Dragon fights in Tang Dynasty

With the end of the Battle of Nuozhenshui, a tragic frontier battle ended in a disastrous defeat for Xue Yantuo's army - more than 17 Xue Yantuo's army, except for its coach Dadu, led more than a hundred under the intentional connivance of the Tang Army. In addition to the soldiers escaping, the entire army was wiped out. In the whole battle, Xue Yantuo's army died more than [-], and more than [-] were captured. The [-] to [-] Tang troops who died when the city was breached, from Li Zhen's exit to the complete annihilation of Xue Yantuo's army, only killed or injured a total of just over [-]. It can be called brilliant, and the biggest credit for this is naturally attributed to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen doesn't care much about credit or not, what Li Zhen actually wants is recognition - the army is a place that emphasizes merit, without military merit, it doesn't matter if you are a prince or a famous family, it doesn't matter Ding, this time it's good, I have a reputation, and there are not too many confidantes, and the mountain has been erected. Although the power is still very weak, it can be regarded as having some people, right?As for the future development, let's discuss it later, anyway, Li Zhen's reputation as a "general star" is considered solid at the moment, and he can talk to a group of generals in the army, and it is no longer a big deal. Somebody's disciple who is not famous is worth celebrating. No, after the army withdrew back to Shuozhou, Li Zhen was busy, handing over the memorials and protecting capital like snowflakes, all for the sake of The booklets of his confidantes asking for credit and rewards were a little busy, but they were in a very good mood.

Although the Tang army won a complete victory in the battle of Nuozhenshui, and wiped out nearly half of Xue Yantuo's entire country's troops, but it was almost midwinter, and the sky was freezing. This is not a good time to fight, and the Tang army has no further conquest. Corresponding preparations can only be withdrawn to Shuozhou and stationed in Shuozhou City. Apart from reporting the battle situation to the court, there is nothing to do. The more than [-] troops are just idle. If you want to continue to conquer Xue Yantuo, you have to look at the results of the court meeting.

To be honest, Li Zhen doesn't care much about fighting or not fighting. Without him, even if he fights again, it's just icing on the cake for Li Zhen. Now it's important to grab those confidantes in his hands. ——Although there was a shortage of supplies in Shuozhou after the catastrophe, it was not a problem for Li Zhen. No, Li Zhen had not arrived in Shuozhou yet, so he had already sent someone to inform the "Yanji Company" to send a lot from the customs. Rewards such as pigs, sheep, fine wines, oh, as soon as Li Zhencai arrived in Shuozhou, all the things were in place. For several days, all the barracks were full of Yanji's fine wine "Victorious Return" with a strong flavor. Xiang Xiang, everyone in the army was very happy, and they often praised Li Zhen for being meaningful.

The wine is fine wine, and Li Zhen's drinking capacity is good, but she can't stand a group of killers toasting at high prices all day long, but after only two days, Li Zhen couldn't handle it anymore, so she found an excuse to slip away and go to " After hiding in the manor purchased by Yanji Company, he refused to go into the barracks again. According to Li Zhen, this is called avoiding the limelight. After two or three days, the wine in the barracks should have arrived When you stop, just go and sweep the tail at that time.

Yanyuan, one of the properties of "Yanji Company" in Shuozhou, although Xue Yantuo's army burned, killed and looted in Shuozhou City before breaking the city, but the property of "Yanji Company" was not touched. For the sake of Li Zhen's background, it is actually because the "Yanji Company" is the largest trading company between Datang and the tribes of the grassland, and all the grassland tribes are connected with the "Yanji Company" - the grassland tribes The needed salt, tea, silk, iron and other things can only be brought by the merchants who travel between the Central Plains and the grassland. Under normal circumstances, those businessmen would not be touched. This is the reason why the property of "Yanji Company" in Shuozhou has not been looted.

The Wild Goose Garden is actually not that big, it's just a three-entry yard covering an area of ​​more than one hundred acres, and the furniture and furnishings are also very ordinary. The only thing that makes Li Zhen catch the eye is actually the word "quiet".Li Zhen, who had been fighting continuously for nearly half a month, was already exhausted. As soon as she hid in the wild goose garden, she immediately fell asleep for a whole day and didn't get up for a full twelve hours. It's very pleasant to be back, but it's a pity that these refreshing days are very short. No, Li Zhen just got up early in the morning, was washing and changing, planning to have a good breakfast, and saw the wild goose The manager of the garden, Old Liu Tou, hurried in and said that there was a visitor, or he had stood outside the door in the snow all night, and asked Li Zhenjian if he hadn't seen him yet.

Um?Li Long?I have never heard of it, what the hell are you doing standing in the snow all night?Well, this regular script is really not bad, it has the charm of Yu Shinan, it's interesting!Li Zhen looked at the famous stab handed over by the housekeeper several times, but she couldn't remember where this Li Long came from, and she pondered for a while and said, "Guan Liu, this person came to cast a stab, why don't you invite him to another day?" Come again?"

