The night is like water, the golden wuxi sinks, the stars are still dotted in the sky, and a bright moon is gradually moving westward. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info at this time it was the fourth watch in the second half of the night, and the night of the Kanto generation was a little cool.

Li Shimin asked people to take a big coat, and gently draped it on the eldest grandson, and the husband and wife sat side by side on the bank of the Liao River, looking at the east bank of the Liao River.

"Your Majesty, Yue'er, it's been four hours since they set out on the expedition!" The eldest grandson suddenly sighed faintly, with timidity and worry in his eyes, and even his voice trembled slightly.

The mother of the child is worried, she is the queen of a country, but she is also a mother, as long as she is a mother, she is not worried about her child, even if the child has already grown up and is already a world-famous genius.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around the waist of the eldest grandson, and said softly: "Guanyin don't need to worry, although they are few this time, they are all elites. Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde, Liu Hongji...... The people who accompanied him on the expedition were all Tang Dynasty generals, and these people would protect him from accidents. ”

"I'm afraid that they don't have to help, after all, Yue'er is just a marquis, and all of those people are national princes." The eldest grandson was still a little worried.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and said with confidence on his face: "They don't dare!" He glanced at the eldest grandson and said in a low voice: "That Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Jingde are the most loyal people under my command, if they really encounter danger on the battlefield, they would rather die themselves than save the life of the stinky boy." ”

The emperor paused slightly when he said this, and said lightly: "Cheng Zhijie is a smart person, Wei Chi Jingde is foolish and loyal, and others have selfish intentions on the battlefield, but the two of them will not ...... These two guys know my character very well, and they will never dare to leave the stinky boy alone. On the contrary, if they die in battle, I will compensate their family and let their children and grandchildren enjoy the glory and prosperity of the infinite scenery. ”

"The general died in a hundred battles, and all he asked for was his wife and son, I hope Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Jingde will really be like this." The eldest grandson whispered softly.

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Actually, it's just that you and I are worried about it, tonight's raid on Liaodong Xinmaru City, the stinky boy is obviously a bamboo in his chest." The city defense garrison of Shinmaru Castle will never exceed 50,000 people, although they have gone to 1,000 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, but my 1,000 Iron Cavalry is at least equal to 8,000 Goryeo foot soldiers, so the difference in combat power is not too big. ”

"But Yue'er is so small after all!" The eldest grandson frowned lightly, once a woman involves children, all her intelligence will disappear without a trace.

Li Shimin stroked his forehead with his hand, and said helplessly: "How many times do you have to tell you to understand that the stinky boy will definitely not suffer this time, he is sitting on fifteen giant hot air balloons, and the raid on Shinmaru City is not an attack at all, but a one-sided slaughter." ”

The eldest grandson sneered and whispered: "The concubine is concerned about it, Your Majesty, seeing that the Tiandu is about to be the fifth watch, Yue'er and they still haven't returned for a long time, it is better for you to send a cavalry to meet them, lest they defeat Shinmaru Castle, but be stopped by other Goryeo soldiers and horses." After all, they only have a thousand people, and they are easily surrounded and suppressed by a large army. ”

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, and said in a deep voice: "This is possible, Guanyin reminded me very right, I will arrange ......"

The emperor turned his head slowly, and was about to shout to call someone over, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping from the other side of the Liao River, and someone shouted: "Your Majesty, the new pill city is a great victory, behead 30,000...... Your Majesty, Shinmaru City is a great victory, beheading 30,000! ”

Li Shimin stood up from the stone abruptly, and because his movements were too urgent, he almost made the eldest grandson stumble.

The horse's hooves came quickly, and the shout approached quickly, and in the blink of an eye a cavalry appeared from the opposite bank.

The cavalry jumped off the war horse and went directly across the river, and continued to shout while swimming: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, tonight's raid battle was a complete victory, the Marquis of Jingyang led his troops and horses to attack Goryeo Xinmaru City, the whole army slaughtered wildly, a total of 30,000 heads, Xinmaru City has been burned to the ground, millions of grain turned into ashes, Your Majesty, this is a great victory......

Of course, it was a great victory, and a thousand people attacked other people's cities, not only burning their cities, but also killing a full 30,000 people. Thirty thousand people killed, and each soldier had at least thirty decapitation military merits, which was the top in the entire Cold Weapon Era.

"Very good!" Li Shimin laughed, turned his head to the eldest grandson and said, "Guanyin, what I just said is right, right?" The stinky boy is confident, he can't lose. ”

The eldest grandson smiled softly and gently hugged her husband's arm.

