Xueyantuo, an ancient northern ethnic group, is also the name of the Khanate. It was originally one of the Tiel tribes and was formed by the merger of Xue and Yantuo tribes.

At first, he was nomadic in the Tula River Basin in the northern Mohe River and was a Turkic man. According to historical records, Xue Yantuo called himself "a native of the Tieler tribe."

Therefore, it is generally classified as a relatively powerful branch of the Tiel tribe, with a general custom that is the same as that of the Turkic tribe. When the Rouran tribe was powerful, it was subordinate to it.

Xue Yantuo's ancestors once lived with the tribes of the "Xue" surname, and later annexed the tribes called "Yantuo", so they were called "Xue Yantuo".

In the second year of Zhenguan, the Western Turks were in civil turmoil. Sun Yinan, who was the son of Yi, led more than 70,000 households of his tribe to belong to the Eastern Turks, but he encountered the brutal rule of the Shang Jie Li Khan.

Yi Nan led his troops to resist with force. Jie Li sent a large army to suppress him, but was defeated by Yi Nan, and many Jie Li's subordinates followed him.

In November, Tiel's surnames all recommended Yi Nan as Khan, but Yi Nan did not dare to take it. At this time, Emperor Taizong of Tang was trying to weaken Jie Li's power, believing that uniting Yi Nan would be beneficial to the Tang's final counterattack against the Eastern Turks. He sent the guerrilla general Qiao Shiwang to secretly contact Yi Nan, and named Yi Nan as the Pearl Piga Khan, and gave him a drum flag.

Yi Nan was overjoyed and established the Xueyantuo Khanate, built the Ya under the Yudunjun Mountain of the Desert (now Hang Ai Mountain of the Mongolian People's Republic), and competed with the Eastern Turks, and sent envoys to pay tribute, becoming an affiliated vassal state of the Tang Dynasty in the northern desert.

After the founding of the Xueyantuo Khanate, the Uighurs, Bayegu, Aduo, Tongluo, Pugu, and Wu all surrendered. The territory reached the east to the Marine, the west to the Western Turks, the south to the Shahe River, and the north to the Julun River. Now there are 200,000 elite soldiers.

Because Li Shimin placed the Eastern Turks' tribes in the southern desert area centered on "Baidaochuan", it had a conflict with Xue Yantuo.

Xue Yantuo even raised troops to attack the Eastern Turkic tribes stationed in Baidaochuan. The Tang army went out in several ways and joined forces with the Turks, Khitans, Xi and others to force Xue Yantuo to leave Baidaochuan and fight with him in the "Nuozhenshui" area (located in the current Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia) and defeated his leader Dadu's troops.

Therefore, Xue Yantuo has always held a grudge. If Tubo sent troops to the Tang Dynasty, I think this guy would definitely come and get involved.

Yang Fan's heart moved. Could it be that His Majesty Li Er asked him to take charge of the first battalion of the Right Guard, and he also had the consideration of preventing Xue Tuoyan?

Moreover, he was so anxious to prepare food and grass, and I thought he was afraid that Xue Tuoyan would rebel together.

As the saying goes, before the three armies move, food and grass will come first. If there is no food, you will still be frustrated!

Thinking of this, Yang Fan said excitedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will prepare the food and grass as soon as possible; Xue Yantuo, a small country, dares to offend the power of the Heavenly Dynasty. I am willing to lead the army to shock the desert and promote the power of the Tang Dynasty!"

As he said that, he couldn't help but fall into his imagination. Although it was a labor force, Yang Fan did not doubt the result.

Do you still have to guess the outcome if the Tang Dynasty soldiers who are scattered across the world face a small country like Xuetuoyan?

It is only a matter of time to destroy the country, so this war will inevitably become a place for one to make his own achievements.

If this is true, that is the best time for him to step onto the stage of history. At that time, he will surely soar into the sky and shock the entire Tang Dynasty!

His Majesty Li Er glanced at Yang Fan in surprise, but he didn't expect that this kid was too brave.

Although Yang Fan was asked to take charge of the troops of the Right Guard Army, he just wanted to train this kid more.

Even if Xue Tuoyan really had a strange move, how could he get a young boy charge in front of the battle to get his first merit? There are so many generals in the Tang Dynasty who don’t know how to arrange it.

So Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "The most important thing at present is the problem of Tubo. Speaking of Xue Tuoyan, he just reminds everyone...

He paused for a moment, looked at Yang Fan and continued perfunctorily: "If you really want to make achievements on the battlefield, you will win the gambling battle first, otherwise you won't even want to go to the battlefield. Usually, you are very smart, why don't you set the time longer this time? The longer the time, the greater the chance of you winning. Why do you have to agree to three months? Three months pass by in a blink of an eye, and you may not even be able to recruit soldiers. What should you do then?"

Yang Fan curled his lips and said a little aggrievedly: "I think so, but do you think that Duan Zhixuan is a fool? As a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Duke Bao was obviously a smart person, otherwise he could have achieved such a success?"

"If he doesn't agree to him, he will disagree and he will not even be able to win three months. In that case, what will happen to Your Majesty? Isn't it that your Majesty?"

His Majesty Li Er did not deny that the teacup was swaying in his hand, and there was anger hidden on his firm face. He snorted coldly and said, "Duan Zhixuan doesn't know how to write the word "death". It's so hateful that those aristocratic families are unwilling to cling to the aristocratic families."

This made Changsun Wuji frightened. Who made him the leader of the Guanlong family?

Although Changsun Wuji knew that His Majesty Li Er did not like aristocratic family, he had never felt so intuitively, and obviously he also had the intention of hitting him.

Fang Xuanling was shocked, and his usual calm and wise demeanor had already disappeared. He quickly advised: "Your Majesty, you must not be confused by anger. The family cannot be anxious about anything."

"Of course I know I can't be anxious, but thinking that this kid has no chance to win this bet, those aristocratic families will definitely talk nonsense, which is really a bit angry." Li Shimin complained a little depressedly.

Yang Fan coughed lightly, feeling speechless: "Who said there is no chance to win?"

"It's just nonsense..." After cursing for a while, His Majesty Li Er suddenly woke up.

Because he knew that Yang Fan rarely spoke nonsense and said in disbelief: "Do you think there is a chance to win?"

Li Jing also looked over, his eyes filled with shock and suspicion.

Could this kid really have a way to win this dead end?

You should know that the Right Guard is an elite unit of the Tang Dynasty. Even if Sun Wu is alive, he dare not say that he can win with a group of new recruits who have just been trained for three months.

Just before Yang Fan came, Li Shimin specifically told him to teach Yang Fan some military formations, of course, not to win, but to save some face when losing.

Yang Fan's expression remained unchanged and he spoke slowly: "Although there is only 70% chance of winning, he needs his Majesty's help."

"Seventy percent win?" Li Jing screamed in surprise.

The Tang Dynasty military god, who had always been calm, could no longer sit still. He was still holding two gray beards in his hand, and was obviously shocked.

After all, even if he comes to the battle himself, the chances of winning are not more than 10%.

This also made Li Shimin immediately interested and asked curiously: "As long as I don't borrow troops, can I consider it?"

"You're serious?" Yang Fan was immediately excited.
Chapter completed!