Chapter 203 The crown prince is stronger than the king of Qin

In the Ganlu Hall of Chang'an Palace, Li Yuan, who had already been blessed, sat on the throne with a black face. The expressions of the Tang monarchs and ministers were very strange, and Li Shimin lost the battle again.

Yes, it was another defeat, not a defeat.

Because of Chen Ying's role as an otherworldly butterfly, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty was simply sad to his grandmother's house. In the defeat of the shallow water plateau, Li Shimin disappointed the ministers. In the battle of Luoyang, in such a good situation, Li Shimin could actually capsize in the gutter. Now, in order to fulfill Li Shimin, Li Yuan not only gave up his old face, borrowed horses from the major clan lords in Chang'an, and sent out the only reinforcements in Guanzhong.

The result was good, the eldest grandson Shunde had just sent a letter to Guguan to successfully join Li Shimin, but he was trapped in the magnetic stream between Xin'an and Luoyang, and he couldn't retreat.

The difference between "defeated the battle again" and "defeated the battle" is that the former is completely accustomed to it and completely expected, while the latter is still a little surprised and a little unexpected. Most people hope that Li Shimin can surprise and amaze everyone, but this wish has not been realized.

Li Shimin's performance is very stable, he has been defeating battles, and there are very few ups and downs———— all say that the most important thing for a wise commander is to play steadily, and he will not suddenly lose his standard, but what commander can be as stable as Li Shimin, who has been defeating battles for several years without any ups and downs?

In the good news, Li Shimin and Chen Ying led the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Shaanxi Province to unify the army one by one, and they were not afraid of death. Hou Jijun was also ashamed and brave, commanding the soldiers and horses to repeatedly rush and kill Wang Shichong's army, and dozens of wounds were still fighting fiercely, Duan Zhixuan was even more brave, killing seven in and seven out of thousands of troops, and also joined forces with Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie to defeat Zhu Cang.

As for Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui under Chen Ying, they have all become soy sauce, and if they can find their names, Fang Xuanling has a conscience. Regarding the fiasco of the Battle of Luoyang, although Li Shimin did not make a formal justification in the good news, the meaning between the lines is very clear: Qu Tutong wanted to take the lead, put aside Li Shimin and Chen Ying's right army of Shaanxi Province, lightly advanced the enemy, and finally fell into Wang Shiyun's trap, and almost wiped out the army, which cannot be blamed on them! If Chen Ying and Li Shimin hadn't been killed in time, Tu Qutong would have been a prisoner of Wang Shichong.

Even Chen Ying didn't know what Li Shimin and Qu Tutong talked about, anyway, Qu Tutong topped this black cauldron, under the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Shimin had no faults, but had a powerful ability to turn the tide. When Li Shimin found Chen Ying, Chen Ying really didn't care about Shimin, he was about to become a colt, how could he be embarrassed to compete with his brother-in-law?

This defeat, although this defeat is not too bad, but where the 50,000 army is surrounded, what should we do? How long can an army that is struggling to defend in the wilderness, with no dangerous terrain to rely on, no abundant grain and grass to consume, and how long can it last?

However, this time it was still a success. In the good news, Li Shimin learned that the eldest grandson Shunde was besieged, and the Hangu Pass was breached, so he did not hesitate to brave the rain of arrows, broke the formation all the way to kill the generals, and finally killed Cijian and the eldest grandson Shunde to join the division, but everyone is not stupid, and they can see at a glance that they are tired, and these two good news are used to fool the world.

The subjects of the world can be fooled as ministers, but they cannot fool themselves. Li Yuanqiang looked at the ministers with high spirits and said, "Everyone, because of Zuo Xiaowei's general, Changsun Shunde! ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but blush, coughed to hide his embarrassment, and said: "Zuo Xiaowei's general Changsun Shunde is now in a fiasco in Cijian, losing nearly 10,000 soldiers, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin also gave Wang Shichong a heavy blow, annihilating more than 9,000 enemies, and the losses of both the enemy and us are not light, and the king of Qin on the front line thinks that Wang Shichong's troops are dull, people are sleepy, and it is difficult to continue. ”

At this moment, Chen Shuda said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you can't fight anymore!" ”

Li Yuan's face sank and asked, "Why?" ”

Chen Shuda stubbornly explained: "Your Majesty, the battle of Luoyang has been fought for more than three months, and the troops of the left and right Wuwei, the left and right Wuhou Wei, the left and right Xiaowei, the left and right guards of the East Palace, the left and right Si Yu rate of the East Palace, and the rate of the Zhuwei have been exhausted, and the Beijing division is empty to the extreme, if the Jianmen Shu army is transferred again, the Beijing division will no longer have the soldiers who can fight!" If the Jingzhou Army, the Qingzhou Army and the Shu Army repeat the mistakes of the army, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

The main direction of the Jianmen Shu army was from the direction of Bashu, which was also the southwest gateway of Guanzhong, while the Jingzhou and Qingzhou armies were to guard against the enemy in the west and north of Chang'an.

