Chapter 926: Withdraw the troops and leave the city
Li Su is an outlier among the magnates of the Tang Dynasty, and he is not representative of any kind.
Money and beauty are in front of him, Li Su did not hesitate to do this multiple-choice question, and immediately chose money, as for the princess, well, discount.
It can't be said that Li Su's choice was wrong, and Li Su's choice was not entirely because of greed for money, but more importantly. For a really smart person, the more money in the family is naturally the better, but the women in the family must not be more and better, people who have life experience know that more women are not necessarily a good thing, in addition to hurting the body, it will also hurt the spirit, if there are two women living in the house, it is impossible not to fight openly and secretly, this side was accidentally pricked with a needle out of blood, the jade face groaned with spring, the foot slipped and fell, the delicate drops were broken, the two sides changed the way to be a demon, and tried all kinds of methods to tempt, to prove that you are the most favored in the hearts of men.
Such a day or two may feel quite fulfilling, especially after nightfall, the pleasure of the body is also very good, but if you live like this for a year or two, the days are not so comfortable, even if this man has great ability, he has to transfer most of his energy to deal with the fighting methods of the two goblins at home, and over time, the man will die of heart and kidney failure, heart and kidney failure.
Li Su is a really smart person, and he has no love for Gao Lingzhen, although he looks good, it is not enough for Li Su to be willing to sacrifice family peace to marry her, regardless of whether he likes it or not, this political taste of harmony is too strong, Li Su resisted from the bottom of his heart, no matter how beautiful she looked, it was impossible to marry her.
As for the gold, please forgive Li Su for not being able to refuse, after all, it hurts his feelings to refuse too much.
Gao Zang obviously didn't expect that Li Su, who was famous in the Tang Dynasty, was actually so virtuous, and after being forced to write an IOU, Gao Zang sighed and continued without giving up: "The gold is all for you, so can Princess Jian'an still ...... with Li County?"
Li Su immediately refused: "Don't joke, my family is very poor and can't afford to raise a princess, if His Royal Highness insists on marrying a princess, you might as well discount the princess again......"
Gao Zang hurriedly said: "That's it, I won't mention this matter." ”
Li Su glanced at him with a smile: "The earth-shaking thunder must be used well, this is your only chance, if you don't use it well, it is a trivial matter for you to be cut off by Quangai Suwen, and my two thousand five hundred taels of gold will fly, this is a big matter, His Royal Highness, you must live well, and live to repay my debts." ”
Takazo: "............"
"After the earth-shattering thunder is buried in the main hall of the palace, do you know how to arrange it?"
Gao Zang's spirits perked up and he stared at Li Su expectantly.
Li Su thought for a while and said: "If I am a thick-skinned person, I will also charge money for offering you a murder strategy, but my skin is too thin after all, I am embarrassed to mention money to you again, it's just that, I will give you this strategy for free, remember, free things can not be repeated." ”
Takazo: "............"
"If I return to Pyongyang and find that he has been slaughtered by us, we will hear rumors...... I'm sorry, it's not a rumor, it's a fact, in fact, you took our Tang army to kill all sides in the city of Pyongyang, and killed Quangai Suwen's minions against the party, at this time, Quangai Suwen must have killed you, and he is bound to lead troops into the palace to kill you, at this time, you quickly send an envoy to send a letter asking for a confession, and the letter can push all the black pots on my Tang army, anyway, all kinds of sensationalism and all kinds of softness, and finally invite Quangai Suwen to the palace for a banquet, you will bow down to him in front of him and ask for guilt......"
Gao Zang couldn't help nodding, his face showing joy.
"Then, after Quan Gai Suwen enters the palace, there is no need to arrange swords, axes or assassins around the palace, which will arouse the vigilance of Quan Gai Suwen, everything is as usual, of course, Quan Gai Suwen should be a cautious person, and he will inevitably bring troops into the palace, it doesn't matter, no matter how many people he brings, as long as he enters the main hall, with a bang, thousands of troops and horses will be blown to pieces......"
Gao Zang was stunned for a moment, his brain suddenly short-circuited, and Ai Ai said, "Then, what about me?" I'm also on the main hall, and if the earth-shattering thunder is ignited, won't it even ...... me?"
