A few days later, Cheng Mingzhen's report was sent to Chang'an along with Wei Jun's letter of request. Li Yuanjun was rough, and immediately smiled from ear to ear.

Five thousand men captured a county, and their own losses were only a few hundred. Even if those famous generals in the DPRK and China come out, I am afraid they will not do better than Cheng Mingzhen! What is particularly rare is that after such a big victory, the young man refused to be greedy for merit, but completely attributed his achievements to the two points of "the Tang Emperor is the favor of heaven" and "the opponent is chaotic without a fight".

"This kid has the wind of a big tree general!" Putting down the military newspaper, Li Yuan smiled and nodded.

The big tree general Feng Sheng was a henchman of Liu Xiu of Han Guangwu. In the process of Emperor Guangwu's reconstruction of the Han Dynasty, he played a great role. But this man never competed for fame and fortune, and every time he finished a battle, when the generals were busy dividing the fruits of victory, he always chose a big tree to lean on and rest quietly. After a long time, everyone called him General Dashu. And Liu Xiuyou valued him even more because of this, and handed over many important battles to him to complete.

"I'm afraid it's really as he himself said, borrowing His Majesty's luck to make it happen!" Li Gang, the Zhan of the East Palace, was entrusted by others and didn't want Cheng Mingzhen's career to go too smoothly, so he stepped forward with a smile. "Koji Liang is an old minister of the former dynasty, and he has always been a serious person. This time, he recklessly walked out from behind the high wall to fight, and was intercepted and killed by the Yuzhou battalion, obviously at the mercy of others! ”

"Didn't the military newspaper say it? The county is in power, and Dou Jiande has committed the taboo of changing generals in battle? ! Zhu Shoude, another former relict of the former dynasty, nodded and echoed with a smile. However, this also shows that my Datang is destiny. Anyone who is the enemy of my Datang will definitely make a big mistake in confusion! "Your Majesty is blessed!" The other courtiers looked at each other and congratulated each other in unison.

"Hmm!" Li Yuan was photographed very comfortably, brushing his beard and nodding. The events of the past year or so do make people feel that even God is taking care of Datang. First, Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Chu, fell ill and died, removing the biggest hidden danger in the northwest of the Tang Kingdom. Then Du Fuwei announced the change of flag, and presented hundreds of miles of rivers and mountains in Huainan with both hands. The most incredible thing is that the strongest combat effectiveness of the entire Central Plains, the Wagang Army, was defeated like a mountain. After being attacked by Wang Shichong, he never recovered his vitality. Now Li Mi has been compressed by the Luoyang Army in a corner of Dongjun, and his defeat is imminent. In the name of sending troops to mediate, the Tang Kingdom marched eastward and took the opportunity to recruit many rare talents.

Now Li Mi, the commander of the Wagang Army, has given up his ambitions and privately sent someone to discuss with Datang the treatment after returning to Shun. Li Yuan very readily promised to give Li Mi a high-ranking official. The only requirement is that I hope the other party can help contact Xu Maogong and dedicate Ji Jun and Liyang Cang to Datang.

If Li Mi can complete the task. Datang's power in Hebei formed a flanking attack on Dou Jiande. In the future, the pacification of Hebei will be twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan was in a very happy mood. He cleared his throat and said with a smile: "I am the king of heaven, and General Cheng is also a rare lucky general. He should not be stingy with the credit he should be given. I remember that his current title is the founding county county, breaking the enemy, capturing the general, capturing the city, the three merits add up......."

"Your Majesty's appreciation of Cheng Mingzhen is his blessing!" Li Gang, the secretary of the Prince's Mansion, hurriedly bowed down and saluted, stopping Li Yuan's words. "But he is ambitious when he is young, and he is promoted too quickly, I am afraid that his heart is impetuous and frivolous, and he will invite trouble in the future!"

"Humph!" was discouraged for no reason, and a layer of dark clouds immediately appeared on Li Yuan's face. But in the blink of an eye, he remembered that not long ago, Cheng Mingzhen politely rejected the prince's solicitation. suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "Also, it's too fast to be a marquis in your early twenties." Forget it, I'm not going to raise his knighthood this time. Be gracious to his family. Pei Qing ......."

"Your Majesty, Cheng Mingzhen has no heirs. His father was a former general of the Sui Army, and he was involved in the unjust case of General He Ruo, and his whereabouts are unknown after being plugged! Hearing Li Yuan call himself, Pei Lin took a few steps forward and bowed in response.

"That's it!" Li Yuan was a little embarrassed, "Didn't he ask you to help find your relatives?" ”

"The minister searched the archives of the former military department and found only one name. The previous dynasty conquered Liao three times and fought against the Turks twice, and the border troops participated in it, thinking that they had been martyred! Pei Lin nodded and admitted calmly.

"Alas!" Li Yuan sighed very regretfully. In this way, General Cheng may have sacrificed his life for the country. Anyway, I rehabilitated Zhaoxue, restored his position, and posthumously dismissed Dr. Guanglu. His wife and mother, give a decree. ”

"If General Cheng has knowledge, he will also be grateful for His Majesty's kindness!" Pei Lin bowed and thanked Cheng Mingzhen. "Your Majesty might as well add some food to him. It also saves people from saying that I don't appreciate miracles in Datang! ”

"Okay, give 200 more households. The founding county uncle who eats 700 households is not often seen in my Datang! Li Yuan smiled and agreed to Pei Lian's request. In his impression, it is very difficult for Pei Lin to bring a junior, so he has to give this face. Maybe Cheng Mingzhen has a lot in common with Pei Lian. They are very cautious and very capable of doing things.

