Don't be a prince

It didn't take long for Flying Eagle to enter the treasure house and stood by with his hands folded.

Passing the amber in his hand to Feiying, Li Chengqian said in a deep voice: "The leader is not here, the only elites that can be used now are you shadow guards. Feiying, I want to entrust you with a very difficult task, do you want to do it?"

Feiying knelt on one knee and said: "If you can serve His Highness, you will die forever."

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Yu Tai has already set off for Gaochang, because soldiers and horses will be recruited along the way, so the speed will be slower. Gaochang is really dangerous, so the luggage has to be transported later. I will appoint you to do this transportation. Man, when you arrive in Gaochang, contact Yu Tai and stay in Gaochang to wait for the opportunity.

This finger belonged to Ashina Helu, a little Khan of Western Turks. He was sent back to the grassland alone. Before he left, he cut off this little finger and promised to promise one thing in this life.The current crisis in Gaochang, unless the Turks withdraw their troops, otherwise, even if we win, it will be a miserable victory.

You take this finger and tell him that it is good for Gaochang to win, but if Gaochang loses, you don't mind swearing to exterminate the entire Turkic race, and ask him to think clearly about the pros and cons.Yipidu is a headstrong man, and most of the war against Tang Dynasty was initiated by him to help him determine his right to speak.If he thinks he loves this group enough, then kill Yipidu and become a khan himself! "

Looking at the amber in his hand, Feiying knew that the dangerous task of going deep into the enemy camp was really a narrow escape.

But... it's cool enough to escape from death!

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this subordinate will definitely complete the task!"

"When necessary, you can help Ashina Helu."

"Yes!"

After standing up and saluting, Feiying turned and left.

Walking out of the warehouse, Li Chengqian suddenly felt extremely melancholy.

The relationship between the four hostesses of the East Palace is relatively harmonious. Even if Su Yuan is the princess, she didn't force her to increase her time. The four of them spend one day each with him.

Before that, he had pretended to have something to do twice in a row, and declined to go to Yichun Beiyuan.

The war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, especially for Ashina Xue, was a war between the husband and the younger brother, and she was caught in the middle, very much like the eldest grandson who suffered because of the entrustment of the governor.

If you don't go, it won't work. Li Chengqian knows that her neglect is the greatest cruelty to her.Now that the weather has turned cold, she didn't move out of Yichun Beiyuan, perhaps just waiting for him to go over and speak.

Bite the bullet and walk through the East Palace until you arrive at Yichun Beiyuan.

Li Chengqian saw the comfortable Lingyun and Heitantou on the small pasture at first glance. Compared with Lingyun, Heitantou is really old now.It couldn't run, and if it wanted to go to the Lizheng Hall to see its master, it had to be carried by the eunuchs.

Walking in front of a dog and a horse lying together, Li Chengqian reached out and rubbed Heitan's dog's head.Although she lost a hand of hair, she didn't care.Heitantou was also stupid, sticking out his tongue and licking his master's hand.

Fang Shan came over, and seeing the sad look on the prince's face, he tentatively asked: "Your Highness, the black dog is still easy to find. If Heitantou is gone, are you..."

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "No more."

"Then what about Heitantou's offspring? Your Highness doesn't know, when you brought Heitantou to the farm a few years ago, a local dog conceived Heitantou's child, it was mixed blood, and he didn't look very good-looking. "

Li Chengqian turned around and said: "Since... forget it, I have been raising it for more than ten years, but I can only watch it die first, which is really uncomfortable. Humans have many ten years in their lives, but dogs don't, so let's just leave it at that." .”

Fang Shan nodded and said no more.

Standing up, Li Chengqian walked towards the tent in Yichun Beiyuan, Ling Yun turned over and Heitantou followed with slow steps.

Just like this, Li Chengqian got into the tent with a horse and a dog.

Inside the tent, Ashina Xue was rocking the cradle, and Xiao Mengxue was sleeping soundly, with a small hand still biting her mouth.

Walking to the other side of the cradle, when Ashina Xue saw her husband, she was very surprised, but when she saw the sleeping child, she still kept her mouth shut.

After admiring the girl's sleeping appearance for a while, Li Chengqian said in a low voice: "The weather is getting colder, you and the child still have to move to the palace. If you want to live separately from Xiuxiu, Yiqiu Palace can also be renovated. you."

