Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

There were sounds of fighting in the distance, and the dust raised by the horseshoes made it almost impossible to see what was going on on the battlefield, but the brutality of the war could be seen from the bright blood.

Inside the camp, the faces of the generals were heavy.

"His Royal Highness, send troops!" A general next to him knelt on his knees and begged.

As soon as the words fell, another person knelt down next to him, and said with certainty: "His Royal Highness, according to my view, General Luo and others may have been ambushed by Goguryeo. If they rashly send troops at this moment, they are in the hands of thieves." The person in question is Yang Ruyi's cousin, Yang Wengan, the Prince's counselor.

"His Royal Highness, if there is no more troops, General Luo may not be able to hold on!"

Yang Wenqian glanced coldly and said: "General Luo relied on his martial arts skills, acted recklessly, and trespassed in Liaodong City, who is to blame? Could it be that our army went to seek death in order to save him, knowing that Goguryeo had set up an ambush? Is it important for General Luo alone, or the lives of hundreds of thousands of my Tang soldiers?"

"Furthermore, if His Highness the Crown Prince is kind and really sends troops to support him, if the previous surprise attack happens again, the target of Goguryeo is His Highness the Crown Prince. Can you bear the responsibility?"

The generals knew that Yang Wenqian was eloquent, but they were speechless. No one could afford to buckle this big hat of disregarding the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince.Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting on the seat, staring blankly into the distance, he remained silent from the beginning to the end, and his heart felt cold.That's right, if His Highness the Crown Prince hadn't acquiesced, Yang Wengan, a mere counselor and an idler without an official position, would have nothing to say!

But even so, there are still generals who admire Luo Chengren, knowing His Royal Highness's intentions, still with a solemn expression, kneeling on the ground, prostrating on the ground, with an extremely earnest gesture: "Your Highness, since we cannot send troops to rescue General Luo, why don't we let the tower die down?" , let the Luo family army withdraw."

"His Royal Highness, allow the Luo family army to withdraw!" All the generals knelt down and begged for mercy.

Seeing the situation like this, Li Jiancheng became more and more afraid of Luo Cheng's power. He was a little hesitant about his life and death, after all, good generals are rare.But in this way, they disappeared completely, and they only thought that if they didn't get rid of Luo Cheng this time, they might have no chance to get rid of him in the future.

But now all the generals are forcing him to express his position. If he still insists on going his own way and insists on continuing to charge the Luo family army, it will make people feel chilling. Just when Li Jiancheng was in a dilemma and couldn't make up his mind for a while, he suddenly heard someone report from outside, saying that it was Luo Jiajun. The general is deeply trapped in Liaodong City, and now the city gate is closed.

Li Jiancheng's heart was relieved, but his face looked particularly anxious. He stood up suddenly, and lightly opened his thin lips: "Withdraw the troops!"

Those two words were spoken, and everyone's hearts fell to the bottom. The prince is planning to give up Luo Cheng!Thinking of the desolation of such a handsome young man, needless to say.

The person who responded was stunned, as if he didn't expect to get such an order, and immediately froze in place, forgetting to respond.

"Stupid thing, didn't you hear what the prince said? Hurry up and beat the drums! Tell the Luo family army to retreat." Yang Wenqian glared at the kneeling man in front of him, and said viciously.

The visitor sneaked a look at the crown prince, who was in the upper position, and saw a murderous look in his eyes. He was so frightened that he immediately shivered, and quickly responded: "Yes, yes... this subordinate obeys the order."

"His Royal Highness, please take back your order! If you withdraw your troops now, General Luo will really die!" The general who spoke was Duan Zhixuan, who was Li Yuan's old department when he was in Taiyuan. He was famous for his bravery and had a certain influence in the army. .

Li Jiancheng's voice was low, and he said angrily, "You are the ones who asked His Highness to withdraw the troops, and now you are the ones who refuse to withdraw the troops. What are your intentions?"

