Chang'an, Taiji Palace.

The Tang Saint sat on the imperial steps, with a majestic face and a cold gaze, revealing the momentum of seeing through everything.

In the main hall, hundreds of civil and military officials stood on both sides, and the audience was silent and somewhat depressed.

A civil official suddenly stepped out of the crowd and said loudly: "Holy Lord, the minister has a word to write." ”

"Accurate!"

The civil official continued: "Xie Shengshang, Dingyuan General Qin Li led the army to the expedition, and it has been more than two months now, and the military department has not received any news, has it been defeated, and it is not afraid to face it head-on?" Recently, rumors have spread in the outside world, some say that General Dingyuan was defeated, some say that General Dingyuan does not learn and has no skills, and will only talk about it, and some people even say that General Dingyuan has supported the army and respected himself. ”

Li Er's eyes narrowed, and he looked at the other party a few times quietly, but did not answer.

Not taking a stand is also an attitude.

As if encouraged, the civil official continued: "Shengshang, the minister has no prejudice against General Dingyuan, but he just monitors the people's situation, finds abnormalities, and has to report, General Dingyuan has been on the expedition so far, but there is no news, not to say whether the war was defeated, but the act of not writing is a great disrespect to the imperial court, and please Holy Mingjian!" ”

After speaking, the other party returned to the train.

None of the generals came out to speak, and all of them were cold and silent, which was very abnormal.

The audience was silent again, and a strange aura permeated.

Many people in the civil official group secretly exchanged glances, and the new Hubu Shangshu hesitated for a moment, but still came out and said: "Shengshang, Weichen thinks that this wind cannot last, whether it is defeated or victorious, General Dingyuan should not pass on the book, let the Shengshang worry, let the court worry, and also worry the family of Erlang, do not follow the rules, and cannot be a square circle." ”

"Hou Aiqing, what do you think?" Li Er asked quietly.

Hou Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, gathered out of the ranks and said: "Shengshang, the Ministry of War has its own rules, if everyone follows, the work of the Ministry of War is difficult to operate, the minister thinks that this example cannot be opened, the minister has also led the soldiers, and knows the difficulties of the front line, but no matter how difficult it is, it cannot be reported, so that the court has no way to judge and miss more." ”

"The ministers seconded it!" Many civil servants came out and expressed their support.

How shrewd Li Er is, how could he not see that this is a conspiracy and want to use the "no report" to bring down Qin Huaidao, but what he said is reasonable, Li Er can't block the mouths of the people, and looks at the prince Li Chengqian meaningfully: "Prince, what do you mean?" ”

"Back to my father, my son thought that he hadn't seen a word for more than two months, which was really disrespectful, no matter how difficult it was, no matter how bitter it was, he should come back with news, even if he was defeated, he didn't report it, and his son was worried that there was something else behind it." Li Chengqian's speech was not fast, and he looked a little perfunctory, but the words he said were murderous.

What does it mean otherwise?

It doesn't matter if you support the army and stand on your own, but as a prince, it is not appropriate to insinuate.

The military generals were not silent, they all looked at Li Chengqian, there were some different colors in their eyes, Li Jing hesitated, still did not defend, and also signaled others not to act rashly.

At this time, the more you talk, the more passive you become.

A flash of disappointment flashed in Li Er's eyes, the dignified prince, the prince, actually openly doubted the courtiers, so that people could see what they were thinking, there was no basic city government, this is the way to be a king?

With the support of the prince, the Wenchen group became more and more excited, and they seconded the proposal.

Public opinion in the DPRK has been one-sided, and there is a great momentum that it will not give up until it is dismissed and questioned.

Qin Huaidao's failure to report did make Li Er passive, his face became more and more cold, and he was about to use the procrastination trick to press it down, when there was a sharp shout outside, like a tone after being excited, during the court meeting, it was said that no one outside dared to make a noise, unless the military situation was urgent for eight hundred miles.

