Chapter 198: Victory
This is crazy!
Li Chengqian just wanted to say something, but was stopped by Li Jing.
Tang Jian has now come out of his anger, with a weird smile on the corner of his mouth, how terrifying it is.
A military general can sacrifice his life and forget death on the battlefield, but Wenchen, for the persistence in his heart, can also forget his life. Tang Jian would not be unaware of his importance to the Tang Dynasty, with his identity, let alone using his life as a weapon, even if he injured him, Li Jing could not escape the blame.
However, if Tang Jian's life is exchanged for a battle, or the fall of the Eastern Turks, this account is not a good deal.
"Ju Gong, what do you mean, Li Jing knows. After you appease Jieli, Jingding will collect your corpse and send it back to Chang'an! ”
Hell yes!
Under Li Chengqian's gaze, Tang Jian even gave Li Jing a salute.
After drinking dry tea in one go, Tang Jian laughed and left. He is about to represent Datang to accept Jieli's surrender and appease Jieli as much as possible, lest this guy run away again.
Seeing Zhang Jian leave, Li Jing actually gave a salute, and only straightened up when he couldn't see Tang Jian's back.
It was only at this time that Li Chengqian couldn't help but ask: "Duke Wei, do we really want to put Duke Tang in danger?" ”
It is hard to imagine what kind of treatment he will receive when Tang Jian comforts Jieli and the Tang army comes. The five horses are divided into corpses, and it is estimated that they are all light.
Li Jing sighed: "Tang Jian begged for benevolence, how could I refuse him." If his life can be exchanged for Jieli's head, then this battle can end early. Your Highness, you should know that we have been running around on the grassland for so long, and the treasury is almost unable to support it. ”
Li Chengqian nodded, in fact, as early as a year ago, a lot of the supplies sent to the barracks were already new food that had not been dried. This shows that the Ministry of War has already begun to use the new taxes collected last year. However, even in such a grim situation, the imperial court still did not send an official document urging here.
are all waiting, and the whole dynasty is full of confidence in Li Jing, or the Tang army.
With Li Jing sighing, Li Chengqian turned around and left, going back to his tent to rest.
The most difficult days of the wounded barracks have passed, but there are still many troubles that follow. Today, the beds in the wounded barracks are overloaded. Although many wounded soldiers who were in stable condition and could not go to the battlefield were escorted back to Fengfu. But when he thought of the next battle, Li Chengqian's head was as big as a fight.
As long as the war is started, casualties will never be avoided.
Clausewitz said that war is an act of violence that forces the enemy to submit to our will. However, such a statement is a bit inappropriate in the Tang Dynasty. Because at this time, no one is interested in interfering in other people's internal affairs, and the only thing that can determine whether a war will happen or not is land, only hatred.
Tang Jian left, except for the two attendants, he didn't even bring the escort sergeant. Before leaving, this guy had a detailed conversation with Li Jing for another night, and as for what he said, no one knew, not even the military Sima who was responsible for recording various affairs in the army.
thought that the battle would be launched within a few days, but to Li Chengqian's surprise, fifteen years had passed, and the first month had gone out, Li Jing still had no intention of sending troops, and even let Li Ji's army retreat, because Li Ji couldn't bear to move forward.
Under Li Jing's military order, the wounded barracks, which had been basically stabilized after a month, were completely emptied, and all the wounded soldiers who were recuperating were transferred to Fengfu. Since the emperor's will was sent to Fengfu, Chai Shao and others have been very responsible to build Fengfu into a real city for wounded soldiers. Shuofang, on the other hand, has become a safe haven for soldiers who have recovered from serious injuries.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Jing also left Mayi, leaving Jieli with a large pile of coal ash.
The departure of the Tang army completely relieved the Turks, and it was good if the battle was over, and the Central Plains people were like this, as long as they surrendered, they would have compassion. It's just that these stupid people don't know that when the grassland recovers, what awaits them will be the craziest revenge.
Tang Jian, who was in the Turks, was treated as a guest and was called by Jieli to chat almost every day. A hypocritical talk about the surrender, a snake face shows his sincerity in surrendering, and the negative is positive, and the two of them can laugh and disperse every day.
