Li Shimin looked at everyone and said: "Dingxiang is the gateway to the west of the Tang Dynasty. If Dingxiang is lost, it will be time to make a desperate move. The Western Turks will use all the strength of the country to invade. We must also use all the power of the country to respond to the enemy, and we must do it quickly.
Victory, otherwise once it is delayed and food and grass are not available, we will be defeated without fighting!"
Most of the people present had experienced the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, or had stayed in the Qin Palace. They were not ignorant about the war. After Li Shimin said this, everyone understood that what Li Shimin said was true.
If the Western Turks captured Dingxiang, the Tang Dynasty would really be facing a desperate situation.
Li Shimin said seriously: "When the country is about to survive or perish, I have something to say that I would like to share with you all."
"Both the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks are barbarians. If the Western Turks attack and destroy the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains will suffer. You can imagine the consequences. In times of crisis, loyalty will be shown. I don't want to see it.
, while the soldiers in front are fighting to the death, there are still people behind the scenes who are doing evil things. Now that I have said this, please step back."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what Li Shimin was thinking. Just as they were about to bow and leave, a young eunuch suddenly ran in, holding a letter in his hand marked with the words 'delivery immediately': "Report, eight hundred li plus."
urgent!"
"Everyone, wait a moment!" Li Shimin stopped everyone, reached out to take the letter, tore it open, took a look, and frowned.
Changsun Wuji asked, "Your Majesty, what has changed? Is it about Li Mu or Dingxiang?"
"None of them." Li Shimin handed the letter to Changsun Wuji, dumbfounded and said: "I didn't expect that this guy Li Mu would be kidnapped, and he still gave me such a big surprise. It's really..."
Wei Zheng asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
Changsun Wuji also looked dumbfounded and said: "My lord, Wang Pu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, would like to congratulate your Majesty on the opening of the border. The commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Chongyi, led five hundred Jinyi Guards and has broken through the capital city of Linyi State. Linyi State has entered
The territory of the Tang Dynasty is complete, and what happened has been described at the end of the memorial. Everything depends on the tips of Zhuluhou. Zhuluhou planned the strategy and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away. This is really unprecedented in a thousand years." Changsun Wuji stopped thinking here.
He came down and said: "The second half of the article is full of flattery, so I won't read it. Wang Shizhong, Wang Pu is your brother, right? Do you know this?"
Wang Dao said confusedly: "How do I know? Zhuluhou just said to let my brother make contributions. As for what to do, do you think he will tell me?"
"I was confused too!" Li Shimin said with a wry smile: "At that time, Li Mu told me that Zhenla's state-owned rice seeds could produce twice the yield per mu of existing rice seeds in Datang, and it could also produce two crops a year. I didn't believe it at all.
But he insisted on going his own way and sent the Jinyi Guards. I almost forgot about this, how could I have imagined that I would receive such a memorial at this time, five hundred Jinyi Guards, to attack Linyi Kingdom? Why do I think it is so mysterious? "
Changsun Wuji had already turned to the back of the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, here is the whole story of the matter. Please read it."
"quick!"
Changsun Wuji read: "I, Li Chongyi, bowed my head. When I left Chang'an, I received a gift bag from my brother. I said that I could not open it until I arrived in Zhenla..."
"... Only then did I learn that Zhenla had been destroyed at the hands of the Linyi Kingdom a month ago. The King of Linyi was afraid of the Tang Dynasty, so he delayed it in every possible way. The ministers thought of the brocade bag and opened it. Unexpectedly, the eldest brother had already expected it.
arrive"
"After I killed the king and the general of Linyi, I led five hundred royal guards overnight, plus the Zhenla soldiers who were imprisoned in Linyi, pretending to be the honor guard of the king of Linyi, sneaked into the capital of Linyi, and bloodbathed the palace city that night, and at dawn, and again
A fire was set off, and after noon, the palace city was reduced to ashes. The message was spread to various places, and everyone looked at the wind and fell."
Changsun Wuji read the whole process as if telling a story, and then looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, they all looked like "how is this possible?" Wang felt happy, this was a journey of opening up a new territory.
Gong, according to the rules, at least it is still a marquis. Although Wang Pu seems not that important, this memorial is obviously from him. If you don't want a marquis or an uncle, a viscount is not too much, right?
Li Shimin let out a long breath, looked at Wei Zheng, and said, "How credible do you think Mr. Wei is?"
Wei Zheng was silent for a while and said: "Except for the brocade bag, I think everything is trustworthy."
Li Shimin frowned and said: "Wei Zheng, Li Mu's life or death is uncertain now, why are you still going against him? Why do I think that only the tips are trustworthy, and everything else is exaggerated?"
"No." Wei Zheng said seriously: "Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation. Although I have seen all kinds of magic in Zhuluhou, I think that what happened thousands of miles away cannot be predicted by Zhuluhou, and it is impossible for him to predict it. If he
If it can really be predicted, then he is not a human, but a god. As for the other contents, I think it is credible. Both Li Chongyi and Wang Puchen have seen it. Li Chongyi is two feet tall and has natural supernatural powers. I believe he can do the things described in the letter.
He can do it. And he is only fifteen years old after the New Year. He has a simple mind and cannot make up such a complicated story. As for Wang Pu, he knows how serious the crime of deceiving the emperor is. He will never dare to lie like this.
Therefore, I believe what is said in the letter."
Li Shimin looked at the others again. They thought for a while and nodded.
Li Shimin became embarrassed and said: "Logically speaking, Linyi attacked Zhenla first, and Tang Dynasty helped Zhenla recover later. It can be regarded as a famous example. But a place like Linyi... is too far away from Tang Dynasty."
, and I also heard that there is a lot of miasma there."
"His Majesty!"
Hearing that Li Shimin meant to give up Lin Yi, the king couldn't sit still and said: "Your Majesty, please listen to this veteran. It must not be a joke that Zhuluhou has spent so much effort. Although the veteran doesn't know that Lin Yi and
What is the use of Zhenla, but Zhuluhou must have made arrangements. If His Majesty gives up Linyi and Zhenla and wants to get them back, it will be in vain, and the blood paid by Jin Yiwei will be in vain."
"What I'm talking about is that Li Mu's life and death are uncertain now." Li Shimin sighed and said: "Publish my decree and order the Ministry of Rites to discuss and reward Li Chongyi, Wang Pu and others, and let them sit in Linyi first, and wait until they find Zhuluhou.
Make a decision."
"Your Majesty," Changsun Wuji read the memorial again and reminded, "I'm afraid something is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"This memorial mentions that on the second day after the attack on Linyi, Li Chongyi returned with rice seeds and ten Jinyi guards. They traveled lightly and galloped, and they could reach Chang'an in a month and a half. Counting
Counting the days, it will be at the end of this month. His Majesty asked him to sit in Linyi, but I'm afraid he won't be able to do it."
"Why is this kid so anxious?" Li Shimin sighed and said, "That's all, let Wang Pu sit in charge, and add another decree to let Wang Pu leave Qiongzhou and give him the right to mobilize Qiongzhou's troops and horses, so it's easy to do it!"