After the triumph of the army, the imperial court held a great court meeting in the Hanyuan Palace.

Hanyuan Hall is the main hall of Daming Palace, and it is also the most majestic and tall palace in Daming Palace, but it is not the place where the court meeting is usually held, and the court meeting is held in the Xuanzheng Palace.

The Turkic rebellion in the Anbei area, my hundreds of thousands of troops with the momentum of thunder, in a very short period of time to quell the Turkic rebellion, hundreds of thousands of Turks were annihilated, the price paid by our army is very small, such an unprecedented victory, is to celebrate, and the specifications can not be low, the scale can not be small, the meritorious generals must be rewarded, this is the Tang Empire's majesty and momentum of a form of the best embodiment, such a celebration of the main court, in the most imposing Hanyuan Hall to hold, is the most suitable.

In this court meeting, all officials in Beijing who are above the fifth rank, loose officials who are above the third rank, and members of the royal family such as princes and princes are required to participate.

This kind of court meeting must not be late, early in the morning, Liu Yi took a few guards to wait outside the Daming Palace.

In the Houchao area, Pei Xingjian, the commander of this expedition, was surrounded by many important ministers, and these important ministers were sincerely praising Pei Xingjian's great achievements in this expedition, and Liu Yi and Zhang Qianmiao, who arrived at about the same time, were also busy saluting.

"Virtuous nephew, I heard Pei Shangshu talk about several battles you experienced in this campaign, and your performance is really unusual! Haha, the tiger father has no dog..."Liu Renliang, who was standing next to Pei Xingjian, turned around and said to Liu Yi, who had just saluted him, "Dare to attack the Turkic camp of more than 100,000 people with a force of 2,000 people, with this courage, there are not many people in the ranks of my military generals in the DPRK!" Liu Renliang said, and gave Liu Yi a thumbs up.

"Don't dare to be such an exaggeration as Liu Xiang!" Liu Yi hurriedly saluted again, "It is also on the order of Chief Pei, and then the Turks are not guarded, and the surprise attack will definitely achieve the effect of surprise, and the soldiers under his command are all brave and good at fighting, and there is nothing special about attacking the camp of the Turks!" The general has been fully deployed, and even without the final general's rushing camp, the Turks will not be able to resist the attack of our army!"

"The kid is still so modest!" Liu Renliang stroked his gray beard, said with a smile, and then turned to face Pei Xingjian on the side, "Pei Shangshu, this son has put all the credit on your head and come back..."

Pei Xingjian also smiled: "His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have already issued a decree to reward this merit, and they can't escape it!"

A few people were talking about things, the bell of the court rang, and all the courtiers immediately changed their faces, everyone put away their expressions, stood in two teams, and entered the Hanyuan Hall in a row.

Liu Yi also entered the Hanyuan Hall with the flow of officials, which was also the first time Liu Yi entered the palace, which was verified by later historians as the largest single palace in Chinese history.

Although Liu Yi had a rough estimate of the scale of the Hanyuan Palace, standing in the Hanyuan Hall at this time, Liu Yi couldn't help but exclaim, this hall was really too big.

According to Liu Yi's estimate, the Hanyuan Hall is at least thousands of square meters in size, and the three major halls of the Forbidden City are not necessarily as large as the Hanyuan Palace, although the number of ministers who came to participate in the court meeting today is very large, and there are many foreign envoys, it is estimated that there are hundreds of people, but so many people are standing in the Hanyuan Palace, and the hall does not look crowded.

The decoration in the hall is not luxurious, but because of its tallness, the momentum is very shocking, Liu Yi standing in the hall once again felt his insignificance, Liu Yi also saw that Zhang Qianqiao behind him was a little trembling, and even his eyes were a little straight.

Liu Yi stood among the generals, in front of him was Liu Jingtong, the general of the left guard of the inspection school, and He Jiami, the general of the right guard of the inspection school, behind him was Zhang Qianxuan, and behind him were several Zhonglang generals who participated in the battle.

"His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have arrived, and the hundred officials are early!" The eunuch's voice seemed to be pinched by someone and made a shrill sound, and then a large number of Qianniuwei soldiers entered the hall, and the Qianniuwei Zhonglang on duty stood in front of the hall with Guo Qizong and Tang Xiujing.

