This situation of Liu Hongji is different from recruiting and surrendering Li Jing and Su Dingfang. Whether it is Li Jing or Su Dingfang, they all have their own ideas, and they have all been treated unfairly, and they all have concerns.
Therefore, under Du Qi's coercion and lure, the persuasion was finally successful.
Liu Hongji is different.
This is a staunch man, even if Du Qi threatened him, he didn't care.
Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Drag Liu Hongji down and send him on his way."
"yes!"
The soldiers were ordered to drag Liu Hongji out. It's just that when the soldiers dragged Liu Hongji out, suddenly, Liu Hongji broke free from the soldiers' hands. After all, he is a veteran on the battlefield. Although he is not as powerful as Xue Rengui, it is not trivial. After he broke free, he rushed towards Du Qi again.
This time, Xue Rengui drew his sword out of its sheath, and stabbed out with one strike.
"Puchi!"
The sharp point of the sword pierced Liu Hongji's heart.
A sword pierces the chest.
Xue Rengui drew his sword out of its sheath, Liu Hongji snorted, and subconsciously raised his hand to cover the wound on his chest, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, not even letting himself fall down.
"Du Qi, I'll wait for you"
As soon as the words were spoken, Liu Hongji's body thumped and he fell to the ground. His body twitched slightly, and he had already lost his breath.
Du Qi looked at Liu Hongji, who was lying dead on the ground, and sighed.
is a hero.
is even more admirable.
Du Qi ordered: "Take it down, prepare a high-quality coffin for a decent burial."
The soldiers were ordered to go down with Liu Hongji's body.
Du Qi looked at Su Dingfang, Xiao Yuanqi and others, and ordered: "From being busy during the day to chasing at night, and now, you have all worked hard. Go down to rest, adjust your status, and discuss the next step tomorrow. As for All the captives are going to be transferred to the imperial capital, and sent to the country to be resettled, so that they can be treated as ordinary people. There is a shortage of people in our Xia Kingdom, and we can increase the population after they go."
Xiao Yuanqi and the others responded and left separately.
In the tent, it was empty at once.
At this time Du Qi got up and left the tent, and went to the place where the wounded soldiers in the army were. Because of the fighting at night, many soldiers under his command were also injured. Du Qi went to express his condolences before returning to the camp to rest.
Early the next morning.
Du Qi got up early in the morning. He had just had breakfast when he received the latest news from the sentry about Li Ji. The news that the sentries found was that the army under Li Ji's command had been divided and began to go to the surrounding area, not the news of the withdrawal.
After Du Qi saw the news, an expression of surprise appeared on his face.
Li Ji never withdrew his troops.
?It turned out to be a strategy of dividing the troops into parts. But at the moment, Li Ji's troops are insufficient, and if they are broken up into parts, they will be easily defeated one by one.
Du Qi immediately called the cabinet members, as well as generals in the army such as Li Jing and Xue Rengui together. He looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Now Li Ji is in the direction of Sishishi Rize, and he directly divides his troops and breaks them up to all parties. Their intention is clearly to continue the war with us in Shazhou. The next battle is not to fight like before, but to fight and fight."
"Everyone, how should we respond?"
Du Qi asked policy directly.
Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think this question is actually very simple. We only need to issue a decree to encourage the people to report the location of the Tang army. Once the government verifies it, they will be rewarded. Even if the people are encouraged to attack the Tang army, they only need to bring the head , and it has been verified, the government will also give a heavy reward. With a heavy reward, the people will definitely be moved by the news. These border people don¡¯t have much loyalty to Datang.¡±
Du Qi nodded and said, "I think the suggestion of Mr. Yaoshi will be verified. What do you think?"
Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty, I agree."
Lai Ji said: "The minister seconded the proposal."
The rest of the civil servants and generals expressed their opinions one after another, and all of them held the same opinion.
All agreed with Li Jing's arrangement.
Du Qi nodded and said: "In that case, follow the arrangement of Yaoshi Gong. Shangguanyi, you are responsible for promulgating the edict and notifying the people of Shazhou. Even, once the Tang army flees to the territory of Guazhou, this decree will also affect the people of Guazhou. The same applies."
