Chapter 213: Fight with the Tang Dynasty
As Li Chengqian passed on one order after another, the officers and men at all levels in the battalion began to perform their duties and make preparations for battle in an orderly manner.
After a while, Wang Fangyi and Li Simo came back from the camp of the Lanshan Department, and Li Chengqian saw that when the two of them walked in, Wang Fangyi's face was not as good as usual, and Li Simo's face was iron, and he knew that there were indeed a large number of cattle, sheep and horses in the camp of the Lanshan Department.
No matter where these cattle, sheep and horses came from, it was a good thing for Li Chengqian, so he asked with a smile: "General Li's Lanshan Department blasted out so many clansmen and left them to fend for themselves, but is it really because the nearby pastoral supervisor extorted their cattle, sheep and horses?" ”
Li Simo's face was pale, and he didn't know how to answer, and Wang Fangyi on the side hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Li went to the Lanshan Department to check, and saw that the herds of cattle and sheep in the camp of the Lanshan Department did not look like they had been extorted. ”
Li Chengqian deliberately turned his face cold and said, "What did the left-behind Tutunfa say?" ”
Hearing this, Li Simo said indignantly: "These animals refuse to say. ”
Li Chengqian was overjoyed in his heart, but said lightly on his face: "It seems that General Li has been in Chang'an for a long time, and these people don't take you seriously." ”
Li Simo was shocked when he heard this, and watched Li Chengqian slowly stand up and squint at the door of the big tent and snorted coldly.
Knowing that Li Chengqian was going to use troops against the Lanshan Ministry, he couldn't help shouting in his heart: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"
Li Chengqian ignored Li Simo and slowly paced to the front of the table, still looking at the door of the big tent with his eyes, and said slowly: "General Li should know that King Gu hates the thief of the remnants the most, although the Turkic herdsmen are under the control of the chiefs of various tribes, but since they have taken refuge in my Datang, they are the people of my Datang, how can you call the Lone King to watch them being bullied and be indifferent?" ”
After Li Chengqian said this, he walked out of the big tent directly, Wei Chigong and Wang Fangyi followed, Li Simo stood there stunned for a long time, and then sighed with a wry smile on his face, and slowly followed out of Li Chengqian's big tent of the Chinese army.
Li Chengqian came out of the big tent, and Su Dingfang had already arranged everything, just waiting for Li Chengqian's order to send troops.
Li Chengqian wanted to go on horseback, but he also knew that these people would not let him risk his life at this time, so he didn't mention it and went directly to the car prepared by Su Dingfang.
Wei Chigong rode on his horse, glanced at the neat and solemn military appearance, nodded slightly, did not speak, and walked forward with Li Chengqian's car.
This time, a total of 6,000 cavalry guards came out of the East Palace, Xue Rengui led 2,000 men and horses to guard outside the Lanshan camp, and handed over 1,000 men and horses to Qibi He Li to stay in the camp, Su Dingfang and Cheng Wuting walked in front with 2,000 men and horses, and the remaining most elite 1,000 cavalry guards were led by Wang Fangyi to protect Li Chengqian's car, