Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 467 It is duty-bound to turn the tide
Chapter [-] is the duty to turn the tide

"Is there any news about General Qu Tu?" Chen Ying had a bad feeling in his heart, and he said suspiciously: "General Qu Tu was also born in a general family, and he has been in battle for a long time, so it can't be..."

With a glance of Li Xiuning's eyes, she knew what Chen Ying meant.Qu Tutong was a Huya Lang general in the former Sui Dynasty, and later became Yang Jian's personal guard and general Zuo Xiaowei. It can be said that Yang Guang was sorry to many people, but he was not sorry to Qu Tutong. After the defeat, he surrendered to Li Tang. At that time, Li Tang was also not strong, but also very weak.Now that Li Tang is defeated and Wang Shichong is victorious, it is hard to guarantee that Qu Tutong will surrender again.

Qu Tutong is a general with a criminal record, he will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in order to survive.At this time, Li Xiuning couldn't make a judgment in her heart.Li Xiuning murmured: "General Qu Tu has done his best, even he... can be forgiven."

"General Qu Tu is back!"

"General Qu Tu is back!"

Chen Ying was overjoyed when he heard the words, and Li Xiuning was obviously relieved.

After a while, Li Shimin sent someone to invite Chen Ying to go back to discuss matters.Although Chen Ying was not seriously injured, his physical strength was exhausted and his limbs were weak. Li Xiuning went forward to help Chen Ying without even thinking about it.But Chen Ying is still a man, no matter how thin he is, he still weighs more than 120 jins. Li Xiuning supported Chen Ying, feeling very strenuous.

At this moment, Zhou Qing was about to step forward to help Chen Ying, but Guo Luo grabbed his arm just as he lifted his leg.Zhou Qing looked at Guo Luo in confusion: "Why are you dragging me?"

"What are you doing?" Guo Luo said with a light smile, "Don't be an eyesore now!"

As Guo Luo pointed at Li Xiuning and Chen Ying, Zhou Qing suddenly realized.

Li Xiuning supported Chen Ying and walked nearly a hundred steps, which took more than a stick of incense.At this time, Chen Ying couldn't bear the whispering and strange stares from the crowd, so Chen Ying said, "Zhou Qing, Guo Luo, find a stretcher for this general!"

The left and right guards of the East Palace and the left and right Siyu of the East Palace have a field ambulance team, but this time the emergency rescue of Li Shimin, the medical team did not follow at all.Li Xiuning asked suspiciously, "A stretcher?"

Chen Ying pointed to the simple stretcher Zhou Qing made with two sacks, inserted two spears, and then removed the heads of the guns, and said: "This is the thing. Many wounded on the battlefield cannot move because of their injuries. Using people to carry or carry it can easily cause secondary damage to the wound, so Chen Huairen came up with a stretcher!"

In fact, this stretcher was made by Chen Ying, but his contribution is already too great, and this invention is needed to improve his contribution.So Chen Ying put the credit on Chen Huairen.

Li Xiuning was also a general, so he could see the magical effect at a glance.She nodded and said, "This thing is simple and practical, and it should be popularized by the whole army in terms of materials."

On a stretcher, he walked all the way to Li Shimin's Zhongjun Festival Hall.At this time, Chen Ying found that the Beiman camp was really miserable, and a large number of camp walls had collapsed. Now the soldiers of the Tang army are urgently repairing it. The most dangerous thing is that the traces of burning extend to about [-] steps from the camp of the Chinese army. At that time, it was only one step away from breaking the camp.

Fortunately, however, Chen Ying's reinforcements arrived in time, scaring off Zheng's army.

"Third sister, are you not injured?" Just after entering the Chinese army's inner camp, a tall general quickly knelt down to Li Xiuning and Chen Ying.

Following the sound, Li Xiuning found that this tall general was none other than Qi Wang Li Yuanji.Li Xiuning asked in surprise: "Sanhu, aren't you in Mengjin? How did you come here?"

