Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Just as Li Shimin had expected before, after hearing that Li Qiu had once again killed prisoners and slaughtered the city, those censors, great Confucians, and courtiers.

One after another, memorials were published to impeach Li Qiu.

The wording is also unusually sharp and intense.

For them, Li Shimin had already thought of a countermeasure, and waved his hand directly, "Now Li Jing's army is still on the way."

"As for the real situation, no one knows."

"You can't impeach a county king of Shangzhu Kingdom of Tang Dynasty just because of such a military letter?"

"Things like these, we will wait until they return to Chang'an City!"

Li Shimin's words were indeed very effective in blocking them all from the door.

Therefore, this group of people also suffocated their energy and waited for Li Qiu and others to return.

In the past, armies like this had triumphed and returned triumphantly.

All the troops were advancing slowly, and the general in the army had already returned to the city on a fast horse to receive the reward, and went home earlier to drink and eat meat, wives and children, and went away carefree.

It is only a few days from the grassland border to Chang'an.

But this group of people did not expect that after waiting for seven days, half a month, and even a month later, it was already the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.

But Li Jing and his army were still walking slowly on the road.

At this moment, in Li Jing's army, Li Qiu, Li Jing, Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining and others are playing the four-nation army chess fiercely.

The carefree Yuchi Jingde laughed happily from time to time as the referee.

That's right, it's the new game that Li Qiu researched on the road.

The official positions of commander, army commander, division commander, etc. have been replaced by Li Qiu as marshal, deputy commander, two generals and other military positions in the Tang Dynasty.

And the bomb was replaced by a desperate assassin.

Landmines were replaced with mechanism lanes that only artisans can open.

The mechanism master is naturally an engineer.

When the military flag first came out, Li Jing and others were similar to chess, but they were only relatively obsessed.

It feels very new and interesting.

But when Li Qiu took out the four-nation army chess board and four-color chess pieces that needed the cooperation of his opponents, these people were completely in trouble.

Really addicted.

In this era of more than 600 AD, people's living conditions were extremely difficult, and it was difficult to feed and survive.

How can there be any entertainment?

At that time, even the upper-class aristocratic society was nothing more than simple games such as Go.

The entry threshold is high, and the fun is much worse than chess.

There is no better entertainment at this time.

So when everyone saw the Four Kingdoms Army Chess and the novel gameplay, they immediately became addicted.

Because this game is highly involved.

If you count the referees, there are actually five people who can participate at the same time.

This was unimaginable in the past.

At the same time, the Four Kingdoms Army Chess is very close to the real battlefield.

There are also formations and formations, false and real art of war.

It is necessary to cooperate, but also to fight psychological warfare with the opponent.

The battle situation is also ever-changing, and the advantages and disadvantages of both sides are also changing at any time.

Chapter 435 Pandora's Box, Never Open It

In ancient times, due to the lack of people's material and spiritual and cultural life, entertainment activities were extremely lacking.

Therefore, gambling has become the spiritual pillar of many people.

Gambling addiction is far greater than modern society.

During the Tang Dynasty, playing chess and fighting dogs and cockfights were basically the top gambling activities.

Fortunately, during the Zhenguan period, wars broke out frequently, life was difficult, and people didn't have much energy to gamble.

That is to say, aristocratic society and wealthy families.

But in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, this gambling had developed to an uncontrollable level.

Even though severe punishment for gambling was directly included in the Tang Law Discussion, it still had little effect.

Later, in the Song and Ming dynasties, the gambling became even more out of control.

Delay production, affect the military and government, corrupt the social atmosphere, and aggravate social unrest.

Make people addicted to it, sluggish.

It can also be said to be harmful for thousands of years.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty, the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" had strict laws on gambling to the point where all gamblers would be beheaded directly.

Like officials participating in gambling, it is even more sinful.

But gambling is still wanton, even to the point where it is uncontrollable.

In particular, the gambling atmosphere in the officialdom is even worse than that of the previous generation.

Such a thing is recorded in "Frost Ape Collection" written by Zhou Tonggu.

At the end of the Chongzhen Emperor, Minister Zhou Yanru was ordered to lead troops to resist the Manchus who entered the customs and harassed them.

As a result, after Zhou Yanru led his army out for more than a hundred miles, he suddenly sent an envoy to return to Beijing on horseback with a whip in his hand and an arrow in his hand.

At that time, it caused panic among the people and officials in the capital.

It was already the Qing army that fought over.

As a result, after making such a big fuss, he just sent someone home to fetch cards and other gambling tools.

