Chapter 321: The soldiers arrive at Dingxiang City

Outside Chang'an City, there were many guns and halberds, and the 100,000 new Tang troops were ready to go. Hou Junji, the commander of the training camp of the new army, appeared on the stage in military uniform. He first bowed to Li Jing, and then stood behind Li Jing. In addition, there was another general. He stood behind Li Jing's right hand. He was Cheng Mingzhen appointed by Li Shimin to assist Li Jing. Now he was vigorous and had the spirit of wanting to go on the battlefield to kill the enemy. He knew that this battle was imperative to defeat the Turks. He led his troops to fight to get credit. He had not been promoted for a long time. How could he let go of such a good opportunity?

As soon as Si hour arrived, Li Shimin and the ministers in the court left the city under the escort of Qianniu Guards, and came to the front of the army. Thousands of soldiers of Qianniu Guards were surrounded by the surrounding areas. Li Shimin rode a horse through the passage surrounded by Qianniu Guards, came straight to the front of the army, dismounted and walked onto the general's platform.

"Long live the emperor--" Hundred thousands of marchs shouted in unison, the formation and momentum were enough to shake Chang'an City.

"See the Emperor" Li Jing, Hou Junji and Cheng Mingzhen stepped forward and bowed and bowed.

"You are not polite to you--" Li Shimin said to Li Jing and the other two, and shouted to the 100,000 new troops, "Soldiers, I am very ashamed!"

Li Shimin's words made the 100,000 new troops in front of him a little at a loss, but Li Shimin continued, "I am ashamed that the Turks bullied the people of our Tang Dynasty and violated the border of our Tang Dynasty. I can't give them a fatal blow until today. I have let the soldiers suffer for many years, I have let the people of the Tang Dynasty be bullied by the Turks for many years, and I have let the Tang Dynasty suffer for many years invasion by the Turks. Therefore, I am also very pleased today, because you can go to the north of Mo, and the Tang Dynasty can openly fight against the Turks in northern China, and can take back all the charges that the Turks committed against the people and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty for many years."

"Long live the Tang Dynasty - Long live the Tang Dynasty -" roared the 100,000 new army.

"Li Jing——" Li Shimin used his hand to signal everyone not to speak, and said to Li Jing behind him, "I ordered you to be the chief marching road manager of the Northern Expedition Turkic Republic, and lead 100,000 Tiger Ben to set off!"

"No—" Li Jing stepped forward and bowed, then he waved his hand and shouted, "Go away—"

The new army began to slowly move towards the north of Mobei according to the organization of the five armies in front, back, left and right. After Li Jing issued the order, he said to Li Shimin in a serious tone, "Take care, the veteran is gone!"

"If you take care of yourself!" Li Shimin was moved.

Li Jing said goodbye to Li Shimin and turned over his own war horse that he had fought with him for more than ten years. Cheng Mingzhen was following behind Li Jing. He hoped to see Li Shimin and say a few words to Li Shimin, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to ignore it at all, which made him a little depressed. But when he thought of his military position, he felt that Li Shimin was normal to him like this, which made him even more eager to get promoted.

"Junji!" Li Shimin looked at the army leaving and shouted to Hou Junji behind him.

"Emperor——" Hou Junji was stunned and immediately responded. He was thinking just now, why did Li Jing lead the troops to fight and he didn't even have the chance to be a pioneer all the way? What's more, the new army was trained by himself? After so many years of following Li Shimin, he would have some understanding of Li Shimin's thoughts. He knew that this was Li Shimin's dissatisfaction with his handling of some things. "Is it related to Changsun Wuji? He was too close to Changsun Wuji, which made the emperor unhappy? Or... because of Li Ke's problem?" He was thinking about these messy questions in his mind, which made him a little stunned at Li Shimin's call.

