Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 328: First Ecstasy and then Great Sadness
time flies.

At the beginning of July in the fifth year of Wude, Li Yuan once again experienced the ups and downs of his life.First, when Li Daozong returned from Hebei, he also captured the traitor Dou Jiande, which made Li Yuan eat three bowls of rice happily.That night, two concubines were summoned to attend the bed, very happy.

However, before he could be happy for two days, bad news came from Bingzhou.Li Shimin, King of Qin, whom he had placed high hopes on, fell under Jieli's hands and died on the battlefield!

God seemed to be joking with him, first gave him ecstasy, and then gave him great sorrow.At this time, he didn't know what to do.

Although he likes to play balance and regards King Qin as a tool to restrain the prince, it is undeniable that King Qin is his own son, and also the son he admires and relies on the most.But now, the son is dead.

He just died!

Until the next day, Li Yuan was still unwilling to believe the news.

However, the urgent report from Hedong Road reminded him all the time.All this is true news, King Qin is really dead!

In the harem, outside the room, several prime ministers looked at each other speechlessly, all lowered their heads, waiting for Li Yuan's call.

When he heard the news of Li Shimin's death in battle, Li Yuan didn't hold back, but passed out directly, and only woke up slowly under the treatment of the imperial doctor just now.

"If possible, I really don't want to disturb Your Majesty at this time." Yang Gongren sighed heavily.Holding the urgent report in his hand, he was very impatient.

Xiao Yu said softly: "Hedong Road is in danger, His Majesty must make a decision."

Pei Ju said solemnly: "The King of Qin's [-] troops were completely wiped out. The crown prince and Prime Minister Dou, together with King Qi's soldiers and horses, were only [-] to [-], and they could barely hold Taiyuan. If the imperial court did not send reinforcements to Bingzhou, the entire Hedong Tao will be lost.

Even, the worst case scenario is that the Turks are greedy and go all the way into Guanzhong. "

Pei Ji said: "I must see Your Majesty today, and let Your Majesty send troops quickly."

Whether it is the Wenxi Pei family or the Sangquan Pei family, they all took root in Hedong Road. Once the Turks break through Taiyuan, Jiangzhou, Jinzhou, Cizhou and other places will all fall.

Chen Shuda's face was ashen, and he remained silent.The news of King Qin's death made him still in a trance.He never thought that King Qin, who had always been regarded as the god of war, would lose.

At this moment, the servant Li Zhong came out and led several Xiangguo into the room.

Li Yuan was lying on the couch, watching several prime ministers arriving one after another, his eyelids blinked, as weak as if he had no strength to speak.

"See Your Majesty."

"Exemption."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Pei Ji raised his head and said in relief: "Your Majesty, people cannot be resurrected after death. You must take care of your body. Now the Turks are attacking Taiyuan. Your Majesty, you must cheer up!"

In the past few days, Li Yuan's face was like old tree bark that had lost moisture, withered and lifeless. When he moved a little, his expression was uglier than crying.

"I know, but Erlang"

Having said that, tears flowed down.

"A few days ago, I dreamed about Empress Taimu. She wanted Erlang to serve her. I thought it was just a dream, but I didn't expect it."

To be honest, Xiangguo and others couldn't empathize with Li Yuan.King Qin is the son of a sage, but not their son. They cannot understand the pain of bereavement.

They only know that if the Turks cannot be repulsed, the situation will be extremely dangerous, and even they themselves will be difficult to save.

Yang Gongren said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Turkic people are coming in menacingly, and the Loufan Pass has been lost. At present, the crown prince and King Qi are sticking to Taiyuan. Please send reinforcements quickly."

"Jiancheng, Yuanji." Li Yuan's eyes regained a little light, "Yes, if you want to support Taiyuan, you must support it. King Qin has already left, and I can no longer lose the crown prince and King Qi, so I must send reinforcements.

