Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 42 Xieli's Dilemma

Along with Yuchi Gong's memorial to Beijing, Sun Xiangfu's Daily Record of Miwei came to Beijing. Li Shimin even read this daily record more carefully than he read Sun Xiangfu's memorial.

On the desk of the imperial study, on a piece of rhubarb paper, there are three large characters of "Sun Xiangfu" written at the beginning, in the style of Li Shimin's Feibai, that is to say, this article is written by Li Shimin himself.

I saw that under that name, the four words 'only for profit' were written first. This was the first conclusion Li Shimin got after he sent secret guards to investigate Sun Xiangfu.

After the four words mercenary, another four words were written, 'poor and lustful'. The first time Li Shimin took Sun Xiangfu to participate in outdoor activities, he used his cunning tongue to seduce the beautiful woman Yu Xiuer. This is not poor and lustful. what is it
After the words poor and lustful, he wrote four more words, 'Ji Zi must be repaid'. Looking at Wu Yuanqing's unloved appearance, Sun Xiangfu couldn't think of a comment on these four words.

There are four words after the four words "Jia Zi must repay", "cowardly as a mouse", this is what Li Shimin analyzed from the words and deeds of Sun Xiangfu during this period recorded by the secret guard.

He had to wear two sets of armor, refused to show even a little of his face, and told the guards dozens of times a day not to leave him for half a step. How afraid of death!To say that he is as cowardly as a mouse is really flattering him.

After reading the [-]-character comment he wrote, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly and said, "This kid is a bit quick-witted, and he can't use his wits! Forget about being an official, let me take care of the royal property honestly." Bar!"

Li Shimin naturally has his own set of standards for employing people. As far as the old part of Qin Wangfu was concerned in this period, those people could risk their lives for him. Sun Xiangfu's loyalty to the emperor is far worse than those people, so, Even if Li Shimin is extremely short of talents, Sun Xiangfu is excluded from the core.

The next day, in the Tai Chi Hall, the Ministry of War played a performance, and with the approval of Li Shimin, he rewarded some meritorious soldiers on the front line. Even Mr. Xi bought this white bodyguard and won the honorary title of the Ninth-Rank Martial Arts Honor of the Renyong Captain, but Sun Xiangfu was not mentioned in the list. .

Regarding such a reward, Qin Qiong raised objections to Li Shimin alone in the imperial study afterwards, and when Qin Qiong saw the sixteen-character commentary written by Li Shimin, he fell silent immediately.

"Don't worry, Uncle Bao. Perhaps this kid is young and grown up in the countryside. His temperament has not yet settled down. This time, I will not reward him publicly, but will compensate him in private. Perhaps, what I gave him, It is what he wants most, when he returns to Chang'an, you can give it to him!"

Li Shimin took out a stack of documents from the back of the imperial case, and there was a house deed in it, Qin Qiong opened it and looked, but was a little startled.

In the document, Sun Xiangfu was allowed to open a restaurant covering an area of ​​[-] mu in Furong Garden by the Qujiang Pool, and a royal mansion with three entrances in Furong Garden was given to Sun Xiangfu as his residence. , Furong Garden is the place with the best scenery around Chang'an City. Generally, only the royal family and a few princes can buy a small piece of land to build another courtyard. Sun Xiangfu can have a three-entry mansion in Furong Garden. En Chong is on par with Duke Guo.

"Isn't your majesty's reward too much?" Qin Qiong retreated holding some hot documents and house deeds.

"The Jingde Xuanwu Gate made great achievements in strangling the prince and King Qi and other rebels. I am willing to grant him even the palace, let alone a house with three entrances beside the city wall. Moreover, this kid deserves this house for his achievements, uncle treasure Don't forget about Qu Yuanli. As for granting him a one-hundred-mu land to build a restaurant, he should be regarded as a member of the Prince's East Palace! I have confidence in the food he makes, and I will take [-]% of your family's income for nothing. I can't do it." Li Shimin said, pushing back the paperwork deed that Qin Qiong had pushed back.

"In this way, Qiong will thank His Majesty Long En on behalf of that kid." Qin Qiong respectfully bowed to Li Shimin on behalf of Sun Xiangfu.

"It's just you and me here. Uncle Bao doesn't need to be so polite. By the way, Concubine Wei mentioned to me at lunch today how she summoned Mrs. Yu. There is no problem with Mrs. Yu. It's almost here, why don't Shu Bao be a man of beauty, help that kid clean up the house, and I will give him a marriage on the day he returns to the army." Li Shimin helped Qin Qiong up with his own hands, and smiled again.

"Your Majesty has even considered that kid's marriage for him. If that kid dares to repay His Majesty, the pair of iron maces of this humble minister will never bypass him."

When Li Shimin and Qin Qiong were talking in the imperial study, Yu Xiu'er was also talking to her mother in the Yu Mansion.

"Mother, Concubine Wei summoned us, but what needs our family to do?"

"It's nothing that our family needs, but there is something that needs you." Mother Yu looked at her eldest daughter with deep meaning in her eyes and said.

"Do you need me? But the palace needs musicians who play and sing poetry?" Yu Xiu'er guessed.

