Just when everyone in Chang'an City thought that Li Chengqian was more than lucky, Li Chengqian was feasting on the leaders of the Xi and Khitan tribes in Fuyu City.

Buyeo City is rich in storage, the delicious food on the banquet is a collection of sea, land and mountains produced by the shy delicacy, sweet liquor is brought by Li Chengqian from Yandu, except for the absence of singing and dancing banquet should have everything.

It's just that in the banquet, whether it is the Su branch of the Xi nationality or the cave brother of the Khitan, they all look sad, and their minds are not on the banquet.

After He Lu withdrew his troops from outside Buyeo City, Su Zhi and Gu Ge both judged that Li Chengqian had a large number of ambush soldiers in Buyeo City to scare Helu away. In order to show their loyalty, the two hurriedly came out of the valley where they were hiding, and led the tribesmen to pursue Heru. After a bloody battle, it was considered to have completely defeated Helu's Turkic department, and the two departments also suffered a lot of losses, but they didn't care if they thought that they could go to Li Chengqian to get more benefits.

It's just that the two didn't expect that as soon as they entered Fuyu City, they were left behind by Li Chengqian, although they did not lose contact with the clan soldiers outside the city, but they couldn't get out of the city.

Both of them are not stupid, as soon as they see this situation, they know that Li Chengqian's troops in Buyeo City are insufficient, and leaving them behind is not to believe them, and the other is to use their tribal soldiers stationed outside the city to protect Buyeo City.

As soon as they thought about it, these two people felt as uncomfortable as eating flies, and seeing Li Chengqian's spirit flying, they were also listless in the face of fat sheep and wine.

Li Chengqian glanced at them with a wine glass, sneered in his heart, drank the wine in his hand, and got up and left directly.

At the banquet, the generals of the Tang Dynasty saw that they were busy standing up and bowing to send them off, and Brother Cave and Su Zhi also slowly got up and saluted.

When the generals of the Tang Dynasty saw that they were disrespectful to Li Chengqian, they were unhappy, and they all dispersed when Li Chengqian left the canal.

Seeing that the Tang people were so rude, their straight faces burned like fire, and they left angrily.

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That night, after Li Chengqian arranged to deal with the situation in Chang'an City, he was reading a book on the tiger skin couch, still thinking about the affairs of Chang'an City, and for a while his heart was as uncomfortable as burning and frying.

I can't read it with a book in my hand.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is late at night, you should rest." Liu Kui reminded carefully.

Li Chengqian ignored it, not to mention that he can't sleep at all now, even if he can sleep, he can't sleep, he is still waiting for someone.

Liu Kui didn't dare to say more, so he could only stand with his head down.

I don't know how long it took, a little chamberlain came in silently and said softly: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, Lord Shangguan asks to see you." ”

Li Chengqian didn't want to speak, so he raised his hand and motioned for Shangguan Yi to come in.

The chamberlain understood his intentions, turned around and went out to announce the official ceremony and enter the hall.

After a while, I saw Shangguan Yi walking in gently with the inner attendant and saluting Li Chengqian silently.

Everyone knows that Li Chengqian became taciturn because of the death of the crown princess and the imperial grandson, and he didn't speak when he was around, and he tried to speak in a gentle tone when he spoke.

Li Chengqian raised his hand again, and when he saw Shangguan Yi getting up, he said two words very simply: "Say it!" ”

When Shangguan Yi heard this, he said softly: "Sure enough, as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince expected, Su Zhi and Brother Gu guessed that there was nothing in Fuyu City, and they had already sent the news outside the city with bad intentions. ”

"Hmm."

Li Chengqian listened to it very flatly, and then asked, "When will Xue Rengui arrive?"

"General Xue will be able to arrive in Buyeo City before noon tomorrow."

