After Li Shimin listened to Qin Tian's words, he led his troops back to Luzhou City.

After returning to Luzhou City, Li Shimin looked at everyone and asked, "Now that Liang and Hou Sui's soldiers and horses have retreated, should we continue to defend Luzhou City, or send troops to Lingzhou to rescue?" ”

"Lord Wang, let's send troops to Lingzhou."

"Yes, go to the rescue of Lingzhou and repel the Turks."

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All the soldiers wanted to go to Lingzhou to earn military merits, but the eldest grandson Wuji shook his head: "Lord, it's better to continue to guard Luzhou City, this city has finally been defeated, if we retreat to Lingzhou, this city will have to return to the hands of Liang State." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth, and many people also ordered to express their approval, Qin Tian stood aside and did not speak, he was just a school captain, and he was not qualified to express his opinion here.

However, after Li Shimin glanced at him, he asked, "Captain Qin, what do you mean?" ”

"Lord Wang, it's better to put Luzhou in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, first, this is the merit of the prince, a real merit in hand, come, Luzhou is in hand, it will also help to destroy the Liang State in the future."

The topography of Luzhou is very good, and having Luzhou is equivalent to choking the throat of Liang State, and it will be much easier to destroy the Liang State in the future, if Luzhou returns to Liang State, then when they want to destroy Liang State, they will have to work hard.

But for Li Shimin, what moved him was the real merit.

The battle situation in Lingzhou has basically been decided, and I am afraid that I will not be able to get any military merits after I go, so it is better to catch Luzhou in my hands than to run in vain.

"Okay, pass on the king's order to guard Luzhou."

When Li Shimin was guarding Luzhou, the battle situation in Lingzhou had already entered a white-hot state.

The Turks attacked the city very quickly during this time, but there were many Tang troops in the city, and they were all elite of the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks were not very good at attacking the city.

After the evening, the Turkic soldiers and horses retreated to the barracks.

"Your Majesty Khan, this Lingzhou City is really too difficult to attack, and our men and horses have suffered a lot of casualties."

"The casualties of men and horses are nothing, it's just that Lingzhou City can't be attacked for a long time, and our grain and grass are running out, if we wait for the grain and grass to be eaten, and the Tang army launches a counterattack, our situation will not be good."

"Your Majesty the Khan, withdraw your troops."

"Your Majesty, retire."

A group of tribal leaders asked to withdraw their troops, Jieli Khan looked solemn, he led more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack Lingzhou City, he was ambitious when he came.

But he was defeated like this, and he was really unwilling.

"Is there any news from Luzhou City?"

"Back to His Majesty Khan, the news just came that Li Shimin repelled the soldiers and horses of Liang and Hou Sui, and now Luzhou is completely under the control of the Tang Dynasty, if they lead the troops to come, it will be even more unfavorable to us."

Hearing this news, Jieli Khan immediately stood up: "Liang and Hou Sui's 20,000 soldiers and horses can't kill Li Shimin's thousands of soldiers and horses?" ”

"It is said that they are about to break through Luzhou City, but a captain named Qin Tian from the Tang Dynasty came to the rescue with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and repelled Liang and Hou Sui."

"A lieutenant named Qin Tian?" Jieli Khan was even more shocked, how could a captain of the eighth rank lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and how could he repel the combined forces of Liang and Hou Sui?

But it was useless for him to be shocked, and now Liang and Hou Sui are no longer fighting.

He didn't even have the last shred of hope.

There was some silence in the tent, and after a long time, Jieli Khan ordered: "Gather the troops and horses, and retreat!" ”

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"His Royal Highness the Prince, good news, the Turks have withdrawn early this morning."

In Lingzhou City, a spy hurriedly came to report, and after Li Jiancheng heard the news, he was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, okay, the Turks have finally withdrawn." ”

The Turks retreated, and he could be regarded as establishing his prestige again, and after returning to Chang'an, he would see who could compete with him for the throne.

At this time, Xue Wanche stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Turks have retreated, why don't we take the opportunity to catch up and destroy the Turks in one fell swoop, so that no one can shake His Highness's position as the prince." ”

If he can really destroy the Turks, no one can really compare with this kind of feat, but Li Jiancheng is cautious by nature, suspicious and worried, and wants him to guard Lingzhou, he is confident, but if he wants to pursue the Turks, he is a little frightened.

After thinking about it, he said: "The Turkic strength is not weak, and my Datang is not particularly stable internally, so it is not suitable to fight to the death with the Turks for the time being, since the Turks have withdrawn, the task of the prince will be completed, and we will return to Beijing in triumph." ”

Xue Wanche saw Li Jiancheng like this, and he was very helpless in his heart, but it was inconvenient to say more, so he could only respond.

In this way, the Tang army stayed in Lingzhou for a few more days, until it was determined that the Turks had really withdrawn, and Lingzhou had already arranged for the soldiers to defend it, and Li Jiancheng returned to Beijing with the army in triumph.

When Li Jiancheng returned to Beijing in triumph, Li Shimin had already received the news here, and they did not stay in Luzhou City for long, and after some arrangements, they also hurriedly rushed to Chang'an City.

Li Jiancheng brought a lot of soldiers and horses, so he walked very slowly, and Li Shimin only had a few thousand soldiers and horses on his side, and the speed was relatively fast.

Therefore, when Li Jiancheng was still on the way, Li Shimin and the others had already returned to Chang'an City with soldiers and horses.

After returning to Chang'an City, Li Shimin entered the palace to meet Li Yuan, reported the situation of this trip to Li Yuan, and took out the merit book.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Datang has had a very complete military merit system, so according to the situation in the merit book, and then against the military merit system, you can be rewarded.

Of course, after the officials listed the list, they still had to let Li Yuan pass the purpose.

However, these are all matters of the imperial court, and they have nothing to do with Qin Tian and them.

After they came back, they didn't stop in Chang'an City at all, and flew directly to Qinjia Village.

It was still summer when they left, and it was already early autumn when they came back, and the weather in Chang'an was getting cooler, and even gloom could be seen.

After leaving home for such a long time, Qin Tian still missed his family very much.

As soon as Qin Tian and the others arrived in the village, they saw that the old and young of Qinjia Village were waiting for them at the entrance of the village under the leadership of Qin Gui and Tang Rong.

"Qin Tian, Qin Tian ......" The villagers rushed over, lifting Qin Tian and Qin Wu and throwing them into the air, they were greeting their heroes in their own way.

Obviously, some news from Luzhou City and Yunzhou City had already been passed back, and they all knew that Qin Tian had made meritorious contributions.

Of course, there is another reason why they like Qin Tian so much, that is, there was no casualty among the children of the Qin family village that Qin Tian brought out, he took them away alive and brought them back alive.

This is more important than everything.

(End of chapter)