Chapter 1005: The Dust Settles
Suspicion is a long suspicion, Li Qinzai is not a person who trusts others so easily, especially in foreign countries and races, and he is even more vigilant.
From the beginning of this landing in the Japanese state, Li Qinzai was deeply suspicious of the eldest brother.
Although there is no indication that the eldest brother is playing conspiracy, Li Qinzai prefers to analyze the words and deeds of the eldest brother from the perspective of human nature.
Suicide in the Great River Zhi Palace, the literati and monks of the whole country gathered to make trouble, demanding the return of government to the king, and forces from all over the country rose up one after another......
Since landing on the island, there have been various incidents in the territory of the Japanese country, how can Li Qinzai not suspect that someone is doing something behind it?
can make so many incidents, and it is not obvious, the identity of the instigator behind it is definitely not ordinary, looking at the territory of the Japanese country, the only person who has the ability to do these things, except for the lord of the Japanese country, Li Qinzai really can't think of anyone else.
Then Li Qinzai analyzed the psychology of the eldest brother, a former lord of Zhongxing who was in power and had extraordinary national strength, but later suffered the disaster of destroying the country, and was placed under house arrest by the enemy in the palace for several years and was not allowed to step out of the palace.
Is such a person willing to grovel to the enemy all his life?
There is no evidence, but it conforms to the logic of human nature, and Li Qinzai's suspicion of the eldest brother is naturally logical.
The fiasco of the eldest brother tonight is not without reason.
He underestimated Li Qinzai, and a young man in his twenties would let him capsize in the gutter.
The eldest brother fell in the mud all over the ground, looking completely desperate.
Li Qinzai got up, walked to the baggage, patted the wooden barrels and wooden boxes sealed with oil paper, and said with a smile: "Nancheng set fire to the people's houses, and the courtiers' families scraped together one or two thousand dead soldiers to send them to death, and restrained my three thousand defenders, but you took the dead soldiers out of Beicheng and came straight to my camp, for this, right?" ”
The barrels and crates were sealed with oiled paper, but inside were unopened gunpowder projectiles and spare three-eyed guns.
Li Qinzai sighed: "I have to say, you are quite smart, knowing that my Tang Dynasty King can destroy your country, relying on this firearm and gunpowder, so in your eyes, it is even more important than the restoration of the country......"
"If you get it, then gather craftsmen to study the secret recipe, if you can make your own firearms and gunpowder, your country can not only restore the country and prosper the country, but also compete with the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and compete for power in Haidong......"
"Your Royal Highness, I can't see that you are ugly, but I think you are very beautiful." Li Qinjae's smile grew cold.
"Gunpowder, it's not so easy to deduce the secret recipe, you underestimate me again, even if I send gunpowder to you and let you study it for two or three years, I'm afraid you won't be able to make a name for yourself."
The eldest brother hung his head, his face was gray, and he said secretly: "I was wrong, very wrong...... He who should not have given birth to such ambition should have died except for defeat, so why bother? ”
Li Qinzai also sighed: "Yes, why bother, from the beginning of the Battle of Baijiangkou, your Wa Kingdom is destined to be in the hands of my Tang Dynasty, which you can't change, and the Wa Kingdom can't be changed for generations." ”
"After this war, the Tang Dynasty will send literati and Confucian scholars from all over the Central Plains to open a school in the Wa State to teach me the language and writing of the Central Plains and the scriptures and teachings of the sages.
"What you do tonight, in fact, you can't shake Datang's control over the Wa Kingdom, even if you succeed tonight, Datang will try every means to take it back, the Wa Kingdom is the strategic place of Datang in the future, it is an outpost to explore this world, and it can only belong to Datang forever."
The eldest brother secretly closed his eyes and sighed: "The next thing has nothing to do with me. If you become a king or lose a villain, what can you say? Li Xiangong, tell your subordinates to send me on the road. ”
Li Qinzai stared at him, opened his mouth and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard a strange voice in front of him.
Everyone looked up, but saw that Luye Zanliang braved the heavy rain and rushed into the gate of the camp, kneeling in the mud, looking at Li Qinzai and the eldest brother with sadness.
Li Qinzai frowned and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing?" ”
Tsuno Sanra cried: "It is my misfortune to be born in the royal family, but I can't choose. Wu Shaolang, please allow me to do the last thing for my father, I don't ask you to spare my father's life, I only ask for my life in exchange for my father's life. ”
Li Qinzai said coldly: "You can't change it, you don't have that value." ”
Lu Ye Zanliang pleaded: "My father's legs have been broken, he is already a waste, after today, he will also abdicate as the lord of the country, voluntarily imprisoned by the Tang Army, from now on, he is just a helpless crippled old man, Wu Shaolang, I only ask you to leave him alive." ”
Lee Chin-jae fell into deep thought.
In the past few days, the Tang army has cleared out the local forces of the Wa State, and the banner is "King Anneizun", and those who do not respect the king will be exterminated by the Tang army.
So the problem is, Li Qinzai's own order to respect the king, if he kills the lord of the Wa State tonight, it will be tantamount to slapping himself, and politically speaking, it will be a failure, and the Tang Dynasty will lose its prestige in the Wa State from then on.
You put forward the "honor of the king", but as a result, you killed our king, and who will believe what decree will be issued in the future?
The Wa State, but the strategic place predetermined by the Tang Dynasty, will be operated from generation to generation in the future, if you want to operate, the imperial court must first win the trust of the people.
Killing the eldest brother at this moment will do more harm than good to Datang, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Tsuno Sanliang trembled, staring at Lee Chin-jae pleadingly.
