More than two hundred miles northeast of Chang'an, there is Changchun Palace.
Li Shimin opened his eyes in the bedroom. There was a book beside him, two copies of the book Chu Zhen had printed and given to him, and three large packages of various seeds.
He pondered for a long time.
Quite undecided.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others were all in Chang'an, and only Liu Wenjing was left with some credibility.
"Your Highness."
Liu Wenjing came upon the call, bowed her hands to him, and asked impatiently: "Shall we send troops to Luoyang tomorrow?"
Li Yuan had sent an edict in Chang'an, allowing them to coerce Wang Shichong and rush to Li Mi's aid to do whatever was convenient.
"Mr. Liu, there is no need to be impatient."
Li Shimin smiled slightly.
Now that Liu Wenjing is white, although no one dares to look down upon him, he is still eager to perform meritorious service and return to his original position, especially when Pei Ji is now the prime minister in Chang'an.
In the past half month, Li Shimin had heard him complain many times.
"Soldiers are expensive and quick. You said so yourself, Shi Erlang, when we fought in Chang'an!" Liu Wenjing laughed.
Li Shimin smiled, handed him a printed booklet, and motioned for him to read it first.
Liu Wenjing took it and looked at it, and was surprised. She looked at the back and was even more shocked. She raised her head and looked in shock at His Highness the King of Qin, who was not yet twenty years old but already had military power.
"How about the map drawn by Mr. Chu?"
Li Shimin asked with a smile.
"Mr. Chu painted it?"
Liu Wenjing looked through these maps carefully. From Chang'an to Changchun Palace, and then from Changchun Palace to Luoyang, there were more than 20 maps that mapped the terrain around Luoyang extremely clearly.
Although some of the place names are weird and the rivers seem to follow different directions, it still retains its subtlety and is far more detailed than the maps used in the army.
"It turns out that the prince tricked us!"
Liu Wenjing suddenly gritted her teeth and cursed: "I told you why the army map was so detailed when we defeated Xue Ju. At that time, I thought there were such talents in the prince's palace, but it turned out that it was Erlang's hand!"
Just when Li Shimin was about to speak, Liu Wenjing raised her hand to him and said seriously: "Does King Qin know about Shi Xuan and Shi Tao of Zhao State three hundred years ago?"
Li Shimin's face darkened and he shouted:
"My father is not Shi Hu, my brother is not Shi Xuan, and I am not that Shi Tao!"
"But Shi Tao is the Duke of Qin, and Shi Xuan is also the prince!"
Liu Wenjing lowered her voice and saw that King Qin's face was silent. After a while, she raised her hands and said: "There are Shi Zhao in front and Sui Yang behind. Although King Qin is benevolent and righteous, he still has to guard against it!"
Li Shimin was silent for a long time.
When Jinyang raised troops, the four fathers, sons and brothers worked together to plot major events.
Now that Chang'an has been conquered, the father is on the throne, the elder brother is the prince, and the fourth brother is in Jinyang. He is leading the troops to fight abroad. The world is not yet settled, but the brothers have...
"Don't say these words again, let alone mention them to others." Li Shimin looked at Liu Wenjing and said slowly: "Otherwise, I will ask my father to punish you."
"I only dare to say these words to King Qin."
Liu Wenjing made a long salute, stopped mentioning the matter, and turned to the map, curiously asking how Mr. Chu drew such a detailed map.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Mr. Chu has all kinds of magical methods, these are just some tricks. Come on, let me show you a package of better things!"
"better one?"
Liu Wenjing watched King Qin move out two bags of things.
"These are called potatoes. You go find someone to plant them."
"Erlang, it's September now!!"
"They are planted in September and harvested in December. You have seen these potatoes first. I'm sure you haven't seen them before!"
"..."
After Liu Wenjing finished reading and listening, she also got the book on how to grow potatoes. When she saw the words in it, she could barely understand them through guessing and the instructions from King Qin.
But the doubts in my heart were even worse.
"Erlang, this Mr. Chu..."
"Mr. Chu is now making tea in Longxi. He said just let me do it. When the potatoes and these grain vegetables grow, I will naturally know."
Mr. Chu did not ask King Qin to do it, but asked him to do it, don't ask.
Liu Wenjing could only sigh and said: "I will find some farmers later and let them plant it in the ground."
"No, I want Mr. Liu to take care of me personally."
"I?"
"good."
Li Shimin said: "This time I lead the troops to Luoyang, I will probably only be able to clear the siege of Wulao Pass, and there will not be many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Mr. Chu has analyzed the world situation for me and believes that Liu Wuzhou will soon raise his army to go south."
