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

Chapter 697: Divide the Forces to Attack
Hou Junji felt that everything he had done was worth it after receiving such high praise from Li Zheng.

But he had no idea that this evaluation was not given to him by Li Zheng, but by the Chinese people in Li Zheng's previous life.

The Tang Dynasty won a great victory in this battle, but the 200,000 Eight Banners Army was almost completely wiped out. Although these 200,000 Eight Banners Army were not the entire strength of the Eight Banners of the Tartars, they also directly shook the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule.

What is more important is that after this battle, the Tatars' forces near Jianzhou City were eliminated, and the Tang Dynasty could then become more proactive in its subsequent actions.

"Your Majesty, our army's losses in this battle are almost negligible. The soldiers can recover to their peak condition after two days of rest. What should we do next?"

Hearing Li Kan's question, Li Zheng waved his hand, and the map of the Qing court that Li Zheng had hung on the desk was slowly unfolded in front of Li Kan and Hou Junji.

"At this moment, the Qing court has Oboi, who is known as the greatest warrior of the Qing Dynasty. Previously, it was just a small Jianzhou City, so Oboi naturally would not take it seriously."

Li Zheng paused, sneered, and continued.

"But this time, the 200,000 elite Eight Banners Army was destroyed. Oboi will definitely lead his troops to attack personally. Judging from the current situation of our two armies, this time the battlefield will be here."

At the end of his speech, Li Zheng stretched out his left hand and pressed hard on the location of Fengtian City on the map.

Hou Junji, who was standing by, heard this and said to Li Zheng with confidence.

"Your Majesty, although Fengtian City is stronger than Jianzhou City, it is still not strong enough in front of the Shenwu Cannon of the Tang Dynasty. I am confident that I can capture Fengtian City before Oboi leads his army to arrive."

Li Zheng smiled.

"Of course, but I plan to wait for Aobai. And you, Lord Hou, have other places to go for this battle."

Seeing that Li Zheng didn't intend to let him fight with Aobai, Hou Junji asked in a depressed tone.

"Your Majesty, where do you intend to send me?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zheng started to move towards the northeast, and did not stop until he reached Ningguta.

"This Ningguta has an army of 100,000 people. The composition of this army is complex, but it is mainly composed of surrendered Chinese people, and there are also some Goguryeo people and Mongolians among them."

Li Zheng briefly introduced the composition of Ningguta's 100,000-strong army, then gritted his teeth and continued.

"I will give you 50,000 infantrymen and 1,000 Shenwu cannons. Take Ningguta for me and clean up the Tartars in the northeast. I wonder if General Hou can do it."

After hearing this, Hou Junji realized that Li Zheng was still thinking of dividing his troops when facing Oboi, who was known as the bravest warrior in the Qing Dynasty. But after thinking about it, Hou Junji felt that this was the right thing to do.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. If I cannot even take down this little Ningguta minister, I will bring my head to you."

Hou Junji issued a military order on the spot.

Li Zheng nodded with satisfaction. After thinking about it, he gave Hou Junji some instructions.

"Remember, after this battle, I don't want to see any more Tartars in the Northeast."

Hou Junji naturally had no objection. He understood the determination in Li Zheng's words. He was immediately startled and had a clearer understanding of Li Zheng's determination to wipe out the Tartars.

Li Zheng did not take the 100,000 Qing troops in Ningguta seriously. The reason he chose to divide his troops was that he was a little impatient.

The Tang Dynasty's strength had already crushed the Qing Dynasty, and Li Zheng no longer had the patience to continue wasting time with the Tartars, so he planned to speed up the war.

Next, all they have to do is wait for Oboi to come and destroy him. The Qing court will inevitably be in chaos. Once the Qing court is in chaos, Li Zheng's advancement will not face much resistance.

Li Zheng gave Hou Junji some time to rest in the farmland, and two days later, Hou Junji led 50,000 infantrymen and set off towards Ningguta. …

As for Mahara, the former leader of the Plain White Banner, after being thrown out of Jianzhou City by the soldiers, Mahara originally planned to return to the Eight Banners Army and gather the entire Eight Banners Army's strength to retreat to Fengtian City.

But Mahara suddenly thought of Li Zheng's intention to take the initiative to attack the Eight Banners Army, and now the main forces of Mahara's two banners have been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.

Only with strength can one have the right to speak. Without troops, Mahara had no confidence in convincing the other leaders of the Eight Banners.

Thinking of this, Mahara actually listened to Li Zheng's advice and did not choose to return to the Eight Banners Army. Instead, he went to Fengtian City first to contact his old subordinates.

After resting up in Fengtian City, Mahala did not dare to delay and hurried to the capital. He wanted to personally explain to the civil and military officials of the Qing court how powerful the remnants of the Huaxia tribe in Jianzhou City were. They could no longer underestimate the enemy.

Mahara didn't know that right after he drove Tu Hai away, Tu Hai's call for help arrived in Fengtian City. He also didn't know that the Eight Banners Army had been completely wiped out.

After Mahara arrived in the capital, he originally wanted to meet Emperor Kangxi, but now all affairs of the Qing court were firmly controlled by Oboi, and Emperor Kangxi's power was so small that it could be ignored.

So Mahara had to change his mind. As the matter was urgent, Mahara went directly to Oboi's residence to ask to see Oboi.

Mahara had followed Dorgon in his early years, so his relationship with Oboi was not good, but it was not bad either.

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Oboi was somewhat surprised to hear that Mahara wanted to see him. At that time, Oboi did not know the news that the Eight Banners Army had been annihilated. As Mahara was the leader of the two cavalry, Oboi naturally had no reason not to meet him.

Mahara successfully entered Oboi's mansion and met Oboi in his study.

As soon as the two met, Mahara didn't bother with the greetings and went straight to the point when he spoke to Aobai.

"Ao Zhongtang, something terrible has happened."

Abahai was shocked when he heard this, but he remained expressionless.

"Mahara, what happened? Why are you so panicked?"

After calming down for a moment, Mahala confessed everything that had happened to him. At this point, there was no point in him hiding anything.

After listening to Mahara's words, Oboi made a summary.

"You mean Jianzhou City has been occupied by the Tang Jianwu Emperor who came down from heaven? And your Eight Banners Army also suffered heavy losses at his hands?"

Upon hearing this, Mahara stroked Aobai's hair and nodded after finding that there was no problem.

Upon seeing this, Oboi became furious and spoke angrily to Mahara.

"Mahara, are you hysterical? What nonsense are you talking about?"

It's no wonder that Oboi had such a reaction. What Mahara said was too shocking. Oboi had been a soldier for half his life and had killed countless people. Naturally, he would not believe in any ghosts or gods.

Mahara was also shocked by Oboi's sudden anger, and for a moment, he didn't know how to explain to Oboi.

When Oboi saw Mahara's behavior, he felt that he had been fooled and ordered Mahara to be driven out.

Oboi did not take what Mahara said seriously and just thought that the hateful Mahara was suffering from hysteria.

(End of this chapter)