Shangguan Yi hurriedly said again: "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Bingbu can destroy Goguryeo in the past few days, but at the moment, Chang'an City is not quiet, and the Xi clan and Khitan have just made new achievements, so it is not appropriate to kill too much!" ”

Li Chengqian nodded and was about to speak, when Shangguan Yi saw it and hurriedly said: "It's better for the minister to send someone to spread the news that General Xue is coming tonight, so that they know that it is powerful, and they will not dare to act rashly tomorrow." ”

Li Chengqian looked at Shangguan Yi and asked with an unkind expression: "The lonely king has come forward to act in the past few days, just for this?"

Shangguan Yi was shocked when he heard this, knowing that he was smart, and was about to explain when he heard Li Chengqian continue: "You see that the lonely king is retreating from the empty city, and you also want to resolve the rebellion of the Xi people and the Khitan without bloodshed?"

"Don't dare! The minister had no intention of doing so...... "Shangguan Yi hurriedly explained.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian sighed and said: "When Helu came to attack that day, the Xi people and the Khitan hid in the valley not far away. Speaking of this, Li Chengqian snorted coldly, his eyes narrowed, and said: "At that time, they just made up their minds to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and later pursued He Lu completely because they were afraid that the Tang Dynasty would ask for guilt afterwards.

Now they saw that Buyeo City was empty, and they had bad thoughts again. This sore grows on people's bodies, if the pus is not pulled out early, sooner or later something will happen, just like the current Tang Dynasty. ”

Hearing these words, Shangguan Yi understood in his heart that Li Chengqian was angry because of the affairs of Chang'an City, and he was angry with the Xi people and the Khitan when he saw that they were slightly disloyal.

Helplessly, he bowed and said, "Obey the will of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Seeing Li Chengqian waving his hand, he slowly retreated.

Li Chengqian watched Shangguan Yi withdraw, breathed a sigh of relief, put down the book, got up to wash his face and sleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, before Li Chengqian got up, he heard the neighing of horses and the sound of drums and horns from people outside the city, and knew that it was the Xi and Khitan tribes outside the city that had launched the soldiers, so he turned over and continued to sleep.

After a while, he heard the sound of an argument outside the courtyard where he lived, and he couldn't sleep, so Li Chengqian sat up with his hair scattered and quietly came to the door in silk pajamas.

Then he saw that the cave brother was making a loud noise, "Our people have not seen us go back for a few days, and they think that something has happened to us, so they gathered under the city and asked us to go out." We wanted to go out of the city to settle the matter, but when we got to the gates, the defenders wouldn't let us out, why did that?"

Su Zhi also chimed in: "That's it, I want to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to comment!" ”

Li Chengqian saw their tone and understood that they were demonstrating to himself, so he slowly walked out and looked at the two calmly.

When the guards in front of the door saw Li Chengqian coming out in disheveled clothes, they all hurriedly bowed their heads and saluted, not daring to look up at him, only Brother Cave and Su Zhi stood there with dignity.

Li Chengqian didn't look at them, and said expressionlessly: "Disturb the lonely king, beat forty military sticks." ”

"The Tang Prince?" Brother Cave couldn't believe his ears at all, and at this time, Li Chengqian actually dared to beat them.

The treacherous Su Zhi, in line with the idea that a good man would not suffer the immediate loss, hurriedly saluted Li Chengqian and begged for mercy: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the clansmen of the ministers have become suspicious because they have not seen the ministers go back for a few days, and they are clamoring under the city gate to attack Fuyu City. The ministers were really forced to disturb His Royal Highness the Prince, and hoped that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would forgive his sins. ”

Li Chengqian sneered and said, "What kind of big deal is this? Receive the baton first, and then see how the Lone King teaches you disobedient people. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, if the soldiers of the tribes outside the city attack the city, with the current strength of Buyeo City, the consequences will be unimaginable!" When Brother Cave heard this, he directly threatened.

Li Chengqian's face became even more angry when he heard this, and he directly waved his hand to drag it down.

Looking at Su Zhi and Brother Cave who were forcibly pulled down, Li Chengqian told himself in his heart: Barbarian nature, fear of power but not virtue.

After disposing of Brother Cave and Su Zhi, Li Chengqian turned around and went back to order the attendant to freshen him up.