Liu Wenjing responded quickly: "Erlang wants me to go to Jinyang to assist King Qi in defending the city?"
Li Shimin nodded and asked him: "What do you think? Liu Wuzhou now has the help of the Turks and the rebel army Song Jingang has tens of thousands of troops. The momentum is huge. He can only go south in a day or night."
Liu Wenjing hesitated.
If he chooses to go to Jinyang, the King of Qin will ask him to stay in Changchun Palace, plant potatoes first, and then go to Jinyang after Li Yuan of Chang'an replies.
But if...
"Erlang."
Liu Wenjing looked at him suspiciously, "Are you going to take Luoyang down again while I'm away?"
"Hahaha!"
Li Shimin laughed, "Unless Wang Shichong opens the city gate and surrenders, my 30,000 soldiers will never be able to defeat Luoyang."
Liu Wenjing felt relieved and chose to go to Jinyang.
"Okay, I'll write a letter back to Chang'an right away. Mr. Liu, go find a farmer and plant potatoes near Changchun Palace, and let the soldiers guarding the palace patrol every day."
"Follow the order of King Qin."
Liu Wenjing cupped her hands and walked out the door.
As he walked on the road, he was still thinking about what happened just now.
Suddenly it occurred to me that when King Qin said that he was not Qin Gong Shi Tao, was he also saying that he would not sit still and wait for death?
…
The next day, point general.
More than ten thousand soldiers stationed in Changchun Palace came out of camp and gathered in front of the palace gate, looking up at Qin Wang Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing and others on the high platform.
Among the soldiers, at the forefront were three thousand fine cavalry, all wearing armor and equipped with long bows, spears, and ring-headed knives. After King Qin defeated Xue Ju, he selected 1,500 from the more than ten thousand cavalry in Longxi. people, and then selected two thousand people from the Tang army and integrated them into elite knights.
His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Kingdom fought brilliantly in the Longxi battle. As a defeated army, many Longxi cavalry obeyed him. This trip to Luoyang was their first battle with the King of Qin.
Five dolphins and sheep were pulled to the high platform and slaughtered as sacrifices to heaven and earth.
Liu Wenjing recited a sacrificial text, and on behalf of Emperor Li Yuan, he reported to heaven the Tang army's military expedition to Luoyang. In the sacrificial text, he scolded Wang Shichong for being domineering and domineering, and accused the former Sui Dynasty Yang Guang of being cruel and unkind, and pointed the finger at the Yue King Yang Tong in Luoyang.
At the end of the ceremony, Li Shimin sat on a high chair and began to order the generals.
"Order Chu Liang to be the commander of the march and take charge of camp affairs!"
"Your Majesty Chu Liang accepts the order."
Like Zhai Changsun, Chu Liang, who had just returned from Xue Qin to Li Tang, was appointed by Li Shimin as the marching commander, which was originally Liu Wenjing's position.
"Make Zhang Shigui the commander-in-chief of the Ma Army!"
"Order Zhai Changsun to be the commander-in-chief of the three left armies!"
"The names Li Mengchang, Zheng Rentai, Duan Zhixuan, and Hou Junji are..."
"Order Li Jing and Lu Shiheng as generals of the bodyguard."
After Li Shimin finished the order, all the officers and men knelt on one knee to accept the order. Finally, Li Shimin gave the order: "Tomorrow, start the stove at Yin hour and send out troops at Mao hour. Each army must not make any mistakes!"
All the soldiers accepted the promise and led the soldiers back to the camp in order.
Liu Wenjing stood on the high platform, watching the back of King Qin returning to the palace, and then looked at the generals.
They all came from the Prince of Qin's Palace, and none of them included Prince Li Jiancheng and General Li Yuan.
Even Zhai Changsun and other soldiers who had just returned were convinced by King Qin and were willing to follow him to fight.
"How can King Qin be compared to Yang Guang?"
Liu Wenjing decided to help King Qin.
After he arrived at the farmland selected yesterday, he told the farmers in the field: "Remember, these are the potatoes that King Qin got from Mr. Chu. Take care of them carefully. Plant them in September and harvest them in December... and these Medical books, new tea-frying methods, King Qin has even given you all the ideas on how to deliver your wife’s baby!”
After finishing their work in the field, they went to the army doctors in the camp and told them to learn the new bandaging method popularized by King Qin, the medical classics for barefoot ulcers, and the prescriptions worth a thousand gold for barefoot, etc.
