Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 284 I’ll test you
It is obvious that with such a smart and retro supreme commander, the morale of the army is not very high to begin with. In addition, most of the people in Yongle City are civilians and have not received any professional training.

Now the city wall collapsed, and the people in the city who were not very united suddenly dispersed into a sky full of stars.

"Xu Xi! I'm your mother!" Qu Zhen yelled in grief and anger. Fortunately, due to the intense fighting yesterday, he slept with Jia, just wearing his outer robe and running to the outside of the tent.

The city was in chaos, and the soldiers were running wildly without a clear direction. After Qu Zhen ran out two steps, she saw Li Shunju falling in the mud.

"Li Yaban!" Qu Zhen stepped forward immediately, preparing to help Li Shunju up.

Li Shunju was an eunuch in the palace. During this expedition to Xixia, he was appointed by Song Shenzong Zhao Xu to oversee the Yanlin Road Army. And he still served as the internal servant adban, so the army called him Li adban.

"It's the Marquis of Qu..." Li Shunju lamented, but he was not panicked, but showed no fear, "Today's defeat was already expected, but it's a pity that Wang Gui and Xu Xi didn't listen to me. As a person who has been punished for a long time, I am trusted by the Holy One and supervise the army on Yanlin Road. I am ashamed of my trust in the officials when I suffer this defeat."

"Stop talking, Li Yaban!" Qu Zhen dragged Li Shunju anxiously: "Today's defeat is not your fault, come with me!"

"Everyone is destined to die. As a disabled person, I will not hesitate to die. General, please leave alone and don't let me get involved." After Li Shunju said this, he pulled off his clothes, found some pen and ink on the overturned desk, and scribbled it on his clothes. He wrote: "I will die without hatred, but I hope that the officials will not underestimate this enemy." Then he handed the lapel of his clothes to Qu Zhen and bowed his head in the mud.

"General Wanwang rushed to find a way out. A good instructor knows that Western thieves should not be looked down upon!" He held his hands in a serious tone.

Although Li Shunju was a eunuch, he had more eggs than most men.

"Don't worry, the guard, this book will be forwarded to the Holy Emperor!" Qu Zhen solemnly raised her hands to Li Shun, took the reins from the soldiers, and ordered her troops to prepare for a breakout.

He did not intend to save Xu Xi. In his opinion, it would not be a pity for Xu Xi, a bastard, to die. Today's failure in the northwest is 90% of the blame on him. Shen Kuo has 9% to blame, and the remaining 1% is due to cheating.

But honestly speaking, Qu Zhen does not blame Zhonge. If you put yourself in his shoes, he wouldn't come to your aid. When the time comes, it will be a small matter to lose troops and generals, but it will be a big thing to bear the blame for the defeat.

Don't underestimate literati, they are the best at this.

Why didn't this old boy Xu Xi die for a good man? Oh shit……

Watching Qu Zhen break away, Li Shunju showed a relieved smile.

In the blink of an eye, Xixia rushed into the defenseless city. The fierce soldiers roared ferociously, holding steel knives and slaughtering the Song soldiers and civilians who were running like wolves.

Li Shunju saw a fierce-looking Xixia soldier rushing towards him with a steel knife. The scimitar was raised high, and the sun shone with cold light.

The steel knife fell suddenly, but it was different from what Li Shunju expected.

It wasn't aimed at him, but a large blood hole suddenly appeared on the Xixia soldier's head, spraying his face with stinking blood and brain matter. Then, the steel knife fell softly to the ground, making a clanging sound. There was a sound.

Before Li Shunju could understand what was going on, there was a sound like fried beans, occasionally mixed with deafening explosions.

He got up and looked around, and saw groups of soldiers wearing strange clothes and wearing the banner of "Song", overwhelming the Xixia people. Those soldiers did not fight at close range, but knelt down on one knee, holding something like a musket, and fired a burst of fire at the Xixia people. The Xixia people who were pointed at them fell to the ground and could not move.

"This... what kind of evil method is this?" Ye Canma, the commander-in-chief of Xixia, looked at the flames harvesting life in disbelief. Victory was already close at hand, why did he fall from heaven to hell all of a sudden?

There was not much time left for him to think, because in his field of vision, a strange giant beast appeared.

The giant beast was green all over and had a strange appearance. On its square and flat head, it had a long nose like an elephant. It was galloping towards him with the momentum of crushing the world.

Ye Canma was horrified to find that even the most elite iron kite could not stop the steel behemoth even for a moment. The saber struck the giant beast's body, causing bursts of fire. Then the man and the horse were crushed into the soil, turning into spring mud to protect the flowers.

