I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

King Goguryeo raised his head and looked at Li Shimin in surprise.

Under the fear, his brain was still unable to function properly, and it was difficult to distinguish the meaning of this sentence for a while.

Isn't the establishment of the Protectorate's Mansion not Datang's territory?
Why not set it up, if not set it up, how will I deal with myself...

Until two soldiers came in from the outside and dragged the once lofty and invincible King of Goguryeo out of the hall, his head was pressed on a wooden stake, enjoying the spring breeze on his face.

Only then did he think of his fate...

is death.

As soon as such an idea was born in his mind, the big knife cut it off—after mastering the land without any scruples, Li Shimin's methods lost the kind of "pretend" kindness.

Up and down, almost completely killed by Li Shimin.

The remaining Goguryeo Xungui, who was lucky enough to survive, was in danger, and they didn't know what the Tang emperor was thinking.

Of course... there are also silly ones.

Thinking that this was his chance, Emperor Datang needed a reliable person to replace him in charge of Goguryeo.Excitedly, they went over to recommend themselves, and then...then the soldiers were pleasantly surprised. They are having a headache now. Who else has not killed them?

The reputation of Goguryeo is not very good.

Bullying men and women and bullying the weak are their favorite things to do. As a country on the peninsula that is closest to the Tang Dynasty and even has some territories on the mainland, Goguryeo will inevitably get stuck in the necks of Silla and Baekje.

The resources on the peninsula are scarce. If you want to have a better life, you must make a deal with the rich Datang.

But Goguryeo is such a card.

These two countries had to pay a high fee to get the opportunity to do business with Datang.They are not as strong as Goguryeo, so they can only let Goguryeo exploit them.

It stands to reason that these two countries should be happy when Goguryeo died.

But...they can't be happy.

Datang had no intention of withdrawing troops, and even the great emperor of the Tang Dynasty lived in Pyongyang—a city on the border of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje.

Conquer all the troops of Goguryeo in a month or two.

Right next to them, even if the Tang army had no intention of attacking them, just going out every day would scare these two small countries to death.

Just under the expectation of Silla and Baekje.

When spring came completely, the Tang army finally withdrew its troops—although it was only half way away, half of the Tang army was still stationed in Goguryeo.

But the Tang emperor left.

The purpose of the Tang army seems to be to defend Goguryeo, and has no intention of taking down Silla and Baekje.

The two small countries finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But half a month later... a piece of news came over, which made their minds that had just been relaxed, tightened up again.When Tang Jun went back, he beat Khitan casually.

This...in this area, a small country that had just started to grow and was showing signs of becoming a wolf or a tiger, was destroyed in an instant, and it was slightly better than Goguryeo.

After all, this is a nomad, and he can run.

But the speed of a horse cannot match the speed of a bullet.

They only survived for half a month relying on the convenience of being able to run and escape. Otherwise...with the current land area of ​​Khitan, if they were as stubborn as Goguryeo, they would be able to sweep through it in at most seven days.

The Khitan was gone, and Datang did it casually.

A few small countries are trembling, and they are easy to do to a Khitan, so can they be so easy to them?
It's just that for some reason, Datang didn't do it so casually.

Li Shimin took the train and soon returned to Chang'an City.

It was still silent.

Xue Rengui came back in the same batch as Li Shimin.

On the train.

There was only one carriage between Li Shimin and Xue Rengui. The emperor who had just captured Goguryeo and Khitan by the way was looking at the dossier written by Zhang Liang with a face full of surprise.

Zhang Liang's responsibility, in addition to being just in case, is to cover Xue Rengui when Xue Rengui can't do it.

There is one more duty.

That is to record Xue Rengui's tactics and analyze Xue Rengui's ability to use troops when Xue Rengui does not collapse.

"Xue Rengui, do you really think so highly of him?" Li Shimin raised his head to look at Zhang Liang after reading it.

The dossier contains a lot of content, recording more than a dozen battles led by Xue Rengui, large and small, and the last page is Zhang Liang's evaluation of Xue Rengui.

A comprehensive evaluation has been made from the aspects of using troops, deploying troops, raising troops, etc.

The final result surprised Li Shimin a little.

Zhang Liang commented that Xue Rengui, even without muskets, is enough to become a pillar of the country when he uses troops. Even if he can't become a character like Li Jing, he can also become a general like Luo Yi.

Who is Luo Yi?

He was one of the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and he was even given the surname Li and was named king with a different surname during his lifetime—although this is somewhat because Li Yuan was afraid of Li Shimin and had no choice but to grant him a confidant.

But to be able to achieve the position of the county king, his ability is self-evident.

Although...after Li Shimin ascended the throne, Luo Yi directly rebelled, and then...Li Shimin was a popular emperor, but Luo Yi failed to rebel, and was directly beheaded by his subordinates.

In the hearts of these generals in Datang.

Li Jing is on the same level, and Luo Yi, who can sit in a different surname Wang, is on the same level, followed by them who are the princes of the state, and they are on the same level.

Zhang Liang was able to give Xue Rengui such an evaluation, it can be said that it is not low.

Li Shimin wanted to recruit Xue Rengui, but it was just for the firearms.

Zhang Liangliang nodded: "His way of using troops is very strange. He handles some details very well. Although he is still a little jerky, this is the first time he has been on the battlefield and the first time he has led so many soldiers and horses." .”

He was able to command tens of thousands of people for the first time on the battlefield, and he became more and more proficient in the subsequent methods of using troops.

This is not something that just anyone can do.

Li Shimin knocked on the table and sighed: "Go and recruit him again. If he is willing to enter the court, grant him the title of county earl and minister of the military department."

"With his current official position, he is worthy of such treatment."

Zhang Liang sang, turned around and went to the next carriage.

Xue Rengui is also writing some things. An actual battle has indeed benefited him a lot. Many things that he didn't want to understand before have found results in practice.

The purpose of firearms and artillery also has a newer understanding.

The only thing that made him feel a little pity was that he couldn't use newer firearms. Although this kind of flintlock is powerful compared to cold weapons, its efficiency is too poor.

All flintlock guns are like this.

So the firearms they are using now... to what extent can they do it?