Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 226 Yang Guozhong's Panic
When Tang Xuanzong came back from Concubine Yang, he heard another battle report from the Anton Governor's Mansion. He was also prepared to hear worse news. He wanted to see if Li Fei could give him What happened.

"Report, Li Fei, the governor of Andong's Protectorate, led his army to face the army of the Bohai Kingdom, defeated the [-] enemy army in the city of Gewuzhou City, beheaded the head of the enemy's coach, Shangquan Yiren, and passed it on to Chang'an. City! In addition, Jiedu envoy Li Fei is leading an army to chase and defeat the enemy—”

Such news not only surprised Tang Xuanzong, Yang Guozhong and others almost stared out.

how can that be!

It was the only thought that came to their minds at the same time.

The [-] troops of the Bohai Kingdom, looking around the Tang Dynasty, can definitely be called "heavy troops". The entire court is busy moving the army under An Lushan into the Andong Governor's Mansion to fight, and everything has been done. He made a decision, but now he suddenly heard that the army of Bohai State had been defeated by Li Fei.

With the strength of Anton's Protectorate, it took more than a day to defeat the enemy's [-] army?Is it because the army of the Bohai Kingdom is all mobs, or is it that Li Fei is a rare general in a thousand years, who can win more with less?

Shocked, Tang Xuanzong called all officials to discuss the matter again.

"Your Majesty, this is impossible! The Bohai people grow up in a place of bitter cold all year round, and their ethnicity is barbaric. They are no easier to deal with than the Xi and Khitan tribes. The Xi and Khitan tribes, Dongping County King's heavy troops have been fighting for nearly ten years. How could Li Fei defeat the [-] troops of the Bohai Kingdom in such a short time with the strength of the Eastern Capital Protectorate?" This was one of the officials bribed by An Lushan who jumped out and questioned it firmly!
If the army of the Bohai Kingdom had already been defeated by Li Fei, how would they allow the army under An Lushan to enter Andong, and how would they get the benefits from An Lushan?
"Your Majesty, I also think it's not credible! Could it be that Li Fei deliberately spread false news for fear of being punished by the court?" Several officials continued to question, some were bribed by An Lushan, and some were signaled by Yang Guozhong.

Compared with the shock and disbelief of these people, I want to refute fiercely.As Li Fei's father-in-law, although Lin Siming was also shocked, he was really pleasantly surprised. This shows that Li Fei did the opposite. At least if the news is true, even if Li Fei's great achievements are not counted, he will never continue to punish Li Fei for it.Besides, Lin Siming claimed that he knew Li Fei better. If it wasn't true, Li Fei would never spread the news.

"My lords, why do you think that Li Fei dared to spread false news to the court? The head of the enemy commander was reported to Chang'an City. Could it be fake? Wouldn't the army verify it? Besides, since the enemy was defeated in the first battle, Then there must be further news coming, and if you adults still don’t believe it, you can wait for further news to come, or even send someone directly to the Anton Governor’s Mansion to verify it.” Lin Siming stood up and spoke for Li Fei.

Although Lin Siming was alone, Li Fei's victory gave him the confidence to overwhelm hundreds of officials including Yang Guozhong.

All the civil and military officials present, including Yang Guozhong, were blocked by Lin Siming and couldn't say anything immediately. They couldn't refute without thinking. In the end, it proved that the news was true, so they slapped themselves in the face instead.

It is impossible to send people to the Anton Governor's Mansion to verify it now, and it will take more than half a month to go back and forth, and the day lily is cold.We can only wait for further news.

Yang Guozhong's face was very ugly. He didn't expect Li Fei to pass this test like this. He could only hope that Li Fei was really doing something wrong and passing on fake news.However, he also knew that the hope was very slim. He didn't say how much he knew about Li Fei, but he also knew that Li Fei was not the kind of person who would dare to spread such important news indiscriminately.

After waiting for several hours, further news came.

The 6000 Bohai army was really defeated by Li Fei in the first battle. More than 5000 were killed, more than [-] were captured, and less than [-] were able to escape back to Bohai!

There were more than 5000 captives, and Li Fei also asked the court to resettle these Bohai captives in the battle report.When the imperial court made a decision, they would have to see enough captives, who wouldn't have the brains to spread such news?This can only show that the news is completely true, the [-] army of the Bohai Kingdom was really defeated by Li Fei relying on the strength of Anton's Protectorate!

"Your Majesty, the news also said that the Bohai Kingdom sent troops to the Tang Dynasty for no reason, which is a serious offense to the Tang Dynasty's prestige. Li Fei is ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue and lead the army into the Bohai Kingdom, pointing directly at the capital of the Bohai Kingdom. Further news has come." Lin Siming said with a smile.

Tang Xuanzong just recovered from the shock, nodded immediately, and could only wait for further news anyway.

A day later, there was another news.

"Report-"

"Jiedu envoy Li Fei led the Andong iron cavalry to the capital of the Bohai Kingdom, and the king of Bohai came out of the city to ask for surrender. The Bohai Kingdom presented a letter of surrender, willing to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and willing to send its crown prince to Chang'an City as a pledge to guarantee the future. The Bohai Kingdom has revered the Tang Dynasty for generations—" Li Fei's good news was another thunderclap.

Yang Guozhong's face was instantly foul-smelling, and those officials who were bought by An Lushan with a lot of money seemed to be dead children. How can I give them the rest of the benefits.

"Hahahaha, Li Fei is so good, he is also the pillar of the Tang Dynasty!" Overjoyed, Tang Xuanzong laughed loudly, the shame and anger of the past few days were all washed away, and his disgust towards Li Fei was also washed away Most of the time, Li Fei felt 'cute' all of a sudden.

On that day, in front of the envoys of various countries, news came that the Bohai Kingdom raised [-] troops to attack Datang, which slapped him, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in the face, and damaged the national prestige of the entire Tang Dynasty. The [-] army of the Bohai Kingdom was defeated, and Li Feibing approached the city, almost destroying the Bohai Kingdom.This not only did not damage the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, but also gave the envoys of various countries a big blow, to see who would dare to defy the Tang Dynasty in the future.

"Propagate my will and inform the envoys of all countries!" Tang Xuanzong announced with a wave of his big hand with a heart full of joy.

All officials are fools, and they are right. Two days ago, some people said that Li Fei had committed a heinous crime, was immoral and incompetent, and yelled at Li Fei to kill him.But today, he followed Tang Xuanzong and praised Li Fei to everyone, such as another Anlu Mountain, a pillar of the country, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and so on.

The more Yang Guozhong listened to the praise of Li Fei from the officials around him, the more angry and uncomfortable he felt. He never thought that Li Fei's carefully designed "poisonous plan" would be cracked by Li Fei in this way, even if he still held onto it. Don't let it go, judging from His Majesty's current attitude, it is impossible to continue to bring Li Fei down through this incident.

"Your Majesty, Jiedu envoy Li Fei has another report to submit to His Majesty. It is the main reason for the Bohai Kingdom's re-empowerment to the Tang Dynasty that I learned from the King of Bohai. Please read it!" The messenger sent by Li Fei came from the court. In his arms, he took out another memorial written by Li Fei himself.

Looking at the report in the messenger's hand, Yang Guozhong's heart skipped a beat, he felt bad for a moment, and he became extremely flustered!He never expected that not only did Li Fei overcome the difficulties, but he might also catch some 'terrible' trick!
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