A fast horse ran into Xiangyang.

The knight immediately rode his horse and shouted, "A great victory in Hedong, Daibei, Loufanguan, Prime Minister Li Chaolofanguan defeated the Turks and annihilated 100,000 enemies! The second Turkic Khan Tuli Khan was awarded the title!"

Yuliangzhou.

In Ziwei Palace, Li Shimin looked at the urgent military news in front of him and walked around excitedly, "Great victory, mighty! I know this Li Chao, I know, I know that with his command, I will definitely win."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty." The eunuch Wang quickly smiled and congratulated.

"Hahaha, it's really worth the pleasure."

After a long time, Li Shimin's excitement calmed down slightly. He stood in front of the map in the north with his fingers clicking heavily on the Hedongloufan Pass above.

"Li Jing used a trick to lure and annihilate 5,000 Tuli's troops in Baideng Mountain in Yunzhou. In Mayi City, he was injured by more than 1,000 Tuli's troops. He deserves to be the name of the God of War. But these are not as beautiful as Li Chao's work at Loufan Pass. I would have wiped out 90,000 enemies in one battle, and I would never expect it."

After saying that, Li Shimin returned to the imperial case and went to see the good news that he hadn't finished just now.

Later, there was Li Chao's detailed report on the battle.

The more he saw behind, Li Shimin's face became less and less beautiful, and he frowned.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Eunuch Wang asked carefully. In fact, he had already figured out the results of Lou Fanguan. He learned the news earlier than the emperor about the victory in Lou Fanguan. After receiving the victory from Hedong, he attracted people from his six doors and asked them carefully about the results of the Lou Fanguan war.

Li Chao lured and killed prisoners and killed 70,000!

When he first heard this news, Eunuch Wang was shocked. It was already amazing to annihilate 70,000 to 80,000 people on the battlefield, but seducing and killing 70,000 prisoners was even more terrifying. He knew very well that once this news came out, it would definitely cause countless controversies.

He sighed for Li Chao, why did he make such a mistake?

Li Shimin put down the memorial and sighed a long time.

Then he slowly said to Eunuch Wang, "Li Chao killed all the more than 60,000 prisoners who had surrendered."

"I believe Li Chao must have his own explanation. Li Xiang is a gentleman, not the kind of bloodthirsty person." Eunuch Wang said good things to Li Chao.

Li Shimin closed his fingers and supported his chin.

"How can I not know? I know Li Chao, the king and his ministers, and he knows me, and I know him well. The first time I went to the battlefield, when he was in Hebei, he vomited when he saw the dead. I also believe that he had his ideas, and he knew more clearly that he must have done that for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the court. However, the temptation and killing of more than 60,000 surrendered Turkic prisoners would cause him to be criticized and impeached by the censor."

Silence in the hall.

After a while, Li Shimin stood up again and continued to pace around the table.

"Ephesian Wang, I want you to go to Loufanguan immediately. You go and send a verbal order to Li Chao and ask Li Chao on my behalf why he did this. And......"

He hesitated for a while, and then said firmly, "Also, you told Li Chao that no matter what, I will support him and protect him. Let him not worry about the censor. I will announce to the public and deal with the prisoner. He has reported to me in advance and obtained my permission."

"Your Majesty!" The eunuch Wang exclaimed, "If you say so, then the matter of luring and killing prisoners will be borne by Your Majesty. It is very bad for Your Majesty's reputation."

"Li Chao defended the country for me, defeated the strong with the weak, annihilated 100,000 Tuli soldiers and horses, and defended the northern border for the Tang Dynasty. Can't I even protect Li Chao and dare not do it? I also know that I should cherish my feathers, but at this time, I must stand up for Li Chao."

"Your Majesty think twice."

"I have thought deeply." Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

"Tell Li Chao again that annihilation of 100,000 Tuli troops has greatly affected the arrogance of the Turks, but we must also be careful that Tong Ye Hu will be angry and embarrassed. Therefore, let him be more careful. I have sent Changsun Wuji and Tang Jian as the chief and deputy envoys to talk with Tong Ye Hu. I hope that the negotiation will be completed this time."

Under the Secretary of the Central Committee.

The Secretariat Ling Fang Xuanling, the Secretariat General Du Ruhui, the Secretariat General Ling Yuwen Shi, the Secretariat General Gao Shilian, and the Secretariat General Yang Gongru and several prime ministers sat together, looking at the good news that had just been delivered, they were all a little silent.

After a long time, Fang Xuanling broke the silence first.

"This is a good thing. Li Xiang wiped out Tuli's 100,000 forwards, and we won a big victory."

Du Ruhui did not mention the killing of prisoners. He said another concern, "The army of Ye Hu is very likely to go south to take revenge. His strength is far stronger than Tuli, at least 400,000 string control men."

Yu Wenshi couldn't help but say, "If Li Xiang was under a little control, he surrounded Tuli and forced them to surrender. In this way, we had more chips in our hands, and maybe we could force Tongye Hu to reach a peace agreement. But now, killing tens of thousands of people in one go, even Tuli's head was cut, which would probably cause Tongye Hu to be furious, and the terror of peace agreement would be even more difficult."

