Chapter 25: Huihe spoke to Li Shimin with confidence
Not to mention that An Qingxu and Li Zhuer were stunned when they heard it, even Li Shimin was shocked when he learned about the crematorium stepmother's literature.
These modern people are so cruel!
The rumors from the Tang Dynasty were not nearly as powerful, because many of them were so false that they sounded ridiculous.
For example, when he was emperor, a rumor came from nowhere that he was going to kill people and use human hearts to sacrifice to the heavenly dog because of the moon-eclipsing celestial dog.
In short, it's not very destructive. Rumors can be quickly debunked. Therefore, it's not as aggressive as the marketing of these later generations.
Not only would they kill people, but they would also completely ruin An Lushan's reputation and bring him disgrace.
I'm afraid that when historians write history books to record this period of history in the future, they will have to think about this: Did An Lushan love Madam Duan more, or did he love Lin Chong more?
[Hehehe, if you round it up, just consider it as Erfeng’s praise!
Our internet marketing is so powerful. Erfeng, what do you think we have been doing every day with nothing to do after developing it for a thousand years?
We eat shrimp and pig heart every day! 】
[Uh, let me correct you. Actually, although your ancient rumors were outrageous and obviously false, they were still very destructive.]
"For example?"
Li Shimin later regretted that he shouldn't have asked this question out of curiosity.
[For example, “kneel down and suck breast milk”!
Although we all know that this is fake, it doesn’t stop us from imagining this scene and really wanting to see it!
[Erfeng above doesn’t understand this, so let me explain it to him first.
The original version of this sentence is about how, after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, you killed Li Jiancheng and entered the palace. Upon seeing your father, you undressed him, knelt down and wept bitterly, then performed unspeakable actions on him.
Li Shimin: ???
Li Shimin was shocked and very angry after hearing this:
"Who dares to spread rumors about me like this? Are you tired of living?
Humph, these biographical writers are so daring to make up anything just for the money!
[Hahaha, this isn't an online article author, this was written by Sima Guang, a famous chronicle history writer. He's incredibly famous!]
Yes, we have proven that this book, which records the story of "kneeling and sucking breast milk," is a must-read for anyone studying history. It is extremely authoritative!
[This book was so authoritative that people still read it and annotated it during the Song Dynasty. Two fans even commented on your behavior, saying that what you did was particularly innocent.
So, fans are forcibly whitewashing you and praising you for being cute! 】
Li Shimin: ………
Li Shimin felt very bad, he almost broke apart, but it did not stop him from teasing Tianmu.
[Speaking of which, although future generations will definitely write some negative points in the history of the previous dynasty, Sima Guang should also be considered a fan of Erfeng.
The fans really wrote a lot of praise for the original author, so that we, the later generations, can see this good thing! 】
[Speaking of which, next time Er Feng comes up with Xuan Wu Men 2.0, please remember to "kneel and suck the breast" for a bit, so we can open our eyes.]
[Yes, yes, yes, I strongly support it!]
We modern people have never seen the world and are just peasants. We just want to see such a grand and majestic scene of the emperor!
Li Shimin: ………
Although I knew that modern people's language was very lethal, I didn't expect it to be so outrageous.
Li Shimin fell down holding his chest.
At the same time, among the rebels on the opposite side, An Qingxu and Li Zhuer were not doing well either. They were completely hurt by the marketing account's water army's Xiaoma Literature.
Originally, they didn't care about the love-hate relationship between An Lushan and Madam Duan, and even found it funny when they heard about it. However, they didn't expect that in the end, they would be implicated?!
This is not about An Lushan, this is about wanting their lives!
If the rumor reached An Lushan's ears, no matter whether it was true or not, how could the two of them survive?
So An Qingxu and Li Zhuer decided to stop the rumors without even discussing it, and they were determined not to let An Lushan know about it.
Although the battle situation is intense and Chang'an has not been captured, but now his life is in danger, how can he care about the overall situation of the world?
When An Qingxu went to visit his father, he glanced at Li Zhuer beside him without any surprise. When their eyes met, they understood each other without saying a word.
We must take action and find an opportunity to kill An Lushan immediately!
The war was about to break out, and the sky was gloomy as if there would be a heavy snowstorm. However, Li Shimin was wandering around the city every day, as if he was really the idle prince as Li Heng wished.
It’s no wonder that Li Shimin never really took a good look around the current Tang Dynasty Chang’an City.
After the accumulation of Zhenguan, Li Zhi and several generations thereafter, Chang'an City was a mixed crowd, but it was even more like a place of gold and silver, with roofs connected to each other, and a life of luxury that made people linger once they came.
