After five days of march, Li Xiuning and Lu Chen led a group of soldiers of the Detachment of Women back to Niangziguan.
At this time, both Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qin Li Shimin had received news about the battle in Weizhou City.
At this time, Li Shimin, who had returned to Chang'an Tiance Mansion, looked at the report sent by Tian Liu'an in his hand and couldn't help but laugh: "My third sister is really powerful. She took down Liu Heitai without a single blow. Brother-in-law, I'm afraid you're going to have a hard time!" Putting down the letter in his hand, Li Shimin couldn't help but tease Chai Shao, who was sitting on his left.
Chai Shao and Li Xiuning were very close to each other, but it was a pity that they were now fighting for the country with less people together and more separation. Today Chai Shao is not only the consort, but also Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and also the Duke of Huo Guo. He has been granted a settlement of 1,200 households, and Ren Zhengsanpin was appointed as the right Xiaowei general.
This time Li Shimin went west to Qinzhou to intercept Jieli Khan head-on. Chai Shao, as the general of You Xiaowei, naturally had to accompany the army. Although he was very happy that his wife could achieve such a great victory, he still could not show it on the surface. When he came out, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the Princess has always been gentle and gentle, why did she have to say that life is difficult for her?"
"Yes! Yes! Don't let the family scandal be publicized! I think I am not afraid of my wife, old Cheng!" Cheng Yaojin, who is already the Duke of Su, said in support,
But as soon as Cheng Yaojin said these words, everyone laughed. Who didn't know that if the entire Tiance Mansion was afraid of his wife, Fang Xuanling was definitely the first, and the second was Cheng Zhijie.
"Okay! Don't be ridiculous! What do you think of Lu Chen, the military advisor in my third sister's army?" Li Shimin coughed lightly, then looked around at everyone and asked.
"This person has the talent to stabilize the country!" Li Chunfeng, who had been sitting aside, said directly. Li Chunfeng, dressed as a Taoist priest, had never been very fond of speaking in meetings like this at the Tiance Mansion, and his current status It was only a reporter from the Tiance Mansion who joined the army. Normally, a person with this kind of position would not even be qualified to participate in such a meeting. However, no one in the entire Tiance Mansion, including Li Shimin, dared to look down upon this Taoist master.
It is said that "Fang plans to stop everything". When they were in Tiance Mansion, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had already emerged. Naturally, they also had their positions in this meeting, but their roles were obviously different from Li Chunfeng's. What's more, Every time before Li Shimin went on an expedition, he would definitely talk to Li Chunfeng in secret, but no one knew what he said. Until Li Shimin ascended to the position of supreme leader in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Li Chunfeng's appearances in the court gradually became less and less. It’s time to study Xing Dou Shu, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Arithmetic Yili and other things with Yuan Tiangang.
Now Li Chunfeng actually said that Lu Chen had the talent to "pacify the country and stabilize the country", which would inevitably arouse opposition from some people.
"I don't think Lu Chen has the talents that Daochang Li mentioned. In my opinion, he is just a little clever!" This time it was Yuchi Gong who spoke, speaking in a arrogant voice, with a rather unconvinced tone.
"Why, you are not convinced that a blacksmith can make horseshoes and horseshoe nails? Are you the only one who can think of these things in your dog's mind?" Cheng Yaojin directly teased Yuchi Gong.
Yuchi Gong's original name was Yuchi Jingde, and Yuchi Gong was his given name. Because of his dark appearance and his background as a blacksmith, Cheng Yaojin often called him "Lao Hei" and "Blacksmith".
After being teased by Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong immediately started blowing his beard and glaring at Cheng Yaojin, lifting his clothes and rolling up his sleeves.
"What's the matter? Are you not convinced? Come on, let's practice! Second brother, don't stop him. If he dares to hit me today, I will report to the court and say that Yuchi Gong beat the Duke!" Cheng Yaojin With an expression of "hit me", on the other side, Duke Yi Guo Qin Qiong stopped Yuchi Gong from going over to beat Cheng Yaojin.
Seeing that these generals were making trouble again, Li Shimin could only shake his head helplessly, coughed softly, and signaled to stop making trouble. There was still business to talk about. Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong then stopped. It's a pity that the two of them were still winking at each other, and the others were too lazy to pay attention to these two idiots, so they could only pretend they didn't see them.
"Taoist Priest, why do you say this?" Although Li Chunfeng had a position in Tiance Mansion as a clerk and joined the army, in terms of title, everyone from Li Shimin to the following people called him "Taoist Priest".
"The secret of heaven must not be leaked. I can only say that having this person in the Tang Dynasty will be of great benefit!" Li Chunfeng flicked his fly whisk and said with a slight smile, with an enigmatic look, "Pindao's friend should meet with Lu Chen in the near future. Let’s meet!” At this point, Li Chunfeng stopped talking.
"This old man talks half of his words!" Seeing Li Chunfeng closing his eyes and concentrating, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help complaining, but Cheng Yaojin didn't dare to go too far, even if he dared to talk to Yuchi Gong fought with those civil servants, and even sometimes had a heated exchange with Li Shimin, but he did not dare to offend Li Chunfeng.