Yang Xiang, what do you think? "

Yang Gongren leaned forward and said: "Your Majesty, I discussed with several ministers when we came here. For the current plan, only by ordering the King of Chu to support Bingzhou and join forces with the Crown Prince and King Qi can we defeat Jieli. Moreover, Hebei is relatively close to Bingzhou. As long as you hurry up, you will be able to catch up.

Now that the King of Chu has repelled Shi Bobi and captured Dou Jiande, Hebei has basically stabilized, and he can support Taiyuan without any worries. "

Li Yuan nodded, "Yes, pass the decree to let the king of Chu go to Bingzhou to support Taiyuan!"

"Yes." Yang Gongren cupped his hands.

The mission assigned to him by the King of Chu was finally successfully completed.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Ju said: "In addition, Your Majesty may issue an order to order the governors of the states along the Hedong Road to send people to gather the young and strong to go to Taiyuan to assist in the defense."

"Okay, I will leave this to you to arrange."

"Yes."

Several prime ministers, you said something, I said something, and explained the support plan in detail, and finally got Li Yuan's approval and issued an imperial edict.

Half an hour later, Li Yuan couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep again.

Before leaving, Pei Ju glanced at the drowsy Li Yuan and thought to himself; King Qin's death was a huge blow to Tang and the saint, and he wondered if the saint would suffer because of this.
At this moment, for all the officials in Chang'an, it is tantamount to the collapse of the sky and the mourning of the government and the public.

Even the few prime ministers endured pessimism and dispatched troops, horses, food and grass to support Taiyuan.

political affairs hall.

As the last edict was written, it was already late at night.

Xiao Yu murmured, "I don't know if the king of Chu can defeat Jieli this time."

If it was the king of Qin who was going to fight, he might feel that he couldn't win, but he didn't think that the king of Qin would lose.

But if it was the king of Chu, or the prince and king of Qi, Xiao Yu really had no idea.

Yang Gongren said: "We can only choose to trust the King of Chu now."

"That's right, you have to trust the King of Chu." Pei Ju said.In his opinion, whether he can stop Jieli this time is not up to the prince and king of Qi, but to the king of Chu.

After the death of King Qin, King Chu was the most trustworthy general in the Tang clan.

Pei Ji and Chen Shuda didn't speak, but they agreed with the words of the three of them in their hearts.It is too unrealistic to rely on the prince and King Qi to defeat Jieli.

Soon after, several people left one after another, leaving Yang Gongren and Pei Ju on duty.Usually, Xiangguo is not required to stay on duty in the Zhengshitang, but now it is unusual, the Tang Dynasty is at a critical juncture, and any news may determine the fate of the court.

Therefore, after discussing with the five prime ministers, they decided to keep two prime ministers on watch every night, waiting for news from the front line at all times.

More importantly, Li Yuan fainted, people panicked, and all officials in the court were panicked because of the death of King Qin.

At this time, Xiangguo must stand up and stabilize the overall situation.

"Yang Xiang."

"Ok?"

Pei Ju said softly: "Don't you find it strange that the court received the news that King Qin was in danger at the beginning of June, and the saint immediately asked the prince to help him, but after a month, the prince not only failed to save King Qin, It’s a bit unreasonable to not even make it to Shuozhou.”

Yang Gongren wanted to cover his ears so he didn't listen, so he smiled awkwardly, "Pei Gong, you and I are at the rear, the crown prince and Prime Minister Dou are in front, they are far apart, maybe they have something to hide."

"Really?" Pei Ju looked at him with a half-smile.

Yang Gongren pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Pei Gong, the saint is very sad right now, it's better not to pursue these matters at this time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Pei Ju nodded and murmured: "I hope the old man thinks too much, otherwise, we will have to be on guard all the time."

Hearing this, Yang Gongren frowned and didn't say much.

He naturally has doubts about some things, but without direct evidence, he is not very willing to believe.

(End of this chapter)