I’m Marquis in Great Tang

The weather at the end of June, when you say you change your face, you change your face. The sky above Chang’an City, the sun shone brightly golden light last moment. Next moment, dark clouds have gathered, blocking the sun, and it looks like dark clouds are pressing down on the city. Immediately, there was another crash-bang pouring rain. A heavy rain fell, temporarily taking away the scorching heat, and the air was cooler.

When it rained, Li Shimin also arrived at the door of the great hall, feeling the coolness brought by the rain. It’s just that Li Shimin looked at the mist and the water droplets splashing on the ground, but his mind floated far away, thinking about the situation in Western Regions.

Hou Junji failed the assassination. Due to Du Qi’s nature, he was not the one who suffered. I don’t know what Du Qi will do. Moreover, the intelligence system under Li Shimin’s command is also operating at high speed, staring at Western Regions carefully, waiting for Du Qi’s movement.

“Step! Step!!”

Suddenly, footsteps sounded in the distance.

A silhouette quickly ran from the rain and quickly came to the door of the great hall. The visitor was a servant. He came to Li Shimin and bowed and saluted: “His Majesty, there is an urgent report from Longyou Dao!”

Speaking, the sentry handed a letter.

Tang Zhen walked out from the side, he took the letter and passed it to Li Shimin’s hand. Li Shimin quickly opened the letter, but at this moment, his hand when he opened the letter was trembling. This is not fear, but some tension. When Li Shimin opened the letter and saw the content inside, the complexion was greatly changed, and his face became gloomy.

In anger, Li Shimin kneaded the letter into a ball and threw it out.

“Waste, waste!”

Li Shimin yelled.

The content of the letter was sent back by someone arranged by Su Dingfang. It records the incident that Du Qi suddenly led his army into the territory of Guazhou. The general information is extremely detailed. From the sudden attack of Du Qi’s army, there was no news to Guazhou. Then as soon as Du Qi’s army arrived, Hou Junji was stationed outside the city, so that he was surrounded by groups. Su Dingfang’s own troops were insufficient, and he was stared at by Du Qi’s Sect soldiers, unable to rush to support Hou Junji, so that Hou Junji was defeated and Du Qi was captured alive.

This is the message in the letter.

Li Shimin turned and went to the great hall, and he was instructed: “Summon Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng into the palace. In addition, Li Jing was also notified to enter the palace for an audience.”

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Tang Zhen immediately arranged for him, and then he returned to the palace and stood beside Li Shimin. It’s just that Tang Zhen stood aside, and even after a certain distance, he could feel Li Shimin’s anger.

That is real anger.

Last time, when Du Qi won Hou Junji, Li Shimin never had such anger. This time Hou Junji was defeated again, Li Shimin was furious, but Li Shimin did not get angry, making the atmosphere in the great hall, as if there is a little spark at any time, it may cause mountain cry out and sea howl.

A little bit of time passed. Not long after, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Li Jing entered one after another. After everyone was seated, Li Shimin didn’t circle around, and straight to the point said about Hou Junji’s defeat.

Everyone heard the words, and all the complexity greatly changed.

Hou Junji is not only defeated.

And became a prisoner again.

This situation immediately caused Great Tang to become passive, making Great Tang face a tricky situation. Zhangsun Wuji and the others have already used their brains, thinking about how to break the situation. Because if there is no way to crack it right now, then Great Tang’s situation will be very embarrassing, and even a poor handling will affect the stability of Great Tang.

Li Shimin looked around at everyone and said: “Let’s talk about it, how should we deal with this matter?”

Everyone looked serious when they heard this.

The current situation is not optimistic.

After listening, Zhangsun Wuji took the lead and said: “His Majesty, Hou Junji was defeated and fell into the hands of Du Qi. With Su Dingfang’s strength, Hou Junji would definitely not be saved, so now the minister thinks Only troops can be sent.”

“Simply, the army has been assembled before. With the order of His Majesty, my Great Tang army of hundreds of thousands can immediately go to the Western Regions. But now Hou Junji has fallen. Lost, the war on the front line of Guazhou in the Western Regions is tight. Originally, our plan was that Du Qi feinted, and the real army ambushed at the Tibet border.”

“Now it seems that there is not enough power. “

Zhangsun Wuji said: “Because it is definitely unrealistic to deal with Tibet at the same time, so Tibet only arranges a certain amount of troops to guard and defend to prevent Tibet from sudden attacks.”

