Yipin Tang

Chapter 382 Who Is More Convincing

As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin shouted violently: "Nonsense! What kind of soldiers are women leading!"

If it was before, seeing Li Shimin so angry, Chen Gui would have retreated in panic, but now, his legs softened and he knelt down on the ground and said, "Just now she lifted the thousand-jin bronze lion outside the hall."

"What!" Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the words, "Is this really true?"

Chen Gui nodded quickly and said: "This servant saw it with her own eyes, and all the guards outside saw it, and she also brought dozens of Kunlun slaves, and several of them were able to lift a thousand-jin bronze lion."

As soon as this remark came out of the Tai Chi Hall, there was a sound of gasping. Li Shimin calmed down after being shocked for a moment, and said quickly: "Send her in!" He suddenly remembered that Haitang was not only Hou Junji's daughter, but also Tie Dan's apprentice, and that he had I also heard from Li Zhi that Haitang helped Wang Xiang train Kunlun slaves, but I always thought it was a trick played by a child and never took it to heart, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Chen Guideling hurriedly got up and went out to pass Haitang into the palace. As Li Shimin's most trusted eunuch, he naturally knew the battle ahead, so when he saw Haitang and those Kunlun slaves lifting the thousand-jin bronze lion, he knew that Li Shimin would definitely meet him. crabapple.

At this time, Haitang was waiting respectfully outside the hall with 33 black guards. She had just learned that Hou Junji was missing after the fall of Juyongguan. .

If it wasn't because she was Hou Junji's daughter, he wouldn't even be able to enter the palace. She knew that Li Shimin would not see her easily, so she deliberately showed her strength just now.

Sure enough, after a while, Chen Gui walked out quickly and said loudly: "Your Majesty told Miss Haitang to enter the palace."

Haitang turned her head and told the black guard to stand by on the spot, then straightened the armor on her body, took a deep breath and followed Chen Gui into the Tai Chi Hall.

As soon as they entered the hall, everyone's eyes turned to her. Haitang suppressed the tension in her heart, and took two steps forward to salute Li Shimin respectfully. What she saluted was not a woman's salute but a general's salute, which immediately attracted a burst of excitement. Hush.

"Hou Junji's daughter Haitang has seen Your Majesty."

Li Shimin didn't care about Haitang's gift, seeing her wearing armor, he nodded and asked, "Are you Tie Dan's apprentice?"

Haitang didn't expect Li Shimin to ask this in the first sentence, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Tie Dan is indeed Haitang's master."

"I heard that the Marquis of Jiayuan once handed over his Kunlun slaves to you for training. Is there such a thing?"

Haitang raised her head and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jiayuan said that they are not Kunlun slaves, they are the black guards of the Marquis Mansion."

She didn't know that answering like this was already contradicting Li Shimin, Li Shimin smiled slightly and didn't mind, but asked: "Do you want to lead the army to the battlefield?"

Haitang nodded quickly when she heard the words, "Haitang is willing to lead the army to defeat the Turkic army."

Everyone in the hall couldn't help but hear her such a strong tone from a woman. If the Turkic army was so easily defeated, His Majesty and everyone would not be so entangled.

"Do you know that there has never been a precedent for a woman leading an army as a general?" Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and asked.

Immediately below, a minister echoed: "How can there be a woman as a general? It's a joke. Could it be that there is no one in my Tang Dynasty!"

The expressions of the others also had the same meaning, Haitang felt anxious, and argued: "Whoever said that there are no women as generals, the Marquis of Jiayuan said that Hua Mulan once served in the army on behalf of her father, led the army to repel the Xiongnu, she is a heroine .”

The minister who echoed his voice was stunned when he heard the words, and said angrily: "Nonsense, that is a special situation, a woman should look like a woman, as a woman wearing armor like this to go to the palace..."

"Snapped!"

Li Shimin slapped the back of the chair, the minister immediately fell silent and kept his mouth shut.

Li Shimin looked at Haitang and said with a smile: "It's my negligence. Hua Mulan is indeed a strange woman. I heard that you can lift the thousand-jin bronze lion outside the Tai Chi Hall?"

After hearing Li Shimin's question, Haitang puffed up her chest and nodded.

"How many of those Kun... black guards can do it?"

Haitang replied: "There are 12 people who can do it."

"hiss!"

Everyone in the hall took a breath, Li Shimin looked surprised, and asked quickly: "You mean there are twelve other people who can lift a thousand-jin bronze lion besides you?"

Haitang nodded, and everyone began to discuss in low voices.

It’s no wonder everyone is so out of sorts, Tubo only found a dozen strange people with all their efforts, and the number of strange people from Turkic and Tang Dynasty was only a few dozen people, but now there are dozens of Kunlun slaves in the Linchuan Houfu district. How can we not surprise everyone by meeting more than a dozen strange people.

You must know that not all strange people are good at fighting, and those with infinite strength are most suitable for the battlefield, and the twelve strange people that appeared in Haitang and Black Guard are all strange people with infinite strength. This is simply a big surprise. The tide of battle ahead of these odd men is bound to turn around.

Not only Li Shimin thought of this, but also the ministers in the hall. Changsun Wuji stepped forward and said: "The battle report sent back by General Li shows that the battle ahead is very urgent. Your Majesty should immediately send these strange people to support."

Li Shimin nodded and said in a deep voice, "So, who should lead the army?"

"The last general wants to lead the army!"

"The last general wants to lead the army!"

……

All the generals of His Royal Highness spoke out one after another to ask for a fight.

When they were discussing the battle just now, they didn't say a word, but now they were very active, and Li Shimin felt a little angry.

Everyone is not stupid. Li Jing, who is like a soldier, and the mighty and unparalleled King Zhao are unable to contain the Turkic army. It is because of the huge difference in the number of strange people on both sides.It's different now, there are more than a dozen powerful and strange people, that's a matter of giving credit, who would not want to take this credit.

Haitang felt anxious, raised her head and said: "Your Majesty, Haitang is willing to lead the army to defeat the Turks."

"Nonsense, the battlefield is a joke, how can a woman lead the army!"

"Wouldn't it be a joke to spread the word about how the female leader convinces the crowd? Could it be that there is really no one in my Tang Dynasty!"

"Marching and fighting is the business of our Tang generals, when will it be a woman's turn to come forward!"

……

Hearing the words of the generals next to her, Haitang's face became more and more ugly, but Changsun Wuji and other civil officials didn't say a word, as if they didn't hear the farce in the hall.

Li Shimin looked coldly at the generals who were attacking Haitang below, and sneered after a moment of silence: "Okay, they are all loyal and brave generals of the Tang Dynasty. It's quite majestic."

"Your Majesty, it is true that a female leader cannot convince the crowd." A general said.

Li Shimin chuckled: "In this case, General Gao might as well compete with Miss Haitang to see who is more convincing."

(End of this chapter)