"When will the pharmacist and others be able to return to the court?" Li Shimin looked very tired when he asked this. Hou Junji knew that this was the reason why he was under too much pressure. He tried to fight against the Turks in the north. It was very simple, but now the economy of the Tang Dynasty has just recovered and cannot bear the internal friction caused by the war. Therefore, Li Shimin was very cautious, but he did not show it in front of outsiders. This was only true in front of old ministers he was familiar with.

"Your Majesty, this northern expedition to the Turks is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. I believe that I will return to the court before the New Year." Hou Junji thought for a while and replied, "The Chief General Li Jing used his troops like a god. Now he has 100,000 new troops in his hand, and His Highness the King of Han still has tens of thousands of elite cavalry, so he will definitely be able to win and return with triumphant success."

"Yeah - Yes, I am still very confident in the pharmacist and have great expectations for Ke'er. I hope he will not disappoint me!" Li Shimin said loudly. When he said this, he did not have the pessimism he had just said, and he was obviously very confident in Li Jing and Li Ke.

But this sentence made Hou Junji's body shake. Li Shimin had such great expectations for Li Ke, that was to say... Hou Junji shivered all over when he thought of this. He finally knew why he was unable to lead his troops when he was expeditioning the Turks in the north.

"Junji, the pharmacist is not in the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War is a government affairs and it will make you worry more." Li Shimin said lightly, "You just need to do things seriously and don't think about other issues."

Li Shimin's meaning was very obvious. He told Hou Junji to do things seriously and not to think of shortcuts for promotion. When Hou Junji heard the warning here, he thought of Li Ji again. He also heard about Li Ji's refusal to serve as the chief marching chief in the court meeting yesterday, and he also heard about Li Shimin's dissatisfaction with Li Ji in Liangyi Hall, which made Hou Junji seem to understand the meaning of Li Shimin's sentence.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go back to the palace!" Just as Hou Junji was in deep thought, Li Shimin had already rode on the jade horse and drove back to the palace with the Qianniu Guard. A group of old ministers followed him in a carriage, but they were as careful as Hou Junji did not find Changsun Wuji's frame among such ministers, which made him unable to help but have a little more meaning in his understanding of Li Shimin's words just now.

Among the 100,000 new troops of Li Jing, there were 40,000 cavalrymen. He led his army out of Chang'an and entered the pipeline leading to Taiyuan in Bingzhou and discussed with Cheng Mingzhen and other generals. The final result was that he himself led the cavalry to Dingxiang City first and went out of Mobei to meet with Li Ke's army, and asked Cheng Mingzhen and other generals to lead the remaining 60,000 new troops and supplies and then arrived in Dingxiang as soon as possible.

Li Jing was the chief marching chief. Since he said that, Cheng Mingzhen and other generals did not dare to disobey the orders, so they could only obey. In this way, Li Jing led 40,000 elites to ride a horse and went to Yunzhou City for four days. In Yunzhou City, he asked the cavalry to rest for a night and continued to go to the next day. After nearly a day, he arrived at Dingxiang City at the afternoon of You.

Liu Rengui, who had already captured Dingxiang City, was responsible for defending Dingxiang City, and the ten thousand Turkic cavalry who assisted him had already gone to meet with Li Ke under the leadership of Zadler. Now he and three thousand defenders were left in Dingxiang City. When he heard the scout report that there were Tang cavalry appearing thirty miles outside the city, he knew that this might be the reinforcements of the Tang army. When he heard that the Tang army's commander flag had the word "Li", Liu Rengui understood that this general must be Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty. Because now, Li Ke has bypassed Dingxiang City and penetrated hundreds of miles north of the desert, he could not come from the direction of Yunzhou. Moreover, he also received a letter from Li Ke. In the letter, Li Ke told him that the commander of the Tang army might be Li Jing, and he told him that he must treat it respectfully and not be reckless.

Liu Rengui understood what Li Ke meant. After thinking about it, he had an idea in his mind and heard him shouting, "Come on, prepare for war horses and the general to go out of the city to greet Marshal Li!"

"No--" the personal soldiers beside him shouted.
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