Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 112 The Joy of the Manna Hall

When the two bloody heads appeared, the coalition forces of the two countries were so shocked that they put down their weapons and surrendered to the Shu army.

This battle finally declared victory.

Li Ke led the Shu army, set off from Shu, crossed more than half of the Tang Dynasty, and finally put an end to the war that ravaged the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.

In this battle, nearly 20 enemy troops were killed and nearly 30 were captured.

The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms dispatched a total of 50 allied troops, but none of them survived.

The commanders-in-chief of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Gai Suwen, Ge Shuliang, and Tuo Mo Shengxiong, were all mighty overlords in the world, and they were all beheaded by Li Ke.

When the war ended, Li Kecai rushed to Youzhou with his troops.

Youzhou's predicament has been relieved. The Shu Chamber of Commerce under Li Ke has begun to help Youzhou under the escort of Shu army infantry, and the land of Youzhou has naturally fallen into Li Ke's hands.

Li Ke didn't stay in Youzhou for too long, and he wanted to escort the prisoners this time back to Chang'an.

In the early years of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty was not yet strong, and the neighboring countries had quite a change, harassing the borders of the great powers.

Datang urgently needs a grand prisoner offering ceremony to deter surrounding foreigners and ensure the peace of the border.

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Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace.

All the ministers gathered in the Manlu Hall to discuss the war.

They had received frontline battle reports before and learned that Li Ke had wiped out the Goguryeo army and was rushing to the vicinity of Youzhou to conquer the coalition forces of the Turks and Xueyantuo.

Now that the situation in Youzhou is unclear, Li Shimin has not received the latest battle report after a few days, and Li Shimin is quite disturbed, so he summoned all the ministers to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, would you like to lead troops to meet the King of Shu?"

Cheng Yaojin couldn't wait a long time ago. Ever since he heard that Li Ke had wiped out the Goguryeo army and beheaded Yuan Gai Suwen, he had been itching and wanted to go to the front line to join in the fun.

Before Li Ke went to the expedition, he asked Zhan to go to the expedition, but Li Shimin rejected his request considering that Chang'an still needed people to guard, Li Ke's prestige was difficult to establish, and many other factors.

Now that he heard that Li Ke was enjoying killing and stealing the limelight, he couldn't help it anymore.

"You guys are causing trouble again!"

Li Shimin had long seen through Cheng Yaojin's thoughts. Cheng Yaojin was the general of Zuotunwei and was responsible for guarding Chang'an. How could he be easily transferred?

He angrily refuted Cheng Yaojin's request, and then looked at Du Ruhui and the others.

"Your Majesty, I feel that the King of Shu will definitely win this battle..."

Du Ruhui stepped forward and said: "Among the Three Kingdoms, Goguryeo has the most powerful army, but the King of Shu took down his army of more than [-] troops without much effort. Now the remaining two countries have far less troops than Goguryeo, so the King of Shu is naturally sure to win the war !"

Fang Xuanling and others also stepped forward to agree, saying that Li Ke was quite confident in this battle.

But Changsun Wuji has a different opinion.

At this moment, he put his hands together, frowned slightly and said: "Turk and Xue Yantuo are powerful enemies in the grassland, and their troops are mainly cavalry, and their strength is much higher than that of Goguryeo..."

Li Shimin naturally knew the strength of the cavalry of the two countries, and he felt uneasy when he was mentioned by Changsun Wuji.

He worriedly asked: "So, in this battle, the King of Shu will win or lose?"

Changsun Wuji nodded slightly: "I hope I can come back victorious..."

Although usually in the court hall, the members of the King of Shu Party had political conflicts with Zhangsun Wuji, but this time, they did not refute.

Everyone knows the power of the grassland cavalry, especially those generals, but they have suffered from these cavalry...

They had already learned about Li Ke's plan to deal with Goguryeo, so they were not surprised that Li Ke captured Goguryeo.

But regarding Turks and Xue Yantuo, Li Ke did not mention any measures against these two countries.

Considering that these cavalry were somewhat restrained by the Tang Dynasty army, no one dared to be sure of winning this battle.

Of course they believed in Li Ke's ability, but they also believed in their own judgment.

Li Ke's chance of winning this battle is only [-]%.

Even if they win the two countries, the best outcome should be to drive each other back to the desert. There will never be a complete victory like the battle of Anshicheng, annihilating and capturing the entire army of Goguryeo.

"Your Majesty, battle report from the front!"

At this time, the great eunuch Wang De hurried in, and he presented the pond report in his hand: "Battle report from Youzhou!"

Li Shimin quickly took it and watched it intently.

Everyone was very anxious and wanted to know the situation of the battle as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, how is it?"

Cheng Yaojin was the first to ask.

Li Shimin still didn't raise his head, his hands seemed to be trembling a little, and tears were already welling up in his eyes.

This action of his made the hearts of the officials below sink.

Could it be... the King of Shu was defeated?

"Your Majesty, tell me quickly! Nothing will happen to the King of Shu, right?" Cheng Yaojin jumped anxiously.

Qin Qiong and others nearby immediately covered Cheng Yaojin's mouth: "Don't be crow-mouthed!"

"All ministers listen to the announcement!"

At this time, Li Shimin finally raised his head. There were tears on his face, and he put down the pond newspaper tremblingly.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin said loudly: "I, the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty, led the army to conquer the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Turks, and Xueyantuo... and won a complete victory. The conspiracy of the Three Kingdoms has been smashed, the war in the north has been pacified, and I will return to Beijing soon to offer up prisoners!"

Li Shimin said in a shocking voice, the voice was deafening and soul-stirring, everyone present was ecstatic when they heard it, and some people were even moved by it.

After he finished speaking, all the officials looked at each other, smiled and bowed their hands to Li Shimin, and congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to Tang for this great victory! Congratulations to Your Majesty for this good general!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Li Shimin excitedly said the word "good" three times, louder and louder than the last.

Only then did he have the time to wipe away his tears, and he brought up the Tang newspaper that recorded Li Ke's illustrious military exploits, and shared it for everyone to watch.

Everyone rushed forward, and after reading the Tang newspaper, they were even more shocked.

Li Ke actually achieved the result of annihilating 20 enemies at the cost of less than [-] troops.

It is not an exaggeration at all to say that this kind of military exploits is unprecedented.

"The King of Shu's ability to lead an army is really invincible in the world!" Li Jing stroked his beard and sighed.

He is the person with the most outstanding military exploits in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he has made great contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

But when Li Jing put himself in this war and tried to judge whether he could make such an accurate judgment as Li Ke and march decisively, he could only shake his head and sigh bitterly.

Li Kezhi's ability has far surpassed him, the military god of the Tang Dynasty.

"The King of Shu is so powerful that no one in the world can stop him!"

This is Qin Qiong's evaluation. When he knew that Li Ke took the lead, killed countless enemies, and beheaded the enemy commander of the Three Kingdoms, he was shocked by Li Ke again.

When he killed Xieli before, he was already shocked by Li Ke's personal force, but this time the difficulty was far greater than the battle of Weishui River.

At that time, the Turkic army was only about [-], and Jieli took the initiative to attack, showing his flaws.

This time, Li Ke was still able to kill the heads of the enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops, and he killed three of them.

The leader of Xue Yantuo, Du Mo Shengxiong, whose reputation has spread all over the world, is a rare hero in the world who has both strategy and superb martial arts. He was actually on high alert and protected by the generals, and was beheaded by Li Ke.

Who dares to be so brave?
(End of this chapter)