Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

Chapter 68: Standing on one's heels, Empress Xiao is terrified!
Li Kuan watched this scene in relief.

It’s beautiful, really beautiful….
In the early days of starting a business, people were always so sincere and beautiful.

Just like when he saved the first batch of Tang people.

As for whether it will deteriorate in the mid-term, and how his men will change, he doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know.

He just enjoys the moment.

After his death, no matter what kind of flood it is.

"It's a pity, only you are rescued for the time being, and only you can be rescued."

Li Kuan sighed.

This time the Turks ravaged Youzhou and went straight to Chang'an City. He didn't know how many children of the Han family they kidnapped on the way, he only knew that he couldn't save them.

For the White Tiger Camp and the White Robe Army, one died and the other died, and there was no supplement. He had to protect the safety of the two armies first, so that he could continue to kill the enemy and save people.

The safety of the two armies is higher than anything else.

As for how much suffering the people of Youzhou who are still trapped in Turks will suffer and how many people will die, he is powerless...
Manpower has its limits.

"Father, have you ever seen what you did?"

Li Kuan laughed at himself.

If Li Shimin hadn't launched the Xuanwumen Change, then the generals of the Youzhou Jiancheng faction would not have opened the door to meet the thieves, and there would be nothing to do next.

Unfortunately, Admiral Tiance activated it.

Moreover, Admiral Tiance also has a reason to activate it, if he does not activate the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he will die!

Everything is just a matter of position.

It’s just that the consequences and price of the Xuanwu Gate Incident are too heavy...
in history.

Li Shimin deliberately concealed the loss of Youzhou after Jieli Khan broke through. He could see those people crying, and he could definitely see it.

But he also had reasons to hide it. If he didn't hide it, the shocking casualties in Youzhou would spread to Datang, and it would be difficult for him to secure the throne.

Again, everything is a matter of stance...
And people will always only choose what is beneficial to them.

"Your Highness!"

Just when Li Kuan was thinking a lot, Du Ruyan came over with a leg of lamb full of meat.

She smiled and said, "Your Highness, I brought it for you. You have been tired for so long, it's time to eat."

Li Kuan nodded: "Yan'er, you have a heart."

He took the leg of lamb and began to bite it. While chewing, he asked: "Listen to Bai Hu, you have a lot to say to me this afternoon."

Hearing this, Du Ruyan froze instantly when she saw the smile on the face of her highness eating the leg of lamb she brought.

become bewildered.

"I, I, I, I didn't."

Li Kuan smiled and said: "You didn't say it on the surface, but Bai Hu could tell that you had a lot to say in your heart. What did you want to say? I'm right in front of you now, but there's no harm in saying it."

Du Ruyan blushed, lowered her head and fiddled with her skirt: "Your Highness, I...I..."

I want to speak from my heart.

There are still many things I want to say, such as His Highness eats enough these days?Dress warmly?Ask about basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, goosebumps, she wants to ask and talk about everything...
but!
Hesitant to speak.

In front of this man, timidity eventually became her lingering character.

"Yeah! I remembered something, and I have to deliver mutton to some children. Your Highness, I'm leaving now and will come back later!"

In the end, Du Ruyan chose to change the subject, and left quickly after speaking, not daring to stay any longer.

Li Kuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "This idiot."

He shook his head.

After all, Du Ruyan was still too afraid of him.

Obviously, he has already lowered his majesty, and he doesn't even need to call himself "the king", trying to get closer to the image of his neighbors.

But she was still afraid.

There is no way!
Li Kuan had no choice.

Shaking his head, no more thought.

An Xin gnawed on his leg of lamb, and enjoyed the hard-won peaceful night since leaving Datang.

Soon.

General Baihu came over.

"Your Highness!"

He surrendered.

Li Kuan nodded and motioned for him to sit down.

After he sat down, he asked why he came.

"Tell me, what's the matter."

