Chapter 1 Congratulations on winning the Tang Dynasty's Best MVP and becoming the Tang Dynasty Lord
Li Shimin heard the tolling of his own death knell.
At the same time, there was a cold voice in my ears.
[Ding, congratulations on winning the best MVP in the entire Tang Dynasty and obtaining the title: Lord of the Eastern Hemisphere in the Seventh Century.
During the Datang settlement animation cutscene——】
Li Shimin watched the officials and Xiaojiu wailing below, but he could not touch or feel them. He also could not find the person or ghost who was speaking at this time.
Could this be the afterlife? But what was this ghostly being saying? Why couldn't he understand a single word?
But before he could ask, a series of pictures of vast rivers and mountains unfolded before his eyes, rolling past rapidly like a scroll.
Xiaojiu ascended the throne, and Wu Mei became emperor. After several coups, Li Longji succeeded to the throne. Within a few years, the prosperous Tang Dynasty collapsed.
An Lushan captured Chang'an and wantonly massacred and looted the people. Zhang Xun, a civilian official, led his troops to defend Suiyang for over ten months, struggling to hold on to Huainan and the food supply routes to the rear. When his ammunition and food ran out, he was forced to cannibalize 30,000 people.
No--
Those are all his people of the Tang Dynasty!
It has only been more than a hundred years since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. How could his Tang Dynasty be like this?
How could the Tang Dynasty have come to this point?
But before he could grieve, the scene continued to scroll. Emperor Suzong of Tang, Emperor Daizong of Tang... their descendants attempted to revive the dynasty, but were powerless to do so.
Another hundred years later, the once mighty Tang Dynasty crumbled to pieces, with warlords fighting each other. Human flesh even became military rations. The Tang Dynasty was gone, and the land was in ruins...
Seeing this, Li Shimin was stunned for a long time and couldn't speak.
When he came to his senses again, his face was already wet with tears, but Xiaojiu below was completely unaware and was preparing to bury his coffin in Zhaoling Mausoleum.
No! He can't die!
For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, he has to live another fifty, no, five hundred years!
Li Shimin tried to lift the lid of his own coffin.
At this time, Crown Prince Li Zhi fell to the ground and cried, grief-stricken. Suddenly, he felt a strong wind blowing in front of and behind him. When he looked up, his eyes were as big as copper bells.
It seems like the lid of my father's coffin...moved?
"Aye, are you worried about Xiaojiu?
Don't worry, as long as Xiaojiu is here, I will definitely do my best day and night to govern the country and will never let your spirit down."
No! You can, but my lame descendants can’t!
Help me up, I can still do it!
However, at this time, no matter what Li Shimin said, all the civil and military officials in the court and Xiaojiu could not hear a word he said or see him.
Li Shimin sat dejectedly on his own imperial coffin, and was silent for a long time before he recovered and said calmly:
"Who are you? You let me see those scenes, didn't you, just to upset me?"
[Ding! The boss recruitment system is activated, Dynasty Lords welcomes you to join.
As a special completion reward for the Tang Dynasty Asian Continental Shepherd and the Dynasty's Best MPV, this system allows you to post recruitment as a Tang Dynasty Lord NPC, attract talents, and expand your territory.
Success or failure, being a king or a bandit, all depends on you, the lord.
Now please add the name of the NPC you will become:
1 Li Tan, 2 Li Linfu, 3 Li Bai]
Although Li Shimin didn't understand most of what was said, he felt that he seemed to be able to miraculously understand the general meaning of the voice.
"My luck has always been good, so I'll choose the first one. It sounds like a descendant of the Li family."
[Ding! Congratulations on becoming the NPC Lord Li Dan. You will soon be granted the rights to broadcast the game live and issue tasks.
Now open the NPC perspective. 】
After the cold, mechanical sound, Li Shimin's vision went dark. Then, he was riding a horse, riding forward with the soldiers beside him.
Li Neng's original memory allowed him to quickly understand his current situation -
At this time, the battle of Tongguan was a disastrous one. Li Longji returned to Chang'an during the day to boost morale, saying that he would defend the country with the soldiers, but at night he sneaked away with a group of clan members.
At this time, he became the grandson of this great-grandson Li Longji - the third son of Crown Prince Li Heng, Prince Jianning Li Tan.
Very good, still the eldest son of the Li family. But, he is now the grandson of the great-grandson...
"Why are you dawdling? Hurry up and catch up!"
Li Heng saw that his third son had stopped for some reason and hurriedly urged him in a low voice. After hearing this, Li Shimin's eyelids twitched and his hands trembled.
