Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Let's go in." The city gate opened, and Li Zhen was about to step forward.

Hearing that Li Zhen was about to enter the city, Fang Yiai immediately stood up and persuaded him: "Your Highness, no, the situation in the city is still unclear, or let the subordinates take people in to have a look first, in case all of this is caused by King Jin If something happens to us, it’s fine if something happens to us, but your highness, if you are injured somewhere, your subordinates will not be able to atone for their sins even if they die.”

"It's okay, I trust my intelligence personnel."

"But..." Fang Yiai thought for a while: "If not, you can go in if you want, Your Highness, but you can't be the first one. The subordinates will lead the way for you."

"Okay, then be careful yourself." Li Zhen saw what they meant, if she didn't agree today, she wouldn't even think about entering the city gate, so she had no choice but to agree to Fang Yiai's request.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding. This subordinate will bring people into the city right now. Please wait a moment, Your Highness." After Fang Yiai finished speaking, he gathered [-] soldiers and horses, and slowly moved towards the city.

In fact, when the city gate was blown open, the chaos near the city gate had already stopped, because the explosion sound from the city gate had already explained everything—it must be that the prince entered the city to quell the chaos.

Immediately, whether it was the armies of the two sides fighting in the fire, or the hooligans who took advantage of the fire, or the ordinary people who could not bear to be disturbed and rose up to resist, they immediately put down their weapons, and those who had a place to hide immediately hid, but those who could not Those who were evading stood neatly by the side of the road, making sure not to make any dangerous moves, otherwise, if they really wanted to be misunderstood by the army of princes entering the city, their death would be in vain... Suddenly, the originally chaotic streets turned weird. It calmed down. If it weren't for the one or two corpses left on the street from time to time, the garbage all over the floor, and the traces of fighting all over the place, how could there be any signs of riots?

"It seems that everyone is quite conscious." Fang Yiai's eyes were sharp, and he scanned everything around him. He is the vanguard, and his most important role is to clear away all dangers for Li Zhen's arrival. Very honest, but he still didn't relax even the slightest bit.

"Let the brothers scatter and search, and they must open their eyes a little bit, and all dangers must be eliminated, and there must be no slack." Dangers are hidden in the dark, and they must not be seen by the eyes alone, so in the After scanning several times, Fang Yiai began a more detailed search.

"Yes." The deputy general took the order to go, and the 1 people were quickly divided into [-] teams, and the house-to-house search began. Li Zhen will arrive soon. For his safety, at this time, they don't care about disturbing the people. What's more, the previous riots had almost harassed the common people, and Fang Yiai's behavior was much milder than the previous riots.

"Who is the leader here? Stand up and meet this general." Fang Yiai came to two groups of soldiers who were clearly divided. The number of these groups was quite large, reaching about 2000 people, and there were almost 500 people on one side. , while the other side is a little less, only five 600 people.From the point of view of clothing, the two sides are almost exactly the same, both are the same Tang Army standard armor, even the inner lining of the clothes is the same color and material, the only difference is that the arm of the side with more people There is a white towel wrapped around their clothes, which should be used to show their identities, and this is the only difference between the two sides.

Fang Yiai just glanced at it, and understood that the party with the white towel should be the soldiers who betrayed Li Zhi, that is to say, they were with her, and the corresponding opponent was naturally Li Zhi's loyal loyal... Thinking of this , Fang Yiai looked at the other party with a bit of unkindness. If he was not afraid of delaying things, he might have killed them at this time. The murderous eyes fell into the eyes of Jin Wang's diehards, and he was frightened immediately. His whole body was covered in white sweat, and his muscles tensed up, for fear that Fang Yiai would suddenly kill him.

"Last General Zuo Wuwei Zhonglang General Situ Jinnan, I have met General Fang." The white towel immediately moved out of the way, and a burly man came out.

"You know me?" Fang Yiai asked strangely. Although he used to be the top dandy in Datang, since he followed Li Zhen, he seldom wandered on the streets, and spent more time in the military camp or He practiced martial arts at home, especially after he went to Lingnan with Li Zhen eight years ago, he rarely returned to Chang'an. It stands to reason that apart from those high-level people, there should be very few people who know him.And this Situ Jinnan obviously came from a grassroots background, and he climbed up from the bottom in recent years. How could he know himself?

