With the end of the battle of Nuozhenshui, a tragic border battle since the defeat of the Xue Yantuo army ended - the more than 200,000 Xue Yantuo army in addition to its commander Dadu set up in the Tang army under the deliberate connivance of more than 100 soldiers to escape, the whole army was exhausted, the whole battle Xue Yantuo army died more than 40,000 people, captured more than 170,000 people, and the Tang army before and after the total loss of more than 10,000 people, if not counting the five or six thousand Tang troops who died when the two cities of Shuozhou and Kaiyang were broken in front of the head, from Li Zhen's exit to the total annihilation of Xue Yantuo's army, In total, there were only more than 4,000 casualties, and although the results were not unprecedented, they could definitely be called brilliant, and the biggest credit for this was naturally attributed to Li Zhen.

If the credit is not credited, Li Zhen doesn't care much, what Li Zhen wants is actually a recognition - the army is a place that emphasizes merit, there is no military merit in hand, whether you are a prince or a famous family, it doesn't matter, this time it's good, the name is also there, and the henchmen are not few, and the mountain is erected, although the power is still very weak, but it is good to have some team, right? As for the future development, it will be discussed later, anyway, Li Zhen's name of "Jiangxing" at this time is solid, and he can speak among the generals in a group of sub-armies, and he is no longer a disciple of a certain person, but it is quite worth celebrating.

Although the Tang army won a complete victory in the first battle of Nuo Zhenshui, nearly half of Xue Yantuo's national forces were annihilated, how could it be that it was close to midwinter, and the sky was cold and frozen, and it was not a good time to fight at this time, the Tang army did not have the corresponding preparations to continue the conquest, so it could only withdraw to Shuozhou, and stationed in Shuozhou City, except to report the battle situation to the imperial court, but there was nothing to do, more than 100,000 troops were so idle, as for whether to continue to conquer Xue Yantuo next year, it would depend on the results of the court meeting.

To tell the truth, war or not, Li Zhen doesn't care much anymore, without him, even if he fights again, it is just icing on the cake for Li Zhen, and now it is important to seize those henchmen in his hand - although Shuozhou after the catastrophe is short of materials, but this is difficult for Li Zhen, no, Li Zhen has not yet arrived in Shuozhou, so he has already sent someone to notify the "Yan Ji Firm" to send a lot of pigs, sheep, wine and other rewards from the customs in an urgent manner, heh, Li Zhen has just arrived in Shuozhou, everything is all in order, for several days, The barracks were full of the strong aroma of Yan Ji's wine "Victory Return", and the whole army was so happy that they couldn't praise Li Zhen enough.

Wine is fine wine, Li Zhen's amount of wine is also good, but he can't stand a group of fighting men toasting all day long, but it has only been two days, Li Zhen can't deal with it, and finds an excuse to slip away, and hides in the manor purchased by the "Yan Ji Firm", and refuses to drill into the barracks again, according to Li Zhen's words, this is called avoiding the limelight, and after two or three days, the wine in the barracks should also stop, and then go to sweep the tail.

Yanyuan, one of the industries of "Yanji Firm" in Shuozhou, although there was no less burning and looting in Shuozhou City when Xue Yantuo's army broke the city, but it did not move the industry of "Yanji Firm", not for the sake of Li Zhen's backstage face, in fact, because "Yanji Firm" is the largest trading merchant between the Tang Dynasty and the grassland tribes, and all the grassland tribes are related to the "Yanji Firm" - the salt, tea, silk, iron and other things needed by the grassland tribes can only rely on those merchants who travel between the Central Plains and the grassland. Without these merchants, the lives of the vast majority of the grassland tribes immediately had to fall into poverty, so the grassland tribes would not touch those merchants under normal circumstances, which is the reason why the property of the "Yanji Firm" in Shuozhou was not looted.

The wild goose garden is actually not big, that is, a three-entry courtyard covering an area of more than 100 acres, the furniture and furnishings are also very ordinary, and the only thing that can make Li Zhen look at it is actually the word "quiet". Li Zhen, who has been fighting for nearly half a month, has already been tired enough, as soon as he hid in the wild goose garden, he immediately slept all day, and never got up for twelve hours, which is considered to make up for the sleep that he had not slept in the previous days, but it was also very comfortable, but unfortunately such a cool day was very short, no, early in the morning, Li Zhen had just gotten up, was freshening up and changing, and was going to have a beautiful breakfast, when he saw the old Liu Tou, the steward of the wild goose garden, hurriedly walked in, saying that there was a guest coming to the door, or standing in the snow outside the door for a night, Asked Li Zhen if he saw it or not.

