Original Li Xiaogong was defeated and fled back to Guanzhong, shocking the Chang'an court and the country. This time, the dispatch of troops to Hongnong County was the first step for the Tang Dynasty to enter the Central Plains, but it ended in a disastrous defeat. The prince-in-law and the minister of the Ministry of War Zhao Cijing were killed. What is even more unacceptable is that this time
The failure was still under the sword of his old opponent Yang Yuanqing, which made countless people sigh. For several days, Chang'an, from ministers and ministers to the porter, were talking about this unacceptable defeat.
But Emperor Li Yuan was unpredictable in this matter and just hurriedly threw out a conclusion that "the timing of sending troops was wrong", and no longer mentioned the matter, nor discussed it in the court meeting, nor did he impose any punishment on the defeated general Li Xiaogong.
The decision was to put the matter aside and leave it alone. Some politically keen ministers realized that this matter might involve internal struggles in the royal family, and Li Yuan had a difficult time hiding it.
A team of hundreds of cavalry guarding Qin King Li Shimin rushed back from outside the city. The people in the cave scattered to both sides. The cavalry rushed straight into the city, and dozens of gate guards could not stop it.
, he had to watch them running away on the Suzaku Street.
"That's His Highness, King Qin, how could he forcibly break into the city gate today?"
The soldiers guarding the city were talking a lot, and the King of Qin, who had always valued the rules, would even break into the city gate like the children of a playboy and powerful.
"Maybe Your Highness, King of Qin, is annoyed! After all, no one will feel good about Hongnong County's miserable defeat." The understanding soldier guessed that Li Shimin was in a bad mood.
"The King of Qin actually rushed back from Longxi, and the situation in Hongnong County must be very serious."
"I heard it is related to King Qi"
"Shh! Don't talk nonsense."
The soldiers whispered, watching Qin King Li Shimin go away.
Li Shimin led his army to confront Xue Ju's army in Longxi. Three days ago, he received emergency information. Li Xiaogong was defeated in Hongnong County, Zhao Cijing was killed, and 30,000 troops were almost wiped out. The disastrous defeat of this battle made Li Shimin very angry.
His father sent reinforcements to Hongnong County instead of withdrawing Li Xiaogong's army, and he knew that this battle would be defeated.
His father valued territory too much and despised his soldiers. It was this concept that led to his father making wrong decisions, and then his father made a series of mistakes and sent the censor Yu Zhining to investigate the incident of robbing people in Tongguan.
, At the moment of war, we should change the commander first, and then investigate slowly after the battle, and investigate while fighting. How can two head coaches who are hostile to each other cooperate in combat?
What Li Shimin is worried about now is the morale of the army. His father's mistake in handling the Tongguan incident has led to unstable morale of the army. If this matter is not handled well, it will greatly affect the confidence of the soldiers in the army to serve the Li dynasty.
Li Shimin was extremely worried, and at the same time he was full of resentment towards his brother, Li Yuanji, King of Qi. He knew his brother very well, selfish, cold-hearted, narrow-minded and cruel. He made him the head coach of the reinforcements, which was the father's mistake. Li Shimin was nervous.
He bit his lip, ran all the way, and soon returned to the Qin Palace.
The Qin Palace is located in Chongrenfang. It is the mansion of Yang Jun, the former Qin King of the Sui Dynasty. After renovation, it became Li Shimin's palace. The Qin Palace is not only a residence. It is also the office of the Qin Palace's officials, including the Changshi,
Sima Lu joined the army, the six Caos participated in the military, and many staff members of Li Shimin, including Literature Museum, etc., all worked here.
Currently, the chief of the Qin Palace is Changsun Wuji, Sima is Duan Zhixuan, and literature is Fang Xuanling. The recorder is Yan Shigu, Changsun Wuji and Duan Zhixuan are now in the Longxi Army, and the Qin Palace is presided over by Fang Xuanling.
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Li Shimin turned over and dismounted and hurried into the mansion. Fang Xuanling came out after hearing the news. He didn't expect Li Shimin to come back so quickly, and he couldn't help but be surprised and happy. "Have your Highness rushed back so quickly?"
"Why!"
Li Shimin sighed. Seeing that there were several people working on both sides, he held back the emotion in his heart and pointed to his official room, "Go to the room to speak!"
Li Shimin walked into his room, and a maid took off his outer clothes for him. She was wearing a tight hero robe with a moon white s, and tied a leather belt on her waist. She looked particularly energetic, but he couldn't feel excited. He waved his hand
, let the maid retreat.
Fang Xuanling walked in and smiled and said, "Are you still depressed?"
"It's already evening." Li Shimin sighed. He could not see his father today. He turned around and looked out the window. The sky in the west was covered with dark clouds and was hazy.
