Hou Junji, who was covered in blood and dust, was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Shimin: "The emperor wants to review the Flying Tiger Army?" ”

Li Shimin nodded. Hou Junji said in a deep tone: "They are all here. ”

As soon as Li Shimin raised his head, he couldn't help but be stunned, only to see eleven people standing behind Hou Junji, all covered in blood.

Li Shimin asked: "Are they the only ones left?" Hou Junji's face twitched a few times, nodded and couldn't help squatting on the ground anymore, crying "wow".

The ministers, generals, and guards behind Li Shimin wept one after another, only Li Shimin clenched his teeth, and not a single tear fell, he stretched out his hand and patted the blood-stained armor on Hou Junji's back twice and said: "What are you crying about, stand up, it's eleven people, and I will also review them." ”

Hou Junji stood up, looked at his own soldiers, and shouted at his hoarse throat: "Get on the horse, line up, and ask the Son of Heaven to proofread!" ”

Several pro-soldiers struggled to get on their horses, and there were two people holding a wounded pro-soldier, the pro-soldier had a broken arm, one foot stepped on the saddle, but the other foot could not step up, Li Shimin stepped forward and helped him up with his own hands.

The wounded soldier burst into tears of emotion.

Li Shimin got on his horse and led the ministers to walk in front of these eleven people, with a solemn expression.

After the proofreading, Li Shimin whipped and pointed to the north: "It is said that Jieli Iron Cavalry is brave and invincible, look at you, I want to say that the truly invincible warriors are under the banner of my Tang Dynasty, with your loyalty, this country will definitely become strong!" Speaking of this, Li Shimin turned his face away and looked at the vast earth, and only flames erupted from his eyes. Behind him, a military flag was blown by the wind.

At dawn the next day, the reinforcements of Chai Shao, Zhang Liang and others arrived, and at dusk, tens of thousands of cavalry from Jingzhou to the south also entered the rear of the Jieli army, and the hearts of the ministers calmed down a lot.

But soon, there was disturbing news again, and Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an, and Li Youliang, the king of Changle, all rebelled.

Obviously, these founding remnants want to take advantage of the opportunity of the Jieli army to make a comeback.

The introspective atmosphere in the book was solemn, and Li Shimin sat on the chair, as if he had not completely recovered from the grief of losing his beloved concubine and the blame for himself.

Fan Xin and several ministers stood aside, their expressions anxious and grim.

Li Shimin thought about it for a long time, and said to Feng Deyi with a gloomy face: "You quickly send someone across the river to pass the decree, let Wei Chi Jingde take 50,000 people from Jingzhou to the south to attack Li Yuan, and then pass on the message to let Sun Shunde, the general of the Right Xiaowei, lead 30,000 troops to block Li Xiaochang and Li Youliang." ”

Feng Deyi was stunned: "Your Majesty, there are still 200,000 iron cavalry from Ashina's department outside the city, and I finally looked forward to reinforcements, and I was still overstretched to deal with Jieli, where is there still enough strength to quell the chaos?" ”

Li Shimin said: "I already have a way to deal with Jieli. I'm going to borrow two troops to help us deal with Jie. ”

Feng Deyi asked: "I don't know who the emperor wants to borrow troops?" Who can be Jieli's opponent at the moment? ”

Li Shimin looked at everyone and spit out two words: "Tuli!" King of Chu"

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

Li Shimin continued: "Have you thought about it? Jieli's front team insisted on finishing the Longxi Trail in five days, but Tuli and others in the back team walked for eight or nine days, why is this? After Qi Bi He Li and Tuli arrived outside Chang'an City, they did not move, why is this? ”

Feng Deyi groaned and said: "What does the emperor mean, Tuli and the others are not of the same heart as Jieli? ”

Li Shimin stood up: "The rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, Tuli and Qi Bi He Li used to be heroes on the grassland, if Jieli really swept the Central Plains, their death will not be far away." ”

Immediately the situation in the temple came alive.

But Feng Deyi was puzzled, "Why did the emperor say that there were two strange soldiers, and one was the king of Chu?" Feng Deyi was very proud when he said this, he is now a person from Li Ke's side, although he didn't express his position, but he just thinks that he is Li Ke's side!

"Ke'er has given me too many surprises, I hope he can surprise me once!"

Feng Deyi volunteered to go to the Tuli camp, knew the benefits, and persuaded him to retreat.

This moved Li Shimin a lot, and he was about to speak, but Fan Xin stood up and pointed out that the method of sending lobbyists was not feasible, and Li Shimin asked him why. Fan Xin took a step forward and lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, Jieli governs the army with iron and blood, kills people like hemp, and his minions are all over the camp, how can Lord Feng enter the Hu camp and see Tuli?" Taking a step back, even if Lord Feng sees Tuli, does Tuli dare to openly withdraw from the army? Jieli is looking for a way to deal with him, will he give someone a handle? ”

Feng Deyi said without yin or yang: "Then what is your high opinion? ”

Fan Xin arched his hand: "It's better to send an envoy to bring something and go directly to Jieli!" ”

Li Shimin asked, "What is it?" ”

Fan Xin said: "All the treasures in the Datang Treasury! ”

As soon as Fan Xin's words came out, Li Shimin's face changed.