Ashina Xue said with a smile: "The concubine has a very good relationship with Xiuxiu, she doesn't mind. In Yiqiu Palace, it's better to keep the guest room in the East Palace."

After shaking the cradle for a while, seeing that the girl was already asleep, Li Chengqian went to sit beside Ashina Xue, and put his arms around her shoulders.

"The Tang Dynasty is at war with the Turks. Although I don't want to see it, but according to the information from the front line, He Lu is indeed in the army attacking Gaochang. I know, I am going to war with He Lu, and it is best for you to be caught in the middle." Uncomfortable. However, the war between the two countries is not something that can be decided by one person, or two people.

He Lu may not want to attack Datang, but he is under Yipidu's command and can only obey orders.I also don't want to start a war with He Lu, but they came to the door and refused to fight, wouldn't they be laughed at? "

Ashi Naxue leaned over, lay on Li Chengqian's lap, and sighed: "As long as it is a country that is close, there will always be a war. Even between tribes in a country, this is still the case. I dare not tell you Do not attack the Turks, but, if possible, please spare He Lu from the death penalty."

Li Chengqian said: "It depends on whether he keeps his promise. If he helps Datang and let the Turks withdraw, I don't have to pursue it. But if he is stubborn, I can at most protect him from death. However, in his life, he will not be killed." I can't go back to the grassland."

Ashina Xue knew that even if it was such a result, it was already the result of her husband favoring her, so she could only hug her husband's waist tightly.

As the saying goes, fight at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, what happens in the middle of the bed is self-evident.

So when Li Chengqian tidied his clothes and walked out of the tent, Ashina Xue also blushed and pushed the crying girl out.

too loud....

After sending his wife and girl to Yichun Palace, Li Chengqian returned to the study in Lizheng Hall and began to deal with government affairs.

In fact, there is not much left. Because of the war on the border, he granted Fang Xuanling and others a lot of authority. They can deal with some memorials that can be checked directly. At most, they need to back up a file.

And what was sent to his desk were all memorials related to the border.

Opening a memorial, Li Chengqian smiled wryly.

The emperor is in Korea, but the order has been sent to Chang'an.Appoint Zhang Liang to lead the coastal state capital of the East China Sea?It seems that when the emperor's father left Korea, Zhang Liang's news had not yet been delivered.Now it is estimated that Beisha City has also started fighting, but I just don't know what it will be like.

It would be strange if the allied forces of Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje could allow Zhang Liang to escape.What's more, Beisha City is in such an anxious battle, even if there are hot air balloons, Zhang Liang will not agree to leave before the battle.

The second memorial was presented by Guo Xiaoke, governor of Liangzhou, who volunteered to support Gaochang.

Guo Xiaoke was originally a veteran, but because of his lack of fame, he was only granted the title of Duke of Yangzhai County.Liangzhou is remote, but he has been guarding for many years, but he has never complained. Such a veteran is exactly the strength Gaochang needs.

As the governor of Liangzhou, Guo Xiaoke must be aware of the dangers of Gaochang.However, he has been in Liangzhou for many years, and he has a lot of influence in the future, and he can recruit many soldiers.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian immediately said to Zhang Yun at the door: "Let Hongling urgently pass on Gu's oral order, and order Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Liangzhou, to be the deputy commander of the Tianshan Road march, recruit soldiers by himself, and join Yu Tai to help Gaochang together! "

Zhang Yun didn't have time to agree, and rushed out immediately.Having been in the East Palace for many years, the most he did was run errands.

Hongling's urgent envoy left Chang'an City quickly with the crown prince's orders.

Liangzhou is an absolute defensive zone for Chang'an.In fact, Guo Xiaoke was able to defend here for many years, thanks to the trust of the emperor.

After receiving the urgent order from Hongling, Guo Xiaoke was very excited.He wasn't angry because he didn't get the appointment papers, nor was he dissatisfied because he was only appointed as a deputy manager.From the prince's mere verbal instructions, he felt the anxiety of the battle situation and also felt the prince's trust in him.

"Come here, order the surrounding areas of Liangzhou to open the restriction on recruiting troops!"

Chapter 5 and Eight of the Emperor's Escape

For Gaochang's support, Guo Xiaoke had already made preparations, but if the imperial court organized the army privately without an order, it was a rebellion.Now, since the court has approved it, he can let go of his preparations.

