I'm a marquis in Datang

Is a hero.

He is a man worthy of admiration.

Du Qi ordered: "Take it down, prepare a high-quality coffin for a decent burial."

The soldiers were ordered to go down with Liu Hongji's body.

Du Qi looked at Su Dingfang, Xiao Yuanqi and others, and ordered: "From being busy during the day to chasing at night, and now, you have all worked hard. Go down to rest, adjust your status, and discuss the next step tomorrow. As for All the captives are going to be transferred to the imperial capital, and sent to the country to be resettled, so that they can be treated as ordinary people. There is a shortage of people in our Xia Kingdom, and the population can be replenished only after they go."

Xiao Yuanqi and the others agreed and left separately.

In the tent, it was empty at once.

Du Qi got up and left the camp at this time, and went to the place where the wounded soldiers in the army were.Because of the fighting at night, many soldiers under his command were also injured. Du Qi went to express his condolences before returning to the camp to rest.

The next morning.

Du Qi got up early in the morning. He had just had breakfast when he received the latest news from the sentry about Li Ji.The news that the sentries found was that the army under Li Ji's command had been divided and began to go to the surrounding area, not the news of the withdrawal.

After Du Qi saw the news, a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Li Ji never withdrew his troops.

It turned out to be to divide the troops to go to the surrounding area, which is a strategy of breaking up the whole into parts.But at the moment, Li Ji's troops are insufficient, and if they are broken up into parts, they will be easily defeated one by one.

Du Qi immediately called the cabinet members, as well as generals in the army such as Li Jing and Xue Rengui together.He looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Now Li Ji is in the direction of Sishishi Rize, and he directly divides his troops and breaks them up to all parties. Their intention is clearly to continue the war with us in Shazhou. The next battle is not to fight like before, but to fight and fight."

"Everyone, how should we respond?"

Du Qi asked policy directly.

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think this question is actually very simple. We only need to issue a decree to encourage the people to report the location of the Tang army. Once the government verifies it, they will reward you. Even if you encourage the people to attack the Tang army, you just need to bring the head , and it has been verified, the government will also give a heavy reward. With a heavy reward, the people will definitely be moved by the news. These border people don’t have much loyalty to Datang.”

Du Qi nodded and said, "I think the suggestion of Master Yaoshi should be verified, what do you think?"

Shangguan Yi said: "Your Majesty, I agree."

Lai Ji said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

The rest of the civilian and military generals expressed their opinions one after another, and all of them held the same opinion.

Everyone agreed with Li Jing's arrangement.

Du Qi nodded and said: "In this case, follow the arrangement of Yaoshigong. Shangguanyi, you are responsible for promulgating the edict and notifying the people of Shazhou. Even, once the Tang Dynasty

The army fled to the territory of Guazhou, and this decree also applies to the people of Guazhou. "

"I obey my orders!"

Shangguanyi responded immediately.

Du Qi said again: "Xue Rengui!"

"Chen is here!"

Xue Rengui stood up and answered.

Du Qidao: "You arrange for soldiers to enter Shazhou City, and then arrange for soldiers to check the gunpowder underground in Shazhou, find out all the gunpowder buried by the Tang army, and make sure to dig out all the gunpowder. Li Ji had previously set a strategy of inviting you into the urn. This time we have not entered In the city, and Li Ji has no time to arrange, the gunpowder must still be underground."

Xue Rengui said: "I obey the order!"

Du Qi said again: "Ma Yuan!"

"Chen is here!"

Ma Yuan answered immediately.

Du Qi opened his mouth and said: "You mobilize the troops under your command to start mopping up the Tang army in Shazhou. Encouraging the people is one thing, but my army of Xia Kingdom also needs to send troops to mop up the Tang army."

Ma Yuan responded immediately.

Du Qi arranged all the things that should be done, turned his eyes, and finally fell on Li Jing.

In this battle, Li Jing played a crucial role.Because of Li Jing's strategy, Li Ji's army could be wiped out in one battle.Although in the end Li Ji escaped, even

Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and other important officials of the Tang Dynasty also left.But for Du Qi, the elimination of Datang's army was crucial.

Du Qi said in a deep voice: "Li Jing listens to the order!"

"Chen is here!"

Li Jing stood up immediately.

He was quite calm, because under Li Shimin's command, Li Jing was already the head of the military generals in the court and the pillar of the military generals.Now under Du Qi's command, because of the presence of Xue Rengui and Ma Yuan, it is impossible for him to be the leader of the generals no matter what, so Li Jing doesn't have much expectation at the moment.

The only thought in Li Jing's heart was to wait for Du Qi to calm down the overall situation, and finally he followed Du Qi to expand the territory and start to go to the Persian country in the west, and even expedition to farther places.

This is Li Jing's thought.

In his lifetime, if he can set foot in these farther places, and even expand the territory, and achieve feats that the predecessors have never established, then his life is enough.

Du Qidao: "Before when I was in the Western Regions, when Xia Kingdom was first established, I once set up a staff department to advise the military and take full responsibility for military planning. Later, because Jiang Changzong served as the governor of a state, the staff department was abolished."

"Now, enable it again."

"You, Li Jing, are the head of the General Staff Department. Your rank is equivalent to the six ministers. You are independent of the government affairs system and directly subordinate to me. The existence of the General Staff Department is fully responsible for combat command and military training. The Chief of Staff ranks above the generals of each army. But the adjustment and appointment of the chief generals of each army shall be appointed by the imperial court."

Du Qi gave Li Jing the post again.

Li Jing said: "I obey the order, thank you for your majesty's kindness."

In his heart, he was not disappointed at all, because his status and official position were not easy to arrange.If he is arranged to be the chief general of an army, he will inevitably lose his identity. After all, it is inappropriate for him to be with these people.As the chief officer of a department alone, responsible for the military staff, this is the best arrangement.

In particular, the head of the staff department, who ranks first in the six ministers, is independent from the government affairs system, and independently manages military affairs arrangements, and has great power.To some extent, the staff department is a higher level than the generals of each army.It's just that the arrangements of the generals of each army are arranged by the court, and the generals of each army are not restricted by the staff.

In this, the chief of the staff needs to have enough influence and prestige to implement the scheduling arrangements.

For Li Jing, it doesn't matter.

He thought it was fine.

Du Qi smiled slightly and said: "Don't rush to agree, the staff department is just one of your duties. There is another most important thing about you, and this is your most important thing."

Li Jing was a little surprised when he heard this.

Still have a job?

What could it be?