The Tang army achieved a brilliant victory. Li Chengqian, who was in Chang'an City, was overjoyed when he received the news immediately and captured more than half of the 90,000-odd Tibetan soldiers.
"That's great. As expected of me, the Tang Army. Every time I go out, I will win. I want to see what kind of energy this Tubo can still have after being repaired so badly." Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian so happy and felt the same. The person beside me said with a smile,
"His Royal Highness, you should be careful what you say." Li Chengqian was a little curious and looked at Wei Zheng
"I don't know what Master Wei has to say. Our Tang army has won a great victory. What else should we pay attention to?" Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian's appearance and was also relieved. Such respect for teachers and education has confirmed that it is indeed His Highness the Crown Prince, and there is no Anyone who can threaten his position is definitely a wise king. He still obeys his teachings like this, which makes him very happy. However, although Wei Zheng is happy, he does not forget his identity and speaks in front of Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness, the Tang Army must suffer some damage in every battle. Although the enemy is greatly defeated, what Your Highness should consider is the rewards for our Tang Army soldiers and the placement of their relatives who died in the Tang Army." After Wei Zheng finished speaking, Li Chengqian hurriedly stood up and faced Wei Zheng bowed his hands.
"Master Wei's lesson is that Cheng Qian is too proud and complacent. It is true that my relatives who died in the Tang army should be settled first according to what Master Wei said. It is most reasonable to make calculations after rewarding the meritorious soldiers."
"This is a great thing to say!" After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Wei Zheng hurriedly complimented Li Chengqian next to him.
In this way, while the two men continued to discuss the issues of rewards for meritorious soldiers proposed by Wei Zheng and placement of relatives of fallen soldiers, another messenger from a distance quickly rushed into the East Palace.
"Report! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has won a great victory in the southwest and defeated Tubo. All 100,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses have been wiped out. Tubo Songtsan cadres have sent the surrender form and arranged for professional messengers to come to the capital with the surrender form. They are already on the way." Defeat a country in one battle.
It is not impossible for Tang Jun. First there were the Eastern Turks, then the Japanese, then the Western Turks, and now there are the Tubos.
The destruction of four kingdoms in four wars is also a rare myth for the Tang Dynasty. When Li Chengqian got the news, he and Wei Zheng looked at each other. They also saw the look in each other's eyes, and they made arrangements happily.
"Since the Tibetan people have come to deliver the surrender form, we should show the magnanimity of the Celestial Empire." As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, Wei Zheng also echoed beside him.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Sheng Ming." Then the two discussed some things again, and Li Shimin, who was in the Daming Palace, also got the news of the great victory in the southwest and the great defeat of Tubo, and the Tubo cadre Songtsan, who was once very powerful, wanted to marry him The ruler of the Tibetan kingdom, who had his daughter as his wife, sent people to submit the surrender form, and he was even more proud.
"A kid like this still wants to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty. You should know how powerful the Tang Dynasty is by now. This time you invaded our frontier with a hundred thousand troops, and the number of men I dispatched was less than one-third of yours. They have beaten you to a pulp, what else do you have to be proud of? Surrendering is the most correct choice you have made." Then Li Shimin summoned the important ministers in Chang'an to discuss Tubo affairs, but the main force of Tubo was destroyed in the first battle. Afterwards, Li Daozong looked at Xue Li and asked.
"Are you going back to Chang'an City?" After Li Daozong asked this question, Xue Li looked at Li Daozong and said kindly.
"Forgive me, General Li. After all, we are Tiance Guards and we are obeying the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness the Crown Prince asked us to come here to fight against the Tibetans. But the Tibetans surrendered after a battle. Then we should go back and resume our duties. We will stay here." It's a bit of a waste." But Li Daozong was really reluctant to leave when Xue Li left, looking at Xue Li and saying.
"How about you leave a team of Tiance Guards? They have figured out the most suitable way to adapt to the Tubo environment. I want them to give guidance so that our soldiers can adapt to the Tubo environment, and then we can Repair and repair Tubo.”
"Okay, that's no problem." Xue Li agreed without thinking, and finally looked at his eldest grandson, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin.
"Which of you will stay with General Li to train his soldiers? Let them all adapt to the climate on the plateau. Don't let anything happen again just after we leave." After Xue Li finished speaking, Changsun Chong was there waving his fan and said With.
"Cheng Chumo must go back. His identity is there. He is His Majesty's consort. He has to go back to meet his wife to say hello and have a child, right?" After Changsun Chong had just finished talking about the consort, Cheng Chumo originally wanted to retaliate against him because Changsun Chong was also Li Shimin's consort, but when he suddenly mentioned the child, Cheng Chumo was too embarrassed to say anything.
Who told Chang Sun Chong's wife to be pregnant? After Chang Sun Chong finished speaking, he looked at Yuchi Baolin and continued to give instructions.
"You should go back too. You don't have any descendants either, so you have to hurry up and get one." What Chang Sun Chong said made Yuchi Baolin a little embarrassed. They had never looked down on Chang Sun Chong, but they didn't expect that Chang Sun Chong would actually run in front of them. , but just as they were thinking about Changsun Chong running ahead of them, they thought of an excuse again.
