Don't be a prince

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Li Chengqian didn't know that on Yuangai Suwen's armor, the place where the scabbard buckle was installed was not made of iron, but made of cowhide, so that the two knives could be drawn more smoothly when they were drawn backhanded.And his arrow just hit here.

The generals around him exclaimed and were about to come up to bandage him.

"Don't pack it! Take a knife and cut off that piece of meat. This is the place where the Tang people injured me. I don't want it anymore!"

No one dared to object to Yuan Gai Suwen's intention.

Facing the severe pain of cutting flesh, Yuan Gai Suwen didn't even bite his teeth, a strong sense of shame even spread from his heart to his lungs.

My back hurts!No matter what the reason is, the arrow wound on the back can only show that this person became a deserter and gave his back to the enemy.Because of this wound, the entire Yuan family will be ashamed.

Even if he was forced to leave the battlefield by his subordinates.

Feeling the feeling that the wound was wrapped with a cloth belt, Yuan Gai Su Wen said in Korean without looking back: "You all kill yourself."

Accompanied by the sound of falling to the ground, Yuan Gai Suwen stood up holding the arrow, and he was going to keep the arrow by his side, telling himself not to forget this shame from time to time.

In the family, he can decide anyone's life or death with one word.Although these subordinates had good intentions, they made him, the Patriarch, a deserter and became a disgrace. There was no other way of apologizing except death.

Looking at Datang leaving on the sea, Yuan Gai Suwen heaved a long sigh and prepared to go down the mountain to accept the next wind and rain.

That bastard monarch who was afraid of arousing the anger of the Tang Dynasty, this time, I am afraid that he has a reason to target the Yuan family...

Chapter 377

Yuan Gai Suwen didn't care too much whether his family would be punished or not, as long as the country of Koryo could last forever, he could be smashed to pieces.But the current situation is that the Tang Dynasty is in full swing, and under the scorching sun, Goryeo is like snow in the beginning of spring, which will soon melt.

"Gao Jianwu, Gao Jianwu, don't force me to take that step!"

Clenching his fists tightly, Yuan Gai Suwen walked down the mountain.The shipyard was gone, the craftsmen were slaughtered, and even the navy that came to support them was beaten badly.All of this needs to be carried by him.

The accompanying subordinates could not understand Tang dialect, but seeing the resolute back of the master, they could only follow in a hurry.

Sea—Wu Wang

Just after the battle, everyone was extremely exhausted. Coupled with the bumping of the ship, they had clearly won the battle, but each one was weak like piles of rotten meat.But no matter how tired the body was, no one closed their eyes, and the eyes revealed deep longing.

In this battle, Datang lost more than 3000 people, so the battle achievements will be extraordinarily large.Even though the two are not related, you must know that Tang Jun's spirit of fighting more with less and winning more with less has penetrated into the hearts of all soldiers.In the army dispatched this time, although most of the troops in the front are Shandong children, and the elite are on the two wings, but who said that Shandong children will fall behind?The number of enemy deaths must be more!

Zhang Liang and all the military commanders had already slid over from the Prince along the cable and were gathering on the deck to count their military achievements.

Because it is a quick battle without nostalgia, the calculation of battle merit is extremely vague, and it can only be obtained from the bottom and distributed equally.

Seeing the crown prince on the upper deck while he was busy, Zhang Liang walked over quickly and said, "Your Highness, this time I will give you a special face. Although they only said 2000 people, according to the evidence obtained by Wei Chen and others, Xuan Jia According to the army's confirmation, the number of enemies killed is three thousand!"

Glancing at the sun in the sky, Li Chengqian said after two sneezes: "It's just killing some craftsmen and the like, so there's no need to count military merits. I just remember that when Duke Wei led his troops to attack the grassland, he didn't People count the deaths of ordinary herdsmen as military merits."

