A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 554: Great Victory That Everyone Doubts
the end of the year,

Chang'an City is even more lively,
In the internal affairs hall of the province under the door, the good news from Youzhou was circulated back and forth in the hands of several ministers,
"Beheading more than fifty thousand people,

More than ten thousand prisoners were taken,

Captured more than [-] horses, llamas, cattle and sheep, "

When Hou Junji said these things, there was no joy or surprise on his face, instead he was full of sarcasm, "Do you believe it? Anyway, I don't believe it."

Zhang Liang was also a little hesitant, "Isn't Mr. Yi Guo going to lie about his achievements?"

Hou Junji snorted coldly, "In the cold winter months, we were still outside the Great Wall. Wu Huaiyu said that he brought 10,000 to [-] frontier troops from Youzhou, Tuanlian, Fanhu Chengbang, and the children of the Fubing, etc., and defeated Jie in three days and two nights." Benefiting [-]+ troops, beheading more than [-] people and taking more than [-] prisoners?
Are you kidding me?
Even the drunk rascal in the market would not dare to brag about it.

Even if there are 10,000+ sheep outside the Great Wall, 3 to [-] people will not be able to catch so many sheep in three days in this cold winter. "

"What's more, the Turkic army led by Jieli himself?

Wu Huaiyu really thinks we don't know Jieli?Is it true that we have never seen Xieli's Turkic light cavalry?If Jieli is so incompetent and the Turkic soldiers are so vulnerable, then we in the Tang Dynasty have fought so hard against the Turks over the years, and even lost several times, then wouldn’t we be too useless?

Wu Huaiyu alone? "

"Actually, I can also understand Wu Huaiyu. Previously, he relied on the medicinal stones and painting skills passed down by Yinxian, plus his reputation as a disciple of the immortal, to win the appreciation of the saints, rise to prominence, and become the prime minister. But after all, he was young, acted unsteadily, and made many mistakes. Wrong, the saint also thought that he was a disciple of the Yinxian, so he still didn't blame him. Instead, he asked him to be the governor of Youzhou.

But there is still a gap. Young people, I can't accept it for a while. It is understandable to want to make great contributions and return to the court early, but,
At any rate, we should make some real political achievements in a down-to-earth manner, instead of deliberately creating side quarrels, and then falsely report the achievements. Could it be that we can't find out the details of this matter?
He doesn't think about the consequences? "

Hou Junji attacked Wu Huaiyu like a cannonball. Anyway, he insisted that Wu Huaiyu's good news was a lie and it was impossible.

But the left servant Fang Xuanling who sat in the first place was very calm.

The battle report is really astonishing. In three days and two nights, [-] soldiers were killed and more than [-] enemies were wiped out, almost all of Xieli's centaurs were wiped out. Moreover, this was still a field battle, and it was Xieli's attack.

But Fang Xuanling is not just a civil servant, he volunteered to vote for the King of Qin back then, followed the King of Qin's army to praise paintings, he is also very familiar with the military,
It was hard to believe at first glance, but he also knew Wu Huaiyu, he was not the kind of frivolous person Hou Junji said.

Furthermore, the result of the battle at Yehuling is actually not impossible in Fang Xuanling's opinion. You must know that he has personally experienced the battle of Hulaoguan. Today, today's son defeated Dou Jiande's [-] army with [-] elite cavalry.

Following King Qin, he fought too many amazing battles.

It would not be surprising if His Majesty fought the battle of Yehu Ridge, but it would be surprising if the young Wu Huaiyu fought it.

Zhongshu Ling Wen Yanbo said nothing, seeming to be deep in thought.

In the eighth year of Wude, he served as the commander of Zhang Jin's marching army with Zhongshu Shilang. As a result, the [-] Tang army in Taigu was wiped out, and Wen Yanbo became a prisoner. return.

In the battle of Taigu, Jieli had more than 7 horses and Zhang Jin had [-] horses. The two sides fought bloody for ten days, but the whole army was still wiped out.

