arrange it there? Trap pocket, waiting for you to drill?"
Li Ye glanced at Song Jiao: "There will be traps?"
Song Jiao didn't answer directly, and said in a calm manner: "We have underestimated Yelu Abaoji once, and we can't underestimate him for the second time. Since Ma Yin is the pawn he showed us, then there is It may be expected that we may solve him early... "
Li Ye smiled, "How else can he plot against me? Send a big monk to ambush me?"
Before he finished speaking, Li Ye had already jumped out, "If there is a trap, I want to see if I was put into Yelu Abaoji's bag, or if Yelu Abaoji stole the chicken and got nothing!"
...
Recently, Ma Yin has become more and more complacent.
The treasures and goods promised to him by Khitan had already been transported to Changsha, and his old department did not disappoint him. They successfully turned these properties into money and food, and armed them with batches of people.
Now, his old department is secretly practicing the bravery of recruits in various places. Sometimes Ma Yin goes to various places to check the training results of the trilogy in the name of playing, and all he sees are scenes that satisfy him.
Because of sufficient preparation time, Ma Yin had a detailed plan for his own army.
Of course, all the strong and brave will not gather together, but will be scattered in the places he has designated. When he uses the power of the Khitan envoys to cut off the imperial power in Changsha and change the banner of the king at the head of the city, the subordinates from all over the country will launch at the same time to capture important prefectures and counties.
In this way, Ma Yin can reap the greatest results in the shortest possible time and quickly bring Chu land under his control again. At that time, he will be the king of Chu, and with a single call, he will be able to lead the Dongting Lake Navy down the river and capture Jiangdong and other places.
If the war goes well, it will only take half a year for Ma Yin to be able to sweep Jiangnan with confidence.
Only in this way can he run ahead of Khitan and Nanzhao, develop and strengthen his own power, and become the champion in the final world war.
Time, the most important thing is time, and Ma Yin knows that he must be fast.
However, on this day, the Khitan envoy suddenly told him that they would leave Changsha for a while.
Because there was a rebellion in the grassland, they needed to rush back to put down the rebellion. They told Ma Yin not to worry, and vowed that it would not take long to put down the grassland rebellion, and 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 didn't have the ability to resist the risk when the other party left;
But on the other hand, Ma Yin didn't want to prevent the Khitan monk from leaving, because only by getting out of the opponent's sight, he could better cultivate his own great monk strength, so as not to be unable to respond when the opponent counterattacked.
After sending away the Khitan envoy, Ma Yin retreated for three days.
Just as he was leaving the customs, the steward of the mansion suddenly told him with a strange expression that there was a distinguished guest.