Chapter 1152 Heart-to-Heart Talk Between Father and Son

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Dad underestimated grandpa. He dreamed of becoming an emperor all his life. He told me that when he was young, he tried his best to please Empress Wu Zetian, hoping that she would make him the crown prince.

During the Tianbao years, he even thought about launching a palace coup, with the support of Hu generals such as Geshu Han, An Lushan, and An Sishun, but in the end he did not have the courage.

Until Feilong told him that I had the appearance of an emperor, he placed his hopes on me, so he always said that I was his heir, which actually meant that I could inherit his unfulfilled dream of becoming an emperor."

Li Dai sighed, "I am so mediocre! I never knew that my father had such ambitions. No wonder I couldn't be his heir."

"Actually, father can!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "If father is willing, I can support dad to ascend the throne as emperor, and I will be the crown prince for a few years. . "

Li Dai's face flushed immediately, and he waved his hands quickly, "No! No! Don't talk nonsense, I never had this idea."

Li Ye put away his joking tone and said sincerely: "I'm not joking, I'm serious, Dad can definitely ascend the throne as emperor."

Li Dai sighed and said: "I once dreamed that I became the emperor, and I woke up from the dream with a smile. I was already very nervous to become the emperor.

Aye, Dad understands your good intentions, but I really don't want to be the emperor, and I don't want to. Your father is not a fool. I know that there are many people standing behind you, and you are their representative of interests.

Not everyone can be the emperor. He has to weigh the interests of all parties and lead the Tang Dynasty to prosperity. I don't have this ability, and I can't represent the interests of anyone. Aye, don't put pressure on me anymore. "

"What about the emperor?" Li Ye asked with a smile again.

Li Dai finally nodded, "The emperor can, but you let daddy be the right prime minister for a few years! This is daddy's lifelong dream, to be able to inherit your grandfather's career."

Li Ye laughed, "Daddy is responsible for inheriting grandfather's career, and I am responsible for realizing grandfather's dream!"

"Yes!"

Li Dai sighed, then shook his head with a wry smile, "Your grandfather actually wanted to be Emperor Wenzong, hey! With you as a grandson, he can rest in peace in his nine springs."

In fact, Li Dai always hoped that his son could be the regent and not seize the Tang Dynasty, but Li Dai also knew that his son represented the interests of the entire Guanlong forces, and whether he became the emperor or not was not up to him.

So Li Dai has been worried and worried about gains and losses during this period, until his son told his father Li Linfu's last wish that his father's dream was to be the emperor, and the biggest knot in Li Dai's heart was finally untied.

At three o'clock in the morning, the gate of Sishui Pass quietly opened, and three cavalry teams of 10,000 people drove out of the gate. All the horses had their hooves wrapped with cloth. The soldiers did not ride on the horses, but led the horses to gallop. Behind them were 70,000 infantrymen. The 100,000-man army silently headed for the sand area of ​​the Bian Song Army Camp 30 miles away.

There is one thing that needs to be explained here. Although Wang Siyi, who has just been promoted to the general of the Plum Blossom Guard, is Wang Sili's brother, it does not mean that Wang Sili will also be loyal to Li Fuguo.

It is an open secret in Luoyang that the two brothers have different political views, but if politics is not discussed, the relationship between the two brothers is still very harmonious.

It sounds like a contradiction. One hates the eunuch party, and the other is loyal to the eunuch party. How can the relationship between the two be good?

So there is actually a deep reason hidden in this. Wang Siyi is loyal to Li Fuguo on the surface, but in fact, he is loyal to the Goguryeo Restoration Group. He has been fighting for the restoration of Goguryeo all his life.

Although Wang Sili was loyal to the court, he was also a Goguryeo native after all. He sympathized with his brother for enduring humiliation for the cause of Goguryeo's restoration.

It was for this reason that the two brothers had a very harmonious relationship.

The 100,000-man army was getting closer and closer to the Bian Song army camp. When they were still two miles away from the camp, a rapid alarm suddenly sounded in the camp, "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" They were discovered by the outer scouts.

Li Sheng immediately ordered, "Cavalry attack!"

"Woo-woo-"

The horn sounded, and 30,000 cavalrymen jumped on their horses, lit torches, and shouted and rushed to the camp.

The cavalry of the Shen Ce Army was not the cavalry of the Guanlong Army. The Guanlong cavalry was well-trained and could rush at high speed in the dark night like nomads.

But the cavalry of the Shen Ce Army did not have that ability. If the speed was slightly faster, they would collide with each other in large groups. This is why they marched with horses.

Li Sheng used cavalry not for high-speed attacks, but just for the advantage of cavalry in commanding position during combat.

Although the cavalry shouted loudly, they ran very slowly, almost as fast as the infantry. Only in this way could the 30,000 cavalry run in an orderly manner at night.

Although a little embarrassed, the commander Li Sheng knew that they had already won.

Wang Sili woke up in the night and received an urgent report that the enemy came to steal the camp, with more than 70,000 to 80,000 people. Wang Sili was shocked. He only had more than 20,000 people. How could he deal with it? The fierce battle would inevitably destroy the whole army.

He immediately made a decision and ordered: "Order, the whole army retreat! Retreat quickly!"

He simply put on armor and carried a big knife. At this time, Yun Wang Li Rong suddenly broke into the big tent and said in horror: "General, the enemy has already entered the big camp!"

"I know, get on the horse immediately!"

Wang Sili walked out of the big tent, turned on the horse, and saw that the West Camp was on fire, and the enemy had already entered the West Camp.

Countless soldiers threw away their armor and ran wildly in fear. Seeing that Li Rong had already mounted the horse, Wang Sili ordered: "Retreat!"

He led a thousand soldiers to retreat on horseback, guarding Prince Yun Li Rong.

Tens of thousands of Shen Ce troops rushed into the camp from three directions. Although there were a thousand crossbow soldiers shooting defenses and killing hundreds of people, it had no effect. There were too many enemy troops, like locusts covering the sky and the earth, rushing into the camp, setting fire and killing people everywhere.

Li Sheng waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Order the cavalry to pursue at full speed and annihilate the enemy!"

Without the team and formation, the cavalry began to chase the enemy in the endless wheat fields. At this time, the distance was large, so there was no need to worry about the problem of cavalry collision, and the speed was obviously increased.

Gradually caught up with the fleeing Bian Song soldiers, the Shen Ce army waved their swords to kill, and the soldiers who escaped the war horses were either killed or kneeled down to surrender.

The cavalry chased for more than 30 miles before finally stopping, and Xingyang County was in front.

In this battle, although the fighting power of the Shen Ce Army was average, the main general Li Sheng was very powerful, good at making surprise attacks and commanding properly. In addition, they had a large number of people, four times that of the Bian Song Army, and still won a great victory, killing more than 4,000 enemies and nearly 8,000 surrendered, winning the second great victory against the Three Kings Rebellion.

Li Sheng did not stop, cleaned up the battlefield a little, and led the army to escort 8,000 prisoners of war back to Luoyang overnight.

Although the eunuchs thought that Li Ye would not send troops, Li Sheng's intuition told him that Li Ye had already come, otherwise there would be no news on the Hangu Road.

Li Ye hid in the dark like a wolf, waiting for the opportunity to come, and suddenly led the army to attack and give them a fatal blow.