Well? Li Long? I haven't heard of it, but I actually stood in the snow all night, what the hell? Well, this regular script is really not bad, it has the charm of Yu Shinan, it's a little interesting! Li Zhen looked at the famous thorn handed over by the housekeeper several times, but he didn't remember what this Li Long came from, and said in a deep voice: "Steward Liu, this person came to the door to stab, why don't you ask him to come back another day?" ”

Hearing Li Zhen's words, there was a faint sense of blame, Steward Liu's old face turned red, and he hurriedly replied: "Lord Wang, the little one really said it a few times, but the man didn't listen, and asked him to rest in the gatehouse, but he didn't pay attention to it, just blindly stood in the snow, God knows how the heavy snow overnight can't freeze this person." ”

Well? Heavy snow? Oh, good boy, this is to show us his skills, this kid can withstand a night of heavy snow, which shows that his kung fu is already quite clever, plus that beautiful regular script, ha, it seems that we will definitely see him, hey, interesting, it doesn't hurt to see him. Only then did Li Zhen notice that the snow outside the window had already accumulated a thick layer, and her heart suddenly moved, and she generally understood what the intention of the visitor was, and said with a smile: "Then invite him to the study to meet him, and the king will go after dinner." ”

Steward Liu hurriedly answered, trotted all the way out of the garden, went straight to the mysterious visitor's side, and said very politely: "Mr. Li, my prince invites you to meet in the study." ”

The visitor who claimed to be Li Long saw that it was Steward Liu who came out to deliver the message instead of Li Zhen personally greeting him, and he was stunned for a moment, frowning, but he didn't say much, just nodded casually, shook his body, shook off the snowflakes on his body, followed Steward Liu, and strode into the garden.

The breakfast is good, there are seven or eight kinds of bacon, winter bamboo shoots, shark fin soup, white buns, etc., which makes Li Zhen, who has eaten more than a month of military food, very comfortable, and it is easy to use the meal, Li Zhen then patted his belly with satisfaction, and walked towards the study with a smile on his face, just as soon as he entered the door of the study, he saw a white-clothed scholar who was busy getting up to greet himself, Li Zhen shook his hand with a smile and said: "No need to be polite, Mr. Li has something to ask the king, and come and listen." ”

The person who came obviously didn't expect Li Zhen to even save a greeting when they met, so he asked bluntly, and immediately paused, then laughed, and asked rhetorically: "Why did the prince say this?" ”

Ha, test Lao Tzu, hey, sample, your kid's tail has long been exposed! Li Zhen smiled indifferently and said: "If you are courteous to others, you must ask for something, and this is also true." Moreover, in terms of Mr.'s literary and martial talents, it can be regarded as clever, although this king is not a person who is thirsty for talent, but he is also a talented person, if Mr. is not so urgent, this king will definitely come to your house to invite, since your Excellency is so insistent, then this matter must be extremely important, why not ask this king directly? ”

"Oh?" Li Long smiled and applauded: "King Yangyue for a long time is the king of the Tang Dynasty, both civil and military, I have seen it today, and he is even more witty and unparalleled, amazing, amazing, but His Royal Highness doesn't know that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind?" ”

"Bold, that's all you can say?" Li Zhen's face changed suddenly, and he said with a calm face: "If Mr. today can't tell the reason, then don't blame the king for not being merciful." ”

Li Zhen was tired of going through the battlefield, and his body was very angry, and this anger, a huge coercion suddenly rose, and the characters such as the little maids who were waiting on the side were all so frightened that they fell to their knees, trembling all over, but Li Long was good, and shook his head indifferently and said: "Why does Your Highness bother to test the grass people, the prince knows this matter, but there is really no decision, what he said is right?" ”

Good boy, look at what you said, damn it, Lao Tzu was caught up in the conversation by this kid, ha, it's interesting, let's fight with us. Li Zhen glanced at Li Long, who was calm and calm, and suddenly realized that he was led by the nose and left, and immediately changed his smile and said: "Right or not, there are others to talk about, this king is calm in his heart, there is nothing that cannot be said to others, hey, but what does Mr. want from this king, you can say it, Mr. should know that this king is busy with military affairs, and there is really no time for chatting, please forgive me." ”

As soon as Li Long changed the topic, he faintly saw that Li Zhen had fallen into the trap he had designed earlier, and he was excited, but he saw that Li Zhen's understatement came out with a few words, and his face changed faster than turning a book, and he was suddenly relieved, but he was also greatly relieved - if Li Zhen didn't have such ability, Li Long was afraid that he would be disappointed.

"What the prince said is very true, the grass people are asking the prince for something, however, before the grass people speak, there is still a question, please answer the prince with his heart." Li Long let out a sigh and looked at Li Zhendao with a pair of eyes full of earnestness.

His grandmother's, what the hell does this kid want to do? Li Zhen frowned, and said calmly: "Mr. can ask, but this king may not be able to answer, but if this king answers, then it must be the truth." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Li Long bowed respectfully, took a deep breath and said, "Dare to ask the prince what he thinks of the people of the grassland?" ”

Well? How could this be the problem? A gleam flashed in Li Zhen's eyes, she glanced at Li Long coldly, and asked calmly, "Who is you?" ”

"It doesn't matter who the grass people are, I also asked the prince to solve the doubts of the grass people first, and then the grass people have something to say." Li Long was not intimidated by the chill in Li Zhen's eyes, and said calmly.

Uh-huh, good guy, let's not talk about this kid's ability, just this kind of bearing is a bit of a look, hey, this kid is related to the grassland tribe nine times out of ten, could it be that he was sent by Dadu's child? It's possible, but it's not like, who is this kid? Li Zhen looked at this guy who called himself Li Long suspiciously, and fell into deep thought......