Chapter 203 The Crown Prince is better than the King of Qin

In the Ganlu Hall of Chang'an Palace, Li Yuan, who had already gained weight, sat on the imperial throne with a dark face. The expressions of the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were very strange, and Li Shimin defeated the war again.

Yes, it was the battle that was defeated again, not the battle that was defeated.

Due to the role of Chen Ying, a butterfly in another world, the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty was tragically sent to his grandmother's house. In the defeat of Qianshuiyuan, Li Shimin disappointed his ministers. In the battle of Luoyang, under such a great situation, Li Shimin could capsize in the gutter. Now, in order to help Li Shimin, Li Yuan not only gave up his old face, but also borrowed horses from the major aristocratic families in Chang'an, but also sent out all the reinforcements in Guanzhong.

The result was good. Changsun Shunde had just left Hangu Pass and successfully met with Li Shimin, but was trapped in the Cijian between Xin'an and Luoyang, and could not retreat.

The difference between "defeated the battle again" and "defeated the battle" is that everyone is completely used to the former and is completely expected, while the latter is still a little surprised and unexpected. Most people hope that Li Shimin can surprise everyone, but this wish has never been realized.

Li Shimin's performance was very stable and he had been defeating wars. There were very few ups and downs. It was said that the most important thing for a wise commander was to perform stably and not suddenly lose his standards. However, which commander could be as stable as Li Shimin and had been defeating wars for several years without any ups and downs?

In the battle of Luoyang, under the personal writing of Fang Xuanling, the masterpiece of Fang Xuanling, the memorials were written in a bunch of flowers. In the good news, the soldiers of the Right Commander of Shaanxi led by Li Shimin and Chen Ying were all brave enough to fight one by one, not afraid of death. If Wang Shichong's iron cavalry attacked, the formation remained unmoved; Hou Jijun was also brave enough to be shameless, commanding the troops and horses to fight repeatedly, and he still shouted to fight hard in dozens of places. Duan Zhixuan was even more brave. He killed seven in and seven out of thousands of troops, and joined forces with Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie to defeat Zhu Can.

As for Luo Shixin under Chen Ying's command, Zhang Shigui became soy sauce. Even if Fang Xuanling could find their names, he was considered to be conscientious. Although Li Shimin did not make a formal defense in the victory in the battle of Luoyang, the meaning between the lines was very clear: Qu Tutong wanted to seize the first prize, and put aside Li Shimin and Chen Ying's right-level army, underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and eventually fell into the trap of Wang Shiyun and almost wiped out the entire army. This cannot be blamed! If Chen Ying and Li Shimin had not arrived in time, Qu Tong would have become Wang Shichong's prisoner.

Even Chen Ying didn't know how Li Shimin and Qu Tutong talked about it. Anyway, Qu Tutong took the blame. Under the Spring and Autumn style, Li Shimin had no mistakes, but instead made a powerful contribution to turning the tide. When Li Shimin found Chen Ying, Chen Ying really didn't care about Shimin. He was about to be the prince consort, so why did he have the nerve to compete with his brother-in-law?

This time, although the defeat was not too miserable, what should we do if the 50,000 troops were surrounded? An army that was struggling in the wild has no dangerous terrain to rely on, and no abundant food to consume. How long can we last?

However, this time, it was still a victory. In the good news, Li Shimin learned that Changsun Shunde was surrounded and Hangu Pass was broken. He braved the arrows and rains and broke the formation and killed the generals. Finally, he came to Cijian to meet with Changsun Shunde. However, everyone was not a fool, and he could see the tricks at a glance. These two good news were used to fool the world.

It is possible to fool the subjects of the world as ministers, but he cannot fool himself. Li Yuanqiang looked at the ministers with his spirit and said, "Everyone, because the general of Zuo Xiaowei, Changsun Shunde!"

Speaking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but blush, coughed and concealed his embarrassment and said, "The General of Zuo Xiaowei, Sun Shunde, is now defeated in Cijian, with nearly 10,000 troops. His Highness of the Qin King also suffered heavy damage to Wang Shichong, annihilated more than 9,000 enemies. Both sides of the enemy and us suffered heavy losses. The King of Qin on the front line believed that Wang Shichong's troops were dull, and his men were trapped and horses were too scarce, so he could no longer continue. Please transfer the Shu army of Jianmen and Jingzhou army to join forces with the Jingzhou army and Qingzhou army to take advantage of the situation to attack. There will be a good news. What are the opinions of all the dear ministers on this?"

