Don't be a prince

Think about it, too. In the third year of Wude, the East Turkic Khan was still in Luo.He sent envoys to Dou Jiande to welcome Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao to East Turkic, supported Yang Zhengdao as King of the Sui Dynasty, and allocated all the officials and people in the Central Plains who stayed in Eastern Turkic territory to Yang Zhengdao to rule, and restored the "Great Sui Dynasty". "Regime, that is, the Later Sui Dynasty.

Yang Zhengdao set up hundreds of officials, all in accordance with the system of the Sui Dynasty, living in Dingxiang County in the Sui Dynasty, with more than 1 people.It seems to be quite beautiful, but it looks like the Manchurian regime, they are all puppets.Although Chu Luo said conclusively that he would go south to capture Bingzhou and give it to Yang Zhengdao, so as to repay the kindness of the Sui Dynasty for helping them.But who knows if this guy has the idea of ​​occupying a piece of land, or joining the Central Plains War?

Seeing a kid with a eunuch looking at him with a smile on his face, Yang Zhengdao knew the identity of this guy.

Standing up and saluting, the etiquette is very common, the kind of greetings that people of the same generation meet.

"Yang Zhengdao, I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Yungang was about to get angry, but was stopped by Li Chengqian.

After returning a salute, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "It seems that brother Yang still thinks that he is the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Why, during the period of living in Turkic, have you not clearly defined your position?"

Yang Zhengdao sneered and said, "Although Hou Sui is small, it is still a country. I am the emperor of Hou Sui. Now you, the son of a traitor, want to humiliate me?"

The rebel, of course, is Li Shimin.

Zhang Yun's hands kept changing shapes. If it wasn't for the crown prince's orders, he would have definitely dealt with this arrogant guy.

Li Chengqian walked to the side, sat on a chair, raised his legs casually and said: "The theory of rebellion, I'm afraid you can't get on my father's head. , it can be seen that your Sui Dynasty was indeed a rebellion. I don't want to comment on Emperor Yang, that's a matter for historians, I just want to talk about the East Turks.

Yang Zhengdao, you thought that Chu Luo was very kind to you, helped you gather more than 1 people, and pushed you to the position of emperor.But in my opinion, he clearly treats you as a slave leader.How can life be easier for the Han people living in the grassland?Even if they are managed by you, those Turkic people can still treat them as laborers casually. Beating and scolding them is a trivial matter, and hacking them to death is not a major matter.

Do you think you have a lot of 1 people?You must know that since Chuluo, the grassland has invaded the border many times, and no less than 1 Han people have been looted.But where are all these people now?The six-way army searched the grassland poorly, but only gathered more than [-] people.Where did the others go?You don't care, you only care about your position as the emperor, you only care about whether you can win the favor, and later it is Xieli's favor.

Believe it or not, in the eyes of the common people, whoever becomes the emperor has nothing to do with them.In the eyes of the Han captives, it was the same.What they long for day and night is that the Central Plains can rescue them back, which has nothing to do with the Sui and Tang Dynasties.But what happened?I, Datang, reserve all my strength, hoping to save the Han people and avenge the shame.But you are in the grassland, but you are still dreaming of your own emperor's dream.

Wake up, bastard, if you don't believe me, go to the prisoner camp and see how miserable they are.Give it a try and see if those people will tear you to pieces after you reveal your identity! "

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian got up directly, without giving Yang Zhengdao a chance to quibble, and left with Zhang Yun.

If it weren't for an old Han man crying about his suffering in the grassland, if it wasn't for a woman who heard that she would commit suicide immediately after returning home, for fear of damaging her husband's reputation, Li Chengqian would not have deliberately stepped on Yang Zhengdao's foot.

There is a lot of mud in the world, can't you pick a thicker one and step on it?Do you have to step on this shitty guy?

Passing by Yicheng's tent, the old maid opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

Li Chengqian stood still, waiting for her request.

"His Royal Highness, the princess said that she wants to eat some green vegetables. The slaves know that it is difficult to find green vegetables in the army, but..."