By the time Li Chengqian finished breakfast and drank a pot of tea, it was already nearly noon, and the Khitan and Xi soldiers outside the city were still in the stage of shouting and clamoring, just shouting for the Tang Dynasty to let Su Zhi and the cave brother out.

The generals of the Tang Army in the city all stood silently in front of Li Chengqian's small courtyard, and the cave brothers and Su Zhi, who had been beaten with forty military sticks, were also lying on a single frame, and were carried by their clansmen and lined up. Because they were afraid of angering Li Chengqian again, the two of them endured the pain on their bodies without making a sound, gritting their teeth and staring at Li Chengqian's courtyard gate.

Li Chengqian calculated that the time was almost up, so he walked out slowly with a calm face and waved his hand to the generals who saluted him.

He went straight to the single frame of Brother Cave and Su Zhi, and Li Chengqian saw that Brother Cave and Su Zhi were going to stand up and salute in pain, so he gently raised his hand to stop the two of them: "The two Qing family are injured, so there is no need to be polite." ”

Su Zhi hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie! “

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" Brother Cave also thanked him.

Li Chengqian looked at the two of them and asked with concern, "How is the injury, have you taken the medicine?"

If someone who doesn't know sees it, I'm afraid they won't think that the injuries on these two people were ordered by him.

Su Zhi and Brother Cave also felt tired of listening to Li Chengqian's words, but they still had stick injuries and pain on their bodies, so they could only say with a smile: "The injury is not serious, His Royal Highness Prince Xie cares." ”

Li Chengqian's face softened slightly, and he said earnestly: "You almost fell for those people outside the city today. ”

Everyone looked at Li Chengqian with an ignorant look when they heard this, feeling that you beat them or are you good for them? Everyone, including Su Zhi and Brother Cave, pricked up their ears to hear what Li Chengqian could say.

Li Chengqian looked at the stunned Gu Su Zhi and the cave brother and asked deliberately, "Did those people outside the city come out to make noise after being ordered by you?"

The two of them were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they denied it one after another: "No, no, they are only clamoring under the city because they see that the ministers have not gone out for a few days and are worried about the safety of the ministers......

Li Chengqian said angrily when he heard this: "Confused! If it had been because of this, they had been making trouble all morning, and they did not see you go out, and they would have already attacked the city. ”

Su Zhi and Brother Gu both thought in their hearts that if we don't go out, of course they won't attack the city, if they attack the city now, you won't kill us?

Of course, this cannot be said.

Li Chengqian was secretly happy when he saw that they didn't speak, but he said earnestly on his face: "They just want to trick you out and kill you." ”

"Your Highness the Prince, this is impossible."

"Our people, though reckless and stupid, will never rebel."

Li Chengqian looked at the two who were eager to explain, and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "So they still obey the orders of the two of you?"

"Naturally, as long as the two of us go out, the noise outside the city will immediately subside."

"Yes, yes, please let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince let the two of us out of the city quickly......"

Su Zhi and Brother Gu, who were in a hurry to get out of the city, were already incoherent, and even Cheng Wuting next to him felt that they couldn't let these two out easily.

Li Chengqian looked at the expressions on the faces of the two of them for a while, and finally seemed to have made up some mind, and said to the two of them in a tone that was good for you: "Anyway, the lonely king is reluctant to let the two Qing family go out of the city and take risks!" ”

Hearing this, the two hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"

Li Chengqian was entangled for a while and said: "It's better to be like this, the two Qing families climbed the city wall with the Lone King, and gave orders to the soldiers outside the city on the city, and they naturally retreated when they saw that the two Qing families were safe." ”

"Fine?"

Everyone at the scene except Li Chengqian felt that the word "unharmed" was too ironic, and you beat people to lie on the single frame and couldn't get up, and they were still fine?

Could it be that the tribal soldiers outside the gambling city are blind?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, absolutely not!" Su Zhi was shocked.

"I am willing to go to the city with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to try it first." Brother Cave gritted his teeth.

"Good! Drive the north gate. Li Chengqian didn't wait for Su Zhi to speak, and ordered directly.

