The Human Emperor - zChapter 28

This time he was summoned by the Emperor Tang and came to the Taiji Hall to face the holy.

Although the Battle of Uszang deterred Uszang with only 30 crossbows and directly laid the foundation for victory, Li Taiyi knew that this victory was only the first time he used the crossbows by surprise.

Not to mention, in the subsequent war with Uszang, Li Taiyi fully realized the shortcomings of Datang’s too few arms.

So after returning to Beijing triumphantly, Li Taiyi immediately posted a paper about the training of the Datang arms, suggesting that the generals should talk about their ideas for training new arms to supplement the deficiencies of the Datang arms.

Unexpectedly, after the Zhezi was handed to the Emperor Tang, he received great attention from the Emperor Tang. This time he came to the Taiji Hall to be related to this matter.

“Isn’t he supposed to have left long ago? Why did he only come out now?”

Li Taiyi secretly said in her heart, frowning deeply.

He has been thinking and deliberately avoiding the news that the eldest prince returned to Beijing. According to his calculations, under normal circumstances, after the eldest prince Li Xuantu enters the palace and meets Emperor Tang, he should leave soon.

Even if he was summoned by Emperor Tang, they would stagger each other.

But for some reason, the eldest prince seemed to be delayed by something, and the time to leave the palace was delayed, which led to the current situation.

“Are they Li Chengyi and Li Longfan?”

Li Taiyi’s heart jumped, remembering that he had seen Li Chengyi and Li Longfan leave from the middle door before. In an instant, a deep haze passed between Li Taiyi’s eyebrows.

The appearance of the two at that time was obviously not a good deed.

But Li Taiyi has no time to think, because the Prince of Tang Dynasty has already walked towards him.

“The third brother.”

Unexpectedly, it was not Li Taiyi who broke the tranquility first, but the oncoming prince Bai Yudan.

His expression was indifferent and he couldn’t see any expressions. He was just looking at Li Taiyi with sharp eyes when he was speaking, as if he wanted to see through his internal organs.

From the eldest prince’s gaze, Li Taiyi immediately felt a faint hostility, and his heart shook in an instant, and a faint sense of crisis arose.

His performance in Longxi, coupled with the second and fourth princes’ cheering and jealousy, I’m afraid it has already attracted the attention of this big emperor.

“See Brother Da Huang.”

Li Taiyi hurriedly bowed and bowed, his expression was decent, and there was nothing to be rude.

Right now his wings are still young, and his subordinates have gathered only a few subordinates, Wang Haibing and Wang Jiuling. In contrast, the eldest prince is just like the sky, and it is far from the time to confront the eldest prince.

Li Taiyi hadn’t noticed anything yet, but on the opposite step, Li Xuantu’s face was silent, but his eyes fluctuated slightly.

My third brother has always been stubborn in the palace, even in front of the father and the emperor. When did he become so respectful?

Is this still the prince Xuan who murdered people in the street, robbed people’s girls, and gathered crowds for gambling?

Almost subconsciously, Li Xuantu was condescending, suddenly looked at Li Taiyi, and looked carefully.

Li Taiyi in front of him, wearing a black narrow-sleeved python robe, embroidered with gold thread auspicious clouds on the hem, jade hanging around his waist, and a purple crown on his head, with compelling bearing, Yan Ru Shunhua, extraordinary.

Although his appearance has not changed, compared with the previous feeling, he is a bit more stable and less mad, as if he were two completely different people from before.

In an instant, a deep haze passed through Li Xuantu’s eyes.

He didn’t care about the Longxi incident at first, because in the past dynasties, this kind of princes came to the border and made war exploits.

He originally thought it was Longxi General Guo Dingguo who was bragging about the three princes and putting his credit on the three princes, but now it seems that everything is not as simple as he thought.

Li Xuantu didn’t speak, but the sense of crisis in Li Taiyi’s heart rose in a straight line, and he could clearly feel that the eldest prince fell on him carefully.

In front of this legendary big emperor brother, Li Taiyi felt a huge, heavy pressure like a mountain.

Regardless of cultivation base, status, power, party feathers, or the prestige of the ruling and opposition parties, the big emperor brother in front of him far exceeds his current self.

“Brother emperor should have seen the emperor father, right? The Turks are thousands of miles away from the capital, and the emperor has been overwhelmed, and the ministers will not delay the emperor’s rest.”

Li Taiyi said calmly.

At this time, he was still unwilling to have too much contact with his own big brother.

“Ok.”

Li Xuantu nodded slightly, and quickly retracted his gaze:

“You go, the father is still waiting inside.”

Li Xuantu flicked his sleeves, as if he wasn’t paying attention to Li Taiyi, and soon walked off Bai Yudan Chi with Li Taiyi.

