Li Shimin seemed to find it difficult to believe the content of this battle report, and read it several times with a serious expression.

This can make His Highness's ministers anxious, this is a battle that can only be won and not defeated. Datang is now famous in the world, and the most important thing is to be undefeated. Since Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, Datang's external record has maintained a complete victory, and it has gnawed hard bones.

Whether it is the Eastern Turks, or Tuyuhun and Tubo, they are all well-known guys in the local area, but the Tang Dynasty cleans them up like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, which can be described as invincible. Therefore, every country respects Datang, fears Datang, and does not dare to covet Datang in the face of Datang's flowery world.

But once Datang fails, the awe and fear will be reduced, and there will even be the idea that Datang is just like this, which will directly lead to the occurrence of war.

Of course, this is not that they are afraid, with the strength of the Tang Dynasty, they are not afraid of any enemy, but they don't want to waste financial and material resources in vain and fight some unnecessary battles. Just like the battle with Tibet, if it weren't for Du He's land reparation, the Tang Dynasty would not have received any benefits.

What's more, Datang is now in a sustained and stable development, and there are many wars, which will directly cause the economy to regress and lag behind. Rational arrangement of war and stable and sustainable development are the most important principles of Datang's governance. Therefore, Datang wants to grasp the initiative in the war and fight whoever it wants. Gather strength first and accumulate strength. Punch when your strength is at its peak, knock your enemies to death, then gather your strength, recuperate, and wait until you're at your peak again.

In this way, the lessons of the Han Dynasty were learned.

The Han Dynasty was as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but it was because of the years of war that the Xiongnu were constantly attacked, which led to the emptiness of the sea and the halving of the hukou. A lesson from the past, a lesson from the back, such a decision of the Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly the most clever.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty cannot be defeated, and only if it is undefeated can it firmly grasp the initiative to wage war and fight whoever it wants.

At this moment, both the main battle faction and the main peace faction are anxious.

Especially Du Ruhui, the chief attendant didn't say much, but he said the most critical time.

He said: "On the 10th of February, the vanguard general Du He led his troops and horses to the Chiting Valley, and the Western Turkic army of 70,000 came to attack ...... when he heard the news."

This sentence does not indicate the outcome of the matter, nor does it indicate how the outcome will be. revealed two messages: first, Du He served as a pioneer general; Second, the Western Turks dispatched more than ten times their forces to deal with Duhe.

Hearing these two news, how did Du Ruhui sit still, and how to calm down, his fists were clenched, cold sweat broke out in his palms, and his eyes were angry and worried: Du He is a pioneer general, and it is obvious that Hou Junji's fake Gongji has a great relationship. The first time he was entrusted with a heavy task, he encountered more than ten times the enemy, and the gap between the two sides was too great.

The eldest grandson was happy and worried, and he also saw Du He's greasy as a pioneer general, thinking that it would be better for Du He to die in battle, but the eldest grandson's family and the Li Tang Dynasty were both prosperous and lost, and they didn't want to see the Tang Dynasty defeated, so they felt very deeply conflicted.

The only person who is happy is the crown prince Li Chengqian, he is short-sighted, but he doesn't care about the victory or defeat of the Tang Dynasty, as long as his henchman Du He dies in battle, even if the Tang Dynasty is defeated, it doesn't matter.

Just when the Manchu Dynasty was impatient, Li Shimin finally reacted. He frowned, thought for a while, and suddenly read out loud: "Drive the horse to the battle, with five casualties, and destroy the enemy ...... 70,000" The tone was full of doubts, obviously very suspicious of this. As an emperor who has experienced a hundred battles, he naturally understands the difficulty of destroying 70,000 enemies, let alone under such a huge disparity in strength!

As he read it, he found a piece of sheepskin folded together like a book in front of the desk. Spread it out on the desk, it turned out to be a huge map, and the map outlined almost all the territories of the Tang Dynasty and the surrounding countries, including Gaochang.

He ignored the thoughts of the ministers, searched the map by himself, and as his fingers moved inch by inch on the map, he found the location of Chiting Valley, and finally let out a cheer and said with a smile: "This is it, good terrain, really good!" ”

He raised his head and laughed: "Not bad, very good!" Then he looked at Wei Zheng proudly and said, "Wei Aiqing, you underestimate the strength of my Datang too much?" Why does it take half a year, my precious son-in-law only took less than ten days of effort, with only the loss of five people, to achieve the results of destroying 70,000 enemies, pacifying Gaochang, scaring off the Western Turks, and occupying the Khan Futu City. He was overjoyed, and with joy, he opened his mouth and called Du He's "baby son-in-law" to come.

Hearing Li Shimin say this, the ministers were in an uproar, and they all showed horror and couldn't believe it.

Li Shimin asked the chief of the chamberlain to read the battle report, and then said: "With the loss of only five people, 70,000 enemies were destroyed, this battle is really happy, very happy!" ”

Wei Zheng couldn't help but be moved: "The strength in the hands of the horse is no more than 6,000 at most, and in the face of 70,000 people, it is at a great disadvantage. In the absence of reinforcements, how to 'pacify Gaochang, scare off the Western Turks, occupy the city of Khan Futu, and surrender Ashina Buzhen'...... How did he fight this battle? ”

Li Shimin laughed: "Grandson Youyun, 'surprising victory', I want to come to my son-in-law has his own way to win." More than ten years ago, wasn't it the same that I won more with less, and broke Dou Jiande in the tiger prison? ”

Wei Zheng nodded, his heart was shocked, and he couldn't speak.

