A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 625 Duke of Jin

In the fourth year of Zhenguan,

New Year's Day,

Angels from Chang'an arrived in Wuchuan to announce the decree,

Li Jing led his generals to respectfully welcome the imperial edict.
"Under the sect, Zhi said: I only uphold virtue and merit, which is the grand ceremony of the country. I am loyal and do my duty, which is the standard for ministers. The reward of merit by the Lord of Xi is the grand ceremony of the imperial court.

The ancient sage emperors and kings used force to quell chaos and brought order to justice with letters.

Li Jing, the Secretary of the Imperial Academy, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and the general manager of the march of Dingxiang Road, was talented and well-known.

His merits cover the whole world but his master does not doubt him; his position is extremely high and his subordinates do not envy him; he is loyal to himself and does not give orders when he is ordered to do so.

The bandits made great contributions to the royal family, and were blessed by the people.The rules of the dynasty are great and the map is consolidated. It is appropriate to add praise and favor to repay the merits.

Zite granted you the title of Duke of Dai, and you will be guarded for the rest of your life, and you will retain the title forever.

Advance from the first rank, Dr. Zuo Guanglu, to [-] households with real seals, and to the first [-] households with real seals.

You are so kind, don’t take your orders for me.

December 21, the third year of Zhenguan. "

Li Jing was finally granted the title of Duke, and it was no longer difficult for Li Guang to be granted the title. Five hundred households were even added to the title at one time, and even the official rank was directly mentioned to Dr. Zuo Guanglu, who was from the first rank.

The prose level of the Tang Dynasty was still formulated during the Wude period. The highest level is Congyipin. There is no Zhengyipin, but there are two Congyipin and Zhengsecondpin. Kaifuyi, Tongsansi and Zuo Guanglu are from Yipin, Tejin, Youyipin. Dr. Guanglu is the second.

Li Jing was directly promoted to doctor Zuo Guanglu, but now there is only one Changsun Wuji in the third department of Yitong and Kaifu in the DPRK, and he still has no official position.

Li Jingzhen succeeded with one general, the highlight moment.

In fact, during the Northern Expedition, each general also had his own reward.
Yu Chigong, who made a surprise attack on Wuyang Ridge and defeated Xiangcheng, was restored to his official title, restored to the Duke of E Kingdom and [-] real households. He was granted the title of Dr. You Guanglu, awarded the title of General You Wuhou, and became the governor of Daizhou.

In Baidaochuan, Su Lie and Su Dingfang, who defeated Jieli with more than [-] horses with [-] cavalry, were given the title of Duke of Linqing County. He was granted the title of a hundred households and worshiped General Youtunwei.

The deputy general of Dingxiang Road, the governor of Daizhou, and the Duke of Dingyuan County, Zhang Gong, was granted the title of Duke Zou by the Jin Dynasty and moved to the governorship of Xiangzhou.

Li Ji, the military commander of Tongmo Road and the governor of Bingzhou, was awarded the title of Duke of Jin Ziguanglu and was renamed British Duke. He was also led by the crown prince Zuo Wei.

The decrees of sealing and rewarding were read out one after another.

The generals were very happy.

As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Wu Huaiyu was behind the generals in terms of rewards.

Shangzhuguo, Tejin, Prince Shaobao, the right-leading general, the Minister of Military Affairs, the governor of Youzhou, and the governor of Youzhou, Yi Guogong Wu Huaiyu, changed the title to Jin Guogong, and added a hundred households. There are [-] households in front of it.

Two generals, Xue Wanshu and Li Keshi, were promoted to the title of Duke of the County by the County Duke.

Li De awarded him the title of Duke of Yongkang County.

His title is not only due to the legacy of Li Jing's meritorious service, but also because he instigated Kang Sumi to go out of the city and led his troops to surrender, as well as his internal efforts to open Dingxiang City, and also because he captured Empress Xiao, Yang Zhengdao and others. Of course, his greatest achievement is He recovered the imperial seal for the emperor and also contributed to military intelligence.

Wu Huaiyu's reward was not very high. The Duke of Yi was changed to the Duke of Jin, and a hundred households were added to the real title. Now they are on the same level as Yuchi Gong's eldest son, Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling. They were exiled after Pei Ji seized the title. Later, he actually became the first among the real meritorious officials.

The title of Duke of Jin is naturally better than the title of Duke of Yi. Jin is a big country.

Speaking of Li Jing's Duke Dai, Dai was not as big as Jin.

The chief and deputy generals of Dingxiang Taoism were promoted to the title of Duke together, which was also an affirmation of the Central Route Army.

