Chapter 710: Emperor Collapse
Lu Dongzan was so angry that he almost beheaded all the generals who guarded the grain and grass, and if it weren't for Kriman's desperate resistance, these people would have been killed.
Lu Dongzan, who calmed down, sat on the ground decadently, defeated like a mountain, what majesty does he need now?
Some of the generals of the small countries simply ignored him, did not come to join him, but simply withdrew their troops, retreating into the depths of the vast grassland, they were frightened by this battle.
"Xiangye, there is a way that a temporary victory or defeat is not enough to talk about heroes, you must cheer up, otherwise who should we rely on for so many soldiers?" Seeing Lu Dongzan's expression in a trance, Ke Liman knelt in front of him and said sadly.
Lu Dongzan showed a bitter smile, then stood up and cheered up and said, "Don't worry, Benxiang has been hit a lot over the years, and the defeat is expected." It's just that the problem of grain and grass is beyond its own expectations, but what is it? It's a big deal. β
He looked at the chaotic scene, and said calmly, "Pass the order, collect the remnants of the troops, and the necessary grain and grass will be supplied by my Tubo, and anyone who intends to return to the country will be treated as deserters, and there will be no forgiveness for killing them." β
"Xiangye, this is not appropriate, right? I am afraid that such a strong force will cause all countries to be separated from our Tibet, not to mention that so much grain and grass is difficult to raise for a while, so it is better for us to negotiate with the Turks to form an alliance again! β
Keriman almost cried, he felt that Lu Dongzan was really angry, and actually said two such unwise orders in a row.
"You man! Everything is fine, but the eye sockets are too shallow to see the root of the problem. Now that we are defeated, it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to let us go, all the countries are grass on the wall, if they are allowed to leave, the first thing they will do after returning to China is to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and the above table accuses me of Tubo and coercing the countries to commit the Tang Dynasty. β
Lu Dongzan sneered and said, this time let the countries see the strength of the Tang Dynasty again, they only hate the original switch to Tubo, and will never hate the Tang Dynasty for killing their soldiers.
"How can they do this? If they weren't aggressive, would we be attacking Dingxiang City like this? Keriman shouted angrily, he knew that Lu Dongzan would not be untargeted, and those people were very likely to be so shameless.
"It's just a matter of becoming a king or losing a villain, the world is like this, what are you excited about? As for the Turks," Lu Dongzan shook his head before continuing, "They are still dreaming! I thought that Datang was a state of etiquette, and thought that as long as they didn't offend Datang, Datang wouldn't do anything to them, but I didn't know that Datang was an evil dragon now, as long as what he fancied was his. β
"But the country can't raise so much grain and grass for a while!"
"I went to the Turks to buy it, and this time the Turks picked up a big bargain." Lu Dongzan said in annoyance, he originally thought that his teammate was a dragon, but he didn't think that his teammate was a sow dragon, or that kind of thing that would eat.
On the other side, Chai Shao's hands trembled several times with excitement when he wrote the recital, and in the end he could only ask Jun Sima to write it for him. With less than 10,000 casualties, he annihilated nearly 100,000 enemies and burned countless enemy grain and grass.
At this messy moment, such a big victory was needed too much to appease people's hearts, so when the news of the big victory came back to Chang'an, the court was boiling.
After seven years of silence, the emperor was critically ill and suffered a rebellion from the prince, so it is not an exaggeration to say that people were panicked.
As soon as Chai Shao's recital came up, Li Chengqian immediately took the recital to report the good news to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin's mind was no longer at the moment, but he was calm, and said with a smile that this brother-in-law did not embarrass him, and ordered the whole country to celebrate together, and he couldn't help but sleep for three days.
Li Chengqian's reaction to see Li Shimin so calm was both happy and uncomfortable. He hated himself for forgetting that his father could not be happy and sorrowful, and he was uncomfortable with an emperor who tied life and death to an ethereal elixir.
After another ten days, Li Shimin, who had not seen the court meeting for a long time, was alone. The appearance of the gon costume on the Taiji Hall, he regarded this day as a good day for his rebirth, and it was not surprising that he was wearing a dress to worship the heavens.
There were many important ministers in the palace, and Cheng Biting Jin, who was wrapped in white cloth, and Wei Chigong, who had only one leg, also asked them to carry them to the palace, and each of them looked solemnly at the great emperor on the dragon chair.
Li Chengqian's side stood Xiao Jumper, who was holding a crown dress in his hand, which was an order from Li Shimin. If he dies of poison, he will immediately let the crown prince ascend the throne and become emperor.
"I have inherited the great unification, trembling, diligent, lest the people not be able to live and work in peace and contentment, twenty years are like a day. However, I don't think about it, I know that the limit has come.
The truth of this golden pill is unknown, if I am poisonous, then the prince will inherit the unification and be the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he will need to be diligent and thrifty and love the people.
The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Zhijie, and Wei Zheng were auxiliary ministers, and hundreds of officials should also govern diligently and assist the new emperor in governing the world. β
Li Shimin said intermittently, the hall was quiet, except for Li Shimin's heavy breathing and hoarse voice, no sound could be heard.
"Cai Cong, the free prince, come forward!"
Li Shimin waved to Cai Cong as he spoke, and Cai Cong hurriedly walked up.
"I don't know what to say about you anymore, I couldn't stand you back then, but if I was wrong, I was wrong, I was supreme, and I was right to be wrong.
You are full of dissatisfaction with me in and out of Beijing this time, and I don't blame you. I just want to ask you, is it okay to be crowned king? β
As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, hundreds of officials were in an uproar, what does the emperor mean by this?
"The minister has no dissenting intentions, if the king can make His Majesty feel at ease, then the minister will gladly accept the order!"
Cai Cong hugged his fists and said very solemnly, there are some relatives in his heart, when he comes to the end of his life, he will always have some naΓ―ve thoughts, so there is still the heroic decisiveness of his youth? They all want to arrange a broad road for future generations.
Li Shimin nodded silently, and then said to Li Chengqian: "Li Zhi, that animal is not to worry about, what I regret the most in this life is that my hands are stained with the blood of my brother, I hope that the prince can promise me to save the life of the rebel." β
"My father has a decree, and my sons should obey it, and in the future, when the rebellion is quelled, I demoted the ninth brother to a commoner, and gave him a mansion so that he could die."
Li Chengqian said with red eyes, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, looked at the golden pill in the jade box, and couldn't help laughing and said heroically, "In this way, I will have no worries, all the ministers, if I take the first step, then you and I will go to the underworld to conquer the world again, if I am lucky enough not to die, I will lead the monarchs to lay a big territory." β
After saying that, Li Shimin stood up suddenly, picked up the golden pill and wanted to put it in his mouth, but when the golden pill was not put into his mouth, Li Shimin's eyes burst out, his face turned red, he stumbled forward two steps and rolled down the steps with a crooked body.
The golden pill rolled not far from him, and everyone was taken aback and hurriedly ran over, only to find that Li Shimin had died of anger.
Li Chengqian burst into tears, he picked up the gold pill on the ground and stuffed it into Li Shimin's mouth, hoping that Li Shimin would come back to life.
Cai Cong felt that everything was so abrupt, he was ready to watch Li Shimin bleed to death in seven holes, who would have thought that Li Shimin would die of anger at the last moment and end up blind?
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