Chapter 120: Good News Enters Beijing
Asking to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, there are several cases almost every year, the surrounding neighboring countries such as Xue Yantuo, Tuyuhun, Western Turks, and even Japan have sent envoys to propose, Li Shimin once had the illusion that he was a dog, and he gave a litter of puppies, and the neighbors were worried about it, today you take one away, tomorrow he will hold one and go, marrying the Tang princess is fashionable for a while......
Look at the Tibetan envoy in front of him, the two countries fought in Songzhou, but Chang'an City was singing the phoenix, the first two marriage proposals, Li Shimin may be regarded as a trivial matter, or a joke laughed off, but this time, Tubo occupied Songzhou, slaughtered thousands of Tang people, and the Tang army could not be captured for a long time, the news was transmitted back to Chang'an, Li Shimin was so angry that he didn't eat for two days, at this juncture, the Tubo envoy actually came to propose again, this time Li Shimin couldn't be regarded as a joke, he clearly felt that this was a provocation by Songtsan Gampo, one might even say a threat!
The silence in the hall was abnormal, and only the sound of Li Shimin snorting and panting could be heard.
"Occupy my city, slaughter my people, and ask me to marry a princess?" Li Shimin asked with a gloomy face.
The Tibetan envoy said without humility or arrogance: "The people, the grass mustard, the hero swept the world, why not care about the grass?" When the spring breeze is born again, the grass mustard will be green again, if Your Majesty Xià agrees to the invitation of Zampu, I Zampu is willing to return to Songzhou, and send 10,000 cattle and sheep, and 1,000 horses as a gift. ”
Li Shimin's anger suddenly rose to the peak, he slapped the low case in front of the couch heavily, stood up, brushed his sleeves and said angrily: "You don't have to return it!" Occupy my city, and I will go and get it back! ”
In the face of Li Shimin's anger, the Tubo envoy was not flustered, and said with a calm smile: "Forgive your subordinates for being presumptuous, the Tang army has been attacking the city for half a month, and Songzhou is still in the hands of my Tubo......"
"Bold!"
"Dog slaves don't know whether they live or die!"
Not only Li Shimin, but also the ministers of civil and military affairs in the palace were angry. They all jumped out and pointed at the Tibetan envoy and scolded.
Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin and other famous generals were even more ashamed, kneeling in the hall, their necks were beating violently, and they begged hoarsely to lead the troops to Songzhou.
When the main hall was in an uproar, the Tibetan envoy stood in the hall but smiled slightly. A smile was full of pride, and then he closed his eyes, looking completely outside.
Li Shimin gritted his white teeth with a mouthful, and the murderous intent flashed in his eyes, if it weren't for the stinky rule of not cutting the envoy, this Tibetan envoy would have been ordered by him to chop into 10,000 pieces.
"All silent!" Li Shimin threw his sleeves and shouted, and the uproar in the hall suddenly fell silent.
Staring at the Tibetan envoy, Li Shimin said word by word: "Tibetan envoy, you can hear me clearly." Tang Songzhou, I will definitely take it back, and if you slaughter the people of the Tang Dynasty, I will repay it ten times more! ”
There was no wind in the hall, but the Tubo envoy clearly felt a fierce wind like a blade blowing in his face, and a layer of goosebumps involuntarily appeared on his body, looking at the Tang Emperor in the hall with red eyes like a trapped beast, staring at him viciously. The messenger was stunned, but he did not dare to say another word.
The silence of the hall was broken by the sound of hurried footsteps.
The figure of the eunuch has not yet appeared. From afar, I heard him shouting with joy and delight: "Songzhou good news!" Songzhou is a good news! ”
The civil and military forces in the hall all stood up with a bang, and the Tibetan envoy's eyes widened, and he turned his head to look outside the hall in disbelief.
Li Shimin didn't care about his demeanor anymore, and ran towards the palace gate.
