Chapter 282: Li Zhi Sees Fang Xuanling
Li Shiji's situation is good, some of the other generals of the Tang Dynasty were shocked by the power of gunpowder at this time, and some looked at the catapults with greed in their eyes, thinking about how majestic they would be with these catapults, but they all forgot that Xue Yantuo's rout on the opposite side had fled far away.
Li Shimin looked at Xue Yantuo's army formation that collapsed in an instant under the gunpowder, hundreds of thousands of troops once again appeared in the morning in order to escape the incident of pushing and trampling, but the scene in front of him brought Li Shimin a more powerful shock than Xue Rengui in the morning with three arrows more than a hundred steps away to defeat tens of thousands of troops.
Because Xue Rengui was able to shoot and kill the enemy's main general from such a distance and make the enemy army tremble, it was because Xue Rengui was born with divine power as an archer, if he was in the opposite army at that time, when Xue Rengui shot the first arrow, he would order a charge, and Xue Rengui could only fight hard.
But these gunpowders were incomprehensible to Li Shimin, he only saw the explosion of gunpowder like a heavenly might, and then saw that the enemy army was seriously killed and wounded, and then broke and fled. Li Shimin secretly thought that even now, he would not have the slightest way to resist such an attack as gunpowder.
Because Xue Yantuo's people fled very thoroughly, Pei Xingjian only threw more than ten rounds before stopping, and at this time he was directing people to pack up the catapult and the rest of the gunpowder.
Li Shiji had already commanded the demolition of Xue Yantuo's wall, but the generals looked at the scorched black that had been blown up by gunpowder in many places inside the wall, and there were still some mutilated Xue Yantuo soldiers or corpses on it.
Seeing that this scene was just the result of throwing dozens of packets of gunpowder into Zheng within a quarter of an hour, the generals no longer had the idea of Xue Rengui competing for power, and they were even not interested in chasing and killing Xue Yantuo.
On the contrary, some people kept approaching Pei Xingjian, wanting to take a closer look at the gunpowder bag.
Li Shimin slowly recovered from the shock, and when he saw the performance of the generals, he immediately snorted angrily: "Since the road has been opened, then go and pursue the remnants of Xue Yantuo!" ”
The generals looked up at Li Shimin as soon as they drank this, only to see that Li Shimin was also looking at the generals with a solemn expression, and he was shocked to know that he had thought of something that he shouldn't think, so he hurriedly saluted Li Shimin and hurriedly went to pursue Xue Yantuo's rout.
Then Li Shimin walked up to Pei Xingjian, and Pei Xingjian hurriedly saluted: "See Your Majesty!" Li Shimin picked up Pei Xingjian with both hands and patted him on the shoulder very affectionately: "It's rare that you have to be trusted by the cadres at such a young age, and if you are entrusted with important responsibilities to serve the country well, Datang will not treat you badly." ”
When Pei Xingjian heard this, he hurriedly saluted Li Shimin again: "Although the minister is smeared, he will not hesitate to do it. ”
Li Shimin stretched out his hand to help Pei Xingjian up, looked at the young man, and said with great relief: "Okay! Just follow me! ”
Li Shimin dug Li Chengqian's corner here, and Li Shiji had already commanded all kinds of armies to rush directly to Xue Yantuo's army.
Under the fierce pursuit of Xue Rengui, Xue Wanche, Xi Junmai and other fierce generals all the way, Xue Yan broke the army and fled all the way, and no one dared to jump out and say anything that Li Shimin was not afraid of when he came.
Like Bazhuo, he even wanted to surrender to Datang immediately, but he was controlled by Tumi.
The reason why Tumidu still insists on not surrendering is that he wants to go north as soon as possible to catch Li Chengqian and then negotiate with the Tang Dynasty to get the position of Mobei Khan he wants.
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After Li Shimin left Xingzai, this place was in the hands of Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian, but these two people knew very well that this was not the time for them to be demons.
Therefore, everything operated according to Li Shimin's time, and the people were arranged to deliver grain, grass and other materials to Li Shimin every day.
But the other person who was there jumped out impatiently.
"My lord, King Jin, come down and see you." Fang Xuanling's old servant in Tsing Yi quietly walked to Fang Xuanling's side and said softly to Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling just frowned when he heard this, and there was no other movement, and the old servant in Tsing Yi was not in a hurry, so he stood behind Fang Xuanling and waited.
