On the third day after the army was divided, the imperial court held a court meeting in the Xuanzheng Palace, and this court meeting, in addition to discussing state affairs, also had an important agenda, that is, to reward the generals who went on this expedition.

Although the scale of this counterinsurgency expedition is not as large as the last one, and the brilliance of the results is slightly different, but this is a battle in which our Tang army pays a small price and destroys a very large number of enemies, and the standard of the reward will not be low.

At the time of the court meeting, Liu Yi followed Pei Xingjian into the Xuanzheng Hall and waited for the start of the court meeting.

About a quarter of an hour after Liu Yi entered the palace, the shrill voice of the eunuch sounded, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Queen of Heaven has arrived, and the civil and military officials have been in the early dynasty..."

With the call, Li Zhi walked in front with the support of a eunuch, and Wu Zetian, who was very upright, walked behind, which was unexpected by most of the courtiers, and today's court meeting was presided over by Emperor Li Zhi himself, you must know that it has been nearly two months, Huang Yanjing has not appeared at the court meeting, and even the triumphal ceremony of the army some days ago was not participated, and it was presided over by the crown prince Li Xian.

Liu Yi, who was standing in the column of His Royal Highness's military generals, also looked at this emperor who was about to become his father-in-law with a puzzled expression, and was also worried about Li Zhi's body, but now Li Zhi's complexion looks good, and his mood should not be bad, and there is a smile on his face.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Li Zhi held his hands on the ground and motioned for the courtiers to calm down.

After Li Zhi coughed lightly twice, he spoke in his slightly weak-sounding voice: "Last year, my Tang army defeated the rebellious Ashdwin Fu, Ashina Mud, and the joint army of Ashid's service department, but unfortunately Ashdwin Fu escaped, Ashdwin Fu was unwilling to fail, and once again gathered Ashina Fu Nian Department to betray my Tang Dynasty, I and the queen listened to the recital of Zhong Aiqing, and decided to send a large army to suppress the rebellion again, The army of 100,000 people of the Dingxiangdao marching department under the command of Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, marched into the Yinshan area of Anbei again, and after several battles, easily quelled the rebellion of the Turks... Ahem, ahem..."

After Li Zhi said a big call, he coughed vigorously a few times, then paused for a while, and then continued: "The generals of Dingxiang Dao, under the leadership of General Pei Da, fought bravely, especially the two divisions of Liu Yi, the general of the right Qianniuwei of the inspection school, and Cheng Wuting, the general of the left Yulin, played the most important role in this battle..."

"Liu Yi, the former commander of the Dingxiang Dao army, led 6,000 elite cavalry, traveled more than 1,000 miles, crossed the Yin Mountain, attacked Ashina Funian's tooth tent, captured all his people, and Ashina Funian and other Turkic leaders were all captured, and on the way back, combined with the deputy governor Cao Huaishun's department, forced down about 10,000 accounts of Xue Yantuo's department led by Dusha, such military exploits, no one can match in this battle; Cheng Wuting, the general of the Shidi Road march and the inspector of the school, combined with the ten divisions of Li Zhi, the general of the left guard, and severely damaged the tens of thousands of horses led by Ashina Fu Nian, forcing Ashina Fu Nian to lead thousands of remnants to flee, it was the brilliant results of Liu Yi and Cheng Wuting, the two generals, who finally forced Ashina Fu Nian to ask our army to surrender..."

Li Zhi waved his hand and signaled Liu Yi and Cheng Wuting, who were about to stand up and say something, not to interrupt him, and Liu Yi and Cheng Wuting, who originally wanted to stand up and say something humbly, had to retreat into the train.

Li Zhi cleared his throat a few more times and continued: "This battle can end so quickly, and the departments led by several generals can achieve such huge results, which is inseparable from the careful plan formulated by the general manager Pei Aiqing, it is Pei Aiqing who knows the generals' combat ability to lead the troops well, so that they can give full play to their talents, so that the generals can play the greatest role in the battle, Pei Aiqing, Liu Aiqing, and Cheng Aiqing have made great contributions, I and Niangniang have their own heavy rewards, and other generals also have rewards..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister has objections!" A voice that was not in harmony with the atmosphere in the court rang out, and Liu Yi saw that it was Pei Yan again.

The eyes of everyone in the court looked at Pei Yan, and Li Zhi was also surprised and asked, "Pei Aiqing, do you have any objections?" ”

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that although Pei Shangshu is the head of the Xiangdao march, this time he also did not personally participate in the battle, just now His Majesty also said that this battle can end so quickly, all because General Cheng Wuting led the army to defeat the tens of thousands of horses led by Ashina Funian, General Liu Yi broke through Ashina Funian's tooth tent and captured his family. It was the men and horses that suddenly encountered Ashina Funian himself, thanks to General Cheng's bravery, he defeated the Ashina Funian Department several times as much, forced it to flee eastward, and in the process of Ashina Funian's escape, he continued to annihilate its remnants; General Liu Yi's plan to attack the tooth tent is strictly in accordance with the plan formulated by Pei Shangshu, but it is true that he used the prestige of our army to force Xue Yantuo to surrender and Pei Shangshu has no relationship, so the minister thinks that in this battle, Pei Shangshu as the general manager of the Dingxiang Road march, although the plan formulated played a lot of roles in the victory of this battle, but the role is not decided, and the victory of several battles was achieved by the leading generals on the spot, and it should not be rewarded, and General Cheng Wuting, who played a key role in the victory of the war, General Liu Yi and other generals can give heavy rewards... And because Pei Shangshu did not expect that Ashina Funian would lead most of the men and horses to attack the army of our divided troops, and did not respond to the general Cheng Wuting of Shididao, which almost caused General Cheng Wuting to be hit hard when he was attacked by Ashina Funian, but fortunately, General Cheng Wuting was resourceful and heroic, so he turned the danger into a victory, and gave Ashina Funian a fatal blow, so the minister thought that Pei Shangshu's strategic mistake would be punished by the imperial court..."

