The city of Chang'an became more lively. In the Provincial Internal Affairs Hall, the good news from Youzhou was circulated back and forth in the hands of several ministers. "More than 50,000 people have been beheaded.
More than ten thousand prisoners were taken,
More than 100,000 horses, camels, cattle and sheep were captured."
When Hou Junji said this, there was no joy or surprise on his face. Instead, he was full of ridicule, "Do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway."
Zhang Liang was also a little hesitant, "Isn't Mr. Yi Guo going to lie about his achievements?"
Hou Junji snorted coldly, "In the twelfth lunar month of winter, still outside the Great Wall, Wu Huaiyu said that he led 20,000 to 30,000 frontier troops from Youzhou and regiment training, near Fanhu City, and the children of the government soldiers, etc., and defeated Jie in three days and two nights.
He profited more than 100,000 horses, beheaded more than 50,000 people, and captured more than 10,000 people? Are you kidding me? Even the drunkard and scoundrel in the market would not dare to do this.
Even if there are hundreds of thousands of sheep outside the Great Wall, in this cold winter snowstorm, 20,000 to 30,000 people will not be able to catch so many sheep in these three days."
"What's more, it's the Turkic army led by Jie Li himself?
Wu Huaiyu really thinks that we don’t know Jieli? Do we really think that we have never seen Jieli’s Turkic Qingqi? If Jieli is so incompetent and the Turkic soldiers are so vulnerable, then our Tang Dynasty has repeatedly fought against the Turks over the years, but it has been so difficult, even
After several defeats, wouldn’t we be too useless?
Is he the only one who is more powerful than Wu Huaiyu?"
"Actually, I can also understand Wu Huaiyu. He used to rely on the medicinal stones and painting skills passed down by the Yinxian, plus the title of the immortal's disciple, to win the appreciation of the saints, rise through the ranks, and become the prime minister. However, after all, he was young and was not prudent enough in his actions. He made many mistakes.
Wrong, the saint also thought that he was a disciple of the Yinxian, so he still didn't blame him. Instead, he asked him to be the governor of Youzhou.
But there is still a gap. Young people can't accept it for a while. It's understandable that they want to make great achievements and return to the court early. However, at least they should be down-to-earth and do some real political achievements instead of deliberately creating provocations and then falsely reporting like this.
Record, can't we get to the bottom of this matter? Doesn't he think about the consequences?"
Hou Junji attacked Wu Huaiyu like a barrage, but he insisted that Wu Huaiyu's successful report was a complete lie and impossible.
But Zuo Pu Shefang Xuanling, who was sitting in the first place, was very calm.
This battle report is truly astonishing. In three days and two nights, the formation killed 50,000 people and wiped out more than 10,000 enemies. Almost all of Jieli's centaurs were wiped out. Moreover, this was still a field battle and a Jieli attack.
However, Fang Xuanling was not just a civil servant. He took the initiative to join the King of Qin and followed the King of Qin in the army to praise paintings. He was also very familiar with the military. It was hard to believe at first glance, but he also knew Wu Huaiyu, and he was not a Hou Junji.
That kind of frivolous person.
Furthermore, the results of the battle at Yehuling are not impossible in Fang Xuanling's view. You must know that he has personally experienced the battle of Hulao Pass. Today, five thousand fine cavalry defeated Dou Jiande's 100,000 army.
Following the King of Qin, he fought many amazing battles.
If His Majesty fought the Battle of Yehuling, it would not be surprising at all, but if young Wu Huaiyu fought it, it would be surprising.
Zhongshu Ling Wen Yanbo said nothing, seeming to be deep in thought.
In the eighth year of Wude's reign, he served as the commander of Zhang Jin's march as the minister of Zhongshu. As a result, the 70,000 Tang army in Taigu was wiped out. Wen Yanbo also became a prisoner and was taken all the way to the outside of the Great Wall. He was kept as a sheep herder for a year.
return.
In the Battle of Taigu, Jie Li had more than 100,000 troops and Zhang Jin had 70,000 troops. The two sides fought bloody battles for ten days, but the entire army was annihilated.
