Chapter 33 Half of the Country and the Beauty
Seeing people coming from the court, Tang Emperor Li Longji was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Bei Aiqing, I am deliberately sending someone to find you!" β
"The emperor is serious, the war is big, Beichen, the minister who has retired from the court, comes uninvited, please atone for the emperor!" Beichen made a big salute, respectfully, but in fact, his hands were still sweating. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
His purpose is very clear, to protect his fiancΓ©e Mu Wantong, but this is tantamount to pulling teeth from the mouth of a tiger, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky
His eyes narrowed, and Zhao Han, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Beichen is a strange person through the ages, and he has unparalleled scheming in the world, and the six countries have a strategist Zhang Liang, and we also have Beichen!" β
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhao is right!"
"Yes, Peking University is a great talent, there must be a countermeasure to this matter!"
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Looking at the ministers of civil and military affairs who blamed each other, Beichen suddenly smiled, the court is full of these useless people, and it is strange that Datang is undefeated.
"Your Majesty, Beichen once defeated Zhang Liang in Chang'an City, if Beichen is in charge of the border defense, Datang will definitely be impregnable!"
At this time, Zhao Gang suddenly walked out of the civil and military officials, and his appearance immediately made Beichen's pupils constrict, and in the depths of his cold eyes, there was a faint murderous intent.
Nodding, Tang Emperor Li Longji was overjoyed by Beichen's arrival, he looked at Beichen with a smile, and asked: "Bei Aiqing, the war is burning the plains, and the smoke is everywhere, I believe you have heard about it, but what countermeasures do you have?" β
With a calculation in his heart, Beichen bowed and muttered, "Your Majesty, Weichen has already paid attention!" β
Saying that, Beichen turned around and looked at the civil and military officials, and said in an impassioned voice: "Xiaobang is rude, and he should fight back strongly and defeat their prestige, so that they can be honestly afraid!" β
"What? Beat? β
Cold sweat appeared on the foreheads of civil and military officials, and Beichen's rudeness of a small state would cause war in the world, which was too child's play, right?
"Your Majesty, the people of Peking University are false, you can't believe it!" A military general in the court had a flustered look in his eyes, he thought that Beichen would persuade the emperor to stop fighting, but he didn't expect to fight!
Zhao Han, the secretary of the military department, snorted coldly and hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the army of the six countries is menacing, and our army's defense is lax, so we should focus on defense!" β
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, Nanzhao sent a letter of state, asking to forward it to the emperor!"
A frontier soldier suddenly ran outside the door, still holding a letter of state in his hand, Beichen saw this, smiled and did not speak, the emperor squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "Submit it!" β
"Rampant little state, rampant!"
Opened the Nanzhao State Book and took a closer look, suddenly roared angrily, and threw the Nanzhao State Book in his hand to the Jinluan Palace.
"Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, over the years, I have paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty with 258,000 sheep and 90,000 horses, but the Tang Dynasty is still expanding its power to the north, and now our army has come to the city! Letter to Emperor Tang, if the above-mentioned sycophants are removed from here, and the world is peaceful, our department is willing to withdraw immediately! β
"The land of projectiles, dare to be presumptuous!"
A prince gritted his teeth and was forced by a small country to exempt from tribute, which has never been seen in the history of the Tang Dynasty, which is a great humiliation.
However, there were also officials whose eyes flickered, and they immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this battle is not combustible, and rushing to the war will inevitably lead to misery, and eliminating the tribute of the Nanzhao State can reduce the pressure on the south!" β
"Yes, as soon as the Southern Zhao Kingdom withdraws its troops, the troops in the south will be withdrawn, and the north and the south can be supported!"
Closing his eyes, Tang Emperor Li Longji said haggardly: "What does Bei Aiqing mean?" β
Beichen didn't answer immediately, but looked at the official who advocated agreeing to waive the tribute, and snorted: "I see that you are used to living a peaceful life, the border of the Tang Dynasty, how can it be a country of Nanzhao?" β
"Exempt from the tribute of a country, if it is not handled well, and the frontier countries follow suit, won't my Tang Dynasty fall into continuous wars?"