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

Li Yuan's face darkened and asked, "Why?"

Chen Shuda gritted his teeth and explained: "Your Majesty, the battle in Luoyang has been fought for more than three months. The Wuwei, Wuhou, Wuwei, Xiaowei, Donggong, left and right palace, left and right guards, the left and right guards of the East Palace, the left and right guards of the East Palace, the left and right guards of the guards have been drained, and the capital has been extremely empty. If the Shu army of Jianmen is drawn, the capital will be no longer able to fight! If the Jingzhou army, Qingzhou army and Shu army repeat the army's mistakes again, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

The main direction of defense of the Jianmen Shu army came from Bashu, and it was also the southwest gateway to Guanzhong, while the Jingzhou and Qingzhou army were guarding against the enemies in the west and north of Chang'an.

Chen Shuda continued: "Now our army has lost consecutive battles and suffered countless losses. Guanzhong is already empty. If the Jianmen Shu army is drawn away, let alone Wang Shichong invades again, even the bandits will be unable to cope with it!"

A trace of anger flashed across Li Yuan's face and shouted sternly: "Can you admit defeat like this? After fighting for more than three months, nearly 100,000 soldiers were lost. Finally, Wang Shichong's military attack was dull. The fighter's opportunity came. If he admits defeat like this, then the previous battle would be in vain!"

The emperor was angry, and all the ministers were shocked. But Chen Shuda did not intend to make any concessions. He looked at Li Yuan with high ambition and said, "Your Majesty, it is precisely because our army has suffered serious losses that we cannot send Jianmenchuan Army, Jingzhou Army and Qingzhou Army. If this small victory is just Wang Shichong's bitter plan, the purpose is to attract the last elite army of our army, then the Tang Dynasty will be in danger!"

Li Yuan looked at Pei Ji, but to Li Yuan's surprise, even Pei Ji, a good friend, did not support him. Pei Ji said: "Your Majesty, in the battle of Luoyang, our Tang Dynasty surrendered 200,000 troops in succession. If the troops were damaged and morale was low, how many troops would be needed to fill the bottomless cave in Luoyang? Can you transfer 6,400 Jingzhou troops, more than 5,300 Qingzhou troops, and 9,000 Jianmen Shu troops, only 20,000 people. Even if you can reach Luoyang within more than a month, what's the use of these 20,000 people?"

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

Through Chen Ying's persuasion, Li Jiancheng had figured out that Li Yuan supported Li Shimin and deliberately provoked brotherly disputes. To put it bluntly, it was because Li Yuan did not want to delegate power to him as the prince. As an emperor, Li Yuan was young and strong in his fifties. He was too young, with insufficient experience and knowledge, and too old would lose his ambition. Although Li Jiancheng was over thirty years old, he could still wait, so he could not speak without speaking, and would rather lose his presence than fight.

As the prince, it’s good to do more and make mistakes.

Looking at Pei Jiye's attitude, Li Yuan felt a little anxious. However, he secretly hated Li Shimin in his heart. You said that Xiao Erlang is already the King of Qin, so why should he fight for other generals? No matter who fights the battle in Luoyang, you will never be able to escape. What can you do if you let Chen Ying go?

In a few months, Chen Ying married Li Xiuning, and everyone was a family. Can he still steal your limelight? The 200,000 army became a bad battle. When Li Yuan thought of this, he felt angry. This Erlang was too outrageous. I trust you so much, ask for money and people, and I hope you can win a battle and give me anger. You are so good, you won a battle, but you have lost one after another. If you lose, you can't come up with any ideas. You will only keep asking me for troops. What's the use of asking me for you!

However, at this moment, the Central General Attorney Chen Qi took an urgent report and ran to Li Yuan in a small step and handed the secret report to Li Yuan. Li Yuan took the secret report and his face changed drastically.

At this time, Li Jiancheng suddenly stood up and bowed to the ministers slightly, "My dear friends, your majesty is exhausted, please go back first!"

All the ministers were as if they were pardoned and stood up one after another: "I will leave!"

