In the evening, the hall was brightly lit, and Li Hong was feasting today's meritorious ministers. √∟ Top Fiction, even if it was only a one-day battle, the results were brilliant, the Tang defenders suffered less than 2,000 casualties, and 7,000 Tubo elite cavalry were annihilated at one time. This is the most glorious record since the start of the war. Of course, compared with Pei Xingjian's annihilation of 10,000 elite horsemen in Tubo overnight, it is still a lot inferior. However, on the military merit book of Datang, such military exploits are also very dazzling.

Besides, today's hearty battle, Lu Dongzan's ass urine flowed, Tubo's morale plummeted, and if he wanted to continue to attack the city, the effect would be very poor, Lu Dongzan knew this, so he had to rest for two days, so it is still unknown whether Tubo will attack the city tomorrow, everyone has been defending the city for so long, it is good to be able to slow down and rest, Li Hong will hold such a banquet.

The people who attended the banquet were all from the military, and there were no local officials, and Li Hong had not seen a local official since he arrived in Hezhou. It's not that he doesn't want to see them, it's that he doesn't have time, and secondly, the magistrates in Hezhou are people from the Empress Wu, and he doesn't want to see them, so he directly asked them to go to Sun Chu, who appeared, to make an appointment to report on government affairs.

"Generals, today's victory over Tubo, you have made great contributions, come, I salute you for a cup!" Li Hong raised his wine glass and said happily. Indeed, when he came to the northwest, before he participated in the cruel war, Guo Shifeng annihilated 20,000 iron cavalry of Lu Dongzan, Pei Xingjian gave him a big gift, and the defenders of less than 20,000 annihilated 10,000 elite cavalry of Tubo overnight. And today, he destroyed Lu Dongzan's 7,000 elite cavalry in one battle, how could such a result and such a record make him unhappy.

The battles fought in the past few days are estimated to be nothing gorgeous when taken out alone, but when you gather them together, you will find that before you know it, the Tang Dynasty has annihilated more than 40,000 Tibetan elite horsemen in Hezhou and Liangzhou.

It's only been a few days? If Guo Shifeng and Pei Xingjian were given another month or more, they might not be able to kill Lu Dongzan and his 200,000 elite horsemen.

Therefore, the convergence of so much favorable news made Li Hong very happy. The first time he came to the northwest, he achieved such brilliant feats, and in the future, except for the Empress Wu, it is estimated that there will be no one else who can threaten his throne. Before, he was still worried about Li Xian, this talented, resourceful, forbearant and ambitious younger brother, but now that he has achieved such brilliant results on his trip to the northwest, he is no longer worried about Li Xian.

The emperor's family has no family affection, Li Hong doesn't want to do this, but this is the fact, and he can't change it.

He originally thought that his enemy was within the Xiao Wall, but now he found out that in addition to his mother Empress Wu, his enemy was not in Datang, but in the tens of thousands of miles of land outside Datang, and there were many countries that seemed to be powerful but were actually weaker than Datang.

Li Shimin, his grandfather only conquered the surrounding countries and defeated the Turks, and was crowned a heavenly khan.

He wants to replace his grandfather's great achievements, and he wants to achieve great things that the emperors of the ages cannot achieve, that is, to lead the country of the Tang Dynasty and lead this excellent nation to dominate the world.

At the same time, he also wants to use his actions to imbue this nation with a noble, military, and non-hypocritical character. Even if you win a big battle, you will not sacrifice your own interests in vain, and you can fight for every minute for the sake of the people of your country. The face of the great power of the Central Plains and the words and deeds of the first emperor through the ages must always represent the interests of the people.

Just like this time to deal with Tubo, in the past, if the Tang Dynasty defeated Tubo, it could only force Tubo to be a minister, if a few courtiers pretended to be forced to play the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven would also send money to Tubo to show the great mind of the great power of the Celestial Empire. But have you ever wondered, who started this big war? Datang defeated Tubo, what price did it take? How many soldiers died? Is it enough to just surrender to Tibet? If you want to give them materials and money, will the soldiers who died in the Tang Dynasty die in vain and will not get pensions?

Therefore, Li Hong will not, if you are defeated, you will either lose money, war reparations, or cede land, completely belong to Datang, and integrate into Datang. He Li Hong does not need hypocritical flattery, praise like a sage in the history books.

To put it mildly, the great power of the Celestial Empire, the state of kings, this kind of title is not obtained by money, not by giving materials and money to the other party, this is forged by the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

"To Your Highness!" The generals got up, raised their wine glasses, and toasted Li Hong.

If the Tang Dynasty had sent any prince or prime minister to the northwest before, their words today would only be flattery, but for the crown prince Li Hong, what they said was all sincere, because they found that the prince was enough to give them everything they wanted, and he was not a person who liked it so much, was self-serving, and selfish, the prince valued more the interests of the people, the interests of the Tang Dynasty, and he was also an ambitious and ambitious king.

Li Hong and the generals looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses and drank them all.

"General Guo, have you been properly deployed for tonight's defense?" Li Hong asked.