Zhang Liang shook his head again and again: "It's not the same, it's very different. It used to be a grassland, but now it's Korea. To be honest, if it wasn't for fear that some people would not believe me, I would like to add a little more. Your Highness doesn't know, the people in Shandong, I hate Goryeo so much, the more we kill, the happier they will be. Now that His Majesty is personally on the march, what if the number of enemies killed is less? If you don’t believe me, just ask any Shandong citizen to see if they are willing to take the craftsmen of Goryeo Death counts as military merit."

Building momentum is something the court must do, Li Chengqian knows this very well.However, the number of enemies killed by [-] is a bit small for pro rate!

After thinking for a while, Li Chengqian said to Zhang Liang: "Increase the number of enemies killed by the army to six thousand. Unlike the ordinary army, the army has a record of killing 1 Tubo people in one battle, even if it is increased to more than 3000." It's okay. However, the extra military merits should not be counted as personal leadership, but distributed to the soldiers killed in battle in Shandong. Most of the soldiers who fought in the main force were soldiers from Shandong. More than [-] casualties accounted for at least More than half. With these military achievements, they will be more honorable when they go back."

Zhang Liang bowed his hands to accept the order, rubbed his hands and went to discuss with Jun Sima.

The fleet sailed for two days, and it was not until the second night that the military merits were finally fully calculated.

The number of kills of [-] is the number "calculated" by Zhang Liang and a group of army Sima.

Destroy [-] enemies!Although this number is a bit false, there is no doubt that it is a new topic for Datang who has been quiet for more than a year.People are getting tired of discussing Tuyuhun and the new large Jimi Prefecture in the west of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, there are new military exploits, which is very welcome to all the people.The good news came again and again, and the common people trusted the imperial court even more.

Especially the people in Shandong, although they belong to the Central Plains, are still full of vigilance against the imperial court. If there is a victory over Goryeo, it will definitely push the relationship that Li Chengqian has inherited and advanced further. If you just change the number of kills, it's really profitable.

However, Li Chengqian was not interested in all of this, but often stood at the stern of the boat, looking in the direction of Muddy Water Bay.

"Brother Huang, you were just hacked, and you didn't suffer any serious injuries. Besides, your 20-plus kills are recognized by all the soldiers in the army. Except for the father, the only ones who counted Your exploits are the most inspiring."

"That's right, you are still on the battlefield. I have a bad stomach, vomiting, diarrhea and seasickness, so I can only lie down in the cabin. Thinking about this useless now, I want to give myself a hard time. If you are not reconciled, don't fight My face!"

Fortunately, Li Ke didn't know the word "Versailles", otherwise he would definitely give it to the emperor.

With a long sigh, Li Chengqian put his upper body on the side of the boat and said to Li Tai and Li Ke: "It's not that I'm unwilling, but I just haven't beaten him before. Besides, that bastard is still attacking him face to face. I can't beat him, but at least I can't beat him." I won't be overthrown by him. After thinking about this point, I won't feel so uncomfortable. Looking at the direction of Muddy Water Bay now, I'm actually thinking about Yuan Gai Suwen. Tell me, this guy will be okay after a while. Will rebel?"

"rebel?"

After Li Tai and Li Ke looked at each other, they said in surprise, "Brother Huang, do you think this guy will rebel? Goryeo's rebellion?"

"Where else could it be? Could it be that he wants to rebel against Tang?"

Li Ke also leaned on the railing of the ship's side, and said: "The two of us have never seen this person, but from Zhang Liang and the others, we have heard about this person's past. Their Yuan family has always been the top nobleman in Korea. , is also the most loyal family. His father Yuan Taizuo and grandfather Yuan Ziyou are both Goguryeo's Mo Lizhi, the Lord of the East, the prime ministers of at least three generations, how can you say that rebellion is rebellion?"