Fang Xuanling said bluntly, "Duke Yuwen said this, and he would stand and speak without a pain in his back. Li Xianglinwei was ordered to go to Hedong to put out the fire. His strength was not as good as Tuli, let alone Tuli was just the striker of Tongye Hu. At this time, of course, he had to do his best. How could he still fight? As for killing prisoners, I don't think it was wrong. We wanted to make peace, but we didn't just whisper to seek peace, but we had to force Tongye Hu to sit down and talk. The more painful we hit them, the more likely they would sit down and talk seriously."

"Don't forget, the war is not over yet, Tuli is just the striker of Tongye Hu."

It is hard to say more about how Fang Xuanling helped Li Chao and Yu Wen Shiji.

The war has not ended yet, and it is too early to discuss the right and wrong of Li Chao. Now it is urgent to support Li Chao, a super capable young coach, and hope that he will have a army that can withstand Ye Hu.

Yinshan.

Bai Dao.

This is an important passage to cross Yinshan. At this time, the army led by Tongye Hu had just slowly crossed Yinshan.

Baidao Camp.

Changsun Wuji sat in his tent. He had been seeing Tongye Hu for several days.

Two days ago, Tong Ye Hu was still very polite to him, treating him to barbecue, and even asking him to hunt during the march. However, Changsun Wuji did not recognize that this was Tong Ye Hu's hospitality, but it was just a deliberate show-off of this guy.

But today, it's already evening.

However, Tongye Hu did not send anyone to invite them to eat and drink, nor did he ask them to hunt with them. When he wanted to leave the tent, he was told by the wolf cavalry guarding outside that he would not leave the tent.

They were restricted from moving.

"Something must have happened."

Changsun Wuji walked around the tent with his hands on his back. The tent was very big, but the feeling of being trapped was very unhappy, especially the information blockage made them unable to figure out what was going on.

"Is it because Tuli has already broken through Yanmen Pass?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head at his subordinates' speculation.

Judging from his contact with Tong Ye Hu over the past few days, Tong Ye Hu is very capable, but he only has one thing, he loves to show off and performs very well.

If the sudden forward really broke through Yanmen Pass, then Ye Hu would have sent someone to invite them to the Golden Wolf tent, invite them to drink and have fun, and brag and show off.

But now this situation is not right.

"Listen, there is no cheer in the camp today, and it is even a little bit dead. If the Turks really win a big victory, they will definitely prepare for a bonfire conference." Changsun Wuji analyzed carefully and finally concluded, "I think things may be the opposite. Tuli may have suffered a big loss, maybe it was in the hands of Li Jing, maybe it was in the hands of Li Chao. In short, they were not going well and they were in trouble."

Tongye Hu suffered a great loss, so he naturally had no shame to continue bragging to them, or he was in the mood to brag to them.

"Will we be in danger?"

"No, if we fight in the south, the safer we will be. Get ready, maybe Tong Ye Hu will sit down and talk to us about the important things."

That night, Tong Ye Hu indeed sent someone to come to them.

As soon as he entered the tent, the governor Ye Hu told the Tang envoys truthfully that Tuli's entire army was wiped out.

"Li Chao lured surrender and killed prisoners. This matter was angered by both gods and gods. Ben Khan could not forgive him. You guys, should Ben Khan kill you all first and avenge Tuli and others?"

When Changsun Wuji heard that the army of 100,000 was completely lost in Li Chao's hands, he was so surprised that he was beyond his reach.

Then, facing Tongye Hu's threat, he smiled.

"Hahahahahahahaha!"

"Diet is coming, why are you still laughing at?"

"I'm just laughing, sweating you can't see the situation."

"Hahaha, I can't see the situation clearly? Hahaha." Tong Ye Hu laughed. He dominated the Western Regions and unified the Turks, ending the civil strife and disputes that had been in the Turks for decades. Changsun Wuji dared to laugh at him for not seeing the situation clearly.

Changsun Wuji continued leisurely, "Da Khan really wants to continue fighting like this with the Tang Dynasty? I wonder, how many 100,000 troops did Dahan have?"

Tongye Hu snorted coldly.

"Khan, let's talk about peace talks. The blood of the 100,000 Turkic warriors will surely make Khan understand the situation in front of him more."

Tongye Hu snorted coldly, "The blood of the 100,000 warriors only made Ben Khan even more angry. Tangren killed me 100,000 warriors, and I must Tangren pay ten times the price."

"Khan, let alone those useless things, let's sit down and talk about peace talks." Changsun Wuji ignored his threat.

Tongye Hu was choked there all of a sudden, and his whole body was trembling with anger.

"Hmph, it's okay to have peace talks. You can send Li Chao to Ben Khan first and let Ben Khan give him thousands of swords to worship the dead hundred thousand warriors."

"Khan, let's talk about some actual conditions." Changsun Wuji continued.
Chapter completed!