The book continues from the above, saying that Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng led the army to garrison Baibi since November of the second year of Wude, which lasted more than six months, during which dozens of battles were fought and finally completely wiped out Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, who had been entrenched in Guanzhong for many years, during which tens of thousands of enemy troops were killed, tens of thousands of prisoners were captured, and countless weapons and treasures were captured.

Walking on the official road leading to Chang'an, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng took the lead, and behind them was a slowly marching army, although everyone was wounded and their robes were stained with blood, they still couldn't suppress the smile on their faces.

I saw Li Shimin riding a horse walking slowly, looking up at the clear blue sky, and said to Chu Mofeng with a slight smile: "This time, I guess we can go back and rest for a while." ”

"Yes, this time I lost a large number of soldiers, and several generals were killed, to be honest, when I remembered the appearance of the group of Turkic dogs coming to grab the credit, I was angry. I saw Chu Mofeng glancing at Li Shimin angrily, and said angrily: "If it weren't for the fact that the people of the Tiance Army had not had a good rest after repeated battles, the Duke would have taken them to wait for the opportunity to intercept and kill those Turkic dogs." ”

At the beginning of May, after the last raid before the battle of Xia County, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng led their troops into Jinyang for rest, who knew that the Turkic Chuluo Khan did not know where to get the news, and quietly sent his younger brother Bu Lishe to lead 2,000 cavalry to Jinyang.

After arriving in Jinyang, Bu Lishe actually claimed that he would follow the agreement signed between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks two months earlier, and asked the Tang Dynasty to share with them the property obtained during the extermination of Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang.

After learning of this, Li Shimin calmed the indignant generals on the one hand, and temporarily settled Bu Lishe and the soldiers under his command, and on the other hand, he quickly reported the matter to Li Yuan.

After thinking for a long time, in view of the fact that he could not make enemies with the Turks at this time, he ordered Li Shimin to give him jewelry and property according to the agreement, and handed them over to Bu Lishe and others to bring back. Li Shimin, who received the news, did not rush to fulfill his promise, but first summoned Chu Mofeng to discuss.

Hearing that the Turkic dog cub wanted to get something for nothing, Chu Mofeng, who had no good impression of the Turks, learned that Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to fulfill the agreement in accordance with the agreement, and couldn't help but scold in the study of Jinyang Palace.

Li Shimin on the side was also deeply angry, so he didn't say anything to stop him, but retreated from everyone and let Chu Mofeng scold him. After scolding for an hour, Chu Mofeng seemed to be a little tired, so he said to Li Shimin: "Damn, give the master some water, I'll continue after drinking." ”

I saw that after Li Shimin took the teapot and filled it with water for Chu Mofeng, he said with a wry smile: "I said Grandpa Guo, you scolded Lao Tzu in front of your son, do you think it is appropriate?"

"Is the fart suitable or not, I just said that Your Majesty is confused, and the rest is to scold the Turkic dogs of Chu Luo and Bu Lishe, do you have calluses in your ears?"

Li Shimin saw that he was about to start again, so he hurriedly spoke to stop him: "Stop, stop, let's discuss the business first, and after that, I will accompany you to scold together, okay?"

"What's the business? What else is the business? This group of dogs and bitches shared the results of the battle without participating in the battle, and they were typically obtained for nothing, and even His Majesty has made an order to agree, what else can your Royal Highness the King of Qin do? Do you want to resist the order?" After sitting on the chair, Chu Mo looked at Li Shimin coaxingly, wanting to see what else he had to do.

I saw Li Shimin smile wickedly and said: "In the end, this matter still has to be done by your Qi Guogong, we have to think of a way to let them get what they don't work for while not stopping, at least we can't let Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang get away with it like this." ”

Listening to Li Shimin's words, Chu Mofeng suddenly sat up straight, thought for a while, walked up to Li Shimin, and whispered a few words in his ear, only to see Li Shimin's eyes light up first, and then nodded with a wicked smile on his face.

That night, in the study room of Jinyang Palace, the sound of cursing in the sky resounded in the sky after a moment of silence, and then continued for a night.