Li Tai on the side laughed and said: "It's really not sure. When you were fighting on land, I talked to Tang Jian. Yuan Gai Su Wen almost failed to inherit the position, because when his father was dying, Gao Jianwu didn't want him to pass on his status to Yuan Gai Suwen, and his title could not be passed on until his death. If it weren't for the strength of their family, Yuan Gai Suwen stood up again when the dragons had no leader, maybe His family really broke up. With such a big enmity, I would believe that he is going to rebel now."

Seeing Li Tai's details, both Li Chengqian and Li Ke gave him thumbs up.After listening to the story, Li Tai's memory is really good.

"What I want to talk about is not the grievances between him and Gao Jianwu, but this man. Although he has only met on the battlefield, I dare to say that this man is a lunatic, or the kind of person who does anything for his ends. You didn't see it, When the shipyard was blown up and the existence of the two-winged army was exposed, what he wanted was not to escape, but to rush over and kill his father first.

In addition, in order to cover him, the last 3000 people gathered together almost as if they were looking for death, and they didn't disperse the front at all. If it weren't for the meritorious service of bows and arrows, our 7000 people might not be able to beat them.It can be seen from this that Yuan Gai Suwen has extraordinary prestige in the army.With the ability, means and capital, he is crazy enough, it is impossible for this guy not to rebel. "

Li Tai wanted to talk, but suddenly found a tall shadow on the deck in front of him.Turning around, the emperor was eavesdropping on their conversation with great interest.

Li Chengqian and Li Ke turned their heads and hurriedly saluted after talking for a few words but Li Tai didn't speak to them.

"Go on, I'm very interested."

Being caught eavesdropping, but still not changing his face, this is no longer a thick-skinned realm.

Li Shimin was asked to walk to the guardrail, and Li Chengqian continued: "Before the trip, I said that if possible, I must kill Yuan Gai Suwen. Only when I saw this man did I realize that he is really very good." Death is impossible! Not to mention that his military strategy is comparable to, or even surpassed by, the top generals in the Tang Dynasty, even the madness of this man makes my son feel chilly.

Other people's rebellion is for their own benefit, but if Yuan Gai Suwen rebelled, I feel that his patriotic sentiments accounted for more than half of it.It sounds incredible to be patriotic and rebellious, but it is normal for Yuan Gai Suwen.This, could not help but make the minister respect and fear him.

When you talked with him, I don’t know if you noticed that although he respected you very much in words, and even said “Korea goes to the country” and “Da Tang goes to the country”, but his fingernails were deeply pierced. palm.This shows that despite his words, in fact he does not recognize Datang's status as the upper state at all, and also feels that the title of Goryeo's lower state is a shame.

Especially in the end, he has decided to kill you at all costs, even his own life.If it is an ordinary soldier, even a high-ranking general, it is not surprising to think so, but who is Yuan Gai Suwen?The patriarch of the Yuan family is almost equal to King Rongliu in Goryeo.Risking his life and family to kill you, it only shows that he regards Goryeo's interests more important than his own life and family. "

Every time Li Chengqian said something, Li Shimin nodded his head, until he finished speaking, he said: "What you said is very similar to that, but I am very strange, why are you so wary of this Yuan Gai Suwen? With the respect of your prince, even King Rongliu of Gaoli is not qualified to let you plan! Besides, his rebellion is a good thing for Datang. It can weaken the national power of Gaoli, so we should support it. Why do you As if you don't want that?"

Although Gao Jianwu, the king of Rongliu, was the king of Goryeo, in Datang, he was the title of Liaodong County King. Moreover, with the scale of Goryeo, he was really not much more important than the county king of Datang.

Li Chengqian sighed: "If someone else rebelled, it would be a good thing for our Tang Dynasty, but Yuan Gai Suwen is different. Father, Yuan Gai Suwen is a complete anti-Tang. If he wins Goryeo's regime, there is no doubt that not only Goryeo, but also all the countries in the Northeast region will be gradually integrated by him. Although they are independent of each other, they are more troublesome than Tubo and Turks when they help each other.

