Chapter 590 Chu Pingsheng: See, whoever believes in me will have eternal life
"Scoop out the water from the barrel, pour it into the water bag over there, and then give it to the officials of the Huotou Army, and let the Zaotou soldiers When you make porridge tomorrow morning, add... no, holy water."
"Are you serious?"
To this day, Linglongjiao still thinks it belongs to Chai Daguan. Bad taste.
“Of course.”
"Don't say I didn't advise you. It's your Chai family's trademark to mess things up."
"Just do it if you are told. There is so much nonsense."
Leave this behind In a word, Chu Pingsheng opened the curtain of the tent and walked away on his wooden clogs.
Linglongjiao picked up the water bag thrown in the corner, walked to the wooden bucket, and started to scoop bath water into it. As she scooped, she suddenly realized a problem. While doing exercises on the bed with Chai Shao, she smelled carefully. There was a faint aroma on his body, not floral, not honey, not fruity. I thought it was the scent of the floral water he used when bathing. It wasn’t until I helped him bathe today that I discovered that he used heated water. The clean water he used did not sprinkle flower petals or floral dew, but the bath water he used was stained with the smell of his body, but it was very light and you need to smell it carefully to smell it.
Where does this fragrance... come from?
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When the Sui army entered Wengyuan, Lin Shihong's southern stronghold, a major event happened in Chang'an City - Yang You announced the Zen throne to Li Yuan, changed the country's name to Tang, changed the year to Wude, and granted Li Yuan the title of Zen. Li Shimin was appointed as the minister, and Li Jiancheng was granted the title of generalissimo. However, the matter ended there, and he was not in a hurry to establish a prince.
The world is talking about this a lot, but most of them think that the Li family finally took off their disguise and showed their fangs. In this way, Li Yuan is no different from those mercenary self-reliant rebels, attacking where Yang Tong is. Luoyang, the eastern capital, had no scruples.
A few days later, Tai Chi Palace and Wude Palace.
Li Jiancheng punched the desk with a loud bang, knocking up the Four Treasures of the Study by more than half an inch.
"Damn it..."
Earlier, Pei Ji suggested at the court meeting that Li Yuan establish a prince early to calm the morale of the army. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan hesitated for a long time and found a random topic to prevaricate.
This move made the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government very suspicious. Afterwards, their confidants reported that two generals of the Changlin Army had secretly contacted Changsun Wuji of the Tiance Mansion.
Li Yuanji said: "Brother, what happened today...I didn't expect that Miss Shuni was right."
"Dong Shuni? What did she say?"
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"She said that Song Yuzhi agreed to marry his second brother in exchange for him sending Shang Xiuxun to Lingnan. Once the Li family and the Song family become in-laws, they will become the most powerful force in the world. Although according to etiquette, you should be the crown prince. Yes, but from the perspective of political interests, it is more beneficial to the Li family's grand hegemony to let the second brother be the prince." After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and then said: "Brother...are you...promising to her, if you become the prince? Prince, make her the crown prince?"
"She...how could she tell you the content of our private conversation?"
"Brother, it seems you don't know yet. ."
"What do you know?"
Li Yuanji took two steps forward and whispered: "Father... is also planning on Miss Dong."
"Father is also plotting against Miss Dong?" Li Jiancheng was shocked.
"Brother, your reaction won't be so slow, right?" Li Yuanji sighed and said: "The day before yesterday, I went to the back garden to relax and saw Miss Dong sitting alone in the pavilion looking at the water in a daze, her eyes It was red and seemed to have tears. I was worried that she couldn't think about it, so I went over and asked her if she had anything on her mind. She didn't say anything at first. Later, I moved out of my eldest brother and threatened her that if she didn't tell me, I would tell you about it. She turned She turned around and choked for a while and told me that a eunuch in the palace asked her what she thought of her father. Brother, you should understand what this means without me telling you, right? "
Li Jiancheng was secretive. He pondered for a moment: "How did Miss Dong answer?"
"Miss Dong... didn't respond to this topic, but the eunuch kept talking, so I felt upset and went to the back garden to relax. I said a few words of relief later. , she told me that you promised her that when you became the crown prince, you would marry her as the crown princess, help the Wang family avenge, and kill Xiao Meiniang and Dugu Feng. However, the emperor had been on the throne for some time, and he had been very ambiguous about establishing the crown prince. , if you fail to become the prince, and your second brother takes advantage of Song Yuzhi to marry Song Yuzhi and seizes the position of prince, with his character, in order to successfully seize the world, he will most likely use soft methods towards Xiao Meiniang and the Dugu clan, then the great hatred of the Wang family will be How can she retaliate? So at that time...even if she was unwilling, she could only ask the emperor to help her avenge her."
