In the end, the army did not pursue the Turkic tribes in the vast steppe, as Luo Yan suggested. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but on the second day of Li Jingsheng's account, a Tang newspaper was sent, and at the same time, the army pulled out and retreated to the border.

After packing up and looking back at the white snow of Yin Mountain, the soil that was gradually revealed from far and near was dyed brown and gray by the melting ice and snow, Luo Yan sighed lightly. After the order to march sounded, he took his soldiers and slowly marched south with the mighty procession in a slightly warm breeze.

When the army marched into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it happened to meet the messenger sent by the court.

When Luo Yan was summoned to Li Jing, he saw Li Jing laughing. Although Li Jing hadn't spoken yet, looking at this look, Luo Yan also guessed eight or nine points.

Sure enough, seeing Luo Yan's arrival, Li Jing seemed to order and ordered: "There is an official document from the court, ordering us to escort Jieli back to Beijing in advance and sacrifice prisoners in front of Mingde Gate." At that time, His Majesty will personally greet us and others, and General Luo and Tang Shangshu will make great contributions, and they will be at the forefront of the team when the time comes. I have called you here to tell you what to do when the time comes, and I have thought it through for the next few days. Alright, you go down and pack up, and we'll be out in an hour. ”

Luo Yan really wanted to scold people, co-author, you asked me to run over just to say such a sentence. Then when he was done, he told me to fuck off. What a fucking fuck. Wouldn't it be straightforward for people to finish speaking? Luo Yan, who was complaining, didn't pay attention to what Li Jing told him about the well-thought-out nonsense.

As soon as he pretended to surrender his hand to Li Jing, Luo Yan returned to his team on horseback. The so-called tidying up is actually a rhetoric. Everything that should be packed up when the army is marching out. What Luo Yan had to do when he came back at this time was to hand over the next affairs to his subordinates, and then wait quietly for Li Jing to tell him to hurry.

An hour later, Li Jing had already organized a team of 2,000 soldiers and horses. Led by him and Xu Shiji, plus Luo Yan, Tang Jian, Zhou Hu, Yang Bao, and other key figures, the group rushed to Chang'an on horseback.

Seven days later, twenty miles outside Chang'an City, the official post.

As early as the day before, there was an urgent report from the official post in front of him that a team of prisoners who had entered Beijing would arrive in a day's time.

Something similar happened once or twice during the Wude years. The newly appointed post man doesn't understand, but the old pawn in the post station knows it very well. Those who have been in the hotel for a long time were told to go to other places tomorrow to stay overnight, and they would not be open the door the next morning. At the same time, a large amount of sake and food and hot water are prepared.

This is the last stop in Beijing. Many important events are prepared to stop here, and report to the emperor before the next process begins. After preparing these, Yi Cheng came to his senses and hurriedly sent someone to report to Beijing.

No, after a busy period of the post and the post guards, everything was finally prepared before Li Jing's army of prisoners arrived at the post station. When watching the brigade of people and horses walking towards his small post station from afar, Yicheng didn't know how excited he was.

Although he is also a petty official who does not enter the stream, he encountered such a major event when he first came to this post station. If it is done well, when the time comes, the court will reward it, and you will definitely be able to get some light. Not to mention the promotion, there is still more or less reward. Thinking of this, Yi Cheng was so excited that he took a dozen or so post guards under his command and stepped forward to greet these horses.

It was only fifty meters away from the meeting that the army came in front of him.

This post man bowed down with a group of post soldiers: "Zhao Chuan, the next official post officer, meet the generals." Since yesterday, the post station has cleaned up all the residents, prepared food and hot water, and there are large open spaces inside and outside the post station for the army to station. At the same time, the news of the arrival of the army has been sent to Zhongshu Province. If the general has any other requirements, please show them together, and if there is anything wrong, let me wait for remedy. ”

This is how they came all the way, Li Jing nodded and said, "I'm tired." It's just that the task of escorting this trip is very important, and all the food under my command will be purchased by the soldiers under my command in Beijing, so there is no need for the things prepared in the post station. Alright, let's take us to the inn. ”

Seeing that Li Jing was also a good talker, Zhao Chuan nodded and walked back to the inn with the army.

Because of the scarcity of rooms, Luo Yan and Zhou Hu and Yang Bao squeezed into one room.

The three big men are huddled together, and the happy time is very much. Of course, there's no such thing as picking up soap. For this sacrifice ceremony, the three of them are now working hard to wipe their armor.

I don't know when such a set arose, when the time comes, the generals will be bright and shiny, the war horses will be in good spirits, their faces will be high-spirited, and their eyes will be as sharp as knives. To put it bluntly, it's just a word, how to pretend.

No, three people are bitter at the first word.

Zhou Hu and Yang Bao are better, after all, they have done many times to wipe their armor. But Luo Yan has never done this thing, he used to do it by subordinates, and he didn't pay attention to this during the expedition, so he didn't know that there was such a thing. Now that he was told to wipe his armor, he was really stumped.

Luo Yan's armor is more delicate than Zhou Hu's, but it is also more complicated to wipe. Because of his clumsiness, he was ridiculed by the two men around him, which provoked Luo Yan to pester them to test their martial arts. Where did Zhou Hu and the others dare to compare with him, in the end, they could only succumb to his obscenity, and obediently helped him wipe the silver scale armor.

I took a hot bath in the tub and fell asleep on the bed.

In the middle of the day, the army was called up. The ceremony of sacrificing prisoners was held at the beginning of the day, so it was necessary to arrive at the Mingde Gate at the beginning of the morning. Taking advantage of the heavy humidity in the morning, the large group of men and horses will not produce dust and make the army stained with dust and look embarrassed.