In fact, I feel a little nervous.

There is no other reason, because when Zhangsun Chong came back, he said that Great Tang and Xia Country would go to war and he would definitely let his son be a hostage. Although this might be a threat from Du Qi, It’s just Du Qi’s temporary words, Zhangsun Wuji is still a little worried.

However, no matter what, there is only one battle.

There is no other choice.

Impossible regardless of Hou Junji.

Impossible allows Du Qi to enter Guazhou.

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard under his jaw and sighed: “His Majesty, the minister also agrees with the proposal to send troops and stop dealing with Tibet. Guazhou is the territory of Great Tang and cannot fall into the hands of Du Qi Yes. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Wei Zheng and Li Jing also spoke, and both agreed to send troops.

Li Shimin sighed after listening to everyone’s words. He led the army and went to war with Du Qi not long ago, and now he is about to go to war again, leaving Li Shimin rather helpless.

To fight Du Qi, Li Shimin is not ready yet. It’s not that the internal preparations are not enough. Now Great Tang’s internal adjustments have actually been completed, and everyone respects Li Shimin. Li Shimin is concerned that there are Tibet, Goguryeo, etc., which have not been dealt with properly, and most recently, there have been some movements on the northern grasslands. Some nomads have begun to show signs of rising, so there are still many problems outside Li Shimin. .

Li Shimin breathes deeply, saying: “So, then prepare to send troops.”

“Yes!”

Zhangsun Wuji and the others Qi Qi Should be down.

Li Shimin said: “This time the troop dispatch is the same as the last dispatch. Fang Xuanling stayed to assist Crown Prince to supervise the country, Li Jing led the army, and Zhangsun Wuji and Wei Zheng accompanied, and then transferred Cheng Yaojin. 、Yuchi Gong and the others are accompanied. My Tang Army team is in the battle. I want to spare no effort. I will also lead personally bringing troops into battle.”

“Yes!”

Everyone responded again.

“Report!”

At this moment, another servant entered, and the servant looked nervous and said: “His Majesty, Northwest Longyou Road Emergency Report, the sentry has reached the door of the great hall. , Ask for an audience.”

Li Shimin said: “Let him in.”

The servant went to deliver the decree, and the sentry quickly entered. This sentry was not Su Dingfang’s messenger, but was arranged by Li Shimin in Guazhou, Longyou Dao. He galloped back all the way, looking very tired, even because it was raining outside, his whole body was wet and his whole body was soaked. The ground is wet.

However, no one cared that the Sentry was soaked, one by one looked towards the Sentry, with a hint of tension in his eyes.

What news did Western Regions send back?

Is it good news?

Or bad news?

The sentry knelt on one knee, took out the plug that was blocking the bamboo tube from the bamboo tube behind him, and took out another letter. This letter does not touch water at all, because the bamboo tube cuts off the rain.

The sentry sent a letter and said: “His Majesty, Guazhou City has fallen.”

bang!!

In one sentence, it sounded like a thunderstorm. Everyone in the great hall showed an unbelievable look on their faces when they heard it, because they had just received the news of Hou Junji’s defeat and capture, and now they have returned the news of the fall of Guazhou.

Tang Zhen knew that something was wrong, and immediately took the letter and put it in front of Li Shimin. Li Shimin looked at the letter on the desk in front of him, and there was a momentary pause without any movement.

Immediately, Li Shimin picked up the letter and checked it.

This letter was written by Li Shimin’s sentinel, that Du Qi led his army into the city overnight, and Su Dingfang, Fu Junheng and the others directly surrendered. The news is rather brief, only a general idea. After all, the sentry is responsible for inquiring about the news, and cannot detect how Liji sneaked in and how Du Qi convinced Su Dingfang.

After reading Li Shimin, he couldn’t figure out for a while, how could Su Dingfang submit to Du Qi, and even according to the message in the letter, Du Qi can enter the city overnight, it must be Su Dingfang that opened the city gate. But there are also contradictions. Since Su Dingfang wants to surrender, he does not need to wait until the evening to open the city gates.

Li Shimin’s heart is complicated, so he handed the letter to the following people for review. After everyone finished reading, Li Shimin said: “Now let’s talk about the fall of Guazhou City.”

Everyone looked solemn.

One by one, he watched his nose and nose, thinking about it by himself, because I really don’t know where to start.