Li Chengqian didn't say anything, but left an eunuch behind and asked him to arrange a meal with vegetables for Yicheng.

Green vegetables are a bit difficult. The only thing that can be sent to the grasslands in the Central Plains is dried cabbage.However, this thing should also make Yicheng recall every bit of the Central Plains.

As a member of the Yang clan, Yicheng is much more presentable than Yang Zhengdao.At least, from the standpoint of Princess Yang, he avenged Emperor Yang and used the power of the Turks to persecute Dou Jiande, to have Yu Wenhuaji's head taken away, and to get his sister-in-law and younger brother to the Turks.

But now that she was seriously injured, no matter it was Empress Xiao or Yang Zhengdao, they didn't even have the superficial skills to visit her. People couldn't help but feel sad for her.

After Li Chengqian left, Yang Zhengdao went to visit the camp of the Han people, and he didn't know what to say due to the tragic situation.When he revealed his identity, what greeted him was not kneeling, but bowls of porridge.These people would rather not eat this meal than sprinkle him all over the face.

Frustrated, Yang Zhengdao had no choice but to go back to the camp and never come out again.

The dispatch of the army is not that simple. Now the wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks are seriously injured and have passed the critical period, and the rest is to rest with peace of mind.If they started to go back now, the bumpy journey would not be good for their injuries.Only when everyone's injuries are completely stabilized can the army officially return home.

The army retreated in an orderly manner under Li Jing's command. The battle was over, and now it was time to wait for the civil servants and the next batch of generals sent by the imperial court to appease the grassland tribes.On this boundless grassland, even if it is to appease after the war, you have to hold a knife!

When the news of the battle that ended in February came back to the capital, it was already March.

The city of Chang'an has always been so quiet. Since the successive victories in the reign of Wude, the citizens have developed antibodies to the news of victory.Even if there was a Hongling envoy passing through the street in a hurry, it was just that the Caotou King was killed somewhere, so there was nothing unusual about it.

This time was different. From the moment the Hongling team with chilblains entered the city, they shouted hoarsely: "Great victory! Great victory!! The Eastern Turks were defeated, Jieli is at large, and the north is stable!"

A lot of Hong Ling's urgent voices were already hoarse, but at this moment, she still had to endure the pain in her throat and scream.Along the way, as long as they passed one place, they would shout. Now that they arrived at their destination, Chang'an, they couldn't let the scale of the cheers be smaller than other places.

Sure enough, Chang'an is boiling!

If the Caotou King is finished somewhere, no one will be surprised, but now the East Turkic has been killed, this...

Be happy!

So, starting from the city gate, the citizens of Chang'an poured out from their homes, shouting loudly on the street, or singing and dancing.

The boiling went all the way from the city gate to the imperial palace. At this time, the early dynasty was over, but Li Shimin was sitting in front of the gate of the Lizheng Hall, not in the mood to deal with government affairs at all.Hearing the cheers from the whole city, the somewhat dejected emperor finally burst out laughing.

Hongling hurriedly rode all the way to the palace, and didn't fall off the horse until in front of the Lizheng Hall.

A eunuch had long been waiting to catch the unconscious knight, took out the battle report and rushed up the steps, kneeling down to sacrifice to the emperor.

Randomly tearing apart the battle report, ignoring the number of kills and damage, when he saw the article "Jie Li was captured alive", Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Hahahaha, the shame of Weishui has already been rewarded, come on, summon all the civil and military officials, and today we will have a big banquet on the Lizheng Palace! If you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

Immediately, eunuchs began to go out to the palace to pass the decree, but they might be in vain, because the whole city is boiling is the best signal, they have already changed into official uniforms, and hurried to the palace.

Back at the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin treasured the battle report on his desk, wishing he could frame it.Just looking at it gave him great pleasure.

The first person to come to the Lizheng Hall was not the civil and military officials, but the queen in full attire, bringing concubines from the harem to congratulate.It is a great achievement to destroy a country, and even a powerful country.

Li Shimin smiled and accepted the kneeling of his harem group, and then everyone dispersed, leaving only the queen.

