Chapter 87: King Qin bowed his head
Li Chengzong stood up and took two steps tightly, and when he saw Li Xiuning holding a knife on his neck, he shouted, "What do you mean?" Isn't it a threat of death? Hurry up and put it down for me. ”
"Pingyang hurry up and put it down." Chai Shao knew that Li Xiuning would never pretend, if she did anything, she would definitely play it for real. The knife made the flesh bleed, it was blood, and if it went any deeper, it would be fatal.
"Auntie, please don't kill them, if you have to die, I can do it for them." Li Xiuning knelt in front of Li Chengzong as he spoke.
"Crazy" Li Chengzong scolded in his heart, how can there be such a person, sacrificing his life for righteousness, this is too exaggerated.
"Promise, don't kill them, you put down the knife first." Li Chengzong is also fooling, if Li Xiuning really dies in front of him, how can he explain it to the people of the world! Although I don't care about my reputation, I don't want to be poked in the back for some reason. In the future, I don't know how to pass it on in this wild history, the emperor's grandson Li Chengzong brutalized his aunt Li Xiuning, despicable, shameless, cold-blooded and ruthless, which he can't stand.
Li Xiuning is not stupid, backsliding is this nephew's strength, if he says something that cannot be believed, he must sit down to believe it, so he said: "You have to tell the world in the name of the emperor's grandson."
"Then you have to put down the knife first, you won't be able to finish it in a while, not three or five days or ten days and a half months!" Li Chengzong said and motioned to Wang Yang to think of a way, and glanced at Wang Yang.
Wang Yang thought about it, but Li Xiuning's position was a little far away from him. There is also the fact that Li Xiuning is not an ordinary woman, and it is very difficult for you to use something to knock out the knife in her hand, and the only feasible thing is to step forward and take it down.
Li Xiuning said: "Then call the ministers of civil and military affairs in Chang'an, and you tell them first."
"You're so smart!" Li Chengzong is going crazy.
Li Chengzong turned his head to look at Wang Yang, Wang Yang shook his head, that means I can't either.
Chai Shao said: "Your Highness, what should I do!"
"When they entered the palace, even the emperor called me." Li Chengzong was also anxious.
There was still a queue of royal relatives and high-ranking officials of the court outside the East Palace, and when they saw more than a dozen fast horses galloping away, they didn't understand what was going on! Zhu Bajie came over panting and welcomed everyone into the palace.
Li Xiaogong inquired about Zhu Bajie and hurriedly ran out to inform Li Shentong.
"Princess Pingyang is so bold! He dared to blackmail the emperor's grandson Li Chengzong, so she was not afraid that Li Chengzong would kill her in a fit of anger?" Li Shentong listened to the news brought by Li Xiaogong, and his scalp suddenly tingled, it was too scary.
Li Xiaogong didn't think so, but he was worried about the situation in the East Palace, so he hurriedly urged: "Hurry up and go, I don't know what's going on in the East Palace."
"Let's go, hurry, it's a big deal." Li Shentong thought to himself that this matter was too big.
Li Yuan in the palace was so anxious that he almost lost his breath, but fortunately, there was a doctor by his side.
"Quick, go to the East Palace." Saying that, Li Yuan struggled to get up, Xue Wanche shook his head and lifted him up, it was too hard to watch him struggle like this.
A piece of Wuyang and Wuyang are a little more lively than the court in the past. Li Chengzong's promise that he would never kill Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng made everyone quarrel.
"Pingyang, why are you so stupid, put down the knife first." Li Yuan was already hoarse, but his voice was not loud.
"Father, the son's unfilial piety has worried you." Li Xiuning said and stood up slowly, but his eyes were still staring at Li Chengzong, not daring to be careless.
Li Chengzong said: "Look at what I'm doing, everyone is together, and I have said this, you should make enough trouble."
Chai Shao hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the knife down, and wanted to ask Li Chengzong for guilt, but he didn't expect Li Chengzong to turn around and leave.
Zhu Bajie shouted: "Your Excellency, let's get here today, Your Highness is tired."
Chai Shao took Li Xiuning and wanted to leave quickly, but Yin Qiu coldly stopped in front and said, "Princess Pingyang is better to stay in the East Palace."
