Chapter 21: The Beginning of the Warring States
Time, at some moments, has lost its original meaning, such as Jiang Fan at this time.
This is a luxurious palace building, one of which has a courtyard, very wide, the courtyard, planted with many flowers and plants, if someone looks closely, you can see that these flowers and plants are surrounded by aura, are not ordinary things.
To the east of the compound, there is a small building, the small building has two floors, standing among the flowers, it looks extremely quiet and peaceful.
Upstairs, in a side room, on a bed made of passion wood, a young man in Tsing Yi was lying flat. The young man's expression was calm, his face was ruddy, and at this moment he could not see the serious injuries he had suffered ten days earlier.
This young man is Jiang Fan, he was rescued, and he has been in this mysterious place for more than ten days to recuperate, these times, he has been in a coma, but his internal injuries have improved, and he has long been out of danger of life.
As for why he was able to get better so quickly, it was because of the assistance of that benefactor's good elixir, coupled with the healing of his own green jade pupils, that he was able to miraculously make such a huge improvement in just ten days, otherwise, it would be a question of whether Jiang Fan could survive this time.
When the sun was setting and the red was sprinkled everywhere, the boy on the bed still had no sign of waking up!
At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and a white figure walked in.
This figure comes from a girl in a white dress in the moonlight, the girl's face is peerless, very beautiful, three thousand green silks, pouring down to the waist like a waterfall, a pair of big black eyes like ink, like a sea of endless stars in the blink of a moment, fascinating.
The girl walked into the room, and walked towards the young man on the bed, and saw that although his face was calm and serene, his face was not as pale and sickly as it was at that time, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Immediately frowned again, I have asked people to take the elixir that should be used and feed him, but why did he still not wake up?
"Well, I've done my best, and if you can't wake up, it's no wonder I'm not going to wake up!"
The girl muttered to herself, and there was a touch of sadness on her delicate and unusual face. At that time, he was just trying to prevent Sister Gong Xun from telling me where I was hiding, so he suffered such a disaster!
Perhaps, he did not stop him, and he would not have angered the man, and he was wounded by the assassin and died!
The more the girl thought about it, the more she felt that she had harmed him, as well as the guardians who had died. But there are some things, where can she decide and choose a little Tang princess?
The girl's expression was flat, but there was always a touch of sadness in those smart eyes.
After glancing at the boy again, she turned around and walked away slowly.
If in normal times, Jiang Fan would have already sat on the edge of the bed and entered cultivation, but unfortunately now he is lying motionless on the bed, like a dead man, but the chest is a little undulating, which can prove that he is still breathing and alive.
In the past ten days, many major events have happened in the entire Tang Dynasty, because the blood book was born in the Chang'an Flower Festival and failed to assassinate the princess, and the news spread throughout the world, which made the Tang Emperor furious, and immediately sent millions of troops to the border of Western Chu.
Datang dignity, no one can offend, if someone really dares to risk their lives and offend my Datang, then they must bear the anger from Datang.
This time the troops were sent to Xichu, above the court, no one dared to dissuade the civil and military officials, and under the fury of Li Tianji's dragon face, who would dare to be the first to touch this moldy head?
Maybe the emperor is still there, and if there is no retreat for healing, it can stop this war, but it's a pity that after a big battle half a month ago, the emperor entered retreat, and there was no movement.
In this way, in the eyes of all people, the two strongest empires in the Great Domain are about to go to war. And this war is not about victory or defeat, only about dignity.
In the face of Xi Chu's repeated provocations, how could Li Tianji, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, endure it? What's more, they and Xi Chu have been a great enmity that has been passed down from generation to generation, so they just took this opportunity to settle everything with them.
In front of the huge palace pavilion, on the thousand-layer stone steps, Li Tianji was dressed in a dragon robe, and his eyes looked coldly in the direction of the west.
"In this battle with Xichu, Aiqing thinks, how will we win or lose?"
