The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

In the past few days, in the city of Chang'an, there have been many more people fleeing from Suizhou. Although Du Rui does not leave home, he has also received a lot of news from Du Gui and his son. Regarding the news that Suizhou city was breached, Du Rui wasn't surprised that Suizhou was lonely on the border, and even if the nearby Datang army wanted to rescue them, it was too late. What surprised Du Rui was that it took the Turks more than ten days to break through Suizhou.

At this time, Du Rui was drawing out a map of the territory of the Tang Dynasty based on the memory of his previous life. After studying it carefully, he couldn't figure out how it took the Turks so long to break through Suizhou.

Suizhou has suffered from wars, and the city walls are by no means strong. Although the people in the north are strong and everyone can go to battle to kill the enemy, they are still slightly inferior to the Turkic people who came out in full force, not to mention hosting Suizhou this time The battle was fought against Turkic Khan Tuli, who is not as good as Jieli, but he can also be called a man of great talent and general strategy. With his ability, it would never take more than ten days to break through Suizhou.

Just thinking about it, Baochai opened the door and came in, saying: "Master! That Mr. Qin is here again!"

"Oh!" Du Rui was startled for a moment, and then he figured it out. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian must also be worried about the war in Suizhou. He came here just to ask for an idea. Du Rui also wanted to know inside story.

"Invite Mr. Qin to the study!"

In the past, the two of them met in the front hall, but today Du Rui wanted to invite Li Chengqian to the study in the back house. Li Chengqian was also slightly surprised. He followed Baochai to the study and saw Du Rui lying on the ground. The thing that was laid, which he often saw in the Chengqing Palace, was the Great Tang Universe Map.This surprised Li Chengqian. He couldn't understand how such a thing could appear in Du Rui's hands.Just looking at the ink marks on the picture, it was obviously newly painted. Could it be that Du Rui drew it himself?

"Brother is here! Baochai! Watch tea!" Du Rui didn't lift his head, he was still studying the map, sketching the route of the two armies' march in his mind, he gave a casual order, and beckoned Li Chengqian to sit down .

Li Chengqian was still in the mood to sit down at this time. Fan Xing came back, and he was released by Jieli. He came back with a letter written by Jieli. Here is a way to see how we can save Fan Xing's life.According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, those who lost their cities and lands would be sentenced to death.

Thinking about it, Li Chengqian also followed Du Rui's appearance and lay down on the map, saying: "Chengming! Do you know the battle in Suizhou!?"

Du Rui nodded, and said: "Although my little brother hasn't been out for a long time, there are many border residents who have fled from the north recently, but I have heard of it, but I don't understand, with the strength of the Turkic people, how can they It took more than ten days to break through Suizhou. Could it be that the prefect is really so clever that he can guard Suizhou like an iron bucket, but why No. 15 was lost inexplicably? It's puzzling, my elder brother's family is a senior official of the imperial court, so I don't know what's going on!"

How did Li Chengqian know that he knew nothing about the battlefield, so when Du Rui asked, he told him what he knew.

Du Rui was startled when he heard this, and studied it confidently on the map again, and said, "So that's it! This Turkic man really had a great idea, using Suizhou as bait, he laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for my Datang When the reinforcements entered the ambush circle, they were annihilated in one fell swoop, so dangerous! So dangerous! So brave! So brave! That prefect Fan is really the number one loyal minister and good general of our Great Tang!"

Li Chengqian was puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "Why did Chengming say this? Fan Xing lost his city and lost his land. Now the government and the opposition are asking the Holy One to punish Fan Xing. Why do you respect this man so much!"

After thinking about it for a while, Du Rui sighed, "If it's not bad as my little brother expected, this city of Suizhou may have been lost on purpose by Governor Fan!"

Li Chengqian was startled when he heard the words, and said: "This~~~~ Brother Yu, what are you talking about, forgive me for being blunt, I really don't understand it!"

Pointing to the map, Du Rui said, "The Turks used Suizhou as a bait to invade the border this time, but they did not attack, in order to lure our reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty near Suizhou into the ambush circle they set up. Then wipe out all the elites of my Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. If the Turkic people can achieve this wish, my Tang Dynasty will be really in danger, and Suizhou City fell on the No. 15th. However, the Turkic siege of Suizhou did not attack, clearly hiding a huge conspiracy, and Fan Taishou couldn't pass the news to the court, so he had to let the enemy enter the city. If the city is lost, the reinforcements naturally don't have to go any further. , He did this clearly to warn the reinforcements, but in this way, the people of Suizhou and that prefect Fan suffered! General Dugu and more than a thousand soldiers also gave their names in vain."

"But if you lose your city or land, you will lose your head. Could it be that Fan Xing is disregarding his own wealth and life?" Li Chengqian said in surprise.

Du Rui sighed: "This is exactly the lofty character of Prefect Fan. How important is a human head versus Datang's 10,000+ army? This kind of sentiment, my younger brother is not as good as it is!"