Thinking of the military situation, Li Er suppressed his thoughts, planning to wait and see.

Soon, the sound outside was much closer, and he faintly heard the words Dajie, not very clearly, Li Er's heart moved, and he pricked up his ears.

The courtiers also heard the commotion outside, and the superintendent Yushi was about to jump out to impeach and disrupt the court meeting, when he suddenly heard the words "great victory" and forced him back.

The court meeting shall not be disturbed, except in case of emergency military situation.

Because the voice was close, everyone heard the "great victory", looked at each other, Datang recuperated, where did the great victory come from, is it ...... Thinking of a certain possibility, one by one is as disgusting as eating a fly, and just now the impeachment is not reported, and there is actually a big victory?

The crown prince Li Chengqian's face also changed greatly and he became flustered.

If it is a great victory, what you just said will become a laughing stock.

Li Er saw Li Chengqian's flustered expression, and became more and more disappointed, as a monarch, let the courtiers see that their thoughts were already wrong, and they were panicked, and their joy was not done by the prince, but after all, it was his own son, the prince, who couldn't be broken in public, and looked at Wang De, who hurried out of the hall with understanding.

Soon Wang De returned, led a messenger in, with a small yellow flag, the messenger ran with a gray face, his eyes were bloodshot, but his eyes were extraordinarily bright, he held a box in his hand, wrapped it in brocade cloth, and shouted hoarsely: "Shengshang, great victory, great victory in Yingzhou." ”

"Yingzhou, hurry, bring up the good news." Li Eryi heard that it was Yingzhou, and stood up excitedly, although there are often flying pigeons to send messages, but only a few words, not details, the battle situation is all speculation, I can't wait, seeing that the messenger is standing unsteadily, his lips are chapped, and he added: "Come on, bring my ginseng soup to this strong man." ”

"Thank you for your grace." The messenger is overjoyed, ginseng soup does not matter anything, this grace can be blown for a lifetime.

Soon, Wang De took the box, opened the brocade cloth wrapped outside, and then opened the lid, but there was no mechanism inside to hurt the saint, and when he saw that it was indeed a letter inside, he didn't dare to take it out and look at it, so he hurriedly handed it over.

Li Er picked up the letter and looked at it, there were two letters in it, one signed by Xue Wanshu, and the other signed by Qin Huaidao, hurriedly looked at Qin Huaidao's first, almost ten lines at a glance, and quickly finished reading the content, and suddenly set off a shocking wave in his heart, thinking that he had made a mistake, and looked at it again.

This time, Li Er looked at it very carefully, did not let go of a word, and after making sure that the above content was correct, he was ecstatic: "Hahaha, okay, worthy of being a fierce general of mine, didn't you say that General Dingyuan would not report it, Wang De, read, let everyone listen to it." ”

The generals were relieved when they heard the praise, knowing that it was a real good news, wouldn't their son be stained?

Thinking of this, the generals looked at Wang De excitedly, and Wenchen, especially those who came out to impeach, bowed their heads and said nothing.

Wang De took the letter and read aloud: "Shengshang, the minister Huaidao bowed in Yingzhou, the blizzard closed the road, the people and horses are difficult to walk, it is difficult to report, I implore the saint to punish, since the leader of the army, the minister has not thought about the holy grace all the time, and did not dare to live up to the trust, after entering the boundary of Yingzhou, he led the army to sneak attack the Xiwandan Department, killed more than 1,000 enemies, captured innumerable, returned to Yingzhou, poured water into ice to build the city, strengthened the defense, repelled the Goguryeo invasion army, killed more than 2,000 enemies, the enemy army could not be attacked for a long time, changed the siege, the minister led the three brothers of the Cheng family, the two brothers of Wei Chi, Fang Yiai, Luo Zhang, Li Yixie, Li Dejian and others sneaked out of Yingzhou overnight, braved the snow and ran for thousands of miles, sneaked into Liaodong City at night, burned hundreds of thousands of stone grain, forced the invading enemy army to lack food, and were unable to attack our Tang City, and successfully returned to Yingzhou without a single casualty. ”

Reading this, Wang De deliberately paused and looked at the military general group.