It's just that Jieli thought wrong this time, if he changed the emperor, maybe he would really accept his surrender. But who is Li Shimin? He had experienced so much deceit that as long as he stood on a hostile position, he had to cut down his enemy and cut off his head, so that he could sit beside him and rest while making up a memorial prayer.
Li Jing did not return to the Tang Dynasty, but led his troops to join Li Ji.
Cavalry is a rare force in Datang, with an army of more than 100,000, but only 30,000 cavalry, and they are scattered in various ways.
Everyone knows that cavalry is the best type of troops on the grassland, so it is difficult to reconcile, so they can only let the six-way army divide it equally.
Today, 30,000 cavalry, under Li Jing's orders, are all concentrated in Baidao.
30,000 cavalry as the vanguard, infantry as the support, only in this way can we once again surprise and launch another attack.
The identity of the crown prince and the legends in the army caused Li Chengqian to be warmly welcomed wherever he went.
There is no need to roar anymore, Bai Dao's army has already set up the camp for wounded soldiers, and all the supplies are ready.
After settling the camp for wounded soldiers, Li Chengqian went to the big tent to participate in the military meeting in accordance with Li Jing's instructions.
The big tent is surrounded by fierce and vicious generals, and the chief managers inside are always arguing with red faces.
Compared with Xue Wanche and others, Li Jing and Li Ji were much more stable, and the two of them held the map, studying the route of the march and the distribution of interceptions from time to time.
"Although Jieli was defeated in the battle, there are still many men and horses, if you walk through the desert and are protected by the nine surnamed Tiele, the road is far away and dangerous, it will be difficult to catch up with them. Now that the edict is sent to Tang Jian there, the Turks will definitely relax their vigilance, and we will integrate all the cavalry, take him by surprise, break up his formation, and gallop the armies of all walks of life for two days, repair for one day, and always surround the Iron Mountain on the fourth day. This time, I don't believe Jieli can escape! ”
After saying a word, Li Ji smashed his fist on the case, as if it was not enough to express his anger.
Li Jing nodded, happily grabbed Li Ji's wrist and said, "Han Xin's strategy to destroy Tian Heng is nothing more than that." ”
Seeing that the chief manager and the chief manager had made up their minds, although it was rude to do so, and he would even be convicted, Zhang Gongjin still said: "The chief manager, Ying Gong, Ju Guogong Tang Jian is now in the Turkic camp, should we wait for him to come back and send troops?" ”
Li Jing shook his head: "Tang Jian said, we don't care about his life or death, if you don't believe it, you can ask the prince." ”
Zhang Gongjin hurriedly turned his head and looked at Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian nodded: "That's right, Tang Jian said so." Lone sees it with his own eyes and hears it with his own ears, so do as the chief steward instructs! ”
Although it was a pity, Zhang Gongjin still strictly obeyed the order.
It's already February, but the climate in the grassland is still bitterly cold. As soon as the cold snap in Siberia moves south, it will bring a heavy snowfall here.
When I went to bed at night, it was still sunny outside, but when I got out of the camp in the morning, I had to ask Zhang Yun and them to clear the snow outside.
The sudden arrival of the heavy snow made the generals worried, but Li Jing was ecstatic.
In such weather, it is difficult to ride a horse, and the first contact with the snow will melt the frozen grass slightly, and the horses will easily fall down due to the special slipperyness.
For the Turks, the heavy snow almost directly restricted movement. But for the army of the Tang Dynasty, although the weather will be very difficult, it is not impossible to fight.
In the face of military meetings, Li Chengqian always only carries his ears, not his mouth. Li Jing stubbornly brought himself over, just because such a big war is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Those who learn the art of war do not go to the battle formation to "practice", and what they learn will always be dead knowledge, and they will be self-righteous when they don't use it, and they will give up their efforts when they use it.
is still the same old method, Li Jing still chose to personally lead the troops to sneak attack, this time, he only chose the prince himself. After all, the prince's pro-rate rate was also trained by him. This kind of surprise attack, although risky, is effective many times.