Mother Yu smiled and shook her head and said, "No, Concubine Wei just mentioned that there was a young hero who made great achievements in the front line recently, and His Majesty didn't want to promote him, so he wanted to marry you to him."

"The child does not marry."

Hearing that the emperor was going to give her to a man in the army, Yu Xiu'er instantly blew up, stood up from the bearded stool and said.

"My mother hasn't mentioned the name of that young hero yet! Why did you refuse? Could it be that you already have someone you like?" Mother Yu said, still looking at Yu Xiu'er with a smile.

In other homes, girls in their teens are already married, and those who are not married, at least have an engagement. Only this girl in my family looks like a porcelain doll quietly, but in fact she is very strong in her heart. She must marry someone she likes. No way.

"No matter who that person is, Xiu'er won't marry. Your Majesty, how can your Majesty do this? You gave me a mandarin duck pendant earlier, but now..."

Yu Xiu'er was about to cry when she saw it, but Yu's mother nodded with a smile. It seems that what Concubine Wei said is correct, it is true that her own Xiu'er fell in love with that young hero at first sight, and said, "It seems that The kid surnamed Sun is so blessed that my daughter doesn't like him, so I will enter the palace and bid farewell to Concubine Wei for my mother."

"Sun? His surname is Sun? Does Auntie know his full name?" Yu Xiuer was shocked when she heard the words, and calmed down from her anxiety.

"It seems to be called Sun Xiangfu! It's almost seventeen, and I didn't take a word."

"Sun Xiangfu? It turned out to be Brother Sun, mother, my daughter is married, my daughter is married, I knew that Brother Sun would not break his promise and become fat. He didn't come to see me these days. It turned out that he led the soldiers to the front line. There's no need to go into the palace to reject Concubine Wei." Yu Xiu'er almost jumped up happily when she heard this, and shook her mother's arm.

"My daughter's reserve! With your appearance, people think that no one wants my Yu family's daughter!" Mother Yu said with a smile, which made Yu Xiu'er blush.

Besides, on the frontline battlefield, Yu Chigong, who had thoroughly understood the sixteen-character tactics of guerrilla warfare proposed by Sun Xiangfu, was like a godsend. With only [-] soldiers and horses, the Turkic army ten times his number was repeatedly defeated.

One battle in the morning killed 300 Turks, another battle in the afternoon killed 500 Turks, and in the evening a night raid killed 800 Turks. They also burned a piece of Turkic tents and stole hundreds of their cattle and sheep. It was miserable, and he threw glasses in the tent many times. His political purpose of launching a surprise attack and coercing Li Shimin to surrender to him was completely declared a failure.

Let alone breaking through the tall city of Chang'an, even reaching Chang'an would be a problem. However, Tuli Khan, the second largest force on the grassland, exposed his wolfish ambitions at this time and began to brazenly He moved to Xieli's base area, which meant attacking his rear, and Xieli had become a dilemma.

"Khan, let's get back! The first snow in the Tang country is about to fall. By then, the cattle and sheep will have no place to hide from the heavy snow, and many of them will freeze to death. It is difficult to return to the grassland safely only with the pasture we brought. , this time, we have already lost."

The guerrilla offensive and defensive battle dragged on for a few more days, seeing that sooner or later the frost would be even greater, the leaders of Xieli's various ministries became anxious and spoke out one after another.

Jieli knew this truth, but if he just retreated like this, then his conquest of the Tang Dynasty would end in failure with loss of troops. In this way, his control over the various ministries would inevitably be weaker, while Tuli could Poaching more supporters from him is something he doesn't want to see.

"Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed. From tomorrow onwards, don't worry about the Tang army's harassment. The entire army will go out and attack Chang'an."

At this moment, Xieli is like a gambler who has lost a bet, trying to use his last bargaining chips to make money. Usually, gamblers at such times will lose badly.

On September [-]th, Jie Li personally led the army to rush forward, Yu Chigong chased and attacked them from the rear, beheading more than ten thousand heads of the enemy, and his own losses were less than a thousand.

That night, Xieli did not expect that the Tang army, who had fought a battle during the day, would launch another night attack on him. The Turkic camp was breached, as many as a thousand tents were burned, and the cavalry lost more than [-], while the loss of the Tang army was still less than a thousand.

On September 21st, Jieli set off again with his army. At this time, his troops were less than 15, and since entering Guanzhong, the battle losses had exceeded [-]%. After the navy brought by the river joined Sun Xiangfu's troops, he gave him another guy overnight. Although he didn't kill more than ten thousand enemies, he killed his little three thousand again, and the morale of the Turkic army fell to the bottom.

On September 22, the Turkic army finally rushed to the bank of the Wei River, forty miles away from Chang'an City.

On the Weishui River, there are thousands of sails and boats, and [-] sailors are waiting, and the temporary bridge connecting the two banks of the river has been destroyed. On the other side of the river, there is Li Shimin personally leading an army of [-] troops waiting in battle. Seeing this scene, Xieli spurted blood , fell off the horse on the spot.

He lost so thoroughly that Li Shimin didn't even give him a chance to negotiate, so he ordered the navy to shoot arrows, and in the back of the Turkic army, Yu Chigong attacked at the same time, burned and killed for a while, and then retreated again.

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