Wu Huaiyu and Su Lie on the east road, one was granted the title of Great Kingdom, the other was directly granted the title of County Duke, and the other two pioneers, Li Keshi and Xue Wanshu, were also granted the title of County Duke.

Only the camp on Tongmo Road seemed a bit embarrassing. Li Ji and Cao Guogong were changed to the title of British Duke, awarded Jin Ziguanglu doctor, and also had a prince Zuowei as the commander. He was only in the third rank, and the British Duke was not a title from a big country.

As for Dou Jing, he is not on the list of awards. Originally, Sinong Qing was temporarily appointed as the governor of Xiazhou before the Northern Expedition began, and was transferred to Li Ji as his deputy. However, the Bingzhou army failed to find a chance in several key battles. To perform a meritorious service is to clean up the battlefield afterwards and follow the Youzhou Army to sweep up in the north of Yinshan Mountain. It is not considered a great achievement.

Of course, although Li Daozong, Chai Shao, and Cheng Yaojin also marched in the wind and snow, they did not win a single battle, so they did not receive any rewards this time.

"Congratulations to Li Xiangjin for being crowned Duke of the Kingdom,"

"Congratulations to Wu Shaobao for his title of Duke of Jin,"

"Congratulations to the Duke of Guo for changing his surname to the title of British Duke,"

Angels kept congratulating everyone,

Li Ji smiled a little reluctantly. He could not compare with Wu Huaiyu's deputy Su Lie, not to mention Wu Huaiyu's deputy general Su Lie. He could not even compare with Xue Wanshu and Li Keshi, the two sons in charge. He even won the Li De Award from the county duke.

His third-grade doctor Jin Ziguanglu seemed quite incompetent compared with Wu Huaiyu's special doctor and Li Jing's doctor Zuo Guanglu.

In the past, there was still Li Jing, and he was suppressed along with him, but now Li Jing has soared to the sky. He has been appointed as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy and the Minister of the Ministry of War. He has also been granted the title of Duke of the Jin Dynasty. He is at the peak of his military career.The only thing Li Ji could comfort himself with was that Li Jing had added [-] real seals to his family at one time, and now it was still only the same as his real seals.
Tang Jian, Cui Dunli, and An Xiuren looked on with envy.
These military generals were so happy to be promoted to official positions, but they could only watch. Tang Jian and An Xiuren, as the emperor's Yuanmou heroes, had long been the dukes of the country, and they were even [-] higher than Li Jing in the six real titles. Hundreds of households are really honored to have meritorious officials.
But at this moment, they were even ignored by the angels, and no one even said hello.

Who allowed them to fail to complete their mission and ended up being detained as prisoners? They have to be grateful to Li Jingwu Huaiyu and the others for sending troops to break up the profits, so that they can be free now.

After a long time,
The messenger seemed to have just remembered that he still had a mission.

"Are the Dukes of Ju, Shen, Cui Shilang, and Pang Zhonglang there?"

Tang Jian took a few steps forward with an expressionless face, "Why did the angel call Tang?"

"Yugushe's envoy rushed to Chang'an to ask for surrender. He forwarded Jieli Khan's personal apology letter. Jieli Khan expressed his willingness to move his country to Nantou and said he was willing to go to court to plead guilty."

"The saint has agreed to Jieli Khan's request to surrender, and ordered Duke Ju and Shen to go on behalf of the imperial court as envoys to meet with Jieli and introduce Jieli to the court."

"The saint also has a decree to order Duke Dai, Duke Ying, and Duke Jin to send troops to respond."

Jieli is indeed located at Qikou.

As expected, the emperor agreed to Jie Li's request to surrender.

In the Black Castle, the generals from the three camps once again sat down for a military meeting.

"Jie Li is definitely not surrendering sincerely," Wu Huaiyu said directly.

When the angels from Chang'an arrived this time, they did not talk about Wu Huaiyu and the others withdrawing their troops, sharing the rewards for the captured troops, and using the captured Turks as slaves to share the rewards with the soldiers.

Maybe it was because they were too far apart, and the news from Chang'an was slow, so they didn't have time to respond.

This time the envoy only gave rewards to a few major Northern Expedition generals, and the most important thing was the follow-up treatment of the Turks.
The battle has been going on like this. It is obvious that the Chang'an court is very satisfied, and it may be a surprise beyond their expectations. The Tang army basically suffered no major damage, but the results of the battle were amazing. They defeated Jieli Khan's court in one battle and even defeated the legendary soldiers. The national jade seal has been recovered.

And Yusheshe, Shaboluohan, and Yugushe also followed Tuli Khan and rushed to surrender to the court. In this case, it was not necessarily wrong for Li Shimin to accept Jieli's surrender.

