Lingzhou, where Li Ji's army is currently stationed.

After Li Mu reported the news that day, Li Jing sent Su Dingfang to lead 200 horsemen as the vanguard, advanced through the fog, and arrived at the place seven miles in front of the Turkic Khan's tent before being discovered by the Turkic scouts. In the thick fog, the Turks could not figure out the number of Tang troops, thinking that a large army was coming, so they were so frightened that they fled for the road. Su Dingfang won a complete victory, and Jieli fled on a thousand miles of horse. Li Jing led the army to arrive, defeated the Turks, and Tang Jian was also rescued. Li Jing's army wiped out more than 10,000 Turkic troops, captured more than 100,000, and obtained hundreds of thousands of livestock. Jieli rushed out of the dense fog to gather the remnants of the army, only more than 10,000 people remained, he wanted to take these people to escape into the desert to hide, but he did not expect to be expected by Li Ji to be the enemy first, Chen Bing blocked the road early, and more than 10,000 people were all folded here. Jieli is also really fateful, and when he fell into such a situation, he even let him escape, and with a few personal soldiers, he fled to Suni in the northwest of Lingzhou.

At this point, the large Turkic army was almost completely wiped out. Li Ji is a wise person who protects himself, never greedy for merit, and he also knows that the first credit in this battle to destroy the Turks belongs to Li Jing. This is a fact that no one can deny, if it were not for him to personally lead 3,000 elite cavalry from Ma Yi to enter the Evil Yang Ridge and capture Dingxiang City. The Turks will not be defeated, and Jieli will not be able to surrender. So this final blow, Li Ji deliberately left it to Li Jing. Let his army pursue the remnants of the Turks, and Li Ji drove the army to Lingzhou and stationed here, so that he could gather the scattered Turkic tribes, and secondly, he could prevent Jieli from escaping to Tuyuhun by a detour, creating a worry-free rear for Li Jing. Last but not least. He got Li Shimin's secret decree that he must catch the former Sui Yicheng princess, and he must see people in life and corpses in death.

said that the person who rebelled into a princess is a big strange woman. She is the daughter of the former Emperor Wen of Sui and the younger sister of Emperor Yang of Sui. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, in order to maintain relations with the Turks. Emperor Wen of Sui became a princess and a pro-Turkic Khan of Qimin. But not long after they got married, the Khan of Qimin died. According to Turkic custom, Princess Yicheng married the successor of Qimin Khan, who was also his son, Shibi Khan. Shibi Khan also died a few years later, and she married Shibi Khan's younger brother Chuluo Khan, who died of illness in less than a year, and she married the current Jieli Khan. He served two generations and four Turkic khans, and he is the only one in history.

Princess Yicheng's life was very bitter, as a royal noble, instead of enjoying happiness, she lived in the steppe desert all her life, tossing and turning between the father and son of the Turkic Khan family. But she didn't hate her father and brother because of this, but always remembered it. Back then, Shibi Khan once besieged Emperor Yang of Sui, and it was she who revealed the news in advance, and then lied about the military situation to deceive Shibi Khan back to the desert and relieve Emperor Yang of Sui's danger. After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's empress Xiao and his little grandson fell into the hands of Dou Jiande, and it was also Luo Khan of her representative office who sent a letter to force Dou Jiande to release him. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Yicheng instigated Jieli Khan to harass the border several times, so that Li Shimin had to be humiliated by Weishui and formed an alliance of bridges, which was the greatest shame in his life. It can be said that Datang and Turkic have been able to get to this point to this point, to a large extent, because she has single-handedly promoted.

Li Shimin was worried that Princess Yicheng would not die this time, and even if Jieli Khan was caught, it would be useless. Because according to Turkic custom, she could marry the next Turkic khan. In this way, there will be no peace on the border, so Li Shimin issued a secret order to Li Ji, let him be stationed in Lingzhou, send cavalry to search everywhere, and must find Princess Yicheng to solve his confidants.

Along with this secret decree came a letter written by Li Shimin. Between the generals of the early Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin, in addition to the love of the monarch and the minister, there is also the righteousness of the robe. Li Shimin also had a good relationship with Li Ji, so in addition to the official secret decree, he also wrote a letter and said some gossip. Among them, Li Siwen's book and his reply are mentioned. After reading the letter, Li Ji couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Isn't this nonsense, his own son knows by himself, how capable Li Siwen is, can he not know? If Li Siwen is really talented, Li Ji will not blindly let him perform in order to avoid suspicion. In Li Ji's eyes, Li Siwen really has no talent, so he will try his best to prevent Li Siwen from holding an important position, so as not to make any mistakes and ruin his reputation.

In Li Ji's vision, the most suitable life for Li Siwen is to be a rich man. If he had known about it beforehand, he would have resolutely opposed it. But now that Li Shimin's decree has been issued, it is difficult for him to say anything more. The emperor's words are not what the courtiers can oppose. Now Li Ji can only hope that Li Siwen will not do anything ridiculous and generous, and teach him, a father, not to raise his head in front of his colleagues. Li Ji also knew that Li Shimin could let Li Siwen be the acting county magistrate, not because he didn't know his ability, cronyism, and random arrangements. But now that the war is undecided, there is nothing to do in Dingxiang City, even if Li Siwen wants to do bad things, he can't do anything, he, the acting county commander, is at most a stall watcher. After the army returns to the division, Li Shimin will naturally find an excuse to replace Li Siwen and let him return to Chang'an. But this arrangement highlights Li Shimin's friendship for the sake of his courtiers, if Li Siwen is not Li Ji's son, it is absolutely impossible to have this treatment.

But Li Siwen said that after following Li Mu's advice, he personally wrote five recruitment notices, three of which were sent to three nearby counties. On a whim, he placed a sign at each of the north and south intersections, so that passers-by could see his signs. The notice was put up, and the effect was remarkable, and the next day, many people came to apply with tools. Li Siwen was overjoyed, and immediately set up a registration office by the city wall, and he personally sat in the town, took out the set of work to make a record of documents, and registered these people. After these people have registered and received the wooden tag indicating their identity, they will be handed over to Li Mu for management, and he will arrange whatever work he does, and he will have work to do immediately. In less than three days, a huge construction site has been formed around Dingxiang City, hundreds of people are working together, some digging trenches, some are brick-making, some are muddy, and some are building walls, and they are busy in full swing.

Li Mu asked these workers to send a message back and asked the women of the family to come to the construction site to cook. As a result, the number of people working on the site immediately doubled, to no less than 200. The daily expenses are not small, but fortunately, Li Siwen is a young master who "regards money as dung" and is so bold that there is no boundary, and his duty of recording documents has not yet been replaced, and he took advantage of his position to slightly alter the account books of the Tang army camp, and the materials captured in the first battle of Dingxiang were reduced by 20%. These two percent are more than enough to pay the daily salary, and Li Siwen is not stupid, he has the bottom in his heart, repairing the city wall is the right thing, even if Li Shimin knows that he has embezzled the war profits, he will not really blame him, and maybe he will praise him for knowing how to be flexible. Li Siwen is in charge of the accounts himself, and the income and expenditure are not bad, in order to keep a back hand, if it is calculated, the accounts can prove his innocence.