Chapter 264: King Gaochang is also here

After getting the news that Zhao Yi brought people back, Zhang Yunwen rushed to the reconnaissance camp as soon as possible.

"Damn, you bastard, you've been going for more than four months, and you don't even let out a fart in the middle, I still think you're dead!" Zhang Yunwen saw that Zhao Yi had brought back a hundred scouts intact, except for three who were unlucky enough to trip and hurt their feet while escaping, and when the other one was not broken, he couldn't help but be secretly happy, and immediately scolded Zhao Yi with a smile.

Zhao Yi smiled innocently: "Boss, I didn't see the sign of the Investigation Institute along the way, even if I wanted to pass the news, I don't know who to pass it on?" ”

Zhang Yunwen heard this, so he had no choice but to say: "Forget it! Lao Tzu won't grind with you for the time being, let's go and see how the brothers are doing! ”

After taking two steps, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "By the way, where is the king of Linyi Kingdom locked up by you?" ”

Zhao Yi pouted and said: "Lao Tzu thought that he could personally capture that Fan Touli in front of His Majesty, but who would have expected that soon after he was in the barracks, that Fan Touli would be taken away by the people of the Ministry of Rites!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled and patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Lao Zhao, you will not be missing a point for your credit!" ”

Zhao Yi nodded with satisfaction and stopped talking.

On the second day, Zhang Yunwen got up early in the morning. When Zhi Rou, who was lazily lying on the bed, asked him why he got up so early, Zhang Yunwen smiled and said: "Hehe, there is a good show to watch today, of course you have to go early!" ”

The good show in his mouth is that Li Shimin will question Fan Touli, the king of Linyi State, at today's court meeting.

Above the court meeting, the civil and military forces stood solemnly, and a majestic momentum permeated the entire hall.

As soon as Fan Touli entered the main hall, he bowed to Li Shimin, with a look of sincere fear on his face.

In one corner of the main hall stood envoys from all over the world. They all looked at Fan Touli in the hall with nervous expressions. Since the Tang Dynasty can capture the king of Linyi who is thousands of miles away, it can also capture its own king Khan.

"The person kneeling in the hall is Fan Touli, the king of Linyi Kingdom?" Li Shimin asked majestically and knowingly.

Fan Touli kowtowed and said, "It's the guilty minister!" ”

"Do you know why I invited you all the way from Linyi?"

"The sinner knows! This year, our country paid tribute, but the tribute was reduced, and the words were disrespectful. Therefore, His Majesty will arrest the guilty ministers and ask them in front of the guilty palace! Fan Touli replied to Li Shimin's question respectfully.

However, looking at his unfazed appearance, Zhang Yunwen could almost guess that this Fan Touli was probably still rehearsed under the guidance of those officials of the Ministry of Rites. This is probably another reason why those officials of the Ministry of Rites took Fan Touli away!

Although it was just an act, when I saw the frightened faces of those Tuyuhun and Western Turkic envoys, I knew that the effect of this scene was not bad.

Li Shimin didn't say anything next, but the officials of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites took turns to talk about the punishment of Fan Touli, which made the envoys next to him shocked.

After the ministers finished speaking, Li Shimin made a final verdict. I only heard him say: "This is the first offense of Nian'er, and Lin Yi has always been obedient, so he will not be severely punished Yu'er!" Will be captured with a slight warning. If you commit another offense, you will be punished severely! ”

Fan Touli hurriedly bowed his head and thanked him.

After this incident, the king of Linyi lived in Chang'an for a month, and when the weather gradually turned cold, and when the north wind was howling, the king, who had grown up in the tropics since childhood, could not stand the severe cold of Chang'an and asked to return to Linyi. Li Shimin readily agreed, and also sent a team of guards to protect him along the way. After returning to Linyi, the first thing Fan Touli did was to increase the New Year's gift to Datang, and he expressed his words and was extremely deferential.

After the incident in Linyi, the envoys of the countries treated the Tang Dynasty more and more respectfully.

