In Dingxiang City, the smell of blood has not yet dissipated, and countless corpses are lying in the corners of the city. The Turkic army left tens of thousands of corpses piled up in the streets, and with the addition of those people, the whole city was like a mountain of corpses.

Li Jing sat in Jieli's tent, rubbing his aching temples with both hands. He was very tired and wanted to take a break like this, but now is not the time, the army that came to meet him is still nowhere to be seen, and he is still in charge of the overall situation, how can he relax? And he wasn't in the mood to rest now, because there were still a lot of things that puzzled him and made him a mess.

His identity is very special, although his ancestors are from a military family, but the reason why he can have his current achievements is not because of his ancestors' shadows, but because of another opportunity. When he was young and frivolous, he met his current wife, Zhang Chuchen, in the house of Situ Yang Su of the former Sui Dynasty. This girl was originally a daughter of a good family, but because of her poor family, she was sold by her parents to the Yang Mansion and became a singer in the Yang Su Mansion. At that time, Li Jing was at the age of youth and impulsiveness, and fell in love with this beautiful singer at first sight, and made a private decision for life. In the process of escaping, Li Jing got the biggest opportunity in his life, was rescued by an old charcoal seller, and became a military giant of this generation.

Because of this identity, Li Jing has gained a lot, the endless treasure trove of soldiers, military books, and tactics left by his predecessors and sages. made him use soldiers like a god in later wars, and he has today's achievements. But it is precisely because of this background that he has almost no right to speak in the government and opposition where Confucianism now occupies the temple. And also have to face the suspicion of the emperor. Therefore, Li Jing has lived trembling all these years, and as soon as the war is over, the first thing he does is to hand over the military power. For if he had a large number of troops, the one sitting at the top would have no rest. Besides, Li Jing doesn't want to be anyone's henchman. Because he once made an oath in front of his master's grave that he would pass on the military family, if he really became the emperor's henchman, he would definitely be completely controlled, and the military family would completely disappear and become a part of Confucianism.

Li Jing's attitude determined that he could not teach what he had learned to others, and could only be buried in the loess with himself. This is the inevitable mentality of being an emperor, and if you can't use it for me, you can only let it perish. This is also Li Jing's sorrow. He has long planned to write the skills he has learned into a military book and pass it on, so that the sick family will not be annihilated. But this wish also needs Li Er's permission, and if he himself does not write without permission, it will be a great disaster. It is precisely because of these things that Li Jing has almost no alliance in the DPRK and China, and has always been a lonely person. This is also the reason why such a smart person as him would stand in the wrong line twice and three times. At the beginning, Li Yuan raised troops against the Sui in Taiyuan, and he disguised himself to prepare to go to Jiangzhou to inform, but was intercepted. Throwing himself at Li Yuan is actually his cleverness. He knew that his mentor's origin would definitely not be able to gain the emperor's trust, so he simply offended them first, and then served under their command, so that he would not touch too many secrets and keep the inheritance alive.

I lived most of my life tremblingly. Every time Li Jing takes a step, he must think about the various changes that may occur in the future, and deal with the case accordingly. Just like when Li Er sent Hou Junji to learn from him how to use soldiers, Li Jing didn't dare to disobey. But only half of it is taught, and the rest is not mentioned at all. This made Hou Junji feel that Li Jing was hiding his secrets. also went to Li Er to file a complaint. Li Jing had already thought of a countermeasure, and with a fluttering sentence, Hou Junji's grievances turned into ill-intentionedness: "Now I will be safe today." It is enough for me to keep the world safe, so why more? What do you mean? The meaning of the words is that Hou Junji has bad intentions, and I am afraid that he has other ideas. This made Hou Junji suffer a dumb loss, and from then on, he was secretly itching for Li Jing. But this is what Li Jing wants, don't form a gang, don't form a group, just be alone, if you really teach Hou Junji the art of war, then Hou Junji must treat Li Jing with a teacher's courtesy, so he will be labeled as a master and apprentice, which is not what Li Jing wants. And Li Jing is not optimistic about Hou Junji, he is too shady and uses more intrigues and tricks, such a person must not be a bright and upright person.

