Tang destroyed the Eastern Turks!

The five simple words reveal endless meanings. Even Lang Son Yang Jiyuan, who was remote in Jiaozhi, still heard these five words and knelt down.

These five words reveal the unparalleled power of the Tang Dynasty, and it is even far superior to the Sui Dynasty. Jie Li made Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, and also made a young general famous all over the world.

This is Su Dingfang, who defeated Jie Li with only 3,000 cavalry and finally captured him alive. This brave general of the former Dou Liu Group of Hebei who was originally just Lu Longzhe Chong Duwei, finally successfully entered the Chang'an court with the skill of capturing Jie Li alive.

The emperor issued a special order, promoted the General of the Left Guard of Su Dingfang, and was granted the title of founding Duke of Linqing County, and was actually granted 300 households.

Cheng Yaojin was lucky and Su Dingfang was under his command of Youzhou Dao, so he had a share of his achievements in capturing Jie Li, and he was also granted the title of 100 households, and the first five hundred households were connected. The chief of Youzhou Niu Jinda was the deputy general to discuss his merits and was granted a title of 100 households, and the founding Duke of Langya County of Jin was appointed as the general of the Left Wu Guard.

Li Jinxing and Dou Hongxian each had their own rewards. Princess Yong'an Dou Hongxian was promoted to Princess Yong'an, and the actual food was granted 600 households. They were specially granted the title of Marquis of Qinghe County.

This is also another woman who was granted the title of marquis after the Tang Dynasty last awarded the title of Mrs. Xian of Feng Ang’s grandmother.

Qin Lang was deeply happy for them when he received this news.

At the banquet in Liangshanwu, Dugu Yanyun was drinking a little depressed. He heard that Youzhou was making a big splash this time, and Su Dingfang and others were all promoted and promoted, so they couldn't help but envy them.

"Do you regret leaving Youzhou with me?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

Dugu Yanyun held the wine glass, "I just thought, if I was still in Youzhou this time, I might be able to join the war, and maybe I could still earn the credit for killing generals and seizing the flag."

"Hahaha, I'm right. It's very likely that Jie Li was captured by you and it's very likely that he would be awarded a Count by virtue of his merits. But don't be discouraged. Although he missed such a good opportunity, there are still many opportunities in the future. Look, we are also in Lingnan now." Qin Lang patted the young man who has always been proud and noble.

"When things happen here, you can go back to Beijing with me. I will make arrangements for you. There are still opportunities to make achievements, so don't worry!"

Almost everyone made contributions to this Northern Expedition.

The person who meets the truth is the share. The Youzhou Army has made a big splash, but the most dazzling one is actually Li Jing.

He was not only the commander of the Six Route Army of the Northern Expedition, but also personally commanded three thousand light cavalry to attack Dingxiang, and defeated Jie Li in Baidao. Although he failed to capture Jie Li alive in the end, the contribution was already very great.

Li Jing was promoted to the Zuo Guanglu Dafu and granted a total of 500 households in front of Tong. It is said that the emperor originally wanted to give a lot of rewards, but the censor Xiao Yu wrote a letter to impeach Li Jing, saying that he was incompetent in the army. After conquering Dingxiang, he led his troops to plunder and kill innocent people. After entering the Khanate Court of Shanyutai, he even led his troops to plunder many precious items.

Xiao Yu's impeachment cast a shadow on Li Jing's dazzling contribution. The emperor ordered the officer to investigate thoroughly, saying that he wanted to find out the situation.

But then the original reward was greatly discounted.

Ah Huang wondered why Li Jing was impeached by Xiao Yu at this time.

"There is a reason for this." Qin Lang told Ah Huang that Xiao Yu's sister Xiao was originally the queen of Yang Guang of Sui. Later, when he was led north by Yu Wenhua and was defeated by Dou Jiande in Hebei, Xiao fell into the hands of Dou Jiande. However, Dou Jiande was known as benevolent and righteous, and even the Sui officials captured after the city was defeated, so he was naturally very polite to Xiao.

Later, the Turkish Shibi Khan sent people to Hebei to bring Xiao and his grandson Yang Zhengdao to Daibei, and placed them in Dingxiang City. He also supported them to establish a small puppet court in the Later Sui Kingdom, and handed over many Sui officials captured by the Turks to their command. Although the Later Sui court only had one city, there were tens of thousands of people.

Li Jing took the lead in launching a raid, and his first target was Dingxiang City in the Later Sui Dynasty. It is said that after Li Jing attacked Dingxiang City, his subordinates did plunder Dingxiang City and even killed some people, and Xiao's family was almost humiliated.

Xiao Yu is Xiao's younger brother, so of course he has to be fair to his sister.

However, Qin Lang believed that if it were just this, it would not be a big deal at all. You should know that the military soldiers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties had a very strong combat effectiveness. There was a key reason for the military soldiers who prepared their own equipment on one hand, worked for farmers in their spare time, and on the other hand, it was because the military soldiers could get plunder, rewards of military merits, and even the opportunity to enter the officialdom.

For this reason, the soldiers of the Sui and Tang dynasties were like wolves, with a bit of the style of veterans of Qin during the Warring States Period. They liked to line up with their heads to earn their merits.

After the war, what is looting? After all, according to the tradition of the soldiers of the palace, it is just cleaning the battlefield.

But Li Shimin wanted to make Yousi thoroughly investigate because of this matter. On the surface, it sounds nice to check it clearly so that Li Jing can be clear, but in fact, this is just because Li Jing made too great contributions this time, and the emperor deliberately took the opportunity to knock him.

After all, Li Jing was not Su Dingfang or Cheng Yaojin. Although Su Dingfang made great contributions, he was just an intermediate military officer of the Zhe Chong Duwei before. He was promoted to the position of a central general in terms of merit. He was granted a county duke, which was already a special reward.

