Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 3 Who can go on an expedition?

Looking at Li Jiancheng's hopeful gaze, Wei Zheng's heart was shocked. Once upon a time, the energetic crown prince ended up so helpless. Wei Zheng sighed and said, "Your Majesty, all the ministers in the court are not trustworthy now. They are all for their own interests and they will definitely not be willing to lead troops to fight against Li Shimin. The civil and military officials in the court were not involved in the dispute between the crown prince at the beginning. Only Li Jing and General Li Ji were allowed to lead troops to fight for His Majesty. You can lead troops to the two. You can summon two men to be one master, one deputy and two generals, and lead troops to help Tongguan to eliminate the Tongguan crisis!" In fact, Wei Zheng had another best candidate in his heart, which was Li Haochen. However, Wei Zheng did not dare to mention it at this moment, for fear of angering Li Jiancheng, so he could only sigh in his heart.

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Jiancheng had a hint of joy on his melancholy face, and he quickly ordered to the eunuch who was waiting beside him: "Hurry, hurry up, go to Xuan and the two Qings' houses to see me!"

The eunuch took the order and hurried away. After a while, the eunuch brought two people to see Li Jiancheng. After the two saluted Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng hurriedly said, "Two dear friends, please get up quickly!" When Li Jiancheng saw the two of them get up, he said, "The two dear families should also know that this traitor Li Shimin led 150,000 soldiers to Tongguan. The war in Tongguan is in urgent need of danger. If Tongguan is forced, Chang'an will be in danger! I want to use the two dear friends as commanders and lead troops to Tongguan to fight the enemy! I wonder what the two dear friends mean?"

Li Jing's face was pale and coughed violently a few times, saying, "It is a matter of sharing worries for the minister and the king, but the old minister has been feeling cold recently, and I am afraid that he will not be able to share his worries for Your Majesty. He also asked Your Majesty to choose another wise and capable person as the commander, so as not to cause unfavorable war due to the health of the old minister!" After saying that, Li Jing coughed violently again.

As soon as Li Jing entered the hall, Li Jiancheng found that he was in poor health, but there was no one available to the civil and military officials in the court, so he also said the words just now. Now listening to Li Jing's words, he could not force Li Jing to go out with illness. If the demographic is so strong, he would be considered by the people of the world as a fool who does not care about his subjects. This is what Li Jiancheng doesn't want to see. He sighed and said, "Old General, don't be sick early or late, but he is sick at this time. This is really God is going to destroy me!" As he said that, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Ji, who was in his prime, and said, "General Li Ji, his health should be fine? Then please ask General Li Ji to lead his troops to fight and break the enemy's army before Tongguan, okay?"

Li Ji quickly knelt down and said, "Thank you for your trust, I am still healthy and leading troops to fight is no problem!"

Li Jiancheng laughed at the sound of the words, said ok, and then continued, "You are really my God-given good minister! I am in Chang'an, and I will prepare a celebration wine for you and wait for you to return triumphantly! You, my king and minister will drink together at that time!"

After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he saw that Li Ji had no joy on his face, but instead he was worried and said in confusion: "Why are you so frowning? Don't worry, I will give you 200,000 troops to give you enough troops to defeat Li Shimin!" Li Jiancheng thought that Li Ji was worried because he was afraid of insufficient troops and could not defeat Li Shimin, so he quickly gave Li Ji peace of mind.

Listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Li Ji no longer concealed it, so he expressed his concern: "Your Majesty, you don't know that I am not a match for Li Shimin, not because of military strength, but because of insufficient tactics and strategies! If you are the commander and assist me, it will be a matter of time before you defeat Li Shimin. Now, Mr. is in poor health and let me lead the army alone. I am afraid that I am not a match for Li Shimin. But your Majesty rests with peace of mind. I must act cautiously and try to drag Li Shimin's army to Tongguan and not give him the chance to invade Chang'an!"

The gentleman mentioned by Li Ji refers to Li Jing. In his early years, Li Jing once guided Li Ji's military strategy in the army. Although the two had no master-apprentice status, Li Ji always treated Li Jing with the courtesy of his master-apprentice, so he became Li Jing as his husband.

Li Jiancheng was sad and sad when he listened to Li Ji's words. Two lines of clear tears flowed out of his eyes and sighed: "Is this fate? Forget it! Forget it! I will send an envoy to discuss peace with Li Shimin tomorrow. I agree to abdicate the throne to him, hoping that he can treat the people of the Tang Dynasty well! I have nothing to ask for!"

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Wei Zheng, Li Jing and Li Ji knelt down and said in unison.

"Your Majesty is the Lord of Wan Cheng. He was ordered by heaven and was in charge of the Supreme Emperor. He is the orthodox of the world. How can you underestimate yourself and abdicate the throne to a slut! Where will Your Majesty do this to trap all the people in the world? Although Your Majesty was forced to helpless because of the situation, he may not escape the criticism of the historians and become a foolish lord like Zhou Zhou of Shang and Jie of Xia! I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" Wei Zheng kowtowed like pounding garlic, and persuaded with tears. Wei Zheng was originally a direct minister who advised him. At this moment, seeing that Li Jiancheng was going to make such a foolish act, he could not care about the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers. His fierce words moved Li Jiancheng and almost couldn't control himself and got angry.

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, Li Ji hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be pessimistic. Although I am not a match for Li Shimin, I am confident that I can defend Tongguan for Your Majesty. Please rest assured that you don't have to be so pessimistic. Everything has not yet reached the end of the road. Please don't give up first! I will swear to protect Tongguan to be safe! Keep Changan without any damage! Keep Your Majesty restless!" Although Li Ji's words were to persuade Li Jiancheng not to give up, Li Jiancheng became even more angry after hearing this. He only defended but did not attack. What face does Li Jiancheng have to be in a high position, and he is also called the Lord of the World.

Li Jiancheng thought this way and could no longer help but snort and slapped the table and said, "You let me hide in Chang'an, waiting for Li Shimin to attack again and again. Do you think I am, are you a turtle?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am guilty! I am incompetent!" Seeing Li Jiancheng furious, the three of them admitted their mistakes to Li Jiancheng again.

Seeing the three of them like this, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but think of Li Haochen. If Li Haochen had never said anything like this, he would definitely give him advice and solve the crisis. But where is Li Haochen now? Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng felt even more sad, and he fell on the chair with weak body, looking listless.

Seeing this, Li Jing knew that the time was ripe, so he spoke, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes: 'The Lord is worried about the insulting me, and the Lord is humiliating me, and the Lord is dead!' Although the old minister is unable to be sick for Your Majesty, he is willing to guarantee one person with the heads of the whole family of 129 people, and he can retreat from Li Shimin's army. If Your Majesty uses this person, he will be able to turn danger into a barrage, and the Tang Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai!"
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next