Chapter 297: The Scout Returns

Li Chengqian's excellence is recognized by history, and the history books record that Li Chengqian is "sensitive," "particularly sensitive," "abundant, virtuous, and pure," and Li Shimin likes him very much. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Yuan died of illness, and during the period of mourning, Li Shimin issued an edict ordering the crown prince to supervise the state and know about military affairs, but Li Chengqian "knew the general situation" and "was quite able to hear and judge", and did a very good job. In June, the courtiers implored Li Shimin to go to the court to listen to the government, and Li Shimin agreed, but "the details are still entrusted to the prince", and every time Li Shimin went out to patrol, the crown prince Li Chengqian stayed in Beijing to supervise the country.

It can be seen from this that Li Chengqian is very good, but Li Chengqian began to rebel as he grew older and suffered from foot disease. So Li Shimin "searched for virtue and virtue to assist the palace of the prince", and successively selected more than ten old ministers and famous ministers to serve as auxiliary ministers of the East Palace. However, these ministers ignored a very important point, that is, whether this kind of education method was suitable for Li Chengqian, and whether blind admonition could correct Chengqian's deviant behavior? Because looking at the exhortations of Yu Zhining, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu and others, we can find the common point - these three people are almost more sparse than the other, and the wording is more fierce than the other, and the words are sharper than the other, but in the end, they can't achieve the desired effect at all.

Li Chengqian just built a house, and Yu Zhining criticized him for being too luxurious; Li Chengqian had fun with the eunuchs, and Yu Zhining criticized him again, and even compared him to Qin II. In contrast, Kong Yingda is even more intense, as long as he feels that Li Chengqian has something wrong, he will immediately make a direct admonition, the prince's nursing mother, Mrs. Sui'an, once persuaded Kong Yingda, thinking that the prince is old, it is not appropriate to always criticize and blame in front of him, but Kong Yingda said that I do this "death without hatred", and the result is that "the admonition is too much, and Chengqian cannot accept it". As for Zhang Xuansu, it was even more admonishing all the time, and his words were so eager that Li Chengqian listened to him immediately, and it was even more conceivable what the result would be.

It can be said that the reason why Li Chengqian in history became what he was later and embarked on the road of no return to rebellion is that in addition to the internal cause of becoming suspicious due to foot disease, those ruthless ministers have an unshirkable responsibility.

thought that the history books were deliberately beautifying Li Chengqian's image, but after really getting along with him, Qin Feng found out that Li Chengqian was really a rare prince.

"Tomorrow we may withdraw to the Central Plains. You, Su Dingfang, Cheng Chumo, and Wei Chi Baoqing led the border army first. ”

"Something happened?" Li Chengqian's alert inquiry.

"I suspect that the Turks are waiting for us to be caught, and at the same time, I suspect that someone has leaked our whereabouts, so I had to change my plans halfway."

"Did you find out?" Li Chengqian was furious, and said in a hurry: "Which king did the good thing?" ”

"I can't find it out yet, and there is no evidence, so I can only wait for the news of the scouts to come tomorrow." Qin Feng didn't hide it, and told his speculation and preparations before leaving. However, the suspicion of the eldest grandson Wuji is categorically unspoken.

"Aimed at me, huh?" Suddenly, Li Chengqian was like a deflated ball, and he was a little sluggish to himself.

"Maybe it's you, maybe it's me." Qin Feng said this, and said with a smile: "Mu Xiu is in the forest, the wind will destroy it, I am sharp, maybe it is annoying to people, I don't know, after all, whether it is the imperial examination, the martial arts, or the rule of officials, I put it forward, and there are countless people who hate me." ”

"It doesn't matter what it is, it's all about tomorrow. I left as soon as the news was confirmed. Li Chengqian's eyes flashed with wisdom, and he asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I promised so simply, you won't think I'm afraid of death because of this, right?" ”

Qin Feng snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "The wisest choice, I'll be honest, it's just a burden for you to stay." I guess you think the same way. ”

Li Chengqian stared at Qin Feng speechlessly, even if you know that this is the case, you don't need to say it explicitly, this is too hurtful to people's self-esteem.

Qin Feng coughed lightly and said seriously: "The biggest shortcoming of my person is that I can't lie. ”

"Alright! I admit that you are the most honest person in the world. ”

Li Chengqian asked with a wry smile: "I asked everyone to prepare, and prepare to evacuate at any time." By the way, there are more than 130,000 people in the Wumeng tribe, and there are tens of thousands of young and strong people who can go to the battlefield. ”

"The soldiers are fine but not many, let's be honest with you. I still have lingering concerns about the determination of the border army, and if they disperse on the battlefield, it will be all over. ”

Li Chengqian groaned: "Your troops are too small, I will leave you with five hundred guards, they are all Xuanjia troops who followed my father to fight in the south and north, and they are the elite of the elite." It can be used as a sharp edge at critical moments. ”

"No!" Qin Feng refused: "The Xuanjia Army is known as the first army in the world, I don't doubt their combat effectiveness, but their tactics are different from the Tiger Army, and the tactics of the Tiger Army may not be able to give full play to their strength." Moreover, you also need them, we dare not guarantee that there will be no enemies on the way back to the army. ”

"That's fine. It's up to you. Li Chengqian is not a person who drags mud and water, and said: "If you really want to evacuate, you can just let people notify me." ”

"Take care!"

