Chapter 37
Li Shimin walked up to the city wall violently, Zhao Nan followed behind him, and the soldiers who were originally on the city wall were frightened by the momentum of killing, and hurriedly knelt down together.
The prestige is above, every soldier bows his head and does not dare to come out, Li Shimin is not angry and arrogant, his sword eyebrows are furrowed, his eyes are coldly swept over the people kneeling there, and he tried his best to suppress his anger and asked, "What's going on?" Without my order, how dare you let Concubine Yan out of the city? I've eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and I don't want to live anymore, do I?! ”
The leading soldier's voice trembled, and he replied very frightenedly: "Concubine Yan, Niangniang told the Turkic king that she hoped that her brother would listen to her advice in terms of brotherhood, and that she was willing to be a hostage of the Tang Dynasty. Weichen didn't dare to let Concubine Yan out of the customs without permission, but Niangniang forced her life and said...... said that she was responsible for what happened. ”
Li Shimin was silent, repeating over and over again in his mind the sentence that Concubine Yan said that she was willing to be a hostage of the Tang Dynasty, and blamed Wanyan over and over again in his heart, Wanyan A Wanyan, why do you only know that you think about me, but never think about yourself.
Zhao Nan could only comfort Li Shimin, and he also comforted himself in his heart: "Although Jingli is ruthless, Concubine Yan is Jingli's sister after all, and Jingli will not do anything to Concubine Yan." ”
Li Shimin still nodded with a cold face, and left a sentence: "If something happens to Concubine Yan, I want your dog's life." He turned and walked down the wall.
Tang Changyu has successfully returned to Chang'an, training troops in Chang'an City every day, recruiting troops, storing grain and grass, planning the march, and did not dare to slack off, and fortunately with the help of Lin Yilan, the son of General Lin Houxuan, he got twice the result with half the effort, and the day of the army was set seven days later.
Lin Houxuan is a veteran general in the court, with great military achievements, and has reached the position of a first-class general, his son Lin Yilan is naturally a talent, and his martial arts are strong, but unfortunately he is shrouded in his father's halo, and has never had the opportunity to make contributions and show his ability.
Lin Yilan and Tang Changyu have always been good friends, Tang Changyu naturally understands Lin Yilan's mood that has always been unwilling, this time Tang Changyu led the troops, Lin Yilan naturally asked to be Tang Changyu's deputy general, and followed him to the front line, Tang Changyu asked Lin Houxuan's opinion and agreed.
As soon as Tang Changyu returned to Chang'an, he would be captured by Jingli, and Chang'an had already begun to recruit soldiers and write back to Li Shimin one by one, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, Tang Changyu thought that the news had been delivered to Yu Yiguan, but he did not expect that the letter had already been robbed by Jingli's men.
Jingli didn't find any important information after reading it, everything on the letter was within his expectations, Jingli quietly destroyed the letter, so that the people in Yu Yiguan had no news, restless, and unstable, which was the main purpose of his interception of the letter.
After Wanyan walked out of Yuyiguan, she returned to the Turkic military camp with Jingli, Jingli only suspended the attack on Yuyiguan, giving ** a chance to breathe, and also giving his army a chance to rest, but never withdrew to encircle.
Jingli naturally didn't do anything to Wanyan, took Wanyan back to the barracks, it was late, Wanyan and Jingli sat opposite each other for dinner, both of them were patient, never spoke first, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, in silence, even in the face of a table of sumptuous delicacies, because of the heart, both of them were chewing wax.
Until the dinner was over, the two of them didn't speak, Wanyan got up and was about to leave, Jingli stopped Wanyan and said in a slightly self-deprecating tone: "Sister, we haven't seen each other for a few months, but we're rusty." ”
Wanyan turned to Jing Li and smiled, sat back in her original position, and said in the same tone as her brother: "My sister still thinks that my brother only knows how to strategize and fight on the battlefield, and I have forgotten that I am still your favorite sister." ”
Jingli walked up to Wanyan and sat down, smiled faintly, as if he was regaining his former intimacy, and said lovingly: "How could it be." ”
Wanyan still asked with the same face: "Then what does my sister want now, will my brother still agree as before?" ”
Jingli nodded and said, "That's nature, you will always be my good sister." ”
Wanyan's face did not change, and every word she said implied the power of turning your hands into clouds and covering your hands into rain: "Brother, I hope you will withdraw the siege of Yu Yiguan, withdraw your troops to the Turkic Royal City, and then surrender to the Tang Dynasty to recuperate." ”
Jingli thought that Liuning and Liubin had betrayed him, but Wanyan had been secretly passing information to herself, which showed that at least Wanyan was standing with her, but she didn't expect Wanyan to make such a request, Jingli slapped the table angrily and stood up.