"You go back first!" Li Xiuning had expected that Li Chengzong would not let her out of the palace, so she was not surprised.
"I'll still accompany you, I won't be here either" Chai Shao didn't continue to speak when he saw Yin Qiu.
"It's going to be fine, Your Highness won't let me die, you do your thing." Li Xiuning said and followed Yin Qiu.
Pei Lin and Xiao Yu and Li Chengzong's group of henchmen, one by one, they are in a hurry.
"Your Highness, it would be very unwise not to kill them!"
"Tigers are more dangerous than tigers."
Anyway, everyone said that it must be killed. Their life is simply the destruction of their own spirit, and everything in this world is unpredictable, and they must be cut to the roots.
Li Chengzong said: "I didn't say I wouldn't kill, what are you excited about."
Pei Lin said: "What does Your Highness mean is that it is not wrong to kill?"
Nodding, Li Chengzong said: "When they die, can anyone still settle accounts with me because of their rebellion?"
Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness is blatantly distrusting the ministers, I'm afraid it's not good!"
"You can't say that, you don't have to do big things. If Liu Bang hadn't been treacherous, he wouldn't have been able to create a prosperous Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. It was Wei Zheng who spoke.
These people actually don't have any feelings about going back on their word in their hearts, Li Chengzong can become the emperor is a serious matter, and they all rely on Li Chengzong to make a fortune.
When the news reached Li Shimin's ears, he almost didn't make Li Shimin angry to death. What is this called? Do you still want to let Li Xiuning, her sister, save her life?
"It's still the same in Binh Duong." Li Jiancheng is not as arrogant as Li Shimin, but he is relieved.
"He thought that Li Chengzong agreed to her in front of the civil and military officials, so what he said was credible?" Li Shimin doesn't believe it at all, people like Li Chengzong will have such a great reputation, it should be said that in Li Shimin's eyes, what Li Chengzong said is better than fart!
Li Jiancheng said: "Could it be that he can take back what he said in front of hundreds of civil and military officials?"
The same stupidity, Li Shimin thought in his heart, but said on his lips: "You and I are both dead, do you still expect those ministers of civil and military affairs to avenge our grievances?" Do you expect them to go to the temple and argue with Lee Seung-jong? Don't think about that good thing, let's hurry up the march, take advantage of the fact that Li Chengzong's soldiers and horses from all over the country can't arrive, and preemptively arrest Li Chengzong. ”
"Daydreaming!" Li Jiancheng has actually completely vetoed Li Shimin in his heart, he is so eager to succeed, he is digging his own grave. The whole army only has enough food to eat for more than a month, and in the name of it, it is said that it will be ruined and the boat will be wrecked, and there will be no way to retreat in a desperate battle. In fact, they are looking for their own death, and there is simply not enough food and grass.
The army marched to Chang'an, and the 100,000 people also felt a little overshadowed.
Li Chengzong couldn't see where Li Shimin was, but Li Shimin could see Li Chengzong. After all, the clothes were so eye-catching, they were instantly recognizable in a pile of armor.
"Li Shimin has a kind of you coming out." Li Chengzong shouted loudly.
Du Ruhui said: "Lord Wang, it must be his trick again, so it's better to directly order the siege of the city."
Li Shimin said: "This king will come forward to meet him for a while, and he can still be afraid of him." Don't worry, I'll be out of range of my bow and I'll be fine. ”
Far away from Li Chengzong, Li Shimin stepped forward with Wei Chi Jingde and Luo Shixin.
Li Chengzong asked in a low voice and said, "Is this distance okay?"
Li Chunfeng and Kou Jing studied it, and Li Chunfeng said: "It's still a little far, the cannon can knock down that distance, but I can't be sure of whether it's accurate."
"Second uncle, let's not see you for many days, get closer, let my nephew take a good look." Li Chengzong was also anxious, and this kind of thing was said, which was obviously weird.
Luo Shixin said: "You can't go any further, King Qin."
Li Shimin also knew that the distance was almost there, and he could hear it loudly.
"If you want to see the truth, you can go out of the city and meet me." Li Shimin shouted loudly.
Li Chengzong will definitely not go out of the city, but there is no way to lure Li Shimin to the city. This morning, the two of them just talked nonsense, and the two sides didn't do anything serious.
