Chapter 552: The Decisive Battle of Pyongyang City (2)
"Your Highness, but you can save the country, what is the order, and you dare not disobey." Gao Renwu came here to discuss peace on the surface, but in fact, he came more to explore the reality of the Tang Army, in addition, he also had the intention of belittling the Tang Army, otherwise, Gao Renwu would not have made so many pitiful gestures, but to Gao Renwu's surprise, Li Zhen was so easy to speak, which made Gao Renwu can't help but feel lucky, and then looked at Li Zhen's look of wanting to speak and stopping, he couldn't hold his breath anymore, and hurriedly asked a question.
"Oh? Hahaha......" As soon as Li Zhen heard this, he laughed out loud as if he had heard the best joke in the world, laughing so much that he was full of confusion, but he didn't dare to ask, he could only laugh awkwardly, and the small appearance immediately amused the generals who were full of big tents all leaning forward and backward and laughing, and for a while the tent was full of laughter, and it was almost possible to poke a big hole in the top of the tent.
"Your Highness, look at ......" Gao Renwu stood there without embarrassment, until the laughter in the tent slowed down a little, and then he asked cautiously for half a sentence.
"Hmm." Li Zhen smiled and nodded: "My Tang Dynasty has always treated people with leniency, but it is not a bully, if you rely on the friendship between Lone and Brother Gao, there should be nothing difficult to do, but the father of Lone, the Emperor, has an edict: If you are not born to capture Yuan Gai Suwen, you will not be allowed to be a teacher, and you will not dare to violate it. ”
"Ah, this, this ......" Gao Renwu didn't expect Li Zhen to go around and around again, and then he went back to the original point, and there was a kind of chagrin that Li Zhen was played in public, but in front of Li Zhen and the generals of the Tang Dynasty, how could he have room for Gao Renwu to attack, he could only smack his mouth in embarrassment, and he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
"Brother Gao, don't be in a hurry, and listen to Gu slowly." Seeing that Gao Renwu was sluggish as stupid, Li Zhen smiled and said: "The order of the father and the emperor cannot be violated, but the matter is especially man-made, and the lonely one came only to capture the old thief of Yuan, not to destroy the country of Brother Tai, so good, Lone can agree with Brother Tai, if Brother Gao can bind the old thief to return, Lone will withdraw immediately, and all the cities will be returned, if not, Lone can only send troops to break the city, and go to take the old thief of Yuan, but this matter has nothing to do with Brother Tai after all, Lone can help Brother Tai to ascend the throne as king, only you are willing to be canonized by my Tang Dynasty, and you can protect the foundation of eternity." ”
"Is Your Highness serious?" Although Gao Renwu is the eldest son, and Mo is separated, but he is not a son-in-law, so naturally he can't be the crown prince, and there is no possibility of ascending the throne.
"It's true to be alone." Li Zhen's face was solemn, and she replied with a slight displeasure.
"Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is angry, the foreign minister is not the one who dares to doubt His Highness, it's just, ah, it's just such news, the foreign minister is difficult to digest for a while, if there is any rudeness, please ask Your Highness Haihan to be one." As soon as he saw Li Zhen pull down his face, Gao Ren Wuden panicked, didn't care about thinking about the strangeness, and hurriedly apologized first.
"That's it, if Brother Gao can serve Datang well, he will not treat You badly." Li Zhen waved her hand and said in an unquestionable tone.
Hearing Li Zhen's tone slow down, Gao Renwu's heart couldn't help but be relieved, and he raised his big sleeve in embarrassment to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and asked with a smile: "Thank you Your Highness for your love, it's just, ah, it's just that if it comes true, the land of the foreign minister should be, ah, how should it be treated?" What do you need the foreign ministers to do, and ask Your Highness to make it clear. ”
"You don't need to do anything, you can break through the city alone, you just need to save your life when you break the city alone, there is nothing else to do, although you can rest assured, as for the land." When Li Zhen said this, he stopped, causing Gao Renwu's heart to be scratched like a few cats, itching unbearably, but he didn't dare to ask, and the sweat on his forehead gushed like spring water.
"The lonely army is not a light mover, now that my Datang has mobilized troops twice, I can't return in vain, so it's okay, your two countries will be bounded by the Yalu River, as for the land of Baekje, Lone Shi doesn't want to take care of it, so it will be taken care of by his brother, so it can be done?" After Li Zhen whetted Gao Renwu's appetite, he unhurriedly put out his hole cards.