On the second day, Li Shimin met with Bu Lishe and others in the main hall of Jinyang Palace, only to see Li Shimin said with a smile: "Your Majesty is grateful for the fact that when Longxing was at the beginning, the Turkic friends gave war horses and reinforcements, and every time I mentioned it, I couldn't help but praise the righteous deeds of Luo Khan, and now according to the previous covenant, I will give the treasure obtained from the pacification of the Guanzhong Rebellion to Chu Luo Khan, so as to show the friendship between your two countries, and I hope that the envoy can return to the Turks with the treasure as soon as possible, and inform the sincerity of our emperor to Luo Khan." ”

I saw Bu Lishe say in a blunt Chinese dialect with a little disdain: "Since His Royal Highness the King of Qin is determined to hand over the treasure, then arrange for someone to load the car now, and don't delay my trip." ”

Looking at Bu Lishe's unbeaten look, Li Shimin secretly scolded in his heart, load the car for you, and take it back with you, will you barbarians spend it? Those who lack iron and salt don't know how to ask for some refined salt, what can they do if they want so much treasure to go back? Can they be stuffed into a roasted whole sheep and eaten together?

Although he was very disdainful in his heart, he still said to Bu Lisheh with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, messenger, when you come today, this king has already ordered his soldiers to start loading, but this king has a small request, and I hope that Mr. can convey it on his behalf." ”

"You Han people have a lot of flowers, just say what you have, don't go around. I saw Bu Lisheh sneering, thinking that these Han people would always make such and such demands in order to meet the Turkic demands, it was really disgusting, thinking of this Bu Lisheh said coldly: "You said that I will definitely convey it to our great Khan, as for whether the Khan will agree to me, I don't know." ”

As soon as he heard Bu Lishe's words, Li Shimin knew that the matter was half done, according to the grapevine, in many Turkic military affairs, Luo would ask Bu Lishe's opinion, and then Li Shimin sneered and said: "The envoy doesn't know, this time our Datang exterminated Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, not to mention, but also suffered heavy casualties, if these two people continue to live, the soldiers under the command of our Datang will be dissatisfied, and once they have different aspirations to rebel against Datang, then it is difficult to say the treasure that needs to be given according to the agreement in the long run." ”

As soon as Bu Lishe heard that Li Shimin actually wanted his brother to kill Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, in view of the Turkic people's respect for martial arts and the principle of abandoning them if they had no use value, Bu Lishe said in court that he could make up his mind on this matter, and he would kill the two after returning to the Turks.

Listening to Bu Lishe's words, Li Shimin immediately expressed his gratitude to Bu Lishe, this happened when a soldier came in to report, saying that the dozens of carriages carried by Bu Lishi had been loaded, so Li Shimin got up and said to Bu Lishe: "Since the carriage has been loaded, the king will not leave a messenger, and I hope that the messenger will promise a thousand gold, and after returning to the Turkic royal court, he can achieve that small wish for the king." ”

I saw Bu Lishe sneered and said: "Your Royal Highness King Qin, don't worry, our men on the grassland are as bright as eagles in the sky, since I have promised, I will definitely do it, and I will leave." After speaking, he strode out of the main hall of Jinyang Palace, and together with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, he left Jinyang and returned to the Turks with dozens of carriages full of property.

Looking at the backs of Bu Lishe and the others, Li Shimin straightened up and smiled sadly, it turned out that it was true that Li Shimin arranged for the soldiers to load the cart in advance, but all the treasures loaded into the carriage were damaged and flawed, and most of them were worthless, as for the valuable ones, Li Shimin had already rewarded them before the Turks arrived in Jinyang.

Standing in front of the gate of the main hall of Jinyang Palace, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng felt the warm breeze of May, but their hearts were extremely desolate.

Looking at the figure of the Turkic convoy slowly leaving, Chu Mofeng said angrily: "It's really not good, I took the Tiance army out of the city to rob them as horse thieves, forget it, if the more than 2,000 cavalry really rush to kill, it is not enough for Zhao Xin's gang of boys to play for half an hour, at that time, let's put the responsibility on the remnants of Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

"No, it's a big deal. Li Shimin shook his head slowly, and said: "No matter who it is pushed on, if the Turks use this as an excuse to move south, then the people north of Taiyuan will inevitably be in dire straits. ”

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng stomped on the ground fiercely, only to see that the green bricks on the ground of Jinyang Palace suddenly cracked a crack, and then said angrily: "Li Laoer, don't worry, after the world is unified, the national government will definitely go north and slaughter those Turkic dogs, so as to comfort the souls of the people of the Central Plains in the sky for so many years." ”

"Yes, there will be such a day, when you and I will work together to kill Huma, and swear that Huma will not dare to go south. Li Shimin nodded firmly, his gaze seemed to have drifted to the far north.

