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Chapter 217 As long as I am here, Datang is here!
Shopkeeper Qin is dead.
There was bleeding from all the orifices, and the body fell straight to the ground.
After recognizing Li Zhen, shopkeeper Qin bit out the poison in his tooth cavity and died immediately.
Li Zhen frowned. Shopkeeper Qin was an important clue. Only through Shopkeeper Qin could he find out the person behind the scenes who wanted to harm him.
Now that Shopkeeper Qin is dead, all clues have been lost. Li Zhen was very unwilling and ordered everyone in Zuixiaolou to be arrested and tortured to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
However, contrary to expectations, the clues were really broken. The staff of Foxiao Tower did not understand the inside story at all, and they could not ask anything useful.
In the Prince's Mansion, Li Zhen was sitting on a chair, playing with a ring in his hand.
This ring is made of polished jasper and is definitely not owned by ordinary people. According to the style, this ring should be a pair. This ring was found in shopkeeper Qin¡¯s room.
Li Zhen kept playing with the ring. He remembered that the handsome young man talking to Shopkeeper Qin seemed to have such a ring on his finger.
This finger pull is definitely the key to finding the person behind the scenes.
However, Chang'an is so big and there are so many people wearing jade rings, where can I go to find the person behind the scenes?
Li Zhen just received the news that shopkeeper Qin had opened a store in Chang'an twenty years ago and had contacts with many dignitaries in Chang'an. He had no relatives in Chang'an City, so it was impossible to investigate from the beginning.
It seems that this clue has been broken again.
Li Zhen was a little depressed. She was just one step away. If she caught the handsome man, all the problems would naturally be solved. Now it seems that she can only leave it to be solved later.
There is no time to worry about this now, because a big event happened in the border area recently. Goguryeo Princess Go Ying joined forces with Silla Queen Kim Seung Man to rebel!
Originally, after Li Zhen destroyed Goguryeo and Silla, both Goguryeo and Silla surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and became states and counties of the Tang Dynasty.
However, after Li Zhen and Cheng Yaojin left, Xue Wanche, the new governor of Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty, failed to continue Li Zhen's policy and forcibly suppressed the nobles of the original Goguryeo and Silla. The overseas Japanese added fuel to the fire, which aroused civil unrest.
Gao Ying, the former princess of Goguryeo, and Jin Shengman, the sister of the former Queen of Silla, took advantage of the situation and united with the old nobles of Goguryeo and Silla to launch a riot against the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
Because Gao Ying and Jin Shengman had strong appeal, the riot team grew bigger and bigger like a snowball. Xue Wanche sent troops to conquer, but was defeated. As a result, riots spread throughout the peninsula. The former Silla Army general Jin Xiangchen rebelled, and the Tang army In a short period of time, they were completely driven out of Silla and Goguryeo.
At the same time, the Kou Kingdom came back and invaded Baekje, and the Tang army was forced to withdraw from Baekje.
In just two months, the Tang army lost the Korean Peninsula and the Liaodong area that it had finally conquered.
The Kou State, Goguryeo, and Silla allied forces attacked Liucheng at the same time. Xue Wanche defended Liucheng and asked for help from Chang'an.
When Li Shimin heard about this, he was furious and wanted to conquer Goguryeo himself.
However, Li Shimin's health has been in poor condition for the past two years. After discussing with the ministers, Li Shimin decided to send Li Zhen to conquer Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula on his behalf.
Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were destroyed by Li Zhen. Faced with his efforts being in vain, Li Zhen felt very uncomfortable. Since the emperor was ill and unable to conquer in person, he was naturally shouldering the responsibility!
At that time, Li Shimin ordered Cheng Yaojin to replace Xue Wanche as the general manager of Youzhou, and Li Zhen as the general marshal to defeat thieves. He sent an army of 200,000 to Youzhou to conquer the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula.
Before leaving, Li Shimin called Li Zhen to his bedside.
Li Shimin asked Li Zhen: "Zhen'er, how do you plan to pacify Liaodong and North Korea during this expedition?"
Li Zhen said: "Father, in this expedition, I plan to use both suppression and pacification to bring Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula back under the rule of the Tang Dynasty."
"How are you going to deal with the Japanese?"
"The Japanese always want to annex the Korean Peninsula and Liaodong, and their ambitions are very great. What I want is to defeat the Japanese once and for all, and sign a city-wide alliance with the Japanese. This can ensure the peace of the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years."
"Yes, the reason why Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula are in chaos this time is because the Japanese are adding fuel to the flames. It would be best to defeat them. However, the Japanese are far away on the other side of the sea. How easy is it to destroy them? Does the emperor still want to go on a cross-sea expedition? Is the Japanese country going to succeed? With the national power of the Tang Dynasty, it is not appropriate to take any action now."
"When necessary, I am willing to lead an elite army to cross the sea to conquer the Japanese country. I will defeat the Japanese country so that they will not dare to look at me, the Tang Dynasty, for a thousand years."
"Okay! Okay! My son has such ambitions, just like me back then. Zhen'er, just go ahead and do it. I will fully support you. In this battle, we must permanently eliminate future troubles!"
At this moment, Li Shimin's face became more rosy, and he seemed to see his own shadow in Li Zhen's son again. He was astonished by the wind and clouds, swallowing up the whole world, who else but me!
Three days later, on the outskirts of Chang'an, Li Zhen led Cheng Yaojin, Xue Rengui, Shi Qing, Cheng Chuzhi, Wang Fangyi and other generals and an army of 200,000 to go on an expedition.
??Those who are careful can find that these people are all the younger generation and the old team of Prince Li Zhen, while the older generation Yuchi Jingde, Li Ji and others did not accompany the army this time.
Many people understand the intention of Li Shimin. Talents emerge from generation to generation, and a new generation replaces the old. The era of the old generation has passed, and a new generation of generals has grown up.
These young generals are all the prince's subordinates and will also be the pillars of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
This battle will be a battle between the old and the new in the Tang Dynasty. If he wins, the prince's wings will be mature, and the status of Chu Qun will be unshakable.
If he loses, those who secretly spy on the crown prince's position will definitely attack him in groups, and it is still unclear where the Tang Dynasty will go in the future.
Li Zhen decided to personally lead an elite army, and repeated the old plan, going straight to Ryugyong City, killing the core power of Goguryeo, dividing Goguryeo and Silla into two sections, and then fighting for peace one by one.
Although this is a bit risky, it can solve Goguryeo and Silla in the shortest time, then concentrate all the troops to destroy the Japanese who occupy Baekje, and finally conduct a cross-sea expedition to the Japanese to make the Japanese surrender.
It sounds easy, but it is extremely difficult to do it. Li Zhen is determined to succeed in one battle!
On the outskirts of Chang'an, Li Zhen was riding on the black horse in the garden, staring at the civil and military officials in front of him to see him off. Among these people, there were those who supported him and some who were against him. If he lost the battle, they would gloat and gather in groups. Attack it.
Therefore, for the Tang Dynasty, for myself, and for the people who follow me, I must not lose this battle!
I want everyone to see that I, Li Zhen, am the God of War of the Tang Dynasty and the Optimus Prime of the Tang Dynasty!
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