Meng Jin was on the north bank of the Yellow River. In fact, Li Shimin not only excluded Chen Ying and Qu Tutong, but also the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, was driven by Li Shimin to watch Guanliangdao in order to win the great achievement of attacking Luoyang.

Thinking of this, the unhappiness in Chen Ying's heart was swept away.In order to monopolize the great merit, Li Shimin didn't even give face to his own brother, and it was reasonable not to let him intervene.Although I was unhappy, but thinking about it now, I was relieved.

"My scouts have been keeping an eye on the Beimang camp. I got the news when General Qu Tu led the way to Longmen!" Li Yuanji said with flickering eyes: "It's just... Sanhu didn't expect that General Qu Tu would It will also be defeated!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji's flickering gaze, and instantly guessed that he was not telling the truth.Li Shimin is jealous of Chen Ying's military exploits, so why isn't Li Yuanji jealous of Li Shimin?In fact, if Li Yuanji sent troops to rescue the Beimang camp as soon as the Tang army's camp caught fire, it is estimated that he could lead the reinforcements to arrive before the second camp wall of the camp was breached.

However, Li Yuanji led more than [-] troops, and after crossing the Yellow River, at the confluence of Luoshui and Jianhe, they were retreating.

Listening to Li Yuanji's shameless talk about gathering routs there, Chen Ying didn't know what to say.Hewanji was fifty miles away from Luoyang, so it was nothing to the cavalry, but it was really not easy for the infantry to get there.

Suddenly there was lightning in the sky, and there was the sound of rolling thunder, and then the big raindrops began to fall from the sky.

"Get in quickly!"

Li Xiuning held Li Yuanji with one hand and Chen Ying with the other.However, Chen Ying looked at the dark night sky in Chang'an.

When they came to the festival hall, all the generals had already stood in line.

Chen Ying was originally sitting on a stretcher and entered the big tent. Seeing this scene, Li Shimin hurriedly walked up to Chen Ying from the chief seat: "General Chen, how is your injury?"

Chen Ying waved his hands with difficulty and said: "His Royal Highness, there is no need to worry, I am fine, but my body is exhausted and my limbs are sore and weak.

Li Shimin said: "Come here, quickly move a soft couch for General Chen!"

After a while, a few guards of the Chinese Army carried a soft couch to the first place on the lower left of the big tent.Chen Ying looked at the first person on the lower left and was taken aback for a moment.

In this Eastern Expedition Corps, Chen Ying's official position was originally the Deputy Marshal of Ma Youdu of the Eastern Shaanxi Provincial Army.In fact, his land is one level lower than Qu Tutong, and belongs to the third person after Li Shimin and Qu Tutong.

Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "His Royal Highness, is this inappropriate?"

Seats and seats represent identity and status, Li Shimin said: "Who dares to say it's inappropriate?"

As he spoke, Li Shimin looked at Qu Tutong.

In fact, Li Shimin felt very satisfied in this battle. Although he underestimated the enemy and fell in ambush, Qu Tutong led an army of 10 troops and was defeated by Wang Shiyun's [-] cavalry and [-] fire bulls.In Li Shimin's mind, let alone [-] horses, even [-] pigs, there is no way to kill them all in less than four hours.

Qu Tutong's dereliction of duty was inevitable in this battle.

Qu Tutong said in a hoarse voice: "General Chen, please don't be polite...I am old and incompetent, and sooner or later I will let the virtuous."

Li Shimin's face was full of gloom, and Chen Ying asked, "His Royal Highness, did Wang Shichong launch another attack?"

"No, but..." Li Shimin said: "Although Wang Shichong didn't attack, it was more serious than this!"

Chen Ying asked suspiciously: "What happened?"

Li Shimin said angrily: "These villains who are facing Qin Muchu, they actually escaped!"