Just thinking about a city like this being destroyed by war makes one want to beat Li Longji up. It makes one hate him so much that his teeth itch.
[Can I join you in beating him up? I can help Erfeng pass the feather duster!]
[Let’s not talk about stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork for now. Erfeng, are you really not in a hurry at all?
This situation is making me so nervous I'm biting my fingers! Just looking at the opposing army every day is giving me anxiety!
[Yes, my supervisor asked me why I hadn’t finished writing my thesis yet, and I said it was because I was so stressed out from watching Erfeng’s live broadcast that I became bald and suffered from insomnia!
I can’t even attend class and do research! 】
"Why are you so nervous?"
Li Shimin couldn't help laughing.
"Now that Shi Siming has been captured alive, the rebels' food supply routes to Hebei will be cut off by Li Guangbi. Furthermore, chaos will soon break out within the An Lushan Rebellion.
No matter what, Chang'an won't lose. It's better to give the generals more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
And you also said before that this battle was won by the Tang Dynasty, right?"
[Although we won, it was a pyrrhic victory! No matter how powerful Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Li Siye and others are now, they are no match for you, Erfeng!
The Tang Dynasty cannot do without General Tiance, and you must be there, General Erfeng! 】
[Let me give you some basic knowledge for Mr. Erfeng. The Battle of Xiangji Temple is hailed as a classic battle in the history of ancient cold weapon warfare in the world, but it was won at the cost of human lives!
This battle involved almost no strategic tactics, but rather basic infantry versus infantry, cavalry versus cavalry. The Tang army of 150,000 men plus 4,000 Uighur cavalry faced the rebel army of 100,000.
Historical records show that the battle lasted a whole day, but in reality it probably lasted seven or eight hours. How brutal was it?
The rebels were defeated only after suffering over 60% casualties. "Sixty thousand heads were beheaded, and twelve or thirteen of them were left dead in ditches." The blood flowed like a river, visible to the naked eye!
Seeing these bloody and tearful records, Li Shimin sat on the couch in silence for a while, then asked:
"How could this be?"
Generally speaking, if the enemy army suffers 20% casualties, it will disband.
Even the battle-hardened Li Shimin had never seen such a situation where the enemy would not retreat until 60% of their troops were killed or wounded.
The degree of tragedy is beyond imagination.
[Not only that, if the Uighur army had not suddenly appeared and put psychological pressure on the enemy, causing panic, this battle would have been a 70% kill.
Objectively speaking, the Uighur army did play a role.
An Lushan was a capable person. Firstly, he had strict discipline and severe punishments for desertion. Secondly, An Lushan was very good at building momentum, and the rebels all had high religious and political beliefs.
Each side believes they are the righteous army and the other is the rebel! Their will is very firm.
[Tell a "hell joke": Xuanwu Gate inheritance law, whoever survives will be the emperor;
In the battle of Xiangji Temple, whoever wins will be the spokesperson for the country.
After reading it, Li Shimin was silent for a long time. He sighed deeply, stood up and said seriously:
"You are right. I must participate in this battle."
He couldn't bear to see his people of the Tang Dynasty killing each other in such a tragic way!
So that night, Li Shimin found Li Yu and told him the rumors he had previously spread among the rebels.
When Li Yu heard the story of his stepmother's literature spread by his third brother, he was stunned:
"This... this was made up by you, Third Brother?"
He hadn't expected his third brother to be so talented in writing! Isn't this story too legendary?
Li Shimin: ………
Facing the mocking remarks from all directions, Li Shimin said helplessly:
"The key point is not this, the key point is that I believe there will be chaos among the rebels in the next few days.
I have planted a lot of spies inside the enemy. If possible, I hope to win quickly with a blitzkrieg, which will also reduce our casualties.
This will also prevent the Huihe army from looking down on us and thinking that the internal weakness of the Tang Dynasty is an opportunity for them to take advantage of us."
Li Yu sighed deeply at the mention of the Uighurs. His third brother still didn't know what conditions his father had promised him before the Uighur army was dispatched.
However, Li Yu thought about it and decided to keep it a secret from Li Shimin for the time being.
After all, my third brother has a very strong temper. If he knew about it, who knows what trouble he would cause. By then, my father would be so angry that he might really want to kill him.
Since Li Yu had suffered a defeat before, he was no longer so arrogant and trusted his brother's strategies and fighting style.
"Don't worry, brother. Although the emperor has taken back your military power, you were by my side during the battle, giving me advice. It's the same as if we two brothers worked together."
"No, I plan to go to the Uighur army.
