Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

Li Shimin showed a look of delight, and couldn't help but feel that Xiangcheng had really married a good prince consort.

Then he asked in astonishment: "You said that you saw those Turkic soldiers being killed on the battlefield? And they even killed the prisoners?"

Li Junxian nodded and said, "I checked the battlefield for a while and found that one of the horses was cut in half with a knife, and the cut was quite neat. But the killing of prisoners was because when the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, someone reported that they found the bodies of several Han women in the Turkic camp, and some of their tents had people cooked in the cauldron.

So the prince consort said, "Killing my Han men and insulting my Han women, slaughtering the Turks today is beyond justice." Then he ordered the slaughter of all the 2,000 Turkic captives.

"Well done! If I were here, I would definitely torture those bastards to death." Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

"But your majesty, the prince consort did not meet Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan of the Turks in Jingyang. He is worried that this army will march to Chang'an from a small road." Li Junxian said with some concern.

Li Shimin asked, "Does the boy have any other plans?"

"The prince consort said that General Yuchi doesn't need to go to Jingyang anymore. He should find a place to hide north of the Wei River and wait until Jie Li Khan's army arrives so that he can wipe out the whole army in one fell swoop," said Li Junxian.

"Okay, go down and rest first." Li Shimin said with a smile, and then shouted to the outside of the door: "Wang De."

After Wang De entered the room, he said, "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."

Li Shimin said: "Go and invite Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong to come and discuss the matter immediately."

"Yes, sir." Then Wang De left immediately.

After Wang De left, Li Shimin walked back and forth in the imperial study alone, feeling extremely happy. He really didn't know what to say about Zheng Zhengjin. If this record was made public, many other countries would probably covet it and would surely be eager to marry their princesses to Zheng Zhengjin.

At this time, Zhangsun Wugou came over with a bowl of chicken soup. When she saw Li Shimin, she was like a child who found candy. She asked with a frown, "Your Majesty, what happened to make you so happy?"

"Hey, Guanyin, you are pregnant now, so just let others do these things." It is true that Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun were deeply in love.

Empress Changsun smiled. After she put down the chicken soup, she looked at Li Shimin and said, "Erlang, you haven't told me what happened that makes you so happy."

"My dear son-in-law, you killed 20,000 Turks by yourself in Jingyang, including 10,000 elite Turks. Tell me, should I be happy about this?" Li Shimin said with a smile as he pulled Empress Changsun to sit down.

"One person killed twenty thousand? Is the prince consort okay?" Changsun Wugou began to care about Zheng Zhengjin.

"This good son-in-law has given me a great surprise. He is not injured. But there will probably be a quarrel in the court tomorrow!" Li Shimin did not need to think that when the censors knew about Zheng Zhengjin's killing of prisoners tomorrow, there would be countless impeachments. Just thinking about it made him feel dizzy.

"Ah? Why is this?" Changsun Wugou asked with sparkling eyes.

"Alas, when the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, they found the bodies of Tang women in the Turkic camp, and people were being cooked in Dieluzhi's tent. So the guy was furious and killed all the remaining 2,000 Turks. Not a single one was left alive." After Li Shimin finished speaking, Empress Zhangsun turned pale. She gritted her teeth and said, "These beasts deserve to be killed!"

"Erlang, you can't let those censors discourage your husband." Changsun Wugou advised.

Li Shimin asked with a smile: "I told him when he left that if he succeeds, I will make him king."

"And I'm not stupid, so how could I disappoint him? But I guess after that guy returns to Chang'an, no one will dare to impeach him." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Ah? Why?" Changsun Wugou asked with narrowed eyes. "Think about it, he can kill 20,000 people by himself without any injuries. They are the Turkish cavalry, which even my father is afraid of. If someone annoys him, he will pick up a knife to kill people, who can stop him?" Li Shimin's words were not false.

But Empress Changsun knew that Zheng Zhengjin was a good person and would definitely not attack Erlang, because if he wanted to attack, she and Erlang would have been separated from their heads long ago.

"I congratulate Your Majesty on having such a good son-in-law." Empress Changsun bowed to Li Shimin with a smile.

"The Queen also deserves half of the credit. After all, it was you who raised Xiangcheng." Li Shimin and his wife started to show their love in the imperial study.

Fortunately, at this time, the eunuch reported: "The Prince of Hejian and the Prince of Rencheng are here to see you."

"Please come in quickly," Li Shimin said.

Empress Chang Sun said, "Then I will take my leave first." After all, it was a national affair and it was not appropriate for a woman like her to get involved.

"Guanyin, please slow down." Li Shimin winked at the palace maid standing outside the door, and the palace maid immediately stepped forward and helped the queen out of the imperial study.

After Li Shimin drank the chicken soup brought by Empress Zhangsun,
Prince of Hejian, Li Xiaogong, Prince of Rencheng, and Li Daozon walked in.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Li Shimin said with a smile, "This is the battle report from Jingyang. You two can take a look."

After reading the battle report, both of them were shocked.
"Twenty thousand Turks were beheaded, including ten thousand elite Turks. This, this, this is simply incredible." Li Xiaogong himself was convinced.

At this time, Li Shimin took out his map, pointed to the place where Li Jing's troops were stationed, and then said: "You two, do you think it is feasible to let Li Jing launch a surprise attack on Dingxiang, and then let Li Ji cut off his retreat, so as to completely solve the hidden danger of DTZ? How can our Central Plains be occupied by the Turkic barbarians?" Li Shimin said with a smile.

The two princes asked in confusion: "But didn't the Turks claim to have a million-strong army? Here are only 20,000."

Li Shimin said: "The Turkic army this time is 200,000 strong, including baggage and other things, and the prince consort guessed that the enemy's target was Chang'an, so they would appear at the Wei River. With the prince consort's might, what difference would there be between 200,000 and 20,000? At most, he would just swing his sword twice more."

Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong were both frightened by Zheng Zhengjin's strength. After all, one person killed 20,000 people alone. Are you trying to scare these generals to death?

"Li Junxian came back to report the situation on the battlefield. Wherever the prince consort passed, the elite Turks were killed. Oh, by the way, he also brought back the dog head of Jie Li Khan's son, Die Luozhi." Li Shimin thought very clearly. Even if Li Jing returned to Chang'an to serve the king, there would be no time. It would be better to go to Jie Li Khan's hometown.

Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong were both extremely shocked: "Everywhere they passed, all the men and horses were annihilated?"

Li Shimin nodded calmly, "That's true."

"I agree to issue an order to let Li Ji and Li Jing take advantage of the Turkic army's weakness to launch a surprise attack on Dingxiang." Li Daozon and Li Xiaogong replied immediately.

"Okay, it's settled. By the way, what do you think about the prince consort killing prisoners on the battlefield?" Li Shimin asked the two, wanting to see their attitudes.

"Kill them if you want. The Turks are worse than beasts. It's good to kill them."

"Okay, I will immediately give Li Jing and Li Ji a secret order to have them take Dingxiang back to me and drive out those Turkic barbarians."

Night slowly came, and the whole Chang'an City felt better the moment the news of Li Junxian's victory reached Chang'an.
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(End of this chapter)