Chapter 197: The Dead Are Coming
There was no one on the left and right, not even the palace maids and eunuchs.
So the eldest grandson threw the letter aside and said angrily: "It's all up to you, a good prince, join the army and join the army, just make yourself a military doctor." Looking at the secret letter sent back by his chamberlain, when the Turks attacked the convoy, more than twenty Turks died under his arrows, all of which were good archery skills you taught! โ
Li Shimin blushed and didn't know what to say, the prince could kill more than 20 Turks with arrows, which he couldn't have imagined. Although he taught archery, he also fished for three days and dried nets for two days, and it seems that this kid practiced diligently by himself to finally achieve something.
It's just that....
Killing people with arrows is still a little bit less interesting after all!
It's been a long time since I've seen the queen's angry appearance, and Li Shimin found that he wanted to laugh a little. Since becoming the emperor, he has been abiding by this rule and abiding by that rule all day long, and he is obviously a husband and wife who are in love with each other, but they have been diluted by the words "Your Majesty" and "Empress".
Scratching his chin, Li Shimin sat down next to the queen, took her hand that she wanted to take away, and said, "This is my Li Shimin's son." I thought that this kid would only come back to live in Shuofang for one winter, but I didn't expect to run all the way to Mayi. However, it is estimated that this battle will not last long, and it is estimated that it will end by the first month of the month at the latest. โ
The eldest grandson asked strangely, "How do you know that within the first month, it will end?" โ
Li Shimin said with a smile: "I am also a commander, and Li Jing's meaning can probably be guessed by six points." The New Year of our Tang people, it is estimated that the Turks will not feel good! โ
The emperor guessed ....
That's right.
Li Jing was about to take the command of the crown prince again, and he also appointed Li Chengqian as the "head of the New Year" and organized the military camp to celebrate the New Year together.
The New Year is naturally to be celebrated, and we are in the grassland, but the traditions of the Tang people cannot be let go.
A few months ago, Li Dahai took people to Shuofang to send a batch of supplies, and now this batch of materials has been transported to Mayi. Although it still has to be distributed to various armies, what Ma Yi left behind can still be used for the New Year.
The most important thing in the material is seasoning, with seasoning, beef and mutton are no longer so difficult to eat. In addition to seasonings, there are a lot of dried vegetables and dried fruits. Some soldiers who have been languishing in the grassland for almost a year are holding bags of dried fruit and eating like starving ghosts.
Forget about the wine, since a bar alcohol is used as wine, the stupid person who secretly drank it was cut off by Li Jing and hung up in the barracks, no matter how greedy he is, no one dares to take risks.
Piles of coals were piled up and lit, and although they couldn't compare to a bonfire, they were enough to set the mood up.
All the tea leaves are boiled into tea by the cook after cooking, and although when they are distributed to individuals, they are only pale yellow, but they are already better than wine.
Li Jing did not hide in the tent, and even took back all the scouts, and even the sentry posts around the camp were canceled. Now standing in front of the coal pile in person, a sword trick slipped, causing the surrounding soldiers to cheer loudly.
Although Li Jing is the chief manager, Zhang Gongjin will not give in to this, and a horizontal knife is out of the sheath and dances not far from Li Jing. Although the horizontal knife is not as delicate as the Mo knife, Zhang Gongjin is full of masculinity when he opens and closes, and with a shout, the sheep hanging on the top of the pot is cut into pieces by him.
Zhang Gongjin inspected the surrounding area of the military camp, and also cut a Turkic spy, and the blood stains on the knife were not wiped clean. Although Li Chengqian applauded, he made up his mind that he would not eat a single piece of mutton tonight.
The coach is on the field, and the generals below naturally have to behave, and when three or five generals fall for a while, the mutton is out of the pot.
The cook in the room is very busy today, preparing meals, boiling tea, and now cooking meat. The chief manager said that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and everyone can eat with an open belly.
In the midst of the commotion, Li Chengqian was also called to the venue. There is no way, the soldiers invite together, even the emperor has to play twice.
It's better to play with the sword, although the armor on the whole body is a little thicker, but in the East Palace before, playing fencing with the eldest grandson Chong and them has already been practiced.
Just like when Li Jing came out of the performance, the soldiers below applauded, and the sound of applause even startled the war horses on the periphery.
