bastard seizes tang

Chapter 105
Winter is approaching, but the opinions of Tang Junzhu and deputy commanders are different.

Zhang Gongjin advocated being safe and would fight again after the spring of the next year, but Li Jing wanted to take a risky move, unwilling to let go of the Turks whose morale was already declining. He wanted to complete his work in one battle, and in the third year of Zhenguan, he occupied all the land south of Yinshan Mountain.

Li Jing is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Since Li Jing insisted on fighting, Zhang Gongjin, as a lieutenant general, could only obey, but if Li Jing just blindly ordered, Zhang Gongjin himself would have other ideas, which would ultimately be detrimental to the battle situation.

Just when Li Jing was thinking about how to resolve the current differences, news suddenly came from the city gate.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, there are people at the gate of the city with a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness the King of Shu, who came to ask for an audience." The soldiers guarding the city were ordered to report inside.

Turkic new defeat, Li Ke's situation in Turkic must not be very good. Li Jing heard that someone came to see him with a handwritten letter from the king of Shu at this time.

"How many people are outside the city?" Li Jing asked.

The soldier replied: "There is only one person outside the city. This person is dressed in shabby clothes and looks tired. He seems to have come all night."

only one person?
If the Turkic people want to deceive the city gate, only one person is not enough.

Li Jing still asked cautiously: "Did the visitor ever share a name?"

The soldier replied: "The person here claims to be Su Dingfang, the Dianjun of the Prince of Shu's Marriage Office."

Li Ke was young, and hadn't opened a mansion yet. Li Ke's Shu Palace was just a skeleton, and the entire Shu Palace, including Li Ke himself, had only a handful of people. As for Su Dingfang, they naturally knew about it.

"Su Dingfang? Why did he come here as the commander of His Royal Highness's personal guard?" The Dianjun of the Marriage Office is originally the prince's personal guard, and Su Dingfang is personally appointed by Li Shimin, especially so. When Zhang Gongjin heard that Su Dingfang had appeared outside the city, he couldn't help feeling a little bit curious.

Li Jingdao: "Since holding His Highness's handwriting, I came here by His Highness's order, first pass it in to verify the authenticity."

While talking, Li Jing ordered someone to bring Su Dingfang in.

Li Ke was only eight years old when he went north from Chang'an as a hostage. At that time, it was still a question of whether he could recognize the whole "Thousand Characters", let alone the handwriting. Whether it was Li Jing or Zhang Gongjin, it was difficult for them to recognize Li Ke. But fortunately, Su Dingfang, they have seen it.

"Su Dingfang, the Dianjun of the Marshal's Office of the Last General of the Prince of Shu, has a meeting with the commander in chief." Su Dingfang was brought into the commander's tent, saw Li Jing in the tent, and went up to pay homage.

The soldiers who came to report were right. Su Dingfang was indeed dressed in shabby clothes and looked tired. It was obvious that he came here after going through hardships.

"General Su came here by His Highness's order?" Li Jing asked.

Yesterday the Turks were defeated, Su Dingfang was ordered by Li Ke to take advantage of the chaos to break out of the siege, Su Dingfang relied on his own impressive force, grabbed the knife and killed him, and then walked around the valley for a whole night before arriving here.

The experience here was extremely hard, but Su Dingfang didn't say a word about it, he just stepped forward and handed Li Ke's handwriting to Li Jing's hands, saying: "This is His Highness's handwriting, please read it, Marshal."

Hearing this, Li Jing didn't dare to be negligent, and stepped forward to support Su Dingfang himself, and took Li Ke's handwriting from his hand.

"The chief pharmacist in charge of the Dingxiang Road marching said: Since the ninth year of Wude, the king has asked himself to be a hostage. It has been more than three years, and now I can finally look at the king's teacher. I hope to return to the country. My heart is very comforted. However, although the king I am not a member of the army, but I also know that marching is not easy. There are no Turkic soldiers on the way to the north, and there are dangerous mountains and valleys. The terrain, this king recommends it to Lord Yaoshi. Su Lie is a loyal and brave man, and he has a general talent. This king steals that he can use him as a vanguard of the three armies, and he will surely make great achievements!"

As Li Ke said to Su Dingfang before, Li Ke's handwriting is his promotion.

The content in Li Ke's handwriting is very simple, it is nothing more than recommending Su Dingfang as a general to help Li Jing conquer the Turks in the north.

After careful calculation, Li Ke is only a prince. Although he has a vacant post as a governor of Yizhou, he is not in charge of the military. As far as Li Ke's current status is concerned, his letter is a bit out of line. If Li Jing is willing, everyone This letter can be ignored.

But Li Ke's letter came at just the right time. Li Ke's letter's intention to advocate the battle coincided with Li Jing's.

Li Jing asked: "Since the third prince recommended you to come here, you must have an extraordinary appearance, but you don't know the current battle situation, what do you think?"

Su Dingfang naturally knew what Li Jing meant.

Su Dingfang is Li Ke's confidant, and was recommended by Li Ke as the vanguard of the three armies. However, the vanguard of the three armies is of great importance, and he will never give the vanguard officer of the army to Su Dingfang, who is still unknown, just because of a letter from Li Ke. For Su Dingfang, it was also a test.

If Su Dingfang passed this test, with Li Ke's face, the vanguard officer would naturally be his, but if Su Dingfang failed to satisfy Li Jing in this test, with Li Jing's rigorous temperament, even with Li Ke's handwriting Now, Su Dingfang can only do some idle work at most.

For Li Jing's words, Su Dingfang was also prepared, Su Dingfang thought for a moment and said: "Dingxiang is a strong city, it may not be easy to attack by force, the general will think that it is a surprise attack."

"En." Li Jing nodded after listening to Su Dingfang's words.

Obviously, Su Dingfang's words did not satisfy Li Jing, Dingxiang City is not easy to take by force, anyone can see this, but it is not as simple as it says if it is to be attacked by the enemy.

Su Dingfang is not the type of empty talk either, he walked up to the sand table in the commander's tent in front of Li Jing, pointed to Dingxiang City on the sand table and said: "Dingxiang City is located in Linyin Mountain, it is not advisable to take the road of Dingxiang City , To be the last general to observe it, the first to take Eyangling, use the road of Eyangling to covertly reach Dingxiang City, and attack at night."

Listening to Su Dingfang's words, Li Jing's expression was relaxed at first, but after Su Dingfang finished speaking, Li Jing's expression became serious, and he paid more attention to this unknown low-ranking general in front of him.

After going out of Eyang Ridge and attacking Dingxiang City at night, what Su Dingfang said just now coincided with what Li Jing thought.

Some things are innate. In addition to military skills, the talent to control the situation is even more important in commanding operations.

At this moment, Li Jing seemed to know Li Ke's confidence in recommending Su Dingfang to come here.

Su Dingfang has such insights and talents, so what's wrong with being a mere vanguard, given time, even if Su Dingfang is allowed to sit in Li Jing's position.

"You should always sit here."

When Li Jing was young, he visited the former Sui Taiwei, the famous official Yang Su, who pointed to his couch and said these words to Li Jing. Today, Li Jing actually has the urge to tell Su Dingfang this story.

However, Su Dingfang is Li Ke's confidant after all, and he is Li Ke's man. Li Jing never wants to get too involved in the struggle for succession, otherwise he would want to accept Su Dingfang as his apprentice and inherit his mantle.

"General Su's words are reasonable, so I will do as you say." Li Jing suppressed the admiration in his eyes, and said to Su Dingfang in a pretentiously flat tone.

(End of this chapter)