General Baihu thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, what should our army do next? Although the Turks are not chasing us, it is not good to stay in the wilderness like this. After all, winter is coming, and there is a high probability that the Turks will not chase us. For that reason."

"Winter is a nightmare for the Turks, and it is the same for us. We don't have warm clothes, and the soldiers can carry them, but there are many old and weak women and children in the team. If we don't find shelter, this winter, I'm afraid we will die. ,A lot of people…."

"And after winter, it can't be calm."

"After winter, the Turks no longer have any worries and can directly join forces with the Liang Kingdom to destroy our army. The Tang Dynasty cannot rely on it, and the water far away in the east of the Yangtze River cannot save the fire nearby. At this time, our army will be unable to support itself."

Li Kuan smiled and said: "That's right, so the next step, our army is to find shelter that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and find something to keep out of the cold."

"Bai Hu, do you have any good ideas about shelter?"

General Baihu rubbed his chin, frowned and said: "No, when I led people to plunder cattle and sheep just now, I passed a county town. city."

"In addition, if our army attacks the city, it is unrealistic to encircle and not attack. Liang Guo has always been called the Turkic grain storehouse. They must store a lot of grain in the city, and they will spend this winter behind closed doors. There is no problem. .”

"Looking at our army, time cannot be delayed at all..."

"It seems that there is no solution."

Li Kuan still smiled and said: "Bai Hu, this matter seems to be unsolvable, but in fact there is still a way to deal with it."

General Baihu's eyes were frivolous: "Oh? Your Highness means..."

Li Kuan continued: "If Liang Guo County is not allowed to go, I will take the people to the town. If the town is not allowed to go, they will go to the village in dozens of batches! You can always settle down!"

"As for leading people and troops to occupy Liang Guo, if Liang Guo sent troops to destroy us, it would be impossible. They are not capable of it!"

When Liang Guogang established his country, he was still very powerful, and even Datang regarded him as a strong enemy.

Liang Shidu was also full of ambition, and led the army to fight against the Tang Dynasty several times, but they all ended in disastrous defeats.

This also let the Tang Dynasty know that the Liang Kingdom was not a continuation of the Sui Dynasty, but a group of incompetent people who were kings in Zhanshan, so they sent troops to capture the Liang Kingdom many times.

The Liang Kingdom's territory shrank smaller and smaller, and gradually became the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Finally, they had to rely on the Turks to survive. With the help of the Turks, they were able to escape being destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.

Although they escaped, there are only a few areas left in the territory of the Liang State, and there are not many defenders in these areas, and they have been defeated in every battle. Surrender to Datang.

No faith, no generals, how much deterrence and combat effectiveness can the formed army have!

Li Kuan even thought that if all the troops of the Liang Kingdom were called together, his white-robed army, the White Tiger Battalion, would be able to win if they fought head-on with them!

It was only by relying on the Turks and the tall city walls that they were able to breathe.

But right now the Turks are their people, and they have to deal with the coming winter. There is a high probability that they will not send troops to Liang Guo. In history, Datang seized the opportunity of winter to attack Liang Guo. Liang Guo destroyed the country.

So even if they send reinforcements right now, there won't be many. They have more important things to do in the Turkic Grassland.

Therefore, the plan to convert dozens of people into villages in Liang is completely feasible.

Even if Liang Guo sent troops to exterminate them, Li Kuan was confident that these people would never return.

"Your Highness, you are right, but this thing to keep out the cold..."

The housing problem was solved, and General Baihu began to worry about things to keep out the cold.

There are not many people in the entire country of Liang. They are scattered in major towns and even fewer in major counties. There is enough space for them to live, but the clothes are more or less not enough.

Li Kuan said with a smile: "This king will have his own tricks for this matter, so there is no need to worry."

At present, whether it is the Liang Kingdom or the Turks, most of the heating materials are charcoal. Charcoal is expensive and not easy to obtain. The cold clothes cannot resist the cold that chills the soul, which often leads to people freezing to death.

