Chastity Layman

When several cavalry sent by Daying wanted to intercept the Tang army, they were still one step too late.

With 30,000 Tang troops, Qin Qiong had bypassed the Turkic army and arrived at the north bank of the Weihe River. Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin led troops to meet them and led Qin Qiong's army to the south bank via the Xiwei Bridge.

Little Tuli Khan personally led his army to chase to the north bank of the Weihe River, but the autumn flood was imminent, and the Weihe River was flooded. The Wei Bridge leading to Chang'an on the Wei River was guarded by the generals of the Tang Army with elite soldiers at this time.

Cheng Yaojin guards the Xiwei Bridge, and Yuchi respectfully guards the Zhongwei Bridge. The two bridges are separated by ten miles.

Qin Qiong's army set up camp between the two armies.

The three generals guarded the south bank of the Weihe River tightly, with more than 50,000 troops stationed there.

At this time, the north of Weiqiao is Xianyang County, which is close to the north bank of Weihe River. Many riparian marshes on the north bank.

This enabled Qin Qiong and others to occupy the time and place, and had a solid Weihe defense line with enough buffer space.

But there is Chang'an City behind him, and Tang Jun has no way to retreat.

The battle to defend Chang'an has already begun.

Chang'an City, East Palace.

In the Lizheng Hall, in the darkness, Li Shimin sat up suddenly, panting heavily, covered in sweat.

"Your Majesty?" Avalokitesvara's maidservant stood up and wiped Li Shimin's sweat with a sweat towel.

"I'm having nightmares again."

"Did Your Majesty dream of losing a battle again?"

"I dreamed that I was fighting with Jieli. I was about to win the battle. Jiancheng and Yuanji suddenly came out from Jieli's army. Their clothes and hairstyles looked like Turkic people. They said they did not die that day, and later fled to Turkic. Now, following Jieli, he came to seek revenge on me." Li Shimin murmured, with lingering fear in his heart.

Avalokitesvara got up and went to light the lamp.

Then he poured another cup of tea for her husband, "Your Majesty, drink some water first."

Li Shimin gulped down the water, drank the water in the glass in one gulp, gasped for a while, and then calmed down slowly.

"Your Majesty is too nervous to have his heart broken recently, that's why he has this nightmare."

"Since June 4th, this is the first time I have dreamed of Jiancheng and Yuanji." Li Shimin sighed, "Maid Guanyin, do you think I can win this time?"

The eldest grandson gently stroked her husband's back, "Your Majesty, I thought about how dangerous it was on the fourth day of June, but in the end, your Majesty survived with the support of Shu Bao Zhijie, Jingde Xuanling and others. Now again No matter how dangerous it is, it can't compare to that time."

There was the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent."

Li Shimin got out of bed, "What military situation?"

"Shi Xu Jingzong, the chief of Zhenfu, said in a hurry. Yesterday afternoon, Qin Qiong, the governor of Liangzhou and the general of the left guard, led his army into the king of Jingqin. When he arrived at Jingyang Saga Fort, he encountered two thousand Turkic troops breaking the fort. Qin Qiong led his army to cover up and kill more than a thousand people. level, captured hundreds of people, and captured the nobleman of the Turkic army, Ashi Dewubupi, and wiped out his army, saving more than a thousand people in the fort."

Li Shimin thought it was bad news, and danced happily when he heard this.

"Shubao will arrive in a few days, why did he come so fast!"

"Is there any news?"

"After the Duke of Qi wiped out two thousand Turkic troops, he hurried on the road, broke through the enemy's interception, and arrived at the north bank of the Weihe River yesterday evening. General Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin were escorted across the Wei Bridge. Jieli led an army of 200,000 troops Chase to the Weihe River!"

Li Shimin heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Qin and Qiong were guarding the Wei Bridge and blocked Jieli.

"This is all yesterday's news, why are you reporting it now?"

The eunuch said nervously, "Because of the Turkic invasion, the security in the palace in Beijing has been strengthened, and the palace gates are locked at night, so news cannot enter the palace, so we can only send it in after the palace gates are opened at dawn.

At night, the gates of the palace were completely sealed off, and entry and exit were prohibited, because they were also worried about accidents at such a critical time.

"In the future, we can't wait for a moment for important military matters, and we have to play them immediately." Li Shimin thought for a while, "We can open a small window above the palace gate, so that after the palace gate is locked at night, if there is an emergency military situation, The prime minister on duty in the imperial city province can go to the gate of the palace and deliver the news to the palace to report, so as not to delay."

The eldest grandson said to her husband with a smile, "Look, Your Majesty, there is good news."

"It is indeed good news. Shubao is back, so I am not so worried. This battle was fought well. Although it only wiped out 2,000 enemies, such a victory is really needed right now to boost the morale of the army."

Li Shimin excitedly spun around on the ground barefoot.

"Immediately summon Uncle Bao to wait for the captives to enter the capital, and make the Yongzhou Mansion more lively, and let the people in the city know that I, General Qin, won another big victory and slapped the Turkic people resoundingly. "

"No, I will personally go to the south gate to welcome Shubao into the city."

"I also want to give Shu Bao the golden robe and the Golden Palace, and allow him to ride through the Zhuque Street and go straight to the Golden Palace!"

The more Li Shimin talked, the more excited he became.

This Xieli invasion put too much pressure on him.

The soldiers marched dangerously on the fourth day of June. Although they succeeded in seizing power, people's hearts were not stable after all, and he had just ascended the throne for only a few days, and Xieli had already killed the city of Chang'an.

