Xue Yantuo's army was completely wiped out by Li Ji in Ruozhenshui!

After listening to it twice in a row, the Turks still did not react, and were almost in a state of confusion.

It's incredible, but it happens.

Ashina Simo realized it later, and now he finally understands why Li Zhi and Xie Yi came to Dingxiang, and their feelings are here to delay time.

successfully diverted his attention and bought Li Ji time to go north and set up an ambush in Ruozhenshui. I didn't know about it, I didn't report the news to Xue Yantuo's people, and I didn't go north to attack, so Li Ji's ambush was very calm, and it was easy to succeed.

At this point, it doesn't matter how the process is, it's the result that matters.

Xue Yantuo has been completely annihilated, which means that he no longer has any assistance, and Li Ji's army is not far from the north.

It's scary to think about it, fortunately, I haven't acted rashly in recent days, and the army in charge of Li Ji turned around and headed south, do I still have a way to live?

Hmph, what a calculation!

The key is that people have succeeded in their calculations, and they have been kept in the dark and treated like idiots.

Alas, what a tragedy to think about!

But fortunately, idiots are also good for idiots, at least they didn't tear their faces, they just had contact with Tu Li, and they couldn't openly pull the flag to rebel, or make a clear promise, so the Tang Dynasty couldn't do anything about themselves.

Even if he lost Li Shimin's trust, His Majesty the Emperor had a lot of suspicion and hatred in his heart, and he couldn't do anything about himself. After all, there is one less crime, and he is still the khan of the Turks, for the sake of the stability of Dingxiang, Li Shimin will not act rashly.

However, from now on, this military power may ......

The emperor could not tolerate the military power in the hands of an unloyal person, and after Li Ji's army went south, there would definitely be measures.

Alas!

What else can be done now? Able to save the life of his family. Wealth and status are already considered a blessing in misfortune, who let himself be confused at the beginning, and indecisive in the middle?

If you miss the opportunity, you can only be a human sword, and I am a fish, this is fate!

As for the other Turkic nobles, they may still be a little unconvinced in their hearts, and they plan to wait for Xue Yantuo's army to arrive.

At this moment, there is no need to plan, and there is no chance to plan.

It was inevitable that Xue Yantuo would be exterminated. Although Yi Nan fled, but the main force has been completely annihilated, what can the remaining women and children do?

The steppe has always been like this, if there is a strong force, annexation and assimilation are going on every day, and there are too many tribes that have been annexed for thousands of years.

There are too many peoples who have completely disappeared into the long river of history, and as the steppe tribes of yesteryear, the Turks know it all too well.

Xue Yantuo is finished, what about the Turks?

If it weren't for the fact that the Western Turks were still strong today, perhaps the Turkic people would soon have died out in the long river of history.

As for the destruction of the people of Xueyantuo. Which tribe will take over the power vacuum on the grassland, it's hard to say now, the biggest possibility should be the Hui people!

Ashina Simo thought in his heart that the Tang Dynasty should not want the Western Turks to continue to expand eastward. They also did not want the eastern Turks to grow stronger, so it was most likely to support the Uighurs.

Not surprisingly, it is like this!

All in all, everything on the grassland will now be decided by the Datang people. This will be the case for a long time to come.

If nothing else, just that god-like earth-shattering thunder.

Ashina Simo's gaze fell on Xie Yi, and his eyes were quite complicated. This young man is really not simple!

At this moment, Ashina Simo finally thought of a possibility in hindsight, maybe Li Zhi's coming to Chang'an was not necessarily Li Shimin's arrangement.

A father, there is absolutely no reason to let his young and beloved son take risks easily, thinking of Li Zhi's previous life in Hedong, so a seemingly reckless possibility appeared in Ashina Simo's heart.

Maybe......

Maybe this is the result of Li Zhi and Xie Yi's own opinions, what can a thirteen-year-old boy have, the biggest possibility is that Xie Yi is in charge.

A young man in his early twenties dares to be so bold and courageous, and Li Ji, a famous general, is willing to cooperate with him. It's really not easy, Datang has gained too much from this talent.

For the tribes of the surrounding states, it is a tragedy, and Ashnasimo believes that this will be the case, which can be seen from the side.

……

Over there, Li Zhi was full of pride, hurriedly wrote down a note, sealed it with fire paint, and then handed it over to the envoy to take to Chang'an to report the victory.

