Soldiers’ food must be guaranteed, and at least two meals must be guaranteed before soldiers can have the strength to fight. However, food can be saved at most until the spring. Once Sui Jun does not retreat in the spring, Li Jiancheng thinks there is one way to go, and that is surrender.
At this time, he can hope that Qin Wang will cooperate with Princess Pingyang’s suggestion, which is the last resort. Although it is hopeless, it is better than doing nothing.
"Shimin, Shimin, don’t disappoint your eldest brother. Alas, if you can capture Yang You in World War I and change the current situation, what harm will it do if you give it to you?" It’s not easy for Li Jiancheng to think so much about being a Tang Dynasty emperor. If he can really turn things around, he doesn’t mind losing this position and becoming a home-schooler from now on.
But Li Jiancheng can’t be less. Before the outcome is uncertain, he can’t be so heavy. The charcoal in the brazier crackles. Li Jiancheng paced for a long time, but his eyelids drooped desperately, but he didn’t dare to fall asleep, as if something would happen when he fell asleep.
Maid-in-waiting made a pot of tea and Li Jiancheng drank a mouthful of strong tea. He walked to the map and looked at it carefully. At this moment, the hurried steps rang.
Chapter 111 Assassin
Even if there is a brazier burning in the room and Li Yuan is in the deep palace, he still can’t stand the cold. Since he unconsciously took chronic poison, although Li Yuan has been recuperating, it has not had a good effect. Age and tide wait for no man.
A pretty maid-in-waiting knelt down and hammered Li Yuan with an old cold leg. Shu Liyuan kept humming. Zhang Yingying warmed the wine and waited on Li Yuan. He drank a glass of liquor and poison. Li Yuanshu got a shiver and drank two cups, and he warmed up all over.
"We can’t drink any more," Zhang Yingying said softly.
"Good good!" Tang gaozu also knows that he can’t drink more. At this time, it’s because his body is cold. It’s better to drink some wine.
Zhang Yingying withdrew the wine from Li Yuan and asked, "What time is it?"
"Report to my position is coming," said Zhang Yingying, looking back. He was busy for a moment and brought a pot of hot water in to prepare Tang gaozu to soak his feet.
Tang gaozu narrowed his eyes and soaked his feet in winter. It’s really enjoyable to let Zhang Yingying gently hold her soft feet. It’s even more unspeakable to relax Yingying. Just put the wooden basin suddenly, Duan Wencao hurriedly broke in, and a cold wind swept in. Tang gaozu was blown into a rage.
"Who is so bold!" Tang gaozu shouted, "Although he is old and in poor health, after all, the emperor has a majesty that makes people shudder."
After Duan Wencao came in, he first knelt down and said, "Please move elsewhere when the palace is on fire."
"What palace caught fire?" Tang gaozu said one leng, regardless of whether his boots had been taken off and he ran barefoot to the door to see the palace, and the fire was raging in the direction of Taicang in the west.
Tang gaozu was shocked and raised his hand and pointed trembling at Taicang Road, "Fire!"
Most of the food in Chang ‘an Palace is just as important as that in Luoyang, including Jiacang Taicang. If there is a fire, it will be a big problem. What do tens of thousands of people eat outside this palace, including maids and eunuchs?
"put out the fire!" Li Yuan said
Duan Wencao busy should way "positions I have sent someone to put out the fire is …" Duan Wencao a pair of awkward appearance.
"What is it?" Tang gaozu frown and looked up at taicang fire.
"It seems that someone set fire to this fire," Duan Wencao said.
"Hum who dare so bold? ！” Tang gaozu said frowning and added, "No matter what the cause of this fire is, we must check it out. Now let’s put out the fire first to reduce the loss ()."
"hey!" Duan Wencao said and left in a hurry. A moment later, two guards came to protect Li Yuan ‘an.
Duan Wencao’s leaving Tang gaozu was shocked that he didn’t wear boots and his feet were half ringing outside. It was already very cold and busy. Zhang Yingying supported him to go back to the house and wore boots. Tang gaozu wanted to think about taking two teams of guards to change places. If the fire was premeditated, I’m afraid someone had already set their sights here. It’s better to be careful.
At this time, not far away, Du Guwu Shi, Fang De and other people are hiding in the secret place of the palace and watching the Taicang fire.
"Commander-in-Chief, a large number of Tang Jun have rushed to Taicang." Aunt Qian, whose face was covered with black veil, said that she was extremely eager to kill Tang gaozu herself and avenge her death.
Duguwu Shi narrowed his eyes and looked at the big warehouse fire. He listened to the noise and didn’t speak. It was harassment to give him orders. It would be best if Taicang food could be burned.
Fang De aside, "Although the commander-in-chief Qian Auntie Taicang is on fire, there are still many people in Tang Jun who are just a few people. I’m afraid it won’t work. If Tang gaozu finds the secret passage, I’m afraid it will fall short."
Dugu Martial Master nodded and said that he had dug a passage from the palace to a courtyard in the city when he withdrew from Daxing, and then this place was held by the Royal Guards loyal to Da Sui. The other is to create conditions for attacking Daxing outside the city in the future.
Tonight, everyone entered the palace from the secret passage and set fire everywhere.
