Angels from Chang'an arrived in Wuchuan to announce the decree,
Li Jing led his generals to respectfully welcome the imperial edict.
"Under the sect, Zhi said: I only uphold virtue and merit, which is the grand ceremony of the country. Losing loyalty and performing one's duties is the standard for ministers. Repaying merit with the title of Xijue is the grand ceremony of the imperial court.
The ancient sage emperors and kings used force to quell chaos and brought order to justice with letters.
Li Jing, who was the Secretary of the Zhongshu Order of the Imperial Academy, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and the general manager of the march of Dingxiang Road, was a talented and well-known person with great prestige.
His achievements cover the whole world but his master does not doubt him; his position is extremely high and his subordinates do not envy him; he is loyal to himself and does not give orders when he is ordered to do so.
Bandits have made contributions to the royal family, and they have brought blessings to the people. The rule of the court has been established, and the map has been consolidated. It is appropriate to add praise and favor to repay the merits.
Zite granted you the title of Duke of Dai, and you will be guarded for the rest of your life, and you will retain the title forever.
Advance from the first rank to Dr. Zuo Guanglu, add 500 households with real seals, and pass the first 900 households with real seals.
You are so kind, don’t take your orders for me.
December 21, the third year of Zhenguan."
Li Jing was finally granted the title of Duke. It was no longer difficult for Li Guang to be granted the title. Even the actual title was increased to 500 households at one time. Even the official rank was directly mentioned to Dr. Zuo Guanglu, who was from the first rank.
The prose level of the Tang Dynasty was formulated during the Wude period. The highest level is from the first level. There is no first level, but there are two from the first level and the second level. Dr. Guanglu Zhenger.
Li Jing was directly promoted to doctor Zuo Guanglu, but now there is only one Changsun Wuji in the third department of Yitong and Kaifu in the DPRK, and he still has no official position.
Li Jing really achieved success in one move, a highlight moment.
In fact, all the generals in the Northern Expedition also had their own rewards.
Yu Chigong, who made a surprise attack on Wuyang Ridge and defeated Xiangcheng, was restored to official title, restored to the Duke of E Kingdom and 1,300 households were granted the title of true title. He was granted the title of Doctor Youguanglu, awarded the title of General Youwuhou, and became the governor of Daizhou.
In Baidaochuan, Su Lie and Su Dingfang defeated Jieli with more than 100,000 horses with 5,000 cavalry. He was given the title of Duke of Linqing County, a hundred households were granted the title, and he was worshiped as General Youtunwei.
The deputy general of Dingxiang Road, acting governor of the state, Duke Zhang of Dingyuan County was granted the title of Duke of Zou by the Jin Dynasty, and moved to the governor of Xiangzhou.
Li Ji, the military commander of Tongmo Road and the governor of Bingzhou, was awarded the title of Grand Duke of Jin Ziguanglu by Shi Cao Guogong and was renamed British Duke.
One after another, the decrees of sealing rewards were read out,
All the generals were very happy.
As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Wu Huaiyu was behind the other generals in terms of rewards.
Shangzhu Kingdom, Tejin, Crown Prince Shaobao, General of the Right Army, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Chief of the Governor's Office of Youzhou, Governor of Youzhou, Yi Guogong Wu Huaiyu, changed the title to Duke of Jin, and added a hundred households. There are 1,300 households in front of it.
Xue Wanshu and Li Keshi's two generals were promoted to the title of Duke of the County by the County Duke.
Li De was awarded the title of Duke of Yongkang County.
His title was due to the legacy of Li Jing's meritorious service, his instigation to rebel against Kang Sumi and lead his troops to surrender, and his internal efforts to open Dingxiang City, as well as his victory over Empress Xiao, Yang Zhengdao and others. Of course, his greatest achievement is He recovered the imperial seal for the emperor and also contributed to military intelligence.
Wu Huaiyu's reward was not very high. The Duke of Yi was changed to the Duke of Jin, and a hundred households were added to the real title. Now they are on the same level as Yuchi Gong's eldest son, Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling. They were exiled in Pei Ji.
Later, he actually became the first among the actual meritorious officials.
The title of Duke of Jin is naturally better than the title of Duke of Yi. Jin is a big country.
Speaking of Li Jing's Duke Dai, Dai was not as big as Jin.
The Dingxiang Taoist leader and his deputy were promoted to the title of Duke together, which was also an affirmation of the Central Route Army.
Wu Huaiyu and Su Lie on the East Road, one was granted the title of Great Kingdom, the other was directly granted the title of County Duke, and the other two pioneers, Li Keshi and Xue Wanshu, were also granted the title of County Duke.
