Yipin Tang

Chapter 396 The overall situation has been decided
At the moment when the aristocratic family was destroyed, the battle report ahead also came back, and along with the battle report came back a huge head—Tulu's ferocious head full of resentment and unwillingness.

The Turks were defeated, and when Tulu led [-] Qingqi quietly bypassed Qingsong Town, Li Jing launched a sneak attack on the Turkic camp that night.

After the end, Li Jing immediately led the Tang army to Qingsong Town, but met the fleeing Turkic light cavalry on the way, intercepted and killed the Turks, only a few thousand troops escaped.

Li Jing was very surprised. He thought that the battle in Qingsong Town would last for a while. After all, there were dozens of powerful and strange people going south with the [-] Qingqi. To retreat so quickly?
Li Jing, the leader of the army approaching the city of Qingsong Town, was surprised to find that the city wall of Qingsong Town had hardly suffered any damage. The place where the battle took place seemed to be some distance away from the city wall, and the ground was full of corpses of Turkic soldiers.

It stands to reason that the Turkic soldiers are sharp and the Tang army should stay in the city and wait for them to come to support. It is a good strategy. It is obviously unwise to go out of the city to fight.

Could it be that the leader of the reinforcements sent by His Majesty is an idiot?Or was Zhao Wang Li Yuanba ordered to go out of the city to fight?Fortunately, Qingsong Town was not lost.

During wartime, if the atmosphere is tense, if you don't send someone to report and bring the army closer, it may cause misunderstanding. Li Jing, who has led the army for many years, will naturally not make such a mistake. With doubts, Li Jing sent someone to report.

Hearing that the Turkic camp in front was also captured by the Tang army, the soldiers and civilians in Qingsong Town cheered, as if the Turkic invasion plan to the south had completely failed.

When Li Jing entered Qingsong Town, Li Yuanba had already returned to Chang'an with the battle report and Tulu's head. He thought that the person in charge of Qingsong Town's military affairs was Zhao Yuan, the guard of Qingsong Town, but it turned out that a young woman reported to him In the battle situation, Zhao Yuanyuan stood obediently behind.

The doubts in Li Jing's heart became stronger. He felt that the woman in front of him looked familiar but couldn't remember it for a while, so he frowned and said, "Who are you?"

Haitang took off the helmet and smiled brightly: "Can't Uncle Li recognize me?"

Li Jing's eyes lit up suddenly, and he asked in surprise, "You are Hou Junji's daughter, Haitang?"

Haitang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, my father took me to visit Uncle Li's residence a few years ago."

Li Jing stroked his beard and sighed: "At that time you were wearing a daughter's outfit, but now I really don't recognize you in armor. How did you come here?"

Haitang replied: "Your Majesty asked me to bring [-] reinforcements to the reinforcements. On the way, when I met His Royal Highness Zhao Wang, he said that [-] Turkic cavalry detoured to attack Qingsong Town, so I brought them here."

"Your Majesty asked you to lead the army?" Li Jing looked suspicious, he knew that Haitang wanted to be the leading general, but this matter...

Zhao Yuan smiled and said: "General Li, don't underestimate Miss Haitang, she killed two strange Turks with her own hands."

"Hiss!" Li Jing was even more surprised when he heard the words. He had seen the fighting power of the Turks before, and even he himself was no match for them. Haitang was able to kill two Turks?

Listening to Haitang and Zhao Yuan's narration of what happened, Li Jing finally understood why the Turks were defeated so quickly. The [-] reinforcements sent by Li Er turned out to have more than a dozen powerful and strange people. Li Yuanba's small universe burst out without any worries In the end, Tulu was beheaded, and the black wolf that was as strong as a yak was successfully subdued by Haitang with the help of Li Yuanba. The Turkic people were all killed and injured, and there were only two strange people who ran away at a very fast speed not long after the war started. , Datang won a complete victory in this battle.

Li Jing asked his soldiers to rest in Qingsong Town for one night, and then redeployed all the Tang troops in Qingsong Town the next day, leaving some as Qingsong Town's defenders, and taking the rest back to Juyongguan, which is the gateway to the southwestern part of the Tang Dynasty. The reason why the Turks were able to penetrate all the way was because the Tang army lost Juyongguan. Now that the 20 troops of the Turks who invaded the south are almost wiped out, he naturally has to take people back to Juyongguan to re-arrange fortifications.

Haitang also went to Juyongguan with Li Jing, but she didn't hear any news about Hou Junji along the way, so she couldn't help feeling a little anxious, Li Jing persuaded: "You don't have to worry too much, the captive Turkic people have already confessed that they didn't capture Juyongguan Your father is probably in hiding, and he should be back soon when he hears the news of the Turkic retreat."

Juyongguan was in a mess after the war, half of the city wall was blown down by Tulu. It can be seen how tragic the battle was at that time. Without a fierce man like Li Yuanba, no one could deal with the fierce and abnormal Tulu. The siege equipment wanted to blast the city gate It wasn't easy, but he smashed down the city wall by himself. This kind of fighting power is really appalling. Although Hai Tang and the twelve strange black guards are also very powerful, there is still a big gap compared with Tulu and Li Yuanba .

The city wall was severely damaged, and it was not easy to restore it. It was impossible for Li Jing to lead the troops to stay outside all the time when the Turks were defeated. He temporarily arranged for a deputy general to be in charge of the construction and defense of Juyongguan. He led the troops back to Chang'an, and the reinforcements brought by Haitang also came They were brought back to Chang'an by Li Jing, leaving only 33 black guards to follow her in Juyongguan to wait for news from Hou Junji.

The common people had just witnessed the destruction of the family, and suddenly heard the news that the Turkic army was defeated and the Tang army was victorious. They immediately cheered. They heard that the Turkic army went all the way to the south, and even Juyongguan was lost. People in Chang'an were panicked. At this time, this news came to the hearts of the people. Overjoyed, they rushed to tell each other.

The cloud that shrouded the Tai Chi Hall also suddenly dissipated. Before Li Er came over, all the ministers were whispering in His Highness.

"Your Majesty's action is really fast. The aristocratic family that has been passed down for hundreds of years is completely wiped out in one day." Fang Xuanling sighed with emotion in a low voice.

Changsun Wuji squinted his eyes and said: "Lao Fang is careful, this is none of His Majesty's business. I heard that the aristocratic family's hoarding of salt aroused public anger and angered people rushed into the house. His Majesty sent officers and soldiers to protect them. However, the officers and soldiers were too angry. Stop the angry populace."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and gave a wry smile, only real people would believe this.

Obviously, it is not appropriate to talk too much about this matter, Fang Xuanling just sighed, and asked another topic: "What do you think about the salt shop?"

This time the situation was turned around entirely because of the salt shop suddenly opened by the Marquis of Jiayuan. The plan of asking the king to enter the urn caused the family to lose both wealth and popular support and reputation. It completely cut off the chance for the family to turn around. It may work, and the people who cannot buy salt will point the finger of resentment at the court.

Changsun Wuji said irresponsibly: "Since it's Wang Zixin, I wouldn't think it strange even if he conjures salt from the stone."

Fang Xuanling wanted to say something, and suddenly saw Li Shimin coming out from the back of the hall with a red face, and stopped making a sound, straightened his clothes and stood respectfully.

(End of this chapter)