"Maybe I should calm down"
Li Shimin's voice still had a meditation smell, as if his thoughts had wandered to a distant place again. Fang Xuanling looked at him quietly. At this time, Li Shimin suddenly turned around and stared at Fang Xuanling, "Sir,
What does it mean to persuade me to publicly attack my fourth brother Yuan Ji in the letter?"
Fang Xuanling shook his head, "This is actually not what I mean, it is what Pei Xiangguo means, but I think his ideas make sense."
"Pei Ji?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.
Fang Xuanling smiled, "Just the night when Hongnong's defeat came, Pei Xiangguo came to me. I knew he wanted to tell His Highness through my mouth, but I think he was right, so I'm giving His Highness to you.
In his letter, he added his opinion."
Li Shimin fell into deep thought. After a while, he suddenly realized that he was still talking to Fang Xuanling. He smiled apologetically and said quickly: "Sir, please sit down!"
Li Shimin also sat down, picked up the small bell on the table and shook it twice. The ringing sound was crisp. Soon the maid appeared at the door. Li Shimin ordered: "Pour two cups of tea for me and Mr. Fang."
Taking advantage of such a short time, Li Shimin had gradually savored the meaning of that sentence and publicly attacked King Li Yuanji of Qi, which was to make him bribe the morale of the army.
"Does this sentence mean to win the morale of the army by me?" Li Shimin stared at Fang Xuanling in surprise.
"This is just the surface, it's a little lighter to see it. It does have this meaning, but it's not exactly."
There was always a mysterious smile on Fang Xuanling's face, which made Li Shimin feel a little confused. He was about to ask again, but he suddenly bit his lips again. The maid gracefully brought two cups of tea in.
Li Shimin glared at her with some annoyance. She appeared in an abnormal time and interrupted her thoughts. When the maid put down the tea tray, he immediately waved his hand impatiently, "Get out quickly, don't come in again!"
When the maid walked away, Li Shimin asked impatiently: "What if I look deeper, what?"
Fang Xuanling stood up and closed the doors and windows, then sat down and lowered his voice: "The prince supported the King of Qi, which made Li Xiaogong very helpless. Gong Pei meant that this was a great opportunity to win over Li Xiaogong."
Li Shimin was shocked. Fang Xuanling's words contained a very profound meaning, which made him dizzy, but he had a peerless and smart mind after all, and immediately grasped the core content of this sentence. Pei Jihe
Fang Xuanling's meaning was to let him compete with the prince and replace him in the future, which shocked Li Shimin so much that he couldn't say a word.
Fang Xuanling also knew that Li Shimin could not accept it for a moment. So he smiled lightly and said, "No matter what, your highness should gradually seize the military power. Li Xiaogong is the second largest force in the military. Your Highness should not let go of this opportunity to win him over."
Li Shimin silently pointed. He needed time to think about it.
The Ganlu Hall of Tai Chi Palace is Li Yuan’s study in the inner palace, and it is also the place where he reads books and urgently meets important officials after returning to the palace. On the corridor outside the Ganlu Hall, several eunuchs were bouncing lanterns, guiding Prince Li Jiancheng to hurry toward
The Ganlu Palace comes.
The Tang Dynasty was just established, and various rules and etiquettes were not yet perfected. In addition, Li Yuan valued Li Jiancheng, so Li Jiancheng could enter the inner palace and discuss military and national affairs with his father. Li Jiancheng had just received news that his fourth brother Yuan Ji returned to Chang'an. He was the emperor.
When he was summoned to the inner palace to question him, Li Jiancheng was very nervous, fearing that his father would lose his mind for a moment and commit irreversible consequences. He was unwilling to see Emperor Wen of Sui to kill his son and reappear. This was an important reason for the final defeat of the Sui Dynasty.
The Sui Dynasty finally had no support from the royal family.
He has lost a brother Zhiyun, no matter what. He doesn't want to lose his second brother again. Huang Junhan has surrendered to Yang Yuanqing. This case is not difficult to deal with and can be left alone. Li Jiancheng is very worried that his father will do irrationality.
Decide.
In the side hall of Ganlu Hall, Li Yuanji knelt on the ground, his waist straightened. His eyes showed a fierce light, but he was not looking at his father, but staring at the palace maids standing in front of the curtain, causing the hearts of the palace maids
timid.
"Father, I didn't steal that woman. That woman was a Luoyang girl. No matter how unworthy a child was, he would not destroy his reputation for a child. Why didn't the father listen to the child's argument? You must believe those who have no evidence.
The accusation, those nonsense.”
Li Yuan was so angry that his face turned pale. He had done a good job for his son. How much trouble he had suffered. But now, in front of him, he didn't admit it. Li Yuan gritted his teeth in hatred and slapped the table and scolded him.