"Who!" Chen Ying was inexplicably heard: "Who escaped?"

Cheng Zhijie yelled: "Who else can there be? Zhang Gong, governor of Weizhou, would like to surrender Tian Zan, governor of Yunzhou, and Yang Qing, governor of Yunzhou; Shi Derui, Zhang Zhenzhou, governor of Weizhou, and governors of Kyushu, such as Huanrong, Bian, Wei, and Yu. Ran away."

Chen Ying frowned: "This is trouble!"

"That's right!" Li Shimin sighed and said, "The court hasn't had time to arrange these new lands. If they go back and wave their arms, I'm afraid they will repeat themselves!"

"It's not just fear, I'm afraid there will be another rebellion!" Chen Yingdao: "There is no other way now, we can only adjust the left and right guards and left and right siyu rates up!"

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Gu also has such intentions!"

……

The heavy rain poured down, and water splashed on the stone steps in front of the Taiji Palace of the Chang'an Imperial Palace.A bolt of lightning tore through the sky, and thunder rolled past.

Chen Qi, the Zhongchang servant, trotted all the way up the stone steps with small steps, bowing his body.A little yellow door stepped forward to help him, but he threw it away.

Chen Qi ran towards the main hall.Drive directly into the hall.

Li Yuan looked at the heavy rain outside the hall with his hands behind his back, Li Yuan felt faintly uneasy in his heart.Spring oil is as expensive as oil, and there is a proverb that says, when spring thunders, thieves are everywhere.Once the weather is abnormal, it indicates that the year will definitely not be good.Li Yuan had ordered Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen and other officials to come to discuss matters as early as the heavy rain had just started.

Chen Ying entered the main hall, and handed the secret report to Li Yuan carefully.Li Yuan turned to stand on the top of the alchemy, fixed his eyes on Chen Qi who was kneeling on the ground: "This is..."

Chen Qi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from Luoyang!"

With that said, Chen Qi hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to meet Li Yuan's eyes.

Li Yuan opened the secret report suspiciously, and glanced at the secret report. Although his expression remained the same, Li Yuan's hands trembled, his beard trembled wildly, and sweat dripped on the gold bricks.

Chen Shuda, who was originally quite relaxed, did not dare to show his air at this time.Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan's trembling hands and the sweat on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty."

Li Yuan's cold voice sounded in the hall: "Where's the messenger?"

Chen Qi trembled and said: "Return...Report to Your Majesty, the messenger is outside Yong'an Gate...

"Xuan...slow, keep the news tightly sealed," at this moment, Li Yuan handed the secret letter to Pei Ji with trembling hands.Pei Ji just glanced at it, his face changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "Your Majesty...how...how is this possible?"

Li Yuan turned his face and glanced at Pei Ji.Slowly closed his eyes, as if Luoyang's defeat had nothing to do with him.

Chen Qi came to Li Yuan again, and said timidly: "Your Majesty, this is His Highness King Qin's letter of apology."

Holding a seal in his hand, he handed it to Emperor Chongguan.

Li Yuan snorted coldly, didn't take Chen Qi's seal, turned to look at Pei Ji and said, "Jian Pei, how should we deal with King Qin's matter?"

Pei Ji was quick-witted, and stepped out of the line: "Your Majesty, the defeat in Luoyang, Qu Tutong lost his teacher and humiliated the country. His crime is unforgivable, but now the king's teacher is newly defeated, and the inside story is unknown. At present, Dali Temple Prison is integrated with the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai. The investigation is clear, and the responsibility for his crimes will be announced to the world, and the punishment will be imposed!"

Pei Ji naturally knew that Li Yuan intended to protect Li Shimin, but the battle of Luoyang was a big defeat, with more than [-] soldiers lost, so someone must be needed to take this responsibility.Li Shimin couldn't bear this responsibility, and Chen Ying tried his best to save Lan Lan at the critical moment, but Qu Tutong's head was neither big nor small, which was just right.

