Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 348: Anxi Protectorate? What a big gift!
Da'an Palace.

Li Shimin lay leisurely on the couch, eating cakes and listening to music.

Although he was under house arrest by Li Chengqian and had to get Li Chengqian's consent before summoning anyone, Li Chengqian still prepared all the necessary things.

Just as he watched how Li Shimin arranged Li Yuan back then.

only.

Time flies and a new generation comes.

Li Chengqian walked over with light steps. When Li Shimin looked at him, Li Chengqian sat down on the other side of the couch without any hesitation and picked up the pastries on the wooden table.

"Isn't the meeting over yet?"

"I asked them to finish it early."

"Just to come and see me?"

Li Shimin became more energetic and looked at the snowflakes outside. "In this weather, you didn't attend court but came to see me. I guess there is something happy going on."

"you lose."

"Lost?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

He was referring to the bet!

"Yu Gushe has withdrawn his troops?"

"Return."

Li Shimin slowly sat up, looked at Li Chengqian who was smiling, and remained silent.

Yu Gushe’s army was actually beaten back!
How can this be?

How many soldiers and horses did Yanqi Kingdom have?
At most there are only 6,000 people!

Even if Xue Wanche led an army of 20,000, how could 20,000 troops resist Yu Gushe?
Moreover, the relationship between Kucha and the Turks was ambiguous, and if Yu Gushe went south, Kucha would certainly do its utmost to help him.

Then Zuohui City of Yanqi Kingdom will inevitably become a breakthrough point!

Unless Xue Wanche led an army of 20,000 and rushed directly to Zuohui City to resist Yu Gushe's troops, otherwise, even if the Longtu Cavalry relied on Yuanqu City to ensure invincibility, it was ultimately an isolated city and would be defeated sooner or later.

But now, Yu Gushe has been defeated!

How did he lose?
Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian, only to see Li Chengqian pouring him a cup of tea leisurely.

It looks like he ate some pastries and is thirsty, so he wants to moisten his stomach.

But Li Shimin knew very well that Li Chengqian was waiting for him to ask about the specific details of Yu Gushe's withdrawal!

Li Shimin remained indifferent. He picked up a piece of cake, put it in his mouth and chewed it with big mouthfuls.

The sound is very heavy.

Li Chengqian glanced at him, smiled, put down his teacup, and said, "Yanqi destroyed the country."

Li Shimin: "???"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Shimin pinched his throat, and the crumbs of the pastry kept spraying out of his mouth.

Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hand to block the scum sprayed towards him, as if he was prepared.

"His Majesty?"

Wang De hurried forward and kept patting Li Shimin on the back. At the same time, he took the tea handed to him by Li Chengqian and brought it to Li Shimin's mouth.

Tons tons tons.

He drank it all in one gulp and finally swallowed all the pastries in his mouth.

Li Shimin let out a long sigh, waved his hand to reject Wang De's slap, and stared at Li Chengqian, "What's going on?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I thought my father would not ask about this matter."

"What on earth is going on!"

Li Shimin's tone became more serious.

Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Yugu divided his troops into two groups, one heading south, and the other passing through the Kingdom of Qiuci."

"An army of 80,000 men approached Yuanqu City, forcing the Longtu Cavalry to mobilize all the troops in Yanqi and the young and strong men in Yuanqu City to cooperate in defending the city."

"Su Chen proposed the idea of ​​poisoning, and Long Tuqizhi arranged personnel to implement it. Two days later, nearly 90% of Yu Gushe's 80,000 troops were poisoned."

"Coincidentally, Yu Gushe was about to take Yuanqu City in one fell swoop at that time."

Although Li Chengqian didn't say what happened next, Li Shimin had roughly guessed it.

The poisoned soldiers' strength was greatly reduced. Even though they were numerous, in front of the brave cavalrymen, they were just targets with the slightest ability to resist!
"He didn't even arrange for a heavy guard to guard such an important place as the water source. He deserves it!"

Li Shimin sighed deeply. The defeat of 80,000 troops would inevitably affect the remaining 40,000 troops.

But it won’t cause them to evacuate in a hurry!

The only explanation is that Yu Gushe’s life or death is unknown!
"Yu Gu She was also poisoned?"

"Unconscious, under the protection of Pizza Peel and others, he retreated to Tingzhou."

really.

Li Shimin nodded.

"What happened to the destruction of Yanqi?"

"Father, please take a look at this."

Li Chengqian smiled and took out the 800-li express letter sent by Liu Qing, which contained Xue Wanche's detailed record of the destruction of the Yanqi Kingdom.

The content inside is naturally different from what Liu Qing said.

"Good boy!"

"So cruel! So vicious!"

Li Shimin put down the letter and could now imagine the despair of the Long Tuqizhi.

He gathered the military forces from all over the country and defeated Yu Gushe who was heading south, but he didn't expect that he was letting a wolf into the house!
"Anxi Protectorate."

"Su Chen has such great ambitions, and such a great gift!"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian deeply, conquered the countries in the Western Regions, and congratulated Li Chengqian on his ascension to the throne!