After all, although Jieli's main force was defeated, Yugushe, Tuoshe, Yusheshe and Shaboluohan were still strong, and they did not lose anything in this attack.

As long as Jieli is really willing to enter the DPRK, then there will be no need for the Turkic tribes to jump over the wall in a hurry.

It's just that Wu Huaiyu didn't believe that Jie Li was willing to enter the court.

"The various reconnaissance cavalry we sent out found that the various Turkic tribes were moving frequently, and Jieli was still trying every means to gather people and horses to kill the snake, which would cause endless troubles."

Li Jing thought so too.

"In this Northern Expedition, we sharpened our swords for three years and struck with thunder. We took advantage of the Turks' successive disasters, the defeat of the Turks and Xue Yantuo in the war, and the opportunity of internal strife between Jieli and Tuli to surprise us and strike with all our strength, and we won the victory. ,
But the Turks still have strength. If they are given time to breathe and survive, they may rebel again at any time, and it will be very difficult to destroy them."

Yuchi Gong also agreed to continue the pursuit, "If Jieli is allowed to run to Mobei or to the west, it will be even more difficult to pursue."

Li Ji was a little hesitant, "But His Majesty has issued a clear decree to accept Jie Li's surrender, and also asked the Duke of Ju and others to go to Qikou to meet Jie Li."

Wu Huaiyu smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, British Lord, didn't you also ask us to send troops to escort you? It's freezing cold, Qikou is remote, and Jieli is also a Turkic Khan. Now that he has come to join the Tang Dynasty, we will naturally have to be escorted and escorted with high standards. We camp in three directions and dispatch [-] cavalry to Qikou to greet us. Is this normal?"

Sent [-] cavalry to 'greet' him. This statement made Li Ji couldn't help but laugh.

There was nothing wrong with what he said, but after all, it was inconsistent with the emperor's will.

But if you really want to take it literally, there is no problem. The emperor did give them this escort task.

Zhang Gongjin had just been promoted to Duke of Zou, and he was naturally very grateful to the emperor. He objected to sending troops again at this time.

"Isn't it appropriate to trap Duke Ju and Duke Shen in the enemy's camp in case something unexpected happens?"

Li Jing thought for a while.

"The Duke of Jin is right. This is a good opportunity to destroy the Turks. If Jie Li doesn't sincerely surrender and doesn't send troops to invite him, how can he really go to Chang'an to meet the saint? We can't stay outside the Great Wall forever,"

"We and Duke Ju Guo have their own tasks. Even if an accident does happen, there is nothing we can do about it."

Li Jing became ruthless, but he didn't take into consideration that the two real-featured princes of the [-] households were still the heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou.

The final result of the discussion was that the three general managers, Li Jing, Li Ji, and Wu Huaiyu, each led five thousand fine cavalry and rushed to Qikou to meet Jie Li. Yuchi Gong and Su Lie each led two thousand light cavalry as the vanguard.

Xue Wanshu was responsible for staying in Heicheng, Li Keshi was responsible for guarding Baicheng, and guarding both sides of Yinshan and Baidaochuan, while Dou Jing went to guard Dingxiang City.
In order not to let Jie Li escape this time, Li Jing also negotiated with Wu Huaiyu and Li Ji not to reveal this operation to Tang Jian and An Xiuren.
Let them go to Qikou to meet Jie Li first, so as to paralyze Jie Li. Then they secretly kill Jie Li at Qikou, making sure to capture Jie Li alive.

To be sure,
Yuchi Gong and Su Dingfang, with their light cavalry on the left and right, attacked directly towards the Chinese army. Li Jing and the other three general managers then outflanked and pulled up nets to intercept the outside.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for 54 years, but spent 44 years attacking the Xiongnu. Although the Xiongnu were defeated, it was not until his grandson Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty that the Xiongnu power was completely eradicated." Li Jing lamented to everyone, "The Turks began with Ili Khan Since its rise, it can be said that it has been a sharp sword hanging over our head in the Central Plains. As long as the Turks are not destroyed, our Central Plains will be in trouble.
Nowadays, the time, place and people are favorable, and all kinds of opportunities come together. The Turks are at their weakest, and it is also the time when we, the Tang Dynasty, have the best opportunities. If we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when we will get it again.

As warriors, living on the frontier, commanding soldiers and horses, we should be saints and solve problems for the court. We should take action when it is time to take action. We must not hesitate, let alone care about personal gains and losses. "

Li Jing's words were deeply recognized by everyone, and they all stood up and beat their chests to express their stance that they would not withdraw their troops until Jieli was captured and destroyed!
(End of this chapter)