Hearing Li Zhen's words hinted at reproach, Guanshi Liu blushed, and hastily replied: "My lord, I have told you a few times, but the man didn't listen, so I asked him to rest in the porter's room. Ignore it, just stand in the snow blindly, God knows how a night of heavy snow can't freeze this person."

Um?heavy snow?Heh, good boy, this is showing us his skills. This boy can withstand the heavy snow all night, which shows that his kung fu is already quite good, plus that beautiful regular script, ha, it seems that we are sure to eat it. I will definitely meet him, hey, it’s interesting, it’s okay to meet him.Only then did Li Zhen notice the white snow outside the window, which had already accumulated a thick layer. Suddenly, she understood what the visitor's intentions were, and smiled and said, "Then invite him to the study to meet you." , the king will go after eating."

Guanshi Liu hurriedly responded, and ran out of the garden all the way to the side of the mysterious visitor, and said very politely: "Mr. Li, my lord invites you to meet me in the study."

The visitor who claimed to be Li Long saw that it was Guanshi Liu who came out to pass the message instead of Li Zhen who came out to meet him in person. He froze for a moment and frowned, but he didn't say much. The snowflakes shook off, followed Guanshi Liu, and strode into the garden.

The breakfast was good. There were seven or eight kinds of bacon, winter bamboo shoots, shark fin soup, and white steamed buns. This made Li Zhen, who had eaten the military food for more than a month, very comfortable. She patted her belly and walked towards the study with a smile on her face. Just as she entered the door of the study, she saw a white-clothed scholar busy getting up to greet her. , Mr. Li has anything to ask the king, let’s talk about it.”

The visitor obviously didn't expect that Li Zhen didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries when they met. He asked straightforwardly, was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and asked back, "Why did the lord make such a statement?"

Ha, test me, hey, Xiao Mian, your tail has long been exposed!Li Zhen smiled lightly and said: "Being courteous to others, you must ask for something. This is what it means. Moreover, in terms of your literary and military talents, you can be regarded as brilliant. Although this king is not a person who is eager to seek talents , but he is also a talented person, if the husband is not so urgent, this king will definitely come to your residence to invite him, since your Excellency is so persistent, then this matter must be extremely important, why not ask this king directly?"

"Oh?" Li Long applauded with a smile: "I have long admired the king of Yue, who is a sage king of the Tang Dynasty. He is both civil and military. I have seen it today, and I have the opportunity to argue that he is unparalleled. It's amazing, it's amazing, but doesn't your highness know the wood? Is it better than the forest and the wind will destroy it?"

"Bold, is this something you can say?" Li Zhen's complexion changed suddenly, and she said with a serious face: "If Mr. Today can't tell the reason why, then don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

Li Zhen has been through the battlefield, and her body is full of evil spirits. With this anger, a huge coercion suddenly rose, and those little maids who were waiting on the side all fell to their knees in fright. Trembling, but Li Long was fine, he shook his head nonchalantly and said: "Your Highness, why should you speak out to test the grassroots, the prince knows this matter well, but there is no definite plan, what a certain person said is right?"

Good boy, look at what this is saying, damn it, I got caught up in the conversation by this kid, ha, it's interesting, I'm fighting with us.Li Zhen glanced at Li Long, who was calm and composed, and suddenly realized that he was being led away by the nose, and immediately changed a smile and said: "Whether it is right or not, others will talk about it. This king is calm in his heart, there is nothing wrong with it." Speaking to people, hey, you can tell me what you want from the king, sir, you should know that the king is busy with military affairs and really has no time for idle chatting, please forgive me."

Just as Li Long changed the topic, he could vaguely see that Li Zhen had fallen into the trap he had designed earlier. While he was getting excited, he saw Li Zhen's understatement words come out, and his face change became worse than turning over a book. Hurry up, he froze immediately, but he also breathed a sigh of relief - if Li Zhen didn't have such skills, Li Long might be disappointed instead.

"My lord's words are very true. Cao Min has something to ask of my lord. However, before Cao Min speaks, I still have a question. I hope my lord can answer it from my heart." Li Long let out a long breath, and looked at Li Zhendao with earnest eyes.

Damn, what on earth does this kid want to do?Li Zhen frowned, and said in a calm voice: "Sir, you can ask, but this king may not be able to answer, but if this king answers, it must be the truth."

"Thank you, my lord." Li Long bowed respectfully, took a deep breath and said, "May I ask how your lord views the people of the grassland?"

Um?How could this be the problem?A gleam flashed in Li Zhen's eyes, she glanced at Li Long coldly, and asked in a calm voice, "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who the grass people are, please ask the prince to solve the doubts of the grass people first, and then the grass people have their own words." Li Long was not intimidated by the coldness in Li Zhen's eyes, and said calmly.

Uh-huh, good guy, let's not talk about this kid's ability, just this kind of demeanor is a bit of a look, hey, this kid is probably related to the grassland tribe, could it be that he was sent by Dadu?It's possible, but it doesn't look like it. Who is this kid?Li Zhen glanced at the guy who called himself Li Long suspiciously, lost in thought...