When the commendation was announced, the names of Li Jing, Qin Feng, and Li Ji naturally appeared many times. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The deputy generals of the three major generals, including Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Yanjin, Xue Wanche, Zhang Gongjin, and Gao Yongsheng, also appeared one by one, but it was not them who appeared most frequently. In addition to the three major generals, Zhang Shigui under Qin Feng is the most named general, and his record is also extremely impressive: the last emperor of the previous dynasty, Yang Zhengdao, the empress dowager Xiao Hou, and Princess Yicheng, who repeatedly opposed the Tang Dynasty, have completely faded out of people's sight, even if there are conspirators, they can't make trouble in the name of the previous dynasty. His battle can be said to have cut off the bomb of civil strife for the Tang Dynasty, ranking third and worthy of his name.

The fourth one is still from the generals under Qin Feng, and he is Su Dingfang, who led the army alone.

When he led the army into the north alone, he swept away more than 80 small and medium-sized tribes of the Turks like a nail, and at the same time, he also exterminated countless bandits and other green forest thieves, providing the necessary security for the upcoming Silk Road. Next, when chasing the fleeing Jieli Khan, when he delayed his exhaustion plan, he also fought every battle, showing extraordinary bravery. Regardless of wisdom and bravery, Su Dingfang has a brilliant side in this battle, and in the face of his achievements, many people with a heart have already noticed that the Tang Dynasty has another rising star.

When Qin Feng heard that Zhang Shigui's merits were second only to their three main generals, and Su Dingfang's merits were fourth, he was happy in his heart for these two famous marshals with the most brilliant achievements in foreign wars in the history of the Tang Dynasty: With their current merits, the two can be said to stand out and truly enter Li Shimin's sight, and from now on, there will be no encounters in their previous lives.

Zhang Shigui is "good at riding and shooting, and his arm strength is outstanding", "bending the bow for one hundred and fifty pounds, and shooting left and right without empty hair". At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he also gathered people to revolt, and later returned to Li Yuan and was named Guanglu Doctor. According to Li Yuan's will, he conquered the city in Henan and developed his power. In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, after Li Yuan captured Chang'an, the capital of Sui, he sent Sima Liu Wenjing to pass through Henan. Liu Wenjing, with Zhang Shigui as his guide and relying on the territory he occupied, won a series of major victories in the Henan battlefield. Li Yuan rewarded Zhang Shigui for his repeated military exploits. In May of the second year of Sui Yining, when Li Yuan was proclaimed emperor in Chang'an, he named Zhang Shigui to enter Beijing to see him, and added the official Tongzhou assassin history. Since then, Zhang Shigui has become a famous general in the Li Tang Dynasty. In the first year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Zhang Shigui followed the Qin king Li Shimin to the west and won the victory of eliminating the separatist forces Xue Ju and Xue Rengao. Then, Zhang Shigui was appointed as the "Commander of the Horse Army", and defeated Wang Shichong's 50,000 horse infantry coalition army with inferior troops, creating a cavalry example of winning more with less. In the "Xuanwu Change" in which Li Shimin seized the throne, Zhang Shigui made great contributions. "The Old Tang Book Taizong Benji" clearly records: "In the ninth year, the crown prince was built, and the king of Qi, Yuanji, plotted to kill Taizong. On June 4, Taizong led his eldest grandson Wuji to ...... Zhang Shigui is equal to Xuanwu Sect. Li Shimin knew from his own experience the importance of the position of "Xuanwu Gate Chief", so after he became emperor, he immediately appointed Zhang Shigui as "Xuanwu Gate Chief" and became the head of the Praetorian Guard.

As for Su Dingfang's exploits, there is no need to go into details, he has extremely brilliant exploits in Chinese history, but the first half of his life is a dusty pearl, and there is no soil for development. It is only because of the famous ministers and fierce generals of this era, there are too many wise and brave people, and Su Dingfang is a general who has been following Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin, and he did not become a Tang general until the Zhenguan period. Although he has a talent, his qualifications and reputation are pitiful, and he has no chance to show himself and prove himself. The only outstanding thing was to follow Li Jingqi to attack the Turkic Khan's court, he was the first to enter Jieli's tooth tent at that time, and he was also named Zuowu Hou Zhonglang General. But what he showed was his own bravery, not his ability to command the army.

When it comes to bravery, in the martial Tang Dynasty, if it weren't for Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Biting Jin, and other brave tiger generals of the three armies, who were famous all over the world, there were countless people who could be called brave. Because of this, once Zhenguan, Su Dingfang did not have the opportunity to show his ability level. It was not until the Gojong Dynasty that Su Dingfang, who was sixty-three years old, showed his talent in the campaign against Goguryeo and entered Li Zhi's sight. Then it only took him ten years to destroy the Turks in the west, Baekje in the east, and Tubo in the south, across thousands of miles, annihilating the three kingdoms before and after, and capturing their kings alive, so that the countries of the Western Regions were shocked and surrendered.

The first half of their lives were completely different, one was reused by the emperors of Li and Tang, but rarely had the opportunity to participate in foreign wars, and the other was unknown due to the stain on his history. Historically, the two have in common that they became famous in old age. At the same time, the two also portrayed Li Daozong together in the history of the clan, and portrayed all kinds of wild histories as despicable, shameless, jealous and virtuous traitors. In fact, Zhang Shigui has always trusted, respected and vigorously supported his subordinate Xue Rengui, and there is no harm at all. Similarly, Su Dingfang did not kill the non-existent Sui and Tang Dynasty Seventh Jie Luocheng, and similarly, he also taught and promoted a generation of famous generals Pei Xingjian.

