A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 47
邦，
Bang bang bang bang!

"Early to bed and early to rise, take care of your body!"

There was a faint sound of Bangzi outside, one fast and four slow, followed by two taps of the drum, which was five o'clock and two o'clock (3:48).

Huaiyu opened her eyes, and sure enough it was already dim outside the window.

At this time, the morning drum at the Chengtian Gate, the main entrance of Taiji Palace, should have already sounded, and Marquis Wu, who patrolled the streets, would also rush to report the time on the Sixth Street. Amidst their loud voices, Changan woke up, and the city gates and square gates followed one by one. Open, thousands of households will also start a new day.

Yawning, Huaiyu wanted to sleep again.

It was a bit too early, and it was only five o'clock in the morning when the five o'clock watchman came home from work.

He just closed his eyes, but it didn't feel right, as if he had forgotten something.

Huaiyu woke up suddenly as a faint fragrance came from her.

The female tiger Fan Xuanfu.

What about people?

He lifted the thin quilt and looked around.

Missed.

It seemed to be a dream from last night. At dawn, I woke up from the dream.

Spring dream has no trace.

impossible.

There was still a trace of body fragrance in the air, and even the smell of medicine.

But there was no trace of her in the room at all, and after searching on the couch, only a few black hairs were found.

Fan Xuanfu left without saying goodbye.

Huaiyu felt a little lost.

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East Palace, Lizheng Hall.

After the bloody change at the palace gate, Li Shimin entered the East Palace. Three days after the palace change, Emperor Li Yuan issued an imperial edict to confer him the title of crown prince, and he was granted the title of Xiande Hall in the front hall of the East Palace. Since then, he has lived in the north of Xiande Hall. Palace of Lizheng.

Prince Li Shimin listened to the government in the Xiande Hall during the day, rested in the Lizheng Hall at night, and occasionally received ministers in the Chongjiao Hall.

The Xiande, Chongjiao, and Lizheng Halls in the East Palace correspond to the Taiji, Liangyi, and Ganlu Halls in the Imperial Palace.

The sky is slightly bright.

On the dragon couch in the bedroom of the Lizheng Hall, Crown Prince Li Shimin suddenly woke up in fright. He was short of breath, his eyes were wide open, and his body was drenched in sweat.

"Your Highness, did you have a nightmare again?" The eldest grandson Wugou, the princess who had been living with Li Shimin, hurriedly comforted him. She gently comforted the prince while stroking the prince's back.

The palace people hurriedly lit the candles in the hall.

Li Shimin panted heavily, and it took him a while to calm down.

"I dreamed about those two headless ghosts again just now. They demanded my life." Li Shimin is the emperor on horseback, he is also a good archer, and he is good at using big swords, but he has been haunted by this evil ghost these days.

"Is it Liu Wuzhou and Song Laosheng again?" the eldest grandson asked.

"It was them at the beginning, but later it became Jian Jiancheng and Yuanji."

Song Laosheng was a general of Huya Lang in the Sui Dynasty. When Li Yuan and his son raised troops in Taiyuan, they arrived at Fort Jiahu, where Song Laosheng led [-] elite soldiers to stop him. Song Laosheng took advantage of the favorable terrain to stop him. The soldiers and horses of the father and son were blocked by Song Laosheng and Qiu Yu, and the morale of the army was fluctuating. The rain continued for a long time, and the army lacked food and supplies were difficult.

There was even news from the rear that Liu Wuzhou of Mayi had Turkic support and named him Dingyang Khan, and borrowed Turkic cavalry to attack Li Yuangen's base in Taiyuan.

At that time, Li Yuan's father and son and his confidant Pei Ji couldn't come up with a good solution even at night, and they were in a dilemma. Li Yuan even cried when he dreamed that he lost his hometown in Taiyuan at night. Finally, he decided to withdraw his troops and return to Taiyuan to help Taiyuan.