"I'll wait for you in Shuofang and go back to Gyeongju together." Li Chengqian slapped Qin Feng on the shoulder.

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"General Qiyu, the scout is back."

Qin Feng stayed up all night waiting for the news of the scouts, and the waves of scouts he sent out overnight didn't come back for a long time, which made his mind a little heavier: this didn't come back, it was very likely that something happened and he couldn't come back. This means that the Turks are really coming.

If the Turks really came, Qin Feng found that he couldn't do anything before he got the exact news, and a feeling of being out of play rose in his heart.

Except for the soldiers on patrol and the guards who delivered the news, everyone else had already sent him to rest, and he sat alone in the military tent to practice internal skills.

waited until the sky was bright, and Su Dingfang, Luo Tong, Xue Rengui, Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baoqing, and Fang Yiai also came over early.

At this time, when they heard the news that the scout had returned, everyone was shocked in vain, and Qin Feng hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite him in!" ”

The scout walked into the tent with some trepidation, and the curtain fell.

The light was dim, and the air was moist and dreary. Looking at the man in front of him, he was a little excited: "Idol! He has been in the army for more than a year, but this is the first time he has been in contact with an idol so closely.

Qin Feng is not very old, he is only seventeen years old this year. He did not rely on his family background, nor did he rely on anyone's support. stunned by his personal ability, step by step to ascend to the position of general. His deeds could almost be published in an inspirational legendary novel.

The Tang Dynasty was still martial, and almost all young people nowadays took Qin Feng as their goal, as a role model driving force in life, and regarded him as the idol of the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the dew that wet the clothes all over the body, and the dew on the hair and eyebrows, as well as the scars on the face that are not deep or shallow, Qin Feng is very pleased, Datang has such a fearless soldier, why worry about the injustice of the world?

Ancient scouts are the same as scouts, they are fighting on the front line of the truth, doing the most dangerous and hard things, and even sacrificing hundreds of people in order to collect a small piece of intelligence, so Qin Feng is very respectful and grateful to the scouts.

Looking at the idol close at hand, the scout really couldn't control his emotions.

"Brother has worked hard, you don't have to be nervous, I'm not a man-eating tiger, there's nothing to be afraid of!"

Qin Feng made a little joke, when he was in Chang'an, he vaguely felt the admiration of the young man, and also knew that he was the "idol" in the hearts of some people, inexplicably he had a prestige that was not weaker than others among the young soldiers, and saw that the scout had a kind of excitement and nervousness when fans met idols, so he relieved the tension with jokes.

The scout's psychological quality and self-control ability were much stronger than those of ordinary soldiers, and this person recovered in a moment, he took a deep breath and saluted: "The last general has seen the general. General Su, General Luo, General Cheng, General Wei Chi, General Xue, General Fang. From the level of his position, he saluted Qin Feng, Su Dingfang, Luo Tong, Xue Rengui, Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baoqing, and Fang Yiai one by one.

"No need to be polite at this very moment. Tell me, what did you find on this inspection? Has the Umeng tribe moved, and is there any other army nearby? Qin Feng was full of energy when he spoke, but he looked a little tired. This time the game is bigger, and the current situation is very delicate, even Qin Feng has become sentimental and has difficulty sleeping.

The scout arched his hand and said: "Back to the general's words, the last general has indeed found out the whereabouts of the Turks. However, it was not from the Umeng tribe, but from the army of Jieli Khan. They are in the northeast of our army, more than a hundred miles away, and they are also a hundred miles away from the Wumeng tribe. At present, they are camping and resting, and the layout of their barracks and the direction of their troops are our army. At the same time, they rode out in all directions, and I saw with my own eyes that they had cleared out even the Turkic scouts, and the purpose of the other party was obvious, that is, to hide their whereabouts and prepare to take advantage of the fishermen. ”

"As expected!" This thought flashed through Qin Feng's heart, and he asked again, "How many sergeants are there?" ”

"40,000 elite men."

"How can you be sure?"

The scout said unhurriedly: "The last general forced the other party to confess to the eight scouts, and the number of answers was the same, so the last general dared to guarantee that the other party's number would not be wrong." ”

Su Dingfang, Luo Tong, Xue Rengui, Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baoqing, Fang Yiai and other six people gasped and exhaled lowly.

It wasn't because of this number, their surprise came from Qin Feng's intuition.

Last night, Qin Feng called them over and said that he was suspicious. Because there is no definite evidence, doubt is always suspicion. In fact, Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baoqing, and Fang Yiai, who learned the news, thought that Qin Feng had one more Li Chengqian this time and was too careful. Now that they hear that the Turks are really coming, none of them are calm. For Qin Feng, they all had a strange and warm gaze. (To be continued.) )