Pei Yan's mouth was like a river, and the ministers in the palace were stunned again, most of the people remembered that the last time he went on the expedition, Pei Yan also used similar reasons to obstruct the emperor from rewarding Pei Xingjian, and this time he came to perform such a play, which is really intriguing.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister doesn't agree with what Pei Shizhong just said!" After Pei Yan finished speaking, Liu Yi immediately stood up and prepared to refute it.

In the seventh month of the leap month, Pei Yan was appointed to the post of servant, and together with Cui Zhiwen, who was appointed to abide by the order of the central government, he became a very influential minister in the court. When Pei Yan said this, many courtiers didn't dare to refute it in shock, but many people stood and looked at Liu Yi and Cheng Wuting, who were praised by Pei Yan, and wanted to see how these two people reacted.

Liu Yi took the lead in standing up and expressing his disagreement with Pei Yan's words, which was reasonable.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the plan of the minister to lead the army to attack the Ashina Funian tooth tent is a decision made by Pei Shangshu after careful consideration, the purpose is to copy the nest of Ashina Funian, even if all the people and horses of Ashina Funian are in the camp, they will attack it, after the minister led the army to set off, Pei Shangshu also ordered the other departments to quickly follow up and support the attack of the people and horses led by the minister, so that when the people and horses led by the minister broke through the Ashina Funian tooth tent, his department was not able to fight back, and Xue Yantuo's department came to join Ashina Funian, It was after the Ashina Funian Department suffered a heavy blow and the tooth tent was broken by the minister's department, at this time, Cao Huaishun's general department had already joined the minister's department, and the strength was strengthened, and the Xue Yantuo people were afraid of the coercion of our army, so they had to surrender first, if there was no Pei Shangshu who urgently ordered General Cao Huaishun to respond to the minister's headquarters as quickly as possible, the Xue Yantuo people, who were several times larger than our army, would not necessarily surrender to the thousands of men and horses led by the minister... Pei Shangshu was meticulous in formulating the battle plan, and the several all-round victories won by the army led by the minister were all the result of Pei Shangshu's careful arrangement..."

Liu Yi said that he retreated, he didn't want to say anything about Cheng Wuting's department, he hoped that Cheng Wuting, the party, and Li Zhishi could stand up for Pei Xingjian, in this case, according to Pei Xingjian's personality, he would not stand up and defend himself, only Cheng Wuting and Li Zhishi could defend Pei Xingjian.

However, to Liu Yi's surprise and disappointment, Cheng Wuting did not stand up and speak immediately, but Li Zhishi stood up first and defended Pei Xingjian: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, and the ministers do not agree with Pei Shizhong's words, and the plan formulated before the war is to cooperate with the ministers and General Cheng's headquarters to support the attack, from the front line of Fengzhou in the west, to the Yinshan area, the two tens of thousands of horses, the number is already quite a lot, and it is more than enough to deal with tens of thousands of Turks... Moreover, the governors of each province have the power to make random responses, as the chief governor, Pei Shangshu, it is impossible to make impromptu responses to the enemy situation encountered by all walks of life at any time, in the face of the hostile situation of the Turks, how to respond is the business of each sub-manager, if it is..."Li Zhishi originally wanted to say that when he sent someone to contact Cheng Wuting, Cheng Wuting did not respond in time, so that the two departments could not cooperate effectively when they were marching, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back and retreated in the surprise of some people.

At this time, Cen Changqian, the secretary of the military department, came out of the ranks, and also strongly supported Pei Xingjian: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the direction of my army is nearly a thousand miles apart. As Pei Shizhong just said, General Cheng's headquarters was almost unexpected, which is why the war is unpredictable. The minister also led the army outside, knowing the difficulty of transmitting information on the battlefield, the minister thought, it must be the scouts sent by our side to find out when Ashina Funian led tens of thousands of horses to attack our side, and it was too late to report, but Pei Shangshu still thought carefully when formulating the battle plan, and echoed General Li Zhishi and General Cheng Wuting, and went hand in hand, which is also the reason why General Cheng's department was able to support in time when Ashina Funian's department encountered Ashina's department, how can this be said to be an under-arranged arrangement? ”

Pei Yan, who was accused by the ministers, was a little unwilling, and wanted to stand up and express his opinion again, but was stopped by Li Zhi, who looked displeased, waved his hand, "Zhu Aiqing is reasonable, the brilliant results achieved by the Xiangdao army, Pei Shangshu as the chief manager is indispensable, Zhu Qing doesn't need to discuss it anymore, I have my own number, let's discuss how to deal with the rebellious chieftain Ashina Funian and Ashdwin Fu..."

(To be continued)