Chapter 486: Take your fate into your own hands
"Cool, so cool! I've never felt so good now! Gao Kan looked at the black charcoal-like object below on the top of the mountain and laughed: "Damn, sneak attack on me and kill so many people in my Datang, now I finally know retribution!" So these guys who kill a thousand knives... Whining... We have avenged you, brethren... ”
Gao Kan cried as he spoke, crying so sadly, after being attacked that day, 5,000 people covered his escape, and in the end only a dozen people survived, how could such an experience make him not cry.
Many Tang soldiers were lying on the ground dejectedly, their faces pale. There were also companions next to them teasing them: "I heard that I want to eat barbecue tonight, that smell... ”
"Wow..." A group of people began to vomit sour water, and the crowd next to them laughed. The aroma of this roasted human flesh makes everyone no longer have the slightest desire to eat meat.
After the big victory, Su Dingfang and they were also ecstatic, they thought they were dead, but now they suddenly turned around and wiped out 300,000 coalition troops, what kind of credit is this. It can be said that since ancient times, there have not been many battles that can have such great casualties, and the more critical is in foreign wars.
Those steppe peoples have always relied on horses, and they have formed a huge combat advantage over the farming peoples.
So the reason why all countries have built the Great Wall is here, and it is not good for the poor on the grassland to win like a ghost, so the number of kills and injuries that can be had in previous foreign wars is only tens of thousands, and now this record is reported, it is estimated that the whole country will be shaken, and the imperial court will also send people to check the number to prevent false reporting of military achievements.
However, he was a little worried: "Li Ting, this artillery is not available in so many imperial courts, so you drag it out and use it blatantly, has the county prince of Lantian forgotten the first emperor's firearms prohibition order?" Although the battle has been won now, it is estimated that this court attack is indispensable. ”
Li Ting looked at the workers who were wiping the artillery and frowned and said, "Then what should I do?" Just watching tens of thousands of you die? Originally, this was our killer weapon, but after a few years, it was not a person inside and out, and I don't know how Li Dongsheng should face the criticism and impeachment of those families, maybe he will lose his head. ”
"It's all because of my greed for merit that I fell for the enemy's strategy, and I don't know how to be punished when I go back this time?" Su Dingfang also sighed: "It doesn't matter if I have something, I have hurt Li Dongsheng now, and I really don't want to go." ”
"You're okay, with this military merit in the way, no matter how much punishment you are, it won't be much heavier. I'm really worried about Dongsheng. His family is in Chang'an, and if he is impeached for the crime of plotting against him, making firearms in private, and trying to rebel, it will be over. ”
"Is that an exaggeration? How could it be convicted of the crime of rebellion, and this firearm was offered by Li Dongsheng. Su Dingfang was surprised: "At most, it is concealed and not reported, and when the time comes, it will be said that the performance is not good and dare not report, otherwise it will be able to pass the test." ”
Li Ting stared at Su Dingfang for a long time before sneering: "I finally know why you can't be promoted for so many years, with your IQ as an official, being a big official is also the life of being killed by others." ”
Su Dingfang's face was flushed: "Okay, I know I can't do it, you tell me what is powerful inside." Suddenly, he paused, looked at no one around, and whispered to Li Ting: "Dongsheng doesn't really want to rebel, right?" ”
"What do you want? Dongsheng, he has a good life, but he can't rebel, how do you think about it. Does his personality look like he's going to rebel? Li Ting scoffed: "Why is this Dongsheng very dangerous, it is because of the lethality of the artillery, you see that this artillery kills so many people at once, such a powerful weapon is not in the hands of the emperor, do you think he is not restless?" ”
Su Dingfang thought for a while and said: "Then it can't be said that he has the intention of rebellion, everyone knows that Li Dongsheng doesn't want to come out to be an official at all, so he wants to live his own life behind closed doors." It's not fun to make him an official. ”
"That's what you think, and so do I. But that's not what the emperor thinks. Li Ting said gloomily: "Back then, I told him not to give any grenades to the imperial court, and he said that as long as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could die less on the battlefield, it would not be a big deal for him to be restrained." But you see, what did the emperor treat him like over the years, using him as a gunman, spending so much money and so much effort, what did he get in exchange? ”
Li Ting said angrily: "Look at his career for so many years, he has been suppressed by the family, and he can't show his talent. I have to endure the grievances. Dongsheng had already had the idea of going, and he wanted to live freely overseas. If he wants to rebel, why did he save you? When the Turkic and Tibetan coalition forces captured Chang'an, he would lead people to counterattack back with artillery, so who could say that he was wrong. ”
"But Li Dongsheng doesn't want to do this, he doesn't want his hands to be stained with the blood of the Tang Dynasty." Li Ting said excitedly: "This time, in order to save you, he has exhausted his hole cards, and now he is waiting for the court to deal with it!" ”
In the Lantian County Mansion of Chang'an City, Li Cheng and Li Dongsheng were having a serious conversation: "Do you really want to come to this point?" Is there no room for redemption, you also know that your mother and I are old, and I really don't want to die in a foreign country! ”
Li Dongsheng knows this kind of hometown love plot of the Han people, and the older he gets, the more difficult it is to leave his homeland, but now he can't help it: "No, you have to go this time, and you have to take the children and daughters-in-law together, so on the grounds of returning to the hometown to sweep the tomb, I will go to sea by boat when I leave Chang'an, and I will arrange where my aunt and sister are... ”
Looking at Li Cheng's nervous eyes, Li Dongsheng sighed and said: "Our uncle is a master of great achievement, and he has been trapped at home for more than ten years, I am only in my thirties, and Li Siwei is only in his teens, how can I let the child be locked in the house like this for decades?" ”
Seeing that Li Cheng's mood was a little relaxed, Li Dongsheng struck while the iron was hot: "Father, you know that this gunpowder matter can be big or small, but those families will definitely not let go of this opportunity, but you can imagine how many pieces of music will be played to impeach me as soon as the news reaches Chang'an, in case Your Majesty is moved, then the lives of our whole family... My Li family can't be cut off from us! ”
Speaking of his grandson, Li Cheng pondered for a while before saying, "Then we are leaving, what should you do?" Your Majesty must have known that we had absconded first, and you wouldn't be able to escape. ”
"I'm sure there's a way to go, don't worry!" Li Dongsheng finally persuaded his father, and he was happy in his heart: "We have a big base overseas, and when the time comes, we will go over and enjoy the blessings, and don't put our lives in the hands of others." ”