After hearing the third brother's explanation, Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and said: "Li Shimin..."
Although he was angry at Li Yuan's actions, he was his biological father after all and did not dare to disobey him. Li Shimin was different. His relationship with Li Yuanji and Li Shimin was not very good in the past, and now they are even more resentful.
“In the past, we proposed to use Shang Xiuxun to coerce Chai Shao, but he did not agree. He said a lot of righteous words and high-sounding words, and turned around to ask for people from the Song family in Lingnan, so he agreed and even sent Hongfu Nu. He Xiuning took people to Yulin. Now I understand. He didn't agree to do this at first because he got Yang Gong's treasure house. The contents in it belong to the entire Li family. We share the credit. Now, after marrying Song Yuzhi , Zhennan King Song Que is his big supporter, can the father not consider the feelings of the Lingnan Song family when he establishes the crown prince? The status gap between the future queen and the princess is not small. "
Li Yuanji sneered. Said: "When my father received a letter from Song Zhi asking for his opinion, he looked embarrassed. My father also felt that he had sacrificed his personal reputation to fulfill the interests of the family, so he felt guilty for him and wanted to make up for it. Hum. , In the end, all the benefits were taken by him."
"Despicable villain!" Li Jiancheng's fists clenched tighter and tighter, and his knuckles turned white and rattled.
Li Yuanji glanced at his elder brother's expression secretly and thought to himself, just pinch him. Just pinch him with Li Shimin. It's best to pinch him until both sides are injured and die. Only then can I, the "third son", have a chance to succeed.
"Yuanji, in your opinion, what should we do now?"
"This..."
Li Yuanji thought for a moment and said: "In the battle of Yang Gong's treasure house, Tiance Mansion lost troops and generals. Li Shimin's Xuanjia Jingqi suffered more than half casualties. Although Changlin's army was reduced in number, its main force still remained. Now his father had reached an agreement with Jieli Khan and Xue Ju in the west, and was preparing to join forces with Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu in the north, and Liang Shidu in the east. Li Mi, Yu Wenhua and Yang Tong attacked Luoyang in one fell swoop. Just imagine if something unexpected happens in this war, as long as we preserve our strength and have the Changlin Army in hand, will our father be able to blame us too much? "If you don't make your eldest brother the prince, who else can you make the prince?"
Li Jiancheng stared at Li Yuanji's eyes for a while, understood, and slowly let go of his fisted hands, stroking his long hair back and forth. Smooth armrests on both sides of the couch.
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Seven days later.
Lingnan at the end of September has a hint of autumn. At least it is no longer so muggy in the morning and night. The sunrise in the east and rain in the west have not appeared for many days.
The Eighteen Elite Cavalry rushed in front of the team, their golden helmets covering their mouths and noses. Only their eyes full of murderous intent could be seen. Their gazes were as sharp as a sword in their hands. Behind the eighteen fine cavalry were the iron cavalry wearing bright silver armor and fine long spears produced under the guidance of Dongming sect craftsmen. As thousands of cavalry galloped, the armor reflected the sun, making people dizzy, and the roar of horse hooves continued. Together, they are louder than war drums and as deafening as thunder.
Linglong Jiao Le's truce horse, combing the wind-blown green silk behind her ears, looked at the iron cavalry in front, and then looked at those behind who were holding long spears, or carrying strong bows, or The infantrymen who were rushing forward holding the ladder no longer had a stinky face, but were replaced by expressions that looked like they had seen a ghost.
Hu...
Dugu Feng stopped and looked at Linglongjiao, who was wearing a black mane of the same color as her, and found nothing unusual.
“Why don’t you leave?”
Since leaving Wengyuan, Linglongjiao has been like this along the way. She doesn’t know what she is surprised about. Even her cold saintly appearance The characters are gone.
"No...nothing, I'm fine."
Linglongjiao looked dazed, her tone was strange, and she didn't seem to be okay at all.
"Is everything okay? Your expression doesn't look like you're fine."
"I was just thinking about the holy water."
It happened that a general brought a soldier with him to join the army. Passing below, the breeze carried the conversation between the two.
"Chai Shilang is really a genius of the world. He went to Chang'an with one man and one servant, and defeated the Li family's army. Now he actually knows the art of praying to gods for blessings. I led an army of eight hundred. Before arriving at Wengyuan, there were already four The adults were acclimated, and two adults lost their fighting ability completely. However, since Mr. Chai brought the holy water given by the Heavenly Official for everyone to cook porridge, in just three or five days, those who were acclimated were all cured. Look at the front The soldiers are all in high spirits and lively. They eat well and sleep well. If they are bitten by common poisonous insects, they will be fine if they drink more water and rest for half an hour. How can they have to travel a long distance to the north? The army is marching south.”