And Li Kuan thought of something that was more resistant to the ruthless cold than cold-weather clothing. It was burned with fire like charcoal. It was only about [-]% as effective as charcoal, but the raw materials were easy to obtain and could even be mass-produced. That was, in later generations, Honeycomb!
This thing is easy to make, and the materials are available everywhere.

now.

Hearing that His Highness had an idea, General Baihu didn't ask any more questions.

There are too many secrets in this man, and he can always feel surprises from this man. He has the desire to explore, but it is unnecessary, because he will never be able to explore.

The only thing that is certain is that as long as this man speaks up and has his own way and ideas about this matter, then this matter will be resolved satisfactorily, without exception.

This man is always like this, always makes them feel at ease...
"Okay, Your Highness, it seems that the two most difficult problems of our army have been solved, then I will lead the army to surprise the nearby villages and towns of Liang Guo, slaughter them all, and then bring our army people in."

General Baihu concluded.

Li Kuan nodded, and continued, "I'm adding one to the course of action you're about to start."

General Baihu cupped his hands: "Your Highness, please speak frankly!"

Li Kuan thought for a while and said: "There is a way to survive the winter, but it is rare to face the Turkic army in the spring. Our army has caused devastating damage to the Turks. When spring comes, they will definitely lead their army to take revenge."

"Our army in the Tang Dynasty cannot go back and can only stay in the Turks, Liang Kingdom, and Goguryeo. It would be better if we only have cavalry. The world is so big that if there are horses, they are all at home."

"But we still have children, the elderly, the disabled, etc. They cannot walk too far, and our army cannot outpace the Turkic cavalry on the grassland with them."

"So, before spring comes, we need to find a heavy city as our army's base camp, use the heavy city to resettle the people, and use the heavy city walls to resist foreign enemies."

General Baihu's eyes flickered: "Then, Your Highness, do you have an idea?"

Li Kuan nodded, and said with a loud smile, "Hahahaha! This king must have made up his mind, so he will let you Baihu make another trip."

"Send someone to Yanyun City and ask him to tell Sishe the secret method. Let Sishe contact Yang Zhengfa in Yanyun City and tell him that our army can help him ascend to a higher throne and bring the so-called emperor Yang Zhengdao to the throne. Pull it down and let him take its place!”

Divorce!

This was King Chu's idea.

It takes time for a divorce to take effect, so he planned things that would only be carried out in spring before winter came.

General Baihu's eyes flickered: "Your Highness, can this be successful? Yang Zhengfa and Yang Zhengdao are blood relatives, and they are ants on the same boat. Can he agree?"

Li Kuan laughed and said: "Hehe, people's hearts are unpredictable, but interests can always be slaves to people's hearts. If our army has the strength to give the loyal Yang family what they want, he will naturally become an obedient slave."

"Yang Zhengfa will, he will. That time, this king and Yan'er were escorted by the Turks to Yanyun City. This king was fortunate to have seen him a few times. This king, I saw the ambition in his eyes!"

"He has the highest probability of instigating rebellion. Even if he can't, there are so many relatives in the Yang family. One by one, there will always be someone who agrees. After all, we have the strength to help those who surrender to a higher position."

"As for the so-called kinship, cold lips, grasshoppers on a rope, etc., it will never be as important as benefits. There are too many examples in history where people betray so-called kinship, love, and friendship for profit."

"In the final analysis, everyone is born alone."

"Like isolated islands of ice floating in the ocean of destiny."

"And the encounter between people is like the collision of floating ice islands. As long as there is a collision, it will definitely have an impact."

"Sometimes, floating ice islands will stick to each other, and what makes them stick together is the name of [benefit] [family affection] [friendship] [love] [hatred]."

"Among them, interest is the most important thing to maintain two floating ice islands, or even many floating ice islands."

"Baihu, you go and do it. This king believes that there will be someone who begs me to bring down Yang Zhengdao, the emperor of Yanyun City, and is ordered by the heavens to live forever. No matter how many heroes in ancient and modern China and foreign countries can't resist the temptation, Not to mention the mere Yang family's incompetent clan."