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The royal family is full of mystery to the common people. They don't know what the changes in Xuanwumen are, they only know that the one named Li Yuan abdicated and became the emperor, and the one named Li Shimin became the emperor, as for what the current prince is called, there is no need to delve into it. Many local officials are even proud of seeing the holy face, let alone being healed by the prince himself.
Li Jing's worries showed no signs of appearing, morale was very high, since the appearance of coal, the big guys didn't have to be frozen like grandsons, and they could eat hot meals. Although I didn't go home during the Chinese New Year, I was struggling on the grassland. But what is his identity, none of the generals and governors have gone back, they eat and live the same as themselves, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, so what else do they have to complain about?
After the sword dance, Li Chengqian carefully aimed the blade at the scabbard before putting it in. There have been fools who returned their swords to the sheath without even looking at them, and as a result, their hands were almost cut off. Ever since he saw the tragic situation of that stupid guard, Li Chengqian has kept this point in mind.
The sword was collected, but it did not end.
Glancing back at Li Jing and seeing that he had left, Li Chengqian spoke: "Soldiers, tell Gu, is it boring to spend the New Year in the army today?" โ
The soldiers and generals who were squatting around and eating mutton all stood up, and before they had time to swallow, they also roared angrily: "It's not boring! โ
Li Chengqian nodded, looked around and said, "It's not boring, it's a lie." But Lone will not pursue your sin of deceiving Lone, if this is in the Central Plains, Lone will definitely make you happy, after all, no matter what, Lone is also a famous rich man in the Tang Dynasty. โ
The eldest grandson chong tapped the breastplate, stood up, and said loudly: "Your Highness, we are not lying. If you hadn't come to the army, I wouldn't have been able to drink even a sip of hot water, let alone dried fruit and tea. Nowadays, there is tea, meat and rice, even if you are at home for the New Year, you may not have a good time here, let alone you personally go down to dance the sword to help the fun. If someone says that this year is boring, and ask the horizontal knife in the hands of the lowly to say yes! โ
Changsun Chong's words can be regarded as expressing the hearts of these soldiers, and everyone nodded again and again.
Li Chengqian smiled and continued: "You think it's good, but you feel bad!" It's just that this is the grassland, and even if Lone wants to provide you with good things, he can't provide it. The general manager takes us with us, and it's not hard work here. As you may know, just fifty miles away in Xiangcheng, Jieli has gathered a large number of herdsmen, thinking that the number of more than 200,000 can scare us.
Scared? No! Because we Datang people are the most war-resistant, what about the 200,000? If we want to beat him, we can beat him to death. Tell Lone loudly, do you think we can kill them? โ
Under the leadership of the generals in the front row, all the soldiers knelt on one knee, eager to shout blood in their throats: "Yes! โ
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!!"
....
After the hustle and bustle was over, looking at the night that had already been much thicker, Li Chengqian said: "Since this is the case, then let's fight tonight!" Chinese New Year's Eve has no moon, which is a good opportunity to send troops at night. Jieli has already seen the movement of our camp today, and probably guessed that we are celebrating the New Year. The rule of the Tang Dynasty is that after the New Year, even after the New Year, do not kill. Today, however, we are going to do the opposite. Mr. Gu thinks that the rolling human head is the best New Year's gift we give to Jieli, what do you think? โ
There was no need to shout at this time, many of them took off their armor, immediately threw away the bowls in their hands, began to wear armor, and those who did not bring weapons immediately went around the square or in their tents to bring weapons.
Even the cook threw away the kitchen knife and replaced it with a horizontal knife. The cooks of the Tang army can cut down the vegetable mounds and the heads!
Such an oath takes place within all the armies. The rule of not killing during the New Year is that the army is not afraid of destruction. Celebrating the New Year in the grassland, it is impossible to say that there is no resentment, even if the prince brings good things. But after this passage, he successfully led the resentment that drifted in the barracks without a point to Xiangcheng.
Zhang Gongjin, as the deputy manager, personally led the team to prepare for the pull, as long as Li Jing succeeded in one blow, the next thing was wanton slaughter!
What did Li Jing do?
In the entire camp, there were only Jun Sima and Zhang Gongjin. Li Chengqian and the three of them knew.