I! Want! To! Kill! Someone!
These unfilial descendants!
He had worked diligently for so many years, not daring to slack off for even a single day, and yet in just a few years, he had actually lost his capital?!
Li Shimin gritted his teeth, his hands on the sword at his waist, thinking about the consequences of killing Li Longji and Li Heng at this time.
[Wow, the show is live! Who is the NPC Lord? When does recruitment start?]
[Don’t worry, don’t worry, let’s take a look at the background first.]
Oh, isn't this Li Longji giving a free gift to his beloved eldest son An Lushan, who lost Tongguan and is fleeing.
[His own son killed three people in one day, and his godson gave money and land to the other party, and also gave the other party 100,000 Tang army heads and the veteran general Geshu Han.
I'd be lucky enough to be Li Longji's godson!
Although he didn't know what these messy sky curtains were, Li Shimin was staring at Li Longji's back so hard that he almost made two holes of fire out of them.
I really want to beat someone up!
Li Longji, who was busy escaping for his life, suddenly felt a chill behind him, as if there were gusts of cold wind.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped. It turned out that it was his grandson Li Dan who rode a horse to stop the imperial carriage.
Li Longji was very dissatisfied:
"What are you going to do? Are you still trying to persuade me to return to Chang'an?
This matter has already been discussed during the day, so don't mention it again!"
Li Shimin's eyelids twitched, he took a deep breath, suppressed his anger and said:
"Your Majesty, my...grandson..."
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and uttered the word "grandson" with frustration. After a pause, he continued:
"My grandson has thought this over and feels it's inappropriate. If the rebels break into Chang'an soon and discover Your Majesty and the royal family are absent, they will certainly pursue them.
The rebels are on fast horses and there are many of them. What will you do if they catch up with Your Majesty?"
After hearing this, Li Longji immediately felt that it made sense:
"So what do you say we should do?"
"Your Majesty, your grandson is willing to lead others to escort you.
Your Majesty, please give me a thousand imperial guards. Your Majesty, I will lead the troops south, and this will also confuse the rebels."
Li Longji thought it made sense.
However, he only brought 3,000 imperial guards with him on this secret trip. If he divided them up, it would not be enough.
"Your Majesty, we are not far from Chang'an now. I can secretly return to Chang'an and dispatch a thousand men to cover the rear."
Since ancient times, marching, scouting and rearguard actions have always been extremely dangerous. Li Longji was deeply moved after hearing this and patted Li Shimin on the shoulder:
"My good grandson has grown up. I approve! Come, draft the decree!"
Li Longji was anxious to escape and had no time to think about it. In addition, Li Shimin could not do anything big with just a thousand soldiers, and there was no need to worry about the possibility of treason, so he immediately issued an order.
[Eh, what's going on? This doesn't seem to happen in history. Hurry up and start hiring, boss?]
[This Li Neng must have traveled through time, isn't he? Is he trying to stir up trouble? But what can a thousand soldiers do? They can't even become king and establish their own territory!]
【Not sure, wait and see? 】
Li Shimin took the decree, but was in no hurry to leave. He continued to stand in front of the carriage and said:
"Your Majesty, after much thought, I still feel that this is inappropriate."
This time, Li Shimin said the word "grandson" much more smoothly, but he still gritted his teeth.
"What's wrong with you?"
Li Longji was in a hurry to escape, so he asked him to speak quickly.
"My grandson once had contact with Cui Guangyuan of Jingzhao Prefecture and found him to be indecisive and treacherous. What if, seeing that Your Majesty has left and the city is without a commander, he refuses to lend me troops and instead joins the rebels..."
"He dares?"
After Li Longji finished speaking, he paused.
Even An Lushan, the person he trusted the most, had rebelled. What else could the remaining people not dare to do?
"Well, I will draft another decree for you. Return to Chang'an and act as you see fit. If he refuses to obey, you can override him."
[This time-traveling boss seems to have something special! It seems that what he wants is not soldiers at all, but the power to act as he pleases?]
[Openly repairing the plank road, secretly crossing Chencang, confirmed, it's a political scheming boss. I wonder which one it is? ]
[I don’t understand. Let me take another look…]
Li Shimin received the two imperial edicts, rode his horse to the rear, looked at the soldiers and said:
"Gentlemen, who is willing to cover my rear?"
All the soldiers were a little hesitant at this time. After all, it was safer for them to follow His Majesty at this time.
If they encountered rebels on the way back, Prince Jianning might still be alive, but it is hard to say what would happen to their soldiers.