The winter of the fourth year of Zhenguan soon came to Guanzhong with the howling north wind. Heavy snow fell overnight, and the green bamboos in the treetops were crushed by the snow at night, making a "crackling" sound. When I opened the door on the second day, I saw a vast expanse. In the courtyard, on the street, among the treetops, and on the rooftops of the houses, there was a thick layer of white snowflakes. Early risers run and play in the snow, and bursts of laughter and laughter echo across the snow.

Today's heavy snow spreads half a foot on the ground, and the north wind is cold, so Li Shimin directly announced the three-day boycott of the dynasty, and let the ministers handle their affairs in the yamen, and if there is a major or indecisive matter, it will be handed over to Li Shimin for decision.

Hearing the news, Zhang Yunwen was really happy for a while, saying that he didn't need to go to the court to be a stake. However, before his excitement passed, a palace attendant with a patch of snow on his head came to Zhang Yunwen's mansion, saying that His Majesty the Emperor had invited.

Zhang Yunwen had no choice but to pack up, change his clothes, and follow the waiter to Taiji Palace.

As soon as he arrived at Taiji Palace, he saw Tang Jian and several other officials of the Ministry of Rites sitting in the palace, and his heart was in a pang of heart. Tang Jian and the people of the Ministry of Rites are in charge of foreign affairs and have a lot of dealings with Fanbang.

was thinking about it, but Li Shimin said to Tang Jian with a smile: "Duke Ming, the general you want is here!" I really don't know what you think, there are many generals in the court, there are heroic, elegant, and handsome, why should the public choose Yunwen? ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Zhang Yunwen immediately understood that it was Tang Jian who was using himself as a coolie. At that moment, the eyes poked him fiercely, but the latter still replied to Li Shimin's words with a smile, and did not take Zhang Yunwen's eyes to heart at all. In this regard, Zhang Yunwen is also helpless.

I only heard Tang Jian say: "Your Majesty, the king of Gaochang is expected to enter Chang'an at noon tomorrow, and the old minister is scheduled to meet him at the city gate." As for the pomp and circumstance of this greeting, it is up to Your Majesty to decide! ”

It turned out that King Gaochang was going to Chang'an. This Tang Jian called himself, I'm afraid it's just for this!

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "If it is too shabby when greeting, how can I show the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, and then Lu Wentai will suspect that my Tang Dynasty treats me poorly." If the greeting gift is too heavy, I am afraid that the people will lose their money! Ming Gong, tell me, what should you do? ”

Tang Jian said: "If it is decided by the minister, the minister will definitely treat him with great courtesy!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he couldn't help but secretly despise Tang Jian, these people who engage in diplomacy like to make some vanity, and they don't think about whether the gains outweigh the losses. I think that when Emperor Yang of Sui met with the chiefs of the Western Regions and barbarians in Luoyang, he held a large-scale singing and dancing acrobatic performance on Duanmen Street, and the number of people performing alone was 18,000, which lasted for a month. If Tang Jian also wanted to have a grand welcome ceremony, I'm afraid he would do the same!

stepped forward in two steps and waved at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a way to show my prestige of the Tang Dynasty without working the people and money!" ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately rejoiced: "Oh? Yunwen has any ideas, tell me quickly! ”

Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "Your Majesty can send a thousand sharp soldiers, wearing bright armor, holding a long lance, hanging a horizontal sword from the waist, carrying a bow and arrows, and lined up to greet them at the city gate." With the majesty of my Tang Army, wouldn't it be able to show my Tang Tianwei? It was the Tang Army that was used, so how could it be said that the people were working and the money was lost? ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up. Tang Jian on the side also kept nodding his head.

"Good! That being the case, then I will give you a thousand, no, two thousand sharp soldiers, so that Lu Wentai can see the military might of my Tang Dynasty! Li Shimin said with a little excitement, "Hehe, Tang Aiqing, I began to understand why you didn't take the rest of the generals, but chose Yunwen!" You've really chosen the right person! ”

Although Gaochang Wang Lu Wentai will enter the city tomorrow, Zhang Yunwen will be ready today.