Li Yuan smiled coldly: "Chen Shuda? I entrusted you with the matter of the Eastern Expedition, and now a hundred thousand troops are throwing their corpses outside. Is it clear that a sentence of investigation is your explanation to me?"

Chen Shuda took a deep breath, untied the belt, took off the beam crown on his head, and knelt down on the ground.The emperor can't be wrong, so only the Zhongshu servant is wrong, and this Zhongshu servant only needs to top the vat.Chen Shuda said with a gloomy expression: "As a servant, I can't appease the four barbarians, and cause my father's worry, I'm guilty!"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Xinbo who was kneeling on the ground, with hesitation in his eyes.

Nayan Xiao Shiwen raised his eyes, looked at Chen Shuda who was kneeling on the ground, then turned his head and looked at Pei Ji who was sitting at the head of the station. Pei Ji still had his eyes closed and said nothing.

Li Yuan said in a loud voice: "Wang Shi was defeated, and Wang Shichong's victorious army will definitely invade the border. When you Chen Shuda resigned, Wang Shichong withdrew his army? Chen Xianggong, are you blackmailing me?"

Chen Shuda kowtowed and said, "I dare not!"

Li Yuan turned his head and looked at Pei Ji: "Jian Pei..."

Pei Ji opened his eyes, and his pupils were full of light. At this moment, he didn't look like an old man in his 60s at all.

Li Yuan said coldly: "What do you say??"

Pei Ji slowly opened his mouth and said: "The most important thing right now is the defense of eastern Shaanxi, which needs to be rectified urgently. Don't let Zheng Guo's troops not cross the side wall, and send troops from Guanzhong to come east to fill the defense line of Tongguan; Eastern Shaanxi and Hedong are more important. Strengthen the military preparations to prevent the Turkic people from taking advantage of the fire and attacking from two sides with Wang Shichong to attack and harass the capital...

Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Listen, this is the talk of seeking the country."

Li Yuan turned his head to look at Chen Shuda and said, "Chen Shuda, did you hear that? You are my prime minister. When something happens to the country, you want to put down the pick. How can you be a loyal minister?"

Chen Shuda let out a long breath, and replied: "I would like to report to your Majesty, for the preparation of armours and staffs in the states of Hedong, before going to the palace, all you need is an order from your Majesty to activate it. The reinforcements in Guanzhong can be used day and night to march eastward." , Within five days and nights, it should be able to support the defense of Tongguan...to ensure the safety of Kansai."

Li Yuan nodded: "That's pretty much the same. You, Pei Xiangguo, and Xiao Xiangguo are all my ministers. When the country is in trouble, we have to help each other, understand?"

Chen Shuda said: "I understand——."

Li Yuandao: "Decree, Li Shimin and Qu Tutong lost their teachers and humiliated the country, and went to Dali Temple for investigation——

He paused, turned his head to look at Xiao Shiwen and said, "Xiao Qing!"

Xiao Shiwen stepped forward and said, "The minister is here!
Li Yuan said: "This case is up to you and Dali Temple to ask!"

Chen Shuda fell on the ground, his eyebrows moved involuntarily.

Xiao Shiwen came out and bowed, "I obey the imperial edict!"

At this moment, a shout came from outside the hall: "Wait!"

Li Yuan, Pei Ji, Xiao Shiwen, Chen Shuda and others all looked towards His Highness, and outside the hall, Li Jiancheng walked into the hall as quickly as a drowned chicken.Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan and asked solemnly, "Father, what do you plan to do with the soldiers and horses of the Luoyang Beimang Camp?"

"Chen Yingquan knows that the Marshal of Eastern Shaanxi's troops and horses marches to control the troops and deploy defenses!" Li Yuan said without thinking, "He is now the appeasement envoy of Henan Province's economic strategy, and it is his duty to appease Henan Province..."

(End of this chapter)