Hearing the words, Li Chengqian was also deeply moved. Seeing Du Rui suddenly kneel down, he said, "Since my virtuous brother sees it so clearly, I think there must be a wonderful way to save Mr. Fan."

"Brother, why is this!? Please get up quickly!" Du Rui could pretend to be confused at this moment, but it was wrong after all.

Li Chengqian thought of Fan Xing who worked so hard to help him when he was in Zhongshan, but now he was about to be beheaded because of the defeat and lost ground, he couldn't help feeling sad, and said: "Chengming! To be honest, my surname is not Qin, but the current prince Li Chengqian, this Fan Xing used to be the long history of my Zhongshan county prince's mansion, and he is very close to brother Wei, and even saved his name back then, don't refuse to ask for a good brother, no matter what, we must save him."

When Du Rui heard the words, seeing that Li Chengqian had revealed his identity, he hurriedly fell to the ground and said: "It turns out that it is His Royal Highness, the grassroots have nothing to do with offending His Highness, please forgive me!"

When Li Chengqian saw this, he felt depressed for a while. He thought he could be a lifelong confidant with Du Rui, but now that his identity has been revealed, and all the wishes in his heart have come to naught, he couldn't help sighing, "You don't have to be like this, my brother. We are brothers and confidants, how about we still be called brothers in private from now on?"

There is no reason for Du Rui not to be unwilling, if he is really asked to worship left and right every day, he is not very willing, now that Li Chengqian said this, it fell into his arms, and hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, my brother will obey! "

Seeing that Du Rui agreed, Li Chengqian was also happy in his heart. It was rare for him to meet a close friend, and he was afraid that he would be alienated because of his status as the prince. Seeing that Du Rui didn't seem to mind his status, he was naturally very happy, and said: "Since In this way, Brother Xian quickly said, how can we save Fan Xing!"

Du Rui sighed, and said: "It's difficult! The law is clearly written, and the governor who loses the city must die."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian said anxiously: "But Fan Xing is here to warn, he has contributed to my Tang Dynasty! If it weren't for Fan Xing, my 10,000+ frontier troops in the Tang Dynasty would have died. Isn't this great contribution alone enough?" Save your own life?"

Du Rui smiled bitterly and said, "His Royal Highness! Can't the Holy Majesty guess? I'm afraid the Holy Majesty also wants to let Fan Xing go, but~~~~~"

When Li Chengqian heard Du Rui say that Emperor Taizong would release Fan Xing, he couldn't help being excited, but when he heard the "but" behind Du Rui, his heart was suspended again, and he hurriedly asked, "But what?"

"But if Fan Xing just forgives him like this, and the generals who guard the city from now on can use the name of saving the people to betray the country to survive, then who will guard the territory for the Tang Dynasty? It is the Holy Spirit who let Fan Xing go on purpose, but The younger brother thinks about it, but with Lord Fan's feelings, I'm afraid he won't leave by himself."

Li Chengqian was startled, and asked in a trembling voice: "Chengming! You mean that Fan Xing will choose a dead end!"

Du Rui nodded with difficulty, and said: "If my guess is right, Lord Fan is probably on his way now. He is going this way to let the Holy Majesty explain to everyone, but how can the Holy Majesty tell his own conscience?" What about explaining?"

Du Rui said that here, two lines of tears have already shed, for Fan Xing, a great hero who has been misunderstood by people, and even for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who died in Suizhou.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel disappointed. He knew that what Du Rui said was right. Now not only the government and the public, but also the people think that Fan Xing is a sinner who humiliates the country. He was able to withstand all the pressure and let Fan Xing go, but with Fan Xing's personality, integrity, and loyalty to Datang, he would never just walk away. On the contrary, Fan Xing would choose to die and use his own life , to arouse the people all over the world to hate the Turks, so that Taizong can have an explanation for everyone.

Since ancient times, there have been many loyal ministers and good generals. When the country is broken and the city is destroyed, there are not a few people who choose to die. But like Fan Xing, who knows where the way of life is, but he has found a way to die, and he has a reputation behind him. How many people have poured sewage on their own homes throughout the ages, such great loyalty, great wisdom, and great mind, even Du Rui, who thinks highly of himself, is ashamed of himself.

He wanted to save Fan Xing, and wanted to keep the name of a loyal minister whose name was submerged in history, but unfortunately he could do nothing, Suizhou was lost, tens of thousands of people were lost to the enemy, this matter must be borne by someone, Fan Xing chose to stand up and use his own life to give an explanation to the world.

Du Rui thought about it, walked to the window, looked at the night outside, and pondered: "Master Fan, do you really see through life and death? I can die at the cost of death, but I can't see through the word of name, Du Rui is not as good! It's not as good as Du Rui!"

Li Chengqian was also feeling lonely for a while. He knew that Fan Xing would be lost to everyone, even Du Rui, who had always been omnipotent in his eyes.