"Empress, take a look. If my Tang Dynasty won this battle miserably, I will definitely not be so complacent. If Li Jing's military report is not bragging, then our Tang Dynasty's casualties this time may be more likely than any previous battles." Much, much lower."

The queen naturally sat beside the emperor, and said with a smile, "You know how rigorous Li Jing is in leading troops. How can I say that, both Sun Simiao and Cheng Qian are in the wounded barracks, with Sun Simiao's medical skills and Cheng Qian's supplies, Naturally, it is what it should be. The external manager of the East Palace, the liquor seller from before, suffered heavy casualties in order to transport supplies to the grassland. His nephew froze to death on the road, and he and his own son also broke their legs. He He is a merchant, so he is not qualified to accept your compliment, so I drew up a decree to praise him. Although it is not very effective, it is better than nothing."

Li Shimin smiled: "You, do you think the queen's decree is very common? What's better than nothing, I'm afraid that guy is very proud now. When Chengqian comes back from the grassland, he will definitely be taught by the prince to praise him. The royal three This bastard is going to put together all the documents, the crown prince's instruction, the queen's imperial edict, and my imperial edict."

The eldest grandson was surprised: "You want to issue an imperial edict?"

"Yes." Looking at the numbers on the battle report, Li Shimin murmured: "Chengqian, Sun Daochang, and this businessman surnamed Li, it was the three of them who turned a victory into a big one. I am very grateful to them." Before sending out the troops, all the officials in the court objected. I guess they have prepared the memorials based on the number of casualties. They all felt that the grassland was useless, and thought that I was so happy that I sent troops to the north. Hmph, A bunch of short-sighted people!"

The eldest grandson comforted: "Okay, they are all your courtiers, so there is no need to worry about it. I have already asked the House of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Dining Room to prepare a banquet. Tonight, you can take it easy."

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Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled and let out a long sigh of relief.

It is indeed time to relax. The destruction of the East Turks can be said to be a wonderful beginning of the Zhenguan Year.There are places like Goguryeo, which are at the bottom of this battle, so they should be honest!

After months of worrying about the army, at this moment, once he could relax, the only thing Li Shimin wanted was wine.

The big victory in the grassland is the most worth celebrating since the founding of the country.For the first time, civil servants, military generals and officials from the three provinces and six ministries wantonly drink at sea. The emperor has ordered that all Chang'an can revel in it for three days!Thinking about the complicated affairs after the army returned to the court, the officials only hoped to get drunk and prepare for the busy work ahead.

Unlike Chang'an who was celebrating, Li Chengqian in Baidao was very irritable.

Li Dahai, this guy, was only sending supplies and transporting the wounded to the grassland before, but he forgot to make a fortune!

You must know that there are too many cattle and sheep on the grassland this time.After the victory of the army, although there were still many captive herdsmen left behind, the cattle and sheep owned by these people already belonged to the army in name.Eating meat on the prairie made me sick to my stomach, but when this stuff was transported back to the Central Plains, it was an extremely good stuff.

It is the proper meaning to transport the wounded from Baidao, Mayi, and Fengfu.But when you return from Shuofang, you have to fill up the car no matter what!

Li Dahai's third son, Li Yongye, is now by Li Chengqian's side, never closing his mouth.

This time, their family has a good face, and the empress personally issued an order to praise them for their contribution to the army. Who can get such an honor?He wanted to laugh when he thought of how the old patriarch of the clan came to Chang'an to invite them to return to the clan.When my father was a merchant, he was directly kicked out by the family, almost deprived of the surname "Li".But now, because of jealousy, he came to the pole again and begged to go home.

Heh, our family is a merchant, what happened!If they were not in business, they would not have been favored by the prince, let alone the neighbors would respect them when they saw them.There are many merchants who have been praised by the county magistrate, but their family is probably the first to be praised by the queen.

I just don't know if he will be happy to smoke when he learns that the emperor's will of praise has fallen to their family.

March has passed, and in April, even the grasslands are no longer so cold.