Between Tieshan, where Jieli was stationed, and the Tang Army, there was also a Yin Mountain. Because the grasslands near Yinshan are lush, it would be a lie to say that there is no one stationed here. In order not to startle the snake, Li Jing could only rush forward with cavalry and clean up the surroundings of Yinshan before the army could touch it.
After sending away all the soldiers in the barracks, Li Chengqian once again became a "left-behind child".
What is different from the past is that Zhang Gongjin, the deputy director, was left by Li Jing. After all, Baidao is really close to the battlefield here, and the prince is in the military camp, so he has to have a general left.
Looking at the army in the distance, Zhang Gongjin sighed, turned back to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, now that the road is closed by heavy snow, coupled with the battle, I am afraid that our Tang army will suffer heavy casualties again." Although the last general was full of confidence in the commander, it was hard to imagine what would happen to the army when it returned to the camp. ”
Seeing off the army, Li Chengqian turned around and walked towards the camp.
"The snow is not cold, and the snow is cold, although it is sunny today, but the hardest thing is tonight. Write to the convoy bound for Mayi, asking them to collect enough coal and come back! After the soldiers rushed to kill, they had to have a warm place to rest when they came back! ”
Zhang Gongjin nodded and immediately went to prepare the military order.
After sending Zhang Gongjin away, Li Chengqian stomped his feet and trotted all the way back to the tent.
Li Jing has a leg disease, according to him, as long as he gets cold, he doesn't know when his knees will hurt and swell. Li Chengqian had the same problem before. I don't know the exact scientific name, but it should be similar to arthritis and other diseases. The warm weather is fine, and occasionally it will be fine when it freezes. However, I don't know when, even if I am splashed with cold water in summer, I will have an attack, the joint movement will be limited, the swelling will be large, and the pain will be unbearable.
He was a problem with delivering food in the winter and freezing on a bicycle in later generations, and Li Jing was the root of the disease left over from the march over the years.
Knowing that Li Jing was paralyzed in bed for many years in his later years because of a leg disease, Li Chengqian did not hesitate to tear down his cotton pants, made the calf into a knee pad, and gave it to Li Jing. Hopefully, this thing will work.
Sun Simiao walked around the camp camp and inspected all the facilities. When he came back, he saw Li Chengqian huddled in the tent and rubbed his legs, wanting to be angry, but he held back again. For a prince to be able to run here, eat the same things and take the same supplies as the army, there is nothing to find fault with in his opinion. As for the wounded barracks that have not yet been put into use, as long as he will come over and take a hand when the time comes. Mobile.. /
Sitting on the stool, Sun Simiao said: "In the past, the old man was still suspicious of your medical skills, but after the verification of this period of military camp life, the old man found that many of the words in it were golden rules. It turns out that there are so many ways to treat medicine in addition to medicine. The old way is single-mindedly digging into the pile of old papers and sorting out the prescriptions, but it seems that he is going the wrong way. ”
Lao Sun is very decadent, he has insisted on the thorny road for many years, and now he finds that there is a shortcut next to him, and he will not be in a good mood.
got up and poured a cup of hot tea for Lao Dao, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It's just that these things, I'm afraid they are not clean knowledge in front of the world." Only by cutting the human body can we see the blood vessels, tendons and muscles, and only by breaking the belly can we see the internal organs. If you experiment with the properties of the medicine, at most you will be uncomfortable with your own medicine, but if you want to study this, I am afraid that you will attract thousands of people. So, this road is easy to walk, but it is very long, and it may take several generations, or even more than a dozen generations, to slowly explore. ”
"Although Lao Dao believes in religion, he doesn't believe in any souls and ghosts. Since there is a medical school, let the old man teach a few more students, and when the old man dies, let them cut the old man's body and study it! ”
Li Chengqian didn't doubt the truth of Sun Simiao's words at all, you must know that this bastard really almost poisoned himself several times, and behaved the same as Shennong.
