Datang: Integrate three times the combat power of Lv Bu at the beginning

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Ding Yue came in from outside the hall, "Your Highness, the news about the Western Turks has finally been inquired clearly. Your Highness, you have exterminated the East Turks and destroyed Ashinaflora. The news of the capture of Gaochang City has reached Tongye." In the ears of the guards, the tens of thousands of troops they gathered in Jiaohe at this moment have scattered away, and they have no intention of attacking at all."

Li Chengqian nodded. The reason why he had not withdrawn from Gaochang City was because he was worried about Ye Hu, the Great Khan of the Western Turks. Now that he knew that he had withdrawn his troops, he could return to Chang'an City with peace of mind.

He responded: "In this way, Gaochang City and Yiwu City should be safe in a short period of time. These things are enough to deter Tong Yehu for a while. When we are free, we don't have to wait for Tong Yehu to come to the door. Gong will definitely find trouble with them."

After nearly two months of raids, the white-robed army suffered casualties, and their combat effectiveness dropped by half. If they want to fight again, they still need to rest for a while.

What's more, he also needs to plan and utilize a territory as large as East Turkic, so that he can't put it aside and waste it.

Ding Yue continued: "Your Highness, my brother from the scout battalion has captured one person."

"Who?" Li Chengqian asked doubtfully.

"Hou Junji's deputy general, Hou Lincan."

"Hou Lincan?"

"That's right, he led dozens of Hou Junji's cronies among the Gaochang people who escaped from the city, and drove over twenty carriages carrying gold, silver and treasures under the cover of grain and grass, and was rushing towards the border of the Tang Dynasty."

Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly at the side: "He, Hou Junji, is a man with a heart. Let me tell you why he sent all three of us out and invaded Gaochang City by himself. It turned out that he had this idea in mind. No wonder he sent troops to plunder the people, he is such a person in his bones, what kind of soldiers can he bring out."

"Yes!" Yuchi Gong echoed: "This matter must be reported to His Majesty, then Hou Laogou did not die unjustly, and he deserved his crime. There are so many people who can't afford to eat in the Tang Dynasty, and he dared to enrich himself. He has transported more than [-] carts of gold and silver treasures, and he is not afraid of dying."

The two of them usually hated those people who were corrupt and perverted the law the most, and now they wished they could dig Hou Junji out and bring him back to life before beheading him again.

Ding Yue continued to ask: "Your Highness, what about Hou Lincan?"

Li Chengqian waved his hand, "Let's kill them all! They don't deserve to serve the people of Tang Dynasty anymore."

He hadn't even got his hands on the treasury of Gaochang Kingdom, so he let Hou Junji take the lead. But now that there is Qinghuo Trading Company, he no longer has to worry about money. Where the money is spent, the money earned can only continue to be invested in the industry to benefit the people of Datang.

"Yes." Ding Yue retreated in response.

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Li Chengqian continued to Zhang Xiong: "General Zhang, Gaochang will rely on you from now on. When I go back this time, I will definitely send more people to Yiwu City, so that you and Yiwu City will become horns and support each other. The next time Gongxia comes, it will be the day when the Western Turks will be wiped out."

Zhang Xiong stepped forward and saluted and said: "The last general takes orders, and will definitely live up to His Highness's entrustment."

He looked at Li Chengqian with extremely clear eyes, and Li Chengqian could see his sincerity, otherwise he wouldn't be so relieved to entrust Gaochang to him.

Afterwards, Li Chengqian studied Gaochang's defense with them and Zhang Xiong, and they didn't disperse until late at night.

The next morning.

Li Chengqian led the white-robed army, and Qin Shubao led the remaining Tang army back to Datang, dragging a large amount of gold and silver treasures behind them, all of which were looted from Qu Wentai's treasure house and the imperial palace.

Li Chengqian didn't touch Gaochang's food and grass, which was the foundation of the people's survival in Gaochang.

Zhang Xiong looked at the back of Tang Jun going away, tears rolled in his eyes, and he felt indescribably sad.

Before leaving, Zhang Xiong hugged and bid farewell to the general. After a brief discussion last night, he quickly got along with everyone. The help of Qin Shubao, Su Dingfang and others made Zhang Xiong feel very warm.

He has been in Gaochang for so long, and he has never met a confidant. This time, he has met so many, and he has to part before getting along, which makes him feel very sad.

If it weren't for the conditions, no one would be able to shoulder Gao Chang's burden. He really wanted to join Li Chengqian's White Robe Army.

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"Good news! Good news! His Royal Highness led the white-robed army, wiped out the [-] Turkic army, regained Gaochang, and showed the great power of the Tang Dynasty!" After entering Chang'an City, the messengers rushed all the way to the East Palace.