After the soldiers of Qianniuwei were in place, Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian also entered the palace.

Hundreds of officials bowed and bowed.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Li Zhi, who seemed to be in good spirits, cleared his throat and motioned to Baiguan with his hand.

For a while, in the Hanyuan Hall where hundreds of people were standing, there was no noise coming out, only Li Zhi's deep voice was echoing.

Liu Yi stood very far behind, and he couldn't see the situation in front of the hall clearly, and he couldn't see who was standing in front of him, so he had to listen attentively.

"The Turkic tribes in Anbei took advantage of the rebellion in Anxi, and also rebelled against my Tang Dynasty, I and the queen couldn't bear it, in the previous year, sent a large army to suppress, but was defeated by the rebels, fortunately, the imperial court raised a large army to suppress it," Li Zhi said and stood up and paced a few steps, "The army led by Pei Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, with lightning speed, put down the rebellion of the Turks, this is my luck, the luck of the Tang Dynasty, this battle, the combat power of my Tang army to the extreme, the Tang Dynasty's soldiers shocked the world... Even the Tubo people who were originally in Koubian were intimidated by such an unprecedented victory as mine, and they did not dare to offend our border state again!"

After Liu Yi returned to Chang'an, he also learned through Liu Mai's mouth that this time Tubo was really not a threat with troops, but a real offense against our border state. In the Heyuan area, the Tubo people raised tens of thousands of troops to launch an attack on our border army, and the Heizhi Changzhi, who had been promoted to the general of Zuo Wuwei, led the troops to attack, defeated the invading Tubo, annihilated thousands of enemies, and the Tubo people were defeated and had to retreat.

The court also agreed to the request of the black tooth Changzhi, sent thousands of additional soldiers, and then ordered the one who returned from Anbei to go to the Heyuan area. Our sergeants have increased, and the ability to defend has been enhanced, but because the Heyuan area is far away from Shanzhou, it is very difficult to transport all kinds of grain and grass qualifications, so Heiya Changzhi has set up more than 70 beacon towers in the Heyuan area, and after asking for the consent of the imperial court, he mobilized his troops to open more than 5,000 hectares of tuntian to provide enough grain reserves for the soldiers on the border.

Due to the effective deployment of the area from Qinghai to Heyuan, the Tubo people had no opportunity to take advantage of it, and they did not dare to easily send troops to attack the place where our army was stationed after the defeat, and they had heard that the army in Anbei had withdrawn, and tens of thousands of troops rushed to the front line of Qinghai, and the leading army of the army was forced to retreat to the northwest of Qinghai.

The situation in Qinghai is now relatively stable, but the situation in the Jiannan area further south is not optimistic, before the Tibetan invasion of Heyuan, the imperial court recruited warriors in the Jiannan area, and built the city of Anrong in the southwest of Maozhou, trying to use it to block the road from the Tibetan barbarians to the barbarians. Soon after the construction of my Anrong City, Tubo used the local Shengqiang people as a guide, sneaked into the city around the mountain road, captured my Anrong City, and garrisoned the town, after the fall of Anrong City, the barbarian tribes in the Xi'er area, that is, the Yunnan region in later generations surrendered to Tubo.

While attacking Heyuan and the southwest, the Tubo people also used troops in the Anxi area to attack the four towns of Anxi, such as Qiuzi and Shule.

This time, our Tang army in the Anbei area, with very rapid means to quell the Turkic rebellion, hundreds of thousands of Turks were annihilated and captured, this battle greatly shocked the Tubo people, the Tubo people after learning the news, did not dare to use troops again, in Anxi, Qinghai Heyuan, Jiannan area of the troops, have also retreated.

The news of our army's great victory still has a great stimulus to the Tubo people, especially the rapid strike capability of our army, and this army has now moved back to Beijing, and hundreds of thousands of troops can be transferred to the northwest line at any time to engage the Tubo people.

Liu Yi has now somewhat recognized the decision made by the imperial court, the threat of the Tubo people is really not ordinary, but it is also a bit excessive, at least the mess in the north has not been cleaned up properly, and there must be hidden dangers.