Li Su looked at him strangely, and looked at him for a long time, before he sighed: "After Quan Gai Suwen enters the main hall, what about you, just find a less lame excuse to be late, and wait until your main hall is shattered into slag with a bang, and then you come out to play a jigsaw puzzle game and put Quan Gai Suwen out of a pile of debris, this is not difficult to do, right?" Of course, if you hate Quangai Suwen to the core, and plan to die with him, I have no objection, just let the earth-shaking thunder blow you all into slag, and I will spend two thousand five hundred taels of gold to watch a different fireworks......"
Gao Zang was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you Li County for the allocation, if I can succeed, there will be a good reward." ”
Li Su glanced at him deeply, and said: "You and I might as well say it bluntly, in fact, I know that you are not a fuel-efficient lamp, but compared to Quangai Suwen, I would prefer to let you take charge of the military and politics of Goguryeo, I believe that our Emperor of the Tang Dynasty should also think so, if you succeed, the relationship between Datang and Goguryeo depends on your attitude, if you are still as hostile to Datang as Quangai Suwen, it doesn't matter, next year we Datang will gather troops and horses to fight, if we break Pyongyang again, the end of you, the lord of the country, Hehe......"
Gaozang's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "No, I am not a person who does not know the times, and the Tang State is hostile, for Goguryeo, there is no harm but no benefit, Goguryeo has experienced a hundred years of war, the people need to recuperate, and they can't afford to hold up a big war anymore, if I can kill Quan Gai Suwen, I am willing to be a Tang vassal forever, if I break my word and get fat, His Majesty the Heavenly Khan can show the world the national letter I wrote by myself, and humiliate me to my heart's content, I have nothing to say." ”
"Okay, then, I wish His Royal Highness the Lord success in the horse, and blow up the Quangai Suwen as much as possible, and after His Highness succeeds, the two countries can send envoys to exchange contacts and restore diplomatic relations."
"Yes, I will live up to my oath today."
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Walking out of the camp, Li Su was in a good mood, stretched out his arms, and then moaned comfortably.
The sky is full of stars, and tomorrow will be a good weather, suitable for marching and traveling, suitable for ...... Artillery fire.
Counting with my fingers, the chat with Gao Zang just now gained a lot.
First of all, he beat Gao Zang, which made Li Su feel a lot happier, secondly, he scolded 2,500 taels of gold, and thirdly, he provided a murder plan, and Gao Zang had a greater chance of success, Li Su just said the truth, compared to Quan Gai Suwen, Li Su was more inclined to let Gao Zang grasp the real power of Goguryeo's military and political affairs, Li Shimin's attitude was estimated to be similar, even if Gao Zang failed, Goguryeo would fall into an extremely vast and tragic purge of the court, the army and the people, this purge, Goguryeo's already lost a lot of vitality was even worse, and it could not recover for ten years, which bought enough time for the next Eastern Crusade of the Tang Dynasty.
It is not easy to conquer Goguryeo on a frontal battlefield, so why not start from another angle? Conspiracy, conspiracy, it is a good strategy to kill the enemy.
Behind him, Fang Lao Wu came up and said with a hesitant expression: "Grandpa, this guy Gao Zang has two sides and three swords, and if he replaces Quangai Suwen, will Datang be more troublesome?" ”
Li Su smiled: "No, he is a smart man, at least smarter than Quan Gai Suwen, from ancient times to the present, smart people are very knowledgeable about current affairs, as long as the national fortunes of the Tang Dynasty are not weakened, he will not have the confidence to be hostile to us, if he succeeds, the court and army of Goguryeo still need to be cleaned, the more urgent problem in front of him is to establish the prestige of the lord of the country in the court and the army, and to subdue the hearts of the subjects and soldiers in the country, these things are done, it is enough for him to be anxious, at that time he is more worried about our Tang Dynasty crusade to the east again, Therefore, during this period of time, our Datang is occupying the initiative, and Gao Zang will only bend his knees to us and deliberately befriend us, quell the conflict between the two countries, and will never dare to provoke us easily......"
