NOVEL WEB Chapter 305
A series of books were sealed, and the eyes of the civil officials were all wide open.
What's going on? Why did His Majesty the Emperor suddenly decide to launch a large-scale attack on Goguryeo?
Song Zhen was still sitting in the front row with his eyes closed. He raised his eyes from time to time and observed the back of the old fox Li Ji.
He sighed in his heart that this day was finally brought forward.
In the original history, the Tang army launched a large-scale attack on Goguryeo in the fifth year of Xianqing.
Why did it drag on until the fifth year of Xianqing?
The fundamental reason is that generals such as Su Dingfang and Qibi Heli are still in Western Turkic and have not returned.
However, this life is different.
Because he came up with a "Ten Thousand Nations Come to Pay Homage" ceremony, and let these brave generals return to the court in advance by participating in the ceremony.
As a result, the date of the attack was accidentally brought forward by two years.
However, this attack seemed to be large, but in fact, it was just a tentative attack by Li Zhi, and the whole army did not attack.
Why? Because Li Ji didn't go.
Therefore, Song Zhen secretly observed Li Ji's movements and found that he didn't take the initiative to ask for the army to attack, which was a bit regretful.
As for why Cheng Zhijie was not arranged to go?
Because during the Western Expedition to the Turks, he was dismissed from office by the deputy general manager Wang Wendu, who was considered to be slacking off on the battlefield and letting the enemy go, and he was far away from the court.
From then on, Cheng Zhijie never led the army again and stayed away from the battlefield.
Before that, he said that he wanted to kill Song Zhen because of the disaster of the five surnames and seven families, but it was just a joke.
What ability did he have to fight against Song Zhen at that time? It was a problem to protect himself.
After Cheng Zhijie said that rashly, he felt something was wrong, so he changed the topic, such as beef hot pot, to cover up his embarrassment.
One is a new minister in the heyday, and the other is an old general in the sunset, how can they compare?
Song Zhen knew this very well, so he chose to laugh it off.
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At night, Tian Qi stood at the main gate of Yan's mansion for a long time without going in.
The guards of Yan's mansion naturally knew him and thought he had something to do, but he just stood there with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
Finally, Tian Qi mustered up the courage and took the most important step in his life.
At this time, Yan Zhaoping was putting on female makeup in the room. Although she was brave, she was a woman after all.
She looked up and found a tall and majestic man standing in the courtyard outside the window.
She put down her rouge and ran out in a hurry.
"Tian Qi, are you looking for me?"
Tian Qi didn't dare to look into her eyes. He lowered his head and blinked hard.
"Don't stand there stupidly, come in and sit down."
Yan Zhaoping rarely showed a rare tenderness of a woman.
Tian Qi hesitated to take a step until he saw Yan Zhaoping regain her fierce side. After rolling up his sleeves, he hurriedly said hesitantly.
"I, I'm leaving."
"Ah?" Yan Zhaoping didn't understand.
Tian Qi opened his mouth, but many words were swallowed into his stomach. He couldn't say anything.
"Where are you going?"
"A thousand miles away."
"What are you going for?" Yan Zhaoping didn't know that the Tang Dynasty was about to go on an expedition to Goguryeo. This was a secret of the court, and it would only be known to the world on the day of the expedition.
Tian Qi didn't speak, and then looked at her deeply.
After a long time, he finally uttered four words.
"Wait for me to come back!"
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After saying that, Tian Qi turned around and ran.
"Hey, the door is over there." Yan Zhaoping found that he ran in the wrong direction and called out hurriedly.
Tian Qi's footsteps paused, and he finally realized his mistake.
However, he did not choose to change, and still made a mistake, jumping high and climbing over the wall to leave.
This scene stunned Yan Zhaoping.
"This idiot..."
Five days later, 50,000 troops set out from Luoyang City to expedition to Goguryeo.
On this day, it was snowing heavily, but the official road to the city gate was still full of Luoyang people, looking forward to it.
The gorgeous carriage pulled by six white horses had been waiting at the city gate for a long time.
The Emperor and Empress personally saw them off.
Li Zhi walked over and hugged the five generals one by one.
"Emperor, you must not do that. There is a difference between the monarch and the minister." Su Dingfang took a step back, fearing that the sharp part of the Mingguang armor would hurt His Majesty.
Li Zhi smiled lightly: "It's okay, you are a national hero."
Unable to persuade the Emperor, Su Dingfang and others had to hug him carefully.
Wu Meiniang ordered people to distribute jade rings to the front-line soldiers.
This was proposed by Song Zhen, which helped Wu Meiniang improve her favorability in the army.
"Empress, what is this?" Su Dingfang raised his head in confusion and asked.
Wu Mei Niang smiled slightly: "This is the jade ring, the ring, return, the emperor gave you this item, I hope you warriors, return it safely as soon as possible."
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers' eyes reddened and they salutedThank you.
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On the other side, Song Zhen and others were saying goodbye to Tian Qi.
Song Zhen handed him a unique six-hole jade flute and whispered, "I arranged for the people of the Six Paths Alliance to go there half a year ago. This is a token. When the time comes, you go to a blacksmith shop in Liaodong City and find an inn with the token. The owner is called Zhao Laoliu. They will help you."
It was not the first time that Tian Qi knew about the Six Paths Alliance. He heard that it was an intelligence department.
But he didn't expect that A Lang was so far-sighted that he even placed him in Goguryeo?
He nodded solemnly and carefully put the six-hole jade flute into his arms.
Then, Tian Qi's eyes moved to Yan Zhaoping, and he saw that the other party's eyes were red.
"Why don't you tell the truth?"
"I..."
Yan Zhaoping felt wronged. She just said it casually, but she didn't expect you to take it seriously.
At this time, the seven-year-old Song Ruoshui raised her baby face and stretched out her hands for a hug.
"Aye, promise Xiaoshui that you must be careful." Song Ruoshui hugged his neck and kissed him on the side of his face.
Tian Qi smiled and teased her, then put her in Song Zhen's arms.
"Song Tianqi, the commander said it's time to set off."
"Okay." Tian Qi stood up on the horse, holding the reins in his hand and looking forward.
On the city gate, a series of deep military trumpets were blown.
Yan Zhaoping followed all the way and threw something to Tian Qi.
Tian Qi caught it and looked down. It turned out to be a talisman?
"Song Tianqi, you remember this lady, you must come back alive!"
"Okay!" Tian Qi did not look back, and he did not dare to look back, just waved his hand, as a farewell.
Yan Zhaoping stood there blankly, murmuring in a voice that only she could hear.
"I'll wait for you."
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At this time, outside the city gate, drums were placed on both sides, and the musicians beat them together.
When Su Dingfang heard this melody, wasn't it the music played by the army at the ceremony?
That's right, it was "Trampling Jizhou".
In the army, the soldiers also responded by beating drums and blowing trumpets.
When the soldiers left the city, the music changed. A loud military trumpet sounded from not far away, and a group of musicians sang loudly.
Tian Qi shouted: "The smoke of war rises, the mountains and rivers look north, sing!"
The rows of soldiers behind him braved the wind and snow, singing loudly at the top of their lungs.
"......"
"I am willing to defend the land and open up the borders."
"The great Tang Shenzhou wants all four directions to come and congratulate!"
Su Dingfang, Qibi Heli, Xue Rengui, Cheng Mingzhen, and Liu Boying turned around and looked at the gate of Dongdu.
Then, they looked to the north with a firm look in their eyes.
"Goguryeo, Baekje, we are coming!"