At this critical moment, Li Shimin once again asked to attack Laosheng Song to take Guanzhong, but Li Yuan refused to see him and wanted to withdraw his troops. Li Shimin cried outside the tent anxiously. Finally, Li Yuan was persuaded by Li Shimin and decided to let his son try again. If Song Laosheng can't be defeated, he will return to Taiyuan.

Li Shimin issued a military order, braved the rain to stop all the retreating troops, and fought back.

After a difficult wait, the rain finally came and the sky cleared, as well as the fighter plane.

He led dozens of cavalry to the city to scold Song Laosheng, and deliberately lured the enemy into battle. outflank.

Song Laosheng was directly captured by Li Shimin, and the Sui army was in chaos. Song Laosheng couldn't even go back to the city. Finally, he was knocked down the ditch and beheaded by Liu Hongji.

Tang Jun finally broke through Huoyi and opened the gate to Guanzhong.

At that time, the battle made both Li Yuan and Li Shimin cry, and the Li family was almost killed by the enemy's back and forth.

Liu Wuzhou, the general of Mayi Yingyanglang, won the support of the Turks and named him Dingyang Khan. Taking advantage of the Turkic power, he has been threatening the Li family's foundation in Hedong, and even broke into Taiyuan. Yuanji, who stayed behind, fled back to Guanzhong in embarrassment. The titan Yuchi Gong almost swept half of the east of the river, and the Li family was in danger.

Later, Li Shimin took command of the battle again when he was in danger. Fortunately, Qin Qiong Cheng Yao Jinniu Jinda Wu Heizai Tianliu'an Gongsun Wuda Li Junxian Liu Lancheng, who was voted by Wagang, was a big vote.

In particular, Qin Qiong is extremely powerful and unstoppable.At that time, Liu Wuzhou not only captured Taiyuan, but also successively occupied Jin, Jiang, Longmen and other places.

Li Shimin crossed the Yellow River at Longmen, stationed troops at Baibi, and used Fang Xuanling's strategy to confront Song Jingang, Marshal of Liu Wuzhou. Difficulties, even if Li Shimin couldn't defend himself, there was nothing he could do.

After half a year of stalemate like this, Li Shimin took advantage of the hunger and poverty of the enemy army and mobilized troops to attack Lv Chongmao in Xia County, who had surrendered to Liu Wuzhou. Christine goes deep.

Then Li Shimin sent Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Duan Zhixuan, Yin Kaishan and several Xuanjia cavalry generals to set up an ambush in Meiliangchuan to intercept Qin Qiong's three whips for two maces, defeating Yu Chigong.Yu Chigong fled back with only a search. Not long after, he led his troops to secretly break out of the encirclement, but Li Shimin sent Qin Qiong to ambush him again, defeating Yuchi Gong again, and beat him to escape alone.

After that, Li Shimin led Qin Qiong and others to launch a major counterattack, marching more than [-] miles a day and night, and fighting dozens of battles.After chasing Song Jingang in the Queshu Valley, the soldiers did not disarm for three days, and the whole army only ate one sheep. In the end, they still chased Song Jingang and fought eight times, defeating the enemy.

Yuchi Jingde defeated Jiexiu alone, and was eventually recruited by Li Shimin and Qin Qiong himself.

This battle lasted for more than half a year. Li Shimin not only took back Hedong, but also scared Liu Wuzhou to abandon Bingzhou and fled to Turkic. Soon Liu Wuzhou, the dog who lost his family, was killed by Turkic people, and Li Tang Hedong was safe from then on.

When Li Yuanji lost Taiyuan and fled to Chang'an crying, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were so shocked that they almost cried again. He led troops to fight Song Jingang and Wei Chigong, and he was stationed in the Baibi area for half a year. Even woke up more than once in the middle of the night.

Although Song Laosheng and Liu Wuzhou were not very powerful in the Li-Tang unification war, Xue Ju and his son, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, once defeated the Eighth Chief of Li and Tang in Qianshuiyuan, and they were almost at Chang'an.Wang Shichong occupied the Central Plains, Dou Jiande occupied Hebei, and even Li Mi from Wagang was able to force Li Yuan, who had just entered Chang'an, to write a letter calling him the leader.