As the order of Zhongshu, Wen Yanbo knew the military strength of Wu Huaiyu Youzhou, and prepared in advance for the Northern Expedition next year. Youzhou had a lot more soldiers than usual, especially the emperor's special decree, to deploy three thousand Qingqi, two thousand Mo Daomen, one There are thousands of heavy cavalry, and the frontier army has also prepared [-] cavalry, and there are also attached fan cavalry.

But Wu Huaiyu's battle report also said that a total of more than [-] Youzhou legions had been mobilized,
This number is less than half of the Tang army in the Taigu battle. The opponent is also Jieli, and the number is even greater. How did Wu Huaiyu win the battle? It is amazing.

The Youzhou Army suffered only more than [-] casualties, but killed [-] and captured more than [-] prisoners.

"Wei Xianggong, you are always fair, what can you say?"

Hou Junji went to Wei Zhengdao, the servant. Among the ministers in the political affairs hall, Hou Junji was of lower seniority, but he was the emperor's confidant and the emperor's childhood partner. first success.

But after all, before the Xuanwumen incident, he was just a son of Quanjiao County, just a general.

Wei Zheng was one of the few prime ministers who appreciated Hou Junji.

Wei Zheng, who is now in charge of Menxia Province, actually had a lot of doubts when he looked at the battle report just now, but he is not the same Wei Zheng as he was a few years ago, and his understanding of Wu Huaiyu is not the same as it was a few years ago.

"The results of this battle are relatively brief, and there are not many detailed battles. Based on my understanding of Duke Yi, he is not a person who falsely reported his achievements. Minister Hou also said just now that the follow-up results of these battles will be verified. If If there is a fake, you can find out if you check it, and you can't hide it, Duke Yi can't make such a mistake."

Seeing that Wei Zheng also favored Wu Huaiyu, Hou Junji wondered how he had forgotten that Wei Zheng's son was engaged to Wu Huaiyu's sister, they were in-laws, and it was normal for them to protect each other.

"Wei Gong, this battle report is too untrue."

"It's really unreal. Wait for further details."

"Master Dai?"

Hou Junji, who is a doctor of imperial history, immediately went to ask Dai Zhou unwillingly. After Du Ruhui died, Dai Zhou had repeatedly recommended him to the emperor to take over the Ministry of Officials. The government is also a person who has won the trust of the emperor, and even after Wu Huaiyu resigned and went out, he is now in charge of financial power.

"I have the same attitude as Wei Shizhong. Wu Shaobao will not lie about his military achievements. Wait for the follow-up report in detail." He chuckled twice, "Actually, I really want to know how this battle was won."

Zhang Liang, who participated in the government affairs in the palace, also laughed twice, "It's really curious."

"Shoot from the right servant?"

Zhang Liang looked at Qin Qiong, who was on the right side of the door, and was working with Zhong Shumen, but Qin Qiong was dozing off, as if he didn't know that everyone was talking about his adopted son.

Seeing this, Hou Junji said, "The sage asked You Servant to go to Zhongshumen every three or two days to make peace, but now You Servant rarely comes to the Zhengshitang once in ten and a half months. This is too much to meet the expectations of the saints."

He openly expressed his dissatisfaction with Qin Qiong's corpse meal.

Doing nothing, but still occupying the position of the right servant, and going to Zhongshumen every three or two days to make peace.

Qin Qiong opened his eyes suddenly, and there were two gleams in his tiger eyes, "What Yaxiang said is true, Qin will abdicate now and let Yaxiang do this right servant."

Speaking of which, Qin Qiong got up and wanted to take off the goldfish bag and give it to Hou Junji.

No one thought that Qin Qiong, who seemed to be asleep, would suddenly act like this, but he was a little caught off guard, especially Hou Junji, they were all generals of the Qin family before, but Qin Qiong was the number one general of the Qin palace back then, and he, Hou Junji, was just the king of Qin captain of the guard.

When Qin Qiong showed off his power, he was really a little jealous, and he blushed for a while. Fortunately, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling came forward to appease Qin Qiong. In the end, Hou Junji had to apologize to Qin Qiong in front of all the prime ministers, saying Just a casual remark,

After this, the meeting of the Zhengshitang could not continue.