All the ministers left one after another, and Li Yuan fell on the imperial throne in a daze.

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

"Dou Jiande attacked Hedong!" Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "When did Dou Jiande learn so smart?

Li Yuan said: "Dou Jiande, an old man, really knows how to pick things up."

"Dad!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan solemnly and said, "We father and son... may have some misunderstandings. Forget it, let's talk about this later. Let me go to Hedong!"

"But at present, Guanzhong can no longer dispatch troops!" Li Yuan also knew how to let Dou Jiande control Hedong. He connected Hedong and Hebei, so Dou Jiande would form a situation of separatism between Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. Whether he wanted to attack Youzhou Luoyi in the east or Xihe in the west, he would be able to attack, retreat and defend, and be invincible.

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

Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Dad gives me the fish talisman, I will transfer the Jingzhou army and the Qingzhou army to Hedong."

Qingzhou and Jingzhou are both chess pieces set up by Li Jiancheng at the time. The headmaster of Qingzhou, Yang Wengan, and Jingzhou, Xue Wanche, are under the Eastern Palace. Even if they are transferred to Li Shimin, Li Shimin cannot command it. They are not like Chen Ying. Chen Ying will sell Li Shimin face because of Li Xiuning. However, even if Xue Wanche and Yang Wengan have the imperial edict from Li Yuan, they will denote words and resist them secretly everywhere.

Li Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Dalang, Dou Jiande attacked Hedong by no less than 200,000 troops. He can still continuously transfer troops from Hebei. The Qingzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army have only more than 10,000 people..."

Li Jiancheng said: "It's okay. Chen Ying left a soldier in Shuozhou last year. Although the Shuozhou army had been disbanded, the spring plowing in Shuozhou has ended. They can be summoned again. With a little training, it will be a strong army. Moreover, the Yuguni army in Lingzhou Lingwu Army can also transfer thousands of cavalry. It should be enough to defend Hedong!"

Li Jiancheng was not surprised on the surface, but he was very pleased.

He was a good chess player and was beaten by Li Shimin. This is not the most important thing. What is important is that he can take the eight generals of the East Palace to clean up this mess. He can prove to the world with facts that Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the East Palace, is better than Li Shimin, the King of Qin.

However, when Li Yuan took out the fish talisman and was not handed over to Li Jiancheng, General Yu Yanzhang, the left-level guard guard, walked in, saluted respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, something big happened in Shandong!"

Li Yuan's eyelids twitched: "What happened again?"

Yu Yanzhang said: "Wang Bo, the general manager of Qizhou, announced the change of flags and defected to Dou Jiande."

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

In fact, Li Shentong's defeat in Xiangzhou was so fast actually had a lot to do with Wang Bo. Just when Dou Jiande was intending to mobilize troops to advance westward, Li Shentong also learned the news. Of course, such a major matter of mobilizing tens of thousands of troops could not be concealed by the people of the world. Not to mention doing it in detail, even the people could bring this news to all directions.

Li Shentong summoned 30,000 troops under the command of the general manager of Qizhou Wang Bo as the Minister of Xingtai, Hebei, to help guard 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 soldier in Qizhou.

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

"Will you wait for the Jingzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army?" Li Yuan was surprised. Although Jingzhou is only a hundred miles away from Chang'an, it will take two days to arrive in Chang'an at the earliest.

Li Jiancheng said: "My son left first, let Xue Wanche and Yang Wengan catch up later!"

It has to be said that Li Jiancheng has always lacked a trace of luck. He is really not weaker than Li Shimin's governance or war. Otherwise, he would not be able to suppress Li Shimin to protect himself by poisoning himself. However, Li Shimin gave him a fatal blow at the most critical moment.

You should know that Li Shimin was so hyping up the battle between Luoyang and Hulao Pass. As long as you look through the history books, you will find that there are too many loopholes in it and it is not enough to be convincing.

However, history is a bitch, left to the winner to write.

...

Lingzhou Bogulu City, which is the first fortress of one of the eighteen Lingwu Forts in Lingzhou, was located in the former Bogulu Jun Town Festival Hall. It has been renovated. The plaque above has ten big characters written by Pei Ju in the official script "Lingzhou Branch of the Tang Dynasty Tongli Money Village" written by Pei Ju.

