Chapter Sixteen
In Lingzhou, Li Ji's army is currently stationed here.
After Li Mu reported that day, Li Jing sent Su Dingfang to lead 200 cavalry as vans and marched on the fog. He arrived seven miles in front of the Turkic Khan's tent and was discovered by the Turkic scouts. Su Dingfang was brave and rushed directly to the Turkic camp. In the thick fog, the Turkic people couldn't figure out the number of Tang troops, and thought it was a large army that came, so scared that they fled. Su Dingfang won a great victory, and Jie Li fled on a thousand-mile horse. Li Jing led his army to arrive, defeated the Turkic Khan, and Tang Jian was also rescued. Li Jing's army was also rescued.
This time, more than 10,000 Turkic troops were eliminated, more than 100,000 were captured, and hundreds of thousands of livestock were obtained. Jie Li rushed out of the thick fog to gather the remaining soldiers, leaving only more than 10,000 people. He wanted to take these people to escape into the desert, but he did not expect that Li Ji had noticed that the enemy Yu Xian would block the way early, and more than 10,000 people were all broken here. Jie Li was also very lucky. When he fell into such a situation, he actually asked him to escape. He fled to Sunishi, northwest of Lingzhou with a few personal soldiers.
At this point, the Turkic army was almost completely destroyed. Li Ji was a self-protection man and never greedy for merit. He also knew that the first contribution of this battle to destroy the Turkic was Li Jing. This was a fact that no one could deny it. If he had not personally led three thousand cavalry to enter Eyangling from Mayi and captured Dingxiang City. The Turkics would not have been defeated, and Jie Li would not have been able to surrender. Therefore, Li Ji specially left this last blow to Li Jing. He asked his army to pursue the remnants of the Turkic troops. Li Ji drove the army to Lingzhou and stationed here. On the one hand, he could gather scattered Turkic tribes, and on the other hand, he could prevent Jie Li from escaping to Tuyuhun and create a worry-free rear for Li Jing. Finally, and the most important thing. He received the secret order from Li Shimin, he must capture the former Princess Yicheng of Sui, and he must meet people in his life and see the corpse in his life.
Speaking of Princess Cheng, the person who is the daughter of the former Sui Emperor Wen and the younger sister of Emperor Yang of Sui. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, in order to maintain relations with the Turks, Emperor Wen of Sui used Princess Yicheng to marry the Turks Qimin Khan. But not long after the marriage, the Qimin Khan died. According to Turkic customs, Princess Yicheng married the successor of Qimin Khan, who was also his son, Shibi Khan. Shibi Khan died a few years ago. She married Shibi Khan's younger brother Chuluo Khan. In less than a year, Chuluo Khan died of illness. She married the current Jie Li Khan. She served two generations and four Turkish Khans, and this one was the only one in history.
Princess Yicheng's life was very hard. As a royal nobleman, she not only did not enjoy happiness, but also lived in the grassland and deserts throughout her life, and was among the father and son of the Turkic Khan family. But she did not hate her father and brother for this, but she always felt grateful. Shibi Khan had once surrounded Emperor Yang of Sui. She revealed the news in advance, and then lied about military affairs and deceived Shibi Khan back to the desert, relieving Emperor Yang of Sui. After the demise of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui, Xiao and his little grandson fell into Dou Jiande's hands, and it was her representative office Luo Khan sent a letter to force Dou Jiande to release the people. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Yicheng encouraged Jie Li Khan several times to harass the border, so that Li Shimin had to be humiliated by the Wei River and formed a alliance of bridging bridges, which led to the greatest shame in her life. It can be said that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks were able to reach this point today, largely because she was pushing it.
Li Shimin was worried that Princess Yicheng would not die this time, and even if she captured Jie Li Khan, it would be useless. Because according to Turkic customs, she could marry the next Turkic Khan. In this way, there would be no peace on the border, so Li Shimin issued a secret order to Li Ji, asking him to station in Lingzhou and send cavalry to search everywhere. Princess Yicheng must be found so that he could relieve his confidant troubles.
With this secret decree, it was a letter written by Li Shimin. In addition to the relationship between the generals and Li Shimin in the early Tang Dynasty, in addition to the monarch and ministers, there was also the meaning of charity. Li Shimin had a good relationship with Li Ji, so in addition to the official secret decree, he also wrote a letter and said some gossip. Among them, Li Siwen's letter and his reply were mentioned. After reading the letter, Li Ji couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Isn't this a nonsense? His own son knows how capable Li Siwen is? Can he not know? If Li Siwen is really talented, Li Ji would not blindly prevent him from showing off in order to avoid suspicion. In Li Ji's eyes, Li Siwen really has no talent, so he will try his best to prevent Li Siwen from taking important positions, so as not to make any mistakes and ruin his reputation for life.
In Li Ji's vision, the most suitable life for Li Siwen is to be a rich man. If he knew about this in advance, he would definitely oppose it firmly. But now that Li Shimin's handwriting has been issued, he will not be able to say anything more. The emperor's words are nothing that his ministers can object. Now Li Ji can only hope that Li Siwen will not do anything ridiculous and teach him that this father cannot raise his head in front of his colleagues. Li Ji also knows that Li Shimin can let Li Siwen be the acting county magistrate, not that Li Shimin can let Li Siwen be the acting county magistrate.
He didn't know his ability, so he was nepotism and made random arrangements. But now the war is not decided, and there is nothing to do in Dingxiang City. Even if Li Siwen wants to do something bad, he can't do anything. At most, he is a deputy county magistrate. After the army returns, Li Shimin will naturally find an excuse to replace Li Siwen and let him return to Chang'an. However, this arrangement highlights Li Shimin's friendship for his subjects. If Li Siwen is not Li Ji's son, he would definitely not have received such treatment.
But Li Siwen, after following Li Mu's advice, he wrote five recruitment notices with his own hands, three of which were sent to three nearby counties. He had a sudden idea and placed a sign at each intersection at the north and south, so that pedestrians could see his notice. The notice was posted, and the effect was significant. The next day, many people took tools to apply. Li Siwen was overjoyed and immediately set up a registration office next to the city wall.
He personally took over and took out the work of doing the recording documents and registered the book for these people. After the registration and the wooden signs marked with their identities, he handed it over to Li Mu to manage it. He arranged whatever work he had to do, and immediately there was work to do. Within three days, a huge construction site had been formed around Dingxiang City, with hundreds of people working together, including those who dug trenches, those who made bricks, those who made muds, and those who built walls, and were busy.
Chapter completed!