Chapter 504: Victory and Defeat (2)
When Li Shimin woke up quietly, he couldn't see anything in the dark, and the north was whistling outside, and the cars and horses were sparkling, so that Li Shimin quickly realized that he was still on the road. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Shimin had a splitting headache, dry mouth, weakness, cold, but he was still sweating, Li Shimin knew that he must be sick.
He struggled to move his body, and a feeling of soreness came over him, making him hum twice.
When you open your mouth, you want to call someone, you can't move, drink some water, right? Besides, whoever the hell piled so much clothes on him that he was almost out of breath.
But at this time, there was a sound of rustling in the carriage, which shocked Li Shimin, and it turned out that he was not the only one in the carriage.
Someone reached in the darkness and touched his forehead, his fingers were cold and slender, with a faint fragrance, obviously a woman.
Of course, even if he is as smart as he has a headache and a little lack of a sense of time, he immediately realizes that there is probably only one woman who appears next to him at this time.
Sure enough, his sister's voice sounded in the darkness, "Awake? Do you want to drink some water...... "Meticulous care is a woman's nature, but Li Xiuning is different, she and her own brother who is not much different in age have never dealt with it much.
So I couldn't help but then said, "If the second brother doesn't wake up again, I'm afraid General Zhai's head will be lost." ”
Li Shimin grinned at the corners of his mouth, although the frozen mouth hurt his heart, and there was no comfortable place on his body, Li Shimin still settled down in his heart, and said with difficulty: "Where is this?" How much time has passed? ”
The voice was weak, hoarse and indistinct, which made Li Shimin, who has always been strong, feel helpless.
"We've crossed the Yellow River...... Come, drink some water. ”
With a glass of cold water in his stomach, Li Shimin finally felt refreshed, and his groggy head was a lot clearer.
"We've all crossed the Yellow River...... Why did the third sister come out? Could it be ...... I'm afraid that I will be caught by that Li Ding'an? ”
Li Xiuning snorted and threw Li Shimin down, this second brother is the most unlikable among their brothers and sisters, no wonder he will come to the step of today's brother against his goal.
"It's embarrassing at this point, the second brother still doesn't want to laugh, I came here, but I just want to see the majesty of the second brother destroying the city with my own eyes, I don't want to ......"
Speaking of this, the people chuckled...... It doesn't sound like taking care of the sick at all.
Li Shimin smiled silently in the dark, and said in his heart, a small battle, the success or defeat of the king is not yet known...... Did you stay in the army to see your brother lead the army to capture the flag?
Naturally, he didn't say these words, but just changed the topic and asked, "What about the casualties?" Is General Murong back? ”
At this time, even Li Shimin, who was accustomed to seeing the battle array, very much hoped to hear some comforting good news from Li Xiuning.
But Li Xiuning used extremely honest words to extinguish his last bit of luck.
"Well, I heard what General Duan and General Zhai said, more than 1,200 people came back, more than 50 people did not recover when they arrived at the camp, more than 300 people fell ill immediately, and more than 900 people were able to follow us back to the camp, but in the end, those who survived depended on whether the doctors were able to do their best."
"As for General Murong......"
Speaking of this, Li Xiuning couldn't help but sigh and said, "I didn't wait for General Murong...... General Duan didn't dare to stay in the camp for a long time, so he only rested there for half a night before setting off, and left behind some injuries and illnesses......"
It's too bad, less than 1,000 people from the 3,000 Xuanjia army returned to the west bank of the Yellow River, and Murong Luohu, the second protector on the left, is even more uncertain.
Li Shimin took a deep breath, trying to suppress the boredom in his heart, but in exchange for a cough.
Over there, Li Xiuning finally couldn't bear it, in the end, it was his own brother and sister, he came up and stroked his chest, and comforted: "The second brother is not seriously ill, but he is infected with the wind and cold, and he will be raised for some time, but if he wants to think about it again, I am afraid that he can only go back to Beijing to recuperate." ”
This sentence was very effective for Li Shimin, and he immediately became honest and suppressed the rising anger.
After gasping for a long time, Li Shimin said, "Third sister...... Second brother has never begged you for anything, this time I beg you for one thing, can you send someone to Jiangxian County to ask General Murong about his life and death? If you live, can you ......?"
Li Shimin's anger went down, but Li Xiuning's anger jumped up.
I have just returned from a mission to Jindi, and before I returned to Chang'an, you led your troops to fight a battle, and now you have returned from a fiasco, but you still want me to send someone to Jiangjun to ask for prisoners?
Li Xiuning's voice suddenly became cold.
"I'm going back to Beijing in the near future...... Second brother, don't worry, I won't say anything in front of my father, but the younger sister has something to say in front, you fight with the eldest brother and the fourth brother, don't involve me again, otherwise...... Hmph, it's hard to say in the army, but in the harem, more than two people can talk in front of their father. ”
"Again, after that, there will be those who recommend me to be an envoy to Jindi, one will be counted as one, and I will let them die without a place to be buried."
While she was talking here, Li Shimin's snoring was already sounding over there, and Li Xiuning's eyebrows stood up in the dark, pretending to be asleep? Annoyed, Li Xiuning kicked Li Shimin, and Li Shimin, who kicked it, slammed into the carriage with a bang, and immediately bared his teeth.
Li Xiuning waved his fist again, wishing that there would be a scene of killing his brother.
Li Xiuning kicked the car door angrily and jumped out of the carriage directly.
"What are you looking at, the one who has a lot of eyes in it is going to die, why don't you take care of it?"
Li Shimin was blown by the cold wind that poured in, and he shivered a few times, and his body was even more uncomfortable, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart, it's not a big deal, why is he so angry? I'm afraid it's a weak heart, right?
But regardless of whether the heart is weak or not, this battle really hurt Li Shimin a little, and the more severe situation he has to face is that the pro-army is disabled, and the various military brigades stationed along the Yellow River do not have many of his old troops.
Without the deterrence of the Xuanjia army, he will have to spend more energy to rectify, and the most important point is that if this battle cannot lead Li Ding'an to cross the river to attack, then this loss will almost be in vain, and then he can only drive Wang Xingben and Lu Chongmao to use some more means.
The effect is certainly not comparable to such a surprise attack.
In the cold wind, Li Shimin, who offended his sister, turned his head and remembered the big thing, he was indeed not seriously ill, of course, His Royal Highness King Qin, who was the prince, should also have a higher survival rate than others.
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In fact, the Tang army did go one step faster, and at noon on the second day, the Daibei cavalry wrapped in leather robes and armed with swords and bows had already appeared in groups along the Yellow River.
They were also frozen, but hatred kept them on the Yellow River, and if it weren't for the restraint of the generals, it was likely that some people would have rushed to the ice and crossed the river to find trouble for the Tang army.
The army has never suffered such a loss, and all the cavalry officers and soldiers who came to the aid wanted to use the blood of the enemy to extinguish the fire in their hearts.
In the afternoon of the first day, Li Po received the news of the attack on Longmen City, and after a short time, he received a detailed battle report sent by Zhang Lun.
What Chen Li said was not wrong at all, what Li Po was annoyed by was really nothing else, it was a casualty figure, more than 4,000 casualties, which directly made Li Po's eyes widen.
He has personally experienced the defeat of hundreds of thousands of troops in front of him after leading the army for so many years, but then again, the army from the border is small, the population is small, and there is still a shortage of food and grass for military supplies, and those who are used to careful planning have a worse ability to endure the number of casualties.
Before every battle, he has to think carefully about how to reduce his own casualties while killing and injuring the enemy, so until now, after a battle, the casualties can always be controlled within a certain range, and when it exceeds a thousand, it is only twice.
And a surprise attack in winter, more than 4,000 people were killed and wounded, if Chen Li and Xun Xiang were in front of him, he would definitely chop up these two incompetent guys first.
What annoyed him even more was that Li Tang had no faith at all, as soon as the envoy left, he could lead his troops to attack, and what they said would really not be believed at all in the future.
In fact, when he calms down and thinks about it, those are all excuses, and this loss is not unjust at all.
Knowing that the crossing of the Yellow River is the top priority, but he is still negligent, this can't blame others for being polite......
Moreover, Li Shimin really appeared on the other side, and immediately gave him a look, which is worthy of Li Shimin.
Thinking about it this way, in fact, the gains and losses of Longmen Ferry and Longmen City are still secondary, thinking about it before and after, Li Po cursed fiercely, "Count your kid running fast, otherwise Lao Tzu will have to put you in Jinyang Prison to be with Li Shentong and others." ”
Immediately, Li Po ordered Xue Wanche to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to Longmen, and together with Zhang Lun and others, he guarded Longmen City, and asked people to allocate grain and grass and send them over as soon as possible.
After such a toss in the winter, countless manpower and material resources have to be consumed, which makes Li Po's good mood disappear all of a sudden.
Then he called Wei Chigong and Bu Qun over and reprimanded him, no one dared to say anything about his own problems, but his subordinates could not do it, and could only bear his anger.
In fact, Li Po hadn't figured it out at this time, and when it came to the end of the year, this year's military rewards had been sorted out, and the voices of the war in Li Po's ears gradually increased, and Li Po really realized that his damn thing was broken......
(Monthly pass, monthly pass, the first half of the women's volleyball team is not good, but the second half is very burning, if Chinese football can have half of the tenacity of the women's volleyball team, it would have dominated Asia to the world, okay, let's not be whimsical, write your own book.) (To be continued.) )