Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 209

In the end, this time the troops were dispatched, in name, the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks jointly dispatched troops, so Li Shimin was more concerned about the Western Turks. If the Western Turks were in trouble at this time, the return of the troops to the court might have to be discussed later.

"Those grandsons of the Western Turks!" Unexpectedly, when Yuchi Jingde heard Li Shimin mention this, he laughed loudly and said: "When Xue Rengui fought against the Tuyuhun royal court army, the Western Turk army appeared once."

"But they were frightened by the Modao army at the time. Xue Rengui didn't know if it was intentional at the time. After beheading the Tuyuhun Wangting army, he directly pressed towards the Western Turkic cavalry. As a result, the Western Turkic cavalry immediately ran away."

"Run away?" Li Shimin couldn't believe it.

"Yeah, I ran away, probably because I was scared!" Cheng Yaojin also laughed and said, "Afterwards, our army scouts have been finding the border between Tuyuhun and West Turkic, and even went hundreds of miles into Western Turkic territory, only to see sporadic Western Turkic cavalry. .”

"It is said that the Western Turkic people now regard Xue Rengui's Modao Army as a god descending from the heavens, and they dare not take a step into Tuyuhun."

"Presumably the military newspapers about these things will be introduced to Chang'an City by the Duke of Wei in the future, and His Majesty will know when he sees them!"

Before this expedition, Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes towards Xue Rengui.

But after this battle, Cheng Yaojin was full of praise for Xue Rengui.

This is the case in the army, respecting military merits, Xue Rengui's performance this time was too bright, and he stunned the veterans of Datang.

But it didn't stop Li Fu, because in Li Fu's mind, this is a routine operation. How can Xue Rengui have that kind of strength, plus Mo Dao's strength bonus, as long as he uses his brains to get this opportunity, Totally normal output behavior!

Li Shimin was overjoyed, after all, he was the one who resisted all the pressure and appointed Xue Rengui as the vanguard general.

Now that Xue Rengui gave him a big face, naturally Li Shimin can feel proud!
Ten days later, the battle of Tuyuhun finally came to an end, and the army returned triumphantly. Li Shimin held a banquet in the palace to welcome the returning soldiers.

Seeing the jubilation of the whole court, Li Shimin looked satisfied, especially looking at the heroic Xue Rengui, Li Shimin laughed so much that his back molars stood out.

Li Jing, the Duke of the State of Wei, stepped forward and stated, "Your Majesty, our army has won a complete victory in this battle of Tuyuhun. Most of the territory of Tuyuhun has been controlled by our army. According to your majesty, only some flat areas in the north are used to herd sheep." give the land to the Western Turks."

"Our army obtained a large amount of spoils and various materials in this battle, among which cotton alone has more than one million catties..."

cotton!Hearing this word from Li Jing's mouth, the whole hall was excited.

"Cotton, is it really cotton? There is so much cotton in Tuyuhun? Is it cotton that can be made into cotton clothes?"

"Oh my god, with millions of kilograms of cotton, how many cotton-padded clothes can be made? Wouldn't that mean we no longer have to worry about cotton-padded clothes in the future?"

"When it snowed a while ago, it froze me to death. I wanted to buy a cotton coat, but I couldn't find one in the whole city. Now it's finally healed. With so much cotton, I shouldn't have to worry about not being able to buy a cotton coat anymore. !"

"His Royal Highness, this time your garment workshop will be at full capacity, so that we can all wear cotton-padded clothes when the next cold winter comes!"

The officials looked excited, but Li Fu rolled his eyes in his heart. Li Shimin took the topic directly, "Don't worry, gentlemen, I have ordered the garment workshop of Tiance Mansion to produce a large amount of cotton as soon as it is in place. Everyone put on cotton coats!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials stood up and bowed to Li Shimin to thank him, which made Li Fu even more delicious.

[Grandma's, how the fuck will you win people's hearts for me? It's obviously my credit, but in the end it's all yours! 】

Li Shimin turned a deaf ear to Li Fu's slander, and looked directly at Wei Guogong Li Jing, "Pharmacist, how is the general of Modao Army doing this time?"

In a word, all the civil and military officials present had their ears straightened. After all, before the expedition, everyone was not optimistic about Xue Rengui, so Li Shimin deliberately asked Li Jing in front of so many people.

Of course Li Jing understood Li Shimin's intentions, and he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, in this battle, Xue Rengui and his Mo Dao army performed the most brilliantly. It is no exaggeration to say that in this battle, almost none of the guards on my left and right appeared. Excessive."

"All the battles were undertaken by the Modao Army alone. Xue Rengui and the Modao Army alone chopped up the entire 10,000+ cavalry in Tuyuhun!"

British Duke Li Ji also added: "Yes, Your Majesty, I had some doubts about Xue Rengui's ability at first, but now, the old minister thinks that only such a talent can take up the post of General Zhengdong!"

There is no doubt that in the battle of Tuyuhun, Xue Rengui made his name and became a well-deserved leader of the new generation.

Originally, he had no actual combat experience and no military achievements, so the generals didn't take Xue Rengui seriously.

And after this battle, Xue Rengui's name resounded throughout the Tang Dynasty in an instant, which shocked all the veterans who had experienced the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Li Jing didn't care about these things, Xue Rengui was his adopted son, and when he was embarrassed, he now had his eye on Fang Xuanling.

"Mr. Fang, didn't you say earlier that Tuyuhun shouldn't be beaten? What do you think now?"

Today, Fang Xuanling was already prepared to be a transparent person, but unexpectedly, he was dragged out by Li Jing, and he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

But who is Fang Xuanling, he is the No.1 minister of the Tang Dynasty who can really hold a boat in his stomach and can afford it.

"Duke Wei fought beautifully with the generals in this battle. At the beginning, I was too cautious. I hereby apologize to Your Majesty and everyone!"

Fang Xuanling bowed to the crowd, which made Li Jing even more visceral, and Li Jing was suddenly annoyed, but suddenly heard Fang Xuanling's sudden words.

"It's just that in this battle, although my Great Tang won, it is useless to the people of my Great Tang."

"Huh?" Li Jing's expression froze, and he blurted out to ask: "What is the reason for Fang Xiang's words? Why..."

Before Li Jing finished speaking, British Duke Li Ji stepped forward with a gloomy face, and pulled Li Jing, "Wei Guogong, just received a secret report from the front line, Liangzhou area is now seriously short of food, after our army left, the people are almost helpless." Food is available, starvation is everywhere!"

"What? How is this possible?" Li Jing's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and the wine glass in his hand almost fell out.

Hearing the words, Li Shimin became even more furious. After learning the truth, he couldn't help being furious...

(End of this chapter)