"Eat" Li Chengzong said impatiently, and he was ready to go back to eat.
Kou Jing said: "Your Highness, if they attack the city, will this cannon be used or not?"
"Why not? Yes!" Li Chengzong said and left.
Shan Xiongxin approached the two of them and asked, "Are these all things from that night?"
Shan Xiongxin and Cheng Yanjin had used this cannon once that day, so they guessed and asked.
"That's right, there are fifty cannons here, not to mention his Li Shimin's 100,000 army, even a million army can't take Chang'an City." Kou Jing said.
On the first day, Li Shimin was surprisingly quiet, because he had to stop because of one thing.
"Li Jing's army did not come in the direction of Chang'an, but they turned to move towards the Tiger Prison Pass halfway through, and I am afraid that they will be in the Tiger Prison Pass in three days." The spy who returned to the battle report said little by little.
Wei Chi Jingde said: "How can this be, isn't Li Chengzong worried about the safety of Chang'an at all?"
"He wants to bury us here once and for all." Eldest Sun Wuji's analysis is correct, but it is very weak.
The mighty army of 100,000 was suddenly confused, and all Li Shimin thought about was a battle in Chang'an, a battle to the death. But Li Chengzong had the courage to divide his troops and let people attack Luoyang.
Luo Shixin said: "Let's fight, as long as we capture Chang'an faster than Li Jing, we don't have to worry about anything."
Li Shimin said: "That's right, don't look ahead."
In order to boost the morale of the army, Li Shimin personally put on armor, but he only supervised the battle far behind.
Shan Xiongxin looked at the piece that rushed over, turned his head to Kou Jing and said, "Let's shoot!"
Kou Jing said: "Wait a while, the distance is still a little far."
A rain of arrows flew down the city wall, and the casualties caused by this were still limited, and some of King Qin's troops were already enough to get the city wall.
"Open fire" Kou Jing roared, and fifty cannons on the city wall fired in unison.
Shan Xiongxin almost didn't stand firm, and his whole body trembled.
Fifty iron beads flew out at the same time, and whoever they met died along the way, either breaking their arms or legs, and some were directly divided into upper and lower sections. To say that the number of casualties is actually about the same as the rain of arrows, but this scene is a little too shocking.
Whether it is the siege of the city or the defense of the city at this moment, they are all stunned when they see this scene, and they are silent for a while.
Li Shimin wanted to say something, but this was not within his understanding at all, and he didn't know what it was.
"Run! I don't know who said it, Li Shimin's team retreated like a tide. ”
Shan Xiongxin said: "Open the cannon, open the cannon, and scare his courage at one time."
Fang Xuanling persuaded: "Forget it, His Highness means to hold them back, and when Li Jing and Feng Li take Luoyang, these people will be rootless duckweed."
"Also, if you scare away Li Shimin and let him run all the way back to Luoyang, you will miss the big thing of Your Highness." Shan Xiongxin said, looking up to see Cheng Biting Jin walking around the cannon.
"Be careful, what will you do when it blows up?" Shan Xiongxin knows the temper of this thing.
Cheng Yanjin waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I've asked Kou Jing, this thing won't be dangerous if it doesn't contain gunpowder."
The guards on Li Chengzong's side were busy admiring the baby cannon, but Li Shimin's side was frightened by the cannon, not to mention how terrible the power was, just to say that the thunderous noise was unbearable!
Luo Shixin was also unlucky, the falling iron beads hit his horse, and one leg was crushed under the horse before he could pull it out, and he was injured by Glory.
"Withdraw to Luoyang!" Seeing that no one spoke, Du Ruhui had to stand up.
"What if you go back?" Li Shimin said, showing a depressed atmosphere.
"We can still insist, Luoyang's Xiongguan Heavenly Insurance will definitely be able to stop Li Chengzong." The eldest grandson Wuji said.
Li Shimin smiled, with an eerie miserable laugh, and he said: "The power of that thing is a hundred times stronger than that trebuchet." If you use it to bombard the city wall directly, how long can the city wall of Luoyang last?"
"Forget it, here it is!" Li Jiancheng walked out, and he said so.
"Let's all go down first!" Li Shimin ordered everyone to retreat.