Goguryeo's original land is half in Liaodong, as for the territory on the Korean Peninsula only accounts for about one-third of its borders, this time it was scraped by Li Zhen, even if there is Baekje land as compensation, but it is still far away, this is called Gao Renwu's situation, but now Tang is strong and Goguryeo is weak, unless Goguryeo can defeat the Tang army under the city, otherwise it is not Gao Renwu's turn to have any opinions on this matter, moreover, it is a big matter, it is not Gao Renwu dare to express his position easily, and he glanced at Li Zhen's eyes and swept over, Gao Renwu's heart was full of mixed feelings, but he could only bow down and reply: "Thank you Your Highness for your love, but this matter is not something that can be easily decided by foreign ministers, can you give the foreign ministers some time to discuss it." ”
"This is natural, hehe, today I said that I don't want to talk about business, I want to do these things, come, continue to drink, you Aiqing, senior brother is good at drinking, you might as well salute a few more bottles, don't get drunk and don't return, come, full of wine!" Li Zhen smiled, changed the topic, and smiled and encouraged the generals under the tent to pay tribute to Gao Renwu's wine, so it would be interesting, the generals who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic in the big tent swarmed up with wine bottles, and Gao Renwu couldn't find the north in a daze, and the atmosphere was really lively.
Rao is Gao Renwu is very drunk, but how can he withstand a group of wolf-like Tang generals so tossed, but after a few rounds, it can no longer be supported, and he has been told to forgive, fortunately Li Zhen came forward to relieve the siege, which can be regarded as escaping a catastrophe, but he is already drunk, when Li Zhen personally sent him out of the camp, poor Gao Renwu couldn't even walk on the road, and moved upside down, thanks to Li Zhen's help, otherwise, if it was not good, he would have to fall to the ground on the spot.
"Brother Gao, go slowly, don't forget what you and I agreed, I'm waiting for the good news." Li Zhen sent Gao Renwu to the gate of the camp and instructed with a reluctant expression.
"Definitely, definitely, Your Highness, please stay, the foreign minister said goodbye, farewell." Gao Renwu replied vaguely, and walked out of the barracks crookedly, and the crooked appearance made the Yuan boy who had been waiting for a long time have to rush forward, and held Gao Renwu's body, and helped him to a group of guards with questions, and a group of guards waited for Gao Renwu to get on horseback, and one person on the left and right supported him, turned around and walked slowly in the direction of Pyongyang City, and walked out of the distance, and he could see Li Zhen and the generals still waving at the gate of the camp. This made the already suspicious Yuan boy even more suspicious, and he wanted to ask Gao Renwu what kind of "traitorous" agreement he had reached with Li Zhen, but because there were many guards here, it was really difficult to ask each other, so he could only wait for Gao Renwu to rush to the city according to his patience.
Li Zhen's high-level reception of Gao Renwu this time did not say that the Yuan boys were suspicious, but the generals of the Tang Dynasty couldn't understand what they were talking about, although they had cooperated with Li Zhen to play a big show, but at the end, no one knew what kind of medicine was sold in Li Zhen's gourd, but they didn't understand, most of the generals were afraid of Li Zhen's majesty, how could they dare to ask casually, that is, Li Ji and Xue Wanche were old, and they saw that there was something strange about them, so they discussed and went to the big tent of the Chinese army together, wanting to understand it.
"Your Highness, that Gao Renwu is just a small ear, and he has no authority in his hands, why does His Highness love it so much, even if he wants to do it, he may not be able to do it." Xue Wanche was more anxious, although his official rank was slightly lower than Li Ji's, but as soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, he couldn't wait to open his mouth first.
Li Zhen smiled and didn't answer this question directly, but asked rhetorically, "What does Xue Aiqing think this person wants to come to my camp?" ”
"This is a strategy to slow down the hearts of our army, what a way." Xue Wanche was anxious, but he was not confused in major matters, and he replied directly without thinking about it.
"Hmm, Yinggong, what do you mean?" Li Zhen did not comment on Xue Wanche's words, but looked at the thoughtful Li Ji with a smile.
"Back to His Royal Highness, the old minister thinks what General Xue said should be true." Li Ji thought for a moment and replied thoughtfully.
"Hehe, that's right, once this son returns, the city will definitely come to rob the camp tonight!" Li Zhen smiled and said in an extremely affirmative tone.
"Oh?"
"Huh?"