The armor on his body was like a piece of paper, with no protective effect. Under the crushing force of the giant steel beast, even the saber made of fine steel was crushed together with the skull.

Under the attack of Kaibao Song Army, surrender was only a matter of time. Although Lao Zhao sent motorized cavalry to pursue them, a handful of Xixia soldiers escaped and went back to report the news.

It didn't matter if he reported the news, Zhao Kuangyin didn't care.

Outside the city, the Kaibao Song Army was cleaning the battlefield. As for the prisoners of war, they insisted on keeping them as long as they could, and staying to work as the main force in mining; as for those lying on the ground pretending to be dead, then they should really die, and the soldiers turned over the corpses and re-shot them one by one.

Soon, under Zhao Kuangyin's order, Xu Xi and other senior Song army officials were brought to him.

With Zhao Zhen sitting aside, no one doubted the identity of this unit. Those present were all veterans of the court, and the late emperor could still recognize him - even though he was a little younger.

"I'm going to bow to the officials! Thank them for saving their lives!" Xu Xi and others knelt on the ground with tears in their eyes, thanking Zhao Zhen for his life-saving grace.

"Don't be too busy thanking me, and don't rush to worship me. You have to meet this one first." Zhao Zhen stepped aside and introduced to them: "This is me, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty."

All the ministers looked at each other in confusion, but when they thought that Emperor Renzong, who had been dead for several years, could return like lightning, and Emperor Taizu came with him, it seemed that it was not so difficult to accept.

Just as they were bowing down, someone suddenly stood up and said angrily: "The Emperor Taizu is here! The last general, Qu Zhen, has this book to play!"

"Say it, I'm listening." Zhao Kuangyin nodded.

"In the end, we are going to play the role of Xu Xi, the thief. If it weren't for this ambitious, pedantic and incompetent thief, how could we have experienced such a defeat!" Qu Zhen glared at Xu Xi fiercely, as if she wanted to eat his flesh, and went to bed Its skin.

Qu Zhen's hatred is completely understandable. For a dog like Xu Xi who interferes blindly, is so pedantic, and is extremely self-righteous, even if it is chopped into meat paste, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in her heart.

When Xu Xi showed up, Gao Yongneng immediately stood up and knelt on the ground to state his interests: "Your Majesty Taizu, the last general can also testify. This Xu Xi... It doesn't matter that he has great ambitions and little talent. The last general never imagined that the capital of the Song Dynasty It has been a hundred years since the founding of the country, but there are still people who fight with the mentality of the Spring and Autumn Period. Isn't this misleading? It is pitiful that tens of thousands of people in this city died because of Xu Xi. Huh!”

Gao Yongneng thought very carefully. First of all, although Emperor Taizu valued civility over military affairs, after all, he was a military commander and knew everything about how to fight. In this case, Emperor Taizu must be able to distinguish right from wrong. "What's wrong with me?" Xu Xi sneered to himself: "You warriors only know how to shirk responsibility and are timid before fighting. As a civil servant, I have more courage than Bill and others! The so-called generals are just a bunch of cowards!"

"Enter your mother!" Hearing this, Qu Zhen couldn't bear it any longer. He jumped up like a carp, flew towards Xu Xi, and gave him a straight punch in the face.

The beating was so hard that Xu Xi felt as if he had been riding in a carriage for ten days and nights, and the feeling of dizziness came over him.

"You...how dare you hit me?" Xu Xi asked tremblingly.

"Haha, I didn't dare to hit you before because you were a favored minister of the imperial family. Now that Emperor Taizu is in front of me, I wonder who can protect you! You idiot, please give me the life of a good son of the Song Dynasty!" Qu Zhen sneered and punched Xu Xi in the eye again.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, wait a minute." Zhao Kuangyin stopped him and said, "Who is that, your name is..."

He pointed at Qu Zhen and chatted for a long time, but he still didn't know who the other party was.

"Last General Qu Zhen." Qu Zhen knew that Lao Zhao did not recognize him and immediately introduced herself.

"Qu Zhen, right? Come here." He waved to Qu Zhen.

Qu Zhen didn't know why and walked to Zhao Kuangyin's side.

I saw Zhao Kuangyin taking out a pill from his arms and handing it to Qu Zhen: "Feed this medicine to that Xu Xi. You are not gentle or heavy, and then you beat the person to death..."

Seeing Qu Zhen's confusion, Zhao Kuangyin smiled and stroked his back to comfort him: "As long as he takes this pill, no matter how seriously injured he is, he will not die!"

Qu Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He glanced at Zhao Kuangyin and then at Xu Xi, showing a standard Tom Cat evil smile.

