Chapter 264: Reluctantly Seeking Peace
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"Some people have already been given a chance by this king, and if they meet them again next time, they will definitely be killed!" Li Shimin snorted, and then went to visit Duan Zhixuan.
Everyone knew that Li Shimin was angry, and it was natural to think that the person he was talking about should be Shan Xiongxin, and only Yuan Ziyan and others realized that Pei Lin was indeed not far from death.
This time, Pei Lin was really sick, and he never had a good idea since then. offended Li Shimin, and didn't do anything good for the prince, so he ended up being a person who was not a person in the mirror, and was annoyed.
At the beginning, Li Shimin thought that Pei Lin was the prince's person, but there was no real evidence for secretly colluding with the enemy army, and if he froze, he would inevitably turn against Li Jiancheng.
Moreover, Pei Lin has followed Li Tang since the time of Jinyang's army, and has also made a lot of contributions, and is one of the people that Li Yuan admires, so Li Shimin never punished him, let alone mentioned this matter to his father.
Later, Li Shimin became the emperor, and he was still worried about this matter in his heart, after all, Pei Lin wanted to kill him at the beginning, and the more he looked at him, the more unpleasant he became.
There are also many veterans who complain about this, but Pei Lin is grateful, wept bitterly, and knelt outside the hall to thank him for a full night before leaving Jingshi with his family. Along the way, Pei Lin sighed with emotion, Li Shimin had the grace of life for him, such a magnanimous emperor has been rare since ancient times.
Pei Lin naturally wanted to continue to stay in Jingshi, continue to serve the imperial court outside the palace, and make up for his mistakes back then, but he also knew that it was difficult for Li Shimin to forgive him again.
Pei repented of his inconvenience, and when he was exiled to Jingzhou, he happened to encounter the rebellion of Shanqiang. Pei Lin personally led the male members of the family and all the domestic servants to break the thieves.
And Pei Lin was also injured because of this, when he was sixty years old, he couldn't afford to be sick, Li Shimin was deeply moved, and wanted to call him back to the court again, and then Pei Lian's injury worsened. But he let go of the baggage in his heart. Smile at Jiuquan. Li Shimin posthumously presented Xiangzhou Thorn History, Ministry of Industry Shangshu, and Hedong County Gong, and the estrangement between the two was completely lifted, these are all later words.
Let's go back and talk about Li Shimin going to visit Duan Zhixuan. After entering, he was surprised to find that Duan Zhixuan was kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Zhixuan has been waiting for me?" If you have something to say, you don't have to say it! ”
Duan Zhixuan solemnly arched his hand and said, "King Qin." I have nothing more than some flesh and skin, which will be healed in a few days. Don't take the words of the military doctor. Let me go back to Beijing first! ”
Li Shimin smiled, and finally understood what Duan Zhixuan meant, he still wanted to stay here and continue to fight: "General Zhixuan, you don't care about your life to resist the pursuing soldiers for me." In the midst of the fire, he led me to find a breakthrough, which saved my life for Li Shimin, and this battle made a great achievement. The general went back to recuperate from his wounds. I won't forget you! ”
"King Qin, I just feel that my skin and flesh are starting to itch today. Presumably it has begun to heal, begging King Qin not to let me go, even if these feet and feet are cut off by Shan Xiongxin, I still have the strength and two arms to protect King Qin! Duan Zhixuan's forehead was sweating.
"Shimin, General Duan didn't hurt his muscles and bones, as long as he took care of it, it should be fine. Even if it is inconvenient to go into battle to kill the enemy, it is good to give advice. Yuan Ziyan interceded for Duan Zhixuan with a smile.
"Thank you, Strategist!"
Duan Zhixuan gratefully threw his hand at Yuan Ziyan, and Li Shimin finally nodded in agreement, but made a request, he must not get on the horse until the foot injury is healed.
Just when Li Shimin was about to fight Wang Shichong to the death, he heard a report from someone, saying that Wang Shichong had sent a messenger to come, and there was a gift from a cart.
"King Qin, don't be Wang Shichong who came to ask for peace, right?" Duan Zhixuan asked in astonishment.
"Even if it's for General Duan, I want to make Wang Shi congested with blood and pay for the debt!" Li Shimin said fiercely.
Duan Zhixuan was excited, tears welled up in his eyes, and finally lay down after taking medicine under Li Shimin's comfort, and Li Shimin went to meet the envoy.
As a sign of sincerity, the envoy looked richly dressed, like a member of the royal family, and his nostrils were facing the sky when he saw people.
"Who is coming, why didn't you kneel when you saw King Qin?" Yuan Ziyan asked unhappily.
"I am the nephew of Emperor Zheng, and I have come to meet King Qin!" The symbolic arch of the Messenger's arrogance.
"Luo Shixin, is this the one who snatched your horse?" Yuan Ziyan asked.
"Wang Shichong has a lot of nephews, not this person." Luo Shixin replied.
"Someone, teach this messenger the rules!"
Li Shimin, who was sitting upright above, suddenly slapped the desk, which scared the person, and then Cheng Yanjin stepped forward and kicked at the crook of the other party's leg, and the messenger not only knelt down, but also threw himself to the ground.
"Who, who dares to kick me!" The messenger exclaimed in annoyance.
"You, Grandpa Cheng, me!" Cheng Yanjin sneered.