Chen Shuda continued: "Right now, our army has been defeated in successive battles, countless losses, Guanzhong is already empty, if the Jianmen Shu army is withdrawn again, not to mention Wang Shichong will enter the Kou again, even the Liukou will not be able to deal with it!" ”

A trace of anger flashed across Li Yuan's face, and he shouted, "Is it impossible to admit defeat like this?" After fighting for more than three months, the loss of soldiers was nearly 100,000, and it was not easy to survive until Wang Shichong's troops were dull and the fighter plane came. ”

The Son of Heaven was angry, which was not trivial, and the ministers were all trembling. But Chen Shuda didn't intend to make any concessions, and looked at Li Yuan proudly, saying: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because our army has suffered serious losses that we can no longer transfer the Jianmen Sichuan Army, the Jingzhou Army, and the Qingzhou Army. ”

Li Yuan looked at Pei Lian, but to Li Yuan's surprise, even Pei Lian, a good friend, did not support him, Pei Lin said: "Your Majesty, in the battle of Luoyang, our Datang has surrendered 200,000 troops, if the soldiers and horses are damaged and morale is low, how many troops are needed to fill the bottomless pit in Luoyang?" It is possible to transfer 6,400 men and horses of the Jingzhou army, more than 5,300 men and horses of the Qingzhou army, and 9,000 of the Shu army of Hejianmen, but 20,000 horses, even if they can reach Luoyang within more than a month, what is the use of 20,000 horses? ”

Li Jiancheng was like a clay statue, sitting in the main hall without saying a word.

Through Chen Ying's persuasion, Li Jiancheng had already figured out that Li Yuan supported Li Shimin and deliberately provoked a brotherly dispute, to put it bluntly, because Li Yuan didn't want to give him power as the prince. Li Yuan, as an emperor and a person who plays politics, is in his fifties and is a young man in the prime of life, too young, not enough experience and knowledge, and too old will lose his enterprising spirit. Although Li Jiancheng is in his thirties, he can still afford to wait, so he can not speak without speaking, and would rather lose his sense of existence than fight.

As a prince, it's better to do more wrong, and it's not bad if you don't do it.

Looking at Pei Lianye's attitude, Li Yuan felt a sense of anxiety in his heart. However, he secretly hated Li Shimin in his heart, you said that you are Xiao Erlang, you are already the king of Qin, what do you want to fight for other generals? No matter who fights the battle of Luoyang, you can't run the first credit, let go of Chen Ying, what can you do?

Within a few months, Chen Ying married Li Xiuning, and everyone was a family. He's a colt, can he still steal the limelight from you? The 200,000 army fought this bad battle, Li Yuan thought of this, a cloud of anger rose in his heart, this Erlang, it's too unreasonable, I trust you so much, I want money to give money, I want people to give people, I hope you can win a battle and give me a bad breath, you are good, you don't win the battle, you lose one after another, and you can't come up with any ideas after losing the battle, you will only ask me for troops one by one, what use do I want you to do!

However, at this moment, Chen Qi, the regular attendant of the Central Committee, took an urgent report, ran to Li Yuan with small steps, and handed the secret report to Li Yuan, Li Yuan took the secret report, and his face couldn't help but change greatly.

At this time, Li Jiancheng suddenly got up, bowed his hand slightly to the ministers, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty is tired, go back first!" ”

As if they had been pardoned, the ministers got up one after another: "The ministers are leaving!" ”

The ministers left one after another, and Li Yuan sat on the throne in despair.

Li Jiancheng took the secret report from Li Yuan's hand, and just unfolded it, a depressed look appeared on his face.

"Dou Jiande attacks Hedong!" Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "When did Dou Jiande learn so smartly?

Li Yuan said: "Dou Jiande, an old horseman, is really good at picking the time. ”

"Daddy!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan solemnly and said, "Our father and son...... Maybe there is some misunderstanding, forget it, let's talk about this later, Erchen should go to Hedong! ”

"But right now, Guanzhong can't transfer troops and horses!" Li Yuan also knows how to let Dou Jiande control Hedong, he connects Hedong and Hebei, then Dou Jiande will form a situation where Northern Qi and Northern Zhou are separated, whether he wants to attack Luoyi in Youzhou in the east, or enter Xihe in the west, it will be offensive and defensible, and he will be invincible.