Li Tianji asked without looking back.
Behind him, the same Tang Dynasty Prime Minister in the official robe-Gu Wuji, but unlike before, this time, next to Gu Wuji, there was also a person standing.
This person is dressed in gray cloth, tall and tall, but the whole looks extremely simple and natural, but his face has gray hair, a long beard, and looks very serious.
This person is the first general of the Tang Dynasty - Gao Zaitian.
"Back to the emperor, Western Chu has been outgoing in recent years, conquering most of the territory of the Southern Regions, and the strength has long been different from what it used to be, and now the Western Chu soldiers are strong and strong, and the generals are like clouds, although my Tang Dynasty soldiers are united, not weak, but they are also facing the enemy, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable!"
This is still a conservative statement, since he sent troops this time, Gao Zaitin did not agree to it in his heart, but unfortunately when Long Yan was angry, how could Li Tianji adopt the opinions of these ministers?
In recent years, the Western Chu has a strong army outside, expanding the territory, fighting the Quartet to the court, and all countries worship, even the northern Rong tribe has begun to have some tendency to bow down to the Western Chu, which shows that today's Western Chu is much stronger than the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Gao Zaitian was worried in his heart, if this battle was not only difficult to win, but also if he had to abandon the city and land, then the prestige of Datang in the hearts of the people of the entire Great Domain would probably also drop to a low point.
Thinking of this, Gao Zaitian's heart was ruthless, and he wanted to take the risk of admonishment, but Li Tianji suddenly turned around and looked at him with a somewhat cold gaze: "If Aiqing wants to dissuade me, there is no need to say much, then Xi Chu provoked my Datang three times and twice, can I ignore the majesty of Datang and be bullied by Ren Er?"
Looking at the gloomy look on the emperor's face, Gu Wuji knew that there was a black-robed person who had disturbed the palace before, and then Princess Huajie was assassinated, these things had broken Li Tianji's bottom line, so it was impossible to dissuade him from retreating!
Seeing that Old General Gao still wanted to say something, Gu Wuji hurriedly stopped him secretly and shook his head at him.
Seeing this, Gao Zaitian sighed and reluctantly gave up his mind to continue to dissuade.
"Since the emperor insists, then the old minister has a request, and I hope the emperor will fulfill it!"
Gao Jian'an's face was straight, and he knelt down on one knee and hugged his fist towards Li Tianji and said.
"The old minister petitioned, went out with the army, and did his best for my Datang!"
Gao Jian'an's old face is extremely firm at this moment, he has been fighting horses all his life, the battlefield has been spanning for a hundred years, and he is brave and loyal, which is to serve the country, and now he is only disabled, which is also for the preparation of this moment.
Li Tianji turned around, looked at Gao Zaitian's vicissitudes of life and withered face, and heard his words again, even if he was indifferent in his heart, he couldn't bear it at this moment.
"Aiqing is in her advanced age, she still has a brave and loyal heart, and I am comforted, but the war between the two countries, on the verge of life and death, and dangers are everywhere, if Aiqing goes, how can I bear it?"
Li Tianji said these words very touchingly, without any hypocrisy, but in the hearts of the two, they had different ideas.
Gu Wuji knew that the emperor was ruthless, even if he said it sincerely, it was not so moving!
Unlike him, Gao Zaitian is very emotional, if he gets the emperor's words, he will never return, and it is worth this life.
"The old minister has been fighting horses all his life, and he has long been put aside from life and death, and now the country is in trouble, how can the old minister sit idly by? The emperor's mind, the old minister's heart, but please allow the emperor's permission, the old minister will put on armor and go out to fight, and do his best for my Datang!"
Seeing that he insisted, Li Tianji sighed, turned back a little helplessly, and said, "Since this is the case, then I will be gracious!"
No one knows that at this moment, Li Tianji's different colors in his eyes are extremely obvious.
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