Situ Jinnan said with a look of admiration: "The second son of Duke Liang's family, the number one expert in the Tang army, although he has never met a general, he has admired him for a long time."

"Hahaha... so that's the case, really good eyesight, but you can't talk nonsense like a top expert." Fang Yiai was very happy to be praised so much by someone she didn't know, but she still whispered: "You That's all for the first half, but I don't dare to be the number one expert in the army. Datang is full of talents now. Although I have some skills, I am not the number one expert. Whether it is Xue Rengui or Xi Junbuy, they are no worse than me of."

It's not that Fang Yiai is being modest on purpose, but that it is the truth. Others don't know it, but he himself knows it very well. There are countless masters in the Lingnan Army, and Xue Rengui and Mr. Xi will not mention those who bought it. Let's just talk about Li Zhen's. In the youth army, there are several people who are much stronger than him.

For example, his disciple Zhu Xie Chihu (also from the Youth Army, but just like Luo Lin was taught by Xue Rengui himself, Zhu Xie Chihu was also selected as a disciple by Fang Yiai), is an orphan of the Turkic Shatuo tribe , born with strong ribs, infinite strength, even stronger than him in terms of strength alone, so Li Zhen entrusted him to train. Now, after four or five years of his teaching, he has fought against the 30 youth army and is hard to beat. The king of Yu, who was specially rewarded by Li Zhen, ran rampant in the south of the Five Ridges. If it was really a life-and-death struggle, even Fang Yiai herself would not be his opponent.

In addition to Zhu Xie Chihu, there are a few young men who are born fierce generals, either with great strength or special physique. Under Li Zhen's teaching according to their aptitude, they have all become invincible in the world, which is very difficult. Tangled, each of them can kill Fang Yiai with a hundred moves or so.

This is only from the Boys' Army, not to mention Li Zhen's guards, not to mention the thirteen knights. Except for a few of them with special skills, the rest of them all have unsurpassed martial arts. Not at all weaker than Fang Yiai and the others.What is even more frightening is that Li Zhen did not know where to get a Kunlun slave, who was over ten feet tall, covered in chicken knots, as strong as a cow, and even strong enough to wrestle with an elephant. , can actually hold back a running elephant forcibly, tear apart tigers and leopards, and pull willows upside down... With this strength alone, Fang Yiai is no match.If he was not a fool and could not learn martial arts, this person would have been sent to the army by Li Zhen long ago, and he would have become a real fierce general.It's a pity that his IQ is questionable, and he only listens to Li Zhen's words, so Li Zhen has no choice but to keep him by his side as a bodyguard.

There are many people like this. Although Fang Yiai's martial arts can rule the world, if he is said to be the real number one in the world, he is really flattering him. Those who admire him will come to challenge him. If he is defeated, it will be a big embarrassment.Therefore, Facing Situ Jinnan's flattery, Fang Yiai seemed extraordinarily guilty.

"No, in the eyes of the general, the general is the real number one in the world. The general has wanted to see the general for a long time. If possible, the general would like to be with the general forever." It can be seen that Situ Jinnan is Fang Yi. A fan of love, you can tell by looking at his eyes that are almost star-studded, if he doesn't think he is not good at manliness, and now is a special period, if he acts rashly and will be misunderstood by others, I am afraid that at this moment he will I'm about to pounce.

"Forget it, say whatever you want." Fang Yiai waved his hand, now is not the time to worry about this: "If you really want to listen to me, then you take your people out of the city immediately, and His Royal Highness will naturally I will arrange it for you, and we will discuss it in detail after this matter is over."

Although meeting fans made him very happy, Fang Yiai still did not forget her mission, and immediately asked Situ Jinnan to take his people out of the city. This was what Li Zhen had discussed with them in advance. It is these soldiers, as long as the soldiers are guided out of the city, then the remaining local hooligans will be dealt with much easier, and Chang'an City will quickly return to calm.