"The prince killed another [-] Turks? What should I do..."

"That's right. In the past few days in Chang'an City, there are faint green flames floating in many places. I saw it yesterday. The master said that it is a sign that the punishment of heaven is about to come to the Great Tang..."

"What are you, this morning, under the century-old locust tree in Dongshi, there were more than a dozen sculptures of ghosts from the underworld drilled out of the soil..."

"This world is really not peaceful. Yesterday I saw that old Taoist priest eliminate demons in Chang'an City. He stabbed a piece of yellow paper with a mahogany sword. My good guy, he cut a piece of blood out of thin air. It's really scary... ..."

"Hey, His Royal Highness should not have massacred living beings like this..."

Hearing the news of the victory in Chang'an City, instead of cheering, the onlookers were worried.

At this moment, the East Palace is in the morning court.

Everyone from Li Shimin frowned. It had been nearly a month since Li Chengqian led the Western Expedition, and so far no news came back. They were all worried.

Moreover, there have been more and more strange things in Chang'an City in recent days, making the people hide at home all day long, worrying, and making people in Chang'an City panic.

The most important thing is that Li Daozong didn't find anything in the past two months, but they saw a lot of these strange things, and even the officers of the Ministry of Punishment felt that it was really a sign of heaven's punishment for Tang Dynasty.

Li Daozong couldn't lift his head up in front of civil and military officials and Li Shimin.

Of course, there are many people who gloat in the court, regardless of whether Li Chengqian returns or not, they all have tricks waiting for him.

"Good news! Good news..." When the messenger entered the court hall, a smile gradually appeared on the faces of all civil and military officials.

"Haha." Li Shimin said with a smile: "I knew that Chengqian would not disappoint me, so I will present the victory report to me soon."

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The old eunuch Chen Lin presented the news to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin couldn't wait to open it.

All the civil and military officials in the palace stared at Li Shimin, looking forward to it.

"Hahaha... good behavior... all good behavior... worthy of being the son of my Great Tang, worthy of being a soldier of my Great Tang..."

After reading the good news, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile, and put all his worries behind him.

Chapter 154 What he did shocked the court

Changsun Wuji stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness not only rescued Yiwu City, but also captured Gaochang?"

"Yeah, haha!" Li Shimin said with a smile: "Chengqian led the white-robed army straight to Yiwu City, and killed the Turkic army that attacked the city. It’s enough for that old Ye Hu to drink a pot.”

Changsun Wuji continued: "Where is Gaochang country?"

Li Shimin continued: "After Zhang Xiong's army received the news that Hou Junji was besieging Gaochang City, they hurriedly withdrew from Yiwu City and returned to aid Qu Wentai. Ambushed Zhang Xiong, cooperated with Chengqian Li Yingwai, and captured Zhang Xiong alive."

"And Hou Junji broke into Gaochang City when they were ambushing him, beheaded Qu Wentai in the palace, and took down the entire city. What a joy, joy!"

At this moment, Li Shimin was extremely happy. He had expanded such a large territory for the Tang Dynasty in less than a year since he took office, and even made the Turks, who had been harassing the Han people for hundreds of years, frightened and invincible.

Although Li Chengqian did all these things, he is the reigning emperor.

There will definitely be a strong stroke of him in the history books, and it is a certainty that his name will remain in history.

However, hundreds of thousands of Turks were killed by Li Chengqian in this way, and the Eastern Turks really let him exterminate their race.

Now in Chang'an City, Li Chengqian's massacre and the punishment from God are spreading, and the more cases are investigated, the more people are arrested, which makes Li Shimin feel a little bit burnt out.

At this time, the messenger suddenly said, "Your Majesty, here is another letter for you."

"Letter?" Li Shimin frowned, feeling a bad premonition, "Submit it."

When he opened the letter on the floor of the old eunuch Chen Lin, he glanced at it, took a step back, and sat down on the dragon chair.

"His Majesty……"

"Your Majesty, are you okay..."

Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, all the civil and military officials in the court panicked. The letter must have said something important.

"How...how could this be..." Li Shimin's hand holding the letter began to tremble.

Changsun Wuji said anxiously, "Your Majesty...what happened?"

He wished he could step forward and snatch the letter from Li Shimin's hand.

Li Shimin lamented: "Hou...Hou Junji is dead..."

"Huh? Duke Lu is dead?"

"How did this happen? Didn't Gaochang City be captured by Hou Junji? How did he die?"

"Your Majesty, is this a mistake?"

"What kind of general does Gaochang have, who can actually kill General Hou..."

"Yeah, it's such a pity..."

Hearing this, there was a sigh in the hall.

Li Shimin got up and said quietly: "He...he was killed by Chengqian!"

"This……"

"how come?"