"It has been deployed, please rest assured, Your Highness!" Guo Shifeng said.

"In that case, you should drink freely, and do not be restrained." Li Hong said with a smile.

"No!" The generals commanded, laughing excitedly, being able to drink a lot of wine, eating a large piece of meat, and riding a horse at night, this feeling is really good, very good.

The wine banquet began, unlike the state banquet in the Tang Palace, which was luxurious and bold. The banquet in the army was simple and rude, with a sense of slaughter. For these men who lick blood on their knife heads, enough wine and meat is enough.

"Chen Gong, you let Li Duoqi come to see Gu." After drinking a glass of wine, Li Hong said to Chen Gong beside him. Chen Gong bowed away and walked in front of Li Duoqi and whispered a few words. Li Duoqi got up and walked up to Li Hong and said, "Your Highness, what do you command?" ”

"You go and inspect the city defense again, we can't be careless tonight." Li Hong admonished Li Duoqi. The reason why he didn't give this task to Guo Shifeng was because Guo Shifeng and they were very tired from fighting with Tubo today to defend the city, and his personal guard army was almost all resting. Now that Guo Shifeng and they finally have a chance to breathe, he naturally won't let them do this anymore, but handed over such a task to Li Duoqi, who has been resting.

"No!" Li Duoqi received the order and strode away.

Li Hong looked at the figure of Li Duoqi leaving, and said slowly, "Chen Gong, you can not participate in the battle during the day, but you can't be vigilant at night, you tell Zhao Zhongyong, tonight your guards and his Tubo elite cavalry should not sleep, and be on standby in the military camp at any time in case of accidents." ”

Li Hong is so careful, not that he is really timid, but just to prevent trouble.

Mengfuzi once said that born in sorrow and died in peace. Now that the Tang Dynasty has hit Tubo Lu Dongzan hard, it can't lose its vigilance because of this. Besides, there is a huge mysterious force that he doesn't know is helping Lu Dongzan, he can not be afraid of Lu Dongzan, but he can't be afraid of this mysterious force hiding in the dark.

"Your Highness, rest assured!" Chen Gong said, walked in front of Zhao Zhongyong, whispered a few words in Zhao Zhongyong's ear, Zhao Zhongyong knew what His Royal Highness the Prince meant after listening to it, and gave orders to Li Hong, so he deliberately controlled his drinking speed.

Li Hong just asked the three guards generals around him to refrain from drinking, and nothing else was involved, so even if Chen Gong didn't drink, Li Duoqi left, and Zhao Zhongyong drank less, but the atmosphere in the hall was very lively.

Two hours later, the banquet ended, everyone left one after another, and Li Hong also returned to the courtyard where he was staying to rest.

He didn't drink much wine tonight, but he tossed enough in the past few days, and unlike when he was in the East Palace, he only used nutritious medicinal food, so his physical strength was naturally a little exhausted, so he lay on the bed and fell asleep.

The night of Hezhou City was as silent as death, except for the defenders patrolling the streets, only the towers of Hezhou City were brightly lit, and the guards were vigilant guards.

Li Duoqi's army was also on standby in the barracks, but he himself only led a hundred iron cavalry to patrol the city.

And in a house not far from the city gate, the dead courtyard was murderous. Because the dark courtyard was full of black-clothed, fully armed men, they stood quietly in the courtyard without making a sound, but as long as the people in the courtyard did not dare to underestimate them. The number of this group of black-clothed people is not large, only a hundred people, but the battle intent and murderous aura exuded from their bodies are very strong, and they are definitely veterans of a hundred battles.

The soldiers in the courtyard were silent, but there was a faint sound of conversation in the house.

"Elder, when will we act tonight?" A middle-aged voice asked.

The elder coughed and said, "The leader said that let's act at the time of the hour, and all we have to do is to open the gate of Hezhou City, and the rest of the Tibetan army will be solved." ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult!" Another voice worried.

"Isn't Li Hong setting up a banquet tonight? Guo Shifeng and they were drunk, and the city defense would definitely be relaxed at that time, so what was the difficulty? The elder said angrily.

"Elder, Li Hong and Guo Shifeng are drinking, but Li Hong's personal guard Li Duoqi is patrolling the city, and there are a hundred iron horsemen around him, if we are discovered by him, it is estimated that we will not be able to reach the city gate, and we will be killed by him." The middle-aged man whispered.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Li Hong to be so cautious." The elder sighed, "What can you do? ”

"We might as well send a few people to the farthest place from the city gate to make some noise and lure Li Duoqi away." Someone suggested.

The elder pondered for a moment before he said, "Doing so will startle the snake, because as long as Li Duoqi keeps an eye on it, we may be finished, but now it's too late to think of other ways, so it's the only way." ”

"Go down and prepare! Tonight, do it now! ”

"Yes, Elder!"

……

"It's a pity, I can't kill Li Hong with my own hands this time."

"I don't know what the leader means, originally these hundred people were prepared to assassinate Li Hong, but now they want..."

"Don't say more, how can we question the leader's thoughts?"

"Hey! Working with the Tibetans, really—"

"Be careful what you say!"