"Do we have food and grass?"

"How long can our grain and grass last?"

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 bet, the Western Turks will pour the strength of the whole country to attack, and we must also pour the strength of the whole country to meet the enemy, and we must win quickly, otherwise once it is delayed, the food and grass will be insufficient, and we will lose without fighting!" ”

Most of the people present had experienced the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, or had stayed in the Qin Palace, and they were not ignorant of the war. After Li Shimin said this, everyone also understood that what Li Shimin said was true, if the Western Turks broke through Dingxiang, what the Tang Dynasty faced was really desperate.

Li Shimin said with a straight face: "At the time of the survival of Sheji, I have something to say to the public. ”

"Whether it's the Eastern Turks or the Western Turks, they're all barbarians. If the Western Turks defeat the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains will suffer. The consequences can be imagined. In times of crisis, Fang showed his loyalty, and I didn't want to see that when the soldiers in front of me were fighting to the death, there were still people behind them who did bad things. With that to say, please stand down. ”

Everyone looked at each other, where they still didn't understand Li Shimin's thoughts, and were about to salute and leave, when suddenly a small eunuch ran in, holding a letter marked with the words 'fly immediately': "Report, eight hundred miles urgent!" ”

"Wait a minute, all of you!" Li Shimin stopped everyone, stretched out his hand to take the letter, tore it open, glanced at it, and frowned.

Eldest Sun Wuji asked; "Your Majesty, but what has changed? Is it about Li Mu, or Dingxiang? ”

"Neither." Li Shimin handed the letter to the eldest grandson Wuji, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Li Mu, this kid, was kidnapped, and he sent me such a big surprise, it's really-"

Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what is the matter?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also couldn't cry or laugh, and read: "Minister, the Jinyi Wei of the Internal Affairs Office knows Wang Pu, congratulations to Your Majesty for opening up the territory." Jinyiwei commanded Li Chongyi, led 500 Jinyiwei, has broken through the capital of Linyi and occupied the city, and Linyi has entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty. All thanks to the tips of the Hou of the Deer, the Hou of the Lu is strategizing, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, which is really unprecedented-" The eldest grandson Wuji stopped here and said: "The second half of the article is all flattery, so I won't read it." Wang Shizhong, Wang Pu is your brother, do you know about this? ”

Wang Jue was stunned: "How do I know? Zhuluhou just said to let my brother make a meritorious deed, as for what to do, do you think he will tell me? ”

"I'm also confused!" Li Shimin said with a wry smile: "At that time, Li Mu said to me that Zhenla has rice seeds, and the yield per mu can be twice that of the existing rice varieties in the Tang Dynasty, and it can also be harvested twice a year. I almost forgot about this matter, how could I have thought that at this time, I would receive such a fold, five hundred brocade guards, and destroy the Linyi country? Why do I think it's so mysterious? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji had already turned to the back of the fold and said, "Your Majesty, here is the beginning and end of the matter, please read it." ”

"Quick!"

The eldest grandson Wuji read: "When the minister Li Chongyi left Chang'an, the minister got the brocade gift from his brother, and said that he could only open the ...... when he arrived in Zhenla."

“…… Only then did I learn that Zhenla had been destroyed at the hands of Linyi State a month ago, and the king of Linyi was afraid of the Tang Dynasty, so he delayed in every possible way, and the ministers remembered the bag, so they opened the bag, but they didn't expect that the eldest brother had already expected it——"

"After the minister killed the king and the general of Linyi, he led five hundred brocade guards overnight, plus the Zhenla soldiers who were imprisoned by Linyi pretended to be the honor guard of the king of Linyi, and mixed into the capital of Linyi. Spread all over the world, and all of them looked down on the wind—"

The eldest grandson Wuji seemed to be telling a story, reading the whole process, and then looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, they all looked like 'how is this possible', Wang Jue's heart blossomed, this is the work of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, according to the rules, let alone the marquis, although Wang Pu is not so important, but this letter is obviously from his hand, don't marquis, don't uncle, it's not too much to be a viscount, right?

Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief, looked at Wei Zheng, and said, "Duke Wei thinks, how credible is it?" ”

Wei Zheng was silent for a while, and said, "Except for the tips, the minister thinks they are all credible. ”

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Wei Zheng, Li Mu's life and death are uncertain now, why are you still against him?" Why do I think only the tips are credible, and the others are exaggerated? ”

"Definitely." Wei Zheng said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please listen to the minister's explanation." Although the minister has seen all kinds of miracles of Zhuluhou, but what happened thousands of miles away, the minister thinks that Zhuluhou can not be predicted, and it is impossible to predict, if he can really predict, then he is not a human, but a god. As for the other content, the minister thought it was still credible, Li Chongyi and Wang Puchen had seen it, Li Chongyi was two feet tall, born with divine power, and the things described in the letter, the minister believed that he could do it. And he is only fifteen years old, and he is simple-minded, and he can't make up such a complicated story. And Wang Pu, he knows very well how big the crime of bullying the king is, and he will never dare to do such a big lie. Therefore, the minister believed what the letter said. ”

Li Shimin looked at the others again, and everyone thought for a while, and they all nodded.

Li Shimin was embarrassed and said: "It stands to reason that Lin Yi attacked Zhenla first, and the Tang Dynasty helped Zhenla to restore the country later, so it can be regarded as a famous teacher." But that kind of place in Linyi...... It's too far away from Datang, and I've heard that there is a lot of miasma—"

"Your Majesty!"

Hearing that Li Shimin had the intention of giving up Linyi, Wang Qi couldn't sit still, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please listen to the old minister's words, it must not be a joke if it took so much effort to chase the deer marquis, although the old minister doesn't know what the use of Lin Yi and Zhenla is, but presumably there is an arrangement for the deer marquis, if Your Majesty gives up Lin Yi and Zhenla, and then wants to get it back, it will be nameless, and the blood paid by Jinyiwei is in vain." ”

"That's right—but Li Mu's life and death are uncertain now." Li Shimin sighed and said: "Spread my will, order the Ministry of Rites to discuss and reward Li Chongyi, Wang Pu and others, and let them sit in Linyi first, and then make a decision after finding the Marquis of Zhulu." ”

"Your Majesty," the eldest grandson Wuji looked at the recital again and reminded, "I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate." ”

"What's wrong?"

It was mentioned in this commotion that on the second day of the attack on Linyi, Li Chongyi returned with rice seeds and ten brocade guards. They traveled lightly, galloped fast, and almost reached Chang'an in a month and a half, counting the days, at the end of this month. His Majesty asked him to sit in Linyi, I'm afraid he can't. ”

"Why is this kid in such a hurry?" Li Shimin sighed and said: "That's it, let Wang Pu take charge, and add another will, let Wang Pu and Qiongzhou not drive, give him the right to transfer Qiongzhou soldiers and horses, and act cheaply!" ”