At this time, the soldier had already waded across the river, and he was wet and dripping, but he completely ignored the discomfort on his body, ran to Li Shimin in a few steps, knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is ordered by the Marquis of Jingyang to turn around in advance and report the great victory." Now that Shin-Maru Castle has become a white land, our army has killed 30,000 enemies, and no more than 100 people have been injured in our own house. ”

"War always has to die, exchange the lives of a hundred people for a great victory in Goryeo, and the soldiers who sacrificed are all my Tang Dynasty heroes......" Li Shimin said lightly, waved his hand: "Li Chong, you should also get up, go and change your clothes first, I am waiting for you to describe the battle tonight in detail." ”

It turned out that the warrior who came back in advance to report was not someone else, it was Li Chong, the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division. This person was born in poverty, but he was very smart, and everyone else was courting the emperor, but he hugged Han Yue's thigh fiercely, and as a result, the emperor appreciated him more and more, first named him the head of the Hundred Cavalry Division, and then gave him the title of a county man.

"Your Majesty, the minister is a man of the army, this little river water on his body is nothing, don't chase the minister to ask about the war, it is better to quickly send a large army across the river and go to meet the ......Marquis of Jingyang."

Li Chong knelt on the ground and spoke loudly, what he said was a bit headless and brainless, Li Shimin was shocked, the eldest grandson's face was also a little pale, and the husband and wife said at the same time: "Could it be that he is in danger?" ”

The emperor is okay, every time there is a calm in a major event, the eldest grandson trembled directly, she grabbed Li Chong, and she didn't care about the interference between men and women, and said loudly: "You explain it clearly to the palace, what's wrong with Yue'er?" ”

The Baiqi Division is the royal dog's leg, all kinds of private things do not need to be hidden, the queen is 'Yue'er', Li Chong's face changed when he heard it, he is the leader of the Baiqi Division, he is tied to the royal family all his life, unless he commits suicide and seeks death, he must be loyal to the royal family in this life.

"Hurry up, you guy!" Li Shimin suddenly shouted and reprimanded: "Look at what the queen is in a hurry?" What happened to the Marquis of Jingyang, and why did I send troops to save it? ”

Li Chong looked embarrassed, and whispered: "Your Majesty, just now the minister spoke too quickly, and his words were a little incomprehensible...... he carefully broke free of the hands held by the eldest grandson, and coughed lightly: "The Marquis of Jingyang asked you to send troops, not because you need to be rescued, but because you need to transport supplies......

Li Shimin sighed lightly and said suspiciously: "Transporting materials?" What supplies are being shipped? ”

Li Chong looked happy and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, you would never have thought that Shinmaru City is not only a city of military rations, but also a city of tax collection in Goguryeo. Tonight, we waited for a surprise attack to enter, and we were surprised to find that there were countless gold, silver, and copper coins stored in the city, and it turned out that they had just completed the autumn tax collection, and all the taxes from the entire northern territory of Goguryeo had been collected in Shinmaru City, and they had not yet been transported to the royal capital of Goryeo......"

Li Shimin was dumbfounded, and it took a long time for him to react, and muttered: "This stinky boy is really a lieutenant general, but he temporarily decided to sneak attack and retaliate, and he was able to encounter the Goguryeo tax payment, how much gold and silver is there in the city?" ”

Li Chong trembled and raised two fingers, and said: "Two million copper coins, forty boxes of gold, five carts of silver......" He looked at the emperor with a strange face, and then said in a low voice: "In addition, there are more than a dozen cars of Laoshan ginseng, more than a dozen cars of high-grade mink, the Marquis of Jingyang roughly estimated, and it is said that it is also worth millions of officials."

"Good!" Li Shimin was overjoyed, and his eyebrows fluttered: "With this windfall, my treasury will definitely be full. ”

At this time, it was the third year of Zhenguan, and the annual treasury income of the Tang Dynasty was only five or six million, just because the Central Plains had suffered from war and turmoil, and it had not recovered until now.

Compared with the Central Plains, Liaodong was extremely rich, because it was far away from the war, and the annual revenue of the treasury reached eight or nine million.

Tonight, Han Yue raided Shinmaru City, just robbing Goguryeo's northern taxes, the north is the land of Goryeo's production, and the taxes account for almost two-thirds of the country, so calculated, so he can grab two million copper coins, forty boxes of gold, and countless ginseng and mink skins.

This is a huge amount of money, roughly calculated to be five million yuan, no wonder the emperor is overjoyed.

It's a pity that the queen suddenly broke a cold head for the emperor, and she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, tonight's raid on Shinmaru City, Yue'er used his own private soldiers, and those money are his war money, can you reach out to him." ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said with hatred: "I really regret it now, I shouldn't have given him a private soldier so early, five million yuan......"

The emperor's eyes were red.