In later generations, whenever Qin Feng saw the heroic deeds of Zhang Shigui and Su Dingfang, he couldn't help but think: What would happen if the opportunity of the two of them came earlier, not as a bad old man, but when they were discovered in the prime of life? How terrifying will his foreign war exploits be? Of course, at the time, it was all fantasy......

Now he has crossed over, and by chance he has met them and taken them in as his subordinates.

While accepting the two of them, Qin Feng had an idea to tap their abilities and let them enter Li Shimin's eyes earlier, wanting to see how far this foreign war hero could grow. As he expected, Zhang Shigui and Su Dingfang's military talents were amazing, and they became his relied on arms in a short period of time, and they made such achievements in just over a year.

Qin Feng was sincerely happy for the two of them, and at the same time, he was proud that he had changed the fate of the two...... He touched his beard, glanced back at the red-faced general, and thought, "Your achievements will be better than in history nine times out of ten, but the title of the first foreign war hero will have to be given to me...... With me, you can't get it. Hehe, the Turks have fallen, and the exploits that belong to you to destroy Goryeo and Baekje will be mine, buddy, take a long-term view, Central Asia will be your stage. ”

During the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, Li Shimin would also announce in public the disposition of the Turkic prisoners. If the death sentence is pronounced, it will be dragged directly to the execution ground to be punished, and if the sentence can be forgiven, it will require the grace of forgiveness from kneeling three times and bowing nine times.

Regarding the disposition of Jieli, Li Shimin had already discussed with the Manchu civil and military forces. There are two different voices in the court, one is more radical and directly kills the matter, and the other feels that the survival of Jieli is related to the Turkic remnants in the north, and if Jieli is killed directly, it will cause the remnants to feel uneasy, so as to break away from the control of the Tang Dynasty and flee from the Tang Dynasty to Xue Yantuo, the Western Turks and other departments, affecting the overall situation.

For these two voices, Li Shimin, as in history, chose the latter.

In the face of the disposal of the Turkic remnants, Li Shimin has not come up with a definite decision so far, and it remains to be discussed. But one thing is certain, after all, the people of the Central Plains are the people of the Central Plains, not beasts from the grassland, and they cannot do such a cruel and inhumane thing as genocide. Grassland birds and beasts can exterminate humanity and slaughter tens of millions of people in the Central Plains, but the people of the Central Plains cannot slaughter millions of grassland people.

Although there was no clear decision on how to deal with the Turkic remnants, Li Shimin did not want to cheapen Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks in vain, so he forgave Jieli's sin, bought him a farm house in Chang'an, awarded him the rank of general, and put him under house arrest in Chang'an, and was not allowed to return to the Turks. As for the other Turkic chieftains, the left and right chambers, the left and right virtuous kings, and the sixteen sheriffs, and other captives who should be killed, they will not be merciful. The Turkic Sixteen set up Li Shimin to kill seven. As for the stubborn Sili, Ashina Sheer, and Qibi He Li, they all survived, and chose to work for Datang because Datang forgave Jieli.

These three famous Turkic generals who have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty have finally become members of the Tang army.

With the end of the prisoner dedication ceremony, the next thing is the relief that all the generals who went out to fight, and the highlight after the big victory...... Award people according to their contributions.

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Li Shimin, who was full of spring breeze, met with more than 30 generals headed by Li Jing, Qin Feng, and Li Ji in the Taiji Hall of the main hall of the Taiji Palace.

"Turkic tigers and wolves, repeatedly invade the border. When the time comes, start to ask for it. Li Jingyi, the governor of Gyeongju, did not avoid the enemy, intelligently observed the subtleties, densely packed sharp soldiers, and pointed to the generals. Winning a thousand miles, there is no last resort, to Chen Shiju brigade, beheading the prisoners. Then he broke the Turks and northern Xinjiang, and captured the head of the thieves and Chang'an. Wei Zhen Beidi, only the famous general Bai Han Weihuo can be compared, specially sealed the position of Sima, crowned the golden purple Guanglu doctor, gave 2,000 horses, and sealed 1,000 households. ”

Li Shimin's voice fell, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked.

Li Jing pacified the Turks and won the great feats of the world, and there must be a lot of awards, but no one expected that Li Shimin would directly crown Li Jing as Sima and directly take charge of all the armies in the world.

Sima, who was first nicknamed Da Sima, was the chief executive in charge of the entire military, and Li Jing directly became the head of the military attaché and was in charge of military affairs. This is not the most critical, the most critical thing for Li Jing is to crown Doctor Zuo Guanglu. This military general was awarded the honor of Wenxun, which means the transition from a military general to a civilian official.

The Tang Dynasty was heavily martial, and generally speaking, the status of military generals was higher than that of civil officials, but the real influence of the imperial court, and the civil officials above 10,000 people under one person were always unchanged.

Li Jing's transfer from martial arts to literature will undoubtedly be a prelude to the feudal marquis and worship the prime minister. Li Jing won such an honor......

The civil and military generals who understand the truth of each are all envious, and entering the prime minister and participating in state affairs are all things that all civil and military people dream of. Li Jing's face was simple, and his expression could not show joy or anger. I accepted the reward very calmly.