Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 96 Triumph
After listening to Qin Tian's words, Li Shimin led his troops back to Luzhou City.

After returning to Luzhou City, Li Shimin looked at the crowd and asked, "Now that the troops of Liang and Later Sui have retreated, shall we continue to guard Luzhou City, or send troops to Lingzhou for rescue?"

"My lord, let's send troops to Lingzhou."

"Yes, go to rescue Lingzhou and repel the Turks."

"........."

All the soldiers wanted to go to Lingzhou to earn military merits, but Changsun Wuji shook his head: "My lord, it is better to continue guarding Luzhou City. This city has finally been taken down. If we retreat to Lingzhou, this city will have to go back again." In the hands of Liang Guo."

Changsun Wuji spoke, and many people also ordered to express their approval. Qin Tian stood aside and said nothing. He was just a school lieutenant, and he was not qualified to express his opinion here.

But after Li Shimin glanced at him, he asked, "Captain Qin, what do you mean?"

"My lord, it's better to put Luzhou in Datang's hands. Firstly, this is the merit of the lord. It's a real achievement. Now, with Lu Zhou in hand, it will also help to destroy the Liang Kingdom in the future."

Luzhou's terrain is very good. Owning Luzhou is equivalent to choking Liang Guo's throat. It will be much easier to destroy Liang Guo in the future. If Lu Zhou returns to Liang Guo, then when they want to destroy Liang Guo, I have to work harder.

But for Li Shimin, what moved him was the real achievement.

The battle situation in Lingzhou is basically settled, and I'm afraid I won't get any military merits after I go there. Instead of running for nothing, it's better to catch Luzhou in my hands.

"Okay, pass on the king's order to guard Luzhou."

When Li Shimin was guarding Luzhou, the battle in Lingzhou had reached a fever pitch.

The Turks attacked the city very quickly during this period, but there were many Tang troops in the city, and they were all elites of the Tang Dynasty.

After the evening of this day, the Turkic soldiers and horses retreated to the barracks.

"Your Majesty Khan, this Lingzhou City is really too difficult to attack, and our troops have suffered a lot of casualties."

"The casualties are nothing, but Lingzhou City has been unable to attack for a long time, and our food and grass are running out. If the Tang army launches a counterattack after the food and grass are exhausted, our situation will not be good."

"Your Majesty Khan, retreat."

"Your Majesty, retreat."

A group of tribal leaders demanded to retreat. Jieli Khan looked dignified. He led 10,000+ troops to attack Lingzhou City. He was very ambitious when he came.

But he was really not reconciled to losing like this.

"Is there any news from Luzhou City?"

"Returning to His Majesty Khan, the news just came that Li Shimin repelled Liang and the later Sui soldiers, and now Luzhou is completely controlled by Datang. If their leaders also come, it will be very bad for us." It's even worse."

Hearing this news, Jieli Khan immediately stood up: "Can the [-] troops of Liang and the Later Sui Dynasty not kill the thousands of soldiers of Li Shimin?"

"It is said that they are about to break through Luzhou City, but a lieutenant named Qin Tian from the Tang Dynasty came to the rescue with five thousand soldiers and drove back Liang and Hou Sui."

"A captain named Qin Tian?" Jieli Khan was even more shocked. How could an eighth-rank captain lead five thousand troops, and how could he repel the coalition forces of Liang and Later Sui?
But no matter how shocked he was, it was useless now that Liang and Hou Sui no longer played.

He had lost even the last ray of hope.

There was some silence in the camp, after a long time, Jieli Khan ordered: "Assemble the soldiers and horses, retreat!"
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"His Royal Highness, good news, the Turks withdrew early this morning."

In Lingzhou City, a spy hurriedly came to report. After Li Jiancheng heard the news, he was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, the Turks have finally retreated."

The Turks retreated, and he had established his prestige again. After returning to Chang'an, let's see who can compete with him for the throne.

At this time, Xue Wanche stood up and said, "Your Highness, the Turks are retreating. Why don't we take the opportunity to catch up and destroy the Turks in one fell swoop. In this way, no one can shake His Highness' position as the heir apparent."

If the Turks can really be wiped out, no one can compare to this achievement. However, Li Jiancheng is cautious and suspicious by nature. He is confident if he is asked to guard Lingzhou, but he is a bit timid if he wants to chase the Turks. .

After thinking for a while, he said: "The strength of the Turks is not weak, and our Tang Dynasty is not particularly stable. It is not suitable to fight the Turks for the time being. Now that the Turks have retreated, the task of the prince is considered complete. Let us calm down in Lingzhou. Then return to Beijing triumphantly."

Seeing Li Jiancheng like this, Xue Wanche felt very helpless, but it was inconvenient to say more, so he could only agree.

In this way, the Tang army stayed in Lingzhou for a few more days, until it was confirmed that the Turks had really retreated, and soldiers and generals had been arranged to guard Lingzhou. Li Jiancheng returned to Beijing triumphantly with the army.

When Li Jiancheng returned to Beijing triumphantly, Li Shimin had already received the news, and they didn't stop in Luzhou City. After some arrangements, they rushed to Chang'an City.

Li Jiancheng led a lot of soldiers and horses, so he walked very slowly. Li Shimin's side only had a few thousand soldiers and horses, so the speed was relatively faster.

Therefore, when Li Jiancheng was still on the road, Li Shimin and the others had already returned to Chang'an City with their troops.

After returning to Chang'an City, Li Shimin went to the palace to meet Li Yuan, reported the situation of this trip to Li Yuan, and took out the credit book. Verify the credit, and then reward according to the actual situation.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been a very complete military merit system, so according to the situation in the merit book, and then compared with the military merit system, rewards can be awarded.

Of course, after the Ministry of Officials enumerates the list, Li Yuan still has to pass the purpose.

However, these are all matters of the imperial court, and have nothing to do with Qin Tian and the others.

After they came back, they didn't stop at Chang'an City at all, and flew straight to Qin's Village.

It was still summer when they left, and it was already early autumn when they came back. The weather in Chang'an turned cold, and it was even bleak.

After leaving home for such a long time, Qin Tian still misses his family very much.

As soon as Qin Tian and the others arrived in the village, they saw all the old and young people in the Qin Family Village waiting for them at the entrance of the village under the leadership of Qin Gui and Tang Rong.

"Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian..." The villagers swarmed over, lifted Qin Tian and Qin Wu, and threw them into the air. They were welcoming their heroes in their own way.

Obviously, some news about Luzhou City and Yunzhou City had already been passed back, and they all knew that Qin Tian had made meritorious service.

Of course, there is another reason why they like Qin Tian so much, that is, none of the children from the Qin family village that Qin Tian took out was injured or injured. He took them away alive and brought them back alive.

This is more important than anything.

(End of this chapter)