He has guarded Liangzhou for many years. Although he is not the most frontier, he still has a lot of research on Turkic and other countries.

In his opinion, even if Gaochang had gunpowder weapons, it would only be able to defend Gaochang for half a month at most.After half a month, God knows what will happen.

Since the founding of Datang, there has never been an organized army, and there has never been annihilation of the entire army.If Gaochang was really destroyed, for Datang, the blow would not be as simple as a defeat.

Not only Guo Xiaoke, but Yu Tai was also in a hurry. After organizing the troops of one state, he couldn't even wait, so he hurried to the next state, so that the troops of the following states could gather towards Gaochang by themselves.

If you are sleepy, go to the posthouse to sleep. If you can’t reach the posthouse, just take a single sleeping bag and make do with it.Even eating, I also eat while walking.

Everyone knows the danger of Gaochang. In order to support Gaochang as soon as possible, everyone is going all out.

Just as anxious was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin.

He returned to Chang'an from Anshicheng, and he has just passed through Yingzhou so far.

Years of being pampered and pampered has made him forget some of his physical problems. After driving for several days, his shoulders began to ache, and it was even difficult for him to grasp the reins.

But even so, he still didn't stop.

He left [-] troops in Yingzhou and [-] in Tanzhou. After passing through Youzhou, he sent the remaining [-] troops and the extra [-] troops from Youzhou to Shengli. state.

In the pattern of attacking the Tang Dynasty worldwide, all frontier defenses need to be consolidated. Therefore, Li Daliang left the team returning to Beijing, and Liu Hongji left the team returning to Beijing...Even Changsun Wuji rushed to Beijing with [-] troops. Shengzhou.

When the emperor left Youzhou, in addition to escorting his relatives, only Qin Qiong's ashes and tablet were left.

After breaking Gaimu City, when the scout battalion found Qin Qiong at the seaside, he had already passed away.

It was obvious that Gaimu City died before the pacification of Gaimu City, but Li Shimin spoke in person, claiming that Qin Qiong died after Gaimu City was completely pacified.The first hero, Li Shimin didn't want him to die after Gaimu City was fully pacified.

After passing through Yizhou without entering, and after resting in the wilderness for a night, Li Shimin ordered to move on.

Because the two shoulders can no longer hold the reins, he is now sitting in the carriage.With one more carriage in the cavalry team, the forward speed slowed down a lot.

When approaching Dingzhou, Li Shimin and Li Jian asked for a map and took a look around.

After confirming his location, Li Shimin pointed to a place name in front of him and said, "Meteor Dragon Bridge? What kind of bad name is that? When passing through Dingzhou later, tell the governor of Dingzhou to change the name of this bridge."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin opened the curtain, and said to the Sky Monkey riding beside him, "Which way shall we go next?"

Seeing that the emperor was holding the map, Sky-Changing Monkey approached the window of the car, clicked on the map and said: "Your Majesty, let's go around the Yulong Bridge and enter Dingzhou from Lijiapo, twenty miles away. Go to Jingzhou."

"Don't take the Meteor Dragon Bridge?"

Changtian Monkey smiled wryly and said: "You are the emperor, the real dragon emperor, how can you go to this unlucky place? It's too unlucky. What's more, the mobile team has already explored the terrain first. There are two cliffs at the Meteor Dragon Bridge. With a short bridge, the bridge is still made of wood, and it is too dangerous for a large cavalry to pass by."

Looking at the map, Li Shimin said hesitantly: "If we take a detour to Lijiapo, we will have to walk five more days. It's just the Meteor Dragon Bridge. I haven't encountered any weird place names in the past. Isn't it living well now? Meteor Dragon Bridge over!"

Seeing that the emperor was determined, Chang Tianhou had no choice but to order the front team to change their direction.

Meteor Dragon Bridge, because of the special geology here, a narrow and deep gully, seen from the mountain, looks like a winding dragon.So there are rumors that a dragon once fell from the sky and hit the ground, creating such a ravine.

And the short bridge built on this ravine was naturally named Meteor Dragon Bridge.The taboos of the imperial court are generally used on officials, while local governments are mostly used on prefectures and counties, and have no binding force on ordinary people and some small place names.

Therefore, even if there is a commoner surnamed Li among the people named "Li Shimin", and no one cares about him, the local government will at most try to persuade him, and if he refuses to listen, he will not hold him accountable.