For him, the new emperor who is not in the right position, he is so stressed that he can't breathe, and he has nightmares at night.

In fact, the danger of such a large army approaching the city of Chang'an is not what he is most worried about. What he is most worried about is whether the inside and outside of the Great Tang Dynasty Hall can be twisted into one rope, and whether they can be unified with the outside world.

What he is most afraid of is that when he is fighting with all his strength, someone will stab him in the back.

Qin Qiong came in time, and this gift was even more timely.

Inspiring.

"Your Majesty, it's autumn and it's cool in the morning, put on your shoes quickly."

At this time, Li Shimin only felt that his whole body was hot and excited, how could he be cold.

"Where's that little bastard Qin Lang, is he still locked up at home to reflect?" Li Shimin asked.

The eldest grandson brought the shoes and bent down to put them on for Li Shimin himself, "Why is your majesty forgetful? Didn't he send some camellia fried noodles to the palace yesterday? After eating them, your majesty said the taste was good and praised Qin Lang for using the fried noodles. It’s a good idea to make dry rations for the army, it’s said to let Qin Lang think about the next good formula, let the Ministry of War try it out, and if it’s a good method, then it will be popularized in the army.”

Li Shimin snorted, "This kid is a third-rank man. It's too big to be useful when he is thinking about dry food at home. When I am employing people now, I will no longer care about his crimes. I will put it on the account for now and let him go out quickly." , at this moment, the Zhenfu Division still needs him to preside over it."

"Immediately go to Pingkangfang to send an order to order Qin Lang to resume his original post immediately, and let him hurry to Weiqiao to welcome Shubao back to Chang'an on my behalf."

It can be regarded as a reward for Qin Shubao to let the official Qin Lang, who had been punished at home, return to his post and go to Weiqiao to welcome Qin Shubao into Chang'an City.

Qin Lang got up early in the morning and was preparing to think about some new products. In the past few days, he has developed 18 recipes of camellia oleifera fried noodles and improved them one by one. The results are good. In addition, he also developed pot helmets, compressed oil cakes, fried rice, and meat floss.

Today I am going to study some more protein powder. The raw materials are locusts, small fish and shrimps, frogs, mussels, snails, fish bones, plus some soybean meal, and grind them into powder. This stuff is actually chicken feed in future generations, but he considers that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty now, Especially when going on an expedition, the nutritional supplements can’t keep up, especially protein and various trace elements, so I thought of getting some fish bone meal with some salt in it, and a small packet for each soldier, and it can be washed with water, and it can be dried directly It is also okay to eat, and it can also supplement nutrition during difficult marches and wars.

He even planned to wait for this new product to be researched before making green juice. He was forced to drink a lot of green juice by his wife in his later life, but his research found that in fact, as long as the young leaves of common crops can be made into green juice, tender wheat seedlings, tender vegetables, this thing is rich in chlorophyll , there are many substances richer than mature plants, which are indeed useful for health care.

For people who usually do not eat enough vegetables, this thing is very beneficial. Of course, it is not very helpful for people who eat a normal diet. After all, eating vegetables directly is the same.

Qin Lang wanted to get some young leaves for processing, but how to do it, I haven't figured out yet, I'm going to try dehydrating, drying in the sun and then powdering, and when I want to eat, I also drink it directly with water, in fact, it's like instant noodles with vegetable ingredients almost.

Compared with the pickles and pickles traditionally eaten in the military, it is obviously healthier. After all, studies have shown that many sauerkraut pickles that are only pickled in old brine, the salty taste is actually just a taste, and does not contain salt, so eating it is deceiving the mouth, which is actually not helpful to the human body. That's why it's not good for people who can't afford salt to rely on pickled vegetables.

Only those that are really salted can be used as a substitute for salt.

Qin Lang felt that pickles and sauerkraut were good and appetizing, but if he considered nutrition, he felt that it was not the best choice, so he might as well try his fish bone powder and green powder.

I was writing a list to the servants at home, asking them to go out and purchase various experimental materials needed, but Xu Jingzong came to the door.

Both Wei Zheng and Ma Zhou, the directors of the Zhenfu Department, have left, and the two Sima Cui Dunli and Zheng Xuanli have also been transferred away, and Qin Lang has also left the Yamen for business in Hebei. After being dismissed, Xu Jingzong became the interim chief executive of the department, temporarily presiding over the affairs of the department.

Without Qin Lang, Ma Zhou and others, he feels pretty good in the department now.

Who knew, Qin Lang had just been dismissed from office for a few days, but a decree came out from the palace today asking him to come and invite Qin Lang to return to his post.

"Sanlang, His Majesty loves you very much."

Xu Jingzong tasted the new Camellia oleifera produced by the Qin family. This is a luxurious version. It uses beef marrow bone oil, eighteen kinds of nuts, and even top-quality tea. Millet, soybeans, and wheat are ground and roasted. , plus fresh milk.

When it is simmered on a low fire, it is really full of tea fragrance.

Over there, Wei Chang still had great respect for Qin Lang, and told him that Qin Qiong had led Liangzhou King Qin's army to Beijing and had won a big victory.

"I, Aye, will be back? Then what are you waiting for, go, go to Weiqiao to welcome me, Aye, back to Beijing!"

It has only been a few days of being locked at home, and it is indeed a bit boring to study these things all day.

Xu Jingzong originally wanted to taste that bowl of fragrant camellia, but Qin Lang directly pulled him away. Xu Jingzong watched the bowl of camellia getting farther and farther away from him, with a helpless expression on his face .