The eldest brother also showed the color of survival, it is better to die than to live, when ambition is withdrawn from the body, he finally arouses the desire to live.
After thinking about it, Li Qinzai slowly walked up to Lu Ye Zanliang and helped her up with his own hands.
"Seven days later, I was going to give your father a grand and lively first seven, to be honest, I even helped him take care of the cemetery, and buried it outside the gate of the camp, a good feng shui treasure land, to ensure that he will have thousands of maids in the next life, and someone will shoot him with a machine, and the beauty will not kill him......"
Tsuno Zanliang burst into tears, although she didn't understand the meaning of Li Qinzai's words, but she heard that her father's life could be saved.
"Much, thank you Wu Shaolang!" Sonno Sanra cried.
The middle elder brother's eyes also showed a look of ecstasy, and after the sudden release of the heavy pressure, his body suddenly collapsed, and he collapsed to the ground weakly.
Li Qinzai sighed unwillingly: "Your father is destined to die, but I have always missed the old love, who told you to serve me in my house for a few years, for the sake of your duty and well-behaved in the past few years, it is not impossible to spare your father's life, but, only this time, if your father dares to jump next time......"
Lu Ye Zanliang said eagerly: "If my father still dares to do something disloyal to the Tang Dynasty, the fifth young man will cut him with a thousand knives, and the slave and maid will not complain." ”
The eldest brother also said weakly at this time: "I...... I don't dare, really! ”
Li Qinzai ignored the eldest brother, but just glanced at Lu Ye Zanliang: "I left your father's life, for whom?" ”
Cormorant Zanliang said gratefully: "It's for the slave maid, the slave maid will never dare to forget the great kindness of the fifth young man in this life, and I am willing to repay you as a cow and a horse." ”
"It's not necessary to be a cow and a horse, it's enough for a two-ponytail maid to wait for me."
After speaking, Li Qinzai was stunned, is this considered a use of power for personal gain? The eldest brother in forgiveness doesn't seem to have anything to do with Xiao Yaga, but ...... Hey, the commander of the First Army, can't you have this little benefit?
Li Qinzai then looked at the eldest brother and said coldly: "Tomorrow, you will prepare an edict of abdication and confess your guilt to my Tang Emperor." ”
The eldest brother said honestly: "Yes, follow the decree of Li County." ”
"Also, tomorrow you and the royal family will board the sea ship, and the whole family will move to Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty, and the place of residence will not be so free, and your whole family will be locked up in the mansion for the rest of your life."
The eldest brother nodded in agreement.
Li Qinzai said: "Choose the youngest child from the royal family to become the lord of the Wa Kingdom, and the Tang Dynasty will send officials to assist the new lord of the left." ”
Glancing at the eldest brother again, Li Qinzai said slowly: "As for those courtiers of the Wa Kingdom, there is no need to stay, tonight's chaos is indispensable for their help, these disasters can't keep them alive, it's too much trouble for the Tang Dynasty, what does His Royal Highness think?" ”
At this time, he is a fish and a man, and he is a knife, what can the eldest brother do?
"Everything is up to the Duke of Li County, and the vassal is no longer qualified to ask again."
Li Qinzai smiled: "Very good, then follow this." It doesn't matter if the courtiers are gone, you can appoint a new batch of courtiers in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, I prefer to be pro-Tang in mentality, and this matter is responsible for the officials sent by the Tang Dynasty, so don't worry about it. ”
Looking up at the sky, the rain seemed to have stopped.
Li Qinzai said leisurely: "Tomorrow may be a good weather." ”
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Late at night, the soldiers who had fought bloodily returned to the camp, and Li Qinzai personally greeted the soldiers outside the gate.
Tonight's battle was a good one.
The 2,000 or so dead soldiers of various courtiers and magnates in Asuka City were all annihilated by the Tang army, and according to Li Qinzai's military order, the soldiers rushed into the mansions of all the Japanese courtiers and took down their entire families.
Outside Asuka City, the 20,000 Japanese alliance troops in the north were ambushed and sniped by Liu Renyuan's troops, and Wang Fangyi's troops who rushed from the north just surrounded the alliance army on all sides.
There were indeed tough guys in the coalition army, and they didn't give up even though they were surrounded, and after killing a group of stubborn Japanese people, the remaining 20,000 coalition troops finally surrendered.
Originally, the Tang Army did not accept prisoners, but this time it set a precedent.
20,000 people is not a small number, it would be a pity to kill them, according to Li Qinzai's order, Wang Fangyi and Liu Renyuan accepted the surrender of 20,000 people, and then confined them in the wild.
At this point, a rebellion initiated by the eldest brother of the lord of the Japanese kingdom came to an end.
Welcoming the soldiers back to the camp, Li Qinzai stood outside the gate with a smile on his chin, and the soldiers suddenly felt inspired, and after returning to the camp, they cheered loudly.
After all the soldiers returned to the camp to rest, Li Qinzai returned to the Shuai tent.
He was also very tired tonight, although he didn't go to the battlefield to fight in person, but he also walked a lot, and the pampered Fifth Young Lang was very delicate.
As soon as he entered the tent, Tsuno Sanra greeted him.
At this moment, Cormorant Zanliang is no longer the embarrassed appearance of the soup chicken, obviously he has just bathed, under the dim candlelight, the newly bathed Cormorant Zanliang has picturesque eyebrows, and his body exudes a surging body fragrance, which smells very comfortable.
Zanliang brought a basin of hot water, took the initiative to help Li Qinzai take off his shoes, soaked his feet in the hot water, and kept rubbing him.
Li Qinzai sighed comfortably.
Life...... It's just a pair of ponytails and maid outfits.
Men, what is needed is to grasp the direction.