Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

He said: "Mr. Xunguo's words are wrong. Baekje has always been afraid of power and not virtuous. I don't believe that Fu Yuzhang sincerely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty because of my virtue. But I have to say that he came here this time with sincerity. Quite enough, I still believe it.”

He paused and explained: "I destroyed Goguryeo's overwhelming soldiers in the first battle. How can Baekje not be afraid if our Tang Dynasty is so powerful? It must be that the Baekje King Wu was frightened and had no choice but to show me good."

Li Ji said: "That's not right. We just wiped out Goguryeo's 30 troops the night before yesterday, and King Wu of Baekje arrived this morning. If it is said that he was frightened by the battle, this time is not right."

His Majesty Li Er said: "This question is also very easy to explain. Presumably Baekje King Wu has already arrived near Liaodong City, and wants to lead the two ends of the rat. If Tang Dynasty wins, Baekje will help Tang. Goguryeo will help Goguryeo if it wins. Now The dust has settled, of course he will help me Datang."

Guo Ye said: "Your Majesty is right. However, I always feel that this matter is not that simple. Baekje has a lot of bad records, so we should be more careful about Fu Yuzhang."

His Majesty Li Er said: "I have a sense of proportion in my heart."

……

Another quarter of an hour later, a small school ran into the tent of the Chinese army and said, "Baekje Martial King Fu Yuzhang begs to see His Majesty!"

"Hurry up please!"

With little effort, Fu Yuzhang appeared in the tent of the Chinese army.

"Fu Yuzhang sees my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"The king of Daifang County is exempt from courtesy, flattened, and given a seat"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

As soon as Fu Yuzhang sat down, Guo Ye chuckled lightly and said, "It's such a coincidence to bring Fangjun Wang here."

"What do Duke Qin say?"

"If you had come two days earlier, His Majesty would have been besieged by Goguryeo's army, and you wouldn't even be able to see him."

Fu Yuzhang said: "This is not a coincidence. In fact, I heard that His Majesty was trapped in the shallows and was surrounded by Goguryeo people. Xiao Wang was so anxious at that time, he quickly mobilized the army to rescue His Majesty. Unexpectedly, His Majesty is so blessed , defeated Goguryeo's all-powerful soldiers in one fell swoop."

"Then where is your army?"

"I'm ashamed to say that Baekje's national strength is poor and weak. In a hurry, Xiao Wang only dispatched [-] sailors. They are camping ninety miles away from here, waiting for His Majesty's orders at any time."

"Twenty thousand troops?" Guo Ye sneered and said, "I just don't know if these twenty thousand people are going to help Goguryeo, or I, Datang?"

"Of course it's helping Datang."

Fu Yuzhang took a deep breath and said, "Duke Qin, Xiao Wang had some misunderstandings with you before. But that's all in the past. Now there's no need to avenge your personal revenge and slander Xiao Wang."

"Hmph, is it slander, you know it well."

Fu Yuzhang looked at His Majesty Li Er with a full face of grievance, and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Wang is sincere to Datang, but was slandered by Qin Guogong in every possible way. You have to make decisions for Xiao Wang!"

His Majesty Li Er said in a deep voice: "The so-called sincerity is the [-] troops with unknown attitudes? Emperor Sui Yang's lessons learned from the past, and I will not repeat his mistakes."

"It's not just the [-] troops, I have other things in Baekje to show my sincerity."

"what?"

"One pair of golden armor, dedicated to His Majesty. Ten thousand pairs of Shanwuwen armor, dedicated to His Majesty's army."

"Golden armor? Shanwuwen armor?"

"Xiao Wang gathered skilled craftsmen from all over the country to make a pair of pure gold armor, which was named as the Golden Armor. In addition, he made ten thousand pairs of iron armor with gold paint, and named it Shanwuwen Armor."

Guo Ye said: "Don't tell me that these armors are in Baekje. It will take two or three years before they can be transported to Chang'an City."

"Then how can it be? I have brought these armors, and His Majesty can receive them at any time."

"Is that true?" His Majesty Li Er's eyes lit up, and he said, "Not to mention the golden armor, let's take a pair of Shanwuwen armor first."

"According to the order!"

Baekje's armor is famous all over the world, but it is never sold out, and the world deeply regrets it.

In the past, Baekje was dissatisfied with Datang.Although armor is also included in the items that are tributed to Datang every time, the quality of those armors is really average.Sometimes even make up the number with tattered armor from nowhere.

But this time the Shanwu armor is different from before.It is golden in color and well made.Even Datang's Mingguang armor, compared with it, has to be inferior.

When Li Daozong saw this pair of armor, he couldn't put it down, and said: "Good armor! Really good armor! Your Majesty, I want to ask you one thing."

"what's up?"

"For the sake of my lack of skill, can I give me a pair of Shan Wuwen armor?"

His Majesty Li Er said: "Of course you can. There are [-] sets of Shanwu armors, and you must have one."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Fu Yuzhang said: "Your Majesty, do you still want to see the golden armor?"

"Originally, I didn't like armor that was too extravagant. But Baekje's Shanwuwen armor is so sophisticated, I'm really tempted by the golden armor. Show me quickly."

"According to the order."

When the golden armor was brought, there was a sudden silence in the tent of the Chinese army!

Why?

The people present are not short of money, even if there is any peerless treasure in front of them, they will not be tempted.

But armor is different.As a warrior, the so-called foundation of standing is the horse under the crotch, the blade in the palm, and the armor on the body.

A suit of precious armor means more to them than any treasure!

Seeing this pair of armor, the generals are like perverts seeing a stunning beauty stripped off, and the gluttons seeing the whole plate of rare delicacies!

Who doesn't want it?

If everyone didn't know that this was a gift from Fu Yuzhang to His Majesty Li Er, I'm afraid they would have robbed it.Now that I don't dare to grab it, I can only try my best to take a second look to get over my addiction.

After a long time, His Majesty Li Er coughed lightly and said, "What's wrong with everyone? Everyone likes this pair of golden armor? It doesn't matter, you have worked hard for the country, how can I be stingy with a pair of armor? But there is only one pair of golden armor, who is it for? ..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Daozong rushed forward, took the golden armor in his hand, and said: "Thank you for your generous gift, this armor is mine!"

As soon as Li Ji stretched out his hand, he grabbed the other end of the golden armor, and said: "Just pull it down. In terms of age, official position, and prestige, how can this armor get your turn? Let go quickly! This golden armor is the old man. of."

"Stop arguing, both of you. Is this a matter of high officials and low officials? If you really talk about official positions, your majesty should not wear them? In my opinion, this armor should be given to those who need it most, such as me, Lao Cheng! My martial arts are low , rely on this pair of armor to protect yourself." Cheng Mingzhen did not dare to snatch it, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Cheng, you are really shameless. In order to get Baokai, you even said that your martial arts are low. Your martial arts are low, so my martial arts can't even beat women? Your Majesty, Baokai can't be given to such a brazen person. , give it to me!" Zhang Junyi said.

……

Seeing that the generals were making a fuss, His Majesty Li Er hurriedly lowered his hands and said, "Be quiet, be quiet. They are all important ministers of the Tang Dynasty. They are making a lot of noise. What are they doing?"