As the Secretary of the Central Committee, Wen Yanbo knew about Wu Huaiyu's military strength in Youzhou and prepared in advance for next year's Northern Expedition. There were many more soldiers in Youzhou than usual, especially because of the emperor's special decree to deploy 3,000 light cavalry, 2,000 swordsmen, and one
There are a thousand heavy cavalry, and there are also 20,000 frontier troops, and there are also Fan cavalry and so on.
But Wu Huaiyu's battle report also said that a total of more than 30,000 Youzhou regiments were mobilized. This number was less than half of the Tang army in the Taigu battle. The opponent was also Jieli, and the number was even greater. How did Wu Huaiyu win, and he won so amazingly.
The Youzhou army suffered only more than 3,000 casualties, but killed 50,000 and captured more than 10,000 prisoners.
"Xiangong Wei, you are always fair. Can you say a few words?"
Hou Junji told Wei Zheng, the attendant, that among the ministers in the political affairs hall, Hou Junji was a junior, but he was a confidant of the emperor and his companion since childhood.
First achievement.
But after all, before the Xuanwumen Incident, he was just a young man from Quanjiao County, a special general.
Wei Zheng was one of the few prime ministers who admired Hou Junji.
Wei Zheng, who is now in charge of Menxia Province, actually had a lot of doubts when he looked at the battle report just now, but he is not the same Wei Zheng as he was a few years ago, and his understanding of Wu Huaiyu is not the same as it was a few years ago.
"This battle result is relatively brief. There are not many detailed battle history. As far as I know about Duke Yi, he is not a person who falsely reports his battle results. Mr. Hou also said just now that these battle results must be verified in the future. If
If there is a lie, you will know it once you check it out. It cannot be concealed. It is impossible for Duke Yi to make such a mistake."
When Hou Junji saw that Wei Zheng also favored Wu Huaiyu, he wondered why he had forgotten that Wei Zheng's son was engaged to Wu Huaiyu's sister. They were in-laws and it was normal for them to protect each other.
"Wei Gong, this battle report is too unreal."
"It's really unreal. Wait for further details."
"Dai Xiang?"
Hou Junji, who was a royal official, immediately went to ask Dai Zhou unwillingly. After Du Ruhui's death, Dai Zhou recommended him to the emperor repeatedly to take over the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
In the government affairs, he was also the person who won the trust of the emperor, and he was the person who now held the financial power after Wu Huaiyu resigned as prime minister.
"I have the same attitude as Wei Shizhong. Wu Shaobao will not lie about his military exploits. Let's wait for the detailed report later." He chuckled twice, "Actually, I also really want to know how this battle was won."
Zhang Liang, the palace supervisor who participated in the government affairs, also laughed twice, "It's really curious,"
"Right servant shooting?"
Zhang Liang looked at his right servant Qin Qiong, who was on an equal footing with Zhongshu, but Qin Qiong was dozing off, seemingly unaware that everyone was talking about his adopted son.
Hou Junji saw this and said, "The saint asked your servant to come to Zhongshumen every three or two days to make peace. But now your servant rarely comes to the political hall only once every ten and a half months. Every time he comes, he either dozes off or is speechless.
This is too much below the expectations of a saint,"
He openly expressed his dissatisfaction with Qin Qiong's corpse.
He doesn't do anything, but he still occupies the position of right servant and shoots, and he can come to Zhongshu's sect every three or two days to smooth things over.
Qin Qiong opened his eyes in a blink of an eye, with two gleams in his tiger eyes, "What the Prime Minister said is true. Qin will abdicate now and ask the Prime Minister to be the right servant."
After saying that, Qin Qiong stood up and took off the goldfish bag to give to Hou Jun.
No one expected that Qin Qiong, who seemed to be sleeping, would suddenly act like this, and they were caught off guard, especially Hou Junji. They were all generals of the Qin Dynasty before, but Qin Qiong was the first general of the Qin Dynasty, and Hou Junji was just the King of Qin.
Captain of the Guard.
When Qin Qiong showed his power, he was really a little afraid, and he made a big blush for a while. Fortunately, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling came forward to appease Qin Qiong. In the end, Hou Junji had to apologize to Qin Qiong in front of all the prime ministers, saying
It's just a casual remark,
After this, the political affairs hall meeting can no longer be held.
