The situation in Chang'an City is changing, and some thoughtful people are spreading gossip here, just to let the people in the world who have suffered from Li Tang for a long time join them in creating a little trouble for Li Tang.
It would be best to rise up at once like the last years of the Sui Dynasty.
If Li Tang could achieve the position of emperor, they could do the same.
It was just that the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan who was in the palace had the rare opportunity to see Pei Ji standing in front of him with a frosty face.
"Is what you said true?"
Li Shimin was still too kind to them. Li Yuan was worried as he looked at the documents submitted by Pei Ji.
He was afraid that Li Yuan would be too harsh, and he was also afraid that after Li Yuan took control of power, Li Shimin would be unstable in the government and the public, and the two emperors were vying for the throne. At that time, the royal family would become a joke to the world.
Here, Li Yuan banged his hands on the desk and put down Pei Ji's letter.
"I'm old and no longer useful. I'll hurry up and deliver this information to Emperor Li and let him make a decision. All I can do now is mobilize you old guys and mobilize troops to surround them."
Yes, the letters in Li Yuan's hands are that some officials from the previous dynasty were bewitched and wanted to cause trouble again, but they were already targeted before they could take action.
As for the mastermind behind the scenes, you can figure it out clearly with your eyes closed. They are none other than those guys with five surnames and seven hopes.
"Do you really think that my prince's sword won't be able to swing after being lifted for a long time?"
After Li Yuan muttered this, he looked at the letter in front of him and snorted coldly. Once again, he picked up the memorial on his desk and read it here, considering how to deal with him in the most suitable arrangement for the current situation of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin then headed north with peace of mind to find the team escorting the Turkic Khan Jieli. .
In the temporary military camp in Beidi, Zhang Gongjin and Chai Shao looked at Xu Yunyan, who was lying on the bed and moaning helplessly, and his face turned dark.
"After all, you are also the general in charge of the army. Why are you so insensitive to the cold? It's okay if you are not resistant to the cold. Why are you still so ill?"
The two of them looked at Xu Yunyan here, looking like if you dare to abandon me, I will die in front of you immediately, Zhang Gongjin and Chai Shao sighed helplessly.
"We know what you are thinking about and what you are doing. It's just not appropriate for me to wait here for a long time and not move forward."
Zhang Gongjin persuaded Xu Yunyan here, and Xu Yunyan looked at him: "But in this battle in the north, so many of our soldiers have suffered from frostbite. If we march rashly again, although the temperature will be slightly higher as we go south, this frostbite will be a lasting injury. , but they must never go south again."
Xu Yunyan stopped pretending to be on the bed, sat up directly, and threw aside the towel soaked in warm water on his head. He just took the towel off and couldn't help but shiver all over.
It's really cool, I seem to feel a bit chilly occasionally.
But this is not the point. The point is that I have not done what I should do.
Then Xu Yunyan looked at them here and said, "Please, generals, please go ahead. If you are delayed for one day, we will wait for one day and wait until tomorrow morning to march. How about this? I watched the stars at night. Tomorrow will definitely be a good day." sky."
Xu Yunyan said here that tomorrow would be a nice day. Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin couldn't help but booed when they looked at him.
"Where did you go to watch the stars at night? It was snowing all night last night, and you couldn't even see any stars. Or are you treating us like three-year-olds?"
Xu Yunyan said here when Chai Shao was dissatisfied and making noise here. "Yes! I've always heard the old saying that it won't be too cold when it snows, but it will be even colder when it melts. It snowed yesterday, so I allowed our army to march.
It has stopped snowing this morning. Although the sun is shining brightly, it will definitely be colder than when it snows. I can't bear for our disabled soldiers to be tortured again, so let's stay here for a while. "
When Xu Yunyan said this, Chai Shao still disagreed.
"But have you ever thought about it? If we stay one more day, the Tang army will have one less day to return to the designated position. What if something unexpected happens again?"
"Then leave all the wounded soldiers behind, and divide the team into two. One army will escort Jieli back, and the other army will stay behind no matter what kind of mission it has, and wait until next spring before leaving.
This is my only insistence, they cannot suffer unnecessary casualties. Can't you think about their future? "
Xu Yunyan pointed to the back of the tent. Although Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin could not be seen through the tent, they could feel the direction and there was absolutely no big problem. The disabled barracks was in the direction, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"Martial men like us sometimes have to make choices."
Xu Yunyan still doesn’t want to do anything here.
"Are there any choices? Are you willing to sacrifice your life for the sake of face? What do you think? Now that Jieli has been captured by us, we only need to select thousands of soldiers and let them escort a team to Chang'an City. , why do you need everyone to go back?
Show me the majesty of the Tang Dynasty? Just because of such a sentence, our soldiers are left to suffer from the cold here, causing problems with their hands and feet. From now on, they will be unable to lift knives, guns, and even walk? "
But the more Xu Yunyan talked, the more excited he became. Seeing that Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin wanted to refute him, he was even talking here.
"Dignity does not mean that your army is strong when others see you. It is achieved through fists. Only when someone is jumping around in front of my house, I can knock him to the ground with a hard punch and make him stay honest." This is strength, this is majesty!