"No, our wives are not pregnant yet, but you, your wife is pregnant, shouldn't you go back?" Chang Sun Chong looked directly at them and laughed in response to the two people's questions.
"You guys are kidding me. Even our general in charge, Xue Li, was not around when his wife gave birth. How could I break the rules of our Tiance Guard? You think so, General Xue?" Changsun Chong said. Once Xue Li's experience was brought out, why did the two of them have no way to refute in front of Changsun Chong?
He could only look at Changsun Chong helplessly.
"Okay, let's go back then." But just as they were about to go back, Zhao Dong also said something next to them.
"How about I stay too? My wife is also pregnant."
"Huh?" This was beyond everyone's imagination, and Zhao Dong's wife was indeed pregnant. Zhao Dong said this weakly among the second generation generals, but Changsun Chong came to his side. , hugging his shoulders.
"You should speak louder. You are also a general in the Tiance Guard and a battalion commander. You will be limitless in the future. Why are you so cautious? What's more, your ability is recognized by us. You are like this." Do you look down on me?" Zhao Dong was so helpless that he could only hold his fist at the side.
"Thank you for your guidance, General. I will definitely follow the instructions of the General, and I will never let him down again."
"That's pretty much it." Everyone was very satisfied with this. After all, Zhao Dong was the battalion commander of Tiance Guard, second only to the regimental commander.
How can you be afraid to do something or speak out because of your low status? The farce came to an end quickly. Xue Li and others headed towards Chang'an City with the captured important figures in the Tibetan army and the messengers arranged by Songtsan cadres.
In the southwest, two generals of Tiance Guard, Chang Sun Chong and Zhao Dong, were left to train Li Daozong's soldiers so that they could adapt to the climate on the plateau. However, while they were training like this, Chang Sun Chong did have a sudden idea.
"Zhao Dong." Seeing Changsun Chong questioning him in front of him, Zhao Dong hurriedly held his hand.
"General Changsun doesn't know what the arrangements are?" Changsun Chong looked at Zhao Dong's respectful look and felt a little unhappy.
"Why are you so weak again? Didn't I say that we are all generals of Tiance Guard, and we are all battalion commanders of Tiance Guard, why are you so cautious?" After Chang Sun Chong finished speaking, Zhao Dong looked at Chang Sun Chong asked cautiously
"Then I wonder what kind of arrangements the general has? As long as there are arrangements, just say so. If you can do it, you will definitely do it properly."
"I checked Tubo's geographical environment and found that Tubo's altitude is a bit gentle on the Dunhuang line. How about we take a team of people to station there? I believe there will be unexpected gains after stationing there." Changsun After Chong said these words, Zhao Dong couldn't help but be surprised.
"But without His Majesty's order, will our unauthorized trip to Dunhuang and Hexi cause dissatisfaction among the small countries in the Western Regions?"
"How could this happen? We are just training soldiers to find a suitable position to control Tubo. If something happens to Tubo again," Changsun Chong said. Zhao Dong was still a little worried, but the tent they were in was suddenly occupied. People open.
"What you said is quite right!" Li Daozong walked in from outside the tent.
"You led my soldiers to climb up such a high mountain suddenly. They still can't react. What you said is very reasonable. Moreover, Songzhou City is now built quite solidly by these prisoners. Only If half of the manpower is left to guard Songzhou City, even if another 200,000 Tubo soldiers and horses come, they will never be able to break through Songzhou City. And if we want to make the Tibetan people completely surrender to the Tang Dynasty or turn them into counties of the Tang Dynasty, we have to let them Our Tang army can gallop across the land of Tubo. The position you chose is very good. Then lead 10,000 soldiers as you said. I will tell your majesty about this matter. I am sure your majesty will not refuse. Give me this little face." Although Li Daozong thought very simply, Li Shimin would not deny him face, but what he didn't know was that because of his extensive construction of the city in Songzhou City, he destroyed Songzhou City. He was tall and strong, and someone came to impeach Li Daozong.
In the place where Li Shimin was handling official business, he couldn't help but look livid when he saw a memorial in front of him impeaching Li Daozong for his plan to build a city and accumulate grain to delay becoming king.
"Nonsense, really nonsense! Don't I understand what my brother did? He did it to prevent Songzhou City from being defeated by the Tubos. Moreover, this bitter cold land of Songzhou City has not much population. , so what if he builds the city and stores food to delay becoming king? He is already the king now." Li Shimin was quite helpless and threw the memorial in his hand directly, but as soon as he threw it out, he suddenly received a memorial from Li Daozong.
Seeing Li Daozong's proposal to split his team into two, and one part going to Dunhuang in the Western Region for training under the leadership of Chang Sun Chong and Zhao Dong, he couldn't help but feel even more pleased.
"Look at me, the king brother. In order to block your mouth, I divided half of my troops and horses into half of my army to save you from saying that he built a high city, accumulated food and waited for the king. You people are really hateful." Although Li Shimin He said such hateful things about those officials without any intention of punishing them. They just have the right to make trouble after hearing the news.
"In that case, let's do what Brother Wang said. But I don't know if these censors will come out again after Brother Wang does this and cause trouble for Brother Wang again?" But Li Shimin didn't know that he was because of his eldest grandson. Chong's proposal and Li Daozong's consent arranged for this soldier to have unexpected gains in the Western Regions.