It is really a sin, and in normal times, a twenty-mile fast horse is only a matter of less than half an hour, but now it has to drag on for an hour. Old drivers all know that drag racing is easy and difficult to brake, like Luo Yan, who has just ridden a horse and played on the grassland for a few days, it really costs him his life to rush like this.

patiently followed Li Jing's side, replaying some of the chapters and sentences he had memorized over and over again in his mind, and successfully survived an hour by diverting his attention. In front of me, there is the majestic Mingde Gate.

At this moment, the people standing outside the Mingde Gate were full of onlookers, if it weren't for the Jin Wuwei to maintain order, plus the honor guards held up by the people on the left and right, the entrance and exit of the Mingde Gate would have been blocked by the people.

Li Shimin naturally took hundreds of officials to watch from the city gate. Looking at the team slowly approaching in the distance, Li Shimin waited happily. When he could see the faces of people clearly, especially when he saw Jieli surrounded by groups in the crowd, he happily shouted: "Xuan Ling, auxiliary machine, quickly, quickly follow me down to meet the army of prisoners." ”

"Well, Your Majesty, that's a bit too much." The eldest grandson Wuji looked embarrassed.

Since it is a prisoner, then Li Shimin is respected. Now that His Holiness wants to go down to greet him, isn't he surrendering his identity? The eldest grandson Wuji looked at the living room next to Li Shimin, and wanted him to give Li Shimin a reminder.

Without waiting for the living room to make a move, Li Shimin spoke: "Don't say that Jieli is the khan of a country. It's Li Jing and others, the merit of destroying the country, if I don't come forward to greet me, how can I be worthy of the soldiers who fought bloodily on the grassland. It must be known that this sacrifice of prisoners is not only a tribute to me, but also an affirmation of the Tang Dynasty soldiers. ”

Li Shimin said without even breathing, and then without waiting for them to make any moves, he went downstairs first.

Looking at the bright yellow figure that disappeared on the city wall in an instant, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling nodded helplessly, and said to the ministers behind them: "Since Your Majesty has this intention, I will go down to accompany Your Majesty to meet the army together." However, the captive offered was Jieli, so it was no wonder that His Majesty was so excited. ”

On Luo Yan's side, when the group rode to the middle of the crowd, Luo Yan felt like that big star. The people on both sides of the road kept shouting the names of these people, and from time to time they came with two sentences of long live the Tang Dynasty or something, which made Luo Yan feel a little proud in his heart.

The last time I came to Mingdemen to welcome the army returning to Beijing, it was when Li Shimin was the king of Qin. And now that he has changed from an unknown spectator to a person who rides a tall horse on the road and is looked at, the change of roles brings not only a change in identity and status, but also inner growth and maturity.

Seeing the yellow-robed figure walking out of the city gate, Luo Yan and his party, who were originally proudly enjoying the praise, immediately dismounted. The distance between the two sides at the moment is only a few tens of meters, so they are opposite to each other, Luo Yan's side is walking slower because of the horse, Li Shimin is like the wind under his feet, and he has come over for a long time in the blink of an eye.

In just half a moment, Li Shimin walked in front of the army.

"Minister Li Jing, led the army to march for more than three months, experienced dozens of battles, went deep into the Turkic hinterland, destroyed the Turkic royal court, and captured Jieli Khan. Now, he led all the soldiers under his command to offer prisoners to His Majesty. Li Jing hurriedly bowed down with a kind of general.

"Good, good, good." Li Shimin said three good words in a row, and then praised Li Jing and said: "Qing has worked hard and made great contributions, and the merit lies in the community." It was a pleasure to uproot the great trouble in my heart this time. Good. ”

Li Jing humbly said a few times, and Li Shimin walked up to Luo Yan: "Before coming, Guanyin asked me to tell you that the wall she demolished with a lot of money is now in her bedroom. Capture the thief and capture the king first, well done, you Luo Yan didn't talk nonsense. Another day, write the poem again. On the screen behind me, there is a place for you. ”

Li Shimin said hypocrisy, and Luo Yan was moved to hear it.

Buying people's hearts is just what they like, what does Luo Yan want? Isn't that trust and valuation? Now that Li Shimin and his wife have expressed such feelings to themselves, how can Luo Yan not be grateful: "The ministers are young and pampered, which makes Your Majesty suffer." Fortunately, he did not disgrace His Majesty. It is really Luo Yan's luck to be able to win the queen's attention among the reckless, and he has been paying attention to it until now, and he thanked the queen Longen. ”

"Okay, okay, okay." Li Shimin said three more good words, laughed and patted Luo Yan's shoulder, and then walked to Zhou Hu and Yang Leopard beside him.

"I am very pleased that you two have forbidden, and it is not a great achievement. The more difficult it is, the more you must not forget the promise you made, and you have done it. ”

"The last general always kept in mind His Majesty's decrees, and never neglected for a moment. But where there is a battle, it will be courageous. Thanks to His Majesty's blessings, he was lucky enough to follow the general to capture Jieli, and finally got some face and could see His Majesty. ”

"Very good, I brought the soldiers."

Finally, take a look at Tang Jian: "Tang Shangshu has sent envoys to the Turks many times, and has bought time for my Tang Dynasty to breathe several times. This time I was in danger, which really made me feel uneasy. Li Shimin was a little apologetic, looked at Tang Jian and said.

"But it is the honor of the old minister to be able to contribute to the country."

After saying a few words to everyone, Li Shimin walked forward with satisfaction, nodded, and asked the eldest grandson Wuji to preside over the prisoner sacrifice ceremony. (To be continued.) )