I'm afraid that Su Chen had already planned this when he agreed to go to the Western Regions!
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Father, do you think this Anxi Protectorate is feasible?"

Li Shimin's eyelids twitched, and he said indifferently: "You already have a plan in mind, why do you need to ask me?"

"Ha ha……"

Li Chengqian smiled, "In fact, when he went to the Western Regions, I didn't think that he would make such an arrangement." "I just thought that after he followed Xue Wanche and destroyed Gaochang, I could arrange for him to work in the court."

"Now it seems that his plan is more extensive and bigger than I thought!"

Li Shimin sighed secretly.

He was indeed wrong!

I originally thought that Su Chen was just a person who was trying to curry favor with the powerful. He had some cleverness, but was not worthy of being considered a gentleman.

But now, he realized that after leaving Chang'an City, Su Chen was like a fish in water, with all his clever strategies and cunning tricks, which made it difficult for others to resist.

Whether it was Gaochang or Yanqi, they were just a small test of his ability.

"Prince."

At this time, Tiancai walked over quickly.

Li Chengqian: "You can say whatever you want."

Tiancai took out the letter and handed it to Li Chengqian, "Mr. Su's letter has been sent to the Turks."

"what?"

Li Chengqian's face changed immediately.

Li Shimin was also shocked.

What did he go to Turkestan for?
Yugushedu was defeated and retreated to Tingzhou. What else was there in the Turks that was worthy of his attention?

"God War?"

"He's going to start a war of gods?"

"What's in this guy's head?"

Li Chengqian looked at the letter in his hand and felt a little dizzy.

Although he was not very clear about what the God War Su Chen mentioned was, he was very clear about one thing: Su Chen was going to the Turks...

Big things are going to happen to the Turks!
No, that's not right!

It’s Su Chen who is going to do something big!

Isn't he afraid of getting into trouble in the Turkic territory?

Seeing Li Chengqian like this, Li Shimin's curiosity was immediately aroused.

Yu Gushe's army retreated and the Yanqi Kingdom was destroyed by them. Why did he look like this after receiving Su Chen's letter?

"Let me see it!"

Li Chengqian glanced at him and handed the letter over.

Even if Li Shimin knew about these things, there would be no problem. It was just a matter of whether Li Chengqian was willing or not.

After reading the contents of the letter, Li Shimin frowned.

Su Chen’s arrangements were very reasonable.

From his arrangements, it can be seen that Su Chen had a detailed plan before going to the Western Regions.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to send a message to Li Chengqian after destroying the Yanqi Kingdom, asking him to dispatch elite troops from Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou and other places to the Western Regions, and it would be even more impossible for him to take the initiative to suggest that Liangzhou Governor Guo Xiaoke take charge of the Anxi Protectorate.

However, when he saw Su Chen going to the Turks to fight a war of gods, Li Shimin was as confused as Li Chengqian.

"Did he tell you these things before he left Chang'an?"

Li Chengqian shook his head. If Su Chen had said these things, why would he be so confused?

suddenly.

Li Chengqian thought of something, "I remember seeing some strange paintings in his study before!"

"Paintings?"

Li Shimin asked curiously, "What's so strange about it?"

Li Chengqian recalled, "His paintings only depict a human face. No, not a human face, but a face of God!"

Li Shimin: "???"

Li Chengqian: "I even curiously asked him why he drew these strange and scary things."

"He once said that these were gods, demons, ghosts and monsters, but I didn't take them seriously."

"Now that I think about it, could it be that he had planned this in advance?"

Li Shimin pondered: "Are there paintings of those gods?"

Li Chengqian: "Thunder God, Rain God, Fire God, River God..."

"There are dozens of gods, big and small. I don't know where he learned about the appearance of these gods."

Li Shimin knocked on the table and pointed at the letter, "If I am not mistaken, this is what he meant by the divine war!"

"The Turks worship the true God. Mountains, rivers, sun, moon and stars all have different gods."

Li Chengqian suddenly understood, "Father means that he wants to create a group of gods that he recognizes to fight against the gods believed in by the Turks?"

"But how is this possible?"

"The Turks have believed in those gods since ancient times. In tribes large and small, there are different shamans who are considered to be believers of the gods."

"These gods painted by Su Chen are not recognized by the Turks. If they go there, they will be regarded as heretics and will be directly eliminated."

Li Shimin said calmly: "Since he wants to go to the Turks to become a god, how do you know that he has no backup plan in the Turks?"

Li Chengqian: "???"

If this is really the case...

"Then what's the point of this God War?"

"The Turkic people believe in the true God, which will bring them good luck. If their true God becomes Su Chen..."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said slowly: "This kid is going to turn the Turks upside down!"

Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly widened, as if he understood what Su Chen meant.

starting today.

In the Turkic territory, there is only one true God, and that is him, Su Chen!

Be obedient...

Li Chengqian murmured, his face full of disbelief, "If he really did it, wouldn't the entire grassland and countless tribes become his people?"

(End of this chapter)