Brother, the brotherhood whose blood is thicker than water but lighter than water.
Li Shimin said: "I expect Li Chengzong to win this battle completely, you are right. It should not go out of Luoyang, let it have a chance. ”
"Does it matter?"
"Doesn't it matter? Shouldn't it be a joy to spend all your life chasing after it and not being able to get it?"
Li Jiancheng said in a deep voice: "The mistake is not chasing, the mistake is that we should not learn and will not let go."
"It's easy to say, the rivers are thousands of miles, can you put it down if you say a word!"
"Don't forget, life is more important than the country."
"You go, you are far away, and your life can be spared." Li Shimin said to Li Jiancheng.
"If you surrender now, Li Chengzong will not kill you, why do you insist on going your own way."
"I'm different from you, Li Chengzong regards me as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. As long as I live for a day, he will be like a man sleeping on his back. ”
Li Jiancheng smiled: "Are you saying that you are more capable than me?"
"Isn't it?" Li Shimin didn't care about Li Jiancheng's face at all.
"You're really welcome! This is a letter from Li Chengzong, which was forwarded to me by your subordinate Xu Jingzong. Li Jiancheng took out the letter as he said and handed it to Li Shimin.
"This traitor" Li Shimin tore the letter to shreds after reading it.
"You can't even control your subordinates, where is better than me?"
Li Shimin ignored Li Jiancheng's words, but said: "Count the days, in a few days, it seems that Luoyang will be forced by Li Jing." Everything is under Li Chengzong's control, God is too partial, right?"
"What are you talking about? At the beginning, you thought that I was older than you so I could get the position of prince, but now that people are stronger than you, you still have to say that God is partial, which is a bit strong. ”
Li Shimin said: "So what? Did you believe what it says?"
"I don't think it's fake, Li Chengzong doesn't need to lie to you and me, he can kill him directly."
"Maybe he wants to make a name for himself." Li Shimin can't believe what Li Chengzong's letter says, the key is to replace Li Shimin, he will never let go of these people.
Li Jiancheng said: "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean that others won't, it doesn't matter what he's for." What's more, you and my family and Yuan Ji's family are all in the hands of Li Chengzong, you won't let them go, right?"
Li Shimin said: "I would rather die on the battlefield than grovel to Li Chengzong."
"You're so ruthless!" Li Jiancheng's voice fell, and the military camp outside was in turmoil.
"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked.
The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly came in and said: "It is the emperor's holy decree that has arrived, let the king of Qin put down his weapon, and there must be no mistake in entering the palace."
"Kill the person who delivered the decree and return the head to Li Chengzong." Li Shimin said that he had no emotion at all.
"No, King Qin. The man could not be killed. The eldest grandson Wuji looked embarrassed.
Li Shimin said: "Who can't be killed?" Heavenly King Lao Tzu?"
"It's me," Li Xiuning said and walked in.
Li Shimin looked at it and asked, "Aren't you under house arrest in the East Palace by Li Chengzong?"
"It's not all because of you, second brother, that I will be placed under house arrest in the East Palace, and I will be released." Li Xiuning said.
"You're here to persuade you to surrender too? You also believe that he will not kill me?"
Li Xiuning said: "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, the important thing is that you have to believe it."
"Joke, why should I trust him? Are you stupid to me?" Li Shimin was happy.
"You should know about Luoyang, your subordinate Xu Jingzong has taken refuge in Li Chengzong. The soldiers and generals outside you don't know yet, and if they do, what do you think you can do?" Li Xiuning said.
"I said, I'm not afraid of death." Li Shimin stood up and said.
"Don't you care about the life and death of these people who follow you? You can die, shouldn't you drag them to be buried with you, the only chance now is to surrender, so that Li Chengzong will not kill. ”
Li Shimin said: "Surrender, surrender, whoever wants to surrender Li Chengzong, I will never stop them, let them go!"
Li Xiuning took a few steps forward and said angrily: "Second brother, your family in Luoyang will be sent to Chang'an soon, what will you do then?" If you don't surrender, do you just watch them die in front of you one by one? What's not more important than being alive?"
"Is this what my father meant?"
"Of course, Li Chengzong has sworn to his father that as long as you surrender, he will never hurt you in the slightest." Li Xiuning said.
