Chapter 68: I'll Do My Best
"Newspaper... Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Jieli Khan gathered an army of 400,000 and went south, less than a hundred miles away from Jingzhou..."
Li Shimin was discussing with the ministers in the side hall, and a chamberlain ran in to report.
"What?"
Li Shimin was shocked, Jingzhou is not far from Chang'an, and it can be reached in one day by horse.
The ministers also looked at each other, you must know that in order to prevent the invasion of the Turks, the imperial court sent a large number of spies in the grassland, and there are Fengzhou and other surrendered cities north of Jingzhou, but the Turks are in turmoil, and the court will get the news as soon as possible, and now the Turkic army has arrived at the edge of the capital, and the news has just come, this is no longer a simple problem of dereliction of duty...
"Your Majesty is a little safe, the area around Jingzhou is not suitable for a large army to gallop, although the Turkic army is numerous, but it is not something that can be killed overnight, the minister suggests that Your Majesty immediately order General Manager Li to lead his troops north..."
Before the eldest grandson Wuji's words were finished, Li Shimin's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and his eyes looked directly at Zhang Gongjin and said, "Where is Zhu Tiangang?"
Zhang Gongjin sighed secretly in his heart, only now that he thinks of Zhu Tiangang, I'm afraid it's too late, right?
"Back to Your Majesty, according to the time calculation, General Zhu's team should have encountered the Turkic vanguard"
"Oh..."
Li Shimin sat back slowly, groaned slightly, and said: "Passing on the decree, Gong Jin is the head of the march of Jingxiang Road, Chai Shao is the head of the march of Hedong Road, and Xue Wanche is the head of the march of Guannei Road, and they will each transfer troops to the periphery of Chang'an."
The people present were all veterans of the battlefield, and as soon as they heard the emperor's arrangement, they immediately understood that the reason why Jieli quietly killed Jingzhou was to attack Chang'an, so His Majesty the Emperor made targeted arrangements...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, great victory, ..."
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, another shout of an inner servant came from outside the hall.
The monarchs and ministers, including Li Shimin, were stunned, Jieli's 400,000 troops went south, and although there were soldiers and generals in the border cities, self-protection was a problem, how could there be a big victory?
There was no need for Li Shimin to pass on, and he saw an attendant rushing in with a red envelope held high.
"Your Majesty, the sergeant who reported the victory said that General Zhu used 500 against 5,000 Turkic forwards, and all the invading enemies were annihilated, and none of our troops were damaged..."
After the red good news in the hand of the chamberlain was taken away by the people around Li Shimin, he still crawled on the ground and told the news he had heard.
"Buzz ..."
After the waiter's words were finished, there was a sudden "buzzing" discussion in the hall.
"Who is this General Zhu? How come I've never heard of it?"
"It's the marriage envoy, the black-clothed guard in the capital, who is also led by him."
"I can't imagine that this General Zhu still has such ability"...
In the chaotic discussion, Li Shimin snatched the red envelope from the hand of the waiter, opened it and only glanced at it a few times, and a smile appeared on his face.
Although the words conveyed by the chamberlain were similar, they were obviously not as detailed as those in the report.
The newspaper said that Zhu Tiangang discovered the conspiracy of the Turks on the way north, but because he was outnumbered, he did not fight hard with the enemy, but used the terrain to set up a set of formations, and after trapping the Turkic vanguard, he killed them with ambushes...
"Haha... God help me to the Tang Dynasty, pass on the decree, crown Zhu Tiangang as a loyal general, and temporarily obey the command of Li Jing, the head of the Northwest Road March."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty..."
When I first heard that the Turkic army was coming, I didn't see so many people shouting, but now that I heard that the battle had been won, I immediately became active.
Cheng Biting Jin, who had not been silent, rolled his eyes, stood out, bowed and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Jieli is so bold and reckless, he is simply not worthy of the son of man, and being close to such a person will damage the prestige of my Celestial Empire, please also ask Your Majesty to learn clearly."
Li Shimin was in a good mood, but he could still hear the meaning of Cheng biting Jin.
He glanced at Cheng Yanjin deeply and said, "This matter can be discussed later."
Hearing the boss say this, Cheng bit Jin's heart and suddenly sank again...
Zhu Tiangang knows how to fart formation, in broad daylight, even if it is inconvenient to cast spells, and he found that the Turkic war horses have been spelled, blood-red eyes, and there is no pain...
Feeling this situation, Zhu Tiangang's heart suddenly sank, he and Xiao Hu Xian'er would be fine, but there were so many brothers!
Time did not allow him to think too much, only to stiffen his head, and at this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew on the battlefield without warning, and the yellow sand rolled up by the wind covered the sky and the sun, and instantly drowned the Turks...
What is strange is that the violent wind and sand only blows against the invading Turks, but the wind and sun are still beautiful on the side of the Tang army camp...
The wind came and went quickly, and it didn't take long for it to stop, and when the wind and sand dissipated, the five thousand Turkic pioneers were gone, and in front of the two armies, only General Zhu stood very upright.
The officers and men of the Tang Army, who were already ready for battle, were stunned, and they couldn't figure out what was going on when they broke their heads...
The soldiers didn't know, but Zhu Tiangang did, because only he could see the Bull Demon King's family standing in the clouds and blowing away the Turkic army with a banana fan.
Zhu Tiangang understood that the Bull Demon King was using this way to express his apology.
Needless to say, my friend stayed until later, and everything was in plain sight...
Zhu Tiangang clenched his fists and bowed to the sky, which was regarded as a thank you to the Bull Demon King's family.
In any case, this can be regarded as a victory, but of course the battle report cannot be written like this, so there is also a report of General Zhu setting up a formation to kill the enemy...
In fact, Zhu Tiangang also doubted that the Turkic army was moving so much, why didn't Datang receive any news at all? But thinking of Dapeng Eagle in Turkic, everything is easy to explain.
After this incident, the harmony will definitely not be able to continue, but Zhu Tiangang knows that with the current strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is not enough to completely destroy the Turks, so Li Youlan will still marry, the heavenly family has no family affection, not to mention that she is still an unpopular princess...
The team returned the same way, and at this time, the Tang soldiers in the team had already regarded Zhu Tiangang as a god of war, because no one was stupid, if it weren't for General Zhu, how could they come back unscathed...
Almost at the same time, Li Jing also rushed to Wuwei with 60,000 Tang troops.
After placing Li Youlan and the others, Zhu Tiangang immediately came to see Li Jing, the war in the mortal world, now with the participation of goblins, has obviously changed its taste, he can't act carelessly...
Li Jing is a recognized generation of war gods in history, even if Zhu Tiangang has a spell on his body, he still comes to visit him with reverence.
Li Jing didn't have any arrogance at all, let Zhu Tiangang in, asked about the encounter with the Turks, and went directly to the topic.
"Jieli Khan's main army appeared in Jingzhou, but the vanguard came to Wuwei, these are basically two directions, what does General Zhu think of this matter?"
Of course, Zhu Tiangang couldn't say that the Dapeng Eagle was playing ghosts, so he deliberately hesitated for a moment before saying, "I don't know what the general can trust to follow the demon law?"
At that time, there were five or six hundred Tang troops present, and you could know the situation at that time by asking anyone, so Zhu Tiangang simply told the truth.
As Zhu Tiangang expected, Li Jing had already ordered his subordinates to investigate the battle, and seeing that Zhu Tiangang had no intention of concealing it, a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.
"General Zhu is trying to say that the Turks are practicing demon law?"
"Yes"
"How do you break it?"
"It's hard, but I'll do my best"...