The artifact of Kyushu is lacking in one corner. No matter what, Koryo will fight.As for the difference between dealing with a few scattered countries and dealing with an alliance, father, you don't need to talk about it! "

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but become serious.When he first saw the three brothers discussing Yuan Gai Suwen, he still thought it was funny. This kind of work should have been done by Tang Jian, even if Fang Xuanling's eldest grandson Wuji was added, in his opinion, It's all a compliment to Yuan Gai Suwen, even if this guy almost beat him, the emperor.

Young people always imitate their elders inadvertently. It is a good thing to analyze the enemy, at least it shows that they know how to make progress.

But after hearing Li Chengqian's words, he had to get serious.

It can be said that Honglu Temple is extremely serious about controlling the relationship between the countries, and naturally knows what the relationship between the countries in the Northeast is.Although Gao Jianwu succeeded in wooing countries to sign some kind of covenant, in fact, this covenant had no effect.This can be seen from the fact that Silla Baekje is still loyal to Datang and suing Goryeo.Otherwise, why do countries that watch and help each other fight each other?

However, once the covenant is reached, it is no exaggeration to say that the Tubo Turks are not as difficult to deal with as they are.It is aggressive towards Tubo and Turks, but shameful towards Koryo. If he wants to surpass the emperors of all dynasties, especially Yangdi, he must win Koryo!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help looking at Li Chengqian expectantly: "Then tell me, what should we do? Yuan Gai Suwen has already escaped, even if he suffered a defeat in Muddy Water Bay, given his position in Korea, it is easy If you find a scapegoat, nothing will happen. Although planning this person still makes me feel cheap, but the scene you mentioned has to be guarded against."

Li Chengqian chuckled, with a particularly funny expression: "It's simple, Gao Jianwu is an idiot who foolishly thought that Yuan Gai Suwen was a foolish and loyal person just like his father and grandfather, even though he had decided to attack him, he still didn't." Just be on guard. If that's the case, let's help him, as long as we send envoys from the Tang Dynasty to Goryeo, we will visit Yuangai Suwen's house on your behalf and give some valuable gifts, hehehe..."

Li Tai slapped his eyes, he already felt that he was bad, but he didn't expect Brother Huang to be the biggest one.To come up with such a method so quickly is not to give Yuan Gai Su Wen a living!

He has just lost a battle, and you come to thank him, which not only humiliates him, but also makes others have unreasonable suspicion of him.

With this suspicion, Yuan Gai Suwen wants to rebel, even if he can succeed, it will be extremely difficult!

Chapter 378 Returning to Dengzhou

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, unlike Li Tai, Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay, that's a good idea. I'll let Tang Jian arrange it later. I believe that after our actions this time, with Gao Jianwu's temper, we will come to Tang Dynasty to cry again. No matter what, we will send envoys to Korea to express our condolences." .”

Li Shimin is used to Goryeo's behavior. They are always used to putting themselves in the position of the weak, but when they do bad things, they never think about the size of their country.

At this moment, there was a burst of cheers from the other side of the deck. The father and son looked around and saw Cheng Yaojin laughing and pulling the rope up, and a big fish came up after a while.

I was idle on the ship and had nothing to do, and just happened to see blood on the battlefield again, which aroused the ferocity. A few generals were bored and simply transformed an eight-ox crossbow into a fish-shooting one. The eight-ox crossbow on the King of Wu The arrow is the normal version, just hang a rope at the back and change the arrow.

Several generals tried their hands just now, but no one knew that they could succeed, only Cheng Yaojin succeeded.

"Hmph, it's just a coincidence. If it wasn't for the fish jumping out of the water in shock from the boat, you could have caught it so easily?"

Although they have a good relationship in private, Yu Chigong dislikes Cheng Yaojin's style the most, and often speaks hard.

Cheng Yaojin didn't seem to hear, he pulled out the shaft of the arrow, and with a stick, he killed the unlucky fish.

