The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Who said it wasn't? Even so, there are still people in the court who are against fighting the Turks." Yuchi Gong was speechless: "Do you really think that relying on the way of the saints can make these barbarians surrender? They are so powerful, why don't they say that they are dead enemies."

"The so-called saintly truth is only within the range of our bows and catapults, only under our iron hooves, and within the reach of the long spears and sharp blades in our hands." Li Fu said seriously: "Others are pure nonsense! Talking about the way of the saints, isn't it a waste of your own treasury to talk about the way of the saints with others?!"

"The saint also said that repaying grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue, only repay grievances with justice. Confucius, a tall, strong, strong man with a long sword and a bad temper, was said by them to be a soft egg and a coward. I don't know what the reason is."

A person who has 3,000 disciples and travels around the countries in a turbulent situation and frequent wars is a punching bag?

What a joke!

If you don't have a temper, you would have been eaten by others in the troubled times.

"That's right!" Yuchi Gong agreed with Li Fu's words.

Anyway, as long as they can fight, fight back and kill all those who are not good for the Tang Dynasty, it's fine.

The court has been clamoring to stop fighting and cultivate culture. How can we stop fighting and cultivate culture in this situation? Even if the Tang Dynasty wants to, do these bastards around want to?

Can they make the Tang Dynasty live a good life?

"Your Highness, King Jingyang, what you said is right. If our Tang Dynasty does not have strong soldiers and horses, who would be willing to sit down and talk with us calmly?" Yuchi Gong said: "This time, Jie Li and Tuli led their troops to the south again, and it is the same. If both sides want to negotiate, both sides must have the strength to make the other side agree, so that they can have a good talk."

"Your Highness, this battle was well fought."

Yuchi Gong sighed.

After this battle, their losses were not great, but they had captured all the front troops of the Turks. This victory was really great.

And at this critical juncture, it was even more significant.

"Your Highness, you are the first to win the battle to capture the front troops of the Turks." Yuchi Gong said.

As the general manager, even if he could think of ambushing these Turks in the Jing River Valley, he dared not say that all 5,000 people would be captured.

Of the more than 5,000 people, only more than 1,600 were left alive. The rest, except for those who died in the camp, all died in the Jing River Valley.

"Don't dare, don't dare. If it weren't for the general manager's trust, this battle would not be easy to fight." Li Fu hurriedly bowed his hands.

If there was a mistake in any link of the battle last night, there would not be such a good effect.

He asked the deputy general to send a letter back, and Yuchi Gong chose to believe him, and immediately organized the army to the Jing River Valley to meet the ambush.

If Yuchi Gong didn't believe him, or the army retreated before he lured the Turks over, the result would be very different.

"If we don't cooperate in the march and the war, the casualties will be our own people. Since we let you go, we must trust you. No matter what decision you make or what news you send back, the camp must cooperate." Yuchi Gong smiled and said, "Look, there is another gain in this battle."

"What gain?" Li Fu asked.

"Did you see the tied up man behind?" Yuchi Gong said to Li Fu.

Li Fu turned around and saw a Turkic man with disheveled hair not far from them. He was stout and covered in blood. His hands were tightly tied and he was led by a soldier behind the horse and asked to run with the horse.

"Is that the Turkic special forces?" Li Fu asked.

"Yes, he is Ashide Wumeichu, the leader of the front army this time." Yuchi Gong said: "Catch him and bring him to the front when negotiating with Jie Li in the future. If the Turks still want to take their people back, they'd better accept the peace talks honestly."

"Otherwise, we kill these people and continue to fight with them. The Tang Dynasty may not have no chance of winning. In war, the battle on the battlefield is a battle of morale. As for logistics and supplies after the battlefield, we are no worse than them on the territory of the Tang Dynasty. However, Your Majesty and the court officials do not want to take this risk, nor do they want to burden the people." Yuchi Gong said.

The civil officials said that they wanted to negotiate and did not want to fight. They also had their considerations. It cannot be decided in one battle. For the Tang Dynasty, the consumption is too serious. For the people, any war is not a good thing.

"That's understandable." Li Fu said, "Everyone has their own ideas. If we all speak them out and have a good discussion, wouldn't it be clear what to do?"

Yuchi Gong and Li Fu led the troops back to the camp.

The victory report was rushed to Chang'an City and to Li Shimin.

The sun was rising, and the palace had not yet started the morning court. Li Shimin had just woken up and changed his clothes and washed his face with the help of Changsun, and put on court clothes.

"Your Majesty, victory report."

The eunuch hurried in and bowed to report to Li Shimin.

"Oh? Good news came so early in the morning? The messenger will wait in front. "

"Yes." The eunuch responded.

"Erlang, such good news, go quickly." Changsun said.

"Yes. "Li Shimin nodded.

Then he strode out of the inner hall and went outside.

Outside the hall, the messenger was waiting in the hall. When he saw Li Shimin coming out, he hurried forward to salute.

"Your Majesty, last night, the deputy general manager led 500 cavalrymen to set up an ambush in the Jing River Valley overnight, and then led the Turkic vanguard to the Jing River Valley. The general manager led troops to attack the Turkic vanguard in the Jing River Valley. Now, the 5,000 Turkic vanguard has been completely wiped out, and more than 1,600 people have been captured alive... Our army has suffered casualties..."

The more Li Shimin listened, the brighter his eyes became.

"Good! "Li Shimin clapped his hands and laughed.

Great, it's great, the first battle was a victory! Strengthen the Tang army!

Especially Li Fu used gunpowder, which reduced too many casualties.

The Turkic cavalry is elite, even if the Tang Dynasty is well-equipped, it is difficult not to have certain casualties against them.

And the number of casualties this time is almost less than one-tenth of the previous ones.

"Go down and have a good rest." Li Shimin said.

The matter of rewarding merits will be discussed after the battle is over.

Today's court meeting has something to say.

Originally, I thought that I would give the Turks something to send them away. Even if Li Fu said not to use the treasury, Li Shimin had this idea in his mind. After all, the Turks are not so easy to fool.

They are here for the benefits.

But now it seems that the Turks can't be presumptuous.