Chapter 289: Preparing for a Decisive Battle
Li Chengqian watched Su Dingfang go out, turned his eyes to Qibi He Li and said: "General Qibi, you will first bring a thousand cavalry to rescue the Duke of Eguo, and the lonely king will listen to what news Po Yan has sent." β
Hearing this, He Li walked out of the train and saluted Li Chengqian again, and then withdrew from the big tent and went to lead the troops to rescue Wei Chigong.
"All the ministers sit down and wait!" Li Chengqian said and motioned for Liu Kui to serve tea.
For a while, the waiter served refreshments, and everyone sat on their seats while drinking tea while waiting for the news from Po Yan.
After a while, Wang Qun walked in and saluted Li Chengqian and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Po Yan has summoned the letter he came to send." β
"What letter?" Hearing this, Li Chengqian immediately sat up straight and looked at Wang Qun with blazing eyes.
The rest of the tent was also eager to know the news of the message.
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Po Yan confessed: It was his father who ordered him to come and tell Wu Su that the 8,000 Tang troops they surrounded were His Royal Highness the Prince, and ordered Wu Su to attack these 8,000 Tang troops with all his strength and capture Tai as soon as possibleβ" Wang Qun said this, realizing that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped.
But everyone in the tent laughed when they heard this, and Wang Qun also laughed when he saw this.
"Tu Fan is quite knowledgeable, but he is delusional that Xue Yantuo's native chicken and tile dog will be unfavorable to His Royal Highness the Prince, which is no different from a fool's dream." Cheng Wuting, who was smiling and his eyes flowed, pointed at Wang Qun arrogantly.
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Just as everyone was scrambling to laugh at Tu Mi, Li Chengqian's face became more and more gloomy.
Li Chengqian still has lingering palpitations about yesterday's thrills, and now he thinks about what would happen if Po Yan came a day earlier, and Wu Su didn't separate the 10,000 cavalry to block Liu Ren's track?
"How does Tumidu know that the Lone King is here?" Li Chengqian asked in a cold voice.
Everyone looked up and saw Li Chengqian's face was blue, and his eyes were staring at the boss, as if there was a thousand feet of fire erupting from it.
Wang Qun was so frightened when he saw Li Chengqian's face that he stammered: "Minister, minister, minister hasn't asked yet."
Ask ......"
"Wasteβ"
"Bang!"
Li Chengqian scolded loudly, and smashed the hot tea that Liu Kui gave him on Wang Qun's head and face.
Seeing this, Wang Qun was so frightened that he hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed, and couldn't help but plead: "The minister is stupid, and the minister is ...... dead."
Li Chengqian didn't even look at him again, and said loudly: "Bring Po Yan in!" β
Ever since Li Chengqian asked Tumidu how he knew that he was here, all the East Palace guards in the big tent, including Wang Fangyi and Cheng Wuting, all looked at everything in the big tent with a murderous expression.
The generals in the big tent also realized that they might have been betrayed at this time, and they all looked at the door of the big tent with blue faces and evil spirits.
After a while, two East Palace guards carried a young man wrapped in sheepskin and bound hands on his back into the big tent, walked into the middle of the big tent and threw it directly to the ground.
He bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, Po Yan has brought it." β
Li Chengqian waved his hand, and the two stepped aside.
"Ouch......"
Po Yan, who was thrown to the ground, sighed, and stood up as soon as she rolled on the ground, looking at Li Chengqian curiously.
Li Chengqian looked at this Po Yan was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with thick black skin and a slightly thin body, and the difference from ordinary Mobei teenagers was that he had a red gold chain with the thickness of a mother's finger hanging around his neck.
"You're Po Run?" Li Chengqian's face was like frost, and his voice was cold.
"Boom" Dozens of guards in the tent stepped forward at the same time and pulled half a foot out of the knife in their waists, and the cold light flashed and glared at Po Yan.
Po Yan was stunned when she saw this, and looked at Li Chengqian, who was high up, and wanted to say something, but in the end she held back, just looking at Li Chengqian with fear and hostility.
Li Chengqian glanced at the unproductive Po Yan and still said coldly: "It is said that ten fingers are connected, chop off his three fingers, and see if he says it." β
Before others could make a move, Wang Qun, who was kneeling on the ground, got up, raised his foot and kicked down Po Yan, turned around and rode on Po Yan to untie the rope that tied Po Yan.
He pressed one of Po Yan's arms with his legs, grabbed the other arm and said loudly, "Bring me a knife." β
Wang Qun was angrily scolded by Li Chengqian for not asking clearly, and at this time, he sprinkled all the evil fire on Po Yan's body, which frightened Po Yan, and shouted with a crying voice: "I, I, say, I say ......"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Chengqian's mouth: "Say, who told Tumidu that King Lone is among the eight thousand cavalry that is surrounded here?"