After dealing with this matter, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng left Jinyang with their soldiers and returned to Chang'an.

At this time, seeing that the Chunming Gate in Chang'an was getting closer and closer, the sharp-eyed Chu Mofeng found that there was a group of people standing there, and he could vaguely see the emperor's honor guard in the ranks, and then Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand and touched Li Shimin, pointed ahead and said, "It won't be the old man who greeted him in person, right?"

"It's hard to say, you and I will go forward to inquire first. Li Shimin shook his head, turned to the army behind him and shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order, continue to march at the original speed, this king and the Duke of Qi will go forward to inquire first, or Your Majesty has already gone out of the city to greet him." ”

After speaking, the two of them urged them to step forward, and when they came to the location less than two miles from the Chunming Gate, they saw that the first person was Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and behind them was Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and a group of ministers.

Seeing this, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng hurriedly grabbed the reins, turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, knelt down to Li Yuan, and said, "The son of Li Shimin (Minister Chu Mofeng) sees Your Majesty, and wishes Your Majesty a long and healthy life." ”

"Hurry up and talk back. You don't have to kneel down to answer again, just reply standing up. Seeing this, Li Yuan raised his hands slightly and said with a smile: "Why did I see the two of you coming, those loyal and brave soldiers of mine?"

After the two of them got up, they saw Li Shimin clasping his hands into fists and said: "Father Qi, the army is arriving at the rear at this time, and the sons and princes of Qi are coming first. ”

"Very good, this time the two of you led the army to the battle, and finally put down the rebellion in Guanzhong, and couldn't help but bring all parts of Guanzhong under the command of the Tang Dynasty, and completely solved the big trouble in my heart, I am very pleased, you two wait for a while, and after the army arrives, I will reward you together." "I have already received the news of Li Shimin's report, and at this time Li Yuan is just putting on a show in front of the ministers, as for how to reward him, Li Yuan has already discussed with Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng through letters.

After a while, the army arrived in front of the Chunming Gate, and seeing Li Yuan leading the ministers to greet them, everyone hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"All the soldiers are meritorious soldiers, hurry up. Looking at these soldiers in front of him, Li Yuan couldn't help but burst into tears, it was this group of people who rushed forward without fear of life and death, so that the territory of Datang unification was spliced together little by little.

I saw Li Yuan say to Chu Mofeng: "Duke Qi Guo, since you are my hussar general, then it is up to you to report to me." ”

Chu Mofeng responded when he heard this, and then said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, this time the minister and His Royal Highness the King of Qin led 30,000 soldiers to the expedition, since the crossing of the Yellow River in November of the second year of Wude, it has been more than six months, during which my Tang soldiers worked together not afraid of life and death, and fought dozens of battles, killing tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, and captivating tens of thousands, but there were only less than 10,000 soldiers left at the beginning of the headquarters. ”

Hearing that Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin were fighting more and more for half a year, the generals present secretly gave a thumbs up, thinking that the grandfather of this country and His Royal Highness the King of Qin were fierce, and the others were fighting less and less, and whether these two people were attacking the city or running for a long distance, the one who played was called handy.

And Wenchen not only looked at each other, thinking that in this way, the merits of the two of them had added a strong stroke, especially this Qi Guogong, when he heard that His Majesty was coming to Pu Rebellion, he learned that Lu Chongmao of Xia County sent Pu Rebellion, this guy actually forcibly killed the opponent's army of nearly 30,000 people with less than 10,000 troops, and saved His Majesty in danger.

And Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was a long-distance raid for three days and three nights, which contributed to the situation of Song Jingang's defeat, these are all great achievements, thinking of this crowd in their hearts, how to speak after going to court tomorrow.

At this time, Li Yuan seemed to be doing it on purpose, as if he had inadvertently asked, "I don't know how the casualties of the Tiance Army under the command of the Duke of Qi are there?"

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin nodded, and then Chu Mofeng said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Tiance Army has a total of four hundred and one people including the ministers on this expedition, and four hundred and one people have returned to Beijing, and no one has been killed. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the crowd, and the generals all knew that Chu Mofeng had an almost die-hard Tiance army under his command, brave and good at fighting and cold-blooded and ruthless, originally thought that in this nearly six-month battle, the Tiance army would be slightly damaged, but who knew that it was unscathed, and they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts whether Chu Mofeng had been reluctant to send his baby bump out to fight.