When Li and Xue Erjiang heard Li Zhen say so surely, they each sighed lightly, and they didn't dare to believe Li Zhen's judgment, but it was not good to question it face-to-face, so they could only look at Li Zhen suspiciously, waiting for Li Zhen to make further explanations, but Li Zhen didn't say anything more about this matter, but changed the topic and said: "Xue Aiqing, what do you think of Jin Chunqiu?" ”
Xue Wanche didn't expect Li Zhen's topic to turn to Jin Chunqiu's head, and he really couldn't keep up with Li Zhen's train of thought for a while, and he couldn't figure out what this matter had to do with Jin Chunqiu, but since Li Zhen asked, Xue Wanche couldn't help but answer, so he groaned slightly, and replied cautiously: "This person is quite talented, and he is both civil and military." ”
"Xue Aiqing's words are very pertinent, and Lone also thinks so." Li Zhen nodded with a smile and said: "Only he is talented, so he has a heart, now I have a Tang Dynasty army, and its heart is not false, however, Goguryeo is destroyed, its heart will be different, I am far away from the Tang Dynasty, and Silla is near, if there is chaos, it is very difficult to rescue, it seems that this time the laborers moved the crowd to come, not alone, kill a tiger, and raise a wolf, lonely not to take, but if you leave the land of Baekje to think that the two wolves are a place to eat, my Datang from the side to check and balance, when you can deal with it calmly, why not?" ”
Li and Xue Erjiang were a little dumbfounded when they heard that Li Zhen had promised Gao Renwu at the banquet before, and Li and Xue Erjiang both thought that Li Zhen was just talking casually, but when Li Zhen said this, it turned out to be true, and the second general had some unpleasant feelings in his heart, especially Xue Wanche, who had worked hard to destroy Baekje, was even more unwilling, and he didn't care that Li Ji secretly looked at him on the side, and shouted with a thick neck: "Your Highness, although the land of Baekje is small, it was destroyed by my Tang Dynasty, how can it be easily handed over." , the end will not be convinced. ”
Xue Wanche's disbelief, but Li Ji was taken aback, you must know that Li Zhen is not Li Shimin, who is extremely generous, and his heart is ruthless, if Li Zhen is really angry, then Xue Wanche has a few heads that are not enough to cut off, although Li Ji and Xue Wanche do not have too many personal relations, but they don't want such a general to fold, and they hurriedly stand up and say: "Your Highness, General Xue's attack on Baekje this time is really a lot of hard work, and the old minister also thinks that Baekje is the result of the soldiers of the three armies to break the enemy with their lives, if it is easily conceded, I am afraid that it will hurt the morale of the army. I hope His Royal Highness will think twice. ”
In the face of the outspokenness of the two generals, Li Zhen did not get angry, because Li Zhen knew very well that the reason why this was the case was just the result of the different heights and different points of focus on the two sides - the two generals were only thinking about opening up the territory, while Li Zhen was thinking about long-term peace and stability - at present, the Tang Dynasty army was mighty and invincible, taking the Western Regions, Pingxue Yantuo, and occupying Liaodong, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was already a behemoth. What Li Zhen has to do next is not to continue to open up the territory again, but how to reform internal affairs, not only the military reform, but also the improvement of the political system, as well as the improvement of people's livelihood and many other major events, before all kinds of matters are settled, I really don't want to have another war, in this sense, this battle to destroy Goguryeo is both a military battle and a political battle, but as long as the surrounding appeasement can be stabilized, Li Zhen really does not put Baekje so much territory in his eyes, all this Li Zhen has a lot in his heart, however, The reason can't be explained in detail with others, even for Na Long and other two major strategists, not to mention the two generals Li and Xue, but in the face of the backlash of the two bigwigs in the army, Li Zhen can't sit idly by, so he frowned slightly, and said in a thoughtful tone: "The two Aiqing don't know, Lone has received reliable news, Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo is seriously ill in bed, and his grandson Mangsong Mangzan will succeed to the throne, but he is young, and he is determined that the power of Tubo will fall into the hands of the great minister Lu Dongzan, and his people are ambitious. It must be with my Tang Dynasty, yes, it will be a vicious war again and again, alone to think that Tubo has been recuperating for many years, the soldiers are strong and strong, once the war starts, I am afraid that it will not be a day and night, if Liaodong is restless, and the northwest is chaotic, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of both ends, and I think that Tubo is a great enemy, Goguryeo is just a grass Koer, and allow it to exist, it is not necessary to use it to contain Jin Chunqiu, the two Aiqing must be considerate of Lonely's painstaking efforts. ”
After Li Zhen's tirade, the two generals were a little stunned when they heard it, but after thinking about it carefully, what Li Zhen said seemed to be reasonable, and the unwillingness in the hearts of the two generals gradually calmed down, especially Xue Wanche, when he remembered that he had actually confronted Li Zhen in front of him before, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, rest assured, if Tubo dares to cause chaos, the last general is willing to lead the army to calm it!" ”
For Xue Wanche's uprightness, Li Zhen knows in his heart, although he knows that he has always been good friends with Li Ke, the king of Wu, but he really doesn't want to blame him, at this time, facing Xue Wanche's loyalty, Li Zhen nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, Xue Aiqing can have this heart, and it is very comforting to be alone. ”
"Your Highness!" As soon as Xue Wanche heard Li Zhen's words, the big stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, and he quickly thanked him with a pun.
