Chapter 26 6. Big belly can accommodate: save Li Jing regardless of past suspicions

In the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, some heroes rose up, and some heroes took advantage of the trend, and they all made great achievements.Similarly, there are also heroes who are frustrated everywhere, can't use their fists everywhere, and don't know which direction to go even if they go for refuge.Li Jing is such a person, even after meeting Li Yuan and Li Shimin, Li Jing has been fighting against them.Fortunately, his sudden awakening at the last moment not only saved his life, but also made him famous in history for his achievements. Li Jing has been known for his extraordinary talent since he was a child.He was originally the nephew of Han Qinhu, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. He was born in a famous family.From an early age, among his peers, he was distinguished by his literary and military talents.When he was a child, he made a big ambition, believing that he could definitely rely on this ability to make great achievements and gain wealth.His uncle Han Qinhu also said: "The only one who can discuss the art of war with me is my little nephew!" After seeing him, he sighed and said: "This person will definitely be able to sit on my chair in the future!"

It is such a young talent whose talent spreads far and wide, but he has no ambitions in troubled times.He first became a county meritorious officer, and then became a small Yuanwailang, neither of whom was a powerful official.And when Li Yuan was preparing to revolt against the Sui Dynasty, he was sent to Mayi County, Shanxi Province as a small county magistrate. After Liu Wuzhou raised his army, he colluded with the Turks and harassed Shanxi from time to time.Mayi became the first to bear the brunt. Even though Li Jing had all kinds of abilities, he had no soldiers in his hands and could not resist the brave Turkic army.Therefore, he came to Taiyuan to seek help from Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan at the time.

When Li Jing came to Taiyuan, he couldn't help but be delighted to see that Li Yuan had a large army and was still recruiting more and more. It seemed that this time he would be able to defeat the Turks with the help of troops.Li Yuan warmly received Li Jing, but he only said to suspend his request to borrow soldiers, and asked him to wait for a few days before speaking.Although Li Jing felt urgent, he couldn't force Li Yuan, so he had to wait for Li Yuan's order in the barracks. One day, he was walking around in the barracks, and accidentally came to Li Shimin's tent.Originally, I wanted to go in to say hello to him and find out about when the soldiers could be borrowed, but as soon as I got to the door, I heard someone laughing loudly inside. Li Jing stopped and heard that it was Li Shimin and his good friend Hou Junji, Gongsun Wuji was talking.

I only heard Hou Junji say loudly: "This time, we have taken back 50,000 soldiers from Fenyang and other places. Now, our military strength in Taiyuan can be said to be increasing day by day. In a few days, we will be able to catch up with that Du Fu." Powerful." Everyone laughed when they heard his high-sounding remarks. Gongsun Wuji said: "Our current strength is enough to stop Du Fuwei. If we grow a little more, we will surely be able to compete with Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and others." Li Shimin said with a smile: "Everyone can't be careless because of temporary satisfaction. You know, our biggest enemy is not these people."

Hou Junji said: "Of course we know that as long as we put down these rebels first, our strength will definitely increase greatly. By that time, even if the Sui army comes out in full force, they will not be our opponents!" When Li Jing heard Hou Junji's words outside the door, he couldn't help being startled. He stepped back and bumped into a spear standing at the door.Li Shimin heard the voice outside alertly, and asked sharply, "Who is outside?" Li Jing hurriedly stabilized his mind, pretending to be calm and shouted into the room: "Excuse me, is Second Young Master Li there?"

Hou Junji opened the door and came out to have a look, only to see Li Jing standing at the door with a smile on his face.He bowed his hands to Hou Junji and saluted: "So it's General Hou, I'm here to find General Li." Hou Junji asked: "Do you have anything to do with General Li?" Li Jing said with a relaxed face: "I was bored in the barracks, and I wanted to see if General Li had any military books that I could borrow to read to relieve my fatigue." Li Shimin walked out enthusiastically, held Li Jing's hand and said, "It turns out that Brother Li is here, please come in quickly!"

Li Jing hurriedly said, "I'm just here to borrow a book." Li Shimin said with a smile: "You can choose whatever you want, just take it and read whichever book you want." Li Jing took two books in a hurry and left. Before leaving, he said to Li Shimin: "I will return it in two days." Watching him walk away slowly, Gongsun Wuji said to Li Shimin: "Will he come to pay back?" Li Shimin smiled and said: "It depends on whether he heard what we said just now." Hou Junji said angrily: "It's all my fault, the voice is too loud, and I uttered such words."

Li Shimin patted him on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to blame yourself. Li Jing is a smart man. He must be skeptical when he sees us recruiting troops with such a large force every day. It will be a matter of time before he finds out." Gongsun Wuji said: "But now, we haven't officially raised the flag. Will he go out and talk around?" Li Shimin said: "Nowadays the world is in such chaos, where can he go to talk about it? The most fearful thing is that he will go and inform the emperor, but the emperor is far away in Yangzhou. If he wants to get there in a short time, there will be wars along the way, that is not easy. "

Although Li Shimin didn't panic about this incident, he still reported it to Li Yuan.Li Yuan, who is known for his prudence, attached great importance to this matter, frowned, and said to Li Shimin: "Go and send someone to detain him!" But Li Shimin said: "He has escaped now. Some soldiers saw him stealing horses and leaving the camp." and go." Li Yuan said anxiously: "If he goes, it may ruin the big event!" Li Shimin is still calm and calm: "Father, don't worry, no one will believe what he said when he goes out now, and even if someone does, what can I do? I won't kill him, but I just feel sorry for him. Going to see the current situation clearly and understand who you should play for."