I only heard Li Zhi continue: "The generals who participated in this campaign, under the command of Pei Shangshu, all fought bravely, especially Liu Yi, the general of the inspection school Qianniu Wei Zhonglang, with the strength of 2,000 people to annihilate 2,000 Turks, and only lost about 100 people, and then led more than 2,000 tired divisions, ran hundreds of miles long distance, took the lead in launching an attack on the Turks before the army, and raided the more than 100,000 people led by Ashid with the strength of 2,000 people, causing the collapse of the Turks, and making the greatest contribution to the annihilation of this Turkic rebel..."

When the emperor told Liu Yi's glorious deeds in the palace, Liu Yi, who was standing in the queue of generals, was a little caught off guard, and didn't know if he wanted to stand up to deal with it, at this time Liu Yi also saw it, almost all the ministers in the palace looked at him, but the meaning of each person's gaze was different.

Liu Yi also saw Pei Xingjian's gaze standing in front of him through the gap between the heads, and there was a signal in that gaze that he was out of the queue, and Liu Yi also came out immediately.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, all the achievements made by the last general have been completed under the deployment of the general manager Pei," Liu Yi said and strode up to the hall and saluted, "The victory of this battle is due to the careful arrangement of the general manager and the proper dispatch of the army, so that the rebellious Turks can be annihilated in such a short period of time, and the main thing is the work of the general Pei!"

"General Liu doesn't have to be too humble, I have my own merits for your achievements, and I and Niangniang will be rewarded for a while!" Li Zhi waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty and Niangniang!" Liu Yi had no choice but to thank him and return to the train.

Li Zhiqing cleared his throat and continued: "Before this battle, Pei Aiqing's battle plan was thorough, gathered the superiority of our army's strength, divided the troops to attack the Turks in all departments, annihilated the Ashid Duty Department, forced the Ashina Nishu Tribe, annihilated most of the Ashdwin Fu Division, and captured Ashid to serve his duties, Pei Aiqing's military exploits are not comparable to the past, I am extremely amazed, all the generals who went out this time, I and the queen have been rewarded, Pei Aiqing has made great contributions, I decided..."

"Your Majesty, the minister has objections!" Just as Li Zhi was about to announce the rewards for the generals, a minister stood up and interrupted the empress's words.

"Pei Aiqing, do you have any objections?" Li Zhi asked with some surprise.

It's a minister surnamed Pei, who could it be? Liu Yi stood in the train, far away, and was covered, and he couldn't see who was standing out, but he had already thought of one person immediately, a minister surnamed Pei Yan who had just been awarded the "Three Grades under the Tongzhong Book".

Liu Yi tilted his head slightly, relying on his height advantage, he looked through the gap in the heads of the ministers in front of him, and also saw clearly that the person who stood up in front of him to give a speech was really the Huangmen Shilang and the third-grade Pei Yan under the Tongzhong Shumen.

I only heard Pei Yan continue: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, although this battle is based on Pei Shangshu as the general manager of the march of Dingxiangdao, but he has not personally commanded the battle, the Broken Ashide Duty Department is the inspection of the school Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang General Liu Yi and the inspection school right guard general He Jiami, the inspection school left guard general Liu Jingtong, the left leader of the army Quan Xiancheng, it is their courage to kill the enemy, so that the Turks quickly defeated, Ashide fled, and was finally captured by the inspection of the school Fengzhou Governor Cheng Wuting, these people are the meritorious ministers of the Broken Ashide service department; When breaking the camp of Ashina mud and prostrate, it was Cui Xiantun, the general of the right military guard, and Cao Huaishun, the general of the left Jin Wuwei, who led the soldiers to rush to the camp and forced the Turks to kill Ashina and surrender the camp; And the breakthrough of Ashdwin Fu is a collection of the strength of Qiu Shenxuan, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, Li Wenjian, the governor of Youzhou, and the Zhou Daowu of Yingzhou, and it is their work to break the camp..."

Under the astonished gaze of the ministers in the hall, Pei Yan said with a smile: "... Hundreds of thousands of troops attacking the enemy on a battlefield of several hundred miles cannot be carried out entirely by the commander-in-chief before the battle, and the enemy situation encountered by each unit and the terrain it passes through are all different, and the leading generals must make adjustments according to the actual situation. The annihilation of these Turkic rebels, although it is said that it is based on Pei Shangshu's pre-war arrangement, but it should be obtained by the generals of each department who made a decision on the spot and fought bravely to kill the enemy. As a result, Ashdwin Fu led the remnants to flee, leaving a hidden danger for the stability of the Anbei area... This is a strategic mistake on the part of Pei Shangshu..."