Many people didn't speak, and the prince at the front stepped forward and said: "The people of Peking University are reasonable, and they should be dismissed!" β
"Beichen, I ordered you to repair a book on the spot and respond to Nanzhao!" With a calm expression, Tang Emperor Li Longji muttered.
"Yes!"
Beichen responded, and said loudly: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the king of the Southern Zhaofan, since ancient times, the stone eggs are invincible, the dragon and the snake are indisputable, the Northern Dynasty responds to the opening of the sky, rich in soldiers from all over the world, so the small state is just a group of ants than my Tang Dynasty, if the heavenly soldiers fall, your state will bleed thousands of miles, and the bones will be mountainous!" β
"Well said!"
The emperor's eyes lit up, and he immediately applauded, and other civil and military officials also opened their mouths to praise, and when the historian wrote the letter, the Tang Emperor handed the envelope to the border guards and ordered him to return the same way.
It's just that as soon as the Nanzhao frontier soldiers left, a Praetorian Guard walked in on the back foot, knelt in front of the emperor and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the Yumen Pass is lost, and the Zhenwu Marquis Su He is seriously injured, and he is no longer able to fight again!" β
"What did you say?"
Emperor Tang, who had always been able to maintain calm, stood up when he heard the words, and there was a panic in his eyes that had never been fruitful, the border defense of Yumen Pass was very important, and it could be said that it was the last line of defense in the north......
"Are you sure you're right?"
Zhao Han stepped forward with red eyes and asked, Yumen Pass is lost, and the Tubo army will have nothing to stop it, and will go all the way south to take Chang'an.
Hundreds of civil and military officials are sincerely afraid, in the past and Tubo, Yumen Pass has never been breached, this time so quickly breached, Chang'an City is in danger, Datang, in danger!
"Your Majesty, the Yumen Pass has been lost, and at this moment, you should immediately negotiate peace with Tubo, and you can't fight again!"
"Your Majesty, Yumen Pass is the last frontier defense in the north, Yumen Pass is broken, and the Tubo army will go all the way south, directly approaching Chang'an City, Your Majesty!"
I'm really afraid, there is no need to worry about the north if the Yumen Pass is not broken, but once it is lost, the north will no longer have resistance, Tang Emperor Li Longji's body was weak, and he collapsed directly on the dragon chair.
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, the army led by Nanzhao and Yan Yan has begun to transfer and is converging towards Yumen Pass in the north!"
The latest news is undoubtedly worse, the Yumen Pass was lost, the northern defense line of the Tang Dynasty was completely collapsed, and the armies of several countries were bullied and oppressed, which had the intention of taking Chang'an directly.
Zhao Gang's eyes narrowed among the hundred officials, staring at Mu Wantong next to Beichen with a fierce gaze, and after a few breaths, he stepped forward from afar: "Your Majesty, the beauty next to Peking University is the princess you summoned into the palace, Mu Wantong, the daughter of Yin Muqing of Luoyang Mansion." β
It's just that at this time, Tang Emperor Li Longji's mind didn't seem to be on this, he waved his hand to the side and didn't speak.
With Emperor Tang waving his hand, Gonggong Li immediately signaled and said to Mu Wantong beside Beichen: "Let's go, Mu Niangniang, go to the harem with the old slave!" β
Mu Wantong's face was pale, she shook her head and grabbed Beichen's hand tightly, but Gonggong Li didn't care, pulled Mu Wantong up and was about to leave.
Squinting his eyes, Beichen suddenly clasped Mu Wantong's hand with his backhand, and said loudly to Emperor Tang: "Your Majesty, Beichen please fight!" β
"Beichen is willing to go to the northern border defense, without losing a single soldier, and go to Yumen Pass alone!"
Tang Emperor Li Longji's eyes widened, and he said in a trembling voice: "Is Bei Aiqing's words true? β
"Really, but Weichen has a request!"
Beichen raised his head suddenly, looked at Emperor Tang, gritted his teeth and said, "If I successfully retreat from the enemy and return, I hope the emperor can be a witness for me and my fiancΓ©e Mu Wantong!" β