The 2,000 princes and 1,000 elite soldiers secretly selected from the military camp formed a "special forces" general existence, and under the leadership of Li Jing himself, they were ready to cross the Evil Yang Ridge and go straight to Jieli's tooth tent.
Words such as "evil" and "wild" in place names are generally not good places. According to the words of the scouts, the Evil Sun Ridge in winter, that is, the man-eating beast, ten scouts went in, and only one and a half came out. The other half, after returning to the barracks, did not survive for a day, and the injury worsened and died.
With such a place, it is no wonder that Jieli would set up his tooth tent at the foot of the mountain, with his back against the Evil Yang Ridge to face the Tang Army. Because he was sure that no one would be able to attack him through the Evil Sun Ridge.
But his faith was about to be shattered today. Zhang Gongjin repeatedly dissuaded, but he couldn't stop Li Jing's thoughts, and when Li Chengqian arrived, he happily handed over the command of the prince's personal leadership. Although he didn't know what Li Jing's confidence was, he knew that in history, Li Jing passed through the Evil Yang Ridge and caught Jieli off guard.
At this time, there was no means of communication, and if the armies wanted to cooperate, they could only rely on tacit understanding.
When the time came, Zhang Gongjin decided to set off. He couldn't set off too early, the Turks also had scouts, and in the steppe, the Turkic scouts were much more powerful than those in the Central Plains. As the main force of the Tang Army, Li Jing received the most attention here. Along the way, they can't run faster than the scouts, and if they go out too early, they will startle the snakes.
When the whole army was dispatched, Zhang Yun, who was already able to move, appeared in front of Li Chengqian with a dead face.
Without him opening his mouth, Li Chengqian returned to the tent, took off his armor, and got into the bed.
"There's no need to stare at Lone, Lone is not so stupid, and he follows the army in the middle of the night. Go out and tell all those who remain in the camp to get to rest. Tomorrow, our wounded barracks, but some of them are busy! โ
Although he heard the prince say this, when Zhang Yun was leaving, he still arranged for two eunuchs to be on duty at the door.
With a sigh of relief, I could faintly see the condensed mist.
Such a cold winter, night strikes, I don't know how much damage it will be. I hope that today's full meal will provide the necessary calories for the soldiers.
Thinking about the busyness that was about to come, Li Chengqian could only force himself to fall asleep.
No matter how long the cold night is, there will be a time when it will pass, and no matter how hard the battle is, it will eventually end.
As soon as it was dawn, the camp became a mess. "Medic! Military!! The shouts shattered Li Chengqian's dream.
Glaring at Zhang Yun standing next to the bed, Li Chengqian immediately got up and dressed.
When you open the curtain, you can see the miserable scene outside.
Li Chengqian, who has been accustomed to this time, will not open his mouth and vomit again, even if he has just carried a disembowelment in front of him.
Hurried to the first room of the wounded barracks, in fact, the most lacking manpower in the wounded barracks was in the first room, where a large number of wounded had to be treated urgently before being sent to the next room. Many people with broken arms and legs can wither a life as long as they are delayed, and excessive blood loss alone can make a life wither.
Lao Sun didn't seem to have slept well, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was rushing to stop the bleeding of a soldier with a broken arm at this time.
Seeing that there was another person with the same injury next to him, he didn't care that he was not wearing gloves, Li Chengqian just soaked his two hands in alcohol for two seconds and began to stop the bleeding.
The emergency department of the hospital in the future is far worse than the current wounded barracks, and as long as you start working, your hands will never stop.
When night crept down, Li Chengqian couldn't help but look at his cramped hands, and began to clench his fists to recover.
I am used to knotting knots, and as long as my attention is not in my hands, my hands have the idea of moving on their own.
Lao Sun's face was pale, and he didn't care that his hands were still bloody, so he grabbed the teapot and drank water. This is the first time he has drunk water today, and even a soak of urine is urinated in his pants. There is no time to go out to find a latrine, and during the time of relieving his hands, he may be able to control the life and death of three or five wounded soldiers.
A military affairs officer was specially assigned to the wounded barracks to do statistical work, and when he saw this guy coming out of the second room with the account book, Li Chengqian sighed and went up to inquire about the casualties.
