Chapter 169: Turning the tide is unavoidable

"There is no news about General Qu Tu?" Chen Ying felt a bad premonition in his heart. He said in confusion: "General Qu Tu is also from a general and has been through a long battle. It won't be..."

Li Xiuning glanced at the eyes and knew what Chen Ying meant. Qu Tutong was the Huya Lang General of the former Sui Dynasty. Later, he became Yang Jian's personal guard general and the general of the Zuo Xiao Guard. It can be said that Yang Guang was sorry for many people, but he did not regret Qu Tutong. However, Qu Tutong surrendered to Li Tang after his defeat. At that time, Li Tang was not strong and very weak. Now that Li Tang was defeated and Wang Shichong won, it is difficult to guarantee that Qu Tutong would surrender again.

Qu Tutong is a general with a criminal record. In order to survive, he will seek profit and avoid harm. At this time, Li Xiuning could not make a judgment in his heart. Li Xiuning murmured: "General Qu Tu has done his best, even if he... is understandable."

"General Qu Tu is back!"

"General Qu Tu is back!"

Chen Ying was happy when he heard this, and Li Xiuning was obviously relieved.

After a while, Li Shimin sent someone to invite Chen Ying back to discuss matters. Although Chen Ying has not suffered serious injuries, his physical strength is exhausted and his limbs are weak. Li Xiuning didn't think about it and went forward to support Chen Ying. However, Chen Ying was still a man after all, even if he was thin, his weight was still above 120 kilograms. Li Xiuning supported Chen Ying, feeling very difficult.

At this moment, Zhou Qing was about to come forward to help Chen Ying, but he didn't expect that Guo Luo had just raised his legs but his arm was pulled by Guo Luo. Zhou Qing looked at Guo Luo in confusion: "What are you pulling me?"

"What are you doing?" Guo Luo chuckled and said, "Don't go and get annoyed now!"

As he said that, Guo Luo pointed at Li Xiuning and Chen Ying, and Zhou Qing suddenly realized.

Li Xiuning helped Chen Ying walk for nearly a hundred steps, and took a stick of incense for more than a long time. At this time, Chen Ying couldn't stand the whispers and strange eyes of everyone. Chen Ying said: "Zhou Qing, Guo Luo, find a stretcher for this general!"

The left and right guards of the East Palace and the left and right guards of the East Palace had field rescue teams, but this time, the medical team did not follow him. Li Xiuning said in confusion: "Stretcher?"

Chen Ying pointed at Zhou Qing and used two sacks, penetrated two long spears, then removed the spear head, and made a simple stretcher and said, "It's this thing. On the battlefield, many wounded people were too seriously injured and could not move. If they were carried by a person or carried, it would easily cause secondary damage to the wound, so Chen Huairen thought about it!"

In fact, this stretcher was made by Chen Ying, but his contribution was too great, and he needed this invention to improve his achievements. So Chen Ying pushed this contribution to Chen Huairen.

Li Xiuning was also a general and could see the wonderful use at a glance. She nodded and said, "This thing is simple, practical, and in terms of material use, it should be promoted throughout the army."

Working on a stretcher, he walked all the way to Li Shimin's Central Army Hall. At this time, Chen Ying found that the Beim camp was really miserable, and a large number of walls collapsed. Now the Tang soldiers were repairing urgently. The most dangerous thing was that the traces of burning extended to about 500 steps of the Central Army's tent. It was obvious that the Zheng army was only one step away from breaking the camp at that time.

Fortunately, Chen Ying arrived in time and scared the Zheng army away.

"Sister Three, are you not injured?" As soon as he entered the central army's internal camp, a tall general knelt quickly at Li Xiuning and Chen Ying.

Looking in the voice, Li Xiuning found that the tall general was nothing but Li Yuanji, the King of Qi. Li Xiuning asked in surprise: "Sanhu, aren't you in Mengjin? Why did you come here?"

Mengjin is on the north bank of the Yellow River. In fact, in order to win the great contribution of this attack on Luoyang, Li Shimin not only excluded Chen Ying and Qu Tutong, but even King Li Yuanji of Qi was rushed to inspect the food road by Li Shimin.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying's unhappiness was wiped out. In order to monopolize the great achievements, Li Shimin didn't even give face to his younger brother, and it was reasonable not to let him intervene. Although he was unhappy, he felt relieved when he thought about it.

"My scout has been staring at Beim camp. When General Qu Tu led his way to Longmen, I got the news!" Li Yuanji said with a flashing look: "But... Sanhu didn't expect that General Qu Tu would be defeated in the battle!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji's flashing gaze and instantly guessed that he was not telling the truth. Li Shimin was jealous of Chen Ying's military achievements. Why didn't Li Yuanji be jealous of Li Shimin? In fact, if Li Yuanji sent troops to rescue Beimang Camp as soon as the Tang army camp caught fire, he would probably be able to lead reinforcements to arrive before the second wall of the camp was broken.

