The surrounding ministers have now finished reading the battle report, and they all walked up to Li Shimin and saluted him: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and Weichen admires it." ”

Li Shimin only felt that every pore of his body was full of comfort now, and his feeling was that he was the only one in heaven and on earth, and with this artifact in his hand, who could still compete. He is indeed destined to return, otherwise how could there be such an artifact to protect himself. Someone jumped out and was slapped in the face.

In the dormitory, Li Shimin leaned on the cushion and asked Wang De: "What is your impression of Li Dongsheng?" ”

Wang De didn't know what Li Shimin meant by suddenly asking this question happily, so he pondered for a moment and said, "The slave thinks he is a capable person. "It is said that people are old and traitors, let alone people who are around the emperor, this sentence is impartial, and no one can find fault.

Li Shimin closed his eyes, tapped his fingers lightly on the desk, and muttered in his mouth: "He is a capable person... Li Dongsheng's figure came to his mind, from

The initial poetry shocked Chang'an, to the Tanhua hand-picked by himself, from the ambassador of the warehouse to the head of the firearms battalion, not to mention how much income he offered to the two industries of tea and sugar, from the improvement of military rations and salt, printing technology, etc., and then think about the few dry stocks he dedicated to himself, especially the firearms battalion that regained Songzhou this time, the more Li Shimin thought about it, the more he felt shocked, and he didn't want to have anything, and now he thinks back to what he did, adding up his credits, compared to those famous generals who followed him, And these credits are all the kind of moisturizing things silently, which has profoundly changed the face of Datang.

"This kid is so capable, but he is a little younger,,,, Li Shimin muttered to himself: "The official can't be sealed, he is only in his twenties, and he is already a six-grade minister, can he be a prime minister at the age of thirty... ”

Wang De listened to Li Shimin's words, there was no expression on his face, and there were already turbulent waves in his heart, what did His Majesty mean to be knighted? After Li Shimin ascended the throne, the knighthood stopped, because the title of the Tang Dynasty is hereditary, that is to say, as long as the Tang Dynasty is here, this title can be inherited indefinitely, and the treatment of this title is not low, and it is also a burden to the people of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Dongsheng has made such a great contribution, and it is unreasonable to say that he is not rewarded, and his age is here, so he can't let him be in his twenties to make a history of assassination, which is too jealous. It seems that Datang is going to have a new lord again.

Li Dongsheng didn't know Li Shimin's psychological struggle, he was called into the handsome tent by Niu Jinda, pointing to the sheepskin map; "Although we have recovered Songzhou, we are passively attacked, and it is really uncomfortable for us not to fight back, so I want to continue to move westward and make a mess of Tubo! Do you have any good advice? ”

Li Dongsheng looked at Niu Jinda and said: "Xiaguan said that with the geographical danger of Tibet, my Tang army really couldn't exert its combat effectiveness in the past, and Tubo was sparsely populated, and logistics and supply were also difficult。。。。。 ”

Niu Jinda said: "Don't say it's difficult, just ask you if there's a way?" ”

Li Dongsheng thought for a while and said: "The main thing is that Tubo is sparsely populated, except for cattle, sheep and barley, there is nothing valuable, and it takes so much energy to fight, and there is no benefit. We better not do things that are not profitable. ”

"And... Li Dongsheng said solemnly: "The altitude sickness I said last time is the natural enemy of my Tang Dynasty, that is, I have to recruit Songzhou locals to train on the plateau for about a year before I can enter Tubo to fight." ”

Niu Jinda sighed: "Then there is no way to retaliate against them?" After the fight, we ran back to Tibet, and after not teaching them a lesson, they didn't think we were weak, and they would fight if they wanted to! ”

Li Dongsheng thought for a while and said, "Why don't you kill all those Tubo people?" Build a view of Beijing outside the city of Songzhou? The Jingguan of tens of thousands of people must have frightened them. ”

"Phew, just for you to come up with this bad idea, and kill 20,000 people, you cut off the fingers of 20,000 people, some people say that you are vicious, where is there still a little bit of compassion and compassion for scholars...

Li Dongsheng sneered: "That said? Let him stand before me and say, 'I don't have a big ear to shave him.' When those Tubo people killed me and the people of Songzhou, these guys didn't say, if I wanted to kill the Tubo people, they would force them crookedly, and I wanted to ask him whether he was a Tang Dynasty or a Tubo. ”

Niu Jinda smiled: "You are still young。。。。。 ”

"Yes, I'm young, so I can't get used to seeing these guys misinterpret the meaning of the saint, take the words out of context, and change the concept is what these guys do." Li Dongsheng sneered: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, I have always kept this sentence in my heart." ”

Seeing that there was no need to attack Tubo, Niu Jinda had no choice but to arrange for the army to turn around, and the weather was going to be cold. It has been snowing in Tibet for a long time, and the heavy snow has closed the mountains, so if you want to make any moves, you will have to wait until next year.

The Tang army returned to Chang'an with more than 20,000 Tibetan prisoners, and then sent them to Dingxiang. These captives were all on foot, the thumbs of both feet were cut off, they couldn't walk fast at all, and some people had episodes of inflammation, and people died every day, but unfortunately no one sympathized with them, but the speed of the march of the army was slow.

The firearms battalion also followed behind the army, and they were now the envy of the Tang army, both in terms of food and equipment. But for the sake of secrecy, the firearms battalion did not contact them, and hung so far behind, which was called the queen of the army.

The triumphant army stopped twenty miles outside the city of Chang'an, waiting for an envoy sent by the imperial court to greet them.

Niu Jinda had already sent a fast horse to Chang'an to report the news, and at this time he also received news that the people sent by Li Shimin were almost there.

I saw a group of horseback riders coming from a distance at the end of the road, stopping in front of the army, and Li Dongsheng saw at a glance that it was Fang Xuanling at the front.

Niu Jinda hurriedly led everyone forward: "Fang Xiang, how dare you come over in person?" My old cow is terrified. ”

Everyone followed Niu Jinda to salute, this is the prime minister's trip, the level is too high, and the face is too big.

"Mr. Niu, you have a great deal of merit this time, I am the soldier who came up to greet the triumph for the emperor. Your Majesty and the ministers are already waiting in the city at the Suzaku Gate to see your majesty! ”

After a few words of greeting, everyone was ready to march into the city, and the emperor couldn't wait. This time, the Tang army was mighty and defeated the 200,000 army of Tubo with fewer victories and more in one fell swoop, maybe the people of Chang'an did not know the importance of this battle, but Li Shimin was still afraid when he thought about it now. Xin had a firearms battalion, so he prepared a grand ceremony to enter the city and sacrifice prisoners to comfort his wounded heart.