But Li Jing himself was from the core family of the Guanlong nobles. During the Sui Dynasty, Li Han and his family were very strong, and they were both first-class generals. Li Jing made even more contributions to the founding of Li Tang, but Li Yuan kept suppressing him. When Li Shimin changed, Li Jing did not directly support him, so he was not his direct confidant.

After two years of suppression, Li Jing was finally appointed as the Minister of War and was promoted to Duke Dai, allowing him to lead the Northern Expedition. As a result, he achieved success in his battle and made such great contributions. With Li Jing's qualifications, record and prestige, Li Jing was no longer comparable in the military after this battle.

Before, Li Shimin intended to support Qin Qiong as the first in the military, to suppress Li Xiaogong, Li Ji, Li Jing, Chai Shao, and other people who are both powerful and experienced and famous are not his direct descendants.

Qin Qiong was determined to take charge of the Northern Expedition, and Li Shimin also saw that the Qin family was becoming more and more powerful, so he followed the flow and switched to Li Jing. Who knew that Li Jing would do the job so beautifully.

Although Li Ji and Chai Shao also had military achievements, they both intercepted and defeated Jie Li once, but they could not compete with Li Jing.

If you really need to discuss the merits in detail, Li Jing's merits are a bit beyond recognition.

Li Jing is both a Duke of the State and a Minister of War. You can’t just be like Qin Qiong and give him the title of the third Duke, right? But after all, Li Jing is not his own direct line.

So the emperor took advantage of Xiao Yu's impeachment and deliberately asked the Youzi to investigate and punish him, and then he could suppress Li Jing's reward first.

Of course, Qin Lang believed that with Li Shimin's style of conduct, even if he beats, he would definitely add a title to Li Jing in the end. However, after doing this, Li Jing must be more tactful. Even if the emperor adds another title, there is room for him.

After all, these are actually the emperor's imperial skills.

After seeing through it, I feel it’s very average. But I have to say that this will still have a good effect.

"Maybe Li Jing will be the prime minister next year." Qin Lang sighed.

"Worship the minister?"

"That's right, in order to replace the Duke of the Northern Expedition, you can actually directly promote the title of Three Dukes to be appointed as Prime Minister. But the emperor used impeachment and knocked him down and scolded him for a while, and then he would give him a title of Li Gong and be appointed as Prime Minister on the grounds of finding out the truth. However, if you don't add the three Dukes, Li Gong should be grateful to the emperor."

As Qin Lang knew, the health of Du Ruhui, the right servant of the Shangshu, was getting worse every day, and the imperial doctor said that he might not be able to survive this winter.

As soon as Du Ruhui died, the one who had the most chance to take over was Changsun Wuji. After all, he had been a Youpushe for more than a hundred days ago. But since Li Shimin had just been the prime minister of Changsun last time, the reason was that the brother Changsun persuaded was a relative of the queen, who was too young and had no outstanding military achievements, so it is unlikely that Changsun Wuji would take over as the Prime Minister.

Naturally, letting Li Jing serve as the Right Pushe was also a collective commendation to the military.

Of course, Li Jing is a very knowledgeable person. Even if he is appointed as the right servant of the emperor, he will probably be like Qin Qiong, just as he was originally, and does not really take matters and governs the country.

Qin Lang believed that Li Shimin's play would definitely not escape Li Jing's eyes, but Li Jing was very deep in the Cheng Mansion and was very low-key. He assisted Li Xiaogong to pacify the southeast half of the sky and went north to fight against the Turks and made repeated military achievements. However, Li Yuan and his son have never been reluctant to reward and grant the title. Didn't Li Jing have never complained?

Thinking about Li Jing's contribution, after Li Shimin became emperor and was awarded a great honor, Li Jing's ranking was at the bottom, with only a few hundred households, and even the title was only a county duke, even many of the guards around Li Shimin were compared.

But he kept silent and made Li Shimin trust him and use his strength and performance.

The victory of the Northern Expedition of the imperial court was naturally a good thing for Qin Lang.

The imperial court destroyed the Eastern Turks, which could almost be said to be a shocking earthquake. Even Lingnan was shocked, and his next action would probably be much smoother.

Just like the Yang family, the imperial court's destruction of the Eastern Turks was the last straw that overwhelmed him.

Now, in Langsanwu Fort, Qin Lang led his army to Beicheng, and Yang Jiyuan moved to Nancheng with his children. Beicheng was originally a settlement area dominated by the Yang family, as well as a few other residents. Now the Yang family has vacated the entire Beicheng to Qin Lang.

This is a very good sincerity, a Langshanwu, half of Qin Lang's residence and half of Yang's residence.

Before Qin Lang entered the city, he had already given the Yang family some reassurance, but how to divide power in the future after the Yang family joined him still needs to be discussed in detail.

However, since the Yang family has opened the city gate and surrendered, these are actually no longer difficult issues and can be discussed. Qin Lang has already taken the initiative and decision-making power.

The Yang family is now preparing for the wedding of the insect girl.

To marry this granddaughter to Qin Lang in a grand manner, and to invite guests, it was a lively and bustling situation. Qin Lang did not object. The Yang family was willing to do this, which of course would be beneficial to him.

This will send a good signal to the outside world. King Lang San, like the Jinji Dongnong family, has now completely surrendered to Qin Lang, which will inevitably give other Han barbarians in Wu'anzhou and surrounding areas a strong signal. Qin Lang is very strong, so strong that no one is willing to resist. Of course, it will also tell everyone that Qin Lang is a very particular person and a person worthy of trust.

"I think the thirteen forts in the Yang family should be divided in half. We will take the North City and the other twelve forts in each of them."
Chapter completed!