Only the camp at Tongmo Road seemed a bit embarrassing. Li Ji and Cao Guogong were granted the title of British Duke, and were awarded the title of Jin Ziguanglu doctor. He was also led by a prince, Zuowei. He was only a third-rank official, and the British Duke title was not a title from a big country.
As for Dou Jing, he is not on the list of awards. Originally, Si Nongqing was temporarily appointed as the governor of Xiazhou before the beginning of the Northern Expedition, and was transferred to Li Ji as his deputy. However, the Bingzhou army failed to find a chance in several key battles.
To perform a meritorious service is to clean up the battlefield afterwards and follow the Youzhou Army to sweep up in the north of Yinshan Mountain. It is not considered a great achievement.
Of course, although Li Daozong, Chai Shao, and Cheng Yaojin also marched in the wind and snow, they did not win a single battle, so they did not receive any rewards this time.
"Congratulations to Li Xiangjin for being crowned Duke of the Kingdom,"
"Congratulations to Wu Shaobao for his title of Duke of Jin,"
"Congratulations to the Duke of Guo for changing his surname to the title of British Duke,"
Angels kept congratulating everyone,
Li Ji's smile was a little forced. He could not compare with Wu Huaiyu's deputy Su Lie, not to mention Wu Huaiyu's deputy general Su Lie. He could not even compare with Xue Wanshu, the general manager of his two sons, and Li Keshi. He even won the Li De Award from the county duke.
His third-grade doctor Jin Ziguanglu seemed quite incompetent compared with Wu Huaiyu's special doctor and Li Jing's doctor Zuo Guanglu.
In the past, there was still Li Jing, and he was suppressed along with him, but now Li Jing has soared to the sky. He was appointed as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and was granted the title of Duke of the Jin Dynasty. He is at the peak of his military career.
The only thing Li Ji could console himself with was that Li Jing had added 500 real seals to his family at one time, and now it was still only the same as his real seals.
Tang Jian, Cui Dunli, and An Xiuren looked on with envy.
These military generals were so happy to be promoted to official positions, but they could only watch. Tang Jian and An Xiuren, as the emperor's Yuanmou heroes, had long been Dukes of the country, and they were even 200 higher than Li Jing in the six real titles.
Hundreds of true meritorious officials,
But at this moment, they were even ignored by the angels, and no one even said hello.
Who allowed them to fail to complete their mission and ended up being detained as prisoners? They must be grateful to Li Jingwu Huaiyu and the others for sending troops to break up Jie's profit, so that they are now free.
After a long time,
The messenger seemed to have just remembered that he still had a mission.
"Are the Dukes of Ju, Duke Shen, Minister Cui, and General Pang Zhonglang here?"
Tang Jian took a few steps forward with an expressionless face, "Why did the angel call Tang?"
"Yugushe's envoy rushed to Chang'an to ask for surrender. He forwarded Jieli Khan's personal apology letter. Jieli Khan expressed his willingness to move his country to Nantou and said he was willing to go to court to plead guilty."
"The saint has agreed to Jieli Khan's request to surrender, and ordered Duke Ju and Shen to go on behalf of the imperial court as envoys to meet with Jieli and introduce Jieli to the court."
"The sage also has a decree to order the Duke of Dai, the Duke of England, and the Duke of Jin to send troops to respond."
Jieli is indeed located at Qikou.
As expected, the emperor agreed to Jie Li's request to surrender.
In the Black Castle, the generals from the three camps sat down for a military meeting again.
"Jie Li is definitely not surrendering sincerely," Wu Huaiyu said directly.
When the angels from Chang'an arrived this time, they did not talk about Wu Huaiyu and others withdrawing their troops, sharing the rewards for the captured Turks, and using the captured Turks as slaves to share the rewards with the soldiers.
Maybe it was because they were too far apart, and the news from Chang'an was slow, so they didn't have time to respond.
This time the envoy only gave rewards to a few major Northern Expedition generals, and the most important thing was the follow-up treatment of the Turks.
With the battle going so far, it is obvious that the Chang'an court is very satisfied, and it may have been a surprise beyond their expectations. The Tang army basically suffered no major damage, but the results were amazing. They defeated Jieli Khan's court in one battle and even defeated the legendary army.
All the national jade seals have been recovered.
And Yusheshe, Shaboluohan, and Yugushe also followed Tuli Khan and rushed to surrender to the imperial court. In this case, it was not necessarily wrong for Li Shimin to accept Jieli's surrender.
