Chastity Layman

Cheng Chumo is ugly and strong, and dragging him with Chai Jia's overlord is like dragging a dead dog.

Zhishenli had just struggled a few times, but Cheng Chumo unceremoniously slammed down a few black punches. Zhisusili's browbones were ruptured and bled, and his eye sockets were bruised.

Now I lost my mind and panicked. I thought that hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry were approaching the city of Chang'an. He and Li Shimin were old acquaintances, so they should be polite to him as a messenger. he.

Especially the attitude of the two guards made him have no doubt that Li Shimin really wanted to kill him.

This time it was really heartbreaking, my mind was broken, and I begged again and again.

The more he struggled, the less serious Cheng Chumo's hand was, and the harder he beat, the harder Old Cheng beat him, the more frightened he was when he lost his mind, and the harder he struggled.

It's just sloppy and rolling, showing off its ugly face.

Shouting for mercy, waving his hands and feet wildly, he doesn't even look like a foreign envoy.

Even Xiao Yu, the left servant of Shangshu, couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately came out, "Your Majesty, Beidi Hulu doesn't understand etiquette, so just hand it over to Honglu Temple for a reprimand, there is no need to kill him."

The right servant shot Feng Deyi also said, "The two countries are fighting each other, if the envoys are not beheaded, please be merciful, Your Majesty, and just reprimand these barbarians."

The two prime ministers persuaded him together, and the emperor Li Shimin said, "Since the two prime ministers interceded on his behalf, I will spare his life and imprison him temporarily until I gather soldiers from all walks of life to capture him alive. Master, we will deal with it together when the time comes!"

Doulu, the supervisor in the hall, asked for an order.

"I would like to ask you, where should this barbarian be temporarily detained? Is it to be detained in Dali Temple, or in Zhenfu Sizhao Prison, or in Yongzhou Prison?"

"It's still a messenger after all, so let's temporarily detain it in the Political Affairs Hall!"

Cheng Chumo glared at Zhishisili, "Quickly kneel down and thank God!" Now Zhishisili didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, so he quickly kowtowed to the emperor to thank him, and then Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu carried him down to the palace.

Xiao Yu said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, there is no need to offend the Turks now that the Turkic army is overwhelming."

Li Shimin smiled, "I didn't intend to kill him, but I knew that these Turkic people are bullying and fearful, so I deliberately frightened him, and I guessed that he came to inquire about the truth of my Tang Dynasty. I offered a plan and said that it is just possible to make do with it."

Only then did Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi's two servants suddenly realize that this is what the emperor meant. But why is it Qin Lang's idea again, and has Qin Sanlang returned to Chang'an?

Zhi Shisili and Li Shimin were indeed old acquaintances before, and even visited Chang'an more than once, and also entered the Tai Chi Palace, but this time he was so humiliated in the East Palace.

He was escorted all the way to the province under the gate of the imperial city and locked in the main room, so no one paid any attention to him.

Sitting there, his face was bruised and his face was swollen, he was so embarrassed, and he didn't even have a cup of hot tea. He had traveled dozens of miles from Weibei to Chang'an, and he didn't even have time to eat a meal.

Hungry, he yelled several times but was ignored, and when he yelled again, the bearded Cheng Chumo came in, but stared at him directly, and even drew his knife and threatened to kill him if he yelled again.

Just as he was angry, Gao Shilian, the inspector attendant, came in and saw them arguing.

Zhi Shili was about to go forward and complain, saying that the guard was arrogant and rude, but Gao Shilian yelled, "What's going on, don't you know that this is the place where the prime minister and political participants discuss their affairs, how can it be a place to detain prisoners?" , how do you keep people here?"

Cheng Chu silently replied that it was the emperor's will.

"The emperor only said that he was temporarily detained in the Zhengshitang. He meant that he was detained in the lower province, and he didn't let you bring him up in the main hall. The lower province is such a big place, where is there no place to detain someone? This is the prime minister and the political participants. The meeting place, if you bring people here, and the prime ministers will come to discuss the matter later, is it possible that you have to find another place?"