As soon as the panting eunuch appeared outside the palace gate, he saw Li Shimin standing at the door, staring at him like a cannibal.
The eunuch was terrified. Hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, please forgive the slave and maid for the crime of losing honor in the forbidden palace......"
"Don't talk nonsense, tell me quickly, what's wrong with Songzhou?" Li Shimin said viciously.
Only then did the eunuch dare to raise his head and said: "When Hou Jun, the chief administrator of Midao, gathers eight hundred miles of good news, the second day of August in the eleventh year of Zhenguan." The Tang Dynasty soldiers conquered Songzhou, this battle killed more than 50,000 enemy soldiers in Tubo, more than 40,000 people in Tubo's 200,000 army broke and fled, and the remaining 100,000 all surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, and Songzhou City has been recovered! ”
The minister in the hall was stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and laughed, the depressed and gloomy hall just now is like a spring breeze thawing, and everything is as warm as recovery.
In the laughter of the hall, only Li Shimin turned his head and looked at the Tibetan envoy with gloomy eyes.
The Tibetan envoy looked at the eunuch outside the palace in shock, and said in a lost voice: "This is impossible!" My 200,000 Tibetan troops defend the city, how can a mere 50,000 Tang troops break the city? ”
The eunuchs outside the hall also gave Li Shimin a face, and when he heard this, he quickly held the book with both hands, and said: "Here is the head of Hou Junji's eight hundred miles of good news, and there is also a letter of surrender of the Tibetan defenders, please read it." ”
Li Shimin took the good news, read it quickly, and then ...... Look up to the sky and laugh.
"Tubo envoy, Songtsan Gampo wants to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin suddenly asked after laughing.
The ministers in the hall burst into laughter. An ordinary sentence, spoken in the current situation, contains countless malice,
The Tibetan envoy's face was pale, and he was stunned for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and bowed down: "Your Majesty...... The subordinates resigned to His Majesty the Emperor. ”
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On the grass outside the Shanshui Pond Pavilion of Taiji Palace, a row of small black clay pots are placed on a low table, which is inconspicuous and even a little ugly.
A captain who had come from Songzhou stood respectfully at the low table, not daring to breathe when he lowered his head.
Li Shimin stared at this row of small clay pots suspiciously, and said, "Is this gadget helping my Tang Dynasty recover Songzhou?" ”
"Hui Majesty, exactly."
Li Shimin didn't seem to believe it, and Niu Jinda's table xiàn, curled his fingers and flicked the small clay pot, and muttered while looking at it: "What kind of ...... is this?"
"Your Majesty, be careful, this thing is very domineering, Songzhou City is strong, but my Tang soldiers only spent hundreds of small cans to bring Songzhou into the palm of their hands."
Li Shimin's eyes shone brightly, and he smiled: "Is it so powerful? Here, give me a try. ”
The lieutenant hesitated, but still carefully picked up the clay pot, respectfully asked Li Shimin to leave more than ten zhang, and covered his ears.
Li Shimin smiled, before he ascended the throne, he also fought in the south and the north, what wind and waves have he not seen? The dignified emperor is afraid of a small jar?
The lieutenant had no choice but to set the clay pot on fire and throw it forward.
Rumble!
The ground shook and the mountains shook, the guards behind Li Shimin were shocked, and drew their swords to surround him in the middle, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the distance of the attic were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and hugged their heads and screamed, and the courtyard was full of wolves.
Li Shimin's smile stiffened, staring blankly at the grass that had been blasted out of a big crater in the distance, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Ignoring the surrounding movements, Li Shimin slowly walked to the side of the big pit, carefully pulled out a few sharp pieces of broken iron from the grass, and then gasped again.
After being silent for a long time, Li Shimin said solemnly: "The good news only says how to break Songzhou, but the words are unknown, this thing ...... Who made it? ”
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ps: I'm sorry, I really overslept...... This chapter counts as yesterday's ...... (To be continued......)