Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 893 Difficulties

Imperial City, Zhongshu Province.

Cui Xin, a member of Zhongshushe, was sitting in a corner feeling restless. He had just heard that the military newspaper had entered the palace, and he didn’t know whether it was victory or defeat. His future son-in-law was really capable of tossing around. , It needs to be drawn slowly, but as soon as it arrives on the battlefield, it will be attacked endlessly.

The war in Jingzhou is now the most concerned topic of the Manchu Dynasty. In the past few days, people have often visited the door, and even went to the Ministry of Zhongshu to reminisce with Cui Xin... Well, a small part is because of the importance of this war After all, if the Handan army is defeated, the Turkic soldiers will be able to drive straight in, and even the central government has transferred part of the Hedong troops to Jingzhao.

But most of them are from the Donggong lineage, some of them were ordered, some of them were spontaneous... If Handan can defeat the Turks, it will mean that not only the immediate battle, but also the future, the king of Qin may never repeat The possibility of returning to the battlefield.

This is good news for Donggong.

In this regard, when Cui Xin faced Wei Ting, Zhao Hongzhi, Xu Shimo, Cui Hao and others, he tried his best to restrain himself from showing strange expressions... Are you still expecting that kid to join the East Palace, or expect him to remain neutral?
He joined King Qin's command long before he became famous, and he has been playing with you for the past few years!
"Duke Guan, Duke Mi."

Passing by Yang Gongren and Feng Lun hurriedly stopped, and looked at Cui Xin with a smile. The former said, "Don't worry, it's good news."

Cui Xin breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that a layer of sweat had already secreted from his forehead.

After leaving Zhongshu Province, Feng Lun sighed: "The Qinghe Cui family is really lucky."

"Such an outstanding man." Yang Gongren said with a smile, "If I hadn't been preempted, I would have liked it."

Feng Lun glanced at this colleague from the former Sui Dynasty. Yang Gongren had already ascended to a high position in the former Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty visited Jiangdu and left several important ministers to take charge of the government. In addition to the famous ministers Su Wei and Yu Wenshu, there were also Yang Gongren, Pei Shiju.

It was indeed a pity. Feng Lun recalled that two years ago, King Qi tried to recruit Li Shan with the daughter of Hongnong Yang, but it was a little late. There is no other possibility.

After that, Princess Qi and the Zhu family had a quarrel in Dongshan Temple, which basically cut off the possibility of King Qi's solicitation, and after the battle on Tiantai Mountain, King Qi has lost the possibility of being in charge of the East Palace... Although this possibility is inherently very small.

He couldn't stop stepping, Feng Lun sighed deeply in his heart, he was nearly [-] years old, and he voted to become the Duke of Tang, but he didn't expect to be involved in such a tragic battle for succession, which was comparable to that of Yang Yong and Yang Guang in the previous Sui Dynasty. The seizure of the heirloom was too tragic.

Feng Lun has been thinking in his heart for the past two years, the crown prince is quite tender towards his old ministers, and the king of Qin believes in the heroes of the dynasty, but he also serves as the Sima of Tiance Mansion. The king of Qi who was dragged to death.

"Yang Qing and Feng Qing are here." Li Yuan waved his hands with a big smile, the wrinkles and ravines on his smiling face could not be seen, "Huiren defeated the Turks in Jingzhou and beheaded more than [-] people!"

Li Yuan was about to dance, got up and said loudly: "After this battle, does Ashina still have the guts?"

Yang Gongren and Feng Lun, who already knew it was a great victory, couldn't help being moved. This is a rather exaggerated statistic, because the Hu people rely on fast horses, and even if they lose, they have a great chance to flee and disperse, making it difficult for the Tang army to expand the victory.

In the fifth year of Wude, Jieli Khan invaded Hedong, and Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi, won a small victory in Fenshui. They reported victory to Chang'an with great fanfare.

Even if Li Shansan defeated the Turks last year and killed Jieli Khan so badly, he only beheaded more than [-] people. However, in the battle of Jingzhou, [-] people were beheaded, which is a number that shocked the whole court.

