Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1437 Lu Bu reports victory

Jingzhao, Xinfeng County.

After experiencing a palace coup and the Turkic army threatening Chang'an City, the entire Jingzhao went through a baptism.

Today, Zuopu Shefang Xuanling of Shangshu Province and Ling Jing, the minister's minister, are walking in Xinfeng County. They are ordered to appease several counties around Chang'an. Within sight, there is sadness and guilt, but more of them are excited. And proudly.

The two newly appointed prime ministers can clearly feel the atmosphere of civilian existence. After decades of being dominated by the Turks, self-confidence and self-improvement are born and strengthened in the hearts of the people.

More than 100,000 Turkic troops entered Jingzhao, 20 miles away from Chang'an, and drank the Wei River. However, in just a few days, they were defeated and fled under the joint efforts of the prince and Wei Siwang. Dubu Khan managed to escape, but was still forced to commit suicide. At the foot of Guzang Mountain.

When the body of Dubu Khan arrived in Chang'an, there was a huge crowd outside the Golden Light Gate. How could this not cheer up the people?

Ling Jing suddenly remembered that Li Shan had mentioned a few years ago that... the Tang Dynasty would surely become a powerful empire that would be admired by future generations, comparable to the two Han dynasties, and whose military fronts could reach as far as the Northern and Western Regions.

Perhaps everything started from this war.

"Everything is done. Are you going back to Beijing tomorrow?"

Standing outside the post house, Fang Xuanling asked with a smile, but did not hear Ling Jing's reply. He glanced sideways, followed the latter's line of sight, and saw a vaguely familiar middle-aged man.

"Fang Gong, Ling Gong."

Fang Xuanling nodded slightly. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ling Jing's face as cold as ice. He suddenly guessed that the wife's intention to kill her husband happened in Tonghuamen, and it had already been spread among the people in Chang'an.

This person should be Li Dewu who was stabbed by Pei Shuying and shamelessly stayed in Wugong County to recuperate.

"Speaking of which, I have made a small contribution."

The corners of Fang Xuanling's mouth moved slightly. She had known for a long time that this person was shameless, but she didn't expect that he would reach this point!

Li Dewu said humbly: "I have known for a long time that he surrendered to His Highness the Crown Prince, but I never mentioned this matter to the deposed Crown Prince..."

"Hmph!" Ling Jing's sneer interrupted Li Dewu's words, "What do you say? What do you say?"

"You dare to tell me, Pei Hong will spare your life?"

Li Dewu's face turned pale. He really didn't dare to say that before he broke up with Pei Shiju, all his actions were bound by him.

After breaking up with Pei Shiju, Li Dewu didn't dare to say anything. Instead, he hoped that Li Shan could help Li Shimin enter the East Palace, so that he could have a chance of survival... because Pei Xuanji had already died in Huating at that time.

"The son is not like his father." Ling Jing said coldly: "Huairen's scheming and methods are all top-notch, but you are short-sighted!"

"Do you think you climbed up to the deposed prince yourself?"

"Do you still remember Wu Ling back then?"

"Only after you peeked at that letter did you find an opportunity to return to the capital, meet with the deposed prince, and enter his sect. You will be given the prince's gift of a thousand oxen."

"Pei Hongda originally planned to send you to Tiance Mansion!"

Fang Xuanling didn't understand it at all, but he knew how to read people... Opposite Li Dewu's face turned green and white, and his body was trembling slightly.

"Huairen chooses the King of Qin, so naturally he will send you to the East Palace."

This time Fang Xuanling understood better. Li Shan had already chosen King Qin, so he secretly sent Li Dewu to the East Palace.

In other words, after Li Dewu abandoned his wife and son, his career and even his life were almost all arranged by Li Shan... from beginning to end!

"Needless to say, Madam Zhu came to the palace that day and talked about throwing water in front of the horse. It's hard to stop!" Ling Jing pointed to the side room, "If you calm down in the future, you can still live in peace, otherwise..."

"Huairen can't ruin his reputation, but I won't care about it!"

Watching Li Dewu stagger away, Fang Xuanling asked a few questions in a low voice.

"Don't worry, His Highness the Crown Prince knew about it back then." Ling Jing said casually: "How to deal with it... is really a difficult problem."

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said: "There are many people who know now. Wei Xuancheng asked privately two days after returning to Beijing." Wei Zheng, who was exiled to Lingnan because of the Renzhi Palace incident... had not yet arrived in Lingnan, but he had received a letter to return to Beijing. According to the imperial edict, after arriving in Beijing ten days ago, he was immediately awarded the title of Minister Youcheng.