"The layout in the next ten years, is no longer on the battlefield, but politically, if Gaozang succeeds, I will return to Chang'an to advise His Majesty, the eastern border army from the state to the east, occupy Liaodong City, set up the Anton Protectorate, and draw a new border line west of the Qianshan Mountains, from then on, the west of the Qianshan Mountains is the territory of my Tang Dynasty, I dare to guarantee that Gaozang will never even dare to fart, before the complete subjugation of the hearts of the generals of the army, Gaozang will not start a war with our Datang, a little careless, causing the army generals to rebound, his throne will not be guaranteed, our Datang takes advantage of this little advantage, presumably the generous lord of the Tibetan Kingdom should not mind, after all, he still owes me a lot of money. ”
Fang Lao Wu was stunned, although he didn't understand at all, he had to make a sudden appearance, otherwise he wouldn't be on the road.
"Okay, put away your sudden appearance, I know you didn't understand, I didn't mean it to you, but to myself, everyone knows each other so well, you don't have to pretend." Li Su was very unkind to debunk him.
Fang Lao Wu smiled, and his expression was not embarrassed.
Li Su thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty gave me a thousand earth-shaking thunders before withdrawing the army, I am very glad that I asked for it at that time, and now there are more of these things, which is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty, these thousand earth-shaking thunders are divided into five hundred for Gao Zang, but he can't be contacted, when the army is withdrawn from Pyongyang, two hundred people are left, let them be arranged in the palace, one hundred people disguise themselves as palace guards, and bury the earth-shaking thunder in the main hall, and another hundred people watch Gao Zang, and then everything goes according to plan, and we will take over the detonation of the earth-shaking thunder, in short, regardless of whether Gao Zang's plan is successful or not." , no Goguryeo people can be allowed to touch the earth-shaking thunder, so as not to leak the secret recipe, and after the detonation of the earth-shaking thunder, these 200 people will immediately withdraw from Pyongyang and join our army. ”
Fang Lao Wu was ordered.
Immediately, Fang Lao Wu said again: "Grandpa, why don't you give all the 1,000 earth-shattering thunders to Gao Zang, in this way, wouldn't the certainty of Gao Zang's success be greater?" ”
Li Su smiled: "A thousand sky-shattering thunders exploded at the same time, tsk, do you want to see the mushroom cloud?" Besides, why should I have no reservations about people like Gao Zang? Don't forget that we are still in the territory of the enemy, in a place full of dangers, wouldn't it be good to leave more things to save our lives? If Izumi Gai Suwen sends troops to continue to chase and kill us, the five hundred sky-shattering thunders left behind may be of great use, such as finding a narrow valley and banging ......"
Fang Lao Wu continued to be abrupt.
Li Su pondered for a long time, went through the entire plan in his mind from beginning to end, and found that there was nothing missing, so he was relieved.
In fact, it doesn't matter if it fails, the dispute between Gaozang and Quangai Suwen, who wins and who loses is not important to the Tang Dynasty, the important thing is that there is chaos in the Goguryeo Kingdom, this is the point, of course, if Gaozang can win, it is better, compared to Quangai Suwen's hostility to the Tang Dynasty, Gaozang has more pro-Tang tendencies, which determines whether the relationship between the two countries is peaceful or war, or rather, how many years of peace can be maintained.
"It's getting late, send someone to tell my uncle that the army can calmly withdraw from Pyongyang." Li Su looked up at the heavens.
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The Tang army was finally about to withdraw from Pyongyang, and when the orders of the generals echoed in the streets and alleys of Pyongyang, the people of the city breathed a sigh of relief, and then burst into tears and thanked the heavens, and this group of murderous devils finally left.
Stayed in Pyongyang for two days and two nights, during these two days, the Tang army basically did nothing else, either killing people or on the way to kill people, how many innocent people died in the city, how many innocent Goguryeo women were raped, how many princes and ordinary people were robbed of their money, this number can no longer be counted, in short, these two days for the subjects of Pyongyang, it was an extremely dark day in their lives, just like the Shura hell mentioned by the Buddhists, full of devastation.
After knowing the news of the retreat of the Tang army, the people of the whole city celebrated with their crowns, but they didn't dare to be too public, even if they laughed, they were hiding at home and covering their mouths and laughing secretly, glad that this group of devils left, and glad that they saved their lives.
Under the farewell of Gao Zang and Gao Lingzhen, Li Su stepped on his horse and walked to the city gate with the soldiers of the Tang Army.
Suddenly, a pair of clean and snow-white slender hands grabbed the reins of Li Su's horse, and Gao Lingzhen looked at Li Su steadily, his eyes were very deep, as if he wanted to keep Li Su's appearance firmly in his heart.
