In spring, the bright sunshine shines on the earth, and the breeze brings the slightest warmth.
The Tang army crossed the Yellow River unimpeded in dozens of warships and set foot on the land of Henan County. King Li Yuanji of Qi, who looked like an eagle, wore a golden helmet and armor, and held an iron-pointed steel gun. He stared coldly at the tens of thousands of elite Tang troops who came down from the cabin.
In Dangyin County, Yue Yun's punch broke the bridge of his nose and broke his two front teeth. , as a result, the matter was reported to Li Yuan by Shi Yuwenxin, the governor of the Prince of Qi. In anger, Li Yuan recalled him to Chang'an, scolded him, and imprisoned him in Chang'an for two months to cultivate his moral character.
But after two months, Li Yuanji had no change except for the resentment in his chest getting stronger and stronger. This time he took charge of the expedition with only one thought in mind, and that was to kill people and rob women, otherwise the resentment in his chest would only get worse.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, Mengjin is not far ahead. The general suggested that you can rest in Mengjin for one night today!"
Li Shiji, who had a handsome face and a scholarly air, rode forward, raised his hands and said.
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shiji, and felt a sense of disgust in his heart. Since joining forces with Li Shiji, Li Yuanji has become more and more displeased with him.
Li Yuanji is greedy and lustful, a licentious prince who can't live without women every night. He originally took several concubines with him to lead the army on this expedition. However, after joining forces with Li Shiji on the bank of the Yellow River, Li Shiji argued hard, believing that as the commander of an army, he should lead by example rather than pursue pleasure, and forcefully asked Li Yuanji to send several concubines back to Hanoi.
Li Shiji's request was fully supported by Shi Yuwenxin, the governor of the Prince of Qi. Li Yuanji was afraid that Yuwenxin would go to his father again, so he had no choice but to agree to Li Shiji's request.
In the days that followed, without a woman by his side, Li Yuanji tossed and turned every night, unable to sleep, and his resentment towards Li Shiji grew deeper day by day. At this moment, when he saw Li Shiji coming forward, he turned his head to one side and ignored Li Shiji.
Li Shiji was secretly angry when he saw Li Yuanji ignoring him, but after all, Li Yuanji was the esteemed King of Qi and the biological son of His Majesty the Emperor. Li Shiji could only suppress his anger, and then cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, King Qi, Meng Jin is not far from here. I suggest that you can rest in the county for one night today. If His Highness, King Qi, has no objection, I will pass on the order." Got it!"
Li Yuanji still looked at his nose and mouth, ignoring Li Shiji.
Li Shiji shook his head helplessly, turned his horse and ran towards the front army.
At this time, Li Yuanji rode up to Chang'an's newly recruited staff member Li Linfu and said in a low voice: "Your Highness does not need to be so downcast. When you enter the county seat later, are you still afraid that there will be no one to sleep with you tonight?"
Li Yuanji's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he laughed and said: "Lin Fu is worthy of being my trusted confidant, and he knows my heart well!"
Li Linfu pretended to speak righteously and said loudly: "Although Lin Fu is a distant relative of His Highness, he did not know when he offended Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda and other high-ranking officials. If His Highness had not transferred Lin Fu to Prince Qi's Mansion, Wei Chen would not have been able to do so at this time. I'm afraid I will still be looked down upon in Chang'an City. Your Highness has shown great kindness to Wei Chen, so Wei Chen will naturally do his best to assist His Highness!"
Li Yuanji laughed loudly and said: "Lin Fu, don't worry, as long as you are loyal to me, I will never treat you badly."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Li Shiji's departing back with sinister eyes and murmured: "Whoever offends me will not let him have an easy time!"
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Thirty thousand Tang troops quickly reached the gates of Mengjin City. Mengjin was a small city with no more than a thousand defenders. Seeing the elite Tang troops under the city as densely packed as ants, the county magistrate Jiang Cheng was so frightened that he lost his mind and hurriedly ordered the opening of the city. surrender.
After entering the city, Li Yuanji thought about what Li Linfu had just said, and hurriedly sent out his own soldier commander with dozens of soldiers to look for beauties.
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, there will be slaves just like the master. Li Yuanji was dissolute and dissolute, and his soldiers were not good people either. Using chicken feathers as arrows, he took the opportunity to search for treasures in the city in the name of Li Yuanji, raped women, and disturbed the chickens and dogs in Mengjin City.
The common people could not defeat Li Yuanji's soldiers, so they had no choice but to rush to the county government office and cry. More and more common people were harmed. In the end, the entire county government office was surrounded by complaining common people.
Li Shiji, who was comforting the officials in the county government office, heard the loud crying outside and became suspicious. He immediately led the county magistrate Jiang Cheng and other officials to go outside the government office to check what happened.
Seeing the officials come out, the victims of the common people cried loudly together: "Sir, Master Qingtian, I beg you to make the decision for us!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shiji immediately waved his hands and shouted loudly: "Fellow fellows, this general is Li Shiji, the Great General Youwuhou of the Tang Dynasty and Duke of Cao. If you have any grievances, you may wish to tell me!"
Most of the people didn't know what General You Wuhou and Cao Guogong were, but Li Shiji sounded like he was a high official. They immediately cried to Li Shiji and said, "Sir, dozens of soldiers just broke in. At home, a pair of jade Buddhas inherited from the villain’s family were snatched away.”
"The old man's daughter-in-law was raped by those beasts just a few days after she came to the house. My son was so angry that he stepped forward to fight them, but was beaten to a bloody head. After they left, the daughter-in-law... He just hanged himself!"
"That group of beasts also broke into the villain's house. Not only did they take away the little savings that the villain had worked so hard to save, but they also kidnapped the villain's eighteen-year-old daughter."
"..."
After listening to the people's cries, Li Shiji was so angry that he turned to the general Guo Xiaoke and shouted: "After I entered the city, I didn't give orders repeatedly. I strictly enforced military discipline. I was not allowed to disturb the people. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed. What's going on?"
Guo Xiaoke gave a helpless smile and said: "General, you brought our people from Wagang Village back then. We have always had strict military discipline. How could we do such a thing? This must have been done by the group of people under King Qi. , only they have the guts to ignore your military orders!"
Li Shiji was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at the group of people kneeling on the ground. He recalled that he had embarked on the path of rebellion because of the persecution by corrupt officials. He no longer hesitated and said in a deep voice: "Guo Xiaoke, you lead the troops immediately Let me behead all these rioters who disturb public order!"
Guo Xiaoke was stunned when he heard this, and whispered: "General, they are probably King Qi's personal soldiers!"
Li Shiji said seriously: "Military law is ruthless. No matter whose subordinates they are, if they disrupt public order, harm the people, ignore the general's strict orders, and bring discredit to the Tang Dynasty, they must die!"