The moment Li Xuantu passed by, Li Taiyi didn’t change his face, but he let out a long sigh of relief.

Anyway, finally passed this level.

“The third brother——”

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Xuantu’s voice suddenly came from behind:

“In the future, don’t come to the Taiji Hall too diligently, warfare strategies, training methods… it’s not something you should get involved now!”

Li Xuantu’s voice was flat and flat, as if he was telling something insignificant, but Li Taiyi suddenly shook his whole body, and fell into a cold sweat.

The folder in his hand!

Although he had closed the zipper and tried his best to cover it up, the eldest prince Li Xuantu seemed to have seen clearly at the moment, without any comment.

“call!”

The air surging, a burst of air-breaking sound came, not to Li Taiyi, after saying this, Li Xuantu quickly disappeared in the direction behind him.

Li Taiyi stood there blankly, unable to speak for a long time.

“Ugh!”

With a light sigh, Li Taiyi’s eyes flashed with a heavy look, and he quickly stepped into the Tai Chi Hall.

In the distance, in a dark voice, not many people noticed that a figure had been watching all this silently. When they saw the two leave, a smug smile appeared on the corner of the man’s mouth and quickly moved towards the second prince’s residence.

…

Just a moment later.

Hanyang Palace, the palace of the second prince.

“Second brother, just received the news, the eldest brother suddenly had a movement. His people collected a lot of the third brother’s news and sent them to the East Palace.”

The fourth prince Li Longfan suddenly opened the gate of the palace happily and broke in.

“it is good!”

Behind the desk, Li Chengyi stood up steeply, his eyes bursting with an astonishing light:

“It seems that everything is as we expected. Brother Huang has finally started to pay attention to him!”

In terms of power, none of the royal princes can surpass the prince. As long as he can attract the prince to take action, Li Taiyi will inevitably fall into an extremely unfavorable passive position.

The two tigers competed, and his Hanyang Palace naturally took advantage of the fisherman.

“But the second brother, the eldest brother has always been arrogant, why this time we were suddenly moved by us and attacked the third brother.”

Li Longfan said suddenly.

The eldest prince Li Xuantu looked like a torch, and he was definitely not the kind of person they could manipulate. Before that, they were actually not at all sure.

“Hehe, Mu Xiu Yu Lin Feng will destroy it. The third brother has always wanted to hide, but can he hide it? As for Brother Da Huang, as long as anyone threatens his status, Brother Da Huang cannot sit idly by. , We are like this, how can the third brother be an exception.”

“I will see some good shows next.”

Li Chengyi said with a smile.

…

Time slowly passed, two consecutive victories brought peace to the capital, but for Li Taiyi, there was no time for him to enjoy peace.

Because he knew that it was not long before the battle of fate between the Tang and Turks!

Whether it is training a new army or expanding a crossbow unit, everything is carried out in an orderly manner under Li Taiyi’s arrangement.

Under normal circumstances, Li Taiyi would soon be able to obtain a powerful force he wanted, and he would transform Datang step by step.

Unfortunately, this calm did not last long.

“Report!”

Just after noon, a guard of Jade Dragon Palace rushed in immediately:

“It’s not good, Your Highness, I just received the news that the Turks have taken the border again!”

“Om!”

In the main hall, Li Taiyi and Wang Haibin were checking the news of various recruits training. When they heard the news, their eyelids jumped and they raised their heads together.

“What’s the matter? The eldest prince set out before, hasn’t the Turkic turmoil in the north been calmed? Why are the Turks making a comeback again?”

Wang Haibin frowned, his expression puzzled.

“According to the information received, because of the previous defeat, there seems to be a mutiny on the Turkic steppe. The original Turkic khan was killed, and the Turkic wolf owner who had been entrenched in the north, colluding with the Loulan and the big cannibal suddenly intervened. The war has now fully taken over the Turkic steppes!”

The Jade Dragon Palace guard knelt down on one knee and said respectfully.

Li Taiyi frowned slightly, but soon returned to normal.

This is not the first time that the Turkic Koubian has occurred. Although this time there have been more interventions from the Loulan and the big cannibals, according to the past situation, the Loulans control the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions at most, and the big cannibals rarely send troops to enter. Eastern world.

Moreover, Datang’s forces in the north are still there. It will not be too difficult to defeat the Turks, at least there is no problem in defense.

“It looks like Brother Dahuang is out again!”

Li Taiyi secretly said in his heart.

According to past practice, the northern Turks belonged to the “sphere of influence” of the great emperor’s brother Li Xuantu. Now that something goes wrong in the north, the father should send the great prince soon.

But it wasn’t this that made him really care.

“What’s the matter you just couldn’t say anything?”

Li Taiyi frowned.

Normally, something happened in the north and the Turkic invasion had little to do with him, and it was not his turn to care.