It’s like heaven is coming to the country, or all the nations are coming to the country. If you have a big land and rich resources, but don’t have enough strength, you are just a piece of fat in the eyes of others. If others want to bite you, they will bite you. It’s not that they won’t bite you today, but that they feel that today He just doesn't want to hit you. "
Xu Yunyan was roaring here, while Zhang Gongjin and Chai Shao looked at him and looked at each other. When Xu Yunyan had just finished speaking and was about to say a few more words, he suddenly remembered a voice outside the tent.
"Okay, that's a good point. Why do we, the Tang Dynasty, need to rely on numbers to convince others? In ancient times, Ban Chao wrote and joined the army in the Western Regions to show off the majesty of our Han Dynasty with inferior troops and horses. Now, our country, the Tang Dynasty, is rich and powerful, and the people are strong, and the serious troubles of the Turks in the north have been solved. Indeed, our sons and daughters should no longer be allowed to make such unnecessary sacrifices."
As the voice fell, a general wearing a helmet entered the tent. Seeing this figure, everyone couldn't help but turn pale with fright. Even Xu Yunyan, who was half-sitting on the bed, hurriedly opened the quilt and jumped down. He knelt on the ground and held ceremonies here like Zhang Gongjin and Chai Shao.
"I have finally met your majesty. Long live my emperor."
As they had just finished the ceremony and were about to stand up, another figure wearing a helmet came in, but his figure was obviously slightly thinner than Li Shimin.
The three people saluted here again.
"The general has met His Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Chengqian was not as pompous as Li Shimin. After Li Chengqian accepted the salutes of the three people, he hurriedly bowed.
"Cheng Qian has met the two generals and the master."
After the three people stood up again, Li Shimin looked at them, Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin, who did not dare to say anything. They changed their attitude of roaring at Xu Yunyan just now and remained silent, waiting for Li Shimin's arrangements, and Li Shimin did not let them down.
"Don't worry so much. Just say what you want to say. Why didn't you say anything when I came?"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, the two of them still felt a little worried. However, Li Shimin did not force them, but started talking here.
"I'm here now, with plenty of food, grass and medicine. You gather all the soldiers who are injured by the cold and set up camp here. I see a forest not far away, which is convenient for keeping warm. Wait until next spring. Return to the station, and as for this Jieli, leave it to me to lead the team and escort it back. I and the soldiers have made quite good preparations."
When Li Shimin said this, Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin hurriedly knelt down with fists clasped in their hands. Just seeing these two people waiting for arrangements, Li Shimin didn't say anything yet, although Li Shimin knew that they must be in need of him when they knelt down. However, Li Shimin didn't say anything, but Li Chengqian said it with a smile.
"Two generals. But are you worried about the rewards for the soldiers? There will be no less. Father came with a lot of rewards this time. You can give them rewards on the spot, which will not let these soldiers feel cold. of."
Xu Yunyan kept feeling proud here. The words he passed to Li Chengqian were not in vain. Li Chengqian looked at Xu Yunyan smiling and nodded to him with a smile.
What Li Chengqian didn't notice was that when Xu Yunyan smiled, there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
Who said a man wouldn't shed tears easily, but at this time, even if Xu Yunyan was crying, no one would say anything to him.
When Li Shimin came to the military camp, he didn't let the guards pass the news, not because he wanted to keep it secret, but because he wanted to see the real scene in the military camp.
But when Li Shimin came, the news spread like wildfire. General Yamen who was guarding the door was actually called over by Chai Shao Zhang Gongjin, who scolded him in his eyes.
However, Li Shimin stopped them.
"Why do you want to reprimand General Yamen? He has done a good job. If he hadn't been at the door and had to investigate clearly before entering the barracks, would you have asked me to wait for the cavalry to rush into the military formation?"
But as soon as Li Shimin said this, Zhang Gongjin was a little unwilling.
"His Majesty has a rich body. Now he is not allowed to rush into the battle at will. But we are still a little confused. Where are the scouts we arranged to go out? Why didn't the scouts return to the military camp to report? He must have been too scared."
Speaking of eating this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but laugh. The scouts were all surrounded by Li Chengqian alone.
"This is also thanks to the scouts arranged by the master. After the master contacted us during the arrangement, he directly pointed out to us the location of the scouts you arranged.
We have passed with a military order, do they still dare to come back and report to you? Do you think they will or won't? "
When Zhang Gongjin and Chai Shao heard what Li Chengqian said, they looked at Xu Yunyan fiercely, and Xu Yunyan said, "I am also the one who suffers, please don't look at me like this." Then this group of people here became even more jealous.
Are you at a disadvantage too? Don't let us look at you like this, but have you ever done anything like this? What if an enemy really comes to attack us?
But just when Chai Shao and Zhang Gongjin kept muttering here that what Li Chengqian did was not authentic enough and what Xu Yunyan did made them a little unhappy, they changed the topic directly here.
"Since Your Majesty is here, let's go to the wounded barracks to see them first. These warriors are willing to shed the last drop of their blood for the Tang Dynasty, but we cannot let them die on the bed of old age. We should still make their blood boil. , I am always ready to go into battle with swords and guns for His Majesty to kill the enemy."
