Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1938 Sick

When it was snowing heavily in Chang'an City, Chen Gu brought his soldiers and horses and was almost at the border of Yunnan.

The weather in this place is not very cold, but the further south you go, the more difficult the road is, and the humidity is heavy. Many soldiers fell ill in some way or another during the march.

But when they were about to arrive in Yunnan, even Chen Gu himself fell ill.

Chen Gu's illness is not particularly serious, but he has some wind and cold, and his head is somewhat dizzy.

According to this condition, there is no problem in continuing to move forward.

It's just that Chen Gu still thinks about his wife in his heart, so at this time, he started to get entangled.

Now that he is sick, if he lied about his illness and said that it was so serious that he could no longer lead troops into Yunnan to suppress the rebellion, then the imperial court would definitely withdraw him and send a new general here, right?
But he went back like this, worried about being punished, and a little unwilling.

After all, as military commanders, their lifelong wish may be to die in battle, shrouded in horse leather, but because their Chen family has not had an empress, he has to be more cautious.

The weather on the road is not very good now, which makes him a little uncomfortable. If he really enters Yunnan, if he becomes seriously ill, there is really nothing he can do.

Worried, worried, Chen Gu was a little worried.

For this question, he thought about it all night, and he finally made up his mind the next morning.

It may be because he didn't rest all night, he looked a little pale and tired. When he told the soldiers that he was sick and couldn't move on, no one doubted it, because they looked at Chen Gu's appearance, just Like sick.

"General, your illness is so serious, what shall we do next?"

"Yeah, we are about to reach the rebel area, shall we enter or not?"

"The general made it clear."

Everyone looked at Chen Gu and asked, Chen Gu suddenly coughed violently, and finally said after coughing like this: "I take you into the rebellion area in this way, just to let you die, it's really not me I wish, so, I decided to plead guilty to the Holy Majesty, hoping that the Holy Majesty can send another general to lead everyone to fight the rebellion and make meritorious deeds."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other. In this case, their speed of countering the rebellion must be slower.

But for them, it is the best situation so far, right?
If the sick Chen Gu took them to suppress the rebellion, wouldn't that be sending them to death, so it's better to let a more reliable general lead them here.

"The general is sick, and it is naturally the best thing to do."

"Yes, we all agree with the method the general said."

"That's right, that's right, what the general said is absolutely true."

After Chen Gu's misery and benevolence, these people did not have the slightest suspicion. Seeing this, Chen Gu was relieved, so he hurried back to the big tent, wrote a memorial, and sent someone to Hurriedly sent to Chang'an City.

After the letter was sent out, Chen Gu and the others began to wait in the barracks and did not move forward. Chen Gu here naturally had to continue to pretend to be sick. According to his calculations, for more than half a month, the people on the court side It's almost time for the general to arrive.

If fast enough.
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Chang'an is windy and cold.

After a heavy snowfall, the weather in Chang'an City became even colder.

And just when Li Shimin recovered from the prophecy of Emperor Chuan III and Wu Dai Li Xing, Chen Gu's letter was delivered to the imperial study.

After Li Shimin opened Chen Gu's letter and read it, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He didn't doubt what Chen Gu said. After all, he was leading the army to fight, and he was going to a place like Yunnan. It's normal to get sick on the way. Although he also hoped that everyone would be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, Chen Gu was already sick. Without the ability to command soldiers to fight, it is a bit unrealistic and extremely unsafe to let him continue to lead the army.

Therefore, after reading the memorial, Li Shimin had already decided to send people to exterminate the rebels tomorrow morning.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Shimin told everyone about Chen Gu's situation, because Chen Gu described himself as miserable, so no one in the court doubted Chen Gu's words.

"Dear dears, Chen Gu is sick and cannot continue to suppress the rebels. I am afraid that the court will send another general to suppress the rebels. My dear dears, who is willing to lead the army?"

In the previous situation, everyone didn't want to go. After all, a place like Yunnan has a complicated terrain, and many of their Datang tactics are not easy to use. If they go, the outcome will be hard to say.

It is true that Tang's generals like to fight, but they only like to fight big battles that can be won, and they can't be too difficult.

Therefore, after Li Shimin's inquiry, there was still no one in the court to respond to this. Obviously, everyone didn't want to go.

Seeing this situation, Li Shimin faintly wanted to get angry, but at this moment, Li Ke, the king of Shu, stood up and said: "Father, my son is willing to share my worries for my father, and my son is willing to go forward!" Go to Yunnan to suppress the rebellion."

Among Li Shimin's many princes, Li Ke is the one who can fight the most.

It's normal for Li Ke to stand up now. As a prince, shouldn't he share the court's worries?

However, Li Ke naturally had his own purpose in standing up. He is not a legitimate son, and it is much more difficult to compete for the position of crown prince, so he knows very well that his only hope is that he can grasp more power. Only with more military merits, follow the path of his father, Li Shimin.

No matter whether it is to force the palace in the future, or to let oneself have power, one must have more military achievements.

Moreover, he had spread the rumors about Yi Chu before, and he also made his father hate him, so he had to find a way to change it as soon as possible.

Nowadays, no one in the court is willing to do something. If he does it, the situation will definitely be much better, right?
Li Ke stood up, and no one in the court objected, and no one disputed his matter, as if this matter must be Li Ke.

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment. Although his son was a little angry with his behavior recently, it was still too risky to go to a place like Yunnan. Chen Gudu was sick, so what if Li Ke was also sick?
But no one is going now.

And this world was supposed to be maintained by his own prince, and Li Ke also had the responsibility to do so.

After some consideration, Li Shimin could only nod his head: "Since the king of Shu is willing to share the worries of our Tang Dynasty, then leave this matter to the king of Shu. The rebellion in Yunnan must be put down as soon as possible."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)