The parents who were recited their names had a smile on their faces, and they actually infiltrated Liaodong City and burned hundreds of thousands of stone grains with one fire, what a great achievement is this?

Li Jing is also happy for his son, with this credit, he can get an official position when he comes back, thinking of grain and grass, many uncertainties in his heart suddenly open up at this moment, no wonder the 100,000 enemy troops are obviously going south, but they are not in a hurry to attack Pingzhou, it turns out that they are in a hurry to raise food everywhere.

Wang De's sharp voice sounded again: "The minister learned from the mouth of the governor of Yingzhou that 50,000 enemy troops went deep into the Khitan two days ago to get food, just when the blizzard fell, the mountain was closed and the road was closed, and it was difficult to move an inch, the minister made a snow sled, and taught the army the method of snow walking, and then chased into the Khitan territory, killed 50,000 Goguryeo enemy troops, none of them were caught, and then killed He Dahe, captured his tribe, cleared the snow, pouted the passage for five days, and was blessed by the saint, and the whole army returned to Yingzhou safely. ”

"Fifty thousand, all wiped out?"

There was an uproar in the main hall, and they all showed incredible looks, and some people wanted to question it, but no one dared to deceive the good news of eight hundred miles of urgency, unless the nine clans were tired of it.

The generals were envious, that was a great achievement.

Guogong, who was accompanied by his son, especially Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong, smiled so much that the corners of their mouths were open.

Wang De continued to read: "After returning to Yingzhou, the minister asked Kedun to select cronies to contact the Khan, five days later, the minister led the army to ambush the snow field, sneak attack the Khitan army that rushed to the Khitan, killed nearly 30,000, captured the Khan and the clan elders and other Khitan high-level, captured innumerable, saved more than 50,000 Xi people, and got the Khitan and Goguryeo alliance book, there is the signature of the patriarch of the Taiyuan Wang clan, according to the Khitan Khan's confession, the Taiyuan Wang clan promoted the alliance between the two parties, and carved up the Tang Dynasty along the way, the alliance is too important, the minister is worried about accidents on the road, and does not dare to hand it over to the messenger, and also ask the saint to investigate. ”

"Thirty thousand again?"

"The Book of Alliances?"

"It was actually the Taiyuan Wang family?"

Cheng Yanjin already knew, but it did not prevent him from taking the opportunity to take eye medicine, and shouted loudly: "Holy Lord, please lead an army to Taiyuan and arrest all the people of the Wang clan." ”

Wei Chigong also came out and said: "Shengshang, the Taiyuan Wang clan is a rebellion, and the ministers ask the saint to decree that all the clansmen of the Wang clan who are officials in the court and the officials recommended and supported by the Wang clan will be taken down." ”

"Poof, poof!"

Countless Wang clan people collapsed to the ground, and even the officials who were recommended and supported by the Wang clan felt that the world was spinning, and they fell down one after another, and some people climbed forward with a rolling belt, while shouting bitterly: "The saint, the saint is clear, the lower officials don't know, the Taiyuan Wang clan is plotting to rebel, the crime is unforgivable, and the nine clans should be punished." ”

More people came up to clear up the relationship and beg for mercy, and the hall instantly became noisy.

Li Er shouted with a cold face: "Come on, take them down." ”

A large number of Qianniuwei rushed in and carried people out, shouting, and the sound of sparing lives gradually faded away, and the hall returned to quiet, but there was an oppressive atmosphere.