The main thing is that this guy is too evil. Who knows what tricks he can use to punish you to the point of tears. Cheng Yaojin has a self-awareness for this kind of person. It is better not to offend him if he can. Don't look at Cheng Yaojin. Yaojin looked like he was not stingy, but he was the only one who could offend whom he could and could not offend.
"Since the Taoist Master said so, let's take it slow!" Li Shimin sighed and said.
Didn't Li Shimin think of recruiting Lu Chen to come over? I have thought about it, but Lu Chen is now the military counselor of the Detachment of Women. It seems a bit unreasonable for a younger brother to steal people from his sister. Moreover, his brother-in-law is still helping him here. This is directly poaching people. Chai Shao can't explain it. , Li Shimin could only keep this thought in his heart, and looked forward to seeing Lu Chen one day. If Lu Chen wanted to come over and help him, would his sister have nothing to say?
"By the way, Tian Liu'an wrote that in this battle in Weizhou City, more than 30,000 surrendered troops were captured. What do you think?" Li Shimin asked, looking down at the letter on the desk in front of him and looking at the civil and military personnel.
What is the cold weapon war? The number. Although there are also elite soldiers and strong generals. For example, the three thousand Xuanjia army under Li Shimin are one to a hundred. Three thousand Xuanjia is worth one hundred thousand. That is not a joke. Yes, but this kind of soldiers is also expensive to raise. You must know that the logistics support of the Tang Dynasty is not as rich as modern times. It is really made of trucks and trucks of copper coins. Even Tiance Mansion, a big business, can only It would be impossible to raise three thousand Xuanjia troops according to the standards of the Xuanjia army.
Therefore, basically, whoever has more people still has the final say. Therefore, the more than 30,000 surrendered troops in Weizhou City are just a piece of fat. Whether it is Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, whoever eats these people will be weakened in disguise. The opponent, and between the positive and negative, is equivalent to having 60,000 more troops than the opponent.
How could Li Shimin not be jealous of the more than 30,000 surrendered troops? In the same way, the prince Li Jiancheng, who was sitting in Youzhou and had not yet returned to Chang'an, also received the report, so he naturally wanted to attack the more than 30,000 surrendered troops.
But now there is also a problem, that is, the more than 30,000 surrendered troops were captured by Li Xiuning. Even though Tian Liuan is in charge of it now, to be honest, this great victory was attributed to Li Xiuning. To be more direct, this entire great victory was attributed to Lu, the counselor of the Women’s Army. It was planned by Chen, otherwise there would be no more than 30,000 surrendered troops. I am afraid that at this time, Weizhou City is still fighting fiercely and blood is flowing like a river!
Therefore, how to distribute the more than 30,000 surrendered troops depends on Li Xiuning's face. Not to mention the emperor Li Yuan ordered the distribution, in order to take care of his girl's mood, it is estimated that Li Yuan will directly assign the more than 30,000 surrendered troops to Li Xiuning. .
Naturally, someone would remind Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng of this matter, and the person who reminded Li Shimin was naturally Fang Xuanling, and the one who reminded Li Jiancheng was Wei Zheng.
"Your Highness, if you want to win these more than 30,000 surrendered troops, you will need the approval of Princess Pingyang!" As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Fang Xuanling, who was at the bottom of the table, saluted and said. After all, his official position at this time was not that of a minister. Pu She and Liang Guogong were only members of the Tiance Mansion's office and joined the army. From his position, he was not qualified to participate in this meeting. Being able to participate in the meeting was approved by Li Shimin, so his position was behind the civil and military officials.
"Won't His Majesty directly issue an order?" Changsun Wuji was the one who asked Fang Xuanling in return. As Li Shimin's uncle, his position was naturally at the front of the civil and military circles. Changsun Wuji's words naturally meant to let him Li Shimin wrote to Li Yuan to ask for these troops to surrender.
"Brother Auxiliary Machine, this is wrong!" Because at this time, Changsun Wuji was only a military official in the North Road, and this official was given by Li Yuan. He had no position in Tiance Mansion, and to be honest, his official position was Not as good as Fang Xuanling, but he was able to get a front position because he was Li Shimin's uncle, so Fang Xuanling didn't mean to be dismissive when he called him "auxiliary machine".
"If this great victory is achieved by His Highness the King of Qin, and His Majesty bypasses His Highness and directly issues an edict that the surrender of the troops should be directly taken over by the Crown Prince or Princess Pingyang, what would His Highness feel in his heart?" Fang Xuanling continued without being humble or arrogant. , but did not speak too clearly, "If my prediction is correct, the ownership of these more than 30,000 surrendered troops will probably depend on a word from Princess Pingyang! I believe that His Majesty's decree will be issued soon." Come on!" After Fang Xuanling said this, he stopped talking and returned to his duties. However, everyone present was a human being, and no one could understand what Fang Xuanling meant.
"Keming, what do you think about this matter?" Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui. Since he had Fang Xuanling's "plot", Du Ruhui's "break" was indispensable.
"Back to Your Highness, I also feel that what Xuan Ling said is true. The current plan is to send people to Niangzi Pass as soon as possible. After all, the Crown Prince is currently in Youzhou, which is closer to Niangzi Pass. I am afraid that things will change if it is too late!" Du Ruhui said with a salute.