As for whether these people will escape after leaving the city?That's even more impossible, because before that, Li Zhen would promise them to absolve them of all crimes. Without the psychological burden, how could they give up such a good career and become a fugitive?You must know that in today's Tang Dynasty, being a soldier is a good way out. Not only is the salary high, but there are also many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. As long as you make a few meritorious deeds, the rewards you get will allow your family to live comfortably for several years.

Not to mention that Li Zhen didn't intend to bring all the troops outside the city into the city. A large number of soldiers would be stationed outside. With these heavily armed soldiers guarding, how could these soldiers without the slightest weapon be opponent?As long as the leader is not an idiot, they will definitely not escape, and they will not even dare to stir up a little chaos, and the commander will stay there honestly. If it is, then he will not be able to snatch the Virgin Mary.

"Yes, the general will take the brothers out." Situ Jinnan was very obedient, and immediately led his 1000 people to the gate of the city.

Chapter 1255 The eldest grandson Shunde (two in one)

Chapter 221

After sending Situ Jinnan away, Fang Yiai immediately suppressed the smile on his face, looked at the rebels, who are now the soldiers, and snorted coldly, "You guys are really putting on airs. The general has waited for so long, but no one in charge has come out. It seems that you don't take this general seriously at all... Well, the general originally wanted to find an excuse to trouble you, but now it's easy Come on, there's no need to find excuses."

As a result, as soon as he said this, the soldiers on the other side immediately begged for mercy, only to hear a team standing up and explaining, "General, please forgive me. It's not that the younger ones don't want to stand up, but our general was seriously injured and passed out. , there is really no way to get out."

"In a coma?" Fang Yi'ai was taken aback, this time it's not fun, originally he planned to kill a few to scare the monkeys, but his professionalism made him react quickly "If that's the case, forget it , bring your general out, we have doctors and medical soldiers accompanying the army, and we will heal him."

"Thank you general, thank you general, quickly bring our general here." The team on the opposite side was overjoyed at once, not afraid that what Fang Yiai said was true at this time, immediately commanded the team to move out of the way.

As the road got out of the way, four people walked over carrying a door panel, on which lay an unconscious person.I saw this man's face was like gold paper, his lips were white, and a long wound was cut diagonally from his left shoulder to his right waist. The whole person was almost cut open by this knife. Red's injury can't be done by bandaging alone, so even though Jinchuang medicine has almost covered his whole body, there is still a lot of blood seeping out from the gauze. Although he didn't die for a while, but still With this amount of bleeding, if he is not treated in time, he will definitely not survive an hour.

Of course, it wasn't this that surprised Fang Yiai, he was also a battle-hardened person, what kind of bloody scene hadn't been seen before?It is not uncommon to see corpses that are more miserable than this, let alone disemboweled, even if the whole person is cut into two sections, the intestines are dragged far away, or the whole body is smashed into a pulp, it is worse than pizza It needs to be more colorful... He has seen a lot of miserable corpses in various descriptions, let alone the one in front of him who is not dead yet.What really surprised him was that he actually knew this person in front of him, and he was still an acquaintance...

"Changsun Shunde?" Fang Yiai exclaimed, this is a famous person, he is also one of the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty, one of the first to follow His Highness Li Yuan, the great ancestor, after Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, he was worshiped as the commander of the army, He Pinghuoyi, defeated Linfen, captured Sui general Qu Tutong alive in Taolin, pacified Shan County, and made many military exploits. Later, he was worshiped as General Zuo Xiaowei and named Xue Guogong. He was prominent for a while, although his position in the army was not as good as that of Li Jing Qin Qiong and his ilk can be regarded as one of the big men in the army.

However, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he made many mistakes, especially in December of the first year of Zhenguan, Li Xiaochang rebelled, and his eldest grandson Shunde was implicated because of his contacts with Li Xiaochang, so he canceled his original official position and stayed at home from then on.Originally in history, Changsun Shunde did not have a long time of idleness. In the second year of Zhenguan, he was reappointed and died of illness not long after.But in this time and space, it may be Li Zhen's influence. After he was dismissed, Li Shimin didn't think of him at all, so that the eldest grandson Shunde has been so idle all the time. Because of this, his life is longer than in history. It has been 23 years since Zhenguan, and he is still alive and kicking.