Seeing this, Su Zhi's face was even more frightened, and his hands trembled when he thought that the Turkic army of 100,000 would not dare to attack this Buyeo City.

And Brother Cave looked at Li Chengqian, who was calmly walking in front, his eyes were full of resentment, as if he was a poisonous snake that wanted to choose someone to devour.

The reason why the two of them behaved like this was only because according to the plan they had agreed with their henchmen outside the city, as soon as Li Chengqian took them to the city wall, the noisy tribal soldiers outside the city began to attack the city.

One feared that the siege would cause a big loss, and the other thought of taking risks.

Li Chengqian walked to the north gate step by step on crutches, and when he was about to lift his feet and step up the steps, he twisted to see the sun that had reached the middle of the steps, and then walked up the steps firmly.

When Li Chengqian walked to the head of the city, the flag and honor guard belonging to the crown prince had already spread out at the head of the city.

When the clan soldiers outside the city saw that Li Chengqian was coming, they immediately clamored loudly as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, but it was a pity that these people were so excited that they spoke the whole ethnic language, "Ji Li-wa-la-......", and few people in the city could listen to Dong.

Li Chengqian walked up to the head of the city and faced the noisy tribal soldiers under the city, with a relaxed smile on his face, he turned back to the Su Zhi and the cave brother who were carried up: "You are the leaders of the Xi and Khitan tribes, and now give the order and order them to retreat." ”

Su Zhi and Brother Cave looked very embarrassed when they heard this, no matter how many conspiracies and tricks, no matter how dark they were, no matter how much they were the leaders, they were unwilling to show their ugliness in front of their subordinates.

How could they be embarrassed to appear in front of their subordinates when they were now spanked by Li Chengqian?

The generals of the Tang Dynasty would not take care of their faces, and before Li Chengqian could speak, several lieutenants stepped forward to set up the two of them, facing the city.

At this time, Su Zhi and Brother Gu's faces turned the color of pig liver, looking at the cronies who were trying their best to make noise in the city, they hesitated, and it was difficult to make up their minds for a while whether to break with Datang now.

Li Chengqian didn't give them time to think, and said loudly directly: "Because you have been making noise outside the city early in the morning, disturbing the good dream of the lonely king, the lonely king has already severely punished your leader with forty military sticks, if you don't retreat......

When Li Chengqian said this, he looked at the second Su branch and the cave brother with an unkind expression.

There are people in the city who can understand Li Chengqian's speech, whether it is the Xi tribe or the Khitan, and at this time, seeing that Li Chengqian openly threatened them with their leader, they couldn't bear it at all, and they screamed and began to attack the city without waiting for the Su Zhi and Khitan in the city to speak.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian pointed to the tribesmen who were frantically attacking under the city, and asked mockingly: "The two Qing family have seen it, they don't take your lives seriously. ”

Su Zhi and Gu Ge were stunned for a long time, but said: "They are impulsive, ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for forgiveness." ”

Li Chengqian shook his head and said with a smile: "King Lone sees that they have long wanted to borrow the hand of Datang to kill you." Speaking of this, he raised his hand to stop Su Zhi, and said to them very intimately: "Don't worry, the Lone King will clear the hidden danger for you." ”

Seeing this, Brother Cave couldn't help it, and said loudly: "Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the current strength of Buyeo City is insufficient, if the soldiers outside the city attack the city with all their might, this Buyeo City may be difficult to defend, right?"

The generals of the Tang Dynasty at the head of the city were furious when they heard this, and only Li Chengqian looked at them with an unchanged expression.

Su Zhi, who reacted, hurriedly raised his hand and clenched his fist with difficulty, and almost pleaded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, in order to avoid the burning of jade, let's use a hanging basket to let us out of the city......

Li Chengqian saw that they were even so unfavorable to the showdown at this time, and he didn't bother to make a false deal with them again, turned to look at the city, and said in a cold tone: "Don't worry, they can't break through Buyeo City." ”

As soon as Li Chengqian's words fell, he heard the dull sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth from the east, and Xue Rengui's cavalry happened to arrive.