The injuries of the wounded soldiers in the wounded battalion had all stabilized. Until then, the remaining [-] troops and all the wounded soldiers had to formally move out.

Back home.

Come back home!

When the journey back began, everyone's faces were filled with joy.The battle is over, and this time it's a big victory. From the chief executive to the bottom soldiers, there will be generous rewards.Many disabled people with broken arms and legs, holding the documents issued by the prince, cried like confinement babies in the car.With this document in hand, they can go to Chang'an to have their prosthetics fitted with the help of a skilled craftsman who will be a superintendent.Although it is impossible to be exactly the same as before, being a cripple is already the happiest thing compared to lying in bed as mud.

Sun Simiao arbitrarily ordered two large carts to carry the medicinal materials he collected on the grassland.Of course, the most important thing is a coffin.The coffin was not a dead person, but a set of bone frames installed. This was the remains of an unlucky Turkic man. With the help of Li Chengqian, Lao Sun learned to fix it with ropes at joints and other places.This skeleton will be used by Lao Sun for a long time.

Finally embarked on the return journey, Zhang Yun and other eunuchs and the nearly [-] imperial troops were also very excited.Although the prince rushed to the front of the battle restlessly, there was no accident at all.The few who died were unfortunately infected and died during the wounded barracks, but they did not lose their lives, because not only the queen will reward them heavily, but their names are also listed in the military merit list.Walking around and dying once can bring great merit to the children of the family, so it's worth it no matter what.

The whole team was happy, except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Doctor Sun Simiao.

In the carriage, Li Jing hugged a blanket and leaned against the carriage, while Li Chengqian hugged an urn, and together with Sun Simiao, quietly prayed for Yicheng.

He couldn't bear to see her suffering from a severe infection, under her pleading eyes, Li Chengqian could only beg Sun Simiao to give her a good time.

After drinking Sun Simiao's medicine, Yicheng finally left with a smile.

Li Chengqian was in a bad mood, and Sun Simiao was also in a bad mood, which made Li Jing in the same carriage very uncomfortable.

Persisting in standing up and opening the curtains of the carriage to let in some air, Li Jing said, "It's not a big deal, Dr. Sun, you prescribed honey poison to kill people, which is indeed against the medical ethics, but since it's for the sake of the patient, it's a good thing to accumulate merit and virtue." Son. As for the prince, why are you so sad, the old man saw that you were quite firm when you made a decision!"

Li Chengqian raised his head: "Mr. Wei, I'm not suffering because of this incident, but because righteousness is worthless. It can be said that Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao were saved by her. Although the situation in Turkic is not good, there is righteousness. Now, it is much better than being under Dou Jiande. But Yicheng is seriously ill, and neither of them cares. Even when I lifted the ban on them during the cremation, they didn't go to see them off. Hearts, It's so indifferent."

Li Jing smiled helplessly, the most elusive thing in this world is not the weather, but the human heart.No one knows what the person opposite him is thinking. If he knew, maybe the two people who were drinking together would draw their swords at each other in the next moment.It may not be a good thing that the prince sees people's hearts too well.After this incident, I might be able to see through something.

Sun Simiao finished reading a passage, glanced at Li Chengqian, and asked, "I still can't figure out why you made the decision to poison Yicheng to death. I have been practicing medicine for decades, and it's not uncommon for me to prepare poison to fight poison with poison. But it’s the first time someone has been put to death.”

Li Chengqian sighed and gestured to the urn he was holding: "Yicheng was on the verge of life and death at that time. If it wasn't painful, she wouldn't need to be like this, but every time she took a breath, she tried her best. If you are angry, you will be tortured. Since you will die sooner or later, why don’t you leave happily? Daoist Sun, you are now on the edge of a dead end, and you only feel that you have poisoned people to death. But if Yicheng can entrust her dream, she will be very happy to thank you Yours." Recommended reading../../

Sighing, Sun Simiao could only look away from the urn.

Because it is not in wartime, but on the return journey, the marching speed of the army is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and sometimes it is common to rest three or four times a day.

