Chang'an, at the city gate, a fast horse rushed in from the outside without slowing down at all. The people along the way gave way but did not complain at all.
The soldiers who defended the city did not dare to stop him in the slightest, because the man riding this fast horse was a messenger in red. He did not see that he was carrying three small flags, which represented the eight hundred mile rush!
Only in very urgent cases will the 800-mile express service be used.
What's more, while he was riding a fast horse, he was shouting an inspiring word.
"A great victory, a great victory! A great victory in Dingxiang City, and we killed 50,000 Turkic cavalry in formation!"
Upon hearing the news, both the people and the soldiers guarding the city were overjoyed.
This was the first great victory since the Tang Dynasty fought against the Turks. The formation killed 50,000 cavalry. This was the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the past, the Turks had beaten them so hard that they could not fight back. Today, they were finally proud and proud!
The messengers galloped across Chang'an Avenue, shouting loudly at every intersection. .
"A great victory, a great victory! A great victory in Dingxiang City, and we killed 50,000 Turkic cavalry in formation!"
After hearing this, the people all cheered and cheered, and the whole of Chang'an was boiling. Not to mention singing and dancing, there were also many talented people reciting poems and writing poems, showing the style of Chang'an.
In the palace, Eunuch Huang anxiously led the messenger to the imperial study. On the way, Eunuch Huang even lost one of his shoes because he was running in a hurry. However, Eunuch Huang didn't care, and ran even more hastily. None of the messengers were as anxious as Eunuch Huang. The maids and eunuchs along the way were all surprised. It was really rare for Eunuch Huang to be like this.
However, Eunuch Huang ignored these palace maids and eunuchs. He rushed directly into the royal study and knelt down, shouting: "Your Majesty, good news, good news! Great victory in the north!"
The messenger soldiers who followed him also kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, there is a great victory in Dingxiang City. Lord Li Jing's formation killed 50,000 Turkic cavalry!"
Hearing the words of Eunuch Huang and the messenger, Li Shimin dropped the brush he was holding on to the ground. He stood up and said: "Bring me the battle report quickly!"
Eunuch Huang smiled and took the memorial from the messenger and placed it on the desk. Li Shimin hurriedly opened the memorial and looked at it.
When I saw the battle in the canyon outside Dingxiang City, my side killed 50,000 Turkic cavalry at the cost of hundreds of casualties, I couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.
Eunuch Huang took the messenger out of the imperial study to receive the reward.
When Eunuch Huang came back, Li Shimin was still looking at the battle report.
Just a quick glance, but there is a lot written below.
When he saw that Luo Zhang had come up with such a plan, Li Shimin couldn't help but praise: "Luo Zhang is worthy of being my Qilin son of the Tang Dynasty. He really did not disappoint me. What a good son-in-law! What a good son-in-law!"
But the next moment, Li Shimin had a headache. Luo Zhang had made such a great contribution, so he had to be rewarded. But he really didn't know how to reward Luo Zhang. At only eighteen years old, Luo Zhang was already in the fourth rank of officialdom, and was even granted the title For the sake of Lord Hou.
Should he be made a duke? This simply won't work. I'm afraid it will be opposed by a group of people as soon as it is proposed. This is really against common sense.
If you can't reward a title, you can reward gold and silver? Li Shimin shook his head when he thought of Luo Zhang's daily income at the pier and the busy traffic at Yanlai Tower. Luo Zhang was not short of money at all.
"It seems that we can only reward him with a fief!" Li Shimin shook his head helplessly. He never thought that one day a person would be rewarded because he had done too much and was too young.
With a stroke of Li Shimin's pen, edicts were issued one after another, accompanied by various rewards. The great victory in the north, how could such an inspiring and morale-boosting thing not be rewarded? Not only the soldiers, but also the soldiers should be rewarded. Chang'an City also canceled the curfew on this day. The people were happy and the whole Chang'an City was lively.
However, while everyone was celebrating, the Changsun Mansion was silent. The great victory in the north was nothing to be happy about for Changsun Wuji. On the contrary, as soon as Li Shimin received the news of the victory, he also received a secret letter.
In the study room, the secret letter that had just been received was placed on the desk. The great elder was sitting beside him with his head lowered and his face was not very pretty.
"The Turks actually want me to report information from the north in exchange for the five-step snake from the Western Regions. They are really greedy!" After a long time, Changsun Wuji said angrily.
"They lost the war in the north, so they naturally want to win back the city. If we ask for help from them, the Turks will naturally offer such conditions. Head of the family, how should we deal with this matter?" The elder looked at the secret message on the table and was deeply moved. Sighed deeply.
Not long ago, they sent out manpower to find out that there was a five-stepped snake from the Western Regions in the Turkic Palace. Changsun Wuji sent a letter to the Turkic King, wanting to exchange for the five-stepped snake from the Western Regions. However, the snake was cherished by the Turkic Princess. Things will not be exchanged at all.
But today the Turkic King wrote to him again, promising that he could give him the Five-Step Snake of the Western Regions, but the condition was that Changsun Wuji would cooperate with him and provide him with information about the army, so that he could give him the Five-Step Snake of the Western Regions.
This is why Changsun Wuji is troubled.
If he were to trade with the Turkic King, it would be tantamount to betraying the Tang Dynasty. Although he did not care about betraying the Tang Dynasty, once the war in the north was defeated, the Turks would follow the trend and go south, and then the Tang Dynasty would be brutally poisoned. This was exactly what he thought. different.
In his opinion, the Tang Dynasty was his treasure. If it was tortured by the Turks to the point of disgrace, what use would he have for the Tang Dynasty?
But the problem came again. If he didn't give the Turkic King the information about his army, he wouldn't give it to the Western Region Five-Step Snake.
If there was no Five-Step Snake of the Western Regions, then his eldest son's family would be afraid that it would be destroyed before Li Shimin could take his place. This was no joke.
Thinking back to a few days ago, more than a dozen people died suddenly and suddenly at home. The appearance of their deaths was so ugly that it makes people feel numb now just thinking about it.
After a long time, Changsun Wuji finally said: "I'd better write a letter to my thirteenth brother about this and see what he says. After all, he is in Dingxiang City. If you want to provide information, you still have to rely on him. If he doesn't Hopefully, nothing we say will be of any use!”
"That's fine. If that doesn't work, we will send people to the Turkic Palace to steal the five-step snake from the Western Regions!" the great elder suggested.
"Let's see what the thirteenth brother says before we make a decision!" Changsun Wuji said.
"Master, this matter has been resolved, but there is another matter that you want to deal with!" the great elder said again.
"Are you talking about Chu Suiliang?" Changsun Wuji frowned slightly.
"It is indeed Chu Suiliang's business. The last assassination failed. News came from inside that the guards have more than doubled. It is impossible to assassinate him again. If he says something random and makes Li Shimin wary and suspicious of us, this will It’s very detrimental to us! After all, we still have a lot of things that we haven’t prepared yet, so it’s not the time to fall out with him!” the great elder analyzed.
"In this case, you should immediately send someone to arrest all of Chu Suiliang's family members and imprison them secretly. Then tell your inner circle that if he dares to talk nonsense, his family will be waiting for him in the underworld!" Changsun Wuji's eyes flashed. Jingguang said.
"This method is very wonderful, I will do it right now!" the great elder said with a smile.