Li Er glanced at Wang De, and Wang De continued to read knowingly: "Shengshang, the two or thirty thousand Khitan troops who fled back returned to the grassland, and found that the department was looted and annexed by the Xiwantan Department, and there was a big chaos, but there was no need to worry, the minister let Fang Yiai as the main one, and Xue Wanshu's nephew Xue Feng as the deputy, and went deep into the Khitan territory with the Khan token, and recruited all the departments to join forces to take the Xiwandan Department, and the minister led the army to find the Goguryeo 50,000 army hiding in Liujiabao, creating an avalanche, burying most of the enemy army, and killing all the rest, and seizing countless grains and grass, which could not be transported away, When it was distributed to the victims, it was learned that more than 10,000 enemy troops were in Wangjia Town, and the army could set off and take the town, and more than 10,000 enemy troops were all killed. ”

"Fifty thousand again?"

"And another ten thousand?"

"Cause an avalanche."

Everyone exclaimed when they heard this information, killing 50,000 is already very good, but I didn't expect to kill 50,000 in one fell swoop, and eat another 10,000 by the way, an avalanche is a natural disaster, how can people cause an avalanche?

Everyone had doubts in their hearts, but no one raised it at this time.

Li Er was also shocked, but when he thought of Qin Huaidao's repeated miracles, he chose to trust.

"Silence!"

Wang De raised his voice and shouted.

Although everyone didn't believe it, they quieted down.

Wang De continued to read: "After interrogation, it was learned that the other 50,000 troops who went south gathered in a natural port north of Shanhaiguan, and the army set off after resting for one night, and arrived at the destination three days later, and the ministers led the sons of the nine princes to infiltrate the enemy camp again, set fire to the grain everywhere, and directly cut down and killed after being exposed, killed the torches, and caused the camp to be bombed. ”

"Fifty thousand again?"

"Bombing the camp?"

Everyone is not stupid, they know how terrible it is to bomb the camp, if it is really a bombing camp, it is not impossible to kill 50,000, but this is too incredible, when did it become so easy to fight?

The generals were excited, although they didn't do it themselves, but they were also honored, right?

"Holy Lord, the minister is the Tang Dynasty."

Cheng Yanjin excitedly came out and shouted: "110,000 enemy troops have been destroyed, there is no more trouble in the territory, Goguryeo is injured and bones, this is a great victory, when he congratulates, the minister congratulates the Tang Dynasty to get a peerless general, pressing 5,000 men and horses, but stirring up the storm, not only captured the Khitan Khan, created chaos, but also killed a total of 160,000 Goguryeo regular troops, burned hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass, who can do it in the world?" Datang has this great talent, and the empire is worry-free. ”

"Holy Lord, the minister is the Tang Dynasty."

The generals echoed one after another, and the generals were simple-minded, and whoever was powerful would obey whomever they could.

Comparing hearts to hearts, it is absolutely impossible to change yourself.

The civil official wanted to question it in person, but he was afraid of being slapped in the face, and he wanted to end the court meeting as soon as possible.

"The good is still to come, keep reading." Li Er said excitedly.

As soon as everyone heard it, they were afraid that they were going to heaven, so they pricked up their ears and looked at Wang De again.

Wang De felt that he had lived for decades, and had never been so concerned as he is today, so he hurriedly read: "The army of the commander returned to Yingzhou, and learned that Captain Fang had recruited all the troops to defeat the Xiwandan Department and merge the Khitan into the arms of the Tang Dynasty, so he sent Li Dejian to rush to converge and take over the command, worried about the lack of troops, and asked the governor of Yingzhou to support the 1,000 border army, and Xue Wu, the son of the governor, was the general, and went east to conquer the city of Goguryeo Phnom Penh, once it was taken, it continued to attack the new city in the south, and the minister led the main force to Huaiyuan, once it was taken, the two armies became corners, tearing open the Goguryeo defense line, Come and don't go to the indecent also, Huai is far away from the town, take the hand, wait for the minister to take the Liaodong City and then report to the book, at that time, I implore the saint to send a general from Dengzhou, Laizhou to cross the sea, and the south of the minister, take most of Goguryeo, the minister, Huaidao in Yingzhou on the book, congratulations to Sheng'an, the Tang Dynasty! ”

Silence, deathly silence.