Shangshu Youcheng is an official subordinate to Zuo Pu She and has a high status in Shangshu Province. Wei Zheng, the confidant of the deposed prince, jumped here, which greatly eased the tension among the large number of deposed prince Li Jiancheng's forces in the capital.

Ling Jing was silent for a while and then said: "The report on the battle in Hedong has not been received for many days. I don't know how the battle is going."

"Huairen leads the troops, so there should be no danger."

"Huairen leads the troops. It seems that he often takes risks, but in fact he puts safety first." Ling Jing shook his head and said: "Even in a battle with martial arts, there is always something to rely on, but this time he took risks..."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of thunderous hoofbeats suddenly sounded in the distance of the long street, and more than ten horses galloped over.

Seeing many people swarming on the roadside, the leading knight slowed down his horse, took out a document from his arms and shouted: "Great victory in Daizhou!"

"Great victory in Daizhou!"

"The Si King of Wei defeated the Turks in Xinzhou and Daizhou and beheaded tens of thousands of them!"

Fang Xuanling was overjoyed, but she caught a glimpse of Ling Jing running out at a speed incompatible with her age, shouting: "Zhu Feng, Zhu Feng!"

The leading knight is Li Shan's bodyguard Zhu Feng, whose father is Zhu Shitou who died in the battle in Guji Town.

"Ling Gong!" Zhu Feng jumped off his horse, "Alang defeated the Turks!"

Ling Jing directly grabbed the unsealed official document, glanced at it briefly, his face gradually became happy, and handed the official document to Wei Zheng who came over, and then asked: "Has Huairen gone into battle in person?"

"No, not determined." Zhu Feng said swornly: "Alang has been sitting firmly in the army, led by Wu Guogong, Brother Dingfang, and Ah Hei."

Ling Jing scolded, he was now the Prime Minister of the DPRK, and of course he knew the direction of the war. Wei Chigong and Su Dingfang both led troops to Shuozhou, but the Chinese army led by Li Shan became the weak link...that is, Tu Like Khan is a waste. If he encounters Dubu Khan, he might turn back and kill him.

But now it was confirmed that Li Shan was safe, and Ling Jing felt relieved.

After reading the official document, Wei Zheng laughed and said: "Ling Gong, this is to reward victory by exposing the cloth!"

Lu Bu Bao Wei only appeared in the Song Dynasty. It refers to a silk flag with written text and used to inform the four directions.

But in fact, the so-called Lubu existed as early as the Han Dynasty, and all official documents that were not sealed were called Lubu.

After a burst of joy, Ling Jing couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, why did he reveal his victory?

Ling Jing knew Li Shan's temperament very well, and repaying victory in this way was obviously inconsistent with Li Shan's temperament.

At this time, Zhu Feng came over, took out a letter from his arms and handed it over, saying in a low voice: "Alang said that he should give credit to others."

"Put credit on others?" Ling Jing pulled Zhu Feng aside and asked in a low voice, "How is the battle situation now?"

"Before departure, the Turks were defeated. A small number of them fled into Hengshan Mountain, and most of them begged to surrender." Zhu Feng whispered: "But Tuli Khan could not escape and was trapped."

The corner of Ling Jing's mouth twitched. Your Majesty hoped that Huairen could capture and kill Tuli Khan... But in fact, no one expected it. Even Your Majesty knew that the hope was slim. He didn't expect Huairen to actually do it.

Hey, it’s not that Li Shan insists on doing it, but it’s just that being a sworn brother is too useless!

Ling Jing noticed that Wei Zheng was looking over, and immediately put the letter into his sleeve, thinking that this was already the case, how could Huairen still give credit to others?

Who has the face to take over?

But no matter what, the most important thing now is to rush back to Chang'an. Ling Jing, Fang Xuanling and Zhu Feng drove away together. At this time, Xinfeng County was already in an uproar, and everyone said that King Wei Si would defeat the Turks again.

In the side room of the post house, Li Dewu was too lazy to regret it. After so many years, similar emotions had long filled his heart.

It's your own fault, it's your own fault...

Li Dewu walked back and forth in the small room. Zhu's road was a dead end, and his son's road was even more dead... If he wanted to come forward, Ling Jing, Cui Xin, Princess Pingyang, too many people would block him back.

What needs to be considered now is the need to find a place to stay... Li Dewu suddenly shuddered, he really didn't want to go back to the wild places like Lingnan anymore.