"Your Highness, I once fought against the rebels at Tongguan, and I am willing to follow Your Highness!"
"Good! You are a righteous man! What is your name?"
"I am not a good person."
[Oh my god, it's Gao Shi! The same Gao Shi who wrote "Farewell to Dong Da"!]
[It's the Tang Dynasty indeed! A poet every three steps! But does Gao Shi know how to fight?]
[You must be uneducated. Gao Shi wrote frontier poems and later served as a military governor.
Boss, if you have time, please ask Gao Shi for his autograph!
Li Shimin saw the barrage but pretended not to see it. He was about to turn back north when Crown Prince Li Heng suddenly came and pulled him aside and said:
"It's good that my son is filial, but if you really encounter rebels, you must not fight. Take care of your life, escape quickly, and reunite with me. That's what's most important."
"...Father, rest assured. I will remember what you said today and will never forget it."
Li Shimin suppressed his twitching eyelids and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
Don't worry, give these two grandsons a beating as soon as possible, he will definitely remember it!
Li Heng always felt that his son's tone was a little strange, but with disaster imminent, he didn't have time to think about it and turned around and left in a hurry.
However, he never imagined that it was these one thousand people and two imperial edicts that made his son, Prince Jianning, famous in one battle and known throughout the world!
…
In Chang'an City, the sky was just getting light, and the ministers entered the Chang'an Palace to attend court with heavy hearts and long sighs.
However, after they entered the palace, they were shocked by the chaos before them.
At this time, the eunuchs and maids in the palace were in chaos, all packing their bags and fleeing. Some people were pushed down, and their packages were quickly snatched away and ran away.
The palace was in chaos with crying, noisy and looting.
It was not until this time that they realized that His Majesty had abandoned them in Chang'an City last night and fled early!
All civil and military officials were stunned.
Is this the emperor they have served for decades and cared so much about?
Before Chang'an was captured, he had already abandoned these ministers like old shoes, left them behind, and fled secretly alone?
"Your Majesty has already fled, what are we still standing here for? Let's go home and save our lives!"
Jingzhao Prefecture Governor Cui Guangyuan said this with a sad face and wanted to leave, but was quickly grabbed by someone.
"What are you talking about? Now that His Majesty has fled, if we flee as well, who will defend Chang'an?"
"Am I wrong? Geshu Han's 200,000 elite Tang soldiers were defeated. There are only a few of us now. What can we defend?
It’s better to escape quickly and save your life!”
"If you and I escape, what will happen to the people in the city? What will happen to the royal family and the ancestral temple?
Are you going to just run away without defending me?"
The one who said this was General Cheng Qianli of the Jinwu Guard. He was also angry at this moment.
But the capital of the Tang Dynasty cannot be lost just like that!
"So what? General, I know you're loyal, but who are you in charge of now?
Do you have His Majesty's order?"
Cheng Qianli and others were speechless after being asked this question.
Wang Wei, who was the Imperial Secretary at the time, stood in the back, listening to the arguments between the generals, with a feeling of indignation and powerlessness weighing heavily on his heart.
Now that His Majesty is gone, what will happen to Chang'an? What can they do? Can they just watch Chang'an fall to the rebels?
"Your Majesty's order is here!"
During the argument, Li Shimin came in with the imperial edict. He walked straight ahead to the civil and military officials, holding the imperial edict in one hand and said:
"Your Majesty has left Chang'an, but you have allowed me to act at my own convenience! Although Tongguan has been breached, Chang'an still exists, and the people still exist!
Cui Guangyuan, as a general defending the city, you are not preparing for battle but are only focused on escaping. How can you be worthy of the people of Chang'an behind you?"
Cui Guangyuan was speechless after being asked this question and was speechless for a while.
During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin would not easily kill people. But it was different during wartime.
These descendants of Chang'an nobles have lived in good times for too long and have lost their masculinity.
Li Shimin suddenly drew his sword and swung it, cutting off Cui Guangyuan's head cleanly and neatly.
Suddenly, several civil servants were so frightened that their legs shook and they fell to the ground.
At this moment, everyone was intimidated by the Prince of Jianning, and no one dared to mention escaping anymore.
[Fuck, the whole screen is mosaic! ]
[Ahhh, I was eating and suddenly someone killed me and I was so scared. Luckily it was blurred or I would have vomited...]
Cui Guangyuan did surrender when An Lushan sent his troops to attack Chang'an. His killing was not unjust.
[The boss is quite skilled at killing people, and his actions are also linked one by one. I feel there are more traps behind. Not sure, let's wait and see.]
Who is this big guy anyway? 】
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