Sure enough, as Li Shimin expected, after Li Jing escaped from Taiyuan, he reported the situation to the officials of the Sui Dynasty along the way.But the flames of war burning everywhere can't be extinguished, let alone unburned?Coupled with Tang Guogong's power, ordinary officials would not dare to do anything even if they knew about it.Li Jing saw that the news he brought out was not taken seriously, so he wanted to go straight to Yangzhou and report to Sui Emperor Yang Guang, hoping to send troops to suppress it as soon as possible.However, there are uprising teams along the way, and the traffic will be interrupted at any time, catching up with numerous wars, large and small.He didn't arrive in Chang'an until after Li Yuan raised his troops. It coincided with the chaos in Guanzhong, and he was also trapped in Chang'an city.

Soon, Li Yuan was in full swing, using Li Mi to hold Wang Shichong back, quickly invaded Chang'an, supported the acting king Yang You as emperor, and controlled the government of the Sui Dynasty.Li Jing was also tied up in front of Li Yuan. Seeing the former young talent in front of him, but now so destitute, Li Yuan was also very emotional.But when he thought that Li Jing wanted to inform Sui Emperor to prevent him from raising troubles, he couldn't help being filled with anger, and ordered Li Jing to be pushed out and beheaded. Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly stood up and said to Li Yuan: "Li Jing is full of knowledge, but he has not met the Ming Lord. Although he tried to denounce us, it did not become a fact. And now is the time when we need someone, please Father, don't blame him, wouldn't it be a good thing to save his life and serve the new dynasty?" Li Yuan, who grew up in the troubled times of the Sui Dynasty, didn't think so. In his mind, once he felt bad for him, he could only be eradicated, even if it was a temporary submission, it might bring more troubles in the future.Therefore, he insisted on beheading Li Jing to show the public, so he was reconciled.He said to Li Shimin: "If a person is an enemy to you once, he may continue to be an enemy to you in the future. Therefore, as long as there is a chance, we must eradicate this scourge, so that we can feel at ease. If he is soft-hearted for a while and stays with him, it will not be guaranteed in the future." When will he get up again and knock you to the ground. At that time, we will be the ones who regret it." Seeing that his father was so determined to kill Li Jing, Li Shimin had no choice. Li Jing was pushed to the execution ground by the sergeants. Seeing that Li Shimin's intercession was useless, he turned back and shouted at Li Yuan unwillingly: "Duke Tang, your uprising was to eliminate riots for the world, but now the big event has not been successful, but you are beheaded because of personal grievances." Strong man, don't you think you are wrong?" Li Yuan said: "The world is full of strong men, those who can be used by me are warriors, and those who cannot be used by me can only be enemies. I kill you just to give the world a stable account as soon as possible." Li Jing said: "If you will kill people who are not available to you, then blood will flow like rivers! Is this what you should do if you put 'benevolence and righteousness' first?" This sentence just hit Li Yuan's weakness. Since he was an official in the Sui Dynasty, he has always advertised himself with "benevolence and righteousness".Now Li Jing questioned directly, but it made him a little at a loss.If you think about it carefully, there are really many warriors in the world who don't necessarily submit to you. If you really want to kill them one by one, wouldn't you be making yourself an enemy of the world?And for a talented person, the most important thing is not what he has done before, but what he will do in the future. If a talented young general like Li Jing can be under his banner in the future, who can say that it is not a good thing? Seeing that Li Yuan hesitated, Li Shimin hurried forward and said, "Father, what Li Jing said is right! If you can forgive him, isn't it just telling the world's strong men that you are a magnanimous person? Why do you have to kill him to be quick?" ?” Li Yuan no longer had the intention to kill, but he couldn't step down for a while, now seeing what Li Shimin said, he said: "Since you have tried to persuade him so repeatedly, then I will hand him over to you, and you can deal with it." Li Shimin quickly thanked Li Yuan, ran over to untie Li Jing, and said to him: "From now on, you will follow me and work in the Qin Palace!" Seeing this, Li Jing bowed down and thanked him.Thinking of the fact that I just walked back from the gate of hell, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat from behind. After Li Jing returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was reused by Li Shimin's father and son, and played a very important role in the process of suppressing rebellions in various places for the Tang Dynasty.He followed Li Shimin to put down Wang Shichong and Xiao Mian, and became the highest military commander of the Tang army, reaching the level of "assignment of the three armies, one of them is calm".In the Tang army, he was like a fish in water, gave full play to his military talents, and contributed to the unification and stability of Tang.