"Killed by the prince!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of astonishment in the court, they knew that Li Chengqian acted domineeringly and decisively, but this Hou Junji was Li Shimin's confidant minister, how could he be killed by Li Chengqian.

At this moment, they are even more confused.

Changsun Wuji stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, is there some misunderstanding here?"

"Auxiliary machine." Li Shimin rested his head with his hands, his headache was about to split, "You should tell the ministers."

Changsun Wuji heard the words, and without waiting for Chen Lin's reaction, he stepped forward and snatched the letter from Li Shimin's hand. At this moment, he couldn't care less.

Manchao Wenwu looked at him expectantly, and his desire to know the truth became stronger and stronger.

"Hou Junji, the general of Zuowuwei, pretended to be a public servant, knowing that Gaochang City Shouzheng Tan Sheng had surrendered, sent all three of Lu Guogong out, and led the army into Gaochang City alone...he plundered Gaochang The common people... filled their pockets and smuggled them into the treasure house..."

Changsun Wuji told the ins and outs of the matter in front of all civil and military officials, and the more he talked, the more shocked and resentful he became.

"This...how could Lu Guogong be such a person..."

"Although General Hou has done a bit too much, he has made merits after all, and Gaochang is a defeated country. Isn't His Royal Highness's move too hasty..."

"Yes, in my opinion, death is not a crime..."

"That's thousands of Tang soldiers. For the sake of the people of Gaochang, how can His Highness the Crown Prince beheaded at will..."

After learning about the whole thing, all civil and military officials discussed and disagreed.

Li Shimin didn't know what to do at this time, "Chengqian, Chengqian, you are good everywhere, but this temper is too straightforward... Does Hou Junji say that he can kill if he says so?"

Although Li Chengqian killed Hou Junji, Li Shimin did not blame him in his heart.

Li Shimin's thinking was the same as his. What Hou Junji did this time was really too much. If he was not killed, it would not be enough to anger the common people or shake the hearts of the soldiers.

But what Li Shimin was worried about was that this incident gave those people with ulterior motives a reason to make use of it.

Sure enough, Cui Yongqi, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward directly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Crown Prince not only killed hundreds of thousands of Turkic people, causing their lives to die, and the heavens punished us in Tang Dynasty, but now he even killed the hero of the Zhu Kingdom, Duke Junji of Lu Kingdom. What a crime it is to have beheaded thousands of soldiers of my Tang Dynasty!"

"The Tang soldiers only robbed the enemy's people and killed the people of Gaochang. Even if General Hou is obsessed with ghosts and corrupted the law, he is not guilty of death. Those Tang soldiers are not guilty of death. Your Majesty, the reason why Chang'an City is the closest Monsters are happening all over the place, it must be heaven’s inhumane punishment for the prince! For the sake of all the people in the world, I ask you to abolish the prince.”

As Cui Yongqi said, he knelt down in the court hall, his nose burst into tears, it really seemed like that.

"Yes, Your Majesty, for the sake of the common people in the world, and to appease the wrath of heaven, Your Majesty, you want to kill relatives righteously..."

"Your Majesty, the old minister begs you to consider the common people and abolish this prince who has lost his life..."

"His Majesty……"

Immediately afterwards, the wealthy officials knelt down in front of Li Shimin one by one, with a sincere and resolute attitude.

Li Shimin looked at them with a pale face, he was forced into the palace by these aristocratic families again.

At this moment Du Ruhui stood up, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks this is not an appropriate move. His Highness the Crown Prince is still on his way home. How could he act so hastily? We should wait until His Highness returns to Beijing to make a decision."

Li Jing echoed: "That's right, the last general also thinks so. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made great achievements in battle, and his reputation has spread far and wide. He exalts the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. How can he abolish the Crown Prince because of some smoky things? Wouldn't it chill the hearts of the people of the world?" .”

"My minister agrees!"

Chapter 155

On the way of Li Chengqian's triumphant return, the public discussion has reached its peak.

The words of support for Li Chengqian were gradually submerged in the wave of criticism.

The words "Don't kill, stop fighting, abolish the prince, and keep the peace" gradually became popular in the city of Chang'an. Li Chengqian's achievements in fighting for the country, expanding the territory, and defending the frontier turned out to be against the law of nature in these words. of evil.

But these things are also helpless. The ancients believed in ghosts and gods and feared ghosts and gods. At a time when science was not developed, all things that could not be explained with normal eyes were all attributed to demons and ghosts causing trouble or punishment from heaven.

When the triumphant team had just crossed Liangzhou, Changsun Wuji couldn't wait to send someone to meet him.

The messenger rode to Li Chengqian's side, "His Royal Highness, Zhao Guogong sent someone to deliver the letter, and it seems to be very urgent."