Chapter 114 Unbearable
In the Li main hall, Guanyin servant girl saw her husband come back with a pale face, and sat down on the couch without saying a word.
"Erlang, what's wrong?"
Li Shimin raised his head and looked at his concerned wife, "Guanyin servant girl, do you think the Turkic invasion will be defeated alone?"
"Why did Erlang say that?"
"Gu had previously drawn up a plan to fight the Turkic Jieli Khan with 200,000 riders at the foot of Chang'an City, but today the palace heard Wang Gui's reminder, and suddenly became worried. What if I can't win?"
Li Shimin has led the army for many years, and it is not without defeat. When he conquered the overlord Xue Ju of the Western Qin Dynasty, he encountered the biggest defeat in his life, the defeat of Qianshuiyuan. In that battle, the Tang army was almost wiped out, and the eight generals were captured.
Although the imperial court issued an edict afterwards, saying that the king of Qin was not responsible for this battle, because he was suddenly suffering from malaria and was unable to command the army. But in fact, although he did not command that battle, Tang Jun was trapped outside for a long time, even if he was not sick, he would still lose if he couldn't find a decisive strategy.
After that battle, Li Shimin conquered Liu Wuzhou, pacified Wang Shichong, defeated Dou Jiande, and defeated Liu Heita, all invincible.
However, in the several battles he commanded with the Turks since then, although there were small victories, he did not achieve a decisive victory. He lived through the tragic situation of being besieged by soldiers.
When the Li family raised troops from Taiyuan and entered Guanzhong to establish the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic army marched south and invaded Taiyuan. Even now, it has been nine years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but every year the Tang Dynasty has to pay tribute to the Turks in gold and silver, in order to achieve peace on the border.
In this way, the Turks continued to enter the bandits year after year, and they led troops into the country to plunder at every turn. They attacked Zelu several times and entered the heartland of Hedong and Hebei.
The Guanyin servant girl did not expect that her husband, who was always confident, would suddenly have such self-doubt.
She approached her husband and gently kneaded his shoulders and neck.
"The concubine is only a woman in the harem, and she doesn't understand the affairs of the previous dynasty. But she also knows the military strategy and strategy. She should ask the opinions of the generals in the court, especially the front-line generals. Why didn't Erlang send envoys to ask Qin Qiong of Liangzhou and Li Jing of Lingzhou? , Bingzhou Li Shiji and other opinions?"
"If, I mean if, if they also feel that they can't win this battle alone, then what should they do?" Li Shimin turned his head and asked his wife.
"If everyone thinks that they are not sure, then don't fight."
"Do not hit?"
"At that time, Liu Bang, the emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, was also surrounded by Baideng. Liu Bang was trapped in Pingcheng and climbed the mountain for seven days and seven nights. Later, he escaped from the danger by adopting Chen Ping's strategy, and finally made an alliance with the Huns. For the boundary, rest and recuperate, and finally defeated the Xiongnu in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!"
Li Shimin sighed.
"At the beginning of the Taiyuan uprising, my father and I borrowed troops from the Turkic Shibi Khan. After that, the Turkic demanded more and more gold and silver rewards. Later, I even saw that the Tang Dynasty had the tendency to unify the Central Plains, not to mention the covenant. Invasion, Liu Wuzhou, Gao Kaidao, etc. have all received the open support of the Turks, in order to end the chaos in the Central Plains as soon as possible, my Tang Dynasty has been forbearing, and I have been patient with the Turks' rudeness for nine years."
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "For nine years, the Turks have been oppressing in every possible way."
"Erlang, if you are not sure, why don't you hold back for a few more years? Gou Jian, the king of Yue, will try his best to conquer the country of Wu, won't he? The three thousand Yue Jia will eventually destroy Wu, and the Baier Qinguan will eventually belong to Chu. I have endured it for nine years. Why not endure it for a few more years?"
Li Shimin gritted his teeth, "I'm not reconciled!"
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Luoyang, Beimang Mountain.
Qin Lang took Luo Tong up to Beiman Mountain to worship his father.
This is the first time Luo Tong has seen his father's grave. In the past, he only offered sacrifices to his father in Mengzhou Temple.
"Taipinglang, kowtow to your father!"
The young Luo Tong ran to worship, and Qin Lang's adopted son Li Cunxiao also kowtowed.
"Frugality, you also come to kowtow."
Qin Lang greeted a seven-year-old child. The child had a tiger head and a tiger brain. He was a few years older than Tai Pinglang, but he was about the same as Li Cunxiao.
He is Pei Renji's son and Pei Xingyan's younger brother that Qin Qiong repeatedly told Qin Lang to look for. After passing through the Zhen Fusi's net, he was finally found in Weizhou, north of Luoyang. At that time, one of Pei Renji's personal soldiers took him to escape from Luoyang and ran to the city and countryside of Hanoi, Huaizhou. Soon he died of illness, and Pei Xingjian was raised by his relatives.
The man didn't know that the child was the youngest son of Pei Xingyan, a general of the Sui Dynasty. He just thought it was the child of his relatives, and several years passed like this. If the Zhen Fusi hadn't searched for it with all his strength, came to the door through some clues, and finally confirmed it through a Pei Renji relic worn by the child, I am afraid that he would really have grown up there since then.
A pot of Guogong wine and a stick of incense.
