Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Seeing Li Qiu and Yuchi Jingde like this.

Li Shimin finally reached the point where he couldn't bear it anymore.

Immediately there was an angry slap on the table.

"Li Qiu!"

"Yuchi Jingde!"

"Why are all the people present eating, but you two are the only ones who don't move?"

"Could it be that you two are more precious than me?!"

Seeing Li Shimin's long face furious, the breath in the whole hall stagnated.

Compared with those civil servants, military generals are more in awe of imperial power.

Civil servants, even at the end of the trouble, they dared to force each other with death remonstrance.

Even if he died, he would still have a good reputation as a loyal minister and direct minister.

Ordinary monarchs care about their own reputation, and they don't bother to be serious with these civil servants.

But generals are very different.

A little carelessness is a deliberate rebellion, and the family is ruined.

Seeing that the current situation is getting worse and worse, the eyes of Chai Shao, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others are full of worry.

At this time, under the attention of everyone.

Li Qiu stood up slowly.

Walking to the center of the main hall, he bowed and said, "The purpose of your majesty's banquet today is to remember bitterness and sweetness."

"However, the people in this hall at this time are all generals in the army."

"Chen, you are the youngest."

"But I have been fighting for several years, and I can't remember all the battles I have experienced, big and small."

"It must be even more so for the others present."

"For our group of generals, who hasn't walked back and forth several times before the gate of hell."

"What kind of suffering have you never experienced?"

"What kind of suffering is eating raw mutton right now?"

"I think back when the city of Youzhou was broken, the minister led more than 1000 people into Glenn's tent of the Chinese army and killed him."

"Then day and night, galloping thousands of miles."

"During this period, not to mention the delicacy of mutton, even the wild grass and vegetables have satiated my hunger."

"In another year, I followed Commander Li Jing through a blizzard, circumvented the Yin Mountains, and attacked the Turkic King's Tent."

"On that road alone, hundreds of soldiers froze to death in front of my eyes."

"As for Marshal Li Jing, at the age of sixty, he followed us through the ice and snow, going through life and death."

"In our Great Tang, no matter the general or the soldier, they are not afraid of death, so who would be afraid of suffering?"

As he spoke, Li Qiu unbuttoned his clothes one by one, exposing his upper body.

Showing the many scars on his body.

"On the outside, in the eyes of the people, they all feel that we are the generals present."

"How heroic, mighty, and terrific."

"Even in the eyes of many civil servants, we generals feel that we don't need to do anything."

"If you lead troops casually to fight, you can return to the court and enjoy the glory and wealth."

"But the suffering in it is only clear to us."

As he spoke, Li Qiu glanced at the scars on his body with a light smile, and then said, "I think every scar on this body is more painful than eating raw mutton, right?"

Listening to Li Qiu's words, all the generals present were all resonated.

I couldn't help but sighed lightly in my heart.

There was also a hint of bitterness in his expression.

And Li Shimin, at this moment, had already left his seat, and slowly walked up to Li Qiu.

Frowning tightly, he inspected the dense scars on Li Qiu's body.

In the past, every time he heard and saw, it was all about how brave Li Qiu was and what victories he had achieved.

But what he failed to see, what he noticed were so many scars on Li Qiu's body.

"Li Qiu?"

"I have been fighting for more than ten years, and I have never had so many scars on my body."

"And it's only been a few years for you, how come it's like this?"

At this time, Chai Shao, who had the most status at the scene, had already come forward.

Explain to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, when you led the army to fight, you were in the commander-in-chief position."

"As for Li Qiu, whenever there is a big battle, he will take the lead and charge forward."

"Furthermore, the fight between His Majesty and the ministers is mostly a civil war."

"Although it is dangerous, no matter the scale or the severity of the situation between the enemy and ourselves."

"It's far from being able to compare with the several wars between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks in the past few years."

"It's like when Li Qiu led more than 100 people to attack the formation, beheaded five Turkic generals, and severely injured Jieli Khan."

"The minister has not seen it with his own eyes."

"But at the Shuofang city, I saw with my own eyes the danger of Li Qiu and Yun Zhong rushing to the top of the city alone."

"The minister is now occasionally dreaming, and he will recall it."

"Although sometimes Li Qiu speaks recklessly, he is still a child after all."