After all, although the main force of Jieli was defeated, Ke Yugu She, Tuo She, Yu Sheshe and Sha Bo Luohan were still strong, and they did not lose anything in this attack.
As long as Jieli is really willing to enter the DPRK, then there will be no need for the Turkic tribes to jump over the wall in a hurry.
It's just that Wu Huaiyu didn't believe that Jie Li was willing to enter the court.
"The various reconnaissance cavalry we sent out found that the various Turkic tribes were moving frequently, and Jieli was still trying every means to gather people and horses to kill the snake, which would cause endless troubles."
Li Jing thought so too.
"In this Northern Expedition, we sharpened our swords for three years and struck with a thunderbolt. We took advantage of the Turks' successive years of disasters, the defeat of the Turks and Xue Yantuo in the war, and the opportunity of internal strife between Jieli and Tuli to surprise us and strike with all our strength, and we won the victory.
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But the Turks still have strength. If they are given time to breathe and survive, they may rebel again at any time, and it will be very difficult to destroy them."
Yuchi Gong also agreed to continue the pursuit, "If Jieli is allowed to run to Mobei or to the west, it will be even more difficult to pursue."
Li Ji was a little hesitant, "But His Majesty has issued a clear decree to accept Jie Li's surrender, and also asked the Duke of Ju and others to go to Qikou to meet Jie Li."
Wu Huaiyu smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty, British Lord, didn't you also ask us to send troops to escort you? It's freezing cold, Qikou is remote, and Jieli is also a Turkic Khan. Now that he has come to join the Tang Dynasty, we will naturally have to be escorted and escorted with high standards.
We camp in three directions and dispatch 20,000 cavalry to Qikou to greet us. Is this normal?"
He sent 20,000 cavalry to 'greet' him. This statement made Li Ji couldn't help but laugh.
There is nothing wrong with what he said, but after all, it is not in line with the emperor's will.
But if you really want to take it literally, there is no problem. The emperor did give them this escort task.
Zhang Gongjin had just been promoted to Duke of Zou, so he was naturally very grateful to the emperor, and he objected to sending troops again at this time.
"At that time, I will trap the Duke of Ju and the Duke of Shen in the enemy's camp. If something unexpected happens, I'm afraid this won't be appropriate, right?"
Li Jing thought for a while.
"The Duke of Jin is right. This is a good opportunity to destroy the Turks. If Jie Li doesn't sincerely surrender and doesn't send troops to invite him, how can he really go to Chang'an to meet the saint? We can't stay outside the Great Wall forever."
"We and Duke Ju Guo have their own tasks. Even if an accident does happen, there is nothing we can do about it."
Li Jing became ruthless, but he didn't take into consideration that the two 600-household real-featured dukes were still the heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou.
The final result of the discussion was that the three general managers, Li Jing, Li Ji, and Wu Huaiyu, each led five thousand fine cavalry and rushed to Qikou to meet Jie Li. Yuchi Gong and Su Lie each led two thousand light cavalry as the vanguard.
Xue Wanshu was responsible for staying in Heicheng, Li Keshi was responsible for guarding Baicheng and both sides of Yinshan and Baidaochuan, while Dou Jing went to guard Dingxiang City.
In order not to let Jie Li escape this time, Li Jing also negotiated with Wu Huaiyu and Li Ji not to reveal this operation to Tang Jian and An Xiuren.
Let them go to Qikou to meet Jie Li first, so as to paralyze Jie Li. Then they secretly kill Jie Li at Qikou and make sure to capture Jie Li alive.
To be sure,
Yuchi Gong and Su Dingfang led the vanguard with light cavalry and attacked the Chinese army. Li Jing and the other three generals then outflanked and pulled up nets to intercept the outside.
"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for fifty-four years, but spent forty-four years attacking the Xiongnu. Although the Xiongnu were defeated, it was not until his grandson Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty that the Xiongnu power was completely eradicated." Li Jing lamented to everyone, "The Turks
Since the rise of Ili Khan, it can be said that it has been a sharp sword hanging over our head in the Central Plains. As long as the Turks are not destroyed, our Central Plains will be in trouble.
Nowadays, the time, place and people are conducive, and various opportunities come together. The Turks are at their weakest, and it is also the time when we, the Tang Dynasty, have the best opportunities. If we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when we will get it again.
As warriors, living on the frontier, commanding soldiers and horses, we should be regarded as saints at this time, helping the court solve problems. We should take action when it is time to take action. We must not hesitate, let alone care about personal gains and losses."
Li Jing's words were deeply recognized by everyone, and they all stood up and beat their chests to declare that they would not withdraw their troops until Jie Li was captured!
