Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 254
Su Dingfang was actually the most hacked by the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Several things about Su Dingfang being hacked by the Romance include:

When fighting in Yanshan, he shot and killed Luo Yi with a hidden arrow;

Use despicable means to trap and kill Luo Cheng outside Zijin Pass;

In order to gain the trust of the Li Tang Dynasty, and to be able to increase his official rank after surrendering, he beheaded Shen Faxing, the king of Liang who came to reinforce Liu Heitai.

In the romance novel, the Su and Luo families have deep feuds, and entanglement for three generations. The Su family has always appeared as a villain, and Su Dingfang was cut open to death in the end.In fact, these hacks have no basis.

Su Dingfang in history is far from this, but a real generation of famous generals in the history of Tang Dynasty.Su Dingfang's achievements are not inferior to Li Jing, Li Ji and other famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty.

When he was young, Su Dingyi was famous in the village for his bravery and skill in battle. He followed his father to conquer rebels and stabilized the village.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the rebel army who defected to Dou Jiande lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests after their defeat. The cavalry entered the formation first, broke through Jieli Khan's tooth tent, and made great contributions to destroying the Eastern Turks.

After the war, Su Dingfang was awarded Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang General for his military exploits, and later changed to Zuowei Zhonglang General.

After more than 20 years, he was not promoted, and many people didn't know why, but Zuo Wei Zhonglang will be ranked second to the general, higher than the general, has no position, no quota, and is only a gift from the military minister, and the military minister is responsible. The dismissal of officials and the placement of idlers with military positions, or the removal of worshiping clans and relatives. To put it bluntly, they are official positions in name only.

"Your father is Su Dingfang?" Li You looked at Su Qingjie with a playful smile.

"Your Highness knows my father?" Su Qingjie was overjoyed.

Li You nodded: "In the fourth year of Zhenguan, General Su Dingfang accompanied Li Jing, the head of the Dingxiang Road, to Qikou (now Shandinghural, Inner Mongolia) to attack the East Turkic Jieli Khan.

On the night of the eighth day of February, General Li sent General Su Dingfang to lead [-] cavalry with bows and crossbows as the vanguard, and marched secretly through the fog.

About one mile away from the Turkic garrison, the thick fog suddenly cleared. General Su Dingfang saw the Yazhang (the camp where the general lived), so he rode a horse to attack and killed dozens or hundreds of people.

Jieli Khan and Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty fled with only dozens of horsemen, and the rest fell down and surrendered.Li Jing's army arrived, and the Eastern Turks were defeated. The Tang army beheaded more than [-] people, captured more than [-] men and women, and hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous animals.

Jieli Khan led more than [-] remnant soldiers to cross the desert, but was intercepted by Li Jibu, the general manager of the Tonghan Road marching at the crossing.

Before long, the chiefs of the Eastern Turks led their troops to surrender, and Li Ji captured more than [-] people and returned.In the Battle of Yinshan, the Tang army won a complete victory and completely defeated the Eastern Turks.

After Jieli Khan was defeated, he fled to Suni, located in the northwest of Lingzhou, and was captured by Zhang Baoxiang, the deputy chief of the Datongdao march, and the Eastern Turks perished, and all their land returned to the Tang Dynasty.

General Su Dingfang's contribution to this battle is indisputable! "

"Yes, the credit is indispensable, but the truth is that my father was pushed out to take the blame. After the war, my father awarded Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang General for his military exploits, and later changed to Zuowei Zhonglang General. In the following 13 years, my father never Without promotion, now I don’t even have the right to command soldiers.”

"Can you tell me why?" Li You really wanted to know why such a general was hidden in the snow.

"Hey!" With a sigh, Su Jieqing said slightly: "It's not that my father was too simple back then. After the capture of Eastern Turks, some soldiers took the lead in robbery. My father stopped it, but unfortunately he couldn't stop it.

Later, the leading soldier put all the blame on my father, saying that it was my father who gave the order to plunder!

Because of this, Li Junshen had a bad opinion of my father, and since then my father has never had a bright future. "

"Ah, that's how it is!" Li You nodded. Li You knew Li Jing's character.With humility and forbearance as his character and flexibility as a means, his ambition is not to search for chapters and quotes to rot Confucianism, but to learn economics and economics, to choose a wise master and meet a good time, and to make great achievements in the world.His grandeur is evident.

So you have to do the thing of plundering under his nose, which will tarnish his reputation. He cares about this very much. It can be said that Su Dingfang has definitely hit the point of the gun.

Li You nodded with a smile, looked at Su Jieqing and asked, "Then what do you mean you found me?"

Looking at Li You, Su Jieqing suddenly knelt down and said, "The student hopes that Your Highness can give my father a chance to lead the army. The student's father was born as a general in charge of the army. Now he is at home, and he is in pain every day. As a son, I really can't bear it."

Looking at Su Jieqing who was kneeling in front of him, Li You was still a little moved. It's quite good for the Son of Man to do this.

"You are a good son. However, my ability is limited. Your father is the general of Zuowei Zhonglang, which is an official position under the fourth rank, and what I can give now is only an official position of the eighth rank. I can let him train 300 People. This is my limit, and you should know that I am a civilian now.

So. You have to go back and discuss it with your father.! "

"I can only give 300 people, eight-rank official positions...!" Su Jieqing lowered his head bitterly, but soon Su Jieqing raised his head to look at Li You and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, King Qi, I will go back and tell my father, By the way, what you asked for will be delivered at night!"

After finishing speaking, Su Jieqing bowed: "Then the student will leave first!"

"Please!" Li You didn't say anything more, but let Su Jieqing go directly. Some people must think why Li You didn't make a high promise to win Su Dingfang under his banner.

It's just that what Li You wanted at this time was to try Su Dingfang's character. If he was a person who could only share wealth and honor, but was unwilling to share joys and sorrows from the beginning, then Li You would not use him, because such a person is too easy. betrayed.

So Li You only gave a team of 300 people and an official position of the eighth rank, just to see if Su Dingfang can be used?

"Your Highness, you have created a big problem for the other party. That General Su is already a fourth rank, how could he come to us to be an eighth rank..." Yao Yu shook his head.

However, Li You showed a playful expression and said, "Who knows...!"

When it rained heavily that night, Li You didn't stay in Dunhuafang, a carriage left Dunhuafang slowly in the dark, this time Li You left with only one person with him, and that person was Xiao Bao'er.

No one knew why Li You only brought a 12-year-old child with him.

But that night, Li You left safely and came back safely. No one knew where Li You went, let alone whom Li You went to meet. Zhou Likai was about to be beheaded in two days.

Li You's whereabouts made people who knew Li You's departure feel very strange.

(End of this chapter)