The Battle of Tiger Prison was the most classic battle Li Shimin had ever experienced.

In the past, when Li Shimin attacked Luoyang, he besieged Wang Shichong in Luoyang. Dou Jiande led 100,000 troops to rescue, successively conquered Guancheng, Xingyang, Yangzhai and other places, and entered the east of the tiger prison. Due to the need for the Tang Dynasty's large army to besiege Luoyang City, Li Shimin could not spare the forces in his hands to meet Dou Jiande.

He consulted with his subordinates about countermeasures, and the generals mostly advocated retreat. However, he decided to divide his troops to besiege Luoyang, occupy the key points of the tiger prison, and prevent the Dou army from marching westward.

So, in desperation, he personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses to resist Dou Jiande's 100,000 male divisions and fought with one of them. In the end, the battle was successful, and the 100,000 army of Dou Jiande was defeated by 3,000 elites, and the victory was achieved.

The excitement of this battle of Duhe is no less than that of the battle in the Tiger Prison that year.

Du Ruhui was not worried, twisted his beard and chuckled, with a smug face.

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked, and there was also helplessness in his eyes that stealing chickens could not lead to a handful of rice.

As for Li Chengqian, he was jealous!

Li Shimin was overjoyed, his eyebrows fluttered, and he repeatedly picked up the battle report and read it, as if this battle was fought by him.

"That's all for today, retreat!" He waved his hand, took the battle report, and went straight to the Lizheng Palace.

As soon as I entered the Lizheng Palace, I saw Changle supporting Empress Changsun to spread out on the open ground in front of the courtyard, basking in the sun. Not long after Du He set out on the expedition, Li Shimin asked people to go to the Horse Mansion to invite Changle to live in the Lizheng Palace, but Changle repeatedly refused on the grounds that he wanted to replace Du He on the grounds of filial piety.

In the end, Li Shimin became angry, this married daughter is really spilled water, but filial piety to her father-in-law and mother-in-law should be, but can her biological father and mother not be filial? This son-in-law is still half a son, and this daughter is so careless about the family?

So, I personally went to the door, saying that I miss my daughter, you don't come to see me, I have to come to see you!

Changle also felt embarrassed and moved to live in the Lizheng Palace.

Li Shimin shouted from afar: "Changle, look at what a good husband I have chosen for you, it's really amazing, even I was surprised." ”

Changle was shocked, and he wanted to run forward when he raised his feet, but after glancing at Empress Changsun, he felt a little embarrassed.

Empress Eldest Sun smiled knowingly, nodded and said, "Go ahead!" ”

Two red clouds floated on Changle's face, she hadn't heard from Du He for several months, she had just experienced the newlywed Yan'er, she was alone every night, and it was difficult to sleep without Du He's arm as a pillow. The thoughts that could not be stopped all the time for four months finally overcame everything, and he couldn't be reserved, and ran towards Li Shimin.

"Father, is there any news of Du Lang, how is it, what is going on?"

Li Shimin saw that Changle was really anxious, and he couldn't bear to tease her, so he explained the results of Du He's battle one by one, "Before Hou Aiqing's army arrived, your Du Lang not only annihilated 70,000 Western Turk soldiers, but also surrendered Gaochang bloodlessly, scared off the Western Turks, and even Ashina Buzhen of the Western Turks also presented him with the Khan Futu City, the war in the Western Regions, and he completed the task assigned to the 100,000 army by me with only one person and 6,000 soldiers. I have to say that this battle was fought very beautifully, he almost single-handedly won the whole battle, and even the commanders of the three armies of Junji were far inferior to him. ”

Changle cried with joy, and was also happy that his husband had achieved this achievement.

When the eldest grandson queen heard this, she was also a strong Kwa Duhe capable, capable, a talented person who can be literate and secure, and a martial artist who can set the country, just like Hou Junji, and at the same time said: "He'er's surname and temper are much stronger than Hou Junji, and his future achievements will be far better than him." ”

Empress Eldest Sun said this casually, but Li Shimin was shocked in vain, and his expression changed slightly. He was so engrossed by Duho's victory that he ignored the details. looked at the battle report again, and frowned slightly when he looked at the words "Pioneer General", "Is this Junji boldly believing in Du He, or is he deliberately trying to harm Du He?" He continued to look at it, comparing the time, thinking about Hou Junji's personality, his face became more and more serious: "Junji is a very good person, how can he let Du He climb on his head?" There is also a problem with this time, Du He, a pioneer, will have so much time to break the enemy and set Gaochang? Unless the distance between the two sides is too far, Hou Junji has no time to stop Du He from making meritorious contributions. But why did Du He keep a distance from Hou Junji's army? ”

Many questions gradually gathered in his mind, gradually became clear and clear, and the answers came out by themselves.

His face was grim and said: "Come on, please ask Fang Du Erxiang to go to the Ganlu Hall to discuss government affairs." ”

(To be continued)