Everyone didn't expect Qin Huaidao to be so fierce, not to mention killing the 160,000 Goguryeo army, but also taking the Khitan, doesn't it mean that the Khitan and Xi people will be the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the future?

This is the work of expanding the territory and pouring the sky!

Cheng Yanjin and the other princes laughed so hard that they couldn't find their eyes, how correct it was to open up the territory and expand the territory, how correct it was to stuff his son into the army at the beginning, how fortunate it was, although the main merit was Qin Huaidao, but then drank the soup, this soup was too thick.

Wenchen Group is silent, his mind is complicated, with the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, who can still move to Qin Huaidao?

Who would dare to think like that?

Li Er smiled with satisfaction and threw a look at the generals.

Li Jing nodded knowingly, relieved in his heart, he recommended Qin Huaidao as a general, saying that it was false to say that he was not worried, thinking that Qin Huaidao had made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy outside and expanding the territory, his blood boiled, he came out of the ranks, and solemnly said: "Shengshang, please ask the Holy Emperor to drive the expedition in person, cross the sea from Dengzhou and Laizhou, and attack from the north and south with General Dingyuan, take most of Goguryeo, merge and merge, enter Pyongyang, and settle the battle in one battle." ”

"The ministers implore the royal driver to march in person." The princes already knew Li Er's thoughts, and they came out one after another.

Even Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji also seconded the proposal.

When the others looked at this posture, they didn't know that they had already made up their minds, and at this time, jumping out to oppose it was looking for death, and they all remained silent and had their own thoughts.

Li Er smiled with satisfaction, full of pride, and said in a sonorous voice: "I want to personally conquer, with Li Jing as the generalissimo of the eastern expedition, and General Dingyuan as the generalissimo of Xuanwei, the marshal of the Left Route Army, the departments of Yingzhou, Pingzhou and Khitan Toucheng, Eguo Gong as the marshal of the Right Route Army, Xue Wanche, Niu Da, Zhang Liang, Li Junxian, and Qibi He Li each led an army of 20,000 to accompany them, and the prince supervised the country, and went out to the sky three days later. ”

General Xuanwei was from the fourth grade, but no one dared to object to this promotion, and they shouted: "Obey the order!" ”

When the crown prince Li Chengqian saw that he could supervise the country, his eyes lit up.

Hou Junji saw that he didn't have his own share in such a war to destroy the country, and he was not angry, but he didn't show it.

"Retreat!" Li Er shouted, full of spirit, agitated mood, finally able to go to the battlefield again, the battle to destroy the country, if it can be done, it will definitely leave its own mark in history, how happy!

The princes who were named were overjoyed, Cheng Biting Jin saw that he didn't have a chance, so he left with a black face, was stopped by Wang De, and said with a smile: "Holy please, let's go with you." As he spoke, he looked at the generals who had just been named.

Everyone nodded happily and followed to the Manna Temple.

Cheng Biting Jin said with a black face: "Shengshang, you are not fair, I can still mention the lance, why don't you let me follow?" I'm not convinced. ”

"You are a killer, and you are still so angry." Li Er said with a smile, naturally he didn't have to keep a straight face when dealing with the ministers around him, and after motioning for everyone to sit down, he added: "I don't feel at ease when Nan Yasi is handed over to others, I am not here, the safety of this imperial city will be handed over to you, don't let me down." ”

These words meant something, and everyone looked at Cheng Yanjin with understanding.

Cheng Yanjin also reacted, and said solemnly: "The saint can rest assured that the minister guarantees what will happen when the saint leaves, and what will happen when he returns." ”

"Okay, let's talk about it." Li Er looked at Li Jing with a smile.