I was in a hurry before going out and forgot to bring it.

It can be seen that in the army of the Ming Dynasty at that time, even when they went to war, they had to think about gambling. How bad was the atmosphere and military discipline? !

The reason why gambling was so popular and uncontrollable in the Ming Dynasty at that time was also inseparable from the invention of some gambling-related things.

That is the horse tag.

This horse tag, to put it bluntly, is the predecessor of later generations of mahjong.

It exists in the form of playing cards and is easy to carry.

It can also be said that when the horse tag was invented, it dominated the world with lightning speed.

The fire spread all over the country, the entire Ming Dynasty.

Like the previous gambling activities such as holding lances and Go, your skills are more tested and the difficulty is more difficult. Only two people can play.

But the horse tag is more dependent on luck, and the entry threshold is also extremely low.

Another four people entertained at the same time, with a high degree of participation.

The winning and losing mode of this game is also more conducive to increasing the fun and gambling of gambling.

At that time in Ming Dynasty, officials tagged horses, ordinary people tagged horses, scholars rushing for exams tagged horses, and soldiers also tagged horses.

In "Sui Kou Jilue" written by Wu Weiye, there is a sentence that reads "Ming's death is caused by the horse hanging."

Regardless of whether his words are exaggerated or not, it is enough to show how harmful the horse tag was to the entire Ming Dynasty at that time.

Therefore, from the perspective of future generations, it is often impossible to understand how deep and how powerful gambling was to people in ancient times.

Because of this, Li Qiu never dared to open this Pandora's box and invented poker and mahjong in advance.

On the contrary, what he made were all chess, military flags, and military flags of the four countries, all of which required certain technical skills.

The threshold is high.

At the same time, while ensuring the fun, it is also relatively unfavorable for gambling participation.

However, for ordinary people, the military flags of these four countries may be very difficult and less interesting.

But for Li Jing, Yu Zhining, Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Jingde, Xue Wanjun and others, it was simply too much fun.

Almost to the point of obsession.

For more than a month, they have almost the same rhythm every day.

After getting up and having breakfast in the morning, they led the Chinese army to gallop for two hours, and then set up camp.

At the beginning, five people gathered together to play Siguojunqi and occasionally chess.

This play is almost a whole day.

As for the army behind them, they were slowly driving tens of thousands of cattle and sheep for a walk here.

Anyway, their journey every day is the gallop of these two hours.

As for when to arrive in Chang'an?

If it goes on like this, it will take at least two more months.

At noon and night, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and others ordered to kill cattle and goats, drink a lot of wine, and sleep soundly.

Of course, cattle were forbidden to be killed in the Tang Dynasty.

But this army has traveled thousands of miles to transport cattle, and there will always be losses, right?

You can't stop eating dead cows, right?

And the most important point is that Li Qiu made roast beef, cumin beef, beef stewed with potatoes, etc.

too delicious!

Here, there is another logical factor to emphasize.

It wasn't because Li Qiu came up with the military flags of the four countries and a lot of delicacies that they marched so slowly.

It was because the march was so slow and boring that Li Qiu came up with the military flags and delicacies of the four countries.

This kind of strategy is also completely out of Changsun Wuji's handwriting.

At the beginning, Tang Jian, Yu Zhining and others suggested that the elites of their Chinese army should first return to Chang'an City with gold, silver, jewelry, and antiques.

The remaining part of the army took their cattle and sheep slowly on their way.

But Changsun Wuji stared, "Why go back so early?"

"Waiting to be played by those censors and officials, will it add more problems to His Majesty?"

"Especially you Tang Jian, I'm not scaring you."

"If you return to Chang'an City now, no matter what happens to His Majesty, just relying on your order to massacre the city, these officials will have to eat you alive."

Upon hearing Changsun Wuji's threats, Tang Jian's entire face turned pale, and he immediately gave up his plan to return to Chang'an quickly and take a stab at him.

Afterwards, Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "So, let's walk slowly like this."

"When will these censors and ministers lose their energy, let's go back to Chang'an."

For this, Li Jing also deeply agrees.

"Auxiliary machine is right. In terms of the art of war, it is the same reason to go all out, then decline, and exhaust three times."

Ever since, there was also a travel note of their [-] to [-] troops on the Northwest Grassland of the Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 436 Another Disaster Year

For this delaying strategy adopted by Li Jing's army, those censors and courtiers naturally saw it and hated it in their hearts.

But they just couldn't get any handle, and they didn't have any good reason to play the book.

I had no choice but to endure it.