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin succeeded, not to mention other generals, even the emperor's hands were itchy.

At present, they have crossed the dangerous waters of the peninsula and are about to reach Dengzhou. Besides, even if the war starts, the Prince and Weiwang are enough, and the Wuwang does not need to participate in the battle.Therefore, with the permission of the emperor, the eight-ox crossbow on one side of the ship was transformed into a fish-shooting crossbow.

Shooting fish on a boat on the sea seems to be a pretty good way to play, but for these top generals, it is more like a kind of sadness.If they want to see blood, they can only practice with wild sea fish.

With their cooperation, the emperor's practice of concentrating military power has come to an end.The local governors and frontier generals have no right to send troops independently unless they are in danger.Even if you want to move, you must get the permission of the military commander.The army has changed from the one-word hall of the leading general to the two-word hall.And these generals, their influence on the army has been gradually deprived, and many new soldiers did not even know that they were once the leaders of the first guard.

Tuyuhun has become the Jimi Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty. Tubo is located on a plateau, and the Turkic wolf nature is still there. It is impossible to do anything in a short time.Even if they still have the opportunity to lead troops to fight in the future, it is still a question of whether they will be able to raise their swords at that time.

Power is gone, now only prestige remains.Although the emperor kindly gave up many positions of civil servants, but there are still many monks and few meat, some people will still not be able to get it.From this visit to Dengzhou, it can be seen that even if they reached such a point, the emperor did not let down his guard against them. Even Li Jing, who has retired, was brought here.

A companion is like a tiger, and the emperor has always been suspicious. On the premise of ignoring the emperor's precautions, it is not a bad thing to enjoy a free trip.

Several eight-ox crossbows started together, and a strong fishy smell filled the side of the ship.

A lot of sea fish were shot up. If Li Chengqian hadn't stopped him, there would probably be some dolphins.

After playing around all morning, one side of the deck was full of fish, patronizing and having fun, and when they saw the spoils clearly, everyone couldn't help but smile wryly.Damn, there are too many!

After being shot by the eight oxen crossbow and knocked down with a stick, these fish were already dead and there was no way to release them. Now it feels a bit wasteful to throw them away.Let's distribute it, there's no way to eat it yet, you must know that it's not just the King of Wu who fish while sailing, other ships are also doing this.If you eat sea fish all the time, you will get tired of it, but if you eat it yourself, no one will get bored.No one eats it, how to deal with it is really a problem.

Zhang Liang saw the worries of the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, everyone, we still have half a day to go to Dengzhou seaport. Even if we have to rest overnight tonight, we can reach Dengzhou tomorrow. Wait until tomorrow When we arrive in Dengzhou, these fish can be disposed of no matter what.”

"Can we arrive tomorrow?"

After hearing Zhang Liang's words, many people became happy.Unlike when we went, when we came back, because there were many wounded soldiers on board, the speed of the ship was not too fast. People who were not familiar with the situation at sea did not know when to go ashore.Although life at sea is fresh, it will become boring after a long time.Especially Li Shimin, when his feet are on the island every night, it is his happiest moment.After this test, he decided not to go on board again.

So uncomfortable!

Taking a long breath, Li Shimin said: "Since we can arrive tomorrow, let's slow down a bit and send the messenger ship one step ahead."

Zhang Liang took the order and started to make arrangements.

If you win a battle, you have to go through this process no matter what.The army sends messengers to convey the news of the army's return first, so that those who welcome them are ready before returning.This is not just a matter of spectacle. Having a grand welcome ceremony is something every soldier is entitled to enjoy.

At night, after forcing himself to swallow the fish, even Li Chengqian couldn't help frowning.

These days, apart from rice, all the rest is fish, and the most important thing is that there is no way to bathe at sea, so now he can't smell the fishy smell even if he puts the fish to his nose.

Also annoying was Li Tai, he simply threw the fish into the sea, but at least he knew it was wrong to do so, he chose to throw it in places where no one was around.

