pappabearbooks Chapter 1052 Death of Chai Shao
Chapter 1052 Death of Chai Shao
Originally, according to Li Shimin's suggestion, some artillery should be brought in first and blasted for a while to blow out the rats hiding in the dark.
However, this time Chai Shao did not agree with such extravagance and waste. He directly rejected Li Shimin's proposal and stated: The situation in the enemy camp is unknown and the whereabouts of the enemy troops are unknown, so there is no need to waste artillery shells.
Instead of blasting them indiscriminately, it would be better to line up scouts and go to find out the enemy's situation.
The resolute attitude and the strong tone made him determined to confront Li Shimin.
Although he felt unhappy, seeing the other party's air coming in but not coming out, as if the end was coming, Li Shimin was worried that if the argument continued, the other party would die of anger in the next second.
When the time comes to ruin his reputation, he can only reluctantly nod in agreement.
Anyway, no matter what kind of ambush there was, the final loss was just a team of scouts. Tens of thousands of arrogant soldiers were lost. The loss of such a small manpower was still bearable.
So, despite the reluctance of Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji, they finally sent a team of scouts to check Cui Yingying's camp.
The scouts successfully entered Cui Yingying's temporary camp, inspected it, and found that the place was already deserted, so they hurriedly called for news to inform Li Shimin.
But when Li Shimin heard that Cui Yingying ran away under his nose, he felt as uncomfortable as eating a dead fly.
Changsun Wuji, on the other hand, looked at his eyes, nose and heart, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and he stood aside and stopped talking.
Only Chai Shao, who was panting heavily and rolling his eyes, grabbed Li Shimin's hand tightly and cried with snot and tears:
"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is in crisis. The Great Zhou Dynasty is looking at you in the north, Lingnan is constraining you in the south, and bandits are plundering outside. Your Majesty needs to put aside your past pride and treat people with humility in order to survive this great dispute. Take a place in this world."
Regarding Chai Shao's sudden teaching, Li Shimin only felt upset and angry.
He is the majestic emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Since he raised his troops in Taiyuan, he has swept across Yunei and has few opponents.
Now it's just because of carelessness that Chu Mo and Wu Xing Qi Wang fell into the trick and lost some soldiers. Are you, Chai Shao, going to rely on your old man and betray him like this?
Do you really think you can discipline yourself just because you are your brother-in-law?Believe it or not, I will take back all your rewards when you return to Chang'an?
After all, you are just a pretty boy who relied on your sister to make a living.
However, he only dared to think about this in his heart. If he really wanted to turn against Chai Shao directly, he would be worried.
What's more, this guy looks extremely ill. Whether he can return to Chang'an alive this time is anyone's guess.
Just when he was hesitating whether to ask someone to drag the dying man out to meditate, he heard Chai Shao suddenly cough violently, and then, a mouthful of blood was placed on Li Shimin's golden armor.
Seeing this situation, Li Shimin was shocked, good guy, I just want you to die quickly, but I didn't tell you to die now.
"Military doctor! Call the military doctor quickly!!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Li Shimin's hand was tightly grasped by Chai Shao:
"Your Majesty, no need, no need. I still have a few words from the bottom of my heart to say to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin looked at Chai Shao with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say.
But Chai Shao thought of himself and said:
"Your Majesty, I am already dying, and there are some things I cannot say out loud."
"I guess no one knows the current situation in Datang better than you, right?"
"Now that the country is surrounded by foreign countries, His Majesty does not think about how to drive away the wolves and gobble up the tigers, but he only thinks about suppressing the noble families."
"Look at what you have done now. First, Chu Mo, who was sitting on endless wealth, was sent to Lingnan by you. As a result, Lingnan has now become a foreign land."
"Then, you suppressed Qiwang of the fifth surname, and Qiwang of the fifth surname is now considered a traitor to our Tang Dynasty."
"One by one, one bloody lesson after another, Your Majesty, don't you think you did something wrong?"
"Now that I have only one breath left, I would like to speak from the bottom of my heart and hope that Your Majesty will not blame you."
"Now, we in the Tang Dynasty can only win over the family members again, give up the pursuit of the five surnames and Qi Wang, form an alliance with Cui Yingying, separate her relationship with Chu Mo, and then find him and get all his wealth. We Only then can the Tang Dynasty regain its vitality."
"If Your Majesty continues to be an enemy of the Five Surnames and Qiwang, and continues to fight Cui Yingying to death, then both sides will suffer in the end, thus taking advantage of Dazhou and Lingnan."
Speaking of this, Chai Shao began to breathe heavily, as if his end was approaching.
At this time, Li Shimin clenched his fists and looked at Chai Shao with red eyes.
If the person in front of him was not his brother-in-law, if his time was not approaching, based on what the other person just said, he would definitely kill him all over the house.
As if he could see the anger and unwillingness in Li Shimin's heart, Chai Shao coughed violently again, spit out a mouthful of blood again, and sprayed it on Li Shimin's chest without hesitation.
Then, under Li Shimin's eyes that were about to burst into flames, he steeled himself, grasped the other person's arm with one hand, and grabbed two handfuls of blood on his chest with the other hand, and then, under Li Shimin's shocked eyes, directly wiped out the blood Smeared on his face:
"Your Majesty, anger and unwillingness will only affect your mood and make you make wrong decisions. Think about the changes in the Xuanwu Gate and the Weishui Alliance. You were so wise and forbearing back then."
"And what about you now? You are so irritable and irritable."
"In the past, you won the world and defeated powerful enemies. But now you are about to lose the world and have forced out three powerful enemies. Your Majesty, if you really go to war with the Five Surnames and Qiwang, you can handle the cooperation of the other several families at the same time. Attack?"
Li Shimin stared blankly at Chai Shao in front of him, carefully recalling every word he said.
Although I feel that what the other party said is reasonable, I, as the majestic Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who dominates the world, can I really let myself put down my own glory and kowtow to those merchants and aristocratic families?Is it really worth it?
You know, once you make this start, if you want to stand up again in the future, then... . .
However, before Li Shimin could think about it, Chang Sun Wuji immediately noticed something was wrong with him. He took a few steps forward and pulled Chai Shao away from Li Shimin:
"How dare you, Chai Shao, to attack His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, you are frightened. I will pull him out right now and wait for him to be released."
Chai Shao just glanced at Changsun Wuji coldly, then turned his head again, looked at Li Shimin and said:
"Your Majesty, when a person is about to die, his words are good. I, Chai Shao, have said this. Whether your Majesty believes it or not, it doesn't matter to me."
After saying that, he vomited three mouthfuls of blood and fell to the ground dead.