In addition to worrying about his identity, Li Jing was also worried about the future of the Tang empire, and he looked at the Tang Dynasty and found that the next generation of generals in the Tang Dynasty army was scarce, and there were almost no leading figures. The older generation is getting old, but the younger generation has not grown up, and the Tang army is facing an embarrassing scene. Thinking about him and Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, these people are already old, fifty or sixty years old, how many years can such a body and bones last? The younger Cheng Zhijie, Li Shiji is also in his early forties, and most of the younger generation are gentlemen, and the only ones who can really go to the battlefield to fight are Cheng Chumo of Cheng Zhijie's family and the two stupid sons of Wei Chi's family. As for Liu Hongji's son Liu Pengju and Li Shentong's grandson Li Pengcheng, these people all have obvious character flaws, and they still need a lot of training to really take charge of themselves. So Li Jing is very worried, if there has been no major war, then it would be better, at least let these little guys learn more from the older generation, but the real war broke out: Goryeo in the northeast, Turks in the west, Uighurs, Baiyue barbarians in the south, as well as Tubo, Tuyuhun, Tiele and so on, these places need a large number of leading generals! Li Jing has a headache every time he thinks about these things. Although he has been playing stinky chess on the sidelines, it is to alienate the power vortex. But after all, he is still a Han Chinese, so it is normal for people to worry about the Chinese nation and the Central Plains.

Thinking about these things, Li Jing thought of the kid who had already gone to track Jieli, His Royal Highness the King of Chu who couldn't even see clearly. Although he knew that there was already a mysterious school standing behind him, he was still a behemoth. But Li Jing still admires him very much, and hopes to teach his skills to this guy. This is also the most likely heir that Li Jing has unearthed until now.

Because Li Kuan's identity is relatively special, he is the biological son of the current saint, so he will definitely not betray his own country, even if he is a brother Ni Wall in the future, it is also an internal matter of the royal family. This is a contradiction in his own family, so Li Kuan doesn't care what he has learned. Not much of a loss for the royal family, at least for the one sitting on the throne. It's just that this is bound to offend the queen and the crown prince. At this point, Li Jing was a little undecided.

"Let's take one step at a time! This kid is the right person right now! Li Jing let go of his hand, stood up, a suit of armor rattled when he stood up, strode out of the tent door, and looked at the dark night Li Jing sighed. Stimulated by the cold air, the boredom in my heart was temporarily suppressed, and at the same time, I felt in my heart that returning to Beijing this time was like Li Er explaining this matter to see if there was any possibility of operation. Of course, for Li Kuan. It will take secrecy and some testing to determine if this kid is suitable. Now don't care about these for now, cheer up your spirits, and lead the surviving soldiers to start cleaning the battlefield, there are less than a thousand of the three thousand soldiers left, but it is enough to clean the battlefield, this time the cleaning is mainly to make up the knife, and when you see that there is still anger, you will make up for the knife to ensure that no one pretends to be dead. Then wait until the receiving troops come and pack up. Anyway, it snowed heavily, and the temperature was terribly low, so I was not afraid that there would be rot and cause a plague.

And there is another task, that is, to find Tang Jian. Although Li Jing also thought about Tang Jian's safety when he attacked at that time, he still ordered the attack, because if he wanted to rescue Tang Jian at that time. There must be an immeasurable price to pay, and he has only three thousand. The death of each individual is irreparable, and the Turks are fifty or sixty thousand. Such a gap made Li Jing have to use the somewhat evil "Confusing Divine Comedy". Fortunately, this thing is really effective, and the effect is exceptionally good, otherwise Li Jing doesn't know if he will lose this battle.

Not to mention Li Jing's cleaning of the battlefield, let's take a look at Li Kuan's side.

At the last moment, Jieli threw out the scimitar in his hand, and did not kill others, but flew straight towards Li Kuan, the scimitar was like a flying bone, spinning in the air, making a whining sound, and flew towards Li Kuan quickly.

Li Kuan choked and pulled out the horizontal knife, slashed straight over, the two knives intersected, and the stabbing brought out a spark, and then the sharp scimitar flew to the side, and at the same time, the Turkic khan was also thrown to the ground by the Tang soldiers who rushed up, and was captured alive.

