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Chapter 360: Su Dingfang, the God of the Tang Dynasty

"Zong Suo... don't mislead yourself, this is the Tang Dynasty..." Fang Xuanling stood up and scolded Zong Suo. At this time, Fang Xuanling stood up and scolded him in order to help Zong Suo.

But this Zong Suo came to find fault, so he didn't need anyone's help.

"So what about the Tang Dynasty... Our Zongsuo only kneels down to the strong."

"Oh...!" Li Shimin finally became interested. He looked at Zong Suo and said, "Then do you think the Tang Dynasty is not a strong man, so why do you come to worship again?"

"The worship was decided by my king, and I couldn't decide. I came here just to see the majesty of the Tang army. Zong Suo had one hundred people personally trained to compete with the Tang army.

I wonder if there are any army in the Tang Dynasty dare to fight?" Zong Suo looked around and said.

"Zongsuo...you are bold...this is the Tai Chi Palace of the Tang Dynasty. What do you want to do?" Fang Xuanling asked angrily.

"Nothing... Last time, I, Zong Suo, was in front of Qingfeng Tower in Chang'an, and defeated the people of Chang'an... Zong Suo found that the people of Chang'an were weak and even killed by us with his fists.

Hum... I guess the Tang army is the same, I just don’t know if His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty dares to admit it."

Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne and showed his bad eyes slightly, saying, "Is this what Nanzhao means?"

"Yes... Will Your Majesty dare to fight?" Zong Suo looked at Li Shimin without hesitation.

"I dare... I just don't know which army you want to challenge me?" Li Shimin said lightly.

"That one is OK. Even if you use your strongest 100 horses, Zong Suo is not afraid." Zong Suo looked at Li Shimin and smiled slightly. This is a bet on Li Shimin's arrogance.

Sure enough, Zong Suo won, and only heard Li Shimin say slightly: "Why use a knives to kill chickens? I won't be able to send out hundreds of cavalry, so don't worry, but... I still want to remind you that if you lose, I think you can't go back to Nanzhao."

"If I lose, I will be punished, but if Your Majesty loses, do you have to lose something?" Zong Suo finally expressed his purpose.

"What do you want?" Li Shimin asked.

"Please marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty... If the Tang Dynasty loses, I will ask for the princess of the Tang Dynasty." Zong Suo said it twice in an emphasis.

"Okay...I promise you!" Li Shimin shook his sleeves and said, "At noon...the school competition in front of the two military palaces...but if you have real swords and guns, there will be no resentment for death and injury. Zong Suo... have you thought about it?"

"Zongsuo is not afraid, Nanzhao is not afraid... at noon... Zongsuo will let the Tang Dynasty remember the cavalry of Nanzhao...!" After saying that, Zongsuo turned around and left. After leaving the hall and met his Tubo companion, Zongsuo said excitedly: "It's successful, it's successful. Lu Dongzan is really amazing. He deserves to be Zanpu's teacher. He actually guessed what His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty said.

I just followed his teachings and finally let the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fall into a trap. Without a hundred cavalry, I would like to marry a princess. Haha... we can kill the power of the Tang Dynasty."

It turns out that what Zong Suo said above was all taught by Lu Dongzan. I have to say that Lu Dongzan is really powerful. He deliberately made Zong Suo look arrogant and then took the initiative to ask for the hundred cavalry, but the reason for the initiative was to prevent Li Shimin from using the hundred cavalry.

There is also the purpose of asking for a princess. Mingming Tubo's purpose this time was mainly to ask for a princess, but Lu Dongzan wanted to say it out inadvertently until the end, so that the Tang Dynasty officials would ignore this main purpose.

It can be said that Lu Dongzan's speculation is really amazing.

Just as Zong Suo was excitedly going back to reorganize the army, Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne in Tai Chi Palace and said slightly: "You have seen it after you. Now I want to ask who is willing to go to fight for the Tang Dynasty."

Cheng Chumo said nothing, bravely moved forward, came to the middle of the court and knelt down and shouted: "I will go...!"

