First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 324

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While talking, Li Shimin hurriedly poured a bowl of water, and quickly walked into the inner tent, only to see Luo Shixin with his eyes open, his hands stretched in the air, trying to struggle.

Li Shimin strode forward and supported him, "Shixin don't move around, how do you feel?"

"Qin? King Qin?" Luo Shixin's eyes flashed with joy, his voice was hoarse, and his lips were chapped.

Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly picked up a bowl to feed water.

"Mo, don't, dare" Luo Shixin hurriedly struggled to sit up when he saw this, and refused.

"Don't move around," Li Shimin said hastily upon seeing this.

At this time, the doctor came, carrying a jar of warm soup. Li Shimin stepped back. After the doctor finished feeding the soup, his face was overjoyed.

Li Shimin was overjoyed.

After the doctor left, Luo Shixin's condition was already very good, he struggled and bowed his hands to salute, "The last general is terrified, how dare he have the King Lao to protect him".

Through the conversation he just heard, Luo Shixin already knew that he was sleeping on Li Shimin's bed, and that Li Shimin was the king of Qin, and even served as an outsider, guarding him all night.

"It's good that Shixin is fine." Seeing that Luo Shixin was fine, Li Shimin laughed loudly and said, "Don't talk about protecting you. As long as your body is fine, I can kneel in front of the Buddha and pray for you."

Luo Shixin was grateful when he heard the words, and then asked: "Who is the general surnamed Zhang who saved me? I must thank him."

Seeing this, Li Shimin was even more satisfied. Luo Shixin is indeed a good man who values ​​love and righteousness.

"What? Gao Youzhi, Mr. Gao in Chang'an? And Wu'an, this..." Luo Shixin only felt that his head was not enough, and he didn't have the same joints for a while.

Seeing that Luo Shixin's face was still pale, Li Shimin said directly: "I don't know much about the details. Shixin should rest at ease and cultivate. It won't be too late to find out after he recovers."

In the early morning of the next day, the east was brightly lit, and Li Shimin woke up lying on the desk, rubbing his numb arms, and when he looked up, he was shocked, "Who?" By the way, he pulled out the horizontal knife beside him.

"Your Majesty, you're awake." A mighty armored general at the side of the desk turned his head and grinned.

"Shixin?" Li Shimin was shocked, "You are not on the ground to cultivate yourself, why are you standing here?"

Luo Shixin was wearing tattered armor and blood stains. Although his face was still pale, he was still in good spirits. Upon hearing this, he bowed and said: "When the general was unconscious, the king was the guardian of the general. Now the general wakes up, and he is the king who protects him."

Li Shimin was greatly moved, he stepped forward to support Luo Shixin and sat down side by side, he could not help feigning anger and said: "Your injury is not healed, how can you be so reckless?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the last general is not fatally injured. He has rough skin and thick flesh, and he will be fine after a night of sleep." Luo Shixin scratched his head and smiled thickly.

Seeing this, Li Shimin really didn't know what to say, so he patted Luo Shixin's blood-soaked pocket, "No wonder I slept so peacefully last night, it turned out that I was guarded by Shixin."

"The last general is willing to be the King's bodyguard for life," Luo Shixin immediately said seriously.

Li Shimin nodded, and heard a cooing sound. Looking for the sound, he smiled and said: "First eat a full stomach, so that you can cultivate yourself. I want a fierce Luo Shixin."

The two wolfed down a large bowl of food, and the generals came hand in hand.

Seeing that Luo Shixin regained his energy overnight, everyone couldn't help being amazed when they were overjoyed.

At this time, the guards outside the camp came to report: Liu thief is fighting on the bank of the river.

The generals were filled with righteous indignation when they heard the words, and they called for battle one after another.

"Your Majesty, the last general is going to fight", Qin Qiong said decisively, worrying about Luo Shixin's safety for several days, it made this fierce general feel depressed, and he must fight for a while today, so as to get rid of the hatred in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the last general is going too", Luo Shixin also came out and said, "Being suppressed and beaten these days, I feel very aggrieved."

"What does Xuanling think?" Li Shimin lowered his hand, signaling to the two of them to be calm, and asked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and then said straight: "Last night the Wu'an formation beheaded the bandit general Gao Yaxian and severely injured his former army. The morale of the bandit army must be low now. Liu Heitai is actively fighting and is eager to win a battle to improve morale. I thought Not to fight."

Zhang Shigui is also quite a strategist, his eyes lit up when he heard the words, "Xuan Ling means to leave them alone and frustrate them?"

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Now the bandit army is eager to fight, but our army is not as good as he wants. We can't get out of the wall. It's the so-called one-shot, then decline, and three-time exhaustion. If you fight several times in a row, you still can't win. The morale of the bandit army It will definitely fall, and at that time, it will be our army's chance to win."

Everyone couldn't help nodding their heads in agreement when they heard the words. What Fang Xuanling said was well-founded and feasible, and they immediately looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin smiled, clapped his hands and praised: "Xuanling's words are very close to my heart", and then changed the subject, "When will Keming arrive?"

"Fast is two or three days, slow is five or six days."

Du Ruhui is now an official doctor, and he ranks second among the nineteen scholars of the Hongwen Museum. After Li Shimin left the customs and arrived in Luoyang, he ordered Du Ruhui to stay in Luoyang to raise military funds. rest assured.

Li Shimin nodded and continued to ask: "How long will the food and grass last?"

"There is enough food and grass, and it can be used for at least one month," Fang Xuanling answered without hesitation, knowing everything about the general affairs of the army.

At this time, the generals also reacted, and seemed to understand Li Shimin's intentions.

Sure enough, Li Shimin said directly: "My master of the Tang Dynasty relies on Guanzhong, Longxi, Hedong, Bashu, Jingchu and other hundreds of states. The treasury is full and the whole country provides support.

On the other hand, although the bandit army is developing rapidly, it is not engaged in production. The land of Hebei has been war-torn for a long time, and the treasury is not enough to support the bandit army of more than [-] people. It will only take a long time for the bandit army to run out of food and grass, and they will be defeated without fighting."

Everyone agreed when they heard the words. At this time, Cheng Mingzhen, who was the last leader, coughed lightly and said softly: "Your Majesty, I have a plan, which may cut off the food of the bandit army."

All the generals looked back and stepped aside, the people present were all from the lineage of Prince Qin's House, even Zhang Shigui who came to help last night was a fourth-rank Hussar General, a direct descendant of Prince Qin's House.

Official Cheng Mingzhen pays homage to Yongnian county magistrate. Yongnian is the seat of Mingzhou and the former capital of the Dou Xia regime. Row.

If it weren't for the meritorious service of beating the drum to defraud Liu Heitai, the current Cheng Mingzhen would not even be qualified to enter the Chinese army.

"It has been known for a long time for its ability to invigorate, what's the clever plan, come quickly," Li Shimin immediately stretched out his hand and said, giving the county magistrate from the sixth rank enough respect.

Cheng Mingzhen's heart became hot, and after a little deliberation, he said directly: "As your majesty said, the treasury in Hebei was already empty due to the sinus thieves' rebellion.

Now Liu's thieves rely on the supplies of Ji, Bei, Cang, Ying and other prefectures for their expenses. If your majesty separates his divisions and goes to cut off his water and land food routes, within a month or so, the thieves' army will be exhausted and defeated."

(End of this chapter)