Chapter 225: A Thunderbolt from the Clear
After arranging for these Li Chengqian to walk out of the big tent, Wang Fangyi, Cheng Wuting, and Xu Jingzong followed him to inspect the camp on the left and right.
At this time, it has entered the seventh month of the lunar calendar and is about to start autumn, and the sun is not too hot after noon in the northern border of Saibei, and there will occasionally be some light breeze when walking in the camp.
Thinking that more party Xiang Qiang people would be subdued later, Li Chengqian asked Xu Jingzong as he walked: "When will they be able to get here?"
Xu Jingzong also said as he walked: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Master Xuanzang is already on the way, and he will arrive early tomorrow and the next morning." ”
Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this: "It seems that King Gu is still too kind, he should bring more monks." ”
But Li Chengqian quickly thought that it was not possible to use all monks to govern here, but also to use civil officials, so he turned back to Xu Jingzong and said: "Send an order to the East Palace, let Mr. Yan send those new Jinshi over, they are just needed here." ”
"Obey the order!" Xu Jingzong said.
Li Chengqian thought of the next thing, and decided to teach the Dang Xiang Qiang people in the vicinity a lesson, turned around and said with a cold face: "Deliver the order together, order Su Dingfang to besiege the Yeli clan but not attack it, and order the fine seal Zhu Jue to send a fast horse to pass the order, and the large and small tribes within a radius of 300 miles must send people to the Yeli clan's village to watch my Tang Dynasty attack the village."
Seven days later, the siege began, so that they must be there in seven days! ”
Xu Jingzong knew that Li Chengqian was going to establish authority, but when he thought of surrounding Yeli Village for seven days, he was a little worried that something would happen in the middle, and when he was about to speak, he heard Li Chengqian say to Wang Fangyi: "Fang Yi tried to send the news to Liu Lan, and said that the lonely king would not leave the chicken and dog in the village." ”
Wang Fangyi hadn't spoken yet when he heard this, and Cheng Wuting on the side immediately said excitedly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to lure the snake out of the hole and see if there are any of Ye Li's comrades?"
Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: "But you have to work hard, the fine Feng clan is useless, and I don't know which of the same party the Duye Li clan has." Therefore, we must send Scout Zhen, you, Fang Yi, and Rengui take turns to be responsible for blocking the soldiers and horses that come to support the Yeli clan. ”
Cheng Wuting heard that there was a battle and said excitedly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”
But Wang Fangyi frowned and said, "In this case, who will protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "Yes! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still thinking about this matter in the long run. ”
Li Chengqian looked at them and smiled slightly: "In two days, when the Duke of E has mastered the Governor's Mansion of Fangchi Prefecture, I will move into Baiquan County to live, and you don't have to worry about the safety of the Duke of E in the Lone King." ”
Li Chengqian whispered this order, but a storm blew on the prairie.
The Yeli clan was surrounded by Su Dingfang, so they naturally would not sit still, and began to rush out on the same day, trying to break through, but they were soon beaten back by Su Dingfang, but there were still conflicts in the next few days......
With the large and small tribes within a radius of 300 miles, they all received Li Chengqian's order to rush to Yeli's stockade within seven days to watch the Tang Dynasty soldiers attack the city and break the village.
Almost all the clan leaders who received the news were on fire.
He couldn't help but guess, what was this Tang crown prince going to do?
What's so good about Datang breaking through a Yeli's stockade?
But these people didn't dare not give Li Chengqian this face, because along with this news, there was also the news of the destruction of the Turkic Lan Mountains.
Since the prince wants to show the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty on a small Yeli clan village, the leaders of these small tribes can only come to cheer, and they must also bring gifts to meet Li Chengqian.
Some people even wondered if Li Chengqian did this to ask them for gifts?
Li Chengqian was very satisfied with the replies of the tribes in the Chinese army tent, and only waited for the seventh day to break the Yeli clan's stockade in front of everyone, and then kill the first evil, and all the remaining Yeli clansmen were sent to Jiannan for logging.
There was only one fly in the ointment, five days passed, and the heralds preached everywhere that the Tang Dynasty had surrounded the Yeli clan's stockade, and that they were going to attack on the seventh day, but none of the Dang Xiang Qiang tribes came to the rescue.
Li Chengqian sneered in his heart, if you don't come out now, when King Gu catches Yeli Xiongfei and his henchmen, he can always ask a few clans and tribes that support Liu Lan, and when the time comes, he will be able to clean you up.
In the blink of an eye, on the sixth day, Li Chengqian ordered Wang Fangyi to pull out the camp and set off, and when he left, Li Chengqian specially asked people to bring Zheng He and Lu Xiang in the prison with them, so that they could also see the power of the East Palace.
When Li Chengqian came to Su Dingfang's military camp, he saw that the tents of the leaders of various tribes outside Su Dingfang's military camp had been connected together, of course, some were big and some were small, and some had built a straw hut.
When these people heard that Li Chengqian had arrived, they hurriedly brought the gifts they were going to offer and came to the gate to ask to see Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian sat in the car and saw that these so-called leaders were standing outside the camp gate in twos and threes, talking and laughing, waiting for his summons, he felt a little unhappy, turned his head to Liu Kui and said, "Let him go back!" ”
Liu Kui heard Li Chengqian's displeasure, walked to Yuanmen and said with a cold face: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is stationed here, and the idlers are waiting to retreat fifty steps away from Yuanmen. ”
"What?"
Not only did he not mention the summons, but he even asked us to retreat fifty steps away, who did he think of us?