However, Li Yuanji led more than 10,000 troops to cross the Yellow River, and then gathered the troops at the intersection of Luoshui and Jianhe River.

Listening to Li Yuanji's shameless talk and gathering the defeated soldiers there, Chen Ying didn't know what to say. Hewanji was fifty miles away from Luoyang, which was naturally nothing to the cavalry. For infantry, it was really not easy to run there.

Suddenly, lightning flashed in the sky, and a rolling sound of thunder sounded, and then the raindrops as big as beans began to fall from the sky.

“Fast in!”

Li Xiuning held Li Yuanji with one hand and Chen Ying with the other. However, Chen Ying's eyes looked at the dark night sky in Chang'an.

When they arrived at the festival, the generals had already stood in line.

Chen Ying was sitting on a stretcher and entering the tent. When Li Shimin saw this scene, he hurriedly walked from the main seat to Chen Ying: "General Chen, how are you injured?"

Chen Ying waved his hand with difficulty and said, "Your Highness the King of Qin, there is no need to worry, I am not seriously injured, but my physical strength is exhausted and my limbs are sore and weak.

Li Shimin said: "Come here, bring a soft couch to General Chen!"

After a while, several central guards carried a soft couch to the lower left position in the tent. Chen Ying was stunned when he looked at the lower left position.

In this Eastern Expedition Legion, Chen Ying's official position was originally the deputy marshal of the Right Marshal of the East Shaanxi Army. In fact, his ground was one level lower than Qu Tutong, and he belonged to the third person behind Li Shimin and Qu Tutong.

Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, isn't this suitable?"

The seats and seats represent identity and status. Li Shimin said: "Who dares to say that it is inappropriate?"

As he said that, Li Shimin looked at Qu Tutong.

In fact, Li Shimin felt very full of this battle. Although he underestimated the enemy, Qu Tutong actually led a 100,000 army and was defeated by Wang Shiyun's five thousand cavalry and three thousand fire cavalry. In Li Shimin's opinion, let alone 100,000 people, even 100,000 pigs could not be killed in less than four hours.

Qu Tutong was inevitably dereliction of duty in this battle.

Qu Tutong said in a hoarse voice: "General Chen, don't be polite... I am incompetent, and sooner or later I will give up the virtuous."

Li Shimin's face was full of gloom, and Chen Ying asked: "Your Highness, did Wang Shichong launch another attack?"

"No, but..." Li Shimin said: "Although Wang Shichong did not attack, it was more serious than this!"

Chen Ying asked in confusion: "What happened?"

Li Shimin said angrily: "These villains who are fickle in Qin and Chu actually escaped!"

"Who!" Chen Ying was inexplicably surprised: "Who escaped?"

Cheng Zhijie cursed: "Who else? The governor of Bing, Zhang Gongjin, was the general manager of the prefecture, Tian Zan, and the general manager of Yunzhou, Yang Qing, asked for surrender; the governor of Weizhou, Shi Derui, Zhang Zhenzhou, Huanrong, Bian, Wu, Yu and other general managers of the nine prefectures escaped while the chaos."

Chen Ying frowned: "This is trouble!"

"Yes!" Li Shimin sighed and said, "These places have been newly surrendered, and the imperial court has not had time to arrange them yet. If they go back and wave their arms, they may have repeated recurrences!"

"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm afraid I'll definitely rebel again!" Chen Ying said: "There is no choice now, so I can only transfer the left and right guards and left and right Si Yusu!"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I am just thinking this way!"

...

The heavy rain poured down, and water splashed on the stone steps in front of the Taiji Palace in Chang'an Imperial Palace. A flash of lightning teared the sky, and thunder rolled past.

The Central Constable Chen Qi walked in small steps and trotted all the way up the stone steps. A small yellow door came forward to support him, but he threw it away.

Chen Qi ran towards the hall and drove straight into the hall.

Li Yuan looked at the heavy rain outside the hall with his hands behind his back, and Li Yuan felt uneasy in his heart. Spring oil is as expensive as oil, and there is also a proverb that says, spring thunder is everywhere. If there is an abnormal weather, it indicates that the year will never be good. Li Yuan ordered Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen and other ministers to come to discuss matters just now when the heavy rain fell.

Chen Ying entered the hall and carefully handed the secret report to Li Yuan. Li Yuan turned to standing on the Danmu, staring at Chen Qi who was kneeling on the ground with both eyes: "This is..."

Chen Qi quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from Luoyang!"

As he said that, Chen Qi quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look at Li Yuan's gaze.

Li Yuan opened the secret report in confusion, and his eyes swept on the secret report. Although his expression was as normal, Li Yuan's hands trembled, his beard trembled, and sweat dripped on the gold bricks.

Chen Shuda, who had a relaxed expression, didn't dare to show off at this time. Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan's trembling hands and sweat beads on his face and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

Li Yuan's cold voice sounded in the hall: "Where is the messenger?"

Chen Qi trembled and said, "Reply...Report to Your Majesty, the messenger is outside Yong'an Gate...