"Therefore, the minister thinks that although Pei Shangshu has made military achievements, the main credit is Liu Yi, the general of the left Qianniu Wei Zhonglang, the governor of Fengzhou, Cheng Wuting, the general of the right Wuwei, and the general Qiu Shenxun of the right Jinwuwei, it is their courage to kill the enemy, so that the rebellion of the Turks was quickly quelled, and these generals should be given heavy rewards, because Pei Shangshu's inthoroughness in deployment led to the escape of Ashdwin Fu, which is also an intolerable mistake, and the minister feels that while commending, he should be punished..."

As soon as Pei Yan finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall, this is really too unbelievable, our army has won a great victory in the battle of counterinsurgency, and there are even senior officials in the DPRK and the central government who put aside the commander-in-chief who formulated the general plan for the war, and talked about the generals under him, erasing the commander's military exploits, and emphasizing the merits of the generals who actually participated in the war, which is obviously nonsense. Without the formulation of the commander's war plan and wartime scheduling, would it be so easy to annihilate hundreds of thousands of Turks in just a few dozen days? This kind of thing is understandable from the mouth of an ordinary person, but it is too abnormal to say it from a courtier in a high position.

Our army is triumphant, and on the occasion of the reward, there are ministers in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, as well as the envoys of Zhufan, most of the Pei Xingjian who commanded this war have been erased, which is very intriguing and of extraordinary significance!

Liu Yi and Zhang Qianmiao, who was standing on the side, glanced at each other, and both saw anger in each other's eyes, and the two of them were ready to move their steps almost at the same time and make speeches.

Liu Yi had just taken a step, but he saw that Liu Renliang, who was standing in front of the generals, had already stood up, so he had to retract his steps.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister is against it!" Liu Renliang looked sad and indignant, pointed at Pei Yan and said, "Your Majesty, Pei Shilang is talking nonsense!" All the generals who led the army to go out knew that the most important pre-war plan for the army to fight was also the best reflection of a commander's ability, and this time he was able to quell the rebellion of the Turks in such a quick time, it was Pei Shangshu's careful planning, proper command, and concerted efforts of all the generals to achieve it, and its merits were unparalleled!"

Liu Renliang almost pointed his finger at Pei Yan and said: "Ignorant child, who has never commanded military affairs, dares to openly erase the merits of the commander of the army who has made great contributions in the court, do you know that hundreds of thousands of troops march together, gallop hundreds of miles, and launch an attack on the enemy, and the difference in attack time can be so small, it is not easy, hundreds of thousands of Turks were annihilated, and only a few Turks escaped, such a record, who can do it?" Can you Pei Yan? Plan and then act, command the war, the most important thing is strategy, not personally go to the battlefield to kill, a general on the battlefield to kill, it is not easy to kill dozens of people, but whether the strategy formulated by a commander is correct or not is to decide the life and death of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, you dare to say that Pei Shangshu has not personally participated in the battle, and his combat achievements are not as good as his generals, this is nonsense..."

Liu Renliang's voice fell, and Wei Yuanzhong, a member of the Zhongshu House, also stood up and strongly supported Pei Xingjian, saying that Pei Xingjian, as the commander, was the biggest contributor to this battle, and then Li Yiyan and Zhang Daan also stood up and refuted Pei Yan, followed by a number of generals who stood up and fought for Pei Xingjian, including He Jiami, Liu Jingtong, but another senior general who followed Pei Xingjian on the expedition, Qiu Shenxian, stood in the train without any expression.

Seeing the courtiers arguing like this, Li Zhi, who was standing in the palace, was a little displeased, and pressed his hand, "You Aiqing don't have to argue anymore, I understand that all the generals who participated in this battle have made meritorious contributions, and Pei Shangshu, as the commander, of course, has the greatest credit..."

Huang Yanjing made up his mind like this, and the courtiers didn't dare to stand up and say anything, the hall suddenly fell silent, and Pei Yan, who was angry, also retreated into the queue a little unwillingly.

"The rewards for the generals are announced below!" Li Zhi said with his hands behind his back and walked back to his seat...

(To be continued)