Li Yuan muttered: "There are no soldiers in Guanzhong, what's the use of you going to Hedong alone!" ”

Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Daddy gave me the fish talisman, and I will transfer the Jingzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army to Hedong." ”

Qingzhou and Jingzhou are both chess pieces laid down by Li Jiancheng at the beginning, Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, and Xue Wanche, the governor of Jingzhou, are both under the door of the East Palace, even if the two of them are transferred to Li Shimin, Li Shimin can't command, the two of them are not like Chen Ying, Chen Ying because of Li Xiuning's relationship, he will sell Li Shimin face, but Xue Wanche and Yang Wengan, even if there is Li Yuan's holy decree, they will deduct words and secretly resist everywhere.

Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "Da Lang, Dou Jiande attacked Hedong with no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and he can also continuously transfer troops from Hebei, the Qingzhou army plus the Jingzhou army, but more than 10,000 people......"

Li Jiancheng said: "It's okay, Chen Ying still left a group of soldiers and horses in Shuozhou last year, although the Shuozhou army has been disbanded, now that the spring ploughing in Shuozhou has ended, you can gather them again, and with a little training, it will be a strong army, and the Lingzhou Lingwu Army Yu Guni can also transfer thousands of cavalry, if you want to defend Hedong, it should be enough!" ”

Li Jiancheng was not shocked on the surface, but he was very relieved in his heart.

A good hand of chess, he was beaten into a fart by Li Shimin. This is not the most important thing, the important thing is that he can take the eight generals of the East Palace to clean up this mess, and he can use facts to prove to the world that his East Palace Prince Li Jiancheng is stronger than Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

However, just when Li Yuan took out the fish talisman and handed it over to Li Jiancheng, Yu Yanzhang, the general of the left prison guard, walked in, saluted respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, something big has happened in Shandong!" ”

Li Yuan's eyelids jumped violently: "What's going on again?" ”

Yu Yanzhang said: "Wang Bo, the governor of Qizhou, announced the change of banner and took refuge in Dou Jiande. ”

Li Yuan's old face turned red, and four words came out from between his teeth: "Despicable and shameless!" ”

In fact, Li Shentong was able to defeat so quickly in Xiangzhou, in fact, it had a lot to do with Wang Bo, just when Dou Jiande was trying to mobilize troops and horses to march west, Li Shentong also learned the news. Of course, such a major matter as the mobilization of tens of thousands of troops and horses cannot be concealed from the people of the world at all, let alone meticulously done, even the common people can bring this news to all directions.

Li Shentong summoned 30,000 people under the command of Wang Bo, the governor of Qizhou, to enter Xiangzhou to help defend Xiangzhou. However, Wang Bo did not obey Li Shentong's orders at all, until Xiangzhou fell, Li Shentong was captured, and Li Shentong did not see a single Qizhou soldier.

Li Jiancheng said: "Daddy, I'll go to Hedong overnight!" ”

"Don't wait for the Jingzhou Army and the Gyeongju Army?" Li Yuan was surprised, although Jingzhou was only a hundred miles away from Chang'an, but the army was mobilized, and it would take two days to arrive in Chang'an at the earliest.

Li Jiancheng said: "Erchen go first, let Xue Wanche and Yang Wengan catch up later!" ”

I have to say that Li Jiancheng has always lacked a trace of luck, he is really not weaker than Li Shimin in governing the country or fighting wars, otherwise it would be impossible to suppress Li Shimin to protect himself by poisoning himself, but Li Shimin gave him a fatal blow at the most critical moment.

You must know that Li Shimin's battle between Luoyang and Tiger Prison Pass, as long as you flip through the history books, you will find that there are too many loopholes in it, which are not convincing at all.

History, however, is a bitch, left to the victors to write.

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Lingzhou Bogu Law City, that is, the first fort of one of the eighteen forts of Lingwu in Lingzhou, at this time is located in the original Bogu Law Army Town Festival Hall, has been renovated, especially the plaque above, on the book Pei Ju wrote the official book "Tang Tongli Qianzhuang Lingzhou Branch" ten big characters.