Although Duan Zhixuan has never had a personal relationship with Luo Cheng, he has heard a lot of rumors in the market, and he was once convinced by Luo Cheng's uprightness and righteousness. Seeing that the situation is not good, how can he be willing to abandon such a good minister? However, Sun Wuji, the head of Li Yuanji's tent, once visited him, and because of his feelings and reason, he should protect Luo Cheng.

Duan Zhixuan seemed to be unaware of Li Jiancheng's anger, and kowtowed again: "His Royal Highness, the reason why I persuaded you to withdraw your troops is because General Luo still has a way out, but now General Luo is trapped in Liaodong City. If you withdraw your troops now, we will not send troops to support you , General Luo will eventually be outnumbered and in danger."

After Duan Zhixuan finished speaking, another person knelt down and said: "What General Duan said is very true, please take it back!" The name of this person is Feng Deyi, he was an old minister of the former court, and later surrendered to Li Tang, and voted under Li Jiancheng's sect. When he became an aide, he was different from Yang Wenqian in that he tried his best to protect Luo Cheng, hoping to subdue him for use by the Prince's Mansion.

The one who interceded turned out to be someone from the Prince's Mansion!How could this knowledge not make Li Jiancheng jealous? Seeing the obscure expression of the man kneeling below, he asked in a cold voice: "Then what do you want Your Highness to do? Could it be possible to become a Luo Cheng and want my Tang Dynasty?" Hundreds of thousands of soldiers will die in vain?"

Feng Deyi gritted his teeth, and lamented: "Your Highness, don't be provoked by villains, General Luo can't die!" He almost said, Your Highness, don't make mistakes again and again!

Yang Wenqian stood aside, glanced viciously at Feng Deyi who was kneeling beside him, didn't he mean that the crown prince was instigated by him?

Is Feng Deyi an impulsive person?

He was not!Not only was he not impulsive, but he was also very strategic. The reason why he rashly stood up and spoke for Luo Cheng this time was mainly due to the face of King Qin Li Shimin. Who didn't know that Luo Cheng was the number one general under King Qin.How King Qin valued the Luo family is obvious to all.

Feng Deyi is gifted and intelligent, and he has ears and eyesight about the affairs of the court. Now His Highness the Crown Prince and the King of Qin have the highest voices to succeed to the throne. Between the two brothers, the outcome is unpredictable.Although he is standing in the prince's ranks, he still has to leave a way out for himself, and everything is not easy to do too well. If King Qin ascends the throne, and Luo Cheng's death is pursued, he will not end up decapitated.

So, knowing that His Highness the Crown Prince was going to deal with Luo Cheng, Feng Deyi sided with Paul Cheng from the beginning to the end.

"I beg the prince to send troops!" Kneeling down in the tent, following Feng Deyi.

Li Jiancheng was unmoved. Just because of this, the soldiers who had just gone out to deliver orders were sent into the camp again.

"What's the matter?" Li Jiancheng was very displeased when he saw his panic-stricken appearance.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, the Luo family army will not withdraw! The Luo family army on the battlefield is desperately attacking the gate of Liaodong City. It seems... It seems that they are desperately trying to save General Luo!"

A storm was brewing in Li Jiancheng's eyes, and the gentle man looked a little cold at the moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Reverse, rebellious! He, the Luo family army, dared to commit the above crimes, disregarded military orders, and disobeyed orders! After all, this world belongs to my Li family. Or is it his Luo family? The next step of the Luo family is to rebel! "

Li Jiancheng slapped the book table with his palm, and there was a loud bang. Everyone's hearts were already in turmoil. This is the crime of condemning Luo Cheng to death!

If there were people who were not sure about the direction of the wind just now, then there is still something they don't understand at this moment. Luo Cheng must die today, because His Royal Highness does not want him to live.

Changsun Wuji mingled among the generals, kowtowing to Li Jiancheng and begging Li Jiancheng to send troops, but Li Jiancheng refused, because time did not wait for others.Although he didn't want to take this step, but now he had to. Fortunately, King Qin was wise enough to arrange for him to join the army. Fortunately, King Qi Li Yuanji didn't want General Luo to die!

Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Seeing that all the generals were kneeling in front of him to intercede for Luo Cheng, Li Jiancheng was furious for a moment, and walked away.

When Li Jiancheng and his cronies left the tent, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was kneeling at the end, also quietly stood up and left the tent without a sound.

He had just returned to Li Yuanji's camp, and happened to run into Yan Lang and others who felt something was wrong and withdrew from the north gate in time.

"Master Changsun, what did His Highness the Crown Prince say? Why hasn't he sent troops to support him? What is His Highness the Crown Prince's plan?"

Changsun Wuji frowned, and whispered: "His Royal Highness has no plans to send troops to support."

When Yan Lang heard this, he was furious immediately. If his subordinates hadn't stopped him, he would have rushed out of the camp a long time ago, and went directly to the prince to ask what happened: "What does he mean? Take all the Luo family's army away, and let the general lead a few soldiers to charge , attacked Liaodong City, and now the army is standing still, is he going to kill the general?"

"I'm afraid that's it."

Yan Lang's anger could no longer be suppressed: "He is afraid of death, but I am not! Yan Yunqi came out with me, they didn't send troops, we sent troops, we went to Liaodong City to rescue the general and the head of the cavalry guard!"

Changsun Wuji stretched out his hand to stop him, glanced at the group of people, and said in a low voice, "There are only a few hundred of you, not to mention that you can't break through the iron wall, so what if you can break through? If reinforcements are not available, you will just sacrifice your lives in vain. "

"Then what do you think we should do? Is it possible to let us watch the general die in battle? It would be fine if we really lost, but the fact is clearly not the case."

Yan Lang said anxiously: "It would be great if His Highness King Qi was here. If there are still people in the army who can check and balance the prince, only His Highness King Qi holds the military power." What else did he say? The soldiers withdrew from Taiyuan, set up Chang'an City, even dared to disregard his father, and it was easy to resist His Highness the Prince's order.

Eldest Sun Wuji, who was still silent just now, suddenly raised his head, looked at Yan Lang meaningfully, and said quietly, "Although His Royal Highness King Qi is not here, the military power is here."

Yan Lang looked at Changsun Wuji with some puzzlement.

Not long after, an uninvited guest came to Tang Jun's military tent.

Originally, the Tang army was ready to move. Many soldiers had followed Luo Cheng in the north and south. Seeing that Luo Cheng was in danger, all of them wished they could rush to the battlefield. Got to turn around.When Changsun Wuji held the tiger talisman and was surrounded by Yan Lang and other Yanyun Jingqi, when he came to pass the order, he immediately responded positively and came out enthusiastically.

Li Jiancheng was resting in the tent, when he suddenly heard the announcement that the Tang army had dispatched troops, and the army had already pressed towards the gate of Liaodong City. He immediately sat up from the low couch, forgot even the basic etiquette, and pulled Yang Wengan's sleeve and asked: "What's going on, where is the army approaching? My Highness didn't send an order to send troops, who dares to send troops without authorization?"

Yang Wenqian also turned pale at this moment and said: "His Royal Highness, it is said that he is a general of His Royal Highness King Qi, holding a tiger talisman, saying that he obeyed His Highness Qi King's order before leaving, and went directly to the army to dispatch troops. Now he is fully dressed. Thousands of soldiers will go to the gate of Liaodong City, and the remaining soldiers will continue to move forward."

Li Jiancheng let go of his hand quickly, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, very good, Li Yuanji, you are really promising. You dare to entrust the tiger talisman to others for the sake of mere success! I really underestimated you."

If Li Jiancheng knew that Li Yuanji not only gave others the Tiger Talisman that could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, but also gave it to Li Shimin's people, he would probably vomit blood with anger.

From an emotional point of view, Li Yuanji is definitely closer to Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin is in the same situation. In most things, Li Yuanji will never disobey Li Jiancheng, but it is related to Luo Cheng's life. Li Yuanji understands better than anyone else that Li Jiancheng can't Believe me, Li Shimin is much more reliable than him.