What's more important is another identity of Changsun Shunde, that is, he is not only the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, but also the uncle of Changsun Wuji and Changsun Empress. In terms of seniority, he is even a generation higher than Li Shimin. He was dismissed from the official position, but the rewards from the palace have never been cut off, which shows that he still has a lot of status in Li Shimin's heart.

It stands to reason that such a person should be imprisoned in Xilin Bieyuan. How could he appear here?And became a general under Li Zhi?

Could it be that he secretly took refuge in Li Zhi?

"Wait...Maybe it's not necessarily the case." So far, this is the only explanation.And Fang Yiai also remembered one thing, that is, Li Zhen told him before that among the aristocratic families who supported Li Zhi's superiority, there seemed to be the Changsun family.

"It seems that this time, the eldest grandson's family will also be finished." Fang Yiai couldn't help showing a gloating expression on his face. Although the elder Sun Wuji had already taken refuge in Li Zhen with an obvious injury, deep down he couldn't help The idea of ​​bringing Li Zhen down, and then supporting one of his third nephews, for which he even became Li Tai's teacher.Therefore, Li Zhen and his subordinates are very upset about people who want to be on two boats.

But everyone in the world knows that Changsun Wuji is in Li Zhen's camp, and after Li Zhen got into trouble, he did not speak for Li Zhen in the court, plus the prestige and huge power he had accumulated over decades of business. Even if Li Zhen is very dissatisfied with him, it is not easy to do anything to him.Even if Changsun Wuji made a mistake in a certain matter later, and Li Zhen had a clue, Li Zhen could not punish him, otherwise, before Li Zhen made a move, ninety-nine percent of the people in the court, including Li Shimin, would Help Changsun Wuji to plead for mercy - this is something he can't do even after he becomes the emperor, and even after he ascends the throne, he has to reward Changsun Wuji heavily as a show of preferential treatment.

Originally, Li Zhen had already planned to swallow this breath. After all, Changsun Wuji didn't bring him too much trouble. Knock to the end.What's more, Changsun Wuji is a smart person. He might stab Li Zhen secretly before he succeeds to the throne, but once Li Zhen becomes emperor, then Changsun Wuji will definitely assist Li Zhen wholeheartedly just like assisting Li Shimin, and there will never be another A bit of a different thought——he is very smart, and he knows too well the reasons why things cannot be done. When Li Zhen did not succeed to the throne, he could make things happen, but once Li Zhen succeeded in ascending the throne, there would be no further changes. Its nature is the kingly way, otherwise going against the sky will only lead to death, not only Li Zhen can't spare him, but the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will never ask him for even a little favor.

What's more, once the throne of the Tang Dynasty changes frequently, it will inevitably have an impact on the stability of the country. Now that the Tang Dynasty is unprecedentedly strong, while the surrounding alien races are always vigilant against the Tang Dynasty, they may not have the idea of ​​stepping on the Tang Dynasty. Weakness, then the surrounding alien races will definitely not give up this opportunity.The reason why the Changsun family is strong is because they are attached to the Tang Dynasty. If the Datang is stable, the Changsun family will continue to be strong. If the Datang is weakened or even destroyed, the Changsun family will also be destroyed. Changsun Wuji understands how Mao will follow this truth better than anyone else.

So once Li Zhen succeeds to the throne, his only choice is to assist Li Zhen wholeheartedly, and Li Zhen will put more emphasis on his talent, and the two will work together to bring Datang to a higher peak.

But it is different now, Changsun Shunde took refuge in King Jin Li Zhi, no matter what difficulties he has, the fact is that he rebelled with King Jin, and this is the final result of the matter.No matter which dynasty it is in, rebellion is a felony to punish the nine clans.If Changsun Shunde's rebellion fails, then the entire Changsun family will be affected. Perhaps for the sake of the late Empress Wende, Li Zhen will not kill the Changsun family, but it is inevitable that he will be removed from all positions, demoted to the people, and exiled to the frontier. of.

In other words, from now on, the Changsun family will completely stay away from the center of power in the Tang Dynasty. In a few decades, the Tianjiao of the Changsun family may lead the family to rise again, but with Changsun Shunde's rebellion this time, they will never even think about entering the Tang court. Well, unless the dynasty is changed, their ancestors can only be ordinary people for generations, and at most they will become a business family, rich enough to rival the country.