Firstly, I can keep an eye on them, and secondly, the Uighur cavalry are elite and highly mobile, so I can command them to fight the enemy."
Of course, the deployment of the Uighur army on the battlefield still had to be under the command of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Heng could not issue military orders to Prince Yehu of the Uighur army.
The battlefield situation was complex and could change at any time. Even the Huihe people, who had never experienced the officialdom of the Central Plains, were probably confused about who was in charge.
[Hahaha, goodness, Erfeng is stuck here! ]
Li Yu nodded after listening:
"Then I'll go and tell the Uighur army later. But, Third Brother, I heard that you always rush into the enemy camp first in every battle. This is really too dangerous!
Now our army has 150,000 troops, and there are 8,000 Huihe troops, including many elite soldiers and generals.
Brother, you must take care of yourself. There is no need to put yourself in danger!"
Most of the powerful and influential people commanded battles from the rear, and few of their children would be the first to rush into the enemy camp like Li Shimin, dumbfounding both the enemy and his own side.
After hearing this, Li Shimin snorted coldly and left without saying anything else.
How could the descendants of Li Tang become like this?
If everyone was afraid of death, how could he have conquered the country and created the prosperous Tang Dynasty?
[After all, the powerful always think that their own lives are more important. After all, they have high status and money, so they are afraid of death.
For example, Li Yuan had fought in wars before, but after becoming emperor, he stayed in Chang'an and never went out of the city to fight in person. He was very careful about his life.
"Actually, Master Erfeng, is there a possibility that everyone in the Li family resembles your father, Li Yuan, and you are the one with the genetic mutation?"
Li Shimin was instantly heartbroken and no longer found modern people cute.
Why do the mouths of later generations seem to be filled with poison?
Seeing that Erfeng was about to cry, Tianmu hurried to comfort her:
[In fact, Jianning County Prince Li Neng is a pretty good person. He always leads the troops in battle. It is said that he has the style of our Erfeng, the King of Qin.]
[It’s a pity that he was killed by his father when he was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old…]
It doesn't matter. Later, there was Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Chen, who also ruled the country well, much like Emperor Taizong.
[It's a pity that at such a young age, his health wasn't good, so he took some elixirs and ascended to heaven!]
[I think I've figured it out. All of Erfeng's descendants who have a bit of Erfeng's potential will die young?
So is "Two Phoenixes" some weird poison buff? A mouthful of poisonous milk?]
Li Shimin: ………
Is this how you modern people comfort others? It doesn't make me happy at all!
Fortunately, the truly comforting news soon came. Li Shimin learned through the spies he had planted that An Lushan was dead.
However, Li Zhuer and An Qingxu were still covering up the matter, planning to proclaim themselves emperor first and then announce the funeral in order to appease the people.
Because the matter was covered up, the rebel generals were unaware of it, and now was not the best time to send troops.
However, it seems that the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the rebels will come soon!
Li Shimin also quickly informed Guo Ziyi and Li Yu of this matter. After some planning, they decided to ambush around Chang'an City, waiting for the best opportunity to encircle and counterattack at any time.
It is autumn and winter, and the wind is biting cold.
The sky was gloomy, and the dark clouds that had accumulated for several days were getting lower and lower, as if something big was about to happen.
At this time, in the camp of the Uighur army, a group of Hu people from the north were not afraid of the cold at all. Instead, they were watching the excitement very enthusiastically.
Li Shimin had now become familiar with the generals of these Uighur tribes and was using a long and thick acupuncture needle to give Prince Yehu a foot treatment.
Most of the northern tribes have witch doctors and barefoot doctors. Prince Yehu shrank back when he saw such a long needle.
"Prince Yan, is your medical skill reliable?
Please don't lie to me and hurt me."
"Don't worry, I've studied medical books for decades, and I've even practiced with others before, so what are you afraid of?
Are you Uighur men so cowardly?"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he smiled and stabbed Prince Yehu.
Prince Yehu gritted his teeth and tried not to howl like a dog.
"How is it? Do you feel that the numbness you had before is better?"
"Maybe...right?" Prince Yehu said hesitantly.
[Hahaha, isn't it better? I didn't feel anything before, but now it hurts!]
These two are so bold, one saying what they say and the other believing what they say! Er Feng doesn't even have a medical license, yet she dares to give people acupuncture?
If it were today, he would definitely be practicing medicine without a license and would be arrested first!
[Hahaha, Erfeng, the quack doctor, is feeling good about himself again?
When he was the emperor, he read a few medical books and started giving acupuncture. He even gave acupuncture to Li Daoxuan when he was personally on the expedition to Goguryeo!