Fang Xuanling made a simple summary, first reported Wu Huaiyu's battle report to the emperor, but did not publicize it to the outside world for the time being.

Qin Qiong knew that this was because he was afraid that the battle report would be watery, and he still didn't quite believe what Wu Huaiyu meant, but he didn't argue and left directly.

In the Hall of Ganlu.

Li Shimin, together with Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji,
"Don't you believe Wu Huaiyu's battle report?"

"It's really surprising." Fang Xuanling said bluntly.

Li Shimin put down the battle report and laughed loudly, "Contrary to you, I completely believe in Wu Huaiyu's victory. I said earlier that Wu Huaiyu is my lucky general, and he always surprises me. At first in Longyou, later In Shuofang, this time in Youzhou, and even when he was managing finances in the court and serving as the master of the East Palace, it was like this, and there were many surprises."

Changsun Wuji has been taking the medicine Wu Huaiyu prescribed for him recently, and the effect is not bad. He still has no practical errands, only Kaifuyi and the third division, a loose official of the first rank, occasionally participate in consulting political affairs.

"I am also very curious about how Wu Huaiyu did it. If Li Jing fought this battle, I have nothing to doubt. If it was Li Ji, I would have to be a little suspicious. But Wu Huaiyu, I am too surprised."

"Could it be that the magic weapon has made great achievements?"

Li Shimin didn't have a more specific battle process for the time being, but this is a master of strategic warfare. He believed that Wu Huaiyu could achieve this great victory just from the speed and reaction of Wu Huaiyu's emergency response this time.

"Being able to respond in the fastest possible time, mobilizing troops quickly, leaving the Great Wall decisively, and deploying troops to Yehu Ridge on the Bashang, the location chosen is excellent, and the troops are dispatched decisively..." Li Shimin laughed, "If it were me, I might not be so decisive."

When Changsun Wuji heard it, he also believed it, "Such a great victory, then Jieli is really going to die, Turkic is really going to die."

Zhang Anan came in.

"Your Majesty, Wu Huaiyu's memorial has arrived in Youzhou."

"Submit it quickly."

This memorial is a more detailed report on the Battle of Yehuling, which records in detail the entire battle process and results, how many troops were dispatched from Youzhou, how many Jieli soldiers and horses, how the fight was fought in the middle, how Tuli and others turned against each other,

How much was spent, how many casualties, how much was killed in the end, how much was captured,
There are even some follow-up treatments.

Because it involved more content, this memorial took more time, and it arrived half a day later than the one that simply reported the victory.

Affected by the wind and snow, this report actually departed from Yehuling ten days ago.

Li Shimin took it and quickly watched it carefully. In fact, he had always been curious about how Wu Huaiyu won such a victory.

Looking at the detailed report, the emperor became happier the more he read it, and laughed from time to time.

"Jie Li is so stupid!"

"Tuli knows current affairs!"

"Wu Huaiyu is amazing!"

The emperor commented from time to time.

It made Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji's confidantes even more itchy and curious.

"Your Majesty, how did Wu Huaiyu win?"

"You see?"

"This battle was really well fought. Seizing the opportunity is the key to a great victory, but it is also very important to be able to send a mission to negotiate peace first, and then gain time to quickly dispatch troops to seize important deployments. The spies pretended to reveal Wu Huaiyu's deployment to the Turkic people, but actually delayed the Jieli army, and also lured Jieli to focus on attacking Badger's mouth. This is also very important.

But in the end, it was a stroke of genius to be able to instigate Tu Li to rebel, and to have Tu Li, Xi, Qi, and others turn against each other together. "

Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji gathered together to read the detailed report, and they couldn't help but sigh.

"Heavenly Death Jieli."

"Tuli has no way out,"

It was previously reported that more than [-] people were beheaded and more than [-] prisoners were captured, but now it is clear that more than [-] people were killed and injured in Jieli, and more than [-] people were killed and injured in Tuli. nearly ten thousand.

This means that not only Jieli's vitality was seriously injured, but Tuli's injury was even worse, and even Xi and Khitan, the two powerful tribes from the east, were even more injured.

But for Datang, these are all great news.

(End of this chapter)