To Yulinwei received two thousand elite soldiers and horses, including one thousand infantry riders, and Su Dingfang happened to be among them. All of them are bright and shiny, and can be used as mirrors. And these thousands of people have been trained by Zhang Yunwen's "Infantry Drill Code", and they are acting in a uniform manner.

On the second day, Zhang Yunwen estimated that he came to the Yulinwei camp at the right time, and slowly walked out of the barracks with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and came to the Kaiyuan Gate in the west of the city.

When he got there, Tang Jian had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Zhang Yunwen coming, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a complaint: "Yunwen, why did you only arrive now?" It's been half a day since the old man arrived! ”

Zhang Yunwen laughed and said indifferently: "Isn't it noon yet?" ”

Tang Jian wanted to say something, but Zhang Yunwen turned around and sorted out the team.

Two thousand elite soldiers stood on both sides of the city gate, each with a thousand horses. The cavalry dismounted, took the reins of his horse, and stood with the foot soldiers. Zhang Yunwen stood next to Tang Jian, turned his head, and saw Su Dingfang, the leader of the cavalry, at a glance, and grinned at him, which was regarded as a greeting.

Time passed quickly, and it was noon, but the king of Gaochang, Lu Wentai, still did not appear, but rode a fast horse and kept reporting the location of the Gaochang mission.

"Report, the Gaochang Mission is still twenty miles away from here!"

"Report, the Gaochang Mission is still ten miles away from here!"

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Finally, two quarters of an hour after noon, the figure of Gaochang King Lu Wentai riding a tall horse finally appeared on the northwest horizon.

As if seeing the crowd that greeted him, Lu Wentai suddenly sped up and trotted up with a group of entourage officials.

Just when the Gaochang delegation was still a hundred steps away from Tang Jian and them, Zhang Yunwen shouted: "Lizheng!" ”

Only a sound of uniform footsteps was heard, and the two thousand soldiers suddenly stood with their heads held high, straight as pine, and their eyes did not squint. Suddenly, there was no sound outside the entire city gate except for the sound of Gaochang's horses' hooves.

Seeing this situation, Lu Wentai couldn't help but slow down his horse's pace again, riding his horse slowly, his eyes flickering and staring at the rows of neat and solemn Yulinwei.

When there were still about ten steps away from Tang Jian, Lu Wentai turned over and dismounted and walked towards Tang Jian.

This Lu Wentai has a high-nosed and deep-eyed face, and his complexion is fair, but his hair and eyes are black, and it seems that the blood of the Han people on his body is already very thin. He was dressed in a black fur coat, and I don't know what kind of animal it was, and he was draped in a white coat. Zhang Yunwen could see at a glance that the big cloth was made of white folded cloth, that is, cotton cloth.

"The barbarian small country of Lu Wentai has seen the envoy of the Celestial Empire!" Lu Wentai stopped five steps away from Tang Jian, bowed and saluted. His Chinese language was slightly stiff, but it sounded pleasing to the ear.

Tang Jian hurriedly replied: "The lord of the koji country is polite!" Tang Jian, the Taiqing of Honglu Temple, has been waiting for the lord of the country for a long time! Come on, Lord Koji, this way, please! ”

Accompanied by Tang Jian, Lu Wentai slowly walked towards the city gate. Walking all the way, he twisted his head from time to time, looked at the soldiers standing on both sides, and praised in his mouth: "The Tang Dynasty Army really deserves its reputation!" No wonder it was able to destroy the Eastern Turks and shock the world! It's not just the equipment, just looking at their behavior at this time, they are really elite divisions! ”

Tang Jian said with a smile: "These soldiers are just ordinary soldiers of my Tang Dynasty, and they can become elites, all thanks to the proper training of General Zhang Yunwen Zhang!" ”

Lu Wentai suddenly turned around and said with great interest: "Zhang Yunwen? I've heard of this name and have a lot of admiration for his deeds! If Lord Tang allows it, please introduce Xiao Wang! ”

Tang Jian laughed: "Where do you need any introduction, isn't General Zhang right in front of you?" ”