"Li Daoxuan even said my acupuncture was effective!"
Li Shimin retorted unconvincedly.
[Hahaha, does he dare to say the effect is not good? If he says the effect is not good, will you give him a few more needles in a different place?]
[Li Daoxuan: Mom, this emperor is so hard to take care of. I’d better coax him first, and then secretly go find a doctor to see him. Don’t let him get paralyzed by the injection.
Afraid but dare not say it.jpg】
Anyway, Li Shimin didn't care about the sky curtain. He insisted on feeling good about himself and took a needle to prick the Uighur army from top to bottom.
Regardless of whether it is useful or not, thanks to his acupuncture and superb archery skills, the Uighur army is now very convinced of Li Shimin and is willing to obey his command.
The war was about to break out. However, An Qingxu kept the news of his father's death a secret and, as usual, sent General Li Guiren and other generals to challenge outside the city of Chang'an.
Although Li Shimin had lost his military power at this time, he could still take Shi Siming out for a walk.
As the second-in-command of the rebel army and a fierce general, Shi Siming had excellent physical fitness and would certainly not die easily after being captured.
At this time, Shi Siming was like a tied duck, hanging upside down on one foot outside the city wall.
The rebels shouted and challenged, and Li Shimin shook the rope in his hand, and Shi Siming swung back and forth like a pendulum:
"Shi Siming has been in my hands for over half a month now, and none of you have come to rescue him. Is this how you, the rebels, treat such meritorious officials?
You have disregarded our past friendship today, so how can you be sure that An Lushan will not treat you the same way tomorrow? "
With the hostage Shi Siming in hand and Li Shimin's instigation of discord, Li Guiren, An Shouzhong and others were in a dilemma.
If they really disregarded Shi Siming's life, some of his subordinates would definitely be dissatisfied. But they couldn't just leave Chang'an and go to save him!
Also, this Shi Siming, until now, has not said a word about dying for justice, nor has he quickly committed suicide to arouse the anger of their entire army and charge into the city in one battle!
"Now that our Tang army has cut off your food supply, you should surrender now, throw down your armor, and show respect.
Our Tang army treats prisoners well and will not kill those who surrender!"
"Tang Tong, stop talking nonsense!
General Shi values loyalty. He's said before that he would rather die than burden his brothers!"
"No, no, I don't want to die! I never said that!
Help, please save me!"
An Shouzhong was speaking with great righteousness here, but was interrupted by Shi Siming's words.
[Hahaha, a massive face-slapping scene! It won't even take a second to get slapped in the face!]
Look, An Shouzhong is red and warm! 】
[I'm so angry that my defense is broken. This is really unacceptable! Tsk tsk tsk tsk!]
Surrender quickly, or I, Erfeng, will take action! 】
[Alas, Master Erfeng gave you a chance, but you didn't live up to it. You are really useless!
Do they all want to die so badly? Well, there's nothing I can do about it. Master Erfeng, please grant their wish!
Sure enough, after a few days, the opportunity Li Shimin had been waiting for finally came.
The spies reported that An Qingxu proclaimed himself emperor a few days ago, and announced the death of An Lushan today after ascending the throne.
The army generals were shocked and surprised, and Li Shimin knew that the moment of decisive victory had come!
At this time, among the tens of thousands of rebels outside Chang'an City, An Shouzhong and others were shocked when they heard the news of An Lushan's death and wanted to retreat to Tongguan in a hurry.
Li Shimin immediately ordered Prince Yehu to lead the cavalry to pursue him.
Prince Yehu nodded subconsciously and immediately jumped on his horse, but as he was getting ready to go, he suddenly realized something was wrong:
Wait, why should they listen to Prince Yan when he has no command authority?
Crown Prince Li Yu said that Prince Yan had rich battlefield experience and asked the soldiers to obey Prince Yan's orders during training. But he didn't seem to explicitly say that Prince Yan was the commander?
Did they say it or not? Damn it, can't the people of the Tang Dynasty speak more directly?
Seeing the Uighur troops hesitate, Li Shimin immediately used provocation to say:
"Why, are you Huihe men so cowardly in battle? You're just going to miss this great opportunity to make a contribution?
In the future, when you could have contributed to the Tang Dynasty but did nothing, you still want to share the credit?"
When Li Shimin was the emperor, he was surrounded by many Hu generals who fought for him and made military achievements. Of course, he was generous with his rewards.
His original intention was to promote them to higher positions in the future, but Prince Yehu was wrong.
He nodded.
"Alright! Today we are fighting for the Tang Dynasty. Don't forget us tomorrow and let us sack Chang'an."
Li Shimin: ???
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