"Changsun Shunde, Changsun Shunde, you cheater, you have cheated the entire Changsun family this time." Fang Yiai looked at the Changsun Shunde who was about to die, and muttered to herself, but in her heart They all said that poor people must have something to hate. Don't look at Changsun's miserable future, but all of this is what they asked for. If they weren't too greedy, why would there be such a thing? end?

If they can be honest, even if they don't stand in line with Li Zhen, but just remain neutral, after Li Zhen succeeds to the throne, the rewards that should be given to them will not be much less. After all, if counted by seniority, Li Zhen has to be called the eldest grandson Wuji said uncle, although this uncle is not relative, but with the ability of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Zhen would not exclude him from the court, but would appoint him heavily.

However, it is a pity that the Changsun family did not choose a method to die by themselves, and actually followed Li Zhi to rebel and forced Li Shimin to abdicate. This is what they are looking for.It is true that only a small number of members of the Changsun family really did this, and most of them did not know about it, but the law of the Tang Dynasty does not care whether you participated or not, as long as you are a member of the Changsun family, then this time cannot be avoided Punishment—what's more, Changsun Shunde made such a big move. As the head of the family, Changsun Wuji, if he didn't notice it at all, it was simply impossible.However, he noticed Changsun Shunde's plan, but he didn't stop it in time, and he didn't report it to the court. Instead, he chose to let it go. This alone was enough to make Changsun Wuji beyond redemption.

"Medical soldier, come and treat him quickly. You must save his life. This is a big man, so don't let him die." No matter what he was thinking about during his mental journey, Fang Yiai quickly made the final decision. right decision.

"Yes." Soon, several medical soldiers ran over with their medical kits in their arms, and began to give emergency treatment to Changsun Shunde.

"That's all I can help you with. I hope you can get through it." Looking at the medical soldiers who had already started to work, Fang Yiai sighed.

The life and death of Changsun Shunde is actually not important, because there are too many people who know that he followed Li Zhi, and it is definitely impossible for Changsun to suppress him, and some people are willing to stand up and testify.It's just that this person still has a chance of life after all, and Fang Yiai couldn't help but watch a fresh life disappear before her eyes—it wasn't his mother, but as a professional soldier who was used to life and death. After that, there are often two manifestations. Some people become more and more indifferent to life, and eventually become a butcher who has no humanity and only knows how to kill. This kind of person will often end up as a murderous maniac or die at the hands of the enemy , or die at the hands of one's own people.

But some people have experienced too much life and death, so they are more and more reverent for life. Such people usually put down the butcher knife in the end, become monks or Taoists, and use Buddhism and Taoism to wash away the evil of killing on their bodies.

Fang Yiai is undoubtedly the real butcher. Hundreds of thousands of lives in Nanyang fell into his hands. However, he is neither the first type nor the second type. He should be regarded as a combination of the two. Body, just a little biased towards the latter kind of people.Does he look like a brainless reckless man on the surface, but he is a very delicate person in his heart, especially after he has participated in almost all the wars and personally ended the lives of countless enemies, he attaches great importance to life, so he often After a big battle, he will order his subordinates to treat the wounded, regardless of enemy or friend, as long as he meets the wounded, he will treat them.But on the other hand, if a certain war requires countless enemy souls to suppress, he can also mercilessly kill all the prisoners.

His personality is too complicated, and no one knows what he will become until the end, so that Li Zhen is a little helpless. He can only collect more scriptures so that he can study the classics when he is free. Wen, I hope that he can rely on the scriptures to wash away his hostility, and at the same time hope that he can use these scriptures to finally find a path that belongs to him alone.

"General, what should we do?" Seeing that the elder Sun Shunde was being carried down for treatment, the soldiers next to him began to worry about their fate again. Although he voluntarily surrendered, he should not be executed, but who knew Fang Yiai Will they be slaughtered as chickens to warn the monkeys in the future?What's more, even if they don't die, they may not be able to escape a severe punishment for the crime of helping the tyrant, and they will be exiled thousands of miles away, and it may be difficult to return to the Central Plains in this life.