The messenger wanted to get up, but seeing the cold eyes all around, he felt scared, and he didn't dare to be rude anymore, so he kowtowed a few respectfully, and said in a trembling voice: "My emperor sent me here to make peace with the king of Qin." ”
"Could it be that Wang Shichong's subordinates can't even find a decent person, so that a street ruffian can come and embarrass people?" Li Shimin's face was full of disdain.
Although the messenger was annoyed, he didn't dare to attack, bowed his head and said: "I, Emperor Dazheng, can't bear the misery of the world, and I hope that the two sides will stop here, take Luoshui as the boundary, and not offend each other." ”
Hahaha!
Li Shimin laughed, suddenly retracted his smile, and said coldly: "In this world, the Tang Dynasty only occupies the northwest corner, where is it alarming all the people." Don't be verbose, go back quickly, if you really talk about peace, let Wang Shichong come to see me! ”
"Hey, Li Shimin, don't be ignorant!" The messenger finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and pointed at Li Shimin and said unceremoniously.
"I still can't speak, it's useless to live, come on, behead this person and feed it to the dog!" Li Shimin said with a blushing face.
"You dare, I'm Wang Shichong's nephew, who of you dares to kill me!" The messenger trembled with fear, and he knew that he should not have rushed here.
"The people of the world, the two sides are at war, and they will not be killed." Yuan Ziyan said with a smile: "Since this person has a stinky mouth, let the soldiers wash him well." ”
"Just according to the military advisor!" Li Shimin nodded and said.
The rest of the people couldn't help laughing, this time there was a good fruit of the messenger to eat, although it was to clean the teeth, the soldiers had no interesting things in the army, and they didn't catch a pinch, right?
So he pressed the messenger's neck and stabbed him in the mouth with a large brush to wash the horse, and the smell of the horse choked the man and coughed and retched, and vomited all over the place.
This is not over yet, after washing, there are two basins of water in front of him, a basin of ice water and a basin of boiling water, and he is asked which one to rinse his mouth with? The messenger has the heart to cry to death, and any one of them will have half a life, and in the end he has to say ice water.
After pouring water, the messenger with a swollen mouth could not speak, and was put back. As for the gifts, of course, they were all confiscated and rewarded for meritorious service.
After the messenger went back, he reported the results of the trip with a sad face, of course, he couldn't say anything clearly, but from this miserable appearance, Wang Shichong knew that Li Shimin definitely didn't give a good face.
The ministers of the DPRK and the central government said that Ling Nephew has always been domineering and can't speak, and it must be something that annoyed Li Shimin, so he was punished. Some people also say that Li Shimin escaped death and is angry, which is not right at this time, and it is normal for people to lose their temper.
The main battle faction did not think so, and taking the initiative to seek peace was tantamount to bringing humiliation on themselves, especially Shan Xiongxin, who repeatedly asked for orders to send troops to recruit Li Shimin. If Shan Xiongxin was still a little cautious before, if Zheng Guo was defeated, he would go to Li Tang, and he was pressing Li Shimin step by step, but he was afraid that there would be no chance.
Wang Shichong was very irritable, and after thinking about it again and again, he still felt that it was too early to use force at this time, whether it was to seek peace or to probe Li Shimin's tone, the supreme commanders of both sides should meet each other.
Wang Shichong looked around the court, and suddenly felt that no one on the Lord and one side could speak well, and finally decided to send another messenger to invite Li Shimin to meet across the river.
This messenger was professional, honest and loyal, and knew etiquette, and went to meet Li Shimin again to convey Wang Shichong's intentions.
Li Shimin did not embarrass the messenger this time, and gave him a reward, letting him go down and rest first.
"Wang Shichong intends to talk about peace, I don't know what everyone here thinks?" Li Shimin asked calmly.
And everyone in the audience was excited, Cheng Yanjin was the first to stand up and said excitedly: "This shows that Wang Shichong is cornered, what to talk about, of course he wants to fight!" ”
"Yes, you must fight! Wang Shichong pretended to seek peace, but in fact he was recuperating, if he was given the opportunity to fight back, it would be in danger of Datang! Yu Chigong also said.
"Hit! Beat! "Everyone's thoughts are the same, you don't need to be polite to people like Wang Shichong at all, you must fight!
Li Shimin smiled slightly, and asked again: "What does the military advisor mean?" ”
"It's necessary to fight, but I think it's necessary to meet Wang Shichong. If we can stir up people's hearts on the spot and shake their soldiers, we will seize the opportunity. On the other hand, Wang Shichong personally came forward, which is bound to be heavily protected, and we can blatantly spy on his military situation. Yuan Ziyan said unhurriedly.
"Hehe, it's still the military advisor who is thoughtful, give Wang Shichong a dismount first!" Cheng Yanjin said with a smile.
Li Shimin finally made a decision, asked the messenger to bring a message to Wang Shichong, and the two sides met in Luoshui outside Luoyang City tomorrow, and agreed that no matter what the result was, neither side should use troops.
See you tomorrow? King Qin was really an impatient, the messenger did not dare to delay, hurriedly rode on his horse and rushed back, and informed Wang Shichong of the news as soon as possible.
Wang Shichong frowned for a while, why did he propose peace, but Li Shimin was in Zhang Luo's time and place? Hey, who makes us temporarily unable to compare with the comprehensive strength of others, we can only be wronged.
Wang Shichong has never stopped fantasizing, that is, Li Shimin, like Li Mi at the beginning, was beaten by himself and fled in embarrassment.
History does not repeat itself, and the opportunities between people are different. The point is, if a pie really falls from the sky, the probability of hitting him on the head a second time is too low. (To be continued)
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