I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 571: Great Victory in the North Spreads to Kyoto

"I understand." Zheng Xuan replied respectfully and then withdrew.

"correct."

"Have the battle reports been sent back from the Northern Frontier yet?"

"It's been so long."

"There should be some battle reports, right?" Li Shimin asked Zheng Xuan.

"Please report to the Emperor."

"It's not that there is no battle report, but the emperor said at the beginning that this time when the Shihan Kingdom came to attack, he had already arranged everything. Small battle reports are useless. If the battle reports are really transmitted back, it means that the Shihan Kingdom was defeated." Zheng Xuan said loudly.

"This kid really likes to keep people in suspense."

"You make me live in fear in Chang'an City." Li Shimin said unhappily.

these past few months.

Li Shimin seemed to have returned to his old ways, reviewing memorials and holding court meetings every day without any rest.

"Report."

"Great victory in the northern border."

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking.

An excited shout came from outside the hall.

Suddenly.

Everyone's eyes were looking outside the hall.

The child was just thinking about this matter and now he is here.

Chang'an City was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and everything was calm. Even the entire Tang Dynasty was calm, and it seemed that there was no war.

Even in Beijiang Prefecture, which is closest to the battlefield, there are no signs of war except for the newly built border town that was besieged by foreign races.

All this was because Li Zheng personally blocked the war in Binjiang Town at the border town, so other territories of the Tang Dynasty did not feel it.

And now.

The flames of war also moved away from the Tang Dynasty and directly invaded the borders of the foreign race, making it easy to attack and defend.

of course.

As court officials and the power structure of the Tang Dynasty, they were also very much looking forward to the war situation.

However, with their emperor personally leading the troops, they did not have to worry as much about foreign invasions as in the past. Since their emperor joined the army, he had never been defeated in any expedition. The court knew this, and so did the people of the world.

Their emperor personally comes out, and this is the source of confidence for all the people.

"Xuan."

Li Shimin said loudly.

A messenger from the northern border quickly rushed into the hall and knelt down.

"Please report to the Emperor."

"A great victory at the border town."

"In compliance with the Emperor's order, inform all the ministers of this great victory, and then announce it to the world in the name of the court to boost morale."

The messenger held up the victory report in his hand and spoke loudly.

"Go ahead and read it directly."

Li Shimin waved his hand.

Wang De immediately walked down the stairs, picked up the victory report, opened it, and read it aloud: "In March of the third year of Jianwu, the 500,000-strong army of the Shihan Kingdom besieged our northern border town. After a tentative attack on the first day, they began to besiege from all sides on the second day, which lasted for four days."

"The soldiers in the city fought desperately to resist the fierce attack of hundreds of thousands of foreigners."

"At this very moment."

"Your Majesty has already made his plans. From Shanggu, Youzhou, Jinyang Prefecture, and Beijiang Prefecture, the four armies will make a detour and surround all the foreign troops besieging the border city."

"After many days of attack, the foreigners were exhausted and suffered heavy losses at the hands of the soldiers defending the city."

"The four armies of the Great Tang are coming to encircle and kill the aliens."

"finally."

"Of the 500,000 alien troops, only 30,000 or 40,000 escaped, and the rest were killed."

"Tang, great victory at the border town."

Wang De announced to all the civil and military officials in the court with an excited tone.

As soon as these words fell.

The whole court was shocked. "The Shihan Kingdom's 500,000-strong army was destroyed just like that?"

"Were we surrounded and wiped out by the Tang Dynasty from four directions?"

"This is a great victory..."

"In the northern border, the total strength of the Tang Dynasty was only over 300,000 troops, yet we managed to surround and encircle the foreign army of 500,000 and eventually defeated and annihilated them."

"You are worthy of being the Emperor."

"Even though you have been away from the battlefield for many years, your ability to command troops is still unrivaled, and you are still the God of War of the Tang Dynasty."

"This battle will surely go down in the history of our Tang Dynasty. The Shihan Kingdom is finished."

All the officials thought in awe.

"This battle."

"Only my son can fight this out."

"Annihilate 500,000 aliens." Li Shimin also laughed loudly.

"Congratulations to the Emperor."

"The territory of our Tang Dynasty will usher in another expansion."

"The territory is vast and boundless."

"The Tang Dynasty is about to reach its peak."

All the civil and military officials in the court congratulated Li Shimin in unison.

"How many Tang soldiers suffered casualties in this battle?" Li Shimin asked the soldier with an urgent look in his eyes.

Such a huge result was achieved.

The Tang army was also bound to suffer heavy casualties.

I'm afraid this number will not be small.

After all, the continuous and fierce attacks by 500,000 troops on the border town of the Tang Dynasty were so fierce, and the city had to go through such a fierce defense.

Hard to imagine.

"This battle."

"The emperor is personally guarding the border city, and he has 80,000 soldiers from the Tang Dynasty. The emperor has issued an order to allow the 100,000 slaves from the three Turkic tribes in the city to make meritorious contributions while serving their crimes. As long as they defend the border city for the Tang Dynasty, their slave status will be pardoned, and they will be granted the status of Tang soldiers."

"Under the Emperor's order."

"All 100,000 slaves should serve the Tang Dynasty."

"The border town was guarded by 180,000 troops. Under the continuous fierce attack of the foreign army of 500,000 for many days, countless enemies were killed, but their own casualties exceeded 60,000, including more than 30,000 killed, most of whom were injured by artillery and arrows. More than 30,000 people were injured."

"In this defensive battle, at least 200,000 aliens were annihilated, which led to the subsequent victory of our Tang army's encirclement and suppression." The messenger reported loudly.

Hearing this victory.

Li Shimin's frown slowly relaxed.

This number of casualties is really not too much.

All I can say is that this is definitely a real big victory.

Facing the crazy attack of half a million troops, you can imagine the scene. Moreover, it was different from the previous siege where only one city tower was attacked, but it was attacked from all sides. The pressure was unprecedentedly great, but it only resulted in more than 30,000 casualties.

This number surprised Li Shimin.

It even made him feel relieved.

The same was true for all the civil and military officials in the court. They were all shocked by the results of the battle.

"Does your emperor have any other instructions?" Li Shimin asked the messenger after calming down.

"Your Majesty."

"The Emperor specifically instructed me to do so."

"We have also compiled the list of casualties. For the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, whether they were military prostitutes of our Great Tang or slaves who died in the siege, all will be paid with the pensions of our Great Tang soldiers."

"For soldiers who died in battle, the pensions will be directly supervised by the Ministry of Revenue and distributed to the families of every soldier who died in battle."

"As always, this matter will be supervised by the Minister of Revenue and the left and right vice ministers. No omissions are allowed."

"Those who embezzle the pension will be killed without mercy."

The messenger immediately started to speak loudly.

"Qin Jiansheng, did you hear that?"

Li Shimin looked directly at Qin Jiansheng, the Minister of Revenue.

(End of this chapter)