After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan nodded and said loudly: "Where are the soldiers of the Tiance Army?"

I saw the four hundred Heavenly Ce Army taking a step forward in unison, kneeling down on one knee in front of Li Yuan, and then saw Chu Mofeng also kneeling down and said: "The four hundred and one people of the Heavenly Ce Army are here, please give instructions to Your Majesty." ”

"The Tiance army went out this time to exterminate Liu Zhiwu Zhou and Song Yinggang, and took the lead all the way, and when I was besieged by Pu Rebellion, it was all thanks to Qi Guogong leading the Tiance army and the rest of the soldiers to risk their lives to save the car, so I am deeply grateful, from now on, I will give a plaque to Tiance and others, and allow Er and others to choose another station to build a separate camp, and reward 400 excellent war horses, and give priority to the allocation of required ordnance to show recognition!" I saw Li Yuan looking at the group of black-clothed and black-armored expressionless soldiers in front of him, and remembered that when he was in Pu Rebellion, he heard the tragic scene of rushing and killing outside the city, and his heart couldn't help but warm.

When everyone heard this, they said in unison: "The ministers thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

Then Li Yuan continued: "Where are Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and the soldiers under his command?"

Seeing this, Li Yuan smiled and said: "You two went out with the army this time, and worked tirelessly all the way to kill in front, and regardless of life and death, I am grateful for your loyalty and bravery, and I am grateful for your loyalty and bravery, and I am specially enshrined in the two of you as the Shangzhu country, and the soldiers under your command will be paid two months' salary, and the deceased will be given twice the pension, and their families will be supported by the imperial court until the children reach adulthood." ”

The two of them actually didn't care what kind of officials they were given, as long as the soldiers under their command could get a reward, it would be the biggest reward for the two, and when they heard that Li Yuan gave such a rich reward, the two hurriedly led the soldiers under their command to thank them for their grace.

Later, Li Yuan gave a series of rewards to the rest of the soldiers who went on the expedition, and even Wei Chi Jingde and Xun Xiang who came to surrender also gave them one by one, which made Wei Chi Jingde very moved, and the two commanders of this expedition --- Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng, but Li Yuan did not mention anything about their rewards.

As Li Yuan awarded the rewards one after another, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in the crowd seemed to have eaten dog shit, and the expressions on their faces were mixed.

Subsequently, under the leadership of Li Yuan, the middle gate of Chunming Gate was opened to welcome the soldiers into the city, and the people in the city stopped to watch, and for a time the news quickly spread to all corners of the Central Plains.

After entering the city, the generals returned to the camp with their soldiers, while Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng followed Li Yuan and the ministers into the Taiji Palace, and after coming to the Taiji Palace, everyone stood still according to their previous positions, only to see Li Yuan smile and say: "Li Shimin, King of Qin, The two of them led their troops to the expedition this time, and worked tirelessly all the way, I am deeply grateful, the two of them can turn the tide in times of crisis, quell the rebellion and regain the lost territory, this is a great achievement, for the reward of the two of you, I need to consider it before making a decision, and I hope you two will not be anxious. ”

I saw Li Shimin take a step forward and said: "Enlighten the father, the son is the son of the father, what the father and the emperor are pointing to is the direction of the son's advance, and it is the duty of the son to share the worries of the father, how dare you say that the reward is lightly." I only hope that Your Majesty can treat those soldiers who fight for the country well, which is the greatest reward for your sons. ”

And Chu Mofeng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this reward is thought to be forgotten, the minister is supported by His Majesty, and at this time he is already a very human minister, as His Royal Highness the King of Qin said, the minister is also His Majesty's son-in-law, and it is also the duty of the minister to share worries for His Majesty, and the reward given to the minister is not to mention anything." ”

Seeing these two boys so good, Li Yuan couldn't help but secretly think in his heart, this reward should be given or given, but he still has to discuss it with the two of you, thinking of this, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our King of Qin and the Duke of Qi can be called the pillars of the country, I have such virtuous ministers, why worry that the world cannot be unified, you can learn more like the two of them in the future." ”

Li Jiancheng, who was standing at the top of Wenchen, heard this, and suddenly slandered in his heart, these two boys are really good at this sycophant, and they don't want to be rewarded for such a great achievement as destroying the rebellion and recovering the lost land, so if I want to bring some of my own people in the future, wouldn't I have to destroy Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande before I can open my mouth to ask for rewards?