"In addition to the first eight days..." Crown Prince Li Jiancheng was obviously in a good mood, and added with a smile: "The Turkic people should lose [-] to [-] people in this battle."

Li Shimin's face was calm, he glanced at the battle report in his hand, handed it to Yang Gongren, and said: "It's a bit unexpected."

"Accident?" Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "Second brother thinks that Huai Ren can't do this?"

The atmosphere in the hall was a little stagnant, Feng Lun smiled and smoothed things over: "Presumably His Royal Highness King Qin felt that the beheading in this battle is very heavy. After all, everyone in the Turks leads a horse, and even a great victory is difficult to pursue... But the roads at the border of Jingzhou and Yuanzhou are narrow, presumably The Turks were chased and caused chaos, and the King of Handan was able to behead many people."

After reading it again, Yang Gongren added: "Moreover, the losses in this battle are not heavy. Thirty thousand people were beheaded, but the losses were less than a thousand..."

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded and said, "The details of the battle are not yet known, but there are only a thousand casualties... But I think Huairen will not lie about the military situation."

"Hahaha!" Li Yuan laughed loudly: "The Turks wanted to retreat, lured the enemy into deep, and set up an ambush in Yuanzhou. Unexpectedly, after three quarters of fierce fighting, when the Turks were about to retreat, Huairen ordered hundreds of strong men to beat drums and carry the Chinese army's banner personally. Attack bravely, and the Turks are in chaos."

"Ambush in Yuanzhou?" Yang Gongren frowned, and then unfolded, "There are more than a thousand casualties, and the King of Handan must have failed."

"That's true. Huairen strictly ordered his subordinates to stop after entering Yuanzhou and not to pursue them." Li Yuan stroked his beard and said, "Erlang, although he is not as far, but he is not far away."

Li Shimin showed a reluctant smile, "Such a talent is really my father's insight."

Li Jiancheng added: "However, I heard that General Zuo Wuwei Duan Zhixuan violated the order on the battlefield and insisted on pursuing him. If Feng Li hadn't rescued him, the entire army might have been wiped out."

"Huiren dealt with it fairly, Duan Zhixuan captured the Han flag and made meritorious service, and was dismissed as the deputy cavalry commander for violating the battlefield order." Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin, who was expressionless, "Erlang can't be harsh."

Everyone knew that Li Huairen, the king of Handan, won this battle and defeated the Turks once again. Now that the world is unified, he will be the No. 1 choice to fight against the Hu people. Li Shimin will never return to the battlefield.

From a certain point of view, Li Shimin's record is better than Li Shan's, but from another point of view, Li Shimin has never really faced the Turks. Li Khan withdrew his troops.

Even if Li Shangong is high, even if Li Shan conceals himself, but if the critical moment comes, Li Yuan will definitely put Li Shan before Li Shimin.

Li Shimin seemed to be calm, er, in fact he was calm, "Father said that Huairen dealt with it fairly, so how can you blame him?"

"It's Feng Li who led the army to rescue, father should be rewarded."

Li Yuan nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Last year in Guji Town, Zhang Shigui and Xue Wanche joined hands, this battle Duan Zhixuan and Feng Li will not distinguish between each other, Huairen is very generous."

The following prime ministers nodded one after another, not to say that Li Shan's balance is good, or that Li Shan's peace is good, but that under Li Shan's command, Qin Wang's favorite general and the prince's confidants can fight against the enemy together without appearing Back then, Shi Wanbao, Li Daoxuan and others broke things.

"Such a great victory, such a great victory!" Li Yuan coughed twice, "How should I reward you?"

Now the hall became quiet again, Prince Li Jiancheng, who was inexplicably grateful to Li Shan, didn't know what to say, and Chen Shuda and Yang Gongren, who had a good relationship with Li Shan after the battle of Tiantai Mountain and became even closer, didn't know what to say.

Pei Shiju, who has always been an invisible man, simply lowered his head and closed his eyes, and Li Shimin also closed his eyes like him.

(End of this chapter)