Chapter 77 The storm at the celebration banquet (1)
After Li Chengqian and others returned to Chang'an, Emperor Li Shimin summoned the meritorious ministers of Xihai Road in Chengqing Hall. After a good deal between emperor and minister, only Li Shimin and his son were left in the hall.
"Cheng Qian, I am very pleased with your performance in Minzhou this time. It has made me happy. You don't know that many veterans have praised you to me in the past few days, but I also know that you were injured this time.
It’s not a big deal, you should pay more attention to your considerations in the future.”
"Promise, I will remember my father's teachings." Of course, Li Chengqian knew that many people were talking about Qin Qiong and Hou Jun gathering to put the prince in danger.
Yes, the memorial to impeach them has been sent to Hongwen Hall long ago.
The next night at Qingshan Palace
After coming to the Tang Dynasty, it was the first time that Li Chengqian saw the music of King Qin breaking the formation, which has been passed down through the ages. In later generations, he only heard about it, but today he can feast his eyes on it.
This song of the King of Qin's Formation Breaking is mainly composed of circles on the left, sides on the right, side first, five behind, fish and lily, goose through, Ji Zhang, wings stretched, staggered, flexed and extended, head and tail returning to each other, and thrusting back and forth, to resemble the shape of a battle formation.
.The dance changes three times, each into four formations, totaling twelve formations, corresponding to the song festival.
One hundred and twenty-eight people wearing armor and holding halberds performed the performance, which was named "Dance of the Seven Virtues". They used it to beat big drums, and the sound shook hundreds of miles. It was really majestic. It was said in praise: "The royal wind of the four seas has lasted for thousands of years."
The virtues and waters are clear; I don't even have to wear my military uniforms, and I have achieved success today. The Lord has opened the Changli calendar, and the ministers are loyal to Dayou. You see that after the revolution, it will be the peaceful autumn."
After the dance, while the emperor, Qin Shubao and other heroes of Xikai Road were drinking, Li Chengqian approached Li Xiaogong.
"Uncle Wang, when you were the governor of Jingzhou, you must have had many good hands." His uncle Li Xiaogong knew Li Chengqian's ability to do things very well.
Li Xiaogong asked suspiciously: "What are you doing? You've been tossing on the ground enough and want to get into the water. You've been so popular recently. Sooner or later, you won't be able to visit me as a guest." Li Xiaogong's words almost killed Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian touched his nose to relieve his embarrassment and responded: "Isn't this the imperial court's shortage of food? Doesn't my nephew want to take the waterway faster? Look at the last locust plague in Guanzhong, if Du He hadn't transported the food in time from the waterway.
You know how many people are going to die, right?"
"That's a matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs. You're so stupid. Didn't you see that group of rotten scholars staring at you every day? Don't say that Uncle Wang doesn't take care of you. Just now I heard that someone wanted to impeach you for massacring prisoners of war. You still have thoughts.
I want a sailor with you."
Li Shimin had told him about this a long time ago, saying that Li Chengqian massacred the prisoners of Tuyuhun at Tiemenguan, and Hou Junji did not allow the enemy to surrender in Dongshan. Li Chengqian had really thought about this, and the soldiers who survived Tiemenguan would not do this, no
Talk about Li Chengqian
And the life-and-death friendship between them at the Battle of Tiemenguan. Simply speaking of their hatred for the Tyuhun people would not be able to say a good word for those bastards.
In addition, there is also the report that Hou Junji saw through the fake surrender in Dongshan, which fully shows that the problem lies with the troops attacking Dongshan. Li Shimin has already asked Hou Junji to handle this matter, so why should he worry about it?
"Uncle Wang, if you have too many lice, don't be afraid of being bitten. If you have too many debts, don't worry. This is not the only evil my nephew has done. It is only practical to get some sailors from you now."
"Seeing as you still have the mind to talk nonsense with me here, your Majesty must have cleared the air. Sailor, just go back and find your brother."
Li Xiaogong is now more careful in everything he does, but he makes Yu Shi Shen afraid. After pacifying Fugong Hu from the south, the old boy had nothing to do and changed his house into a fortress. He wanted to live his life at home.
The General's Addiction.
But he never expected that a censor from the censorship station passed by his house and saw this strange house, and he immediately sent a copy to Li Shimin. The reason was very simple. The king of Hejian had bad intentions and wanted to rebel.
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This deceived Li Xiaogong, who quickly took over his own house and handed over his official position. If it weren't for the good brotherly relationship with Li Shimin, let alone being regarded as a great official, it would be really good not to behead him.
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As soon as Li Chengqian came back and sat down, Tang Lin, the new Shaoqing of Dali Temple, walked to the steps and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the prince and Hou Junji for mass killing prisoners during the battle in Minzhou.
In order to gain more military merits, we did not allow the enemy who was in dire straits to surrender. This resulted in unnecessary casualties and made the Saikaido Army's already suffering losses even worse."
Tang Lin's words immediately silenced the originally lively banquet. Everyone's eyes turned to Li Chengqian and Hou Junji. In the eyes of everyone, Hou Junji must have been killed because he had a criminal record. In the early years, Hou Jun
Gathered in the Jingxiang area to annihilate the giant thief Ding Jie
That's a lot of people killed. Even now, the words "Butcher Hou" can be said to be heard in Jingxiang when Liao Zhi cries.
As for Li Chengqian, they couldn't say for sure. After all, the prince often did amazing things. Who knows whether he would have become red-blooded on the battlefield.
In fact, they really wronged Hou Junji this time. Seeing that they were being attacked from two sides, the Tuyuhun defenders in Dongshan pretended to contact Hou Junji about the surrender, while attacking Qin Shubao with all their strength, hoping to defeat him and then re-capture Minzhou City and then fight.
The Tang army was circling.
But who is Hou Junji? He has been fighting geese all his life and he can still peck his eyes. He immediately killed the envoy, then attacked with all his strength the Dongshan defenders who were fighting Qin Shubao, and finally merged together and wiped out the invading Min army at Tiemenguan.
The Tuyuhun Army in the state.
Li Shimin asked without missing a beat: "Prince, Duke Lu, what do you think of Tang Qing's words?"
Hou Junji glanced at Tang Lin and said: "Your Majesty, I love killing people, but I never kill women and children or surrender soldiers. Your Majesty knows this.
The enemy troops in Dongshan were just pretending to surrender. They did not relax their attack on General Qin's side for a moment. It was natural for me to destroy them. As for where he heard the rumors from, it is not clear. If there is evidence and evidence, it can be
take it out."
"Well, I still know Jun Ji's temperament. I think it must be the result of someone being jealous of Ai Qing's achievements and deliberately distorting the facts and making false accusations to the Yushi of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Chengqian slowly walked up to Tang Lin and asked, "Tang Qing, have you ever been on the battlefield, or in other words, have you ever killed anyone."
Looking at Li Chengqian's clenched white teeth and his sinister tone, Tang Lin took a step back and replied: "I have never killed anyone, let alone been on the battlefield."
After Li Chengqian nodded, he turned around and saluted Li Shimin. He said loudly: "Father, when I captured Tiemen Pass, there were two thousand captured soldiers of our army in the dungeon inside the city pass. They were captured by the Tuyuhun people."
They were tortured in all kinds of ways, and many soldiers even had their hands and feet chopped off. Why didn't anyone complain for them?
In order to allow the soldiers guarding the city to eat more and have the strength to defend themselves against the enemy, some of the seriously injured soldiers tore out their own intestines, some used daggers to kill themselves, and some hanged themselves. However, the death was so tragic that no one thought about it.
Chapter completed!