"The illustrious military exploits he has made for my Great Tang, as well as his utter loyalty to His Majesty and Great Tang, are extremely rare."

These words of Chai Shao, especially the sentence "he is still a child".

Just like a thorn, it pierced through all the defenses in Li Shimin's heart in an instant.

There are all parents in the world, how can Lianzi not be a husband?

Looking at the scars on his son's body, he recalled the several life and death dangers he had experienced before.

At this moment, Li Shimin really felt distressed.

Li Shimin's eye sockets were a little pantothenic.

But right now, apart from shaking his head, sighed deeply, and patted his son's body with a little force.

He couldn't say a word.

And at this time, Li Qiu continued with memories: "Your Majesty, when I was in Youzhou, I saw with my own eyes that these Turkic people who are not as good as animals, cut our children into thin slices and ate them raw."

"They named their children two-legged sheep."

"Ever since I saw that scene, I made an oath in my heart."

"In this life, we must kill all the Turks, and weed them out."

"Come to avenge the people who died in vain, the women who were raped and murdered, and the children who were eaten by them."

"At the same time, it is also for my descendants of the Tang Dynasty, so that I will never suffer from future troubles."

"I believe that all the generals of the Tang Dynasty who are present here are deeply disgusted by the insane, beast-like evil deeds and customs of the Turks."

"That's why I don't think that eating a few bites of raw mutton can reflect my courage and bravery."

"I don't think that I am a majestic China, a great country, with so many rituals and traditions."

"What is there to emulate this Turkic custom?"

Chapter 764

Hearing Li Qiu's daring words, everyone present, including Chai Shao, felt terrified.

This is also something that Li Qiu himself has never noticed.

Military generals and civil servants have obviously different tolerance limits in the emperor's mind.

With Li Qiu's superficial sense of imperial power in his subconscious, and the boldness of his words and deeds, even Wei Zheng was a little startled.

Not to mention that at this moment Li Qiu is standing on the standpoint and angle of a general.

At this moment, people like Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others are ready to kneel down and beg for mercy for Li Qiu at any time.

They were really afraid that Li Shimin would kill Li Qiu in hidden anger.

But at this moment, Yuchi Jingde, who had been sitting silently beside him, suddenly stood up.

Then he tore off the purple official robe on his body.

It also revealed his upper body, and the scars on his body that could be regarded as the surface of the moon, far denser than Li Qiu's.

"I report myself to His Majesty."

"I, Yuchi Jingde, want to conspire against me, please Your Majesty punish the minister with death."

"The minister is dead, and the group of villains in Yesheng are playing the minister every day, which disturbs His Majesty."

"Oh, I have conquered all directions from your majesty for several years, and have gone through hundreds of battles. The survivors today are all left behind."

"Now that the world has been settled, it's even more suspicious that the officials will turn against you!"

"Think of me, Yuchi Jingde, who has fought on the battlefield all my life without fear."

"The enemy will be dead, and there are countless."

"I just didn't expect that the minister would follow His Majesty so loyally through life and death all his life."

"Seeing that I am getting old, I have come up with the stigma of deliberately rebelling."

Looking at Yuchi Jingde, his confidant who has followed him for so many years and was once extremely brave.

Now that he was so humiliated and wronged, Li Shimin, who was already emotional, felt a little cloudy in his eyes.

Then he took the initiative to take off the hood he was wearing, and wanted to put it on for Yuchi Jingde.

That was a yellow robe, how dare Yuchi Jingde wear it?

At the same time, Li Shimin patted Yuchi Jingde's arms with extremely apologetic hands and said, "Jingde."

"You have lived and died for me all your life."

"It even saved my life several times."

"Now I have treated you badly!"

"I didn't stop these people's continuous false accusations against you in time."

"It made you suffer such grievances."

"Since they falsely accused Jingde of treason against you, today I will follow their wishes."

"My robe, you have to wear it no matter what."

"It's as natural as when I was King Qin."

"In addition, set up a flying cavalry battalion outside the Xuanwu Gate."

"From the forbidden army, select talented and strong men who are good at riding and arching to enter the camp, a total of 500 people."

"Clothes in five-color robes, ride on a steed, use tiger skin as a harness, and follow me exclusively by my side."

"As for Yuchi Jingde, he was granted the title of Flying Cavalry General to take charge of this battalion."

"Since someone says you're treasonous, I'll let you always be by my side."