Chapter XVIII: The Solicitation of the Prince
In the dormitory of King Qin's Mansion in the Great Wall City, King Li Shimin of Qin was lying on a soft couch with his eyes slightly closed. A Tai Doctor who is more than half a hundred years old and has gray hair is carefully checking Li Shimin's pulse.
The Imperial Doctor sometimes shook his head, sometimes nodded, and sometimes frowned.
The eldest grandson of Princess Qin on the side, Wujian, asked nervously, "Imperial Doctor Chen, King Qin...... His illness ...... How's it going? ”
The imperial physician showed a look of surprise on his face, and his eyebrows fluttered and he muttered: "His Royal Highness King Qin, the pulse is calm and powerful, and there is no big problem!" ”
Li Shimin suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Nonsense! ”
Although the eldest grandson Wujian does not know medical skills, he listens to Li Shimin's words and is full of energy, and he does not look like he is sick at all.
Li Shimin also felt that he was a little out of shape, and pretended to cover his head: "Why is the lonely king, I feel that my hands and feet are sore, my limbs are weak, and I have no appetite for many days...... Insomnia and dreams. ”
The imperial doctor's eyes looked at Li Shimin, who was red and dissatisfied, and he didn't believe that Li Shimin had no appetite at all, not to mention that Li Shimin had a sheep bone in front of the bed a few times. The imperial doctor trembled and said, "This ......"
Although the eldest grandson Wujian didn't know why Li Shimin was pretending to be sick, she knew that being like Li Shimin would only make things worse. The eldest grandson got up and picked up a longevity lock made of pure gold from the dresser in front of the bed and handed it to Imperial Physician Qin.
"I heard that a few days will be your eldest grandson 100 years old (that is, 100 days), this palace really can't get rid of it, and a small gift is not a tribute!"
"What's so embarrassing?"
Although Imperial Physician Qin said that he was embarrassed, he was not embarrassed at all when he took the hand of the longevity lock.
Watching Imperial Physician Qin accept the golden lock, the eldest grandson said innocently, "Does Imperial Physician Qin know what to say?" ”
"Know...... Know! Imperial Physician Qin said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin's evil wind has invaded, and it is difficult to get off the ground, so you need to recuperate for ......a while."
After Imperial Physician Qin left, the eldest grandson Wujian pursed his lips and said unhappily: "Second brother, why are you pretending to be sick and scaring the slaves?" Do you know how the slave has come these days, the slave can't eat or sleep. ”
"Guanyin, it's worrying!" Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said: "I can't help it, there must be someone who stands up to take this responsibility in the defeat of Shallow Water Plateau." ”
The eldest grandson said: "Didn't my father reprimand Liu Wenjing? I heard that it is going to be stopped! This responsibility can't fall on your head! ”
"Guanyin doesn't know anything!" Li Shimin said: "Although there are many whispers in the court about the defeat of the shallow water plateau, this is not the most critical issue, the most critical thing is that there are voices inside and outside the government and the opposition, so that the court can send troops to counterattack Western Qin Xue Ju." ”
The eldest grandson Wujian is so smart, after a little thought, he understood the reason why Li Shimin pretended to be sick, Li Shimin was beaten out of the shadow in his heart by Xue Ju, and he didn't dare to take command of the expedition and fight against Western Qin again.
At this moment, suddenly Lei Yongji's voice came from outside the door: "There is something important and secret!" ”
Li Shimin said: "Come in!" ”
The eldest grandson Wujian was taking the maid to retreat, and Li Shimin said: "It's all my own family, it's okay to listen!" ”
"Is there news from Jingyang?" Li Shimin looked at Lei Yongji and said anxiously: "Is there news from Jingyang!" ”
"Back to His Royal Highness King Qin, there is news from Jingyang!" Lei Yongji said: "The brother who went to Jingyang with Princess Pingyang came back with the news that Jingyang was defended. ”
"Held?" Li Shimin said in surprise: "How is this possible? With the fifty defeated generals of the remnants of Jingyang, how could it be possible to hold Jingyang, could it be that Guan Yingyue has such a great ability? ”
Lei Yongji said: "It's not Guan Yingyue, this decaying goods saw Zong Luohu leading the attack, abandoned the city and fled without firing an arrow, and Benzong Luohu chopped off his head with a knife." In just one face, fifty Tang soldiers died forty-three people, and finally there was a new Ding named Chen Ying, who hid a broken arrow in his hand, approached Zong Luohu by deception, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to capture Zong Luohu and forced the Western Qin army to put down his blade, after the Western Qin army put down his blade, this Chen Ying led the people of Jingyang to completely annihilate more than 3,000 troops below Zong Luohu, and beheaded more than 2,500 levels alone! ”
"God bless Datang!" The eldest grandson is secretly frightened.