Li Kuan didn't bother those who were cheering and celebrating, and left quietly with his big dog. Even many people did not know that there was once a man standing there watching them capture the Turkic khan. Only Zhang Baoxiang quietly stared at Li Kuan's departing back, with a hint of happiness on his face, as if he felt that Li Kuan did not compete with him for this credit and let him go. After all, if Li Kuan's identity really wants to share with him the merits of capturing Jieli alive, he Zhang Baoxiang really only has the lost teeth and blood to swallow, and he eats this stuffy loss, after all, the surname of the world is Li. That old man sits on the top, which is the biggest truth, and when he goes to any corner of this Datang, this truth is universal.

The group cheered and set up Jieli, and carried it back to Dingxiang City like a New Year's pig, where they wanted to celebrate the victory of this battle.

The fleeing Turks scattered and fled in all directions, and they were very scattered, so there was basically no way to pursue, and it was not a way to let it go, so Li Jing decided to send a team of 500 knights, with Dingxiang City as the center, to drive them within fifty miles, and drive these routs far away. As long as it lasts for two days, the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty will arrive, and at that time, they will sweep the entire grassland area in one fell swoop and drive those Turkic rout troops to the desert.

Li Kuan had already returned to the camp before Zhang Baoxiang and the others returned, and walked through the camp that originally belonged to the Turks with the big dog, Li Kuan looked for his small team, and he only knew those people in the army.

After turning around several camps, he finally found the place where his team was stationed, which was very close to the luxurious tent of Jieli, and also on the top of the small hill, but before he reached the camp, he heard the crying from inside. The voice was low, with endless sadness, with a resolute despair. It seems that the whole world has been shattered, and there is no sense of meaning in life.

Although Li Kuan hadn't seen the crying person yet, he could already hear who it was from the voice, the crying was a woman, so there were only three people in his camp, and the first thing to do was to cry so unscrupulously, then the maid was excluded; The voice of Yicheng among the remaining two is not so soft and expressive, and this cry with Wu Nong in Jiangnan can only be made by Queen Xiao. It's just that Queen Xiao is crying, what are you crying about? Why is crying so contagious? I'm afraid it's a fight with Meng Jiangnu crying down the Great Wall.

Li Kuan walked straight to the place where the cry came from, and saw several soldiers of the Xuanjia Guard carrying a headless corpse, ready to carry it out of the camp, and Empress Xiao's thin and thin body was lying there, pulling the hem of the corpse's clothes, tears flowed downward, but the pear blossoms brought rain, and Chu Chu was pitiful. Li Kuan felt distressed for a while, but when he remembered that this woman was already in her sixties, he couldn't accept it.

"What's going on?" Li Kuan stepped forward and asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, a corpse was found in the camp, and the result was Xiao ...... That's it! The soldier who was asked replied.

"Old Madam Xiao, what's wrong? Do you know this deceased? Li Kuan walked up to Empress Xiao and asked out loud.

"My poor political way...... I didn't expect you to leave me alone like this......" Empress Xiao's tears flowed down her blown-up face, and she cried out heartbreakingly. Sobbing softly can inspire pity, but it's a bit ugly when you go too far.

No matter how beautiful a person is crying like this, it is no longer beautiful, so Li Kuan actually calmed down at this time: "People can't be resurrected after death, let's mourn!" Either way, his life may have been easier to die! You're still going to live, aren't you? Li Kuan said comforting words, patted the legendary woman's fragrant shoulder, said no more, turned and walked into the largest tent in the center, which was reserved for him.

Just as Li Kuan walked to his tent, from a prisoner cart in the center of the camp, there was a sneer, Princess Yicheng was loaded in the prisoner cart, she was not like Queen Xiao, she was powerless, and actively cooperated, she was the smelly and hard pit stone. So Liu Wei simply threw her into the prison car. The thin clothes were blown up in the cold wind, clinging to her body, although her face was covered with cold, this princess of the former Sui still held her head proudly, and would never bow her head to the traitor and thief in her heart. (To be continued......)