Is it more than 3,000 people killed?

Judging from the five thousand people led by Li Kong, it doesn't seem to be much.

But if you add in the proportion that the battle was only one hour and the casualties were only two hundred, this record would be a bit against the sky.

Therefore, at this time, the entire Ganlu Hall was silent, and Fang Xuanling, Eldest Sun Wuji, Li Tao and Li Jing, who were urgently summoned by Li Shimin, were stunned by this good news one by one.

Especially the eldest grandson Wuji, he really wanted to say that Li Kong was lying about the battle situation, but he couldn't say this sentence now anyway, because Datang needed this battle report too much now.

Of course, he didn't suspect that Li Kong had underreported his own casualties, but that he suspected the number of enemies Li Kong killed, after all, now Li Kong had already led people to the direction of Jicheng and went straight to Liaodong, if there were too many casualties, he didn't have the courage to do that.

"Which of you knows anything about this Liu Renliang?" Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Li Shimin skipped the content of the good news first, and asked such a sentence.

Because on the good news, Li Kong mentioned this Liu Renliang, saying that he was a courageous and talented, which could be of great use.

As a Ming Jun, Li Shimin naturally couldn't easily believe Li Kong's words alone, so he took them out in public and asked.

The ministers looked at each other, and then shook their heads, Liu Renliang at this time was not famous, it was strange that they could know.

But at this moment, an attendant suddenly came from outside the door and said, "Your Majesty, the pass guard Liu Renliang's performance." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then Li Shimin took the fold over, sighed deeply after reading it carefully, handed the fold to the eldest grandson Wuji in front, and said, "This person has a bit of ability." ”

According to the statement on the song, Liu Renliang is now only a lieutenant of Zhichong at the pass, with no more than 500 men under his command, but after he was abandoned at the pass in the ninth year of Wude, he actually split and expanded his 500 men to 3,000 in four years, and there are 500 cavalry.

This time, he killed 1,000 enemies, captured 300 people, and annihilated a total of 5,000 Goguryeo cavalry, and none of them escaped.

But it is such a person, Li Shimin has never heard of him for so many years, including the people below who don't know about his existence, which is simply the biggest loss for Li Shimin.

He is now more and more dissatisfied with the family, and talents like Liu Renliang who are born as commoners are becoming more and more rare for him.

The eldest grandson Wuji knew Li Shimin's thoughts, so he said: "Your Majesty can send this person to lead the troops north, gallop to help Li Kong's department, just in case, if this person is really talented, he can also accumulate some merits for the future and block the slander of some people!" ”

Li Shimin squinted at the eldest grandson Wuji, then shook his head and said, "Since this person is talented, let's transfer to Chang'an first, I remember that Zuo Wei seems to lack a forbidden army captain, so let's do it first." ”

"This ...... The old minister takes the order! The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth, and then responded helplessly.

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin continued: "Yunfeng's side is considered to be stable for the time being, but I can't do nothing, Li Tao, I will pardon you as the head of the march of Hebei Province, and coordinate all military actions against Goguryeo, okay, let's disperse!" ”

After speaking, Li Shimin got up and prepared to leave, but suddenly he thought of something, turned his head to look at Wei Zheng and said, "Wei Qing, the envoy from the Wa Kingdom is still in the post house?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly!" Wei Zheng responded to Li Shimin's gaze.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Feel free to pick some rewards for them and let them go back!" ”

"......" Wei Zheng was stunned, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Li Shimin fleeing and leaving the Ganlu Palace, leaving Wei Zheng confused.

The eldest grandson Wuji patted Wei Zheng's shoulder with some sympathy, shook his head and left with a smile, Fang Xuanling and the others also had similar expressions, they really had nothing to say about Li Shimin, the somewhat wayward emperor, the most important thing was ...... It's none of my business!

Wei Zheng tilted his nose and said angrily: "How can it be so? Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say! ”

So saying, he chased him out......

Night fell again, in the western mountains of Shanhaiguan.

Li Kong was holding a piece of dry cake and nibbling on it, with a pot of hot water next to him.

In the afternoon, he received news that there were only 500 Goguryeo soldiers in Shanhaiguan, but there were enough grain and grass for 30,000 troops in March.

At Yingguan, a hundred and fifty miles north of Shanhaiguan, there was a cavalry force of 3,000 men to deal with possible emergencies.

From Yingguan to Shanhaiguan, if the cavalry broke through with all their might, they could reach it in two hours at most, so if they were to attack the city, they would have only one hour at most.

Of course, they should also pay attention to the Goguryeo army in Jicheng and Jinkou in the south, and there are no less than 50,000 Goguryeo troops active in the hundreds of miles between Jicheng and Shanhaiguan, far and near, so if you want to attack the city, the risk is still very large.

But the temptation of enough grain and grass for three months for 30,000 troops was too great, so big that Li Kong couldn't give up at all, so he was in trouble now.

Is it to kill into the city and destroy the grain and grass?

Or did he sneak into the city and destroy the grain and grass?

The former is too risky, and if one is not careful, all of his five thousand people will basically have to be scrapped here.

Although the risk of the latter is a little smaller, if he is alone, it is estimated that he may not be able to burn all the grain and grass until tomorrow.

In general, in fact, the former is more straightforward, so after only pondering for less than a quarter of an hour, Li Kong decided to wait until after midnight to attack the city, but before that, they still need some people to infiltrate the city and be responsible for opening the city gate after midnight, otherwise it would be a joke for their cavalry to attack the city.

Even if they can take it, it will cause a very big loss, and he Li Kong can't afford this loss.

After making some arrangements, Li Kong entered a state of closing his eyes and recuperating, and the others also hurried to eat, and then fell asleep, waiting for midnight to come.

Outside the Shanhai Pass, more than a dozen men dressed in Goguryeo soldiers' clothes quickly entered the city, then changed their clothes, dressed up as some captive slaves, and scattered around the city gate.

There were a dozen or so soldiers guarding the gates, but as time went on, their spirits became worse and worse, and by about the end of the day, eight out of ten soldiers had fallen asleep, and the whole Shanhaiguan was very silent.

More than a dozen people gathered together again, and the last five rushed to the city gate at great speed, killing the eight who were asleep neatly, and the remaining two were directly cut off by people.

"Quick, dispose of the corpses of these people, change into their clothes, and prepare to welcome the general into the city!" One of the chiefs shouted in a low voice and took off the clothes from the corpse first.

At the same time, Li Kong, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Everyone get on the horse and set off in a quarter of an hour......