Shenshi, Chang'an City, Mingde Gate.
Mingde Gate faces south and is the main entrance of Chang'an City. Behind it is the most famous Zhuque Street in Chang'an City, and at the end of Zhuque Street is the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial City.
Because of this, among all the gates in Chang'an City, Mingde Gate has the most people coming in and out every day.
Therefore, the gatekeeper of the left prison who is on duty here every day is also the busiest.
By Shen hour, the sun was already setting in the west.
The guard on the left prison gate on the Mingdemen archery tower still held a long spear in his hand and stood upright on the second floor of the archery tower, observing the situation outside the tower with electric eyes.
The soldier raised his head and glanced at the sky, wondering why his colleagues who had changed the guard had not arrived yet.
He suddenly discovered that on the official road far outside the city, a man and a horse were speeding towards Mingde Gate.
You must know that the Tang Dynasty has regulations. Unless there are special circumstances or special groups of people, no one is allowed to ride a horse within five miles of Mingde Gate.
"Could it be..."
An idea flashed in the soldier's mind. He quickly raised his hand to cover the sun and looked into the distance.
When they saw the red feathers fluttering in the wind on the man's helmet, the soldiers were immediately shocked and shouted towards the bottom of the arrow tower:
"Go and inform the captain that Hong Ling's urgent envoy is here. Disperse the people quickly."
Following the shouts of the soldiers, the people under the city, urged by the guards of the left prison, gave way to a road that was two feet wide.
Not long after, Hong Ling's messenger appeared in everyone's sight.
You can hear the needle drop inside and outside Mingde Gate.
Everyone held their breath and stared at the figure that was getting closer and closer.
When the messenger on the horse saw this scene under the city gate, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Immediately, he straightened his back, raised his right hand high, and shouted:
"Great victory at Longyou!"
"At the end of March 23rd, Wei Guogong led the Chinese army in Lujiagou and defeated the main force of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang coalition forces, killing 50,000 people."
"Recording events and joining the army, Qin Ming, a man from Lantian County, led more than a thousand troops and set up an ambush in Xinglong Mountain. He wiped out 20,000 elite cavalry from Tuyuhun and killed Tuyuhun's general Lou Ming."
"The Duke of E..."
As the good news reached everyone's ears one after another, the scene fell into a brief silence, and then burst into a wave of warm cheers!
When Hong Ling's urgent voice faded away, the people under the city, whether they were leaving the city or entering the city, all rushed into Chang'an City like crazy, and then ran to tell each other!
This great news quickly spread to the markets on both sides of Zhuque Street.
And Hong Ling's messenger, who was riding up Zhuque Street, was not idle either.
After jumping over the Mingde Gate, he was like a repeater, repeating the news of success to the people on both sides of the street.
Soon, the entire Tang Dynasty on Zhuque Street was in a state of excitement.
After people cheered for a while, they immediately turned around and rushed into other cities and towns to tell each other about the great news.
At first, out of excitement, many people simply relayed the good news to others based on their memory.
But as more and more people heard the good news, people began to realize that something was wrong.
Qin Ming, a man from Lantian County, actually annihilated the opponent's 20,000 fine cavalry with only a thousand men and horses, and killed the enemy general in battle.
Is this record too outrageous?
Gradually, many people began to raise questions. They thought that either others had heard wrongly, or that the Hong Ling messenger had made a mistake.
One thousand versus twenty thousand, or total annihilation? how can that be possible!
However, there are still a few people who are willing to believe that this information is true.
After all, if such a record is true, it will further demonstrate the power of the Tang Dynasty!
With such fierce men in the army, who would dare to invade the borders of Datang in the future!
At three o'clock in Shenshi, the side hall of Ganlu Hall of the Imperial Palace.
Two days ago, Li Shimin ordered craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to rebuild a giant sand table based on the Tuyuhun map.
At this time, Li Shimin, dressed in a black dragon robe, was standing in front of the sand table.
Hou Junji, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, and Li Daoyan, the governor of Minzhou, stood around Li Shimin respectively.
Out of trust in Li Jing, Li Shimin and others directly skipped the battle in Longyou and discussed how to attack Tuyuhun and the Dangxiang tribe next to Tuyuhun.
Just as several people were intensely discussing the marching arrangements in front of the sand table.
At the door of the side hall, there was suddenly the sound of rapid footsteps.
Li Shimin frowned, turned around and saw a young eunuch hurriedly walking into the side hall.
"Your Majesty, news has just been sent back from the inner city. A Hongling envoy riding Longyou has just entered the imperial city and is now heading towards the inner city."
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
Didn't yesterday's news say that the army had just arrived at Yuzhong City?
It has just been a day. Logically speaking, even if Li Jing wants to fight the enemy, it should not be so fast!
Was there an accident?
"Inform the Jin Wu guards on duty outside the palace to let him go immediately when he sees the messenger."
"Here."
At this time, Li Ji and others had similar thoughts to Li Shimin, and they roughly analyzed them from the previous battle reports.
The purpose of Tuyuhun's previous deployments was to lure the army deeper, and then use the advantage of cavalry to cut off the army's retreat.
Under normal circumstances, the more the enemy wants to do something, the harder it is to let him do it.
According to this idea, Li Jing, who had just recaptured Yuzhong, would never send troops easily.
Now that Li Jing and Hong Ling have sent emergency envoys, it is very likely that there are other changes on the battlefield.
Moreover, it will probably not be beneficial to the Tang army.
Thinking like this, Li Ji and others looked at each other and saw worries in each other's eyes.
Soon, a group of soldiers wearing leather armor and three red feathers on their helmets walked quickly into the hall, knelt on one knee, raised a memorial above their heads with both hands, and shouted in a hoarse voice:
"Your Majesty, great victory at Longyou!"
"At noon on March 23rd, Duke Wei led the Chinese army in Lujiagou..."
After Li Shimin listened to a few words, he was stunned. He didn't listen at all to what the messenger said next.
At first, Li Shimin did not expect that Li Jing could defeat the main enemy force so quickly;
Secondly, Li Shimin expressed deep doubts about Qin Ming's record as told by the messenger!
That’s right, it’s questioning, not shock!
After hearing the battle report, Li Ji and others were happy at first, but their expressions soon froze.
With a thousand troops, he completely wiped out the 20,000 elite cavalry on the opposite side.
This is something a human being can do!
Although the messenger lowered his head, he also noticed that the atmosphere in the palace was a bit strange.
At this time, Wu Shi, the chamberlain serving Li Shimin, walked quickly to the messenger and took the battle report from his hand.
After checking and finding nothing unusual, Wuyu respectfully handed the battle report to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
Li Shimin came back to his senses, glanced at the messenger, then waved his long sleeves and said calmly:
"read."
"Here."
After saying that, Wuyu quickly took off the paint on the battle report, took out the letter from it, and read it loudly.
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