Chapter 566 Qin Taiwei

  Wei Zheng lifted the futon, stretched out his fingers to stir the wine-making tub a few times, and put it in his mouth to taste.

   "Sour."

   Mrs. Pei said, "This season is already the winemaking season, how can it be sour? This wine is made strictly according to the previous recipe."

"It should be that the koji used is different, so it is different from the previous brewing method. The same brewing method, but the different koji used, will not produce the same reaction." Wei Zheng shook his head, "We use the original old recipe. , used Qin Sanlang's new wine koji, and the wine turned sour."

Mrs. Pei felt a little regretful, "It is said that Qin Sanlang's Guogong wine tastes good, and the koji they use is also good. I thought it would be inconvenient in Luoyang this year, so I just bought some Qin's koji. It's sour."

  Wei Zheng smiled, "Forget it, it's just a few jars of wine. This Qin Sanlang is very powerful, but others can't learn from him."

He told his wife, "The imperial court just received the urgent victory of eight hundred miles in Longyou, and Qin Lang won another big victory. He personally led the five hundred town west troops to defend the five-star fort in Diezhou alone, and five hundred soldiers guarded the fifty-mile city. Thousands of enemies, the imperial court is still discussing how to deploy troops to reinforce Qin Lang, and as a result, the crown prince of Chang'an Jianguo reported a great victory in Longyou and a great victory in Diezhou."

   "Another victory?" Mrs. Pei asked in surprise.

"No, another great victory. The last time Qin Lang just won in Diezhou. It has only been three months since then. Another victory in Diezhou. This time is even more mysterious than last time. Last time, thousands of people defended Diezhou. In Zhouzhou, 10,000 enemies were wiped out, and 30,000 were forced to land. But this time, with 500 solitary troops defending the Five-Star Fort, not only did Li Daoyan be rescued, but also over a thousand defeated soldiers were rescued.

   "That's pretty impressive."

"It's not just this, it's even more powerful in the future. Qin Lang reorganized the defeated troops in Minzhou, and then went out of the city to fight back. He insisted on fighting more than 20,000 Dangxiang people with more than a thousand troops, and rescued seven of them from their knives. Thousands of Minzhou captives killed more than 5,000 enemies."

   "Oh my god, is this true?" Mrs. Pei felt incredible.

   "The news just reached Luoyang, and no one dared to believe it at first, but it was sent by the prince of Jianguo on a fast horse, and there was Qin Lang's own handwritten letter."

"But even so, everyone was dubious at the beginning, but later Qin Qiong also reported victory, and there was a secret performance from the Zhen Fusi, which made everyone believe it. It's really unimaginable. Qin Lang's **** battle in the city killed one-third of the party. One, and then forced to kill the party members and abandoned the camp in the middle of the night. As a result, the exhausted Five Star Fort army did not relax its vigilance, and was still watching the Qiang people all the time. They sent troops to occupy their camp, and then launched a surprise attack. The battle lasted for three days and three nights. None of the more than 10,000 troops of the party leader Tuoba Chici escaped. Tuoba Chici left the tribe and fled for three days and three nights. Lang Ye chased him for three days and three nights, and he insisted on chasing him to the Yellow River, where he caught up with Tuoba Chici and captured him alive."

  As a political participant, although Wei Zheng is a civil servant, he is also the minister of the Minister of Shangshu after all. This battle and the comprehensive report from many aspects are really shocking.

Of course, it was not only this victory that excited Wei Zheng and other monarchs and ministers. After Qin Qiong left Songzhou, he did not immediately rush to Diezhou to reinforce Qin Lang. All the ministries are attached.

  As soon as the memorandum was delivered, Emperor Li Shimin jumped up in shock.

   Surrendered more than a hundred surnames, big and small, and a total of more than 300,000 surnames, and Qin Lang defeated Tuoba Chici again, so the entire party, the vanguard of Tuyuhun, was now completely resolved.

   Qin Qiong and his father created a greater glory than the Songdie battle three months ago. Although some people in the court, like Hou Junji, said that Dangxiang was just a vassal of Tuyuhun, it was nothing at all, and it was not worth mentioning when compared with Turks and others.

  But even though Wei Zheng is a civil servant, he also knows that the threat of Tuyuhun to the imperial court is becoming more and more serious now, and the party Xiang Qiang is the most important among them.

   This battle, of course, was not as big as Li Jing's victory in the Northern Expedition to the Turks, but the difficulty was not less than that. Li Jing was the result of several years of preparation by the imperial court, six groups of troops, and 180,000 soldiers. It was the power of the whole country. But this time, Qin Qiong and his father, one Songzhou governor and Diezhou governor, are only the lower governor's mansion, one Zhenxi army has 3,000 people, and the other Ningyuan army has 3,000 people.

   Just such a small number of soldiers on the remote frontier, but after Li Daoyan lost 20,000 troops, they were suddenly attacked by the party. Not only did they defend the border gate, but they also fought back and fought such a beautiful battle.

  The cooperation between the two of them was perfect. Qin Lang held back the main force of Tuoba Chici in Diezhou, and Qin Qiong led the army to go deep into the enemy's rear to sweep up the bandits' lairs, and wiped out the party in one fell swoop.

  Compared with these victories, a little sour wine is really nothing.

Hou Junji, Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde, Chai Shao and others were very bitter, but so what, even Li Jing praised Qin Qiong and his father's achievements in the memorial, saying that their battle not only saved the The urgent and critical situation in the southern frontier of Longyou Jian of the Tang Dynasty also reversed the strategic situation of the entire Northwestern frontier of the Tang Dynasty, from passive to active.

