At Yangguan Pass, Zheng Rentai, who had been preparing for the Tibetan attack, was surprised to find that the noisy Tibetans at Guanguan actually retreated.
Looking further into the distance, he could see the billowing smoke and dust moving towards the rear. This made Zheng Rentai a little confused as to what the Tibetan people were up to.
That's not how lust works. The Tubo people have an army of 50,000. If he wants to break the barrier, with his ability and Yangguan's preparation, he can hold on for at most three days. After three days, no matter how powerful he is, he will be afraid. You can't hold Yang Pass either.
If there were no reinforcements, I'm afraid the Tibetans would really have to step over my body!
One day later, Zheng Rentai sent someone to investigate the Tibetan camp, but was surprised to find that the camp was deserted and there was not even a ghost in the entire camp.
When the news reached Zheng Rentai's ears, he was still a little in disbelief.
Did the Tubo people just leave? do not fight?
To be granted the title of Duke, Zheng Rentai was no ordinary person. He suddenly thought that there must be a reason for this, and this reason was probably related to the Northern Expedition to the Turks.
Sure enough, one day later, the news reached him. It was a battle report, telling that the Tang army defeated the Turks and captured the Turkic royal city.
After seeing this battle report, Zheng Rentai finally knew why the Tubo people retreated.
Even the Turks were defeated, so why did they fight? If the Turks defeated the Tang Dynasty, they would be free to deal with them. Even if they captured Yangguan, what would be the use?
It would be better to retreat early and conserve your strength!
This made Zheng Rentai relieved and excited at the same time.
As a Tang Dynasty person, no one hates the Turks. This is a hatred that is ingrained in our bones and a feud!
Being able to exterminate the Turks is something worth celebrating for every Tang person.
Chang'an, after the news spread, people all over Chang'an came out to cheer and celebrate. The whole Chang'an was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, just like the New Year.
What was different from the joy of the people in Chang'an was that Li Shimin searched for the palace and the royal study room with a gloomy face for several days. The Langya County governor disappeared without a trace, and Langya County was not recovered. The news he received Yes, if the Japanese and Goguryeo people demand that they be allowed to leave safely, they will abandon Langya County and return Langya County to the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, they will drag the entire people of Langya County to be buried with them!
When Li Shimin had been threatened like this, he naturally refused to agree. But if he didn't agree, the entire people of Langya County would be killed. This was not an order he could give, even if he was the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. Such an infamy would be punished by others. I will despise him for the rest of my life and will call him a tyrant who doesn't care about the life or death of his people.
How could Li Shimin bear such responsibility? This matter put him in a dilemma!
Alas, if only that guy Luo Zhang was here, he would definitely give me a satisfactory answer!
Li Shimin looked at the memorial on the case and couldn't help but think of Luo Zhang.
At this moment, Eunuch Huang's voice came from outside the imperial study room door.
"Your Majesty, we have caught it! The Turkic King has caught it!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and looked at Eunuch Huang who rushed into the imperial study.
"What caught?"
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty, the Turkic king has been captured alive!" Eunuch Huang beamed and placed a memorial on Li Shimin's desk.
Li Shimin hurriedly opened the memorial and looked at it carefully.
The memorial was naturally written by Li Jing. It elaborated in detail how Luo Zhang and others traveled hundreds of miles to pursue the Turkic king, how they wiped out the largest tribe in the northern Turks, and the subsequent divide and rule strategy proposed by Luo Zhang to allow the Turks to Things like raising horses, cattle and sheep in the Tang Dynasty.
Emphasis was placed on Luo Zhang’s capture of the Turkic king alive!
"Hahaha, okay, what a Luo Zhang, he is really my Qilin!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty for having such a virtuous disciple. This is the blessing of the Tang Dynasty!" Eunuch Huang took advantage of the situation and praised Luo Zhang.
For Luo Zhang, Eunuch Huang was also very happy. He felt very comfortable because Luo Zhang did not treat him as a eunuch. In addition, even if Luo Zhang became a marquis, he still respected him. , which made him look at him in a different light!
As long as there is a chance, he will say something nice to Luo Zhang and help Luo Zhang!
This is the so-called "flowery girl" who promotes others!
"Yes, the Northern Expedition could be successful, but it would be impossible without Luo Zhang!" Li Shimin said with emotion, recalling the previous scenes.
If it weren't for Luo Zhang, the problem of grain and grass would not have been solved in the first place. The potatoes contributed by Luo Zhang have now been planted in many places in the Guanzhong area of the Tang Dynasty, and a lot has been harvested. The yield per mu is more than 3,000 kilograms. , this is a shocking number, how many people have to be fed, and with this contribution, it is not too much to give Luo Zhang a prince.
Not to mention Luo Zhang's achievements in making sleds, transforming sea ships, and forming the Royal Navy.
Nowadays, even in the north, he has great military exploits. Even a county prince is inferior. If Luo Zhang were not young and a county prince was qualified, no one would gossip!
"This is the best news I have heard today. Tell the imperial kitchen, I want to have a meal!"
"By the way, bring me a bottle of that 1982 Lafite, I want a drink!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Eunuch Huang said with a smile. In the past two days, because of the incident in Langya County, Your Majesty has not been eating well and has lost weight. He has tried many methods, but to no avail! This is a heart disease, and heart disease needs a heart medicine doctor!
No, when the news came from the north, His Majesty's mood immediately improved. He actually told him that he wanted to eat and also drink. This is a good thing!
As a father-in-law, he naturally puts His Majesty first. Your Majesty is his backer. Without Your Majesty, he is nothing!
In the north, after solving most of the Turks and capturing the Turk king, Luo Zhang and the others escorted the Turk king's troops back to the city.
After the previous discussion, Hou Junji was left behind and led 10,000 troops to temporarily garrison at Suni Shibu, guarding these people and urging these Turkic people to work in exchange for their food!
For they did not have to leave their hometown and be escorted to the Tang Dynasty, the people who lost their troops in Suni were very grateful to the Tang army. When they heard that as long as they worked, they would have food, they naturally agreed.
Rather than going to work as slaves in the Tang Dynasty, they prefer to stay in the north and do the work of raising horses, cattle and sheep that they are good at. But they have heard that if they go to the Tang Dynasty to be slaves, life will be worse than death!
So they didn't complain about anything Tang Jun asked them to do. This was an unexpected surprise that no one expected!
And this incident was one of the reasons why Li Shimin was overjoyed. In this way, he didn't even have to worry about the Turks. There were so many war horses in the Tang Dynasty every year, which was a good thing that killed two birds with one stone.
This was also Luo Zhang's suggestion, so in his mind, if Luo Zhang hadn't been too young, the title given to Luo Zhang would be more than just County Duke!