The mountain road was winding and winding, and it took half an hour to finally reach the Meteor Dragon Bridge.

It is said to be a short bridge, but it is actually about ten meters long.The wooden bridge is above an abyss, no matter how you look at it, it feels unreliable.

After getting out of the car and taking a look at the Meteor Dragon Bridge, he ordered someone to try throwing stones on it. After confirming that there was no problem, Li Shimin ordered two riders to go forward in a group, and the carriage was simply abandoned here.

The first group passed, and the second group passed. There was no problem with the wooden bridge. It was not until the tenth group passed safely that Li Jian and Li Shimin rode across the bridge.

It went smoothly, although the wooden bridge creaked, but there was no shaking.

The emperor passed safely, and many people breathed a sigh of relief.Thus, the No.12 group began to cross the bridge.

However, just as the No.12 group had just arrived in the middle of the bridge, Sky-Changing Monkey keenly noticed that a puff of smoke rose from the woods opposite the bridge at some point.

"Beware of an ambush! Your Majesty, come back quickly!"

Click!

Accompanied by the cries of the sky-changing monkey, the bridge collapsed immediately.The two people on the bridge didn't even react, and they fell into the abyss together with their mounts.

The Sky-Changing Monkey's eyes were about to burst, and he rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked down. Under the bridge, a man whose whole body was painted in mud-colored, smiled at himself, and then decisively took out his dagger, killed himself, and followed suit. fell down.

All this happened so fast that Li Shimin, who had just crossed the bridge, hadn't reacted yet.

Looking at the large number of personally led soldiers on the other side of the bridge, looking at the few 20 people around him, and then thinking of the "Beware of Hebei Road" mentioned in the prince's letter, Li Shimin reacted almost immediately.

"Monkey, go around and come from Lijiapo to meet me, and the rest of you, follow me!"

With his back against the abyss, and because he had to march in a hurry, Li Shimin did not carry gunpowder weapons. Li Shimin knew very well that he would only be beaten if he stayed here.

Zhan Tianhou also knew that it was useless to be anxious here, so he immediately took the remaining 970 soldiers and began to detour.

Before leaving, Fang Shuo handed his bow and arrow to the hammer. The hammer was still within ten meters away. With his throw, the bow and arrow flew to the other side, and Li Jianli picked it up to catch it. , to the emperor.

After receiving the bow and arrow, Li Shimin showed a wry smile, but still carried the bow and arrow firmly on his back.

Just when both sides of the cliff were responding, a large group of cavalry rushed out from the depths of the woods.What is frightening is that the number even reached two or three thousand.

Of course, this is not the most terrifying.

Although he had expected it, Li Shimin finally knew where the iron mines in Hanzhong had gone after seeing the shoddy armor and weapons on these people.

The Wang family's rebels had been lying in ambush here for several months, and finally got what they wanted!

The emperor wanted to return to Chang'an from Koryo. In a hurry, the official road and the small road must be alternated.When choosing the location for the ambush, Hou Junji repeatedly emphasized that the emperor must pass by here. Although he really wanted to deploy these dead men directly to a state capital, Wang Wei agreed after all because Hou Junji's self-confidence could not be hindered.

Now it seems that it is really accurate.

In terms of horse speed alone, the dead soldiers are naturally not as good as the emperor and his party.Among them, many of them didn't even have saddles, and the crudely made armor was pitted and hit the horse's body, and it didn't take long for the wound to be worn out, dripping blood while running.

However, because of the unfamiliarity of the terrain around the capital, Li Shimin and his party ran to the wrong place several times, and the dead soldiers were about to catch up.

22 people, no matter what, can't fight with 2000 people, and the consumption is exhausted.

In times of crisis, Li Shimin's calmness is reflected.

Seeing that there was another dead end not far away, and he needed to change paths immediately, Li Shimin picked up the bow on his back without hesitation, held back his shoulders, and shot out without firing the arrow, regardless of the lightning arrow in his quiver.

Arrow out, hit!

Li Shimin's arrow hit the horse of the leader of the dead.The arrow that hit the horse's head made the horse fall to the ground.

When the leading horse overturned during the gallop, the impact on the following cavalry group was not insignificant.Seeing it, a large number of people fell over.

With one hit, Li Shimin turned his horse's head without hesitation, and walked towards the next road.