Chapter 790: Self-Defilement
The building is annoying, and the river valley is restored. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
90,000 Turkic troops, all annihilated. The Tang army collected 90,000 Turkic heads and built a Jingguan. A pyramid-shaped Beijing Temple, layer by layer, with soil to fill the head, to build a very special Beijing Temple.
Jingguan was erected, and Li Chao asked people to erect a stone tablet next to it and engrave it to record the battle.
"Alright, now let's go to the monument."
Not far from the Turkic Jingguan, there is a newly built building, which is a monument, behind the monument is a cemetery, after the soldiers who died in the war were cremated, some of the ashes and relics were brought back, and some of them were buried here for eternal memorial.
"Monument to the Heroes of the Battle of Loufuguan!"
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Mayi.
Li Jing was always paying attention to the war in the south.
"General, the third general is here." The guards report.
Li Jing's third brother, Li Keshi, strode in.
"Second brother!"
"You're here." Li Jing said very plainly to his brother, Li Keshi has always been a little special in the Li family in Sanyuan, he is young, he has been hunting since he was a child, leading eagles and fighting dogs, and his favorite thing is to raise all kinds of birds, and he is also known as a bird thief.
Li Jing is also a little tired of this brother's various swings on weekdays.
"Second brother, I'm here to tell you good news."
Li Jing didn't get up, and continued to sit there looking at the map, "I know, Li Xiang's hand is playing beautifully, and it is really unexpected." "When Tuli withdrew from the city of Mayi and headed south, he had been keeping an eye on them.
The Tulitun military tower was annoying, and Li Jing quickly guessed Li Chao's plan.
If it weren't for Li Chao's arrival at Lou Nu Pass, Li Jing would definitely send troops to respond.
Li Chao asked someone to send him a letter before, asking him to guard the horse and not need him to send troops to the building. After receiving this letter, Li Jing believed in Li Chao very much, and did not feel that Li Chao was conceited at all.
"Win?"
"Win." Bird thief Li Keshi replied with a smile, and then walked to the opposite side of Li Jing by himself, pulled a chair and sat down. "Second brother, aren't you curious?" Looking at Li Jing's unsurprised look, Li Keshi felt a little surprised.
"Li Xiang's win is turbulent, what's so surprising about this, it's surprising if he doesn't win. Say, is Tuli trapped now dead or alive? ”
"Hahaha"
"What are you laughing at?"
"I laughed at the second brother, when you also miscalculated, I thought you could have expected everything. Tuli, Tuli is gone. ”
"Gone?" Li Jing was moved, put down the map in his hand, and raised his head, "You make it clear, what's wrong with Tuli and his soldiers and horses?" ”
"It's gone, it's all gone, Tuli and his army of 90,000 are gone."
"Ran away?" Li Jing was surprised, "No, didn't Li Xiang already lure Tuli to the Huihe River Valley under Lou Fu Pass, how could he let him run away." ”
Li Keshi said triumphantly, "It's not that it's gone, it's gone, there's still a difference." ”
"What's the difference?"
"Tuli and his army of 90,000 are dead."
Li Jing became more and more moved, he didn't think about being gone and dead at all before. Dead? Ninety thousand troops, this is not ninety thousand pigs, how many days of hard work, less than ten days.
"Tell me in detail, what the hell is going on?"
Li Keshi leaned back, "Second brother, I'll come all the way, and you won't prepare me a cup of tea." ”
"I'll pour you tea myself, say it quickly." Li Jing was really moved, and he was now eager to know how Li Chao managed to annihilate the 90,000-strong army of Tuli in such a short period of time.
"Actually, it's not hard to say all this, it's easy to say. The key is Li Xiang, it is Li Xiang who commands this war, the god of the Tang Dynasty, who is a grade higher than you, the god of war. It is not surprising that Li Xiang has achieved any kind of results. ”
Li Jing didn't care about his brother's elbow turning outward.
"Get down to business and talk less nonsense." Li Jing shoved a cup of freshly poured tea into his hand.
"Okay, okay, I'm going to get down to business, you almost burned me to death."
Li Keshi put the hot tea on the table next to him, and then talked in a provocative manner. It's about painting sound and color, and it's about ups and downs like storytelling.
Li Jing was amazed when he heard it, even if he was an experienced soldier, he couldn't admit that if he made a wrong step, he would make a wrong step.
"Li Xiang's plan is really a plan after a plan, this is a series of plans, amazing, admire. First of all, he actually invited his brother-in-law to fake Sogdian merchants to set up a trap for Tuli, and then he deliberately showed weakness and deceived Tuli to storm a fortress that was more dangerous than Mayi・・・・・・・
Li Jing exclaimed.
"And then?"
"Then, ah, then the Turks came to ask for surrender, Li Xiang gave the condition, everyone unconditionally surrendered, and if there was one who did not surrender, the Tang Dynasty would not accept everyone's surrender and continue the siege."