The ministers couldn't interject for a while, so it was inconvenient to object. Li Yuan and Pei Lin asked and answered each other, and many of them determined the rewards for Cheng Mingzhen and the commendations for the soldiers of the Zhaozhou battalion. The two gentlemen and ministers took a breath, and said in unison: "Wei Jun......"

"Wei Jun ......" Pei Lin swallowed half of his words back into his stomach and looked at Li Yuan with a smile.

"Zhu Qing thinks that Wei Jun can be guarded?" Li Yuan nodded and swept his gaze to the other ministers.

"Difficult" Song Guogong Xiao Yu shook his head lightly. "General Cheng had only 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command, while Wei had eight county towns under his rule. In addition, it is close to Dou Jiande's lair. If the Dou family army does not return to the division, it will be enough, and once it returns to the division, it will inevitably come to fight for Wei County! ”

"What's the matter?" Li Yuan thought for a moment and continued to ask.

"The soldiers and horses of Hedong are all confronting Liu Wuzhou on the front line, and there are no troops to increase. Soldiers and horses in other places, I'm afraid that far water can't quench the thirst of the near! The military department Shangshu Qu Tutong pondered for a moment and responded.

"That's a pity!" Li Yuan was very reluctant to spit out the territory he had just gotten out again, and said with a smack of his lips.

"Unless the soldiers and horses of the Duke of Luoyang are transferred to Wei County, and the support of Duke Xu Mao is obtained as soon as possible!" Qu Tutong thought about it and said again.

"I'll give it a try!" Li Yuan nodded in agreement, and then suddenly frowned again and asked, "There seems to be no news from Duke Luoyang's side recently, how is he confronting Dou Jiande, Yu Wenhua and the two?" If you don't have a chance, just withdraw to Wei County! ”

"No!" Song Guogong Xiao Yu immediately retorted. "The Great Sui clan and the important treasures of the country are all in the hands of Yu Culture. Your Majesty must not give up halfway! ”

"Your Majesty is the king of benevolence, how can you let go of Yu Wenhua and the thief who plotted to usurp?!" Li Gang, the Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion, came out again and reminded loudly.

Li Yuan was very dissatisfied with this old Confucian who was not able to eat the ancients. But for the sake of the other party's reputation in Confucianism and the fact that he had been the emperor's enlightenment teacher, he was unwilling to be too careful. I endured it and said with a smile: "I just had a whim." Since you are against it, I don't insist on it. preach the will to the people of the world, and let him seize the time to contact Li Mi to return to the Tang Dynasty. If Xu Maogong is willing to take the initiative to serve, don't care about the reward! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Seeing that Li Yuan had retracted his previous words, the ministers complimented them loudly.

"Whether the saint is holy or not, it is up to future generations to judge. You and Gu are in the game, it's not clear! Li Yuan's heart was touched for a while, and he sighed and said.

Qu Tutong glared at Li Gang fiercely and slowly retreated to his position. In his opinion, the previous ideas of himself and Li Yuan were promising, but they were broken in the hands of this old Confucian who opened his mouth and closed his mouth to teach the syllabus. This guy has nothing else to do, and the ability to find fault with people is a top trick.

Pei Lin also felt very helpless, smiled, and shook his head silently. Li Gang, the Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion, also felt that he was acting a little reckless today, thought about it, and bowed down and proposed, "Your Majesty, it is said that Cheng Mingzhen has some skills in military training. Why didn't Your Majesty allocate more money and food to him, and let him recruit troops on the spot in case Dou Jiande was in danger! ”

"There are many soldiers who are expensive and sophisticated. If you don't have time to train, the next time the Zhaozhou battalion faces the enemy, I'm afraid the result will be exactly the opposite of the result in today's battle report! Li Yuan sighed again and explained with a smile. Don't worry about it, military affairs are not the director's head! ”

Li Gang hit a soft nail and had to retreat back to where he should stand. Li Yuan looked at Pei Lin again, and was about to discuss a two-way plan with the other party, when a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from outside the palace gate.

The palace gallops on horseback, and only when transmitting extremely urgent military information can this qualification, otherwise it is a crime of killing the head. All the civil and military officers turned their eyes to the palace gate, only to see a messenger covered in mud rolling outside the palace gate, being held up by two guards on duty, and dragged up to the main hall in a swaying manner.

"River, Hebei urgent!" The messenger, who had been exhausted, took out a sweat-soaked military report from his bosom and raised it above his head, "Our army was attacked by Dou Jiande, and it is difficult for us to continue to gain a foothold in Hebei. Now it has retreated to Ki County. The Duke of Luoyang was injured by a stray arrow in the melee and his life was in danger! ”

"Ahh It was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Li Yuanjunchen, who was still elated just now, was all stunned, opened his mouth wide, and his face was full of disbelief.