Pei Xingyan and Luo Shixin, the two mighty generals who fought against thousands of people in those days, are now reduced to a pinch of soil on Beiman Mountain. It is said that there are the most graves on Beiman Mountain, and countless emperors and generals have been buried, but the history is like smoke, how many great achievements of emperors and generals are still passed down in the world.
In the city of Luoyang, Ah Huang was busy selling some of the horse slaves brought back from Youzhou. Luoyang was the capital of the Sui Dynasty. Very lively.
It has lost its position as a political center, but there is a hidden tendency to become the economic center of the world, where gold, silver, money, silk, grain, and goods all gather here.
The good goods that Qin Lang and the others brought were very popular.
Hearing Ah Huang's excited report, Qin Lang felt a little dull.
"Sanlang, His Royal Highness's oral order is for you."
Li Shimin couldn't wait for Qin Lang to return to Beijing, so he simply sent someone to look for him on the road.
It is still Zheng Xuanli who came to announce the decree. This guy is now reduced to the Secretary of the Secretary Province, a cold bench in the Qingshui Yamen, and is always sent to run such drudgery.
After listening to the above decree, Qin Lang fell into deep thought. Li Shimin sent Zheng Xuanli here day and night just to ask his advice on fighting the Turks.
"Ask me for advice?"
Qin Lang smiled wryly, "The minister's suggestion is nothing more than soldiers coming to block, water coming to flood the earth, if he wants to fight, he will fight!"
Zheng Xuanli looked at Qin Lang, "Is this the answer from Duke Yi?"
"Well, that's right, just this sentence, you tell His Highness the Crown Prince for me. Let me add another sentence, peace can't be bought with gold, silver and silk, peace can only be fought."
Zheng Xuanli nodded, solemnly took a pen to write down these two sentences, and showed it to Qin Lang. Qin Lang nodded, and he sprinkled some incense ash on the ink, then closed it and poured hot wax Stamp the seal.
"His Royal Highness confessed to seeing Duke Yi, and urged Duke Yi to return to Beijing as soon as possible, saying that Duke Yi is needed in Chang'an now."
After finishing speaking, Zheng Xuanli didn't dare to stay, turned around and went out to ride his horse, and rode back to Chang'an.
Three days later, the dusty Zheng Xuanli handed over the letter to Li Shimin.
After opening it and reading it, Li Shimin couldn't help but chuckled.
"Young people are still full of vigor."
These days, Li Shimin not only sent people to ask for advice from the generals, but also issued an order to the prince. All the officials in Chang'an need to submit their suggestions, and even ask the governors, governors, and county magistrates in other places for advice. Write a letter.
All the officials had their lists like snow, but what impressed Li Shimin the most was a letter from Ma Zhou, the chief secretary of the Zhenfu Department. The crown prince who is the regent, must focus on the overall situation in everything, and said that the most urgent task of the country now is to care for the strength of the people and recuperate.
This memorial made him interested in Qin Lang's seventh-rank subordinate, and he sent someone to carefully investigate his experience of color injection, knowing that Qin Lang is away now, and he is mainly responsible for assisting Qin Yong in presiding over the suppression department. He is in charge of daily affairs, and this person has good ability, and he manages the Zhenfu Department in an orderly manner.
Ma Zhou also presided over the construction of the bell and drum watchtower system in Chang'an. Outside the original Wuhou Street Shop, many tall bell and drum towers were built, with bell tower sergeants placed on them. Instead of sending orders to open and close the city gates by Marquis Wu on patrol, we use bells and drums to send orders. The sound of the drums opens the city gates and square gates. The signal transmission between the watchtowers made the speed of message transmission many times faster in the huge capital of Chang'an City. He even designed the city gate to enter from the left and exit from the right. Regulations, so that the Chang'an city gate and the order on the streets are very good.
Li Shimin specially summoned Ma Zhou to meet him. After an hour-long interview with him, he admired Ma Zhou even more.
"This Qin Lang picked up a drunk from the Wuhou street shop, and he is so talented, it's amazing."
One called for beating, but the other said not to be beating, but both of them were right.
Picking up a pen, Li Shimin personally wrote a prince's decree, granting Ma Zhou, the governor of the town, to serve on duty under the door. This is also a temporary errand, similar to Qin Lang's back door walking, that is, to let Ma Zhou wait under the door at any time See, for consultation with the staff.
It is extremely rare for a small town to be the chief secretary of Fusi to be favored by the crown prince.
"Send someone to urge Qin Lang again. What time is it? You're still walking slowly on the road, and you actually started doing business along the way. It's really outrageous." Li Shimin called Zheng Xuanli and asked him to go to Luoyang to urge Qin Lang again.
Zheng Xuanli complained endlessly in his heart, but he didn't dare to violate it, so he had to reluctantly agree.
In Luoyang City, Qin Lang once again saw Zheng Xuanli who was thin and walking with his legs crossed. After hearing Li Shimin's oral instructions, Qin Lang left immediately.
On July 29th, Qin Lang finally returned to Chang'an City. Once he entered the city, he went to Pingkang Fang's house to meet Yuxiao before he arrived. As a result, the envoys of the Eastern Palace stopped him halfway.
"His Royal Highness knows that you are returning to Beijing, and invites you to come in immediately."
"Can I change clothes first when I go home?"
"No, the crown prince wants you to come in immediately."
Qin Lang sighed and had no choice but to follow to the East Palace.
As soon as he entered the East Palace, he was led into the Xiande Hall by the servants.
(end of this chapter)