"I obey!"
Shangguanyi responded immediately.
Du Qi said again: "?? Rengui! "
"The minister is here!"
Xue Rengui stood up and answered.
Du Qidao: "You arrange for soldiers to enter Shazhou City, and then arrange for soldiers to check the gunpowder underground in Shazhou, find out all the gunpowder buried by the Tang army, and make sure to dig out all the gunpowder. Li Ji had previously set a strategy of inviting you into the urn. This time we have not entered In the city, and Li Ji has no time to arrange, the gunpowder must still be underground."
Xue Rengui said: "I obey the order!"
Du Qi said again: "Ma Yuan!"
"The minister is here!"
Ma Yuan answered immediately.
Du Qi opened his mouth and said: "You mobilize the troops under your command to start mopping up the Tang army in Shazhou. Encouraging the people is one thing, but our army of Xia Kingdom also needs to send troops to mop up the Tang army."
Ma Yuan responded immediately.
Du Qi arranged all the things that should be done, turned his eyes, and finally fell on Li Jing.
In this battle, Li Jing played a vital role. Because of Li Jing's strategy, Li Ji's army could be wiped out in one battle. Although Li Ji escaped in the end, even Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and other important officials of the Tang Dynasty also left. But for Du Qi, the elimination of Datang's army was crucial.
Du Qi said in a deep voice: "Li Jing listens to the order!"
"The minister is here!"
Li Jing stood up immediately.
He was quite calm, because under Li Shimin's command, Li Jing was already the head of the military generals in the court and the pillar of the military generals. Now under Du Qi's command, because of the presence of Xue Rengui and Ma Yuan, it is impossible for him to be the leader of the generals no matter what, so Li Jing doesn't have much expectation at the moment.
The only thought in Li Jing's heart was to wait for Du Qi to calm down the overall situation, and finally he followed Du Qi to expand the territory and start to go to the Persian country in the west, and even expedition to farther places.
This is what Li Jing thought.
In his lifetime, if he can set foot in these farther places, and even expand the territory, and achieve feats that no one has ever done before, then his whole life is enough.
Du Qidao: "Before when I was in the Western Regions, I had just established the Xia Kingdom. I once established a staff department to advise the military and was solely responsible for planning the military. Later, because Jiang Changzong served as the governor of a state, the staff department was abolished."
"Now, enable it again."
"You, Li Jing, are the head of the General Staff Department. Your rank is equivalent to the six ministers. You are independent of the government affairs system and directly subordinate to me. The existence of the General Staff Department is fully responsible for combat command and military training. The Chief of Staff ranks above the generals of each army. But the adjustment and appointment of the chief generals of each army shall be appointed by the imperial court."
Du Qi gave Li Jing the post again.
Li Jing said: "I obey the order, thank you for your majesty's kindness."
In his heart, he was not disappointed at all, because his status and official position were not easy to arrange. If he is arranged to be the chief general of an army, he will inevitably lose his identity. After all, it is inappropriate for him to be with these people. As the chief officer of a department alone, responsible for the military staff, this is the best arrangement.
? In particular, the chief officer of the General Staff Department ranks first among the six ministers. He is independent from the government affairs system and independently manages military affairs arrangements. He is also extremely powerful. To some extent, the staff department is a higher level than the generals of each army. It's just that the arrangements of the generals of each army are arranged by the court, and the generals of each army are not restricted by the staff.
Here, the chief of the staff needs to have sufficient influence and prestige to implement the scheduling arrangements.
For Li Jing, it doesn't matter.
He thought it was pretty good.
Du Qi smiled slightly and said: "Don't rush to agree, the staff department is just one of your duties. There is another most important thing about you, and this is your most important thing."
Li Jing was a little surprised when he heard this.
Still have a job?
What could it be?
In fact, no matter Li Jing was surprised, even the others such as Shang Guanyi, Ma Zhou and others were also very surprised. Because the head of the staff department is already powerful. It is surprising that there is still an official position to be arranged now. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com