"Hmm." Although there is no shortage of generals under Li Zhen's command who can fight habitually, and it may be loyal to Xue Wanche, a heavy general of the Dragon Invincible Library, it is still a gratifying thing, Li Zhen smiled and bowed his head, and then turned the topic back to the current war: "The enemy in the city will come to attack at night tonight, if the expectation is not bad, it should be the Silla camp, its intention is not only to frustrate the spirit of our army, but also to provoke our army to attack the city immediately, the future of the enemy, I think it should be so ......, what do you think?" ”
After listening to Li Zhen's deployment, Li and Xue Erjiang both had strange expressions on their faces, but with the previous scene, the two of them didn't dare to have any objections, so they could only bow down and say, "The last general will obey His Highness's order." ”
"Okay, without further ado, let's go down and arrange it immediately." Li Zhen saw that the two generals had no objections, and he no longer left two more people, waved his hand, signaled the two generals to retire by themselves, and stood silently in the big tent for a long time, and then sighed and strode into the back tent......
Gao Renwu is the prince of Goguryeo, and he still has a Mo Zhili official title on his head, although he doesn't have much authority in his hands, but his status is really not low, as far as the entire Goguryeo Kingdom is concerned, there are not many people who can make him bow his head, even if he sees his father Treasure King, Gao Renwu is also very calm, however, Gao Renwu at this time is as obedient as a gray grandson, just because he is facing the powerful Yuangai Suwen, yes, the Gao sitting on the Hu bed is carrying five treasure swords, a golden jade robe, The bearded man who was holding a thread-bound book and looking at it leisurely was the Goguryeo generation of strongman Yuangai Suwen - after Gao Renwu returned to the city, he returned to his mansion early because of his drunkenness, intending to take a rest, but he had just finished freshening up, and his head had not touched the side of the pillow, so he was carried to Yuanfu by the people sent by Yuangai Suwen, and he had stood in front of Yuangai Suwen for nearly half an hour, but he never heard Yuangai Suwen's question, and Gao Renwu, who already had a ghost in his heart, didn't dare to take a breath. Standing there writhingly, his whole body was uncomfortably tight, and the original drunkenness had long been frightened and disappeared.
"Is the Tang people's wine good, huh?" Just when Gao Renwu was standing numb in his legs, Yuan Gai Suwen finally put down the book in his hand, glanced at Gao Renwu coldly, and asked in a solemn tone.
"It's okay, it's okay." Gao Renwu didn't know exactly what Yuan boy Long Invincible Book House said about his experience in the Tang camp, and he didn't remember if he had missed his mouth because he had drunk too much on the way back.
"Hmph, greedy and misguided!" Yuan Gai Suwen did not respect Gao Renwu's status at all, snorted from his nostrils, and scolded him disdainfully.
"Uncle Wen, it's not that the little nephew is greedy for a cup, it's really Li Zhen's house, it's ......, that house" As soon as he heard Yuan Gai Suwen's words and scold, Gao Renwu was even more frightened, and he hurried to explain, but the more anxious he was, the more he didn't know how to say it, and he couldn't go on.
"That's it, the old man doesn't care about Meng Lang, he only asks Er, Li Zhen has told you what he has said, and he has promised you a lot of benefits, huh? Say! Seeing that Gao Renwu was so unbearable, Yuangai Suwen looked down on him even more, waved his hand impatiently, and broke off a sentence, but unexpectedly, this sentence just broke Gao Renwu's mind, and when he landed, Gao Renwu trembled, and he couldn't help but fall to his knees......
Finishing (full book)