"The Turks couldn't, so they had to negotiate surrender. Some refused to surrender, and then that night the capitulation faction united and fought against those who refused to surrender, killed all of them, and the next day they all surrendered to us. ”
"Surrendered? Didn't you say they were all dead? Li Jing found a suspicious point.
"It was surrendered, but after these Turks were placed in a prisoner of war camp in Guancheng, they were undead and wanted to seize the pass, and they were suppressed by us."
Li Jing looked at his brother and sneered twice, "You blink your eyes as soon as you lie, and you have not changed at all until now." ”
Then he sighed, "I didn't expect Li Xiang to kill the prisoner, or to booby trap him." ”
Li Jing is a little difficult to agree with Li Chao's behavior. Since the Turks have all surrendered, why should they be killed again?
"Second brother, how can you be a woman's kindness, I thought you could understand Li Xiang's approach. If you don't cut the grass and don't remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows again. Li Keshi saw that the second brother was in favor and immediately said. Long before the Xuanwumen Change, Li Keshi had made friends with Li Chao, first through Li Gan and others.
Up to now, Li Keshi can also be regarded as Li Chao's person, especially after the marriage between the Li family and the Sanyuan Li family, the relationship between Li Keshi and Li Chao has become more and more intimate, and Li Keshi is also very protective of Li Chao.
"Killing won't solve the problem."
"But Li Xiang said, this time we are fighting to promote peace, and in the end we must negotiate peace with the Turks, we will not kill these people now, once we negotiate peace, then the Turks will definitely want us to put them back, then wouldn't it be to let the tiger return to the mountain? Did we put it at that time? It's better to kill now, kill the prestige of the Turks, and let them know our power, people killed, and they can't pull it back, and there is no need to talk about this matter at that time, besides, the annihilation of the 100,000 Turkic strikers can also greatly weaken the strength of the Turks, which is all meaningful, not tasteless killing. Li Keshi defended Li Chao.
Li Jing just sighed.
"Maybe, but it's not good to kill too much, let alone kill prisoners, it's booby-trapping. As a martial artist, I can understand Lee's intentions, although I don't fully agree with his approach. However, I'm afraid that there are more people who can't understand it, especially those civil officials and imperial historians in the court, I'm afraid that they will make a big fuss about this matter, and I'm worried that Li Xiang will suffer. He is now a young official and a high-ranking official, and he is already vulnerable to jealousy, and if someone makes a fuss about impeaching him, I am afraid that it will not be good. ”
"Your Majesty trusts Li Xiang."
"Your Majesty's trust, that's not constant, there is a good saying, the merit is high, you haven't heard of it?" The Li family of Sanyuan and the Li family are now also in-laws, of course Li Jing is not jealous of Li Chao, he is worried about Li Chao.
Tens of thousands of Turkic troops were booby-trapped in one go, this is a massacre, such a big thing, and I didn't ask for advice from the emperor, I killed it directly.
Li Chao is still too young, he is a little younger, he doesn't know how taboo this behavior is, how easy it is to cause trouble.
"Killing tens of thousands of Turkic troops, and building a Jingguan pyramid with their heads, this is indeed the prestige of killing the Turks, and it also deters the Turks, and greatly increases the prestige of our Tang army. But for Li Xiang, it is not a good thing. How could such a smart person as Lee Sang make such a simple mistake? Li Jing was a little puzzled, luring the pit to kill the prisoners, this should not be Li Xiang's style.
"I think you're too worried, second brother, Li Xiang is such a smart person, it can't be that he deliberately makes himself unhappy, right?"
Li Keshi's words made Li Jing's eyes suddenly light up.
Could it be that Li Chao is really deliberately making trouble for himself?
With Li Chao's status today, he is indeed a supreme minister, and there is no way to seal it. This time, under the Lou Trouble, the annihilation of 100,000 troops in Tuli in one fell swoop is even more dazzling, and the post-war merits are all military exploits that can give the emperor a headache.
And now that Li Chao lured down the pit to kill the prisoners, killing so many people in one go, and he hasn't asked for any instructions, this matter is different.
It is possible that Li Chao will not only be useless, but also convicted.
Of course, with Li Chao's current status and this merit, even if he kills a prisoner, he will not receive any major crime in the end, at most, it will offset the merit and crime, and even punish it lightly, without reward.
Could this be Li Chao's true intention, to kill prisoners and defile himself?
After thinking about it for a long time, he wasn't sure, but he felt that it was very likely, at least partially.
Li Jing walked around the table a few times, then sat down, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and began to write.
"Second brother, what are you?"
"Impeach Li Xiang, trap and kill prisoners, and kill innocents indiscriminately!"
Li Keshi was stunned for a moment.
"Second brother, what are you doing, how can you do this, Li Xiang killed the prisoner, not for the Tang Dynasty? Besides, Li Xiang is still our in-law, even if others attack Li Xiang, we have to help defend ourselves, how can we still fall into the ground? ”
Li Jing ignored his brother and still worked hard to write.