Dugu Martial Master also wanted to kill Li Yuan, causing chaos in the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, but reason prevailed over fame and fortune. He nodded and said, "Withdraw!"
Several people lined up and found the secret passage, and went out to the outside of the city. When Fang De looked up, he saw that the palace fire had gradually extinguished.
"Duan Wencao’s reaction is very quick," said Du Guwu.
"There will be more surprises when there is a secret passage for Tang gaozu," said Du Guwu, suddenly discovering that Fang De was shocked.
Tang gaozu, the imperial palace, was really shocked. He took two teams of guards to find a safe place. He deeply suspected that Lien Chan and Lien Jie in the Datang battlefield would push back the Sui Dynasty. According to Taitai, Yang You seems to be planning to withdraw from Tong and Qu Tutong has also returned to Longxi.
This is a good thing for Datang. Perhaps it is precisely because of the failure of the battlefield that Yang You’s children tried to kill themselves and caused chaos in Datang.
"How despicable!" Tang gaozu thought so, and suddenly the wind blew and the moonlight blew, and a man in black hid in a dark corner and killed him with a shiny dagger.
"Stop him!" Guards soldiers were surprised and immediately separated two people from Tang gaozu, and four or five others stood in front of the assassin, but the assassin was not afraid of the guards. At this time, Tang gaozu discovered that the assassin turned out to be a woman and saw her dancing with a dagger. Four or five guards besieged him with ease.
However, the assassin can’t get in after all. It was Aunt Qian whose family was killed by Tang Yuan’s department. She naturally forgot it. How could Tang Yuan-shen have such a tragedy if he hadn’t burned Chengcheng with his soldiers?
Although Qian Auntie was bent on revenge, there were too many soldiers in the Guards. In the chaos, Qian Auntie gritted her teeth and didn’t avoid it. Her body blocked the Guards’ knife and blood flowed out, but she didn’t feel the pain. The dagger in her hand was thrown at Tang gaozu.
It was dark, and when Tang gaozu saw the moonlight shining, he hurried away with his head tilted. It was already too late. A dagger crossed a burning pain from his thin cheek and reached out and touched it. It turned out to be bleeding, which was a great shame for Tang gaozu.
"Bring her here!" Li Yuanshen said
"hey!" The guards replied that they held down the struggling Qian Auntie and took five or six steps in front of Tang Yuan.
The torch shone on aunt Qian’s face, which was a vicissitudes face. Li Yuan believed that there would never be such a woman in the palace, so how did she get in?
"Who on earth are you trying to assassinate me?" Tang gaozu spoke slowly.
"Bah!" Aunt Qian spat out a thick sputum and sprayed it at Tang gaozu. Tang gaozu was caught off guard and was sprayed all over her face.
Tang gaozu was furious and smelled the thick phlegm on his face with a strange smell. He was about to curse Aunt Qian’s throat, which seemed to have swallowed something. Tang gaozu reacted and shouted, "Stop her quickly."
Before the two soldiers, it was already late. Aunt Qian stared at them and laughed. "Bad king, you slaughtered the people and tried to usurp the throne. You will die a natural death sooner or later! I wish I could see you die! " Said the throat a few goo goo ring big blood gush turned out to be dead.
A soldier squatted by the firelight and watched carefully and told him, "She poisoned herself."
Tang gaozu gave a way to "drag her to the gate"
Several soldiers were stupefied and replied, "Hey!"
Zhang Yingying took a handkerchief to wipe the thick phlegm on his face for Tang gaozu.
"Call Taitai to see me," Tang gaozu commanded.
When Li Jiancheng arrived, Tang gaozu’s face was flushed. He didn’t expect this palace to be attacked. Tang gaozu felt a little bad from Aunt Qian’s words. He felt it necessary to ask Taitai what happened now.
Li Jiancheng heard about the situation all the way into the house and saw that my father’s face was busy with blood drops. The first two steps knelt down and said, "My son’s rescue came late and my father was injured. I should say this plainly."
"That’s all." Now that Li Yuan is out of danger, he will not pursue it. However, he still wants to ask, "Tell me honestly what the anti-Sui war is like now?"
Li Jiancheng’s heart trembled and he hesitated. He didn’t mean to hide it. He didn’t want his father to overwork. This is filial piety, but Tang gaozu seems to be greatly inappropriate at this time.
Tang gaozu and others saw Li Jiancheng’s hesitation, pointing to one side of the East Palace, and asked Xu Shimo, "It’s too hard to tell you."
Xu Shimo secretly glanced at Li Jiancheng, trembling in his heart and wondering what to do.
Tang gaozu sneered, "Isn’t my order too much?"
As soon as this was said, Xu Shimo repeatedly kowtowed and said, "I dare you!"
Li Jiancheng wry smile a "father or by my son"
"You get up and say," said Tang gaozu, still angry.
Li Jiancheng Naide told the situation, and Li Jiancheng observed Tang gaozu’s expression as he spoke.
At this time, Tang gaozu’s heart is in a state of unspeakable bitterness. He didn’t expect that filial piety always dared to hide his military intelligence. Now Lien Chan’s losing streak in all walks of life is too much to say that Lien Chan has already arrived in Tong, Sui Jun.