The messenger left happily, this is definitely the heaviest good news in the past ten years, as a messenger he feels very proud, after returning to Chang'an, he will also be rewarded. Not to mention anything else, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has already issued a reward here.

"Xie Changshi, we succeeded!" Li Zhi turned around proudly and wanted Xie Yi to share this great joy together.

"Hmm!" Xie Yi nodded slightly, and it was only at this point that he was completely relieved, and this risky gamble was a win.

Yes, win!

On his side, even if he delayed time and created opportunities, Li Ji really lived up to expectations, lived up to the title of a generation of famous generals, and successfully blocked Xue Yantuo.

Originally, I just expected to block the attack, so that Yi Nan could retreat with difficulty, but I didn't want the result to be so unexpected and surprising. Annihilated Xue Yantuo's main force, this is really a surprise.

In this way, the historical trajectory in reality and memory is completely aligned, and the tribe of Xue Yantuo has indeed perished, which is no different from history.

Not surprisingly, Xue Yantuo's complete disappearance is only a matter of the past few years, and in the future, only their names will be in the history books.

After solving Xue Yantuo, the Turks will be much more settled, and now looking at Ashina Simo and a group of Turkic nobles, they are really much more honest.

On the grassland, everything depends on strength to speak, and it is indeed the absolute truth.

If the Heaven-Shaking Thunder only shocked them, Li Ji's great victory in Ruozhenshui almost scared them out of their minds, and completely cut off any possibility of their movements.

Now, they have to be honest.

At this point, it doesn't matter what happened to Songzhou in the southwest, whether the Tubo people were defeated or not, and the threat of war on the northern frontier was completely lifted.

The news of the annihilation of Xue Yantuo's entire army spread, and the Western Turks who pressured Lingzhou also knew each other and retreated, which was inevitable.

All in all. The trip to the grassland was a complete success, reaching or even exceeding the expected goal.

The good news has been sent to Chang'an, and while Li Shimin is happy, Chang'an City is equivalent to dropping a bombshell.

Especially Li Zhi, His Royal Highness the Prince Jin will completely go to the front of the people, and he will go back with great merit, which is an incomparable achievement of any other prince.

Li Zhi will use this opportunity to step onto the stage of history, and he will make a gorgeous appearance in the most splendid way, which is exactly what Xie Yi hopes to see.

As for themselves......

There is certainly merit, but there also seems to be no shortage of sins. The act of privately bringing Li Zhi to Dingxiang and sending troops without asking Li Ji for instructions is taboo to a certain extent.

Li Shimin will definitely ask the teacher for his guilt, but there is a huge victory, and there is a godlike earth-shaking thunder, and Li Shimin's attitude should be able to ease somewhat. Make up for the merits, at least the merits and demerits can be offset, as long as you don't ask about the guilt, as for the so-called credit and last time, Xie Yi doesn't care very much.

And after returning to Chang'an. It must also be deliberately low-key, or it must be the case from now on, for example, first of all, it must be alienated from the British Gong Li Ji.

Although Li Ji will be very important to Li Zhi in the future, it has nothing to do with him. In principle, it must be so. It is a serious taboo for a courtier to have a close relationship with a general who is commanding the order, and also to plan the dispatch of troops in a group, and with the consent of the emperor.

In this way, the two maintain a good relationship in private. Can the emperor rest assured? Moreover, the most important thing is that it will not do Li Zhi any good.

He is the governor of the Jin Dynasty, and Li Ji is the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou. To some extent, it is all Li Zhi's long history. It is not a good thing that the two right-hand men, civil and military collude with each other, as a prince, if the situation is serious, he may even be suspicious of the emperor.

In front of the throne and power, even father and son will be suspicious of each other, and there is no emotion at all. Even if Li Shimin and Li Zhi have a deep father-son relationship, others will use this to attack Li Zhi. As the chief of the Jin Prince's Mansion, Xie Yi felt that he had an obligation to reduce trouble for Li Zhi, at least not to become his weakness, and he didn't want to make trouble for himself.

If Li Shimin attaches great importance to Li Zhi in the future, if he does not pay attention to some of his actions and existences, it is very likely to become a stumbling block for Li Zhi. If Li Shimin loves his son, he will not find a way to clean up the stumbling blocks.

Regarding the succession to the throne, we must be cautious, this is the price that must be paid to get in touch with the core of Datang's power!

Therefore, after Li Ji's army returned, he should reduce his contact with Li Ji, or not contact him directly, and even create some contradictions.