He walked over and stuffed the pill into Xu Xi's mouth.

Xu Xi had been hit twice by the cannon and was dizzy. After taking the pills, he suddenly woke up. He backed away in horror and asked in a harsh voice: "You...what are you going to do?"
"What are you doing? It's nothing, I just want you named Xu to taste the suffering of those soldiers!" Qu Zhen reached out and patted Xu Xi's face: "Don't worry, with Emperor Taizu giving you medicine, you won't die so quickly. , you will go through all the suffering of those innocent soldiers, and then the general will consider letting you suffer less!"

When Xu Xi heard this, he couldn't help but asked angrily: "Qu Zhen! You thief with the army! Are you going to be so presumptuous in front of Emperor Taizu! Who gave you the courage!"

"A traitor to the army? Haha..." Qu Zhen laughed sadly twice: "Which of us in the military academy is not a good man who fought to the death for the country? In your eyes, is it possible that he has become a traitor to the army?"

Xu Xi sneered and said: "The one who rolls call under Donghua's sect is a good man, you are just a thief who works hard with his head on his belt!"

Qu Zhen, who was furious at Xu Xi's words, was about to speak when she saw Zhao Kuangyin raising his hand to signal him to shut up.

Old Zhao Ruxun stared at Xu Xi and asked in a cold voice: "I am also from the army. Is it possible that in your eyes, I am also a thief who joins the army?"

This sentence really bothered Xu Xi.

The scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty had a strange self-esteem. They believed that Heaven was the boss and they were the second child. They are the ones who rule the world together with the emperor. The world may be short of warriors, but it cannot be short of scholars.

This has also fostered a subtle concept, that is, everything is of inferior quality, but only good academic performance. If you don't get a Jinshi, how dare you call yourself a hero?
Running an army? Stop making trouble, civil servants can't run the army? You see, Fan Wenzhenggong has made the Western thieves fearful in the northwest. I can't wait alone?

"Don't speak, ah, don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence." Zhao Kuangyin sneered twice and shook his finger at Qu Zhen: "You should know how to deal with insulting the emperor. If I know that he will not live to be twenty, Years, I will use you to make up for it!”

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes became colder.

He is serious. If you dare to look down on martial artists today and think that you scholar-bureaucrats are the good guys, then I can't even think of anyone you dare to look down on tomorrow!
Suddenly someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty Taizu, our Song Dynasty has ancestral precepts not to kill scholar-bureaucrats..."

"Who is this beast?" Zhao Kuangyin interrupted him, pointed at him and asked.

Damn it, are you talking about ancestral teachings with me? You have no idea who came up with the ancestral precepts?
"Tell your Majesty Taizu that this is Li Ji," Gao Yongneng immediately stood up and pointed out: "The general proposed to him the day before yesterday that he should distribute more money and give it to the soldiers to break out of the encirclement. However, this Li Ji is in a nest with Xu Xi's snake and rat. He adopted the general’s opinion and even insulted him for being greedy for life and afraid of death!”

"Oh, Li Ji." Zhao Kuangyin nodded. He knew Li Ji.

He turned to Li Ji's records and read aloud: "At the beginning, Li Ji took his father's Yin as his general as the supervisor, and he successively served as... The people of Qin were on the side of the road. Both Li Cha and Li Cha were known for their cruelty, and people at the time said: 'It's better to be killed by black men than by Ji and Cha'."

"I can't tell, you are still a cruel official." Zhao Kuangyin smiled sinisterly at Li Ji: "Then I have a question to test you today. You are talking about my ancestral motto of the Song Dynasty. Yes, it is the ancestral motto of not killing scholar-bureaucrats. Who proposed it?"

"Yes..." Li Ji then realized that the person in front of him was his mother's Emperor Taizu!

"It's... Emperor Taizu..." Li Ji said with fear. Only then did he realize how big a mistake he had just made.

Gao Yongneng on the side looked at him with the eyes of a warrior, vocal, you dare to use the ancestral precepts to suppress the current emperor, forget it, you fucking suppress Emperor Taizu...

Is it that Song Taizu can no longer lift the sword, or are you, Li Ji, too distracted?
"How dare you use my words against me? Li Ji?" Zhao Kuangyin's expression looked like that of Severus Snape who had taken a hit from the Divine Edge.

It should be said that the experiences of the two were similar. Zhao Kuangyin was suppressed by the ancestral precepts he set, while Snape was suppressed by the curse he created.

"I... I will die!" Li Ji sweated like rain, and the end of his arrogance with the common people was gone.

Now he regrets it extremely, why did he go out to do this?
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