Fang Xuanling made a simple summary, first reporting Wu Huaiyu's battle report to the emperor, but not publicizing it to the public for the time being.
Qin Qiong knew that this was because he was afraid that the battle report would be watery, and he still didn't quite believe what Wu Huaiyu meant, but he didn't argue and left directly.
In the Manna Palace.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji asked, "Don't you believe Wu Huaiyu's battle report?"
"It's really surprising." Fang Xuanling said bluntly.
Li Shimin put down the battle report and laughed loudly, "Contrary to you, I completely believe in Wu Huaiyu's victory. I have said before that Wu Huaiyu is my lucky general, and he always surprises me. When I was in Longyou, and later
It was the same in Shuofang, this time in Youzhou, and even in the past when I was in charge of finances in the court and serving as the master of the East Palace. It was like this, and there were surprises one after another."
Changsun Wuji has been taking the medicine prescribed for him by Wu Huaiyu recently, and the effect is pretty good. He still has no actual errands. He only serves as a first-grade official in Kaifuyi and Tongsansi, and occasionally participates in advisory political affairs.
"I am also very curious about how Wu Huaiyu did it. If Li Jing fought this battle, I have nothing to doubt. If it was Li Ji, I would have to be a little suspicious. But Wu Huaiyu, I am too surprised."
"Could it be that the divine machine firearm has made a great contribution?"
Li Shimin did not have more specific details about the war process for the time being, but he was a master of strategic warfare. He believed that Wu Huaiyu could achieve this great victory just from the speed and reaction of Wu Huaiyu's emergency response.
"Able to respond in the fastest time, mobilize troops and horses quickly, move out of the Great Wall decisively, and deploy troops and horses to Yehuling on Bashang. The location chosen is excellent, and troops are dispatched decisively..."
Li Shimin laughed, "If it were me, I might not be so decisive."
When Changsun Wuji heard this, he also believed it, "With such a great victory, Najieli is really going to perish, and the Turks are really going to perish."
Zhang Ananda came in.
"Your Majesty, the memorial to Wu Huaiyu of Youzhou has arrived."
"Bring it over quickly."
This memorial is a more detailed report on the Battle of Yehuling. It records the entire battle process and results in detail, including how many troops Youzhou sent, how many Jieli soldiers and horses were, how the fight was fought in the middle, and how Tuli and others defected.
How much it cost, how many casualties there were, how many were killed in the end, how many were captured, and even some subsequent disposals.
Because it involved more content, this memorial took more time. Compared with the simple report of victory, it arrived half a day later.
Due to the snowy weather, this report actually started from Yehuling ten days ago.
Li Shimin took it and quickly watched it carefully. In fact, he had always been curious about how Wu Huaiyu won such a victory.
Looking at the detailed report, the emperor became more and more happy and laughed from time to time.
"Jieli is so stupid!"
"Know the current affairs suddenly!"
"Wu Huaiyu is amazing!"
The emperor would comment from time to time.
This made Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji even more itchy and curious.
"Your Majesty, how did Wu Huaiyu win?"
"Would you like to see it?"
"This battle is indeed a good one. Seizing the opportunity is the key to victory, but it is also important to send a mission to negotiate peace first, and then buy time to quickly mobilize troops to seize critical deployments. Of course, it is also important to install peace talks in the mission.
The spies pretended to leak Wu Huaiyu's deployment to the Turks, but in fact they not only delayed Jieli's army, but also induced Jieli to focus on attacking Badgerzui. This is also very important.
But in the end, it was a stroke of genius to be able to instigate Tu Li and make Tu Li laugh at him and Qi and others to rebel together."
Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji gathered together and read the detailed report together, and they couldn't help but sigh.
"Heaven will destroy you."
"There is no way out for Tuli,"
Previous reports said that more than 50,000 people were beheaded and more than 10,000 prisoners were taken, but now I look more closely and realize that in fact, Jieli suffered more than 30,000 casualties, Tuli also suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and among the more than 30,000 Tuli, Xi and Khitan also suffered casualties.
Nearly ten thousand.
This means that not only Jieli's vitality was seriously injured, but Tuli's injury was even worse. Even Xi and Khitan, the two strong Tibetans in the east, were even more injured.