Li Shimin said: "Even if Zong Luohu is beheaded, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Western Qin, I'm afraid they won't give up, right?" Sanniang only used five hundred soldiers to defend Jingyang? ”
Lei Yongji said: "A day later, Xue Renguo, the prince of Western Qin, led more than 13,000 soldiers and horses to arrive at the city of Jingyang, and Chen Ying used the captured armor of the Western Qin army to form a Yong battalion of more than 1,500 people in Jingyang Township. Chen Ying claimed to be the governor of Jingyang, and led Jingyang Xiangyong and Princess Pingyang and Xue Renguo to fight Jingyang. This Chen Ying is really vicious, he deliberately sent a messenger to pretend to deceive Xue Renguo, Chen Ying's envoy's acting skills are really clumsy, Xue Renguo saw through Chen Ying's trick on the spot, and ordered his general Yao Damu to attack Jingyang. Who would have thought that Chen Ying's deception was fake, and it was true to lure the Western Qin army into the city. Chen Ying dug down and sank into the city, and squinted his eyes with raw ash, and it only took half an hour to completely annihilate more than 3,000 Qiang wolf soldiers under Yao Damu's command......"
Li Shimin said: "This Chen Ying is really a talent!" ”
"Who's to say it isn't!" Lei Yongji said: "This Chen Ying is not only very good at fighting, but also very powerful, Xue Renguo lost half of his soldiers and horses in the attack on Jingyang, and retreated unexpectedly, Chen Ying deduced that there was a major change in Western Qin, and Xue Ju was either seriously ill or dead...... Sure enough, just after getting the news, Xue Ju died crazy immediately, and Xue Renguo had already ascended the throne of the Western Qin Overlord! ”
"How can such a talent not be used by this king?" Li Shimin said: "Xue Ju died too well, Xue Ju is dead, and Western Qin is not to worry." Lei Yongji, prepare to drive, this king is going to enter the palace! ”
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Chen Ying and the others were a full day late to Princess Pingyang, and when the gate of Chang'an was about to close, they arrived at the Jingyao Gate in the west city of Chang'an.
Before Chen Ying could take the carriage into the checkpoint of the soldiers guarding the city, he saw a man in green clothes come up and ask, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but General Chen Yingchen?" ”
"It's just a mere talent!" Chen Ying hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and said, "I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”
The man in Tsing Yi said: "In the Lower East Palace, Wei Ting, by the order of the prince, I hereby greet General Chen and his party!" ”
Li Shimin took a fancy to Chen Ying's talent, and Li Jiancheng also took a fancy to Chen Ying's talent. In fact, it was Wei Ting's strategy to let Xue Wanche be transferred from the right side of the East Palace to the commander of Jingzhou Zhichong.
Wei Ting actually took a fancy to Chen Ying's ability, this is a genius, he can actually lead a group of rabble into fierce tigers, and he can actually fight with Western Qin Xue Ju. This is not only a talent, as long as Chen Ying becomes a subordinate of the East Palace, he can slap Li Shimin, the king of Qin.
Li Shimin led 150,000 elites of the Tang Dynasty, lost 100,000 soldiers, and was defeated, but the East Palace Gate can win more with less and defend Jingyang.
Where did Chen Ying know about the dirty affair between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's brothers, he was still worried that he had no place to stay, the guards of Princess Pingyang's Mansion, the guards of Zhao Wang's Mansion and the guards of Qin Wang's Mansion would naturally go back to their respective mansions to resume their lives, but he, Zhang Huaiwei, and You Ziying didn't even have a place to stay.
Following Wei Ting towards the city, Chen Ying asked puzzledly, "Mr. Wei, where are we going?" ”
"Go back to General Chen's mansion."