Chapter 26: Fighting

On May 13 of the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin's army and the Turkic Jieli Khan met in Fengzhou.

However, the situation was not clear to the Tang army.

First of all, the enemy is fierce, the front of the army is approaching Chang'an City, if it is not for the King of Qin to intercept in time, I am afraid that the Turks will take Chang'an directly, in such a situation, Li Jiancheng actually tried to give Chang'an City away, it is simply laughable. The attacking enemy army won all the way, the morale was high, and there were many of them, and it was not easy to win

Recently, it has been raining heavily, the march has been muddy all the way, the morale is not low, and the grain transportation is blocked and the ordnance is damp, how can the Turkic cavalry with strong combat strength be stopped in such a state?

However, in this attack, Jieli Khan brought a figure related to the victory or defeat here, his son and nephew Tuli Khan. The Turki Khan had an alliance with Li Shimin, agreeing to help each other in times of crisis, and this was the key to this victory.

Before the army had yet to settle down, Jieli Khan had already led 10,000 cavalry soldiers to the city and lined up the formation.

Running all the way, the fatigue has not yet cleared up and they are going to fight again, and the Tang army is panicked.

However, Chen Feng's plan calmed the heart of the King of Qin, and the King of Qin immediately ordered someone to summon the deputy marshal Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji arrived, but Chen Feng was the only one in the marshal tent, and only after seeing the salute did he speak, "The marshal settled in the army and ordered me to wait here for the deputy marshal." ”

"What does the marshal mean?"

"Now that the enemy is approaching the city, our army cannot show the enemy to be weak, this battle is related to the morale of our army, the marshal's intentions, ask the deputy marshal would like to fight with him to meet the Jieli Khan?" Chen Feng's eyes were scorching, and his words were conclusive.

Li Yuanji knows the battle situation at this time, and there is no chance of winning rashly, but if he loses without a fight, it will be even more shameful.

After thinking about it for a while, he said, "At this time, morale is low, and I am worried that the enemy army will take this opportunity to attack the camp, and I am willing to stay in the camp to defend." ”

It means not going! However, he is not incompetent in the end, even though he knows that he is unwilling to go out of the city to meet the enemy and take risks, he still admires him for being able to analyze the situation in a short time and find the most suitable retreat for himself.

"That being the case, I went to report to the marshal, and I hope that the deputy marshal will guard the camp when we go out of the city to meet the enemy, so as not to be disturbed by people with bad intentions." Chen Feng replied with a smile, if you say that you have bad intentions, I am afraid that the one who voluntarily stays in the camp will be far more difficult to guard against than the enemies outside the camp.

After eating Chen Feng's nails, which were neither soft nor hard, Li Yuanji also began to look at Chen Feng seriously, and when he looked at it, he found that this person was very familiar.

"You were originally under the prince's account?" I suddenly remembered that he had seen this person under the prince's account, but before he was an official, upright and decent, but now that he has changed into regular clothes, he is even more romantic, and his temperament has changed greatly, so Li Yuanji did not recognize him at the first time.

"It was indeed the crown prince's account." When Chen Feng heard this, his face did not change and replied indifferently.

"Since you are under the crown prince's account, why do you have to be loyal to the palace of King Qin now?" Li Yuanji's expression was already angry.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi has never heard of good birds choosing trees to perch?"

"You mean that the King of Qin is more enlightened than the crown prince?"

"At least the king of Qin trusts a certain one, and the prince listens to Li Anyan's frame, and wants to trap and kill me, which is right and wrong, regardless of the world's avenues, a certain one only seeks a chance to live." Chen Feng was calm, not looking at the general trend of the world, the prince wanted to kill him, and the king of Qin took him in, so he knew his location.

Hearing this, Li Yuanji was furious, "You are under the account of the prince, and you should be loyal to the prince, how can you change the flag and change hands?" This is infidelity yes too! ”

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi, if one day, the crown prince wants to kill His Highness, will His Highness be killed?"

"You!"

"It's just a matter of changing places, why should His Royal Highness King Qi be angry? And the prince is obedient and pure, he will never do such a thing to his brother, His Royal Highness the King of Qi can rest assured, just plan for the prince with peace of mind, and when the world is decided, the King of Qi will naturally rise. ”

A rising tide lifts all boats? Thinking of this, Li Yuanji couldn't help frowning.

It must be known that the King of Qin did not have the intention of seizing the throne at the beginning, and it was entirely because the prince was worried about his high achievements that he began to deal with the King of Qin.

If it weren't for this, the King of Qin would not have risen up to resist, and the two phases would not be incompatible.

Chen Feng, Li Yuanji has seen him several times in the Prince's Mansion, he is smart and wise, and he is by no means comparable to Li Anyan's generation. Since the prince was able to order Chen Feng to be killed because of the slander and slander of Li Anyan and others, regardless of cause and effect, it can be seen that he is not a virtuous person.

If there is really the day when the crown prince ascends the throne, will he really be able to rise as Chen Feng said, or will the prince also be jealous of his merits from the dragon and his high merits, will he order him to be removed? This is also unknown.

Leaving King Qi alone to think in the tent, Chen Feng had quietly withdrawn from the tent and found Li Shimin between the tents, only two words "go", which means that the matter has been done.

This time, Chen Feng invited himself to meet the King of Qi for two purposes, one was to leave the King of Qi in the camp, and the other was to separate the prince and the King of Qi, so that the King of Qin could take advantage of it.

Outside the city, Jieli Khan and his nephew Tuli Khan had already completed the formation, and Li Shimin stood on the city wall to look out before leading the army out of the city.

"My Tang Dynasty and the Khan are really close, why did the Khan break the agreement today, lead the army deep into the hinterland of our country, occupy my fertile land, stir up my people, and kill my humerus?"

"I am the second son of Emperor Tang, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, is also. I really don't want to see the living and corpses all over the field, I have heard that the Khan is brave and good at fighting, and now I am in the war book, please ask the Khan to fight alone with me. If the Khan was afraid in his heart, it would not hurt, and he used a hundred cavalry around him to meet the Khan's tens of thousands of elite soldiers. ”

After hearing this, Jieli Khan's face was cloudy.

At this time, Chen Feng's messenger soldiers dressed as rode alone to the battle formation of Jieli Khan, saying that the king of Qin had a message to pass on to the Tuli Khan. In the vigilant gaze of Jieli Khan, Chen Feng prostrated in the ear of Tuli Khan, "You and I used to make an alliance and help each other, but now we are here to meet each other, dare to ask if the covenant of the day and the old love are still counted?" ”

Hearing this, the Turki Khan remained silent. Seeing this, Li Shimin waved his army forward, crossed the moat and fought to the death with the Turkic cavalry.

At this time, Jieli Khan ordered Chen Feng to bring a message, "I have no other intention to come, just to exchange feelings and reaffirm the covenant, so I don't bother the King of Qin to come over in person, today I am abrupt, and I will visit another day." ”

Chen Feng gestured to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin gave the order to suspend the march, and when Chen Feng informed the King of Qin of the news of Jieli Khan, the King of Qin was silent for a moment.

Taking advantage of the moment when King Qin was silent, Jieli Khan had already ordered the troops to retreat, and for a while, the opposite side of the smoke and dust was four periods, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Jieli Khan's

The troops had withdrawn from Li Shimin's sight, and later withdrew from Fengzhou.