How did it get to this point? Li Cheng's face was full of regret: "I'm so old and I have to leave my hometown, alas! Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a dream, you suddenly go from a naughty child to such a genius, whether it's academics, business, or being an official, you are very good, and your family is living a life that you didn't dare to think of before. Sometimes I think back on it ... ”

Of course, Li Dongsheng didn't dare to tell him the truth of the facts, and he was going to take this secret to the grave. He also sighed: "There are all kinds of people in this world, and those who take advantage of them are definitely unwilling to divide the interests again." Those families saw me as a thorn in the side, and now I have such a good opportunity. And the people who are emperors will not let go of people who can threaten their safety in their hearts. ”

Li Cheng smiled: "Even I don't want to put a dangerous thing in the hands of someone I can't control." ”

"You think that my uncle has made great achievements in this life, and it can be said that there are not many people in history who can compare with him, but because of his high merits, he had to hide at home and not come out in his prime. I'm only in my thirties this year, and my credit is no less than others. When I am older, when His Majesty cannot be sealed, it will be when my whole family is unlucky. ”

Li Dongsheng looked at his father sincerely: "You are the most important people in my life, I don't want you to be hurt in any way, so you have to leave, the sooner the better!" ”

Ten days later, at the gate of Chang'an City.

As on ordinary days, the door was crowded, and the soldiers guarding the door were sweating profusely and shouting "queue", but unfortunately no one paid attention to him, and from time to time there was laughter.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and a cavalryman shouted with an arrow in his hand: "Great victory in the Western Regions!" Great victory in the Western Regions."

"Great victory in the Western Regions?" The people at the gate of the city muttered, my Tang sergeant is brave and unparalleled, isn't it the right thing to do, that Tubo dog cub dared to sneak attack my Tang army, this time my Datang didn't know that tens of thousands of people were wiped out in the Western Regions.

The people were talking about it, and they didn't even give way to the heralds.

The generals guarding the city gate saw that they were all going to delay things, and they didn't care that they were all fellow villagers, so they directly picked up the whip and whipped it in the air, making a snapping sound: "Hurry up and get out of the way, this is an emergency military situation, don't delay the angel to report the news!" The people hurried to both sides of the road and got out of the way.

The knight soon arrived at the city gate, and some curious people asked, "How many Turks did we kill in the great victory in the Western Regions?" ”

Originally, I just asked casually, but who knew that the herald passed through the city gate like a whirlwind, and a voice came from afar: "My Tang Dynasty wiped out 300,000 people of the Tubo Turkic Coalition Army in a battle!" ”

Looking at the back of the herald, the common people all cheered: "My Datang is really unparalleled in military strength, and I wiped out 30,000 people in one battle!" I'm going to drink to celebrate tonight! ”

"Yes, we're all going to drink!"

"Happy! Those bastards on the prairie have finally tasted the bitter pain! ”

At this time, the general guarding the city gate said, "What I heard is that 300,000 people have been destroyed... ”

"Your ears are going to be repaired, 300,000 people? What do you think, even if you use a knife to cut you, the knife that cuts you will not be able to finish it. This remark provoked unanimous ridicule from the people.

However, this episode could not change everyone's happy mood, everyone rushed to tell each other, and the news of the great victory in the Western Regions spread all over Chang'an like the wind. Families began to go to the shops to buy alcohol, because in the past few years, life has been better, everyone's living conditions have improved, and drinking some wine is now a regular situation.

The herald rushed all the way to the outside of the palace, and the guards immediately showed him the way as soon as they heard that it was the military situation, and the two of them went straight to the main hall where Li Zhi worked.

Li Zhi was dealing with government affairs, and at this time, Chen Ping came over with a happy face to report: "Your Majesty, the great victory in the Western Regions, the good news has arrived in the palace!" ”

"Won?" Since sending the army out, Li Zhi has hung a stone in his heart, always thinking in a bad direction, because the enemy army is too many, even if there are grenades, he can't guarantee victory, and now he finally looks forward to the battle report, how can he not be excited? .

"Let's go, let's go meet you!" Li Zhi didn't care about the emperor's decency, so he went directly to the door, this was his first foreign war after becoming the emperor, and it could not be said that Li Shimin won all battles when he was there, and now he will lose the battle as soon as he ascends the throne.

As soon as the herald saw a man dressed in bright yellow walking out of the main hall, he knelt down and saluted, and shouted: "Knock ... ”

Before the emperor could say the two words, the battle report had already been snatched away by Li Zhi: "What is the battle like?" "I forgot to even say that I was exempt.

After opening the battle report and reading it at a glance, he said excitedly: "This battle is really dangerous, first surrounded and then with reinforcements, counterattacking the Tibetan Turkic coalition army, and finally killing 30,000 enemies, it is really gratifying!" Look at the Tibetan Turks, do these guys dare to blow up the thorns! ”

Chen Ping hurriedly bowed and said, "Congratulations to the emperor!" Congratulations to the Emperor! ”

Li Zhi laughed happily, and the herald who was kneeling on the ground raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, you are wrong, this battle annihilated 300,000 coalition troops!" ”

"What? Three hundred thousand? Li Zhi and Chen Ping couldn't believe their ears, Li Zhi opened the battle report again, looked at it carefully, and said, "Is it really written 300,000 yuan?" ”

"That's right, Your Majesty!" The herald told Li Zhi in detail what happened on the battlefield, and after listening to Li Zhi and Chen Ping, he was nervous for a while, and he was excited...

After listening to the words of the herald, Li Zhi could no longer be described as excited, he walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, muttering as he walked: "Annihilate 300,000,,, annihilate 300,000, it is rare to destroy so many enemies in a war since ancient times, I am so happy, such a feat should go down in history... ”

"Your Majesty, it should be said that it is the first person in the ages!" At this time, if you don't pat yourself on the back, when will you wait: "Since ancient times, there has never been a war against foreign races to annihilate so many people at one time!" Chen Ping's eyebrows danced: "This is Your Majesty's honor, and it will be written in the history books in the future, and I will follow Your Majesty to leave a name in history." ”

Seeing that the herald was still on the ground, Li Zhi hurriedly said to Chen Ping: "Get up quickly, there are many rewards, it's not easy to run around for so many days!" ”

The herald stood up gratefully, and before he could say a word of gratitude, he fell headlong, and he had not rested well at all after a day and night, and now once he put his mind down, he could not bear it immediately.

"Hurry up and take it to the Taiyi, you must look at it carefully, use the best medicine, and don't leave sequelae!" Li Zhi said a word and went back to the palace, and the little eunuchs carried the heralds to see the doctor.