"Yes, this holy water is so miraculous. All the generals and counselors say that the Empress Dowager and Empress Luan are going to fight in person. It is because of God's help that the battle will be won."
"..."
Linglong The corners of her mouth and cheek muscles seemed to be out of control, pulling back again and again.
The whole army thought that Chai Shilang was a star descended from the sky, and could communicate with the spirit officials of the gods and obtain holy water to heal everyone's bodies. She was the only one who served Chai Shilang every day to bathe and change clothes, give him a bath, and occasionally accompany him. People who sleep understand, fart holy water? That's his bathwater.
Bathing water and boiling porridge can cure acclimatization and various dampness and malignant sores, which is really extraordinary.
This is also the reason why her expression management has been very bad since she left Wengyuan.
"Drive, drive, drive..."
At this moment, wearing a dark mountain armor, carrying two maces and infinite swords on the horse's back, he faced Siren and Shangguan Long, who was pale and had goldfish eyes, accompanied Chu Pingsheng, whose hair was much shorter, from behind.
“I just received news from the rear troops that Zhennan King Song Que is fighting fiercely in Zhenyang County with the Jiangnan Army escorting our food and grass supplies. Now the vanguard troops can only carry dry food for two days. . ”
The sound was rolling, and Chu Pingsheng’s words resounded throughout the world, and could be heard by the eight thousand pioneers.
No matter the generals, staff officers, soldiers, or even Dugu Feng and Linglongjiao, they were all stunned, and their expressions were not very good. The army's food route was cut off, and one could imagine how bad the situation would be next.
The two of them couldn't understand why he would tell the entire army such bad news?
"Ten miles to the south from here is Cangwu City. The guard in the city is Song Que's younger brother Song Zhi. Cangwu City is the gateway to Yulin. Because it is surrounded by high mountains and surrounded by water on three sides, it is easy to change It is difficult to defend and attack. While the old city has stocked up heavy troops, it has also stocked up enough food and grass to last for several months. Now that Song Que has cut off our food routes and there is a supply problem, the only way to avoid starvation is to conquer Cangwu City in one go. , cut off Song Zhi’s dog’s head to show Song Que that his self-righteous tactics were nothing more than a mantis’ arm acting as a chariot in front of the Empress Dowager Fengwei.”
Chu Pingsheng rode forward, raising his hand high and flashing purple light. holding his sword, he shouted: "All soldiers, join me in the battle to kill the enemy, kill Song Zhi, and defeat Cangwu."
The soldiers looked at him with admiration and shouted:
“Behead Song Zhi, defeat Cang Wu!”
“Behead Song Zhi, defeat Cang Wu!”
“Behead Song Zhi, defeat Cang Wu!”
“… ..."
The soldiers all waved their hands and were hit with swords and guns, loudly greeted them, their courage shocked the clouds, and their murderous intent soared into the sky.
As he clamped down on the horse's belly, the sweat-blooded horse's hooves were flying, and it rushed out first. The eighteen elite cavalrymen who were tightly covered in front each led a team of one hundred and twenty iron cavalry, urging the horse to move forward quickly.
Xiang Siren and Shangguanlong looked at the army with high morale, and their admiration for Shilang Chai was like a torrential river, endless.
Obviously, before arriving at Nankang County, he deliberately allowed the morale of the expeditionary force to continue to decline. When it reached the bottom, he took a strong dose of medicine to change the situation.
Why do you ask the Heavenly Official to give you holy water? Soldiers believe this, petty officials believe it, but martial arts people like them don’t believe it. Just imagine if you use "holy water" to make porridge as soon as you enter the south of the Yangtze River. Today, everyone has become accustomed to it. If he succeeds and uses it after entering Lingnan, the soldiers will not only be grateful to him, but also regard it as God's will. You can imagine how it will help improve morale.
In this case, Song Que's cutting off the army's food route will only stimulate the soldiers and give them the courage to risk everything, and Chai Shilang can also use this to rally the army's morale and defeat the enemy.
In this way, with this momentum, Chu Pingsheng led a vanguard force of 8,000 people all the way to Cangwu City, an important town in Lingnan, at the gate of Yulin.
The Song army, which had received the news early, had already made defensive arrangements. In order to deal with the cavalry troops, several rows of resisting horses were placed in the open space in front of the city gate, with trenches interspersed in the middle. Inside, you could see soldiers holding guns and shields. Soldier - the spear is for poking the horse, the shield is for protecting against arrows.
(End of this chapter)