After a while, Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "Please let him in." ”
After a while, the thin Li Zhi walked in, and Fang Xuanling saw this and hurriedly got up and took two steps forward, and saluted Li Zhi with a frightened expression: "See His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”
Seeing this, Li Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to help Fang Xuanling and said, "Liang Guogong doesn't have to be polite. ”
Fang Xuanling straightened up and looked at Li Zhi with infinite emotion: "The old minister heard that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is sick, and he hasn't been able to visit because he is busy, are you better now?"
Li Zhi didn't say anything when he heard this, but he shed tears first......
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Li Chengqian, who was regarded as a magic code in his hand, was watching the sunset on the hillside at this time and reflecting on his recent actions.
Their 8,000 men had been surrounded by the camp for three days, and the two sides had been fighting every day for three days.
Li Chengqian didn't know that it was Tumidu's nephew Wu Su who came this time, but he knew that the other party was a person who was proficient in the art of war.
Although the other party did not know that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty was among the 8,000 cavalry, this did not prevent the other party from wanting to use these 8,000 cavalry to attract the Tang army behind to help, so that Li Chengqian's side in the main camp was weak, so that they could send troops to capture Li Chengqian.
Therefore, trapping Li Chengqian's 8,000 cavalry and letting them join together to ask 'Li Chengqian' for help has become the primary task of the 30,000 army in the middle road.
Under the siege of the 30,000-strong army of the Hui, Li Chengqian's 8,000 cavalry situation can be imagined.
The evening on the grassland was quieter than elsewhere, and Li Chengqian sat on the top of the mountain watching the sunset.
Seeing that a round of red sun had sunk to the ground, the big round ball that was still red just now had turned blue-gray at this moment, like the color of a steel block that had just cooled.
As the sun went down little by little, Li Chengqian felt that the sky and the earth were gradually darkening, and his body was also soaked in cold, so he stretched out his hand to help Liu Kui stand up, and walked towards the camp standing on the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Li Chengqian came here to watch the sunset for reflection, he has never hidden his purpose and is not afraid of any challenge, even in the face of Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji.
But this time he was really under siege, and with the increasingly fierce fighting in the past two days, although there were fierce generals like Cheng Wuting and Su Dingfang, Tang had not tasted defeat, but the casualties of ordinary soldiers also made Li Chengqian feel very uncomfortable.
This afternoon, he really couldn't stand it anymore, so he escaped from the barracks and watched the sunset for a long time, and sat quietly for a long time, he strengthened his thoughts again, maybe he is more tolerant now, and the Mobei tribes can still coexist peacefully with the Tang Dynasty. Even as in history, they changed their banners and surrendered, and the Tang Dynasty was set up by Li Shimin to give the leaders of each department an official name of the Tang Dynasty, but this could only make the grassland tribes accumulate strength and ambition, and then fight for the Central Plains.
Some people feel that as long as the communication between the south and the north of the desert makes the life of the southern and northern parts of the desert better, they will no longer be willing to fight, because there will be casualties in the war.
But people are gradually forgetting, often eat two days of full food and don't know who they are, others give them think they deserve it, greedy want to get more, and then be used by careerists, there is a trend of prairie fire.
In Li Chengqian's previous life, there was such a group of people who lived well, but they rebelled as soon as they were provoked by the villain, and then they became victims and refugees.
After thinking about this, Li Chengqian's pace of moving down became more and more firm, and now that he has the opportunity to control the Hetao, he must not give up, even if there are some sacrifices.
On the way back, Li Chengqian slowly planned to use the East Palace's own office to severely damage the Mobei Ministries, so that Li Shimin and those ministers in the DPRK and China could interfere less after the fact.
As soon as Li Chengqian walked into the camp, he saw a letter from an inner attendant, and Li Chengqian took it and saw that it was a letter sent by Liu Renliang, and the letter was written in cipher, and the person here had already translated the letter into words.
It turned out that Liu Renliang led the Turkic tribes to fight with Xue Yantuo's East Route Army fifty miles to the north, and he had not broken through Xue Yantuo's defense for a while.
After reading the letter, Li Chengqian raised his head to look at the pale blue sky and the bonfire in the distance, and a smile pulled out from the corner of his mouth, helping Liu Kui to walk quickly into the camp.