hsntnovel Chapter 2008: The Tension Brought by Li Shen
Chapter 2008: The Tension Brought by Li Shen
Separation always happens in May, and memories are the sorrow of missing you.
Early in the morning, Li Shen's wives and concubines got up early and prepared clothes for Li Shen.
Li Shen got up very early today. With the help of a group of women, he took a bath and changed his clothes. Then, Lu Dingniang and Wu Meiniang personally put armor, robe and helmet on Li Shen.
This is the rule and the custom. They are the wives who send their husbands to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
No one spoke. Everything that needed to be said had already been said on the big bed yesterday.
At the gate of Prince Ji's mansion, a hundred guards were already waiting there, and Shitou was standing in front holding Little White Dragon.
"My dear, I am leaving now. Everything in the house will be handed over to you."
Li Shen bowed to Lu Dingniang.
"My dear, take care on your journey. I wish you a triumphant return." Lu Dingniang also bowed.
After giving some instructions, Li Shen came to Xiaobailong, jumped on his horse, and took a bright silver spear from Shitou.
At this moment, Li Shen was wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, a silver cloak, and holding a bright silver spear in his hand. He was sitting on the horse, looking majestic, just like Zhao Zilong back then.
"Set off!!"
Li Shen shouted, took a last look at his wives and concubines, and rode away on his horse.
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Tai Chi Hall.
At the court today, Li Chengqian sat on the dragon throne and discussed state affairs.
Now that the Tang Dynasty is peaceful, he intends to promote some of his own ideas. With his father in charge, he is not afraid of any trouble if he makes mistakes.
The ministers in the court were also very considerate and would generally agree as long as their interests were not involved.
Although the crown prince is now regent, these ministers are just giving face to Li Shimin.
They were afraid, they were afraid that Li Shimin would lose his temper at the last moment.
When a new emperor takes over, the old emperor will often help the new emperor remove some stumbling blocks, such as demoting him, reducing his title, or allowing old ministers to retire.
This has been a custom throughout the dynasties, or even an unspoken rule. They are all afraid that something like this will happen to them.
"My dear ministers, since you all agree, let's do this. I..."
"Boom boom boom!"
Just when Li Chengqian was halfway through his speech, three rapid drum beats were heard outside.
Everyone's face changed drastically when they heard the three drum beats.
The same is true for Li Chengqian.
"Wang Zhong, go and see what's going on immediately?" Li Chengqian ordered immediately.
Three rapid drum beats represented a warning that an enemy was attacking. This had not happened in Chang'an City for a long time.
Everyone was discussing whether someone had deliberately lied about military intelligence.
"Report~~~~~~"
Just then, an urgent report came from outside and a guard ran in.
"Your Highness, a large number of cavalrymen were spotted outside the East City, numbering several thousand, three miles away, heading towards Chunming Gate."
"What?" Li Chengqian couldn't help but stand up. "Do you know who the other party is?"
"Your Highness, the distance is too far to see clearly." The guard shook his head and reported.
"Send someone to investigate immediately to see where the cavalry came from and immediately close all the city gates on the east side." Li Chengqian gave the order immediately.
After the Wuwei left, the court officials began to talk about it.
But no one was as nervous as before. It was impossible to capture Chang'an City with only a few thousand cavalrymen.
It is impossible for cavalry to attack a city on horseback.
"What do you think, my dear ministers?" Li Chengqian asked, and everyone immediately quieted down.
"Your Highness, I feel that this matter is somewhat strange. How could thousands of cavalrymen come to Chang'an? The important cities around did not send out warning smoke signals, nor did they send anyone to report."
Changsun Wuji stood up and said.
"I think so too. Unless these cavalrymen did not pass through the important cities, it would be difficult for so many cavalrymen to walk without being discovered."
Ma Zhou echoed.
Chang'an City is the capital, and there are important military towns on all the main roads. If you want to pass through in large numbers, you will not be allowed to pass without a certificate issued by the Ministry of War and an imperial edict.
Every important city has a beacon tower, which will certainly issue an early warning in case of any emergency.
Li Chengqian also frowned after hearing this. He thought so too. These reports were a bit strange, and the local authorities did not report them urgently.
There is only one possibility in this situation, that is, he didn't pass through them, so how did he get here? Could he fly here?
Suddenly, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, and he thought of a possibility. If they didn't pass through the surrounding counties, they could use the cavalry in Guanzhong.
Could it be...
When Li Chengqian thought of this possibility, his head started to hurt. The only cavalry around Chang'an City was probably the guard battalion of Prince Ji's Mansion.
Moreover, Li Chengqian also thought that Li Shen should be leaving soon.
Alas! Li Chengqian sighed secretly, feeling so tired. Even after this trouble was gone, there was still no peace.
Before everyone had to wait too long, a guard came running in and reported:
"Your Highness, we have already investigated and found out that they are from the guard camp of Prince Ji's palace. Today is the day for Prince Ji to go out for battle.
It is said that we need to borrow the passage from the East Gate to the West Gate. This is the memorial from His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
As he said this, he presented a memorial with both hands.
"Prince Ji is leaving for Anxi today?"
"I heard about it. Shouldn't this be reported to the court?"
"Your Highness Prince Ji is too ignorant of the rules. How can he enter the city with so many guards?"
"That's right. With so many troops, it's easy for something to go wrong. What if there's a rebellion? They mobilized troops without reporting to the emperor, and even came to Chang'an. It's not an exaggeration to say that they have a rebellious heart."
After hearing Wu Wei's report, the ministers began to discuss it, but most of them were not very friendly to Li Shen's behavior.
Especially since Li Shen wanted to pass through the west gate, there were thousands of elite soldiers there.
How many people were there in Xuanwu Gate back then?
Li Chengqian was also troubled by this. He opened Li Shen's memorial and read it carefully. After reading it several times,
He understood what Li Shen wanted to do.
The memorial contained a lot of preparatory nonsense, and at the end it said that he was leaving for the northwest today and had already informed his father.
Let Li Chengqian go to the gate of Zhuque City to hold a ceremony for him to go to war.
After reading it once, Li Chengqian really felt that Li Shen was fooling around.
But Li Chengqian had no choice. Now three thousand guards were waiting outside the East City. Li Shen asked him to do something, so he had to give him face.
Otherwise, what if this guy doesn’t go?
"My dear ministers, Prince Ji is leaving for war today. I should hold a departure ceremony for him. This is also a time to demonstrate the power of our Tang Dynasty."
Li Chengqian put down the memorial and said to the ministers.
"But... Your Highness, what Prince Ji did violated the law and mobilized troops without authorization. This is a bit..." said an official while saluting.
“In this case, Prince Ji did not know the rules, but he did not violate the law.
First, I told him last time that he could go there on his own after finishing his own business. Second, Prince Ji went to Cuiwei Palace yesterday to bid farewell to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty agreed to let him go to the war.
How about you all follow me to Suzaku Gate to hold a ceremony for Prince Ji to go to war?"
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