Then Li Yuan said with a smile: "The two of you have been on the expedition for a long time, and the King of Qin should also go back to the palace to see your prince, as for the Duke of Qi Guo, I will follow me to the harem to visit your wives later." Retreat!"

After everyone heard the words and sent Li Yuan off, they left the Taiji Hall one after another, but Li Shimin glanced at Chu Mofeng and left quickly.

After a while, the eunuch Wang De hurriedly walked over and said to Chu Mofeng: "Grandpa Guo, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the apse, please go with our family to meet Your Majesty." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded, took out a small box from his arms and handed it to Wang De and said: "There is a prince of Lao, this time I am out on the expedition, I am fortunate to get a gadget, I think that the prince must like it, so I brought it back, and I hope that my father-in-law will not dislike it." ”

I saw Wang De take it quietly, and whispered to Chu Mofeng: "Grandpa Guo, rest assured, the princess and several ladies are very safe in the palace, and our family has also privately instructed those servants to take care of it." ”

Chu Mofeng smiled when he heard this, and said: "I have to worry about the prince of Lao, and after a while, I would like to invite the prince to come to the mansion to talk." ”

I saw that the wrinkles engraved on Wang De's young face because of serving the emperor day and night were already smiling at this moment, and he said in a male duck voice: "Grandpa Guo is polite, our family is just a servant serving His Majesty, how can we use the word "visit." ”

The two of them said as they walked and soon came to the imperial study, only to see Wang De shouting outside the door: "Your Majesty, Qi Guogong is asking to see you outside the door." ”

I heard a great voice from inside say, "Let him in, and then tell the others to go down, and leave you alone at the door." ”

Immediately, Wang De made a gesture of invitation to Chu Mofeng, turned around and waved his hand to the servant who was in charge of serving on the side, and everyone quietly retreated when they saw this.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand to push the door and entered, only to see Li Yuan standing in front of the desk, looking at a map in front of him with a solemn face, and when he saw Chu Mofeng coming in, he hurriedly beckoned to him and said, "Come, accompany me to take a look at this map first." ”

Chu Mofeng stepped forward and looked down, only to see that the map was still the same map he saw last time, but the previous sphere of influence of Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang had disappeared, replaced by the color of the Tang Dynasty, and since the Eastern Capital, it is still the sphere of influence of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande and others.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Mofeng said slowly: "Your Majesty, after the army has rested for a month, His Royal Highness the Minister and the King of Qin can lead the army to the east again, but before that, it is necessary to make up for the losses of each department and train them to form combat strength, otherwise once they enter the battlefield, they will collapse at the touch of a button." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Datang has you been sending troops to give advice, I am very relieved, if it weren't for your young age, I really want you to replace Qu Tutong as the secretary of the military department." ”

As soon as Li Yuan's voice fell, Chu Mofeng hurriedly shook his head and said: "Don't, Your Majesty must not have such a mind, isn't it impossible to go into battle to kill the enemy as a secretary of the military department? ”

"You kid, you are all about to become fathers, how can you act so recklessly, but if you have three longs and two shorts, how do you let your wife and children?" I saw Li Yuan stretch out his finger and point at Chu Mofeng, and said with a smile: "If you let those people in the lobby of the military department hear this, you will have to be accused of criticizing your colleagues." ”

"The ministers are not afraid, but then again, the ministers were able to destroy Song Jingang in one fell swoop this time, and Tang Jian also contributed to it, Your Majesty, don't forget him. Chu Mofeng pursed his lips, remembering that when the city gate was rewarded, he didn't say anything about Tang Jian's reward, and then hurriedly mentioned it to Li Yuan.

I saw Li Yuan ponder for a moment and said: "In this way, you first take my waist card to visit your wives in the harem, and later I will ask someone to call Erlang to come, and then Wang De will go to the harem to call you, and I will discuss with you two tonight." After speaking, he took off the gold medal on his waist and handed it to Chu Mofeng.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng hurriedly thanked him, then left the imperial study with his waist card and walked in the direction of the harem......

As the saying goes, Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, and he is overjoyed to see Chu Mofeng's husband and wife reunited, and then look at Li Yuan's shocking conspiracy in the imperial study, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......