Her expression was very complicated, and there was a look in her eyes that she didn't know whether it was hatred or love, Li Su was stared at by her and her scalp was numb, and she coughed twice uncomfortably.
"What else is the matter with Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"Li County Gong, last night you rejected the request of your father and relatives, I want to ask you, why did you refuse?" Gao Lingzhen gritted her teeth.
Li Su looked at her strangely: "Why refuse?" This one...... Of course, it's because you want to be beautiful. ”
Gao Lingzhen was furious: "Li Su! You ......"
"Okay, don't shout, wait for me to leave and shake the princess's majesty......" Li Su glanced at her and said, "Do you think I'm leaving, and my courage has suddenly grown?" Dare to yell at me? Now if I order you to be chopped up, it's too late, if you want to scold me, you can only wait for me to go away, and then hide in the palace and scold secretly. ”
Gao Lingzhen's face was so angry that her face turned red, and her eyes were red: "Li Su, I, Gao Lingzhen, asked myself, why didn't I get into your eyes?" My father thinks about the overall situation of the two countries, so why is it wrong for you and me to be in harmony? Why did you live up to your father's kindness? ”
talked about the overall situation of the two countries, but Gao Lingzhen's appearance of crying at the moment had betrayed her deeply......
Li Su's EQ is not low, of course he knows Gao Lingzhen's intentions, but, again, there can be no more women in the family, otherwise it will be chaotic.
What Li Su couldn't figure out was that since Gao Lingzhen was captured, Li Su had never lacked manly demeanor in front of her, either arrogantly or coldly made her angry with a poisonous tongue, when did she fall in love with him, and what did she like him?
I don't understand, did she get what the posterity said...... Stockholm Syndrome?
Of course, maybe Li Su thinks too much, the reason is not so complicated at all, she just covets her beauty......
"Her Royal Highness the Princess, I can't agree to kiss you, as for the reason, it's very complicated, I'm very lazy, so I'm too lazy to explain to you, well, the green mountains don't change, the green water flows forever, if your father and the king make a big deal, he will congratulate Chang'an in the coming year, and you are welcome to come to Chang'an as a guest." Li Su smiled at her.
Gao Lingzhen's tears finally couldn't help but fall, but the hand that grabbed the horse's reins still did not let go.
"Okay, let me ask you one last thing, before you found out my identity and asked your subordinates to interrogate me, you said that you wanted to execute me, did you really want to execute me at that time?"
Li Su thought for a moment and nodded cruelly: "Yes." At that time, the situation of our army was critical, and I had to take something out of your mouth immediately, and if I couldn't get it, to be honest, it was useless to leave you and I could only kill him. ”
Gao Lingzhen's tears flowed even more urgently, and she suddenly let go of the hand holding the reins, and said with a tearful smile: "Okay, I understand, Li Su, thank you for saving my life." Also, farewell today, the mountains are high and the road is far away, you ...... Be careful when riding a horse, be careful not to fall off your horse and fall to your death. ”
After speaking, Gao Lingzhen turned around violently and ran away quickly.
Li Su's eyes widened, and he almost fell headlong from the horse, his body shook a few times, only to feel a reverse blood reverberating in his chest.
This damn mother-in-law is really bold, if she hadn't run fast, today's withdrawal would have been another day......
When he was in a daze, there were a few sneering laughter behind him, and when he turned his head, Fang Lao Wu's face turned red, he gritted his teeth, his old face turned purple, and several subordinates behind him hung their heads one after another, and their shoulders kept shaking......
It's too embarrassing, Li Su's old face is hot, looking at it, it is still Zheng Xiaolou who is the best, at least at this moment he is expressionless, and he doesn't mean to laugh at him, Li Su's heart can't help but warm.
"The human heart is terrible...... Li Su forcibly resolved the embarrassment, and sighed at Zheng Xiaolou: "...... See, I have mercy in my heart to keep the woman's life and not kill her, but she will take revenge and curse me to fall to my death......"
Zheng Xiaolou's eyes were not slanted, and he said coldly: "An hour ago, you sold a girl who liked you to her father at a discount of five hundred taels of gold, and the people's hearts are really terrible. ”
Li Su: "............"
I spent 30 yuan to buy my goods for such a day, should I sell him too? It's okay to post it upside down.