"At that job, quickly change him to another place." Cheng Chumo was scolded honestly, and came over to push the stubbornness aside.

Cheng Chumo searched for a few rooms with his perseverance, but none were available, so he finally had to escort him to a side room next to the lobby of the Political Affairs Hall, "Stay here honestly, if you dare to make a noise If you influence the prime minister and political participants' discussions, I will beat you to death!"

He had already tasted the strength of Cheng Chumo's fists, so he didn't dare to fight too much at this time, but he dared not speak out.

After Cheng Chumo left, he lost his mind and had no choice but to swallow his anger there hungry. After a while, he heard a lot of footsteps, which seemed to be going to the main hall where he stayed just now.

Then came the voice of discussion.

At first, it seemed to be the voices of the two servants Xiao Yu and Feng Lun that I had heard in the hall just now, and there were some voices that I had never heard before.

He heard Feng Lun slapping the table there, "Absolutely not, use all the money in the treasury for one action, let alone that I, a right servant, don't have the power, even if I have the power, I dare not promise it. Could it be that after the battle? , so you don’t have to live? Now that the world is pre-established and everything is waiting to be done, why don’t you use money and food?”

At this time, another strange voice sounded, "The Prime Minister is responsible to His Majesty, so why not use Du? But since he is now the Minister of War awarded by His Majesty, he has to consider the method of defending against the enemy in front of him. Now all the kings The army is arriving one after another, a total of 500,000 troops, how can people eat horses and chew for free?"

"How can there be so much as half a million?" Feng Lun asked.

"Why not? I can do the math with you, Prime Minister Feng. Originally, in Chang'an, I had 30,000 emperor Yuan Cong's imperial troops, and 60,000 soldiers from various places. Not long ago, His Majesty formed a new Beiya camp with 30,000 troops." , this adds up to 120,000, right?"

Feng Deyi's voice came, "That's right, I know, but there is still a difference of 380,000 yuan?"

"Qin Wangjun, the governor of Liangzhou, Qin Shubao, led 30,000 Qin Wangjun to arrive earlier, and there are 20,000 more behind, which is 50,000. The Qinzhou army led by Chai Shao entered Wugong from Qizhou, and there are Longyou soldiers behind. Hurry up, this road is also five roads. Adding these two roads will add up to 100,000."

"In addition, Li Shiji of Bingzhou and Zhang Gongjin of Daizhou have 100,000 people, Huang Junhan, governor of Luzhou, and Niu Jinda, governor of Youzhou, another 100,000."

"There are also Luozhou Governor Qu Tutong and Lizhou Governor Ren Kui with 80,000 people stationed in Tongguan."

"Major Feng, do the math. Is the total of these roads worth 380,000, and the original 120,000 soldiers in Chang'an, isn't it exactly 500,000? Luo and other groups of Qin Wangjun who are still on the road, and Qin Wang Jun from Huainan, Shannan, and Jiangnan are still on the road. If the Qin Wang Jun from all over the country arrives, let alone 500,000, 800,000 will be there. "

"It's a good thing for so many troops to serve the king, but now that the troops from all walks of life are gathered, it costs a lot to eat and chew horses every day. In addition, it is necessary to provide food and grass for the garrison in the west of Beijing and Tongguan. Many civilians need to be conscripted, which will also consume a lot of money. Quite a lot. Not to mention anything else, the 80,000 soldiers and horses stationed on the Weiqiao line now need to consume more than 200,000 catties of corn and more than 80,000 stones of fodder every day. People's livelihood is indeed important, but there are rules and regulations , There are priorities, I, Datang, should focus on finishing this battle first, and cooperate with His Majesty's decision to gather and annihilate the 290,000 enemy troops lured to the city of Chang'an."