"You better stop and stop, if you want to do this kind of thing, it's not that you don't have the opportunity, you will be blamed for experimenting with Tang people, but now there are more people in the frozen hard state on the grassland, I'm afraid you won't be blamed by our ancestors for doing experiments with one or two." Even the deceased must also think that it is much better to do experiments for the benefit of future generations, and finally settle in the earth than to be torn by wild wolves. ”
Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Sun Simiao's eyes immediately lit up, just thinking about it, such an act was still too cruel, and fell silent again. However, when I think about how many people will benefit by doing this, I get excited again.
At this time, Lao Sun couldn't be disturbed, so Li Chengqian simply walked out of his tent and instructed Zhang Yun to prepare a separate and hidden room for Sun Simiao, which would be used by Lao Sun.
The current heating method is still tents, and stoves are built, and a large stove is built in the tent, and the chimney peeks out from the corner of the tent.
If it is a cowhide tent, or a sheepskin with its own hair, the cold insulation effect must be very good, but if it is the simplest linen tent, it may not be.
Remember that the ways in which an object dissipates heat are heat transfer, heat radiation, and heat convection. The reason why a stove can make a tent warm is because of heat convection. But as soon as the tent is out of fire, it will quickly become cold.
There was no way, in order to keep the returning soldiers warm, Li Chengqian could only order the remaining men to light all the tents in the camp. I don't know when the war will end, so I can only keep it ready for emergencies.
Two thousand men with idle wagons frantically dug up the coal of the horses and sent them to the camps of the various armies, and no one knew when the battle would end.
On the first day, I didn't come back.
The next day, Lao Sun couldn't help but get into the hut, but the army still didn't come back.
On the third day, in the afternoon, the scouts came back to report that the army had returned!
After receiving the briefing, Li Chengqian immediately ordered the officers and men of the whole battalion to go out of the camp to greet him.
miserable, it is not enough to describe the team that has returned.
The first to take the lead was Changsun Chong, this guy was trained by his father when he was a child, but the first thing he did after jumping off the horse was not to greet Li Chengqian, but to go back to his tent. Presumably this guy will be carried straight to the stove.
The staggering soldiers began to return to the camp.
After three days of continuous fighting, even the iron man would be unable to parry, let alone these flesh and blood. However, not a single one complained, and the soldiers silently returned to their tents and fell asleep.
Before the army had all returned to the camp, thunderous snoring began to sound in the tents.
A stretcher carried Li Jing back.
Smiling bitterly and patting his knees, Li Jing said: "The old man still wasted the kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince, in the end, he failed to resist the severe cold, if the war drags on for another day, the old man will really fall to the ground." ”
Other soldiers can still climb the ice and lie in the snow, but Li Jing can't, under the same difficult conditions, he doesn't even dare to fall asleep, this time can be called the last chance. The rule of "nothing more than three" also applies to the art of war. The first sneak attack through the Evil Yang Ridge, this time the detour to the Yin Mountain raid, the next time....
I'm afraid there will be no next time, after two times, Jieli will no longer believe in Datang, no matter how stupid people are, they can't be deceived one after another.
The moment the stretcher was carried into the camp, Li Jing fell asleep, and the guards carried him into the tent safely.
Yu Tai also looked embarrassed, and there was still a little blood on the tip of his nose that had not been wiped off.
Seeing Li Chengqian, Yu Tai lowered his head and said dejectedly: "Your Highness, although the last general led his troops to chase after him, he was still escaped by Jieli. ”
patting Yu Tai on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said: "Don't say it, you are all good, go back and rest first!" ”
Either you can't meet it, or you don't meet it in a row. Yu Taicai entered the camp with the team led by the prince himself, and another stretcher appeared.
is qualified to enjoy the same treatment as Li Jing, who else can he be besides Tang Jian?
This Xiaoqiang really survived the chaos.
Seeing that Tang Jian was covered in blood, Li Chengqian hurriedly went over to feel his pulse, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that the beating was stable and powerful.
Tang Jian was very sensitive, and as soon as Li Chengqian felt his pulse, he woke up.
Seeing that the prince looked at him worriedly, he said, "Your Highness, don't worry, the blood stains on Weichen's body are all Turkic, and he is not injured." I haven't slept well for almost a month, and now I'm very tired. Please forgive the rudeness of Wechen, this is..."
Before he finished speaking, Tang Jian fell asleep again.