General Baihu was persuaded.

Convinced, orally.

Difficult situations were resolved one after another with effective measures.

He knew that the man in front of him could always find a way to resolve the predicament.

This man, this man, he is omnipotent...
…………………….
After General Baihu took the order, he led his army to leave.

Not long after he left, Chen Qingzhi also returned with a lot of cattle and sheep.

He was an experienced plunderer.

When this group encountered small villages and towns, they plundered all the wealth including cattle, sheep, and horses.

When I met the county town, I walked far away.

When he saw that the cattle and sheep brought back by General Baihu had not yet been finished, Chen Qingzhi brought back another batch...
At this moment, Captain Yang, who was responsible for being the spokesman for the people of Youzhou, and even the people of Youzhou finally understood why so many Turks came to the border of Datang every year to burn, kill and loot.

This food, wealth, came... too fast too fast.

Production needs to be measured in months, or even years.

But plundering only takes a few days, even stronger than White Tiger General Chen Qingzhi and others, and they can plunder other people's savings for several months in a few hours.

The cattle and sheep brought back were tied to trees to prevent them from escaping.

After that, the people fell asleep one by one.

This time they slept soundly.

There is something to eat after waking up, and there is also a patron saint guarding them while they sleep. Although it is in the wild, I am satisfied.

The next day.

After working for most of the night, General Baihu finally finished the matter, and the first time he came back, he didn't want to rest, but looked for King Chu with dark circles under his eyes.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

"The things you arranged, hahaha, I, Pei Xingjian, will take care of everything for you!!"

A long distance away, Li Kuan, who was still reading "Sun Tzu's Art of War", closed the book.

He brought this book from Chang'an City and has always carried it with him.

There were not many entertainment items in ancient times, making human beings at night was the most fun sport, other than that most of the time it was terribly boring.

Reading books is Li Kuan's way to relieve boredom.

"Baihu, tell me about your achievements."

Li Kuan looked directly at the excited General Baihu in front of him.

General Baihu laughed and said: "Hahaha, Your Highness! I led the army to capture a town. Thousands of enemies there were slaughtered. We can lead the people to settle in."

"In addition, I have already sent someone to notify Sishe. He already knows about this."

Li Kuan nodded: "Since that's the case, let's start migrating, go, the home that this king found for everyone, a temporary home."

this afternoon.

The army and the people of Youzhou, who had rested for less than a day in Taihang Mountain, set off again to one of the small towns in Yan'an County of Liang State.

The town is large enough to accommodate all of them. It is similar to an ordinary city, except that there are fewer supplies and no city walls.

Even so, everyone here was cheering.

They, they...
These poor abandoned children wandered around like duckweed for a long time, and finally found a new home...
After the carnival, everyone began to tidy up the town, the army arranged houses, cleaned up the corpses of Liang's enemies, etc...
The whole town is in a hurry.

………………………….
Yanyun City.

"what!!!"

Empress Xiao was still enjoying afternoon tea peacefully, but when she heard the spies' words, she was so shocked that she didn't even know that the teacup fell to the ground and broke.

"What did you just say, that the King of Chu took action against Fushui Town under the jurisdiction of Yan'an County?"

Hearing the name King Chu again...

Her heart was trembling, hesitant, scared...
This is the God of Killing!
With the body of a proton, he can stand like a terrifying man in the back garden under the garrison of hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the Turkic grasslands!
The news from Princess Yicheng yesterday said that the King of Chu and his people were in the Taihang Mountains and might go to Liang State next. She was still lucky, maybe the King of Chu would return to the Tang Dynasty.

But right now, the fluke can't turn into reality in the end.

That terrifying god of death still lives in the Liang Kingdom...
Scared!
Not only that, Queen Xiao's heart was beating violently at this time.

Why is this man here, why, why...
Can't he go somewhere else?
Her heart trembled.

"Yes, empress."