With the sound of firecrackers, the firecrackers at this time are not the firecrackers of later generations, in fact, they are just sections of bamboo, when they are stuffed with saltpeter, they make a crackling sound when they burn, of course, this sound can be understood as a fart-sized movement. As the smoke cleared. Ma Zhou, who was dressed in auspicious clothes, bowed to everyone and said: "Fellow villagers, thank you for coming to cheer, today I Tongli Qianzhuang Lingzhou branch opened, here I thank you for all the fathers and elders, the squires, the younger generation does not want to say more, Limin Qianzhuang, as the name suggests, is to let the people, the capital will adhere to this purpose, whether you are here to save money or loans, try to let everyone profit from it......"

Ma Zhou spoke eloquently, fluently, and easy to understand, at least through his speech, everyone understands that the interest rate for saving money here is three percent, and the interest rate on loans here is two cents, and there is a time limit for deposits and loans, and the longer the time, the more interest or interest rates.

To put it simply, if they save 100 yuan here, they can get 300 yuan a month, and in a year, they will almost have nearly 4 yuan, and if they save for three years, they can get 12 yuan of interest. If they take out a loan of 100 guan here, the interest rate per month is 2 guan, and after a year, it will reach 24 guan, and three years it will be 72 guan, which means that after three years, they will have to repay the money bank 172 guan.

After understanding this account, everyone exclaimed: "It's so kind!" "Don't believe me? Don't believe it, you go to the landlord's house or the money village ten times and then pay it back three years later? I can't afford to tear down all your bones and sell them. ”

The most important thing is that the money bank will not use any violent means to force debts, if they can't pay it back when due, they will take away the equivalent value of real estate, and will never use the unlucky ghost's wife and daughter to pay off the debt. Figuring out this, everyone excitedly discussed, thinking that it is quite cost-effective to save some money into it, although the interest is not much, but it is also an extra income, if you can deposit thousands of silver at one time, the monthly interest is equivalent to a rich peasant's income for a year, where to find such a good thing.

Li Daozhen stood in the crowd and was also a high-profile existence. At this time, Li Daozhen's belly is getting bigger and bigger, but her face is getting thinner and thinner, and it is distressing.

Ma Zhou arched his hand towards Li Daozhen and said, "Madam, seeing that your face is wrong, you better go back and rest first!" ”

Li Daozhen smiled and said: "It's not that there are too many accounts, stay up late, if you send me thirty account rooms, I will save a lot of trouble!" ”

Ma Zhou said: "What Madame wants, but everything is allowed!" ”

Li Daozhen waved his hand and said, "Just wait for your words!" ”

After speaking, she walked towards her four-wheeled carriage, Li Daozhen boarded the carriage, shrunk her body on the soft couch in the carriage, she gently patted her stomach and muttered: "I'm naughty again, I want to come out in such a hurry?" ”

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Arrogant Baye looked at Li Daozhen's carriage in the crowd, and said in disbelief: "This is Princess Baicheng?" ”

The Turks don't have the word county lord, they all call the woman with the surname Ashina a princess, and Li Daozhen, the county lord, is the princess of the Tang Dynasty in their eyes.

The man who acted as an eyeliner said softly, "Yes, that's her!" ”

"How is it that her carriage has less than a hundred guards?" Although he had never seen the Turkic princess, he also knew that the Turkic princess traveled, with thousands of troops attached to the army, and tens of thousands of horses, rushing forward and back. For the pomp and circumstance of the princess Li Daozhen, it is too incomprehensible.

"I don't know. But that's just right, save you business! ”

The more people gathered, the more and more people gathered, and they couldn't squeeze through the horses with their horses.

Looking in the direction of the carriage, it looked like it was going out of the city. The ambition of the rejoicing was overjoyed, and our bows and arrows were all strung in the city, making it easier to get out of the city.

He gave an order to his subordinates, and the three hundred people of the Deer Department walked out of the city in unison.

However, just as Li Daozhen's carriage was about to pass through the city gate, suddenly a person rushed out of the crowd, and the cold light in his hand was shining!

There are many people in the market shouting at the same time: "The county lord is careful! ”

Yan Baye was also secretly wondering, he didn't give the order to do it, could it be that the noble man also sent other hands? Thinking about it, there is indeed such a possibility, after all, he is not familiar with the Turkic nobleman, and there is only one chance for such a big case as the kidnapping of the Tang Princess, and once it fails, it will be too late to do it.

The arrow is on the string and has to be sent. Thinking of this, he pulled out the waning moon scimitar, stepped on the war horse, and rushed towards Li Daozhen's carriage, shouting as he rushed: "Brave deer warriors, attack!" ”

PS: Today's three watches are 12,000. It's finally written!