Li Jing said knowingly: "Shengshang, the minister has always wondered why the army of Goguryeo going south did not attack the city, it turned out that there was a shortage of food, General Dingyuan, no...... It's time to call General Xuanwei now, but if you are promoted too quickly, will something happen? ”

"Who dares to disagree, kill hundreds of thousands of enemy troops for me, take the same territory of the Khitan and Xi tribes, and then say that Huaidao was originally the fifth grade, and when it comes to the fourth grade, it is nothing, and when the war is over, I will be rewarded for meritorious deeds." Li Er said domineeringly.

With real military achievements in hand, who would dare to oppose it?

Everyone was right when they thought about it, hehe smiled, and thought that his son would follow the meritorious service, and he was in a good mood.

Fang Xuanling didn't expect Qin Huaidao to give the reckless man in his family a chance, his heart was full of emotion, appeased the Khitan tribes, pulled down the Khitan, this credit is not small, if you take Phnom Penh City and Xincheng again, and form a corner with Huaiyuan, it is not a problem to be a marquis, what a blessing it is.

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling became more and more fond of Qin Huaidao, and said: "Holy Lord, if General Xuanwei takes Huaiyuan, how sure is it that he will take Liaodong City?" ”

All the generals present were killed, and they were all proficient in the war, and they all thought about it.

Li Er thought for a while and said: "The Yingzhou border army needs to stay to guard the prisoners to ensure that Yingzhou is not lost, Huaidao is only a few thousand people around him, even if he recruits more than 10,000 soldiers from the captives, under the sneak attack, it is not a big problem to set Huaiyuan in a battle, but it is not easy to take Liaodong City, Liaodong City, more than 20,000 defenders, however, Huaidao has repeatedly performed miracles, maybe there is a way." As he spoke, he looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "Shengshang, if the minister comes to command, there is seventy percent certainty of taking Liaodong, but the loss will not be small, General Xuanwei fought Goguryeo 160,000 with 5,000 troops, and there is still the spare strength to go to Huaiyuan, I am afraid that the loss of troops is not large, it is a miracle, it can also be inferred that General Xuanwei uses every battle plan, he does not like to lose too much, what avalanche, what bombing the camp, think about it is incredible, in the case of small losses, can only infiltrate the city, open the city gate and let the main force rush in, General Xuanwei can infiltrate Liaodong City, Presumably, infiltrating Huaiyuan Town is not a big problem. ”

"It makes sense, I'm really looking forward to it, when we meet, I'll ask carefully, see how this battle was fought, it's incredible, and it's not an exaggeration to say that the soldier saint Wu Qi is not exaggerated." Li Er said with emotion.

"With 5,000, destroy 160,000, there is no ancient." Li Jing reminded.

"Holy Lord, the minister is willing to lead 20,000 troops as the vanguard first." Xue Wanche took the opportunity to say that he received a letter from Xue Wanshu's family last night, knew some inside information, and was grateful to Qin Huaidao, although he couldn't directly lead the troops over to help, but it didn't prevent him from showing support.

"Accurate!"

Li Er could guess Xue Wanche's thoughts, and he didn't object, otherwise he wouldn't have ordered Xue Wanche's general, and said to look at Xu Shiji: "You can lead the Hundred Cavalry Division out of the city secretly and take down the nine clans of the Taiyuan Wang Clan." ”

"Obey the order!" Xu Shiji solemnly accepted the order and hurriedly went.

An invisible killing intent erupted, but no one felt wrong, and those who conspired against it would be punished!

It is an unforgivable crime to lead the invasion of enemy countries and join forces to rebel!

Li Er looked at everyone and was full of spirits: "Everyone, this battle is very important, maybe it is the last time you and I go to the battlefield in this life, and we must not afford to lose, during this time, I urged the Ministry of Industry to make a lot of crossbows, distribute them today, be familiar with them for three days, be prepared, and go out after three days, there must be no mistakes." ”

"Yes!"

Everyone received the order with a bang, and their eyes were fanatical.

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