Jing Li walked back to his seat with a gloomy face, but he didn't sit down, and said sharply with his back to Wanyan, "This can't be." The current situation is obviously on my side, how can I let go. ”
Wanyan said with a slight mockery: "Tang Changyu and Liuning have already returned to Chang'an to move the rescue troops, and as soon as the rescue troops from Chang'an arrive, you will be attacked from front to back, although your offensive is fierce, but the Turkic army has been exhausted from the onslaught for days, and you can't capture Yuyi Pass before the rescuers arrive, we all know this." ”
Jingli didn't tell Wanyan that he had taken Liuning as a hostage, but said lightly: "I have my own way then." ”
Wanyan shook her head, stood up and walked in front of Jingli, calmly analyzing the current situation for Jingli: "I don't know what you can do, but I only hope you can take a long-term view." Brother, I'm pregnant, this child is Li Shimin's child, a royal child. ”
Jingli looked at Wanyan with some surprise, and Wanyan continued: "Li Shimin caused me to be trapped in the harem, and he also wantonly trampled on our Turkic land, causing our people to be in dire straits, and also causing our family to be ruined, how could I not hate him." This child is a God-given opportunity for me. ”
Jingli was puzzled and asked, "What chance?" ”
Wanyan saw that her brother had been a little moved by her own words, and then explained: "I quietly checked with a military doctor, I am pregnant with a prince, do you know what this prince means?" It means that we can support him to seize the throne and ascend to the throne, and then naturally we still need the Turkic army as military support, and when he sits firmly in the country, the world is not ours, you are the crown prince and the prime minister, naturally you want to get the wind and the rain, abolish the emperor, end the Li Tang Dynasty, and replace it is not an easy thing. ”
Jingli didn't expect that he could change so much in just a few months, although Wanyan was a little arrogant and rude in the past, she was simple-minded and would not have any harmful intentions, but now Wanyan can ruthlessly sacrifice her own son for revenge, design everything so carefully, and come up with such a far-sighted and ambitious plan.
Jingli still needs time to weigh his own plan and Wanyan's plan, which one is more implementable, and which one can easily destroy the Li Tang Dynasty, although the two have a common purpose, but Jingli is more suspicious after sitting on the throne of the Turkic king, and even his sister has to be suspicious.
So Jingli diverted the topic under the pretext that he was a little tired, and the brother and sister chatted absentmindedly for a while before leaving.
Wanyan knew that Jingli needed time to think about it, so she left alone and wandered around the barracks, but Wanyan couldn't understand that according to her brother's character and ambition, how could he be indifferent to such a big temptation in the world?
What exactly is Jingli's plan? Wanyan was puzzled.
Wanyan walked around boredly alone, walked to a remote place, and saw such an inconspicuous room in the barracks, but the outside was heavily guarded, Wanyan poked inside to take a closer look, and found that the candlelight inside was faintly flickering, and it seemed that there was a person living there.
Wanyan wondered why such a secluded place had a heavily guarded room that seemed extremely important.
Wanyan stepped forward, and the person guarding the door saluted Wanyan, but what he said was to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Wan Yan asked the leading soldier who lived in the room and why there were so many people guarding here. The leading soldier replied to Wanyan, "The Turkic king has instructed not to reveal any information about this room, and there is no comment for the small ones. ”
Wanyan left stupidly, but she didn't really go far, ready to find out. Go around the back wall of this courtyard and get ready to jump.
After all, Wanyan is a girl who grew up on horseback, as a Turkic princess, she has also practiced martial arts since she was a child, although she is not as proficient as Liuning, but it is also deeply hidden, even in the deep palace in order to protect herself, she has to pretend that she knows nothing about martial arts, she has not moved her muscles and bones for so long, and she is still as light as a swallow, and she jumped on the high wall with a slight jump.
Then with a jump, Wanyan had landed firmly on the roof, quietly lifted a brick on the roof, and saw the figure of Liuning, why is she here?! Wanyan was shocked.
Liu Ning is also a person who practices martial arts, and soon found a glimmer of light oozing from the roof, looked up, saw a figure flashing in a hurry, and hurriedly asked who it was, but when he opened the door, he saw that it was still those soldiers who were guarding him, nothing unusual, and was pushed into the house by the soldiers guarding the door, and Liu Ning's heart was full of doubts.
Wanyan walked on the way back to her room, her heart was also full of doubts, wondering why Liuning, who was supposed to follow Tang Changyu back to Chang'an, was placed under house arrest in the Turkic military camp, was her brother keeping her, or was she voluntary? Wanyan thought about it, Liuning really loved Tang Changyu and would never collude with her brother.
That's my brother himself forcibly captive Liuning!
Wanyan thought about it, if her brother took Liuning as a hostage to force Tang Changyu to withdraw from the army, what would be the chance of victory? Will Tang Changyu protect the country or his own woman? This is really not necessarily, Wanyan secretly calculated, since her brother already has his own plan, he will not accept his own plan, and sure enough, his brother is not so easy to become a tool for his own use.
In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless, anyone who stands in the way of my son's ascension to the throne will die.