"This time, under the siege of various armies, the Turks suffered heavy casualties, but my Datang is not far behind. If it weren't for the surprise attack of the Grand Governor that shattered the enemy's guts, I'm afraid it would have been even more. Seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-three were killed, three thousand one hundred and ninety-two were wounded, and two thousand and seventy-seven of the wounded have survived to this day. โ
After speaking, the military affairs Sima bowed down to Li Chengqian and Sun Simiao, and bent his waist to the extreme.
After so many years as a military officer, he had never seen such an achievement in the wounded battalion. It seems that more than 1,000 people died in the wounded barracks, but he knows that if it were not for these two, I am afraid that this number would have to be doubled, and the remaining ones would continue to die for a long time, and in the end, there were very few who survived.
Patting Jun Sima on the shoulder, Li Chengqian loosely clenched his fists and left the wounded barracks.
I heard that an envoy from Chang'an is coming, maybe he will bring a letter from home, this, it's not good.
Li Jing's handsome tent is overcrowded today. Li Jing sat on the main seat, and on both sides were the general managers of various roads.
This battle can be called a complete victory, more than 200,000 Turks were killed more than 100,000, excluding those who fled, Jieli is now only a few tens of thousands of people left to survive.
did not kill Jieli with one blow, so that Li Jing is still haunted by it. But this is what the battle is all about, and it is impossible for more than 100,000 people to surround and annihilate more than 200,000 people.
Seeing the prince come in, all the governors got up and saluted.
Li Chengqian returned the salute one by one, but when the object of the return of the salute was a civil official, he couldn't help but grow his mouth.
"Xiaguan Tang Jian, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Tang Jian, who had a long beard, looked out of place standing in a big tent full of rough men, and when he saw that the prince was puzzled, he simply reported to his home.
"Ju Guogong Tang Jian, Honglu Siqing?"
Hearing Tang Jian's self-introduction, Li Chengqian remembered that the person in front of him was the famous Xiaoqiang of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Jing only led 3,000 people to successfully cross the Evil Yang Ridge, which frightened Jieli into thinking that the army was attacking by surprise and was in chaos. And this one, who went deep into the nest of the Turks, and was still strong and survived after the final battle.
He didn't dare to say anything, Li Chengqian was afraid that he would once again affect the trend of history and kill this guy.
Li Jing convened the various departments this time, but to count the battle situation, and after the meeting, the general managers of all walks of life still had to go back. Although they were under Li Jing's rule, they could not gather for too long, otherwise they would be suspected of rebellion.
After everyone left, Li Jing let the majestic generals on both sides of his side withdraw and personally served Tang Jian a cup of tea.
After this battle, Jieli is probably frightened. Now that Jieli has retreated to Tieshan, Ben Shuai doesn't even dare to act rashly, for fear of scaring him away again. Ju Gong, now you are the only one who can calm your heart and benefit your heart! โ
Tang Jian didn't shirk either, took the tea from Li Jing's hands, took a sip and said, "Your Majesty naturally knows about this matter, so I sent the old man over in advance." Now I am afraid that the only one who can make a stable profit is the old man. I heard that Jieli was not an opponent of the Tang Army, and he sent Zhi Zhi Sili as a special envoy to return the whole country to my Tang Dynasty? โ
Li Jing sneered and said disdainfully: "It's nothing more than a strategy to delay the army, although we have made a lot of gains this time, but the grassland people are vicious wolves that cannot be killed, as long as they recuperate for a period of time, they will naturally make a comeback." Jieli is probably such a thought, since our troops are almost pouring out, naturally we can't leave trouble! โ
Li Jing's implication was already heard by Tang Jian.
Smiling, after taking another sip of tea, Tang Jian said leisurely: "Before the old man came, he had already arranged the family affairs. Since the wine handed over by His Majesty himself, the old man drank it in his stomach, so he naturally did not hesitate to spare this great head! Wei Gong can rest assured that he can directly wave his troops north. The old man hopes that my Datang Iron Rider can step on this wreckage and uproot the bane of the grassland! โ
When he said this, Tang Jian's eyes were split, and he was majestic.
Only then did Li Chengqian understand that this old guy didn't want to die, and he wanted to use himself as poison, first calm Jieli's heart, and then let Li Jing be able to finish his work in one battle!