"You go back and tell him, I"
Li Xiuning was shocked and said, "Big brother, what are you doing?"
Li Jiancheng said: "You still can't hear it!" This kid won't surrender, he's too angry. Let him surrender to Li Chengzong, as if making Xiang Yu bow to Liu Bang, it is absolutely impossible. ”
"What's wrong?" The eldest grandson Wuji and a group of generals rushed in.
"What do you do?" Wei Chi Jingde pointed to Li Jiancheng and said.
"There are so many problems, Luoyang has been taken by Li Jing, and you can save your life by putting down your weapons and entering Chang'an." Li Xiuning said.
"Impossible, how long will it take for Li Jing to take Luoyang?" The eldest grandson Wuji said.
Li Jiancheng also regretted it, why did he let Li Shimin tear up the letter!
"Xu Jingzong has taken refuge in Li Chengzong, do you think Li Jing can take Luoyang so quickly?" Li Jiancheng said.
The eldest grandson Wuji and Du Ruhui glanced at each other.
Du Ruhui said: "Do you have evidence?"
Li Jiancheng hated this hatred, and woke up Li Shimin with a slap.
"You sneak up on me?" Li Shimin's first sentence when he woke up was to question Li Jiancheng.
"Your subordinates asked you what happened to Luoyang." At this time, Li Jiancheng is not afraid.
"It's almost gone" Li Shimin didn't want to lie anymore, this kind of comforting trick was useless.
Dependents? Li Shimin's family members in Luoyang alone, everyone else stayed in Luoyang.
"The last general will go back," Wei Chi Jingde said.
"You're flying back?" Li Xiuning said with a smile.
Li Shimin said: "Forget it, the matter has come to this point, and the king has also admitted it, put down his weapons and surrender."
Oppose? There is a cliff in front of you, and the retreat has become a dead end, and the boss doesn't fight the small soldiers below, let alone the soldiers.
Du Ruyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if King Qin still wanted to fight hard, he would definitely slip away. It's not a war, it's a search for death.
"King Qin, don't do it! Li Chengzong will not let us go. The eldest grandson Wuji knelt down and said.
"Enough, why are you crying before you're dead?" Li Xiuning came up and kicked on the eldest grandson Wuji.
Li Xiuning and Li Jiancheng escorted Li Shimin into Chang'an.
Li Shimin asked, "You were sent by Li Chengzong to persuade you to surrender early in the morning, didn't you?"
"It's too slow!" Li Jiancheng said.
"Your father and son are really good, I didn't lose unjustly."
"Don't say that, I didn't do anything. That Yen Yoshi's body died, I really wanted to go to you, but I was intercepted halfway, and I thought I was dead. Unexpectedly, that Shan Xiongxin didn't embarrass me, but let me go, just saying that Li Chengzong hoped that I could persuade you to surrender at a critical time. ”
The three of them entered the palace for the first time, not the East Palace.
Li Yuan was greatly relieved to see that the three of them were still alive.
"It's good to come back, Chengzong has already promised that he will never kill you."
Li Shimin said: "Things are already like this, if you don't kill them, you just ask Li Chengzong to let my family go."
"Who are you Your Highness? Li Yuanji's family has not been touched by him, let alone yours. Xue Wanche stood aside and said.
"That's right, Chengzong never sent anyone to embarrass Yuanji's family in the palace, but let people take care of them carefully, which can't be faked." Li Yuan is also bent on thinking about it.
Li Shimin's 100,000-strong army was incorporated in this way, and Li Chengzong was also glad that Li Shimin did not go crazy. If he really wants to play with his life desperately, even if he wins, it will be a miserable victory, not cost-effective!
Kou Jing said: "Congratulations to Your Highness."
"Don't be so attentive, tell me about your side of the matter?"
"The master under him, he doesn't want to"
"Don't think you're too much? The price can be negotiated again! If he has real skills, he can negotiate how much money he has. Li Chengzong said.
"No, it's that Master doesn't believe in the imperial court. He said that the Confucian scholars in the court were in charge, and they would not be reused when they came, but they might be framed and framed, and in the end, they would gain nothing, not to mention their lives. ”
(The grades are not good, but I will persevere until the end of the book, book friends can rest assured.) (To be continued.) )