At this time, it was the early dynasty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Tang Taizong, Li Shimin, and the ministers all heard the commotion outside.

Li Shimin asked: "It's noisy outside, what's going on?" ”

Before he finished speaking, a Lang Zhong (from Wupin) of the military department came in with a side newspaper in his hand, and his voice trembled and said: "Great victory, Emperor! ”

There was an uproar in the hall.

Li Shimin took the piece and swept it with his eyes, and said excitedly: "Okay! Good news! Li Jing came with good news, he had defeated Xue Yantuo's main force and annihilated 100,000 enemies. Hou Junji attacked and occupied the royal court of Xue Yantuo, captured more than 30,000 Xue Yantuo nobles and subordinates, and, with the cooperation of the Tuli Ministry, captured alive the Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo tribe. Completely solve Xue Yantuo's forces. ”

Li Jing briefly gave a brief account of the course of the war in the military newspaper.

It turned out that on November 28th, the Khan of the Xue Yantuo tribe, Yi Nan, personally commanded an army of 160,000 troops, and the troops went straight to Lixian and Xinzhou City in Xinzhou in two ways.

At the beginning, Xue Yantuo's army made smooth progress and easily took Lixian, only to find that Lixian was an empty city. Angry, the Khan ordered the burning of Li County.

Next, Xue Yantuo's army attacked Xinzhou City, but encountered stubborn resistance from the Tang army. They found that the walls of Xinzhou had been significantly heightened and reinforced. After three days of attack, Xue Yantuo's army suffered heavy casualties and made no progress.

In addition to attacking Xinzhou, Xue Yantuo's army also divided his troops to plunder everywhere. To their surprise, the smaller villages were deserted, and the larger villages and towns were fortified and heavily garrisoned by regular Tang troops. Xue Yantuo's army found almost nothing.

At this time, Yinan Khan discovered that the Tang army had already prepared. What he didn't know was that since the Tang army was no longer there to deal with the Tuli and Tiele troops, they had already gathered 250,000 troops on the front line of Xinzhou. And reinforcements are still coming.

Li Ji, the commander of the Longyou Road march, commanded the Tang army to hold the fortified city, delaying the attack of Xue Yantuo's army, and at the same time mobilizing cavalry to move to its two flanks.

On December 6, Hou Junji successfully attacked and occupied the royal court of Xue Yantuo. Xue Yantuo's army began to retreat, Li Ji commanded the army to counterattack on all fronts, and Xue Yantuo's army fought and retreated.

On December 10, the general Li Jing personally led 60,000 Tang troops under the command of Chai Shao, Xianggong of the State of Qiao, and outflanked the rear road of Xue Yantuo's army by means of the Tuli Department.

On December 17, the Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo tribe led 10,000 remnants of the army and fled to the Tuli Tribe, trying to take advantage of the Tuli Tribe, cross the Yin Mountain, and flee to Mobei.

Just as they arrived at the border of the Turks, they were confronted by the army of the Turks. Not only did they not let Yi Nan pass, but they also fired arrows at them to force them to retreat. Yi Nan and the others turned to the northwest, and at this time, his men fled one after another, leaving less than 3,000 people left. On the way, he met Hou Junji, who was outflanked, and Yi Nan was captured by him.

In this way, the whole war ended in only 19 days. It took 5 days for the good news to reach Chang'an, and it was December 22.

With a loss of less than 30,000 people, Datang successfully defeated the 330,000-strong attack of the grassland coalition army. and completely disintegrated Xue Yantuo's forces, and subdued the Tuli and Tiele tribes.

It was a great victory.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin and all the ministers felt as if they were dreaming.

Everyone still remembers last year's incident, when the Khan of the Xue Yantuo tribe forced her to marry Princess Anning of the Tang Dynasty, and she showed off her arrogance. It's only been a year, and he has become a prisoner of Datang.

The ministers were all surprised, in the past wars, if they did not fight for a few months, they could not tell the results, the people and money were lost, the national strength declined, and it could not be slowed down for several years.

Especially in this war, the grassland tribal coalition army sent 330,000 troops, such a large scale, everyone is prepared to live a long hard life even if they win the war.

I didn't expect that the war ended after only 19 days, which is really shocking. Everyone is thinking that this Li Jing and Hou Junji are too capable of fighting.

"Long live the emperor!" The ministers all congratulated Li Shimin.

Such a big victory is to hold a sacrifice in the Temple of Prayer, all the nobles of Chang'an City participated, and Tang Taizong personally sounded the prayer bell to comfort the ancestors, and then announced to the world.

Carnival, the entire Chang'an City has become a sea of joy.

Let's talk about Li Su, the king of Liang, he walked slowly on the road until December 25, when he returned to Chang'an City.

The first thing he did when he returned to Chang'an, he did not go to see Li Shimin immediately, but quietly came to the house of Wei Zheng, who supervised the imperial history.

Li Su, the king of Liang, said his intention, Wei Zheng was surprised, and the two talked secretly for half the night.

When Wei Zheng sent Li Su out, he said seriously: "Your Highness, don't worry, the minister will do his best to convince the emperor." ”

The next morning, after the morning court, Wei Zheng asked to meet the emperor alone.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin's study.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, this great victory has eliminated the threat of war from the grassland. It is gratifying, but the way in which the steppe tribes are managed as in the past is not possible.

Not to mention, a few years ago, now Yi Nan, in a few years, maybe there will be a capable grassland hero, and when the time comes, it will still pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the grassland can no longer be loosely managed, and the grassland must be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin felt that Wei Zheng's words were reasonable, but the grassland was vast and the tribes were numerous, and it was difficult to manage, so if you wanted to control the grassland, you had to garrison troops on the grassland, and the garrison would have many problems such as the supply of grain and grass, which would conflict with the current government and military system in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin decided to hand over Wei Zheng's proposal to the ministers for discussion, so that they could put forward their opinions and report them in the form of a recital.

On the way back to Chang'an, Li Su thought of a solution to the problem of the grassland. However, his credit for the wolf king plan this time is too great. He didn't want to be too dazzling, so he was ready to divide part of the credit.

Historically, the method of centralizing and self-governing the grassland was proposed by Wei Zheng, and the internal relocation of herdsmen was also implemented under his proposal, which ensured the stability of the grassland for more than 100 years, and it was not until after the Anshi Rebellion that there was turmoil on the grassland. However, when Wei Zheng proposed it at that time, it caused a lot of controversy.

Since the Tang Dynasty was able to solve the problem in history, Li Su did not plan to participate. So, he found Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng coincided with his thoughts, so he came forward to persuade Li Shimin.

The reason why Li Su went to Wei Zheng first was because if he went to see Li Shimin, Li Shimin would definitely ask about the situation on the grassland. With Wei Zheng's proposal first, Li Su just took the opportunity to beat the side drum.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Su asked to see Li Shimin.

When Tang Taizong Li Shimin heard that Li Su asked to see him, he was overjoyed and said, "Announce him quickly." ”