The Seventh Year of Wude.
The scenery around swiftly changed, with Li Hongyun's viewpoint first appearing high in the sky.
In the northern borderlands, the Turkic people were once again restless.
After the Liang Dynasty's initial stabilization of the country, the Turkic people had changed their strategy from supporting separatist forces and perpetuating the division of the Central Plains to directly entering the fray.
Beginning in the fifth year of Wude, Jie Li Khan led more than a hundred thousand Cavalry southwards to raid repeatedly.
In Li Hongyun's view, such border troubles were not much different from those faced during the Qi Dynasty with the Jin incursions; in terms of military and national strength, the then flourishing Turkic people were just as powerful as the Jin during the Jingping disturbances, except for being slightly inferior in metal smelting and the forging of weapons and armor.