Feng Deyi saw it in his eyes and sneered: "Hmph, after going around for a long time, you want the emperor to use the treasure to buy Tongjieli!" As a Tang Chen, can you think of such a shameless idea? ”

Li Shimin slammed his palm on the table and roared: "Good you Fan Xin!" No wonder some people call you a dog minion, your bones are cheap enough! I am a hero, I can die standing up, never live on my knees! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly reprimanded Fan Xin and said: "Fan Xin, the emperor asked you to praise the military plane, what are you doing so far, don't retreat!" As he spoke, he glanced at Fan Xin again and again. Fan Xin pretended not to see it, and knelt down to admonish Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that the most difficult thing for people to live in the world is to bow their heads. However, if you want to achieve great things, don't you learn to bow your head? The situation is so dangerous, if the emperor refuses to bow his head temporarily, what will be the result? In the end, not only will you lose more face, but this great river and mountain will also be lost! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin's heart was shocked, his eyes fell on the map, and he fell into thought. The eldest grandson Wuji felt the loosening of Li Shimin's expression, and said to Fan Xin: "But you don't want to think about it, Jieli is here to compete with the emperor for the world, can the treasures of the Tang Dynasty buy him?" ”

Fan Xin turned his face and replied, "Of course, these treasures can't buy Jieli, but they can buy those tribal leaders under him." Jieli's cavalry comes from eighteen tribes, with different thoughts, most of them belong to Jieli for a long time, as long as the emperor takes out all the treasures and hands them over to Jieli, then Chang'an will become a fleshless bone, with this righteous reason, without our persuasion, Tuli, Qibi He Li These people will naturally stand up and retreat north, and the emperor's strategy of borrowing enemy soldiers to withdraw can not be realized? ”

The two sang and harmonized, in fact, it was said to the emperor and the ministers. Li Shimin began to pace around the hall, and it was obvious that Fan Xin's opinion moved him. After walking a few steps, he stopped, looked back at Feng Deyi and said, "Deyi, what do you think?" ”

Feng Deyi arched his hand: "This is going to leave an infamy, please think twice." He said so, but he knew in his heart that this was the only prescription he could try right now.

Li Shimin walked out and said, "Rong Zhen think again, think again!" ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps next to him, and Feng Deyi led Cen Wenwen over.

Feng Deyi said: "Your Majesty, this is the newly appointed History Museum to revise the Cen text. ”

Cen Wenwen hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Li Shimin: "The minister has seen the emperor. This was the first time he had seen the man today, and his heart was pounding.

Li Shimin glanced at him and said: "Since you are a historian, you must have read a lot of history books, you can tell me whether I should withdraw from Jieli Nagong now." ”

Cen Wenwen replied without thinking: "The minister thinks it should be." How noble is the life of Goujian, the king of Yue, in order to defeat Qiang Wu, he had to enslave Yan and his knees for a whole ten years, and take out the best treasures and the most beautiful women in the country to worship the enemy, which is humiliating enough, but the final winner is him! ”

Li Shimin playfully read Cen Wenwen's words and asked, "If I really do this, how will future generations evaluate me?" ”

Cen Wenwen said: "If the emperor can be brave and brave, make great efforts, and finally defeat a strong enemy, future generations will regard this period of history as a beautiful talk like Gou Jian's lying down and tasting courage; However, if the emperor's dream of becoming a strong country cannot be realized, or even in the future, the land will fall and the world will fall apart, then this will be the beginning of the fall of the king of a dead country, and future generations will compare the saint with Liu Chan, the queen of Shu! ”

Li Shimin was taken aback, with a hesitant expression on his face, he looked at Cen Wenwen and asked, "Can you not remember this one?" ”

Cen Wenwen asked rhetorically: "Can't the emperor be sure that he will become the Holy Lord of Zhongxing in the future, or the king of the fallen country?" ”

Li Shimin looked at the sky and said for a long time: "I am facing a country full of holes, just like standing in this vast night, the road in front of me is shrouded in darkness, how can I see through the future, so I want you not to record this matter first." ”

Cen Wenwen arched his hand: "Please forgive the emperor, Weichen is a historian, and the minister cannot leave a curved pen in the history." ”

Feng Deyi hurriedly said to Cen Wenwen: "Since the emperor has spoken, why can't you be accommodating?" ”

Cen Wenwen said in a tough tone: "It is the rule of historians to write the history of the rule of law in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sima Qian does not hesitate to endure corruption for this, if you must be accommodating, please find someone to replace the lower official." ”

Feng Deyi rolled up his sleeves and pointed at Cen Wenwen and said, "Alas, I said why are you so brainless!" ”

Li Shimin glanced at Feng Deyi and signaled him not to accuse Cen Wenwen, Feng Deyi closed his mouth, and Li Shimin then said to Cen Ben: "You are not afraid of death?" Cen Wenwen replied: "Of course the minister is afraid of death. But even more afraid of violating the state system! ”

Li Shimin's face changed, and he said angrily: "Okay, I won't let you violate the state system!" I have made up my mind, tomorrow I will pour all the treasures in the treasury to retreat the Hu soldiers, you can remember it as it is, and write this down in the history books, and I will have no way to retreat, but to go forward until this dying country can stand up! With such a big burden pressing, it may not be a bad thing for a monarch, he can only try to do it! ”

Cen Wenwen's eyes were moist, and a sense of respect rose in his heart, and he shouted respectfully: "Your Majesty! ”