Well, that's the case, presumably Li Ji also understands the whole truth, and there will be this tacit understanding. can become a general of the Pillar Country and hold a heavy army, if you don't even have this awareness, you will definitely not be able to live now.

……

It's easy to find an excuse to find fault with people, and when Li Ji's army returned to Dingxiang, Xie Yi followed the will of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, first rewarding the army, but also holding Li Ji accountable why he didn't catch Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan.

Yi Nan ran away, and suddenly it became an excellent excuse, Li Ji realized it, and Xie Yi also realized it. When he learned that Li Ji's subordinates had been chasing after him, but had never caught anyone, he completely understood.

It seems that the British public is also afraid of high merit and shocking the master, and is trying to find a way for himself, since this is the case, this double reed is easy to sing.

The only thing that I didn't understand was Li Zhi, and after Xie Yi explained a lot, Li Zhi understood ignorantly. A prince, a prince and a general with a heavy army are very close, and it is not a good thing to have a good relationship; At the same time, Li Zhi's accountability also paved the way for Li Shimin, and the British public's petition for guilt was easier to deal with.

To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a tacit understanding between Li Zhi, himself and Li Ji before, and they favor each other.

As a result, the battle was obviously won, but the atmosphere on the Dingxiang grassland was not very good. No one was in a hurry to leave, they were all waiting for Chang'an's holy decree.

……

"Good news, good news!"

When the cavalry with red feathers roared into Chang'an City, the city gate defenders and the people who received it all spontaneously gave way.

The messenger of the victory has always been of a superior position, and he can ride his horse in Chang'an City, and anyone who obstructs the delay will be punished.

Seeing the messenger of the victory, the defenders and the people of Chang'an were a little confused, where did the good news come from? Wasn't Songzhou's victory a long time ago? Did you beat the Tibetans? No, it should come from the southwest.

When the people were wondering, they only heard the messenger shout loudly: "If the real water is great, if the real water is great, if the real water is great......"

If the real water is, many people don't know, but since it is a great victory, it must be that the Tang army won the battle, and this is enough.

Under the avoidance of everyone, the envoy rode all the way to the gate of the palace, and then lifted the two copies of Li Zhi, the king of Jin and Li Ji, the British duke, and quickly ran towards the Taiji Palace.

At this moment, the court meeting has not yet ended, and when they heard the shouts of victory, the monarchs and ministers in the Taiji Hall stretched out their heads, and many people looked at each other.

Li Shimin's mood was slightly surging, and he had vague expectations in his heart, but he didn't know the specific situation, so he just said: "Announce quickly!" ”

The envoy who had been in the dust all the way was honored to enter the Taiji Palace, where the three princes and nine kings and the military generals could attend, hurriedly came to the throne, kowtowed and raised the music, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the British Duke Li Ji submitted good news, on the seventh day of the winter month, Xue Yantuo's army went south to invade my Tang Frontier.

His Royal Highness the King of Jin assigned Shi Liji, the governor of the state governor, to send troops to block the attack, and defeated Xue Yantuo in Ruozhenshui, and advised his main force to be more than 100,000. ”

Rumble!

The court suddenly exploded, and although the turmoil in the northern frontier was well known, it had never been put on the table. At this moment, the news suddenly broke out to confirm the rumors, but the results were extremely surprising.

Annihilated more than 100,000 Xue Yantuo's main force, this is the point.

Oh my God, what did Li Ji do in the north? If this move destroyed the entire Xue Yantuo, such an earth-shattering event would have happened in a trance.

Shocked, except shocked or shocked!

Including Li Shimin on the throne, he didn't react for a while, he knew that while his sons Li Zhi and Xie Yi went to the grassland to stabilize Ashina Simo, Li Ji led his troops to intercept Xue Yantuo.

He didn't have high expectations for this, he just hoped that the crisis could be resolved, not causing a military disaster, and his son could come back safely.

But I didn't want to, but it turned out to be ...... not only successfully resolved the border crisis, but also did an amazing and surprising event.

Xue Yantuo is over like this? Li Shimin had this idea for a long time, but unfortunately he never had the opportunity, and he was even more troubled to move his whole body, and it was difficult to concentrate his forces to attack Xue Yantuo.

But he didn't want to, in a trance, Li Ji got this thing done, it was so easy, it could be called effortless.

Surprise, His Majesty Li Er was pleasantly surprised, and he almost didn't know what to say for a while! (To be continued.) )