"I will be willing to go...!"

"I will be willing to go...!"

"I will be willing to go...!"

"I will be willing to go...!"

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Cheng Chumo was puzzled, why did he have so many echoes? Then Cheng Chumo subconsciously looked up and said, Oh my god, at this time, Cheng Chumo realized that he was kneeling around him, all of whom were all Tang generals who wanted to fight, hey...ah, ahhhhh, I'm in trouble now.

Because there were at least ten generals kneeling beside Cheng Chumo this time... they were basically the Central Army Generals who were almost the same as Cheng Chumo!

The strongest one among them was Su Dingfang. You should know that although Su Dingfang was not very old, he was the one that Cheng Chumo admired the most. In the early years of Zhenguan, Su Dingfang was activated by the Tang Ting and Ren Kuang Daofu was scrambled.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Su Dingfang followed Li Jing, the chief marching commander of Dingxiang Road, and went to Jikou to attack Jie Li Khan of the Eastern Turkic Republic.

On the night of the eighth day of the second month, Li Jing sent Su Dingfang to lead 200 cavalrymen with crossbows as vanguards and secretly marched on the fog. About one mile away from the Turkic garrison, the fog suddenly dissipated. Su Dingfang saw the tent (the tent where the generals lived), so he rode a horse and raided dozens or hundreds of people. Jie Li Khan and Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty fled with only dozens of cavalry entourages, and the rest of the people all bowed down and surrendered. Li Jing's army arrived, and the Eastern Turkic garrison was defeated. The Tang army beheaded more than 10,000 men and women, and hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous animals.

Jie Li Khan led more than 10,000 remaining soldiers to cross the desert, but was intercepted by Li Ji, the chief general of Tonghan Road, who was stationed at the intersection of the road. Soon, the chief chiefs of the Eastern Turkic army led their troops to surrender, and Li Jing captured more than 50,000 people and returned.

In the Battle of Yinshan, the Tang army won a great victory and completely defeated the Eastern Turks. After Jie Li Khan was defeated, he defected to Sunith, located in the northwest of Lingzhou, and was captured by Zhang Baoxiang, deputy general manager of the Datongdao Army. The Eastern Turks were then destroyed and the land returned to the Tang territory.

After the war, Su Dingfang was awarded the title of General of the Left Wu Hou for his military achievements, and later changed to General of the Left Guard.

However, it has been five years since then, and Su Dingfang's official position is still the General of the Left Guard. More importantly, Su Dingfang has been slandered in history, and many people think he is not as good as Xue Rengui.

In fact, how could Su Dingfang be inferior to Xue Rengui? It is no exaggeration to say that Su Dingfang is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, but why is such a famous historical general with outstanding achievements not praised by the world?

First: Su Dingfang had a bad relationship with many ministers within the court, and was honest and unscrupulous. He had a lifetime of military service, but he was often jealous. Therefore, the ministers in the court deliberately targeted him and concealed his merits, especially the "War of Wuhai" was not recorded in later Chinese texts.

Second: The military power in the early Tang Dynasty was very powerful, with many famous generals, and they often achieved greater victories at a smaller price. For example, Li Jing defeated Dongtu with 3,000 cavalry; Li Ji led 3,000 Tang troops to defeat Xue Yantuo's 80,000 army. It was precisely because of such many battle examples that everyone was a little "numb" with Su Dingfang's record.

Third: Su Dingfang was a surrendered general and was born in a humble family (at that time he was still in power), and was despised by the nobles of the clans, so many of his achievements were buried.

Fourth: The so-called great merits shocked the Lord. Although after Su Dingfang passed away, Emperor Gaozong of Tang said: "The court's commendation to him was not enough to demonstrate his merits", Su Dingfang was a "foreign minister" after all, not a direct army. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty could not see him alone and might "turn a blind eye" to the suppression of his ministers.

But if others dare not use it, and if someone dares to use it, Su Dingfang will soon meet his own mentor.
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