The tribal leaders could hardly believe their ears, many of them were official officials from the imperial court, and they were also summoned by Li Chengqian's order.
When they wanted to come, they came to see Li Chengqian with gifts, even if Li Chengqian had been tired all the way and didn't see him today, he should send someone to comfort them with kind words and explain when it was right to summon them.
Actually sent an attendant to make them take fifty steps back with a cold face?
How unreasonable!
When the leaders of several large clans heard this, they were about to step forward and talk to Liu Kui for a few words, so as to show their identities in front of everyone.
Seeing Liu Kui take a step back after speaking, dozens of brightly armored Donggong guards walked up with bright steel guns in their hands and drove everyone away.
When these people came, they didn't bring many people, and at this time, if they didn't retreat, they would inevitably suffer, so they were naturally dragged away by their subordinates who followed.
But there was a breath of breath in his heart, and a few of them were already thinking about how to give Li Chengqian some problems.
Li Chengqian didn't know what these people thought, and even if he knew, he would probably be very happy, because he could justifiably send the lumberjacks to Jiannan again.
Li Chengqian entered the big tent of the Chinese army and learned from Su Dingfang about the situation of the Yeli family's village.
Originally, the circumference of this Yeli's stockade was six miles long, and it was surrounded by rammed earth walls, because they were located in the western part of the country, so there were only two gates in front and back of such a large stockade.
This is also one of the reasons why Su Dingfang's 2,000 men and horses were able to block them in the stockade for seven days.
Li Chengqian learned about these circumstances, and discussed with Su Dingfang and Wei Chigong to decide on tomorrow's attack strategy before dismissing the generals.
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In the early morning of the second day, when the sun that had just risen shot out a ray of yellow light from among the sparse trees and spread it in front of Li Chengqian's tent, the rumbling drums sounded in the barracks.
In the Chinese military tent, Li Chengqian, who was dressed in military uniform, sat in the middle of the handsome position, and on both sides were more than a dozen generals with great armor and majesty.
Li Chengqian picked up an arrow and shouted loudly: "Su Dingfang listens to the order!" ”
"The last general!" Su Dingfang walked to the center of the big tent and bowed to Li Chengqian and clenched his fists, the armor on his body clanging.
Li Chengqian looked at Su Dingfang Zhengse and said: "King Su Dingfang ordered you to lead two thousand soldiers and horses to guard outside the main gate of the Yeli Village, and when the gunpowder blasted open the main gate of the Yeli Village, immediately lead the troops to rush in." ”
"Obey!"
Su Dingfang stepped forward to take the arrow handed to him by Li Chengqian and returned to the train.
"Xue Rengui listens to orders!" Li Chengqian nodded again.
"The last general!"
Xue Rengui was also like Su Dingfang, bowing down and clenching his fists and waiting for Li Chengqian's order.
"King Xue Rengui ordered you to bring 1,500 soldiers and horses and two catapults, if the Yeli clan wants to escape through the back door, you can use explosives to blast him back."
"Obey!"
"Wei Chi Gong obeys the order!"
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"The Lone King ordered you to take two thousand men and horses to protect the rescuers of the Yeli clan."
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"Fine seal Zhu Jue, the lonely king ordered to lead the fine seal clan to bravely inspect the Yeli clan wall, if anyone escapes from the wall, don't worry!"
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"Wang Fangyi, Cheng Wuting, and the king ordered you to lead two trebuchets from each side, and throw fifty packs of explosives from the left and right sides of the Yeli's wall, respectively......"
"Yes!"
After passing on the orders, Li Chengqian glanced at the generals again, and shouted: "Send troops!" ”
Immediately, the generals also shouted: "Send troops!" "All the talents went to the big tent of the Chinese army in turn.
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"Woo-"
At the sound of the horn, the gate of the Tang army's camp slowly opened, and under the escort of a group of armored soldiers, Li Chengqian's car drove towards the camp of the Yeli clan.
All the tribal leaders who had been summoned to watch the battle also followed behind Li Chengqian's team.
Li Chengqian's car drove to a place about two or two places away from Yeli's village and got off, where there was a five-foot high platform that Zhu Jue personally built last night.
Li Chengqian slowly walked up to the high platform and sat down under the protection of a group of guards, looking at the wall of the Yeli clan in the distance.
The tribal leaders who came with him saw that Li Chengqian did not dare to approach the wall of the Yeli clan, and they despised him a little more in their hearts.
Someone even deliberately shouted: "What is it for us to come and see so far from the battlefield?" There was a low laugh around.
Liu Kui's face turned cold when he heard this, and he was about to send someone to teach these ignorant things a lesson, but he saw Li Chengqian waving his hand at him and said, "Stand firm, it's time to start." ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw clusters of firelight shining on both sides of the Yeli's wall in the distance, black smoke rising, and then bursts of rumbling thunder sounded, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains to make people stand unsteadily.
Standing on the high platform, the tribal leaders suddenly encountered such a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and none of them were ready to fall down in an instant, and most of them were shocked and their legs were weakened, and they squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands and did not dare to get up.
Many people think that the sky is falling apart and they will die today, some cry for their fathers and mothers, some for feces and urine, and some for those who are crazy and want to stand up and run away.
The four trebuchets on both sides of Wang Fangyi and Cheng Wuting kept taking turns throwing explosive bags into the Yeli's stockade, and the rumbling sound kept coming, and then none of the tribal leaders on the ground were not lying on the ground and shivering.
(End of chapter)