"Xuan... Slowly, block the news tightly," at this time, Li Yuan trembled his hand and handed the secret letter to Pei Ji. Pei Ji just glanced at it, and his face changed drastically, and he said in a lost voice: "Your Majesty... How is this... possible?"

Li Yuan turned his face and looked at Pei Ji. He slowly closed his eyes, as if the defeat in Luoyang had nothing to do with him.

Chen Qi came to Li Yuan again and said timidly: "Your Majesty, this is the apology from His Highness the King of Qin."

He held a stamp in his hand and handed it to Emperor Chongguan.

Li Yuan snorted coldly, without answering Chen Qi's letter, and turned to Pei Ji and said, "Pei Jian, what should be done about the King of Qin?"

Pei Ji was smart and stepped out: "Your Majesty, in Luoyang's defeat, Qu Tutong's loss of his troops and humiliated the country, and his crimes are unforgivable. However, now the king's army is newly defeated, and the inside story is unclear. At present, Dali Temple Prison, the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate, he will understand the matter and report his guilt to the world, and make the justice and punishment clear!"

Pei Ji naturally knew that Li Yuan was interested in protecting Li Shimin, but the battle in Luoyang was defeated and more than 100,000 soldiers were lost. Someone must have come out to take on this responsibility. Li Shimin could not bear this responsibility, and Chen Ying tried to turn around at the critical moment, but Qu Tutong's head was not big or small, which was just right.

Li Yuan smiled coldly: "Uncle Chen? I have entrusted you with the incident to the Eastern Expedition. Now the 100,000 troops are thrown away. Is it your explanation to me with just one question?"

Chen Shuda took a deep breath, untied his belt, took off the Liang Guan from his head, and knelt on the ground. The emperor would not be wrong, so only the Secretariat Shizhong was wrong. This Secretariat Shizhong only had to hold the jar. Chen Shuda said with a sad expression: "As the Secretariat Shizhong, the old minister cannot pacify the four barbarians, which will cause worries from the king and father, and I am guilty of the minister!"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Xinbo who was kneeling on the ground, and his eyes were filled with hesitation.

The disciple, Xiao Shiwen, raised his eyes and looked at Chen Shuda who was kneeling on the ground. He turned his head and looked at Pei Ji, who was sitting at the head of the station. Pei Ji was still closing his eyes and said nothing.

Li Yuan said loudly: "The King's Army was defeated, and Wang Shichong would definitely attack the border with the victorious army. Your Chen Shuda resigned, and Wang Shichong withdrew his troops? Mr. Chen, are you threatening me??"

Chen Shuda kowtowed and said, "I dare not!"

Li Yuan turned his head and looked at Pei Ji: "Pei Jian..."

Pei Ji opened his eyes, and divine light shone in his eyes. At this moment, he didn't look like an old man in his sixties at all.

Li Yuan said coldly: "What do you say?"

Pei Ji slowly spoke: "The most important thing at the moment is the defense of Shaanxi, which needs to be rectified urgently. Do not let Zheng's troops not cross the border wall, and transfer the troops from Guanzhong to the east to fill the Tongguan defense line; in the eastern Shaanxi, Hedong must strengthen its military preparations to prevent the Turks from taking advantage of the situation and attacking Wang Shichong in two directions, and join forces to harass the capital...

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Listen, this is what it means to plan for the country."

Li Yuan turned his head and looked at Chen Shuda and said, "Did you hear that? You are my prime minister. When the country has something to do, you just want to give up. Is it the work of a loyal minister?"

Chen Shuda let out a long sigh and replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the states in Hedong, the soldiers and armored staff are prepared. Before entering the palace, you only need your Majesty to order the transformation to start. The reinforcements in Guanzhong can advance east day and night, and within five days and nights, it can support the defense of Tongguan... to ensure the safety of Guanxi."

Li Yuan nodded: "This is almost the same. You, Prime Minister Pei and Prime Minister Xiao, are my loyal ministers. When this national crisis is in trouble, you must work together. Do you understand?"

Chen Shuda said: "I understand--."

Li Yuan said: "Issuing an order, Li Shimin, Qu Tutong lost his troops and insulted the country, and went to Dali Temple to investigate-

He paused, turned his head and looked at Xiao Shiwen and said, "Xiao Qing!"

Xiao Shiwen stepped forward and said, "I am here!

Li Yuan said: "You will ask about this case with Dali Temple!"

Chen Shuda leaned on the ground, and his eyebrows were moved.

Xiao Shiwen went out and bowed and said, "I am following the imperial edict!"

At this moment, a loud shout came from outside the hall: "Let's wait!"

Li Yuan, Pei Ji, Xiao Shiwen, Chen Shuda and others all looked at His Highness, and saw that outside the hall, Li Jiancheng stepped into the hall like a chicken. Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan and asked solemnly: "Father, what are you going to do with the troops in the Beijian Camp in Luoyang?"
Chapter completed!