Li Ke originally wanted to learn from Li Tai, but seeing that the emperor was gnashing his teeth, he had no choice but to follow.

After the difficulty of dinner, the three brothers gathered on the deck again. Zhang Liang said that there would be no rain at night, and it would be nice to sleep on the deck in midsummer.Today's cabins, including the emperor's, are given over to wounded soldiers.

Li Ke's seasickness and diarrhea have improved a lot. Looking at the stars in the sky and listening to Li Tai's snoring, he didn't even look at it, so he asked, "Brother Huang, are you asleep?"

"It's no wonder he was able to sleep, Qingque's snoring is so loud, I should have kicked him to the other side if I knew it earlier."

Turning over, Li Chengqian and Li Ke smiled at each other, and they worked together to lift Li Tai to the other side before lying down.Li Tai was very dead when he was sleeping, and he also suffered from seasickness, so the two of them did not wake him up.

After lying down again, although Li Tai's snoring was still there, at least it was not so clear.

"After going back this time, the three ships will be handed over to the East China Sea Division, and I will also go back to Wuzhong to continue living at home. Brother Huang, many people envy me for living like this, but they don't know, and have been living at home. No matter how rich you are, people will go crazy."

"Stop nagging, today you also saw those veterans, and they can have so much fun shooting fish with a crossbow. Now it is different from the year of Wude, in the prosperous age, if there is a grass head king somewhere , It’s not a person’s face that’s lost. Although my father’s act of taking power is a bit too much, I have to say that the effect of doing so is still good. When the generation at the end of the Sui Dynasty gets old, as long as I support another generation, the world People have adapted to a peaceful environment. As long as the court does not do bad things, there will be no rebels.

Your identity is sensitive, so it’s okay to be bored now. When there are only a few veterans in the Sui Dynasty, look at it. Even if you travel all over the Tang Dynasty, your father, queen, and queen will not say much.As for wanting to do things, you still have to wait for my brother and I to succeed to the throne.Just be content with it, change someone else, I have already found a chance to kill you, why would you want to ask you to do things in the future? "

Li Ke chuckled: "That's natural, and I would like to thank the emperor for not killing you. However, I heard that you are going to play in Lingnan? Qingque will definitely not want to go back to Chang'an, why don't you take me with you ?”

"What's the fun? We're going to do serious business. Don't talk nonsense. Since you don't want to go back to Wuzhong, then follow along. However, your daughter-in-law was taken with you. The child is so young and can't stand it." It’s bumpy, it’s too much for you to bring her from Wuzhong to Dengzhou, let the Qi family live in Dengzhou, and return to Wuzhong when the child is older.”

Li Ke agreed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing Li Ke's breathing gradually changed from short and rapid to steady, Li Chengqian also closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the fleet set off again, but unlike the previous few days, the speed this time was increased to the extreme, especially after seeing the horizon, many soldiers cheered, got out of the cabin and began to shake the water wheel.The water wheel is very ineffective in increasing the speed of the ship, but no one cares at all.After sailing back and forth for more than ten days, and experienced a fierce battle, everyone is now full of expectations for returning home.

Different from the desolate ship port before, today's Dengzhou ship port is extremely lively, it can be said that the sky is full of gongs and drums.The messenger arrived in Dengzhou first and informed the news of the battle, which immediately surprised all the people.Without Zhao Yi's organization, they spontaneously gathered at the harbor, cheering and welcoming the return of the army.

The welcome ceremony, which was not organized by anyone, was chaotic, but it was this kind of chaos that showed people's happiness.

When the fleet arrived at the harbor, the first ones to disembark were not the emperor and his party, but the wounded.

Sun Simiao had already organized a group of temporary assistants, and began to transfer the wounded to the wounded camp for treatment.After sailing at sea for a few days, many of the wounded deteriorated and died, but those who persevered had almost a [-]% chance of surviving.