Li Taiyi always feels that this matter is not that simple.

“His Royal Highness, there is news from Lord Wang Jiuling that when the Supreme Harmony Palace was discussing, the second prince Li Chengyi had already spoken to His Majesty, and actively recommended His Highness to lead the army to quell this Turkic rebellion!”

His Royal Highness’s guard said in a deep voice:

“The big prince has also agreed!”

“what?!”

At the last sentence, Li Taiyi and Wang Haibin changed their faces.

Li Chengyi would recommend Li Taiyi for the expedition. Although it is surprising, it is not surprising that he contacted his usual style.

Li Taiyi originally thought that such a thing would definitely be rejected by the eldest prince. After all, there was originally his site, and as a prince, he himself would have the right to participate in politics and discuss politics when things happened. He would definitely be in the Palace of Supreme Harmony. .

But Li Taiyi never expected that the eldest prince would agree.

“This–”

Aside, Wang Haibin was also stunned:

“It seems that the first prince and the second prince have united and reached an agreement on the point of dealing with your highness!”

Wood show in the forest wind will destroy it!

This situation is extremely unfavorable for the three princes right now.

The first prince and the second prince are both the most outstanding princes in the royal family. They have a very high status, have high reputation among the officials, and all have the power to participate in politics.

The two reached an agreement, I’m afraid that Li Taiyi’s expedition is already fixed.

And everything was as expected. In just two days, the court made a decision: the prince had just returned from the north, and the three princes were ordered to lead the army and headed to the north to temporarily preside over the overall situation against the Turks.

Time is running out, Li Taiyi doesn’t have much time to prepare. Three days later, the northern schoolyard.

“His Royal Highness, this expedition is very dangerous, please take care.”

Gao Lishi stood on the school field, looking at the third prince Li Taiyi in front, reluctantly.

“His Royal Highness, there is really no way, has it turned around?”

Wang Haibin was dressed in uniform, with the last trace of hope.

“The Holy Order is hard to violate. The court has reached an agreement.”

Li Taiyi said calmly.

“The north is the territory of the prince, all soldiers and generals are loyal to the prince, we may have a hard time getting there!”

Wang Haibin said solemnly.

The Turks are different from the Usi Tibetans in that they have more numbers, stronger soldiers, and more aggressive, and they know Datang far better than the Usi Tibetans.

This is not the same thing as the Battle of Longxi, let alone the great prince Li Xuantu who has been operating in the north for many years, leaving behind a large number of confidantes. These people will definitely hold back Li Taiyi and the others.

“Internal troubles and foreign troubles”. Under this circumstance, it is no easy task to defeat the Turks, which the northern army is approaching.

Wang Haibin could even imagine that the East Palace had long been staring at him, as long as everyone failed here, the eldest prince Li Xuantu would go into battle again and set off to the north.

In this way, the prestige and image that the Three Princes had so hard to build in Longxi will immediately disappear.

Even with Emperor Tang, I am afraid that the three princes will no longer have the trust they had before.

Li Taiyi’s efforts so far will also be in vain.

“Heh, don’t worry, soldiers will come to cover the water and earth, no matter what, we will definitely win.”

Unexpectedly, Li Taiyi patted Wang Haibin on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Not only did he not see any heaviness on him, but he looked relaxed.

Crisis Crisis is not only danger but also opportunity.

This trip to the northern Turkic, despite the challenges, but if it succeeds, he will be able to rise completely and truly gain the attention of the Emperor Tang and courtiers.

——The Turks are the greatest threat to Datang, and it is also the best place to build military merits.

The great prince can have today’s status, and this is inseparable.

Most importantly, for Li Taiyi, in his plan, the next step was to go to the northern Turkic border.

Although the first prince and the second prince’s troubles were sudden, but on the other hand, it saved him the trouble of recommending himself to Turkic.

“Master Wang, you have worked so hard this time to walk with me.”

Li Taiyi turned around and looked at Wang Jiuling beside him.

“Ok.”

The latter didn’t say much, just nodded.

The difference is that this time when he went to the northern Turks, Li Taiyi also specially asked the Emperor Tang for instructions and transferred Wang Jiuling to go with him.

Although he was a civil servant, Wang Jiuling possessed an amazing talent for the art of war. In this respect, he was even better than Wang Haibin.

This is also the reason Li Taiyi brought him on purpose for this operation.

Time is pressing, and an army of tens of thousands of people, under the anticipation of the public, will soon set off.

Compared with the first time, Li Taiyi has a huge number of crossbows, and even the newly trained arms, lancers, archers, and heavy cavalry, have also joined the army.

As the army marched out, all eyes fell on Li Taiyi and the northern border of Datang, both inside and outside the court and the surrounding countries.

However, this battle was far more tragic than many people imagined, and its duration and scale were far greater than any previous battles.

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