"No, no one told my father." Po Yan said eagerly.
"Hmm?ββ" Li Chengqian's face immediately turned cold.
"Tell the truth to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Wang Qun said and grabbed his mother-in-law's arm and twisted it hard.
"Ouch, ouch, I'm telling the truth, I really didn't tell my father, yes, yes......" Po Yan was out of breath in pain.
"What is it?" Li Chengqian asked with a hideous face.
Wang Qun's hand loosened slightly, and Po Yan was able to gasp and exhale heavily.
"What the hell?" Li Chengqian leaned forward and asked again.
At this time, all the generals in the big tent also stared at Po Yan closely, wanting to know from him who had betrayed them.
"My father saw the Heavenly Khan himself riding a horse and charging into battle...... My father thought that Tian Khan was in such a hurry...... It must have been Ujunas who trapped His Royal Highness the Prince. Po Yan gasped as he spoke, his tone was very urgent, Wang Qun had been inflicting pain on him.
Everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, although the enemy also knew Li Chengqian's whereabouts, but from the internal ventilation report and the other party's guess that it was completely different.
It is a terrible thing for the enemy to have a strategist who can guess his whereabouts, but this is definitely no more troublesome for the commander of an army than the appearance of a traitor inside, because once a traitor appears inside, it is not how much news he can send, and everyone is in danger from within.
What's more, now that Li Chengqian and Li Shimin are divided into two places, and the relationship between the East Palace and the imperial court is complicated, if someone in the imperial court wants to go through Xue Yantuo to Li Chengqian's death, Li Shimin will never hand over the power to investigate the case to Li Chengqian.
This is very likely to cause suspicion in the two palaces, and even cause trouble to the court and the world.
Li Chengqian didn't speak with a gloomy face when he heard this, he saw that Po Yan was not lying, but he didn't dare to believe it all.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty has always been brave and self-reliant, knowing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in danger, it is also possible to personally get on the horse and charge to rescue His Highness." Xu Jingzong walked out and said slowly.
Li Chengqian nodded silently when he heard this, looked at Wang Qun for a long time and said, "Take him down, let him tell everything he knows, and if he doesn't say it, he will hand him over to Wu Su." β
"Nope! Kill me and don't give me to Wu Su......" Po Yan said heartbreakingly, he really didn't want to see Wu Su again.
Wang Qun handed over Po Yan to two guards to escort, got up and saluted Li Chengqian and hurried out.
When Wang Qun walked out, Li Chengqian said quietly: "It's the lonely king who can't make His Majesty worry about it." β
"The ministers are incompetent to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to surrender his guilt." The people in the tent hurriedly knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian was still expressionless, and said in a faint voice: "Get up!" There is a way to be ashamed and brave, since we have lost a move, we must cheer up and completely destroy this Xue Yantuo. β
"The last general will strictly follow the teachings of His Royal Highness the Prince!" The generals saluted again before they got up.
"The secretaries will go out to rectify military affairs, and when Wang Qun finds out the results, King Lone will invite the secretaries to discuss." Li Chengqian thought that Wang Qun would interrogate for a long time.
After the generals withdrew, Li Chengqian saw that Wang Fangyi was still standing in front of him, and he was a little moved in his heart, so he said lightly: "Fang Yi, you also go down to rest, the dragon spirit and tiger fierceness can protect me." β
Wang Fangyi glanced at Cheng Wuting when he heard this, saluted Li Chengqian and went out silently.
"Master Xu, you write a note in my name to advise Your Majesty to cherish the country and not to take the danger lightly." As he spoke, Li Chengqian lowered his head and began to write a private letter to Li Shimin, persuading Li Shimin to take care of his health and add food to the country.
After Li Chengqian's letter was written, Xu Jingzong's recital was also written, and Li Chengqian was reading Xu Jingzong's recital when he saw Wang Qun walking in, so he put down the recital in his hand and asked him, "Have you asked clearly?"
Wang Qun's expression was stunned when he heard this, and he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The ministers have asked clearly." β
Li Chengqian didn't look like there was a big deal, so he looked down at it again and asked slowly, "What did he say?"
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Xue Yantuo's army has been broken by the army led by His Majesty, and now it is fleeing north in panic." Wang Qun thought that this battle was a victory.
Li Chengqian looked shocked when he heard this, and asked eagerly: "Xue Yantuo still has many horses left, are they coming to us?"
Wang Qun was also startled when he saw this, his expression was slightly dumbfounded, and he muttered: "Po Yan said that there are more than 100,000 people and horses, is it ......?"
Li Chengqian put down his hand heavily, looked up at the tent door and said, "Radium drums gather generals and prepare for a decisive battle." β