Now that the team stopped again, Li Chengqian thought he was going to rest, but was about to go out to get some air, but was suddenly pushed back by Zhang Yun outside the door.

"Your Highness, the scouts reported that there is a bandit village not far from here."

Li Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Since we met, we have to make a fortune for the soldiers. Come on, order Chang Sun Chong to lead two thousand troops to level this bandit village!"

The chief executive spoke, and immediately a messenger went to deliver the order.

Seeing Zhang Yun's determined expression outside the carriage, Li Chengqian could only put down the bow he was holding.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was interested, Li Jing lifted the fur and stood up, pulling Li Chengqian out together.

With Li Jing around, Zhang Yun wanted to stop him, but he couldn't speak.Because, the chief executive has already ordered that the suppression of bandits will be under the command of the prince.

He had long been envious of those who dispatched troops and generals, but now that he had the order in hand, Li Chengqian immediately brought the crown prince with him.

Although there are only more than 400 people left under the command of the crown prince, after the experience of this war, they have grown up instead.

Yu Tai is the general leading the front, Fang Shuo is the general leading the two wings, and Chang Sun Chong is leading the team to outflank the rear, so no one will be missed.

Originally, Chang Sun Chong was still dissatisfied with his position, but he heard that it was easy to intercept the head in the rear, so he set off excitedly with five hundred soldiers.

Two thousand soldiers are enough.

On the border between Datang and the Grassland, there will always be these unprofitable businesses.

In the past, the imperial court had no time to take care of them. Now that the grassland has been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they have changed from bandits on the border to bandits inside. How can we not get rid of them.

Li Jing's title of chief executive will not be revoked until Chang'an, so he still has the right to decide on his own to attack.Of course, the premise is that the target of the attack is a bandit.

The bandit village built by Yishan is really the same as the one in the TV series, it is built with giant trees.As local snakes that have been rooted in the border for a long time, they have many secret whistles, and even the mobile team led by Chang Tianhou is difficult to clean them up.

So when the [-] troops from the front arrived at the gate of the village, there was already a wretched-looking guy waiting in front of the closed gate with a large number of gifts.

Being targeted by the army is not once or twice. Every time the prairie people go south, they will come to surround them in front of their village.But bleeding would be enough, the thieves thought it was the same this time as before.

"General, you can see that we are doing business in this place, and it doesn't hinder the army. So our head asked the villain to give you a gift, hoping to get your understanding."

The words were well spoken, the etiquette was very thoughtful, and the sun shone in the open box with a dazzling brilliance.

Li Chengqian turned his head to one side and reached out to pat Yu Tai's horse.

So Yu Tai immediately rode forward and beheaded the man with a single knife.

Turkic people are easy to dismiss, do you think the officers and soldiers can be dispatched in the same way?

The blood soaring into the sky was like a signal, and arrows flew from behind the wall of the cottage.

Pushing away Zhang Yun who was standing in front of him, Li Chengqian immediately fought back.

Bandits' bows and arrows are not as powerful as formal bows and arrows, and even if they hit the body from such a distance, it only hurts.

On the contrary, Li Chengqian's arrow quickly hit an unlucky ghost with an exposed head.

Li Jing also took a bow, and fired two arrows in succession, hitting three people.

Seeing that two people were strung into gourds by arrows, Li Chengqian looked at Li Jing in surprise.This old bastard really hid his secrets. I'm afraid there are not many people in the army who can catch up with him.

"What do you look at? The bandit is only wearing leather armor, not armor. You must know that both Yuchi and His Majesty can shoot through iron armor with a bow. Get up, what is this old man!"

Li Chengqian nodded blankly, and could only continue to shoot.I thought that bows and arrows were inferior to firearms, but now it seems that may not be the case.

The frontal troops of [-] are quite bad at archery.But when Fang Shuo's side troops also attacked, the arrows behind the gate of the village soon stopped.

Fang Shuo's archery skills are very good, so he leads the archery team.In addition to the normal physical training, the whole team is also practicing archery, and now everyone is a good archer.

After the long-range attack at the gate of the village disappeared, it was Liu Mang's attacking team that entered the field.