  The emperor was delighted that Qin Lang had rescued about 8,000 defeated soldiers from Minzhou, which made Li Daoyan's defeat less severe. And Qin Lang annihilated Tuoba Chici 20,000 people one after another, and Qin Qiong surrendered more than 300,000 people, making the emperor slap his thigh with joy.

  In the last battle of Qinlang and Diezhou, many crimes such as false reporting of military merits, indiscriminate killing of captives, private distribution of property, and looting by soldiers have been completely forgotten by the emperor after this war.

  As for Qin Qiong, with this battle, he was once again ranked among the top gods of war in the Tang Dynasty, on an equal footing with Li Jing. No one can doubt Qin Qiong's ability to lead the army anymore.

   "If the wine is sour, let's make it into vinegar. Vinegar is also pretty good." Wei Zheng smiled.

   "Then Taozhou and Minzhou shouldn't have to worry about it?" Pei asked.

"Well, Qin Qiong and his son joined forces, and Dang Xiang surrendered. The remaining Tuyuhun is nothing to fear. Even if the imperial court does not recruit troops from all directions, with the current soldiers and horses of Qin Lang and his father, they can take advantage of the victory and sweep the invading soldiers. This time Longyou The crisis is solved." Wei Zheng also admired Qin Qiong and his father very much.

"Qin Sanlang is really a brave man." Pei smiled, "I'll go to Duke Qi's mansion to congratulate him later, and ask them what's important about making wine from koji. The weather is so good, so don't waste it We need to make a few jars of good wine."

  Wei Zheng chatted with his wife at home and had a happy dinner. Because he was in a good mood, Wei Zheng drank two more glasses. In the evening, Wei Zheng, who was a little hot, dragged Pei to toss until midnight, and scored three goals.

   After the incident, the rare gentleness of Pei, who has always been a little bit aggressive, made Wei Zheng feel that Fu Gang was very excited.

  At dawn, the energetic Wei Zheng went to court early, and after the early court was over, the emperor summoned the ministers for a court meeting.

  The emperor was also flushed and full of energy.

  Because of the great victory in Diezhou and the attachment of the party items, the emperor decided to readjust his strategy. He had previously mobilized generals to Longyou to prepare for the battle in Longyou, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary.

  Li Jing is getting old, and his legs still have foot problems, so I don’t bother him to go out of the town. I draw up an order to give Li Jing a wooden walking stick for Lingshou, and stay in Xijing, and stay in Chang’an to assist the prince to supervise the country.

  Shangshu Li Daozong of the Ministry of Punishments moved to Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office Chief History and Liangzhou Governor, Hexi Dao Xuanfu envoy.

"In my opinion, Qin Qiong should be under the unified command of the battle in Longyou. Qin Qiong can be appointed as the general manager of the Xikaidao march, and also the Xuanfu envoy of Jiannan Dao. For the merits of the party, I specially promoted the Taiwei of the Three Dukes, bestowed the sweat horse of Yuyuan, my spare golden armor, and a sword made by the imperial court."

  The emperor hesitated for a moment, and continued, "Add Pingzhang to the military and state affairs, above the prime minister."

The prime ministers and politicians in the palace couldn't help but secretly startled. Taiwei and Pingzhang are important military and state affairs. These two titles are honorable enough. Taiwei is the head of the three princes. Qin Qiong went from Sikong to Situ, and now to Taiwei , it can be said that no one can match the grace, and the prime ministers are not too envious.

Because of the titles of the Three Masters and Three Dukes, sitting down and discussing with the emperor, in fact, this is an honorary title given after having no real power. Accepting such a title generally means that you have already withdrawn from the core center. Honor is honor, but you have no real power. .

  Anyway, everyone gets something, and the prime ministers are not very envious.

But the title of Pingzhang Military Affairs is too heavy. Before Qin Qiong did the Zhongshumen’s Pingzhang, the emperor asked him to go to the Zhongshumen to Pingzhang’s political affairs in three to five days. He is a real prime minister, but Qin Qiong has always been low-key. The prime minister also seldom expressed his opinions in the political affairs hall, which made the emperor very satisfied. Qin Qiong is very aware of his ability, he is a general, so he didn't think about how to show his presence in the political affairs hall. In this regard, Li Jing is also very similar to him, but Hou Junji is far behind them. To show off his presence, the prime ministers didn't like this young martial artist very much.

   This time, the emperor changed Qin Qiong’s title to Pingzhang’s important military and state affairs. In terms of the title alone, it is much stronger than the original title. After all, it is a military important matter. But those who are familiar with the emperor also know that the emperor does not directly give the three high-ranking officials official positions, but this kind of title, which is actually the same as the title of the three masters and three princes, which means to hang Qin Qiong up.

  Nobility is honorable, but it means that the general staff gives advice and expresses their opinions. It does not really mean to take charge of military affairs, but nobility is incomparable. After all, the emperor deliberately added a sentence, which is above the prime minister.

  The last time the person who was above the prime minister was the official position of General Tiance specially set up by Emperor Wude for Li Shimin.

  However, Admiral Tiance is in charge of military affairs and is in charge of foreign wars. Qin Qiong's important military affairs are still incomparable.

  Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Marquis Junji, who participated in the imperial court, listened there, but they were extremely envious.

  Taiwei, Ping Zhang's military affairs are important.

   "Qin Lang has made a great contribution this time, and I want to reward him. Everyone, how do you think it should be rewarded?"

  (end of this chapter)