With the sound of firecrackers, the firecrackers at this time were not firecrackers of later generations. In fact, they were just bamboos, and saltpeter was stuffed into them, making crackling sounds. Of course, this sound can be understood as fart-sized movements. As the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Ma Zhou, in auspicious clothes, bowed to everyone and said, "Dear fellow villagers, thank you for coming to support you. Today, the Lingzhou branch of my Tongli Money Bank was opened. I would like to thank you for your extra words. I don't want to say more about the extra words. As the name suggests, it is to make the benefit of the people. The capital bank will definitely adhere to this purpose. Whether you are here to save money or make a loan, try to make everyone profit from it..."

Ma Zhou spoke with emotion, fluent and easy to understand. At least through his speech, everyone understood that the interest rate for saving money here is three cents, and the interest rate for loans here is two cents. There are time limits for deposits and loans. The longer the time, the more interest or interest rate there will be.

To put it simply, if they save 100 guan here, they can get 300 guan a month. In a year, they will look like nearly four guan. If they deposit 3 years, they can get 12 guan interest. If they borrow 100 guan here, the monthly interest will be two guan, and in a year, they will reach 24 guan, and in three years it will be 72 guan. In other words, they will have to pay back 172 guan to the bank in three years.

After understanding this account, everyone was amazed: "It's so kind!" Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, go to borrow ten cents of money from the landlord's house or the money house and then take a look after it three years later. You can't afford to dismantle your bones and sell them."

The most important thing is that the money house will not use any violent means to force the debt. If it cannot be paid back when it is due, they will take away real estate of equivalent value and will never use the unlucky wife and daughter to pay off the debt. After figuring this out, everyone excitedly discussed it and thought it would be quite cost-effective to save some money. Although the interest rate is not much, it is an extra income at least. If you can deposit thousands of chunks of silver at one time, the monthly interest rate will be equivalent to the income of a rich peasant in one year. Where can you find such a good thing?

Li Daozhen stood in the crowd, and was also a very eye-catching existence. At this time, Li Daozhen's belly was getting bigger and bigger, but her face was getting thinner and thinner, making people feel distressed.

Ma Zhou bowed to Li Daozhen and said, "Madam, you look wrong, you should go back and rest first!"

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

Ma Zhou said: "Mrs. I agree to everything I ask for!"

Li Daozhen waved his hand and said, "I'm just waiting for your words!"

After saying that, she walked towards her four-wheeled carriage. Li Daozhen got on the carriage and curled her body on the soft couch in the carriage. She gently patted her belly and muttered to herself: "I'm naughty again, I'm thinking about it so anxious?"

...

Wei Dubaye looked at Li Daozhen's carriage in the crowd and said in disbelief: "Is this Princess Baicheng?"

The Turks did not have the word "county lord". They all called the woman with the surname Ashina princess. In their eyes, the county lord Li Daozhen was the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

The person who acted as an eyeliner said softly: "Not bad, it's her!"

"Why is there less than a hundred cavalry guards in her carriage?" Although Wei Dubaye had never seen the Turkic princess, he also knew that the Turkic princess had traveled, ranging from thousands of troops to thousands of troops to rush forward and behind. The show of Li Daozhen, the princess, was too puzzling.

"I don't know. But this is just right, so I'll save you trouble!"

The more people gather, the more people are gathering, and the wilderness is led by the horse and cannot squeeze through.

Looking at the direction of the carriage, it seemed that it was about to leave the city. Wei Dubaya was overjoyed. We were all picked up by the bows and arrows in the city, making it easier to get out of the city.

Wei Dubaye issued an order to his subordinates, and the three hundred people from the Wei Dulu tribe walked out of the city at the same time.

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

I don’t know how many people in the market shouted at the same time: “Be careful, lord!”

Wei Dubaye was also secretly wondering that he had not ordered to take action. Could it be that the noble man sent someone else to take action? It is indeed possible that this is true. After all, he was not familiar with the Turkic nobleman, and there was only one chance to hijack a major case like the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. Once he failed, it would be too late to take action.

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Thinking of this, Wei Du pulled out the wilderness and plucked the scimitar of the vanguard, stepped onto the war horse, rushed towards Li Daozhen's carriage, shouting while rushing: "Huddul Warriors, attack!"
Chapter completed!