"Not only Fushui Town, but several villages near Yan'an have also been looted. According to speculation, King Chu, he is planning to spend the winter in our country of Liang!"

The spies reported truthfully.

boom!
As soon as these words came out, Queen Xiao was trembling so much that she could hardly stand.

"Does General Liang, the commander of Liang Division who controls Wancheng, know about this matter?"

Today, the Liang State has two major cities, Yanyun City and Tongwan City, of which Tongwan City is the capital of the Liang State.

Although the emperor of the Liang Kingdom was still Yang Guang's grandson Yang Zhengdao, that was only in name, and the real ruler was the Liang Shidu who ruled over ten thousand cities.

"Understood, General Liang thinks that we should send troops to seek justice for the people of Liang, but after he was persuaded by Shangshu Lu Jilan, he did not intend to send troops and continued to garrison Tongwan City."

"What did Lu Jilan say?"

"Back to the Empress, Lu Jilan Shangshu said that the Turks gathered all the cavalry, but they couldn't wipe out the King of Chu. They even suffered heavy losses while the King Chu's army suffered very little losses. Liang Guo couldn't even compare with one of the [-] grasslands. Contend against the king of Chu who can play with the Eighteen Parts of the Grassland."

Empress Xiao was silent.

indeed.

Lu Jilan was right.

Although it is a shameful thing for the people of Liang to be wiped out and slaughtered, they need to recover their face.

but!
They are weak, too weak, too weak! !

Weakness is the original sin.

Even my own dignity cannot be protected...
"General Liang did the right thing."

Queen Xiao nodded.

Although this incident is infuriating, who made the King of Chu powerful.

However, no matter how powerful the King of Chu was, he could not attack Yanyun City, Tongwan City, or the counties under Liang Guo's rule.

The reason.

Very simple and easy to understand, it is a tall city wall! !

Unless the cavalry of the king of Chu can fly, they will not be able to enter within two years.

"By the way, Empress, General Liang ordered people to prohibit this news from reaching the ears of the people and the army in Tongwan City. Look at our Yanyun City..."

The spies hesitated to speak.

Queen Xiao took a deep breath: "This must be Lu Jilan's idea, let's do it in Yanyun City!"

"This matter is indeed too shocking, and it is not something that the people and the army should know."

I know... I must be in trouble...
In her heart, Empress Xiao added a sentence to herself.

"understand!"

The spies were ordered to leave.

After he left, Queen Xiao, whose charm was still there, stood up and looked out at the vast sky: "King Chu, King Chu, why are you so terrifying?"

"They have all fallen into the hands of the Turks, but they can still... escape."

King Chu's terrible record made Empress Xiao tremble uncontrollably even when the name of King Chu was mentioned.

She really couldn't figure it out.

How did the lonely King of Chu escape from hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry? Such a person is too terrifying and terrifying.

"You are the son of Li Shimin, if you are the son of the first emperor [Yang Guang], then it would be... how wonderful."

Empress Xiao's beautiful eyes flickered: "If there were you back then, how could the Sui Dynasty have perished."
.
………………….
Floating water town.

After several days of settling, the King of Chu's army and more than 1 people finally established a foothold here.

The army went out to plunder food and drink, while the people were arranged by the King of Chu to build Floating Water Town. The nature of infrastructure was firmly embedded in the soul of every Han Chinese, so no one resisted such an order, and the people would not resist their own king. Even the future emperor.

In addition to building Fushui Town, the King of Chu also sent a group of people to collect Shi Nie. This kind of thing is the raw material for making briquettes. There are many, many of them. It can be said that it can be seen everywhere in the mountains around Fushui Town.

And as long as the stone nirvana is smashed, after some simple steps, it can be made into briquettes.

Briquettes, whose overall shape is similar to honeycombs, are extremely easy to burn. The smoke may be a bit thicker, but as long as ventilation is provided, it will not affect anything.

It is enough to carry through the whole cold winter.

Of course, in large quantities!

So he has already sent people to make a large amount of briquettes.

(End of this chapter)