However, the battle of Huoyi and Baibi once put tremendous pressure on Li Shimin.

Even now, in nightmares, I still dream of these two people coming to claim their lives.

"My concubine heard that these evil spirits are most afraid of fierce generals, and those generals are the most effective at warding off evil spirits and suppressing evil spirits. Why don't your highness summon the fierce generals to watch the night, so that evil spirits will not dare to approach. No matter whether the headless ghost is Song Laosheng or Liu Wuzhou, or others, dare not come again."

Li Shimin nodded, "The most brave and capable fighters under Gu's command are Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Duan Zhixuan, etc." These people are also his Xuanjia cavalry generals.

"The concubine heard that Song Jingang was the general of Huya Lang in the former dynasty, but he and Shubao were in the old guard of the children. It is said that he admired Shubao very much. The most powerful general under Liu Wuzhou back then was Yu Chigong, and Yuchi Gong also Defeated by Shubao, let Shubao guard the palace gate, Song Laosheng and Liu Wuzhou will never dare to attack again." The eldest grandson took a cup of ginseng tea from the palace maid and gave it to Li Shimin, "Although Jingde was defeated by Shubao, but before On the day of Xuanwu Gate, Jingde killed Yuanji with an arrow, and then used the heads of the two men to scare off the palace soldiers in front of Xuanwu Gate and let Jingde and Shubao guard the gate together, even if those two were unwilling, they would not dare to approach."

"But Shubao couldn't get sick that day, and the Shangyao Bureau, the Imperial Medical Office, and the Yaozang Bureau sent famous doctors to see him, but they didn't get better." Li Shimin sighed. After he was named the prince, he originally planned to make Shubao the prince. The left guard was led, Yu Chigong was the crown prince's right guard, Cheng Yaojin was the left guard's deputy, Hou Junji was the right guard's deputy, and Shu Bao was assigned to command the camp at the north gate, but he was so ill that he had to be let Yu Chigong led for the left guard, and Cheng Yaojin led for the right guard.

"Your Highness is always busy, but I don't know that Shubao's condition has improved greatly. Not only has he left the sick bed, but he is also said to be able to wield a four-edged golden mace every day. According to my concubine and concubine, it is the nephew of Ying Guogong's warrior Xun. Erlang's elixir is very good, it is that Wu Erlang who practiced Taoism in Zhongnan Mountain before, and saved His Highness Baiqi Wu Huaiyi when he went down the mountain, His Highness even gave him a golden knife, and asked the local government to grant him a hundred acres of land."

Li Shimin had some impressions, and was very surprised, "Even the imperial physicians can't help, that young man actually has this ability?"

"Student of a master, the master is powerful."

"That's right, okay, Chuan Shubao and Jingde come here, armed with swords and holding lances, and I'm sorry for them to stand guard for a few days."

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noon.

In the Hall of Chongjiao, Prince Li Shimin was discussing matters with a group of confidant ministers.

The left guard led Yuchi Jingde, the right guard led Cheng Zhijie, the left guard led Duan Zhixuan, the right inner guard led Zhou Shaofan, the left guard led Hou Junji, the right inner deputy led Zhang Gongjin, the right guard led Sun Anye, the right inner deputy led Li Guest teacher and so on.

There is also Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao who haven't appeared recently.

Long time no see, although he is still very thin, his complexion has recovered and his voice is very loud.

Everyone stood up to greet Qin Shubao's return. This former number one general of the Prince Qin's Mansion Group was an old friend with everyone present.

Li Shimin stepped forward to hug this old man affectionately. Although Qin Qiong only brought Cheng Yaojin and his old Wagang brothers to abandon Wang Shichong and join the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Wude, the two of them fought side by side for seven years. He has always been Li Shimin's The general manager of the horse army and the guard.

"What kind of panacea did Wu Erlang give you, it really brought you back to glory again, I must reward him well."

(End of this chapter)