Li Shimin led the remnants of the army to escape from Gaoqi City and retreated all the way to Chang'an.

Zong Luohu seized Gaoqi City, and in accordance with Xue Ju's order, sent people to pursue the Tang army all the way and entered Ningzhou.

In the first battle of Qianshuiyuan, the Tang army died five or six out of ten, and Xue Rengao, the prince of Western Qin, personally went into battle, and the Tang soldiers who fell into his hands must be killed before he would give up.

And the captured Tang army, except for the generals, Xue Rengao ordered all the Tang soldiers to be killed, and the corpses of the Tang soldiers were piled up into a mountain for people to watch.

Liu Hongji, Li Anyuan, Murong Luohu and other Tang army generals witnessed this scene with their own eyes, and their hearts were extremely sad.

When Xue Ju arrived at Gaojaw City, the Battle of Shallow Water Plains had ended, and the Tang army was defeated, and Xue Ju was overjoyed.

He praised Xue Rengao: "Well done, Li Yuan is in the limelight in Luoyang, and he still wants to seize my territory, and today I finally got a bad breath." ”

Xue Rengao smiled with a spring breeze on his face, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were proud.

Hao Ying took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the Tang army has just been broken, most of the generals have been captured by us, the army's morale is shaken, and we can take Chang'an directly." ”

"That's right." Xue Rengao very much agreed with Hao Yuan's proposal: "Now that Li Yuan's gang is busy grabbing territory, and the defense of Chang'an is not as solid as before, we should take Chang'an in one go." ”

At that time, the capital of Chang'an will be their Western Qin, and it will also be his capital in the future.

Xue Rengao began to imagine in his mind the scene of himself sitting on a throne in the Chang'an Imperial Palace.

Other generals and ministers also echoed Xue Rengao's words.

Xue Ju thought about it and felt that the time had come, even if he didn't have the Turks as foreign aid, he would have enough strength to attack Chang'an.

So, Xue Ju agreed to Hao Jin's proposal: "Okay, then we will take Chang'an directly." ”

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After Li Shimin fled back to Chang'an, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and as soon as his spirit relaxed, the illness that had not completely healed before swept in.

He fell ill again.

In the battle of Shallow Water Plain, the Tang army was defeated, many generals were captured, most of the soldiers died, and the generalissimo fled back to Chang'an with his sick body, and the whole dynasty was shocked.

Especially Li Yuan, who was furious after hearing the news: "You can't destroy even Xiqin, what are you doing with you?" ”

Pei Lin took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the King of Qin led the army from Luoyang, and the original road was like a bamboo, and taking Western Qin was just around the corner.

Unfortunately, the king of Qin suddenly fell ill and handed over military power to Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan, who underestimated the enemy too much and fought without authorization, which led to the defeat of the army and countless casualties.

"Please Your Majesty severely punish Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan to set an example."

Liu Wenjing, who was kneeling on the ground, heard this, looked up at Pei Lian, his eyes were very shocked, they used to be officials in Jinyang together, and they jointly assisted Li Yuan to raise troops, he actually didn't help himself intercede?

If you don't plead, it's just that, and you still fall into the ground?

Liu Wenjing lowered her head and hid the hatred in her eyes.

Yin Kaishan knows that he is at a loss, in terms of title, Li Shimin is the prince, Liu Wenjing is the Duke of Lu Guo, and he is only the Duke of Chenjun, and the titles are all under them, he can't push the responsibility on them, so he has to take all the blame.

"Your Majesty, the defeat of this army is all because the minister misjudged the situation, and he has nothing to do with the Duke of Lu and the King of Qin, and the minister is willing to accept the guilt."

When the words fell, he slammed his head on the ground, making a dull sound that struck the hearts of the people.

Li Shimin immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, I am the commander, and I should bear the main responsibility, please ask Your Majesty to confess." ”

After saying that, he also knelt down.

Liu Wenjing saw that the King of Qin had pleaded guilty, and he hurriedly said: "The defeat of the army is the sin of the ministers, and it has nothing to do with the King of Qin. ”

Li Jiancheng secretly peeked at Li Yuan's expression, and then stepped out: "Father, the defeat in this battle is not Erlang's fault, he was sick at the time and couldn't command it personally, so the army was defeated." ”

As the crown prince and the eldest brother, Li Jiancheng must maintain the image of a brother, friend and brother in front of Li Yuan, even if Li Shimin's militia is defeated, he must intercede for Li Shimin.

Of course, Li Shimin is Li Yuan's son, and Li Yuan will not really condemn Li Shimin, but someone will always be responsible for this defeat.

Li Yuan's gaze swept over the kneeling generals below, and finally fell on Liu Wenjing.

He slowly spoke: "The failure of this expedition against Western Qin was all due to the fact that Lu Guogong and Chen Jungong did not listen to military orders, acted without authorization, cut off two official positions, took back their titles, and the rest of the generals were demoted by three levels.

"As the coach of this time, although there is a reason for the incident, he is also responsible, fined for one year, and thinks about it behind closed doors for three days."

Everyone thanked them in unison: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Yin Kaishan seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, and his expression was not wavering.

But Liu Wenjing's face was ugly, he didn't expect to lose a battle, his hard-earned title and official position were gone, and anger, frustration, and loss kept changing in his eyes.

The rest of the generals were only demoted by three levels, and they still had official positions, compared to the fate of Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan, their punishment was much lighter, and they couldn't help but feel lucky.

Not to mention Li Shimin, a one-year fine is nothing to him, and it is not a punishment to let him recover from his injuries after thinking about it for three days behind closed doors.

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When Wang Yu received the news from the previous dynasty, the punishment had been executed, and Li Shimin also returned to the Qin Palace.

She ran to the Hall of Ingenuity.

The Ingenuity Hall is the place where craftsmen such as Lin Zhiwu and Su Shilang do things, and it is named after Lin Zhiwu's former courtyard.

"Is the thing ready?" Wang Yu stood beside Lin Zhiwu, looked at the template in front of him and asked.

"There's one last step left, it's almost there." Lin Zhiwu didn't raise his head and continued to tinker.

In order not to disturb him, Wang Yu stepped aside and waited quietly.

Su Shilang and He Chou came over and asked Wang Yu in a low voice: "Princess, what is Lin Dalang doing?" ”

Wang Yu sold a pass, and said mysteriously: "When he is done, you will know." ”

These words made Su Shilang's heart itch, and he couldn't wait to know what Lin Zhiwu was doing immediately.

During this time in the Ingenuity Palace, they worked with Lin Zhiwu, and at first they didn't believe that this boy could make so many magical things, until they saw Lin Zhiwu make a telescope with their own eyes, and they believed that the boy in front of them was really a prodigy, and he had "divine power" that they couldn't imagine.

Just like Princess Jinyang, she is also a prodigy, as long as she looks at it from the side, she will do those instruments.

With such a strong learning ability, these old people can't reach it.

"Alright."

Lin Zhiwu looked at the artwork in front of him, with a sense of accomplishment, and couldn't wait to share with Wang Yu: "Little Yu'er, I'm done." ”

Wang Yu immediately ran over, "How to use it?" Give it a try. ”

"Go get some blank paper." Lin Zhiwu commanded.

The attendant took some blank paper and handed it over.

Lin Zhiwu took the white paper, and after some operation, there was a font with the fragrance of ink on the white paper.

Su Shilang and the others were dumbfounded: "This is ......"

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