He said: "Ambusive, will Huang Junhan wrongly accuse you for no reason? You thought I didn't know about the ugly things you did in Taiyuan? It's not been a day or two forcing you to rob a private girl."
At this time, Li Jiancheng had already entered the side hall. He stepped forward and whispered to his father: "Father, your anger hurts your body. Don't be angry. Let me hear what Yuan Ji explained first?"
Li Yuan always had dizziness during this period. The imperial doctor advised him not to get angry and try to maintain a calm mind. Li Yuan forgot just now, but now he was persuaded by his eldest son, and his anger calmed down a little, and then said: "Okay! You
I will explain it to me, if it doesn’t make sense, I will definitely punish you severely.”
Li Yuanji was thinking about countermeasures all the way. Now the most beneficial thing for him is that Huang Junhan surrendered to the Northern Sui Dynasty. Zhao Cijing, who was a little familiar with the situation, died, and the woman was killed by him. Everything was dead without evidence. Now he just wanted to bite him and refuse to admit it.
The father had no choice but to do anything to him. With Taiyuan's lessons, he knew that he would never be honest in admitting it.
At this time, Li Jiancheng also said softly: "Yuan Ji, think about it carefully and say it again and don't make your father angry anymore."
In fact, Li Jiancheng also knew that his father wanted a reasonable statement, which could block everyone's mouths and comfort the court officials. Even if this matter was over, how could it be destroyed by the royal prestige at this time?
Li Yuanji looked at his brother gratefully, and then said slowly: "Father, although the child has had some bad things in Taiyuan, he is just a young and ignorant person. After the painful lesson of the loss of Taiyuan, the child has changed his past.
Tongguan robs people, the child is indeed innocent, father, the hearts of the people are unpredictable! Huang Junhan had the intention to surrender to Yang Yuanqing, but he didn't want to lose his reputation as a betrayal of betraying the master, so he came up with this trick to kill people by borrowing a knife. The excuse was that I robbed his woman
That's why he surrendered in anger. In this way, he was a loyal and righteous man, but the child became a despicable villain."
This explanation is barely reasonable. Li Yuan's face was a little better, and he continued to ask him: "Then why didn't you go to save Xiaogong, so that he was isolated and helpless, and he was defeated!"
"Father, I've really been wronged to die."
Tears of grievance flowed out in Li Yuanji's eyes, "Hongnong's defeat, all the blame is on the child. Is it that the child just ignores the overall situation? Yang Yuanqing personally led tens of thousands of main forces to seize the county of Yuxiang, and Tongguan assisted Hongnong's army in the fundamentals.
I couldn't get through. Mr. Zhao ignored the dissuasion of the child and had to rescue the army in Shan County, so he was ambushed and wiped out. The child was always very regretful about this matter, why didn't he forcefully stop him?"
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji's voice choked up, Li Yuan's heart softened. This is his own son. He believed that his son was telling the truth. No matter how bad he was, he would not be so bad. He also sighed and said, "For Zhao Cijing."
Sad to death.
"But you should go and save Cijing. He is your brother-in-law after all, so how can you watch him die in battle?"
Li Yuanji's eyes turned red again, and he said in a trembling voice: "The child didn't know that he would die in battle, and thought he would break through and run away. If he knew, the child would save him if he fought to death. At that time, the child was responsible for Tongguan, and Yang Yuanqing's relatives were
Leading the army by your side, if you lose the Tongguan child, you really dare not act rashly."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji burst into tears, and Li Jiancheng also knelt down on the ground and pleaded for his brothers. "Father, the fourth brother's explanation is completely reasonable. He is responsible for sticking to Tongguan. He cannot act rashly, and cannot add the responsibility for defeat.
On the fourth brother.”
"You all get up!" Li Yuan sighed.
The next morning, Li Yuan announced at the court meeting that Hongnong's army was defeated and that the King of Qi would not be rescued. Yang Yuanqing led heavy troops to Yanxiang County to lure the army in Tongguan to attack, meaning that Guanzhong, the King of Qi was responsible for the important task of Tongguan and could not act rashly.
, handle it properly, and make achievements without any mistakes.
Hongnong's defeat was not a mistake in the war, but the court's opportunity to advance east was wrong. Dou Jiande failed to restrain Yang Yuanqing and asked Yang Yuanqing to return to the army to assist Luoyang in time. Li Xiaogong was not ineffective in command, and he pardoned Li Xiaogong for no reason. All the soldiers who fell into battle were doubled.
To show the emperor's grace to be vast.
A crushing defeat of 30,000 people was almost wiped out, and it ended with no responsibility. Li Xiaogong was extremely sad and angry, but he could not do anything about it.
That night, Li Shimin came to Li Xiaogong's mansion.
[Tears ran away! When I woke up in the morning, I found that I had not won a single vote. There were 0 dazzling votes. Which brother voted for the senior high school to cover up the ugly!]