Xiao Yu's voice sounded, "There are no more than 290,000 people. After the annihilation of 10,000 people in Wumi Chubu, there are now a total of 280,000 Turkic people, and many of them are old and weak, and food and grass are not enough. The 500,000 people in Chang'an are enough to annihilate the Turkic army, and there is no need for troops from Jiangnan, Huainan, Shannan and other places to come here, and they can completely return the way they came."

Du Ruhui said, "Since the soldiers and horses have been recruited, is there any reason to return halfway? Your Majesty has already said that this opportunity is once in a thousand years. We must take advantage of Jieli's frivolity and arrogance, and take advantage of the 300,000 Turkic troops who dare to penetrate thousands of miles. , Annihilate them in one fell swoop, and not let anyone escape back to the grassland. Once and for all, after capturing Jieli Tuli and others alive under the city of Chang'an, our Tang Dynasty will take advantage of the forces to counterattack, and attack the Turks in the north, plow their courts, and sweep their holes. Its type, compiled counties!"

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The more he listened, the more frightened he became. He never thought that Li Shimin was so arrogant and wanted to kill him. It turned out that he had been prepared for a long time.

There are already 500,000 troops around Chang'an, and 200,000 to 300,000 King Qin's troops are on the way in Shandong, Huainan, Shannan and other places.

This time the Turks sent 300,000 troops is already the limit, but it is unexpected that the Tang army has already mobilized soldiers from all over the country in such a short period of time.

He did not doubt the words of Du Ruhui, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Back then, Zhishisili followed Shibi Khan with his father and led troops to Liaodong to watch the battle. They said it was to watch the battle, but in fact they followed the order of the emperor of the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains and sent troops to cooperate with the conquest of Goguryeo.

At that time, he was still very young, and he left the prairie for the first time. In Liaodong, he knew for the first time what is called the Million Heavenly Army. Walked for several months.

Later, he followed Shibi Khan Yanmen to encircle Yang Guang. At that time, the Turkic army dispatched 400,000 troops, but still failed to capture Yanmen City. King Qin's army of the Sui Dynasty came continuously, and finally forced them to retreat.

Unexpectedly, history is repeating itself now.

And this time, the emperor of the Central Plains had already prepared himself. Before they arrived, he had already transferred King Qin's army.

The strength of Chang'an City is far better than that of Yanmen City.

Although the Central Plains had just experienced a great chaos, Zhishi Sili also knew very well that the equipment of the regular army of the Central Plains Dynasty was no worse than that of the Turks. Although the number of cavalry was smaller, their armor and swords and spears were more beneficial to the Turks.

There are 500,000 troops in Chang'an.

No wonder Wu Meichuu was defeated in two battles and the entire army was wiped out. Previously, the Tang people claimed that in Sanyuan, they only used 3,000 Qingqi to wipe out Wumeichuu's 8,000 cavalry. Now it seems that the Tang people dispatched 10,000 to 20,000 horses at that time. The fine cavalry is the same as in the battle in Jingyang, when Qin Shubao wiped out 30,000 Wuwu and 2,000 cavalry.

Just as I was thinking wildly, I heard a voice from outside.

"Shenzhi Zhengshi, Yongzhou Mu, Zuowei General, and Liangzhou Governor Qi Guogong are here!"

"Gentlemen, Qin Qiong is late."

Du Ruhui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, asked Qin Qiong, "Is the deployment of Li Shiji and Zhang Gongjin in place?"

"It has been deployed, and the two generals have led their troops into position. Li Shiji's troops are stationed in Liyang, and Zhang Gongjin's troops are stationed near Gaoling. Once the decisive battle begins, the two generals' 100,000 troops will move from east to west. Hit Jieli's flank."

"Where's Qu Tutong and Huang Junhan's 100,000 horses?"

"The 100,000 troops of the two generals have already left Tongguan. Qu Tutong is stationed at Xinfeng, and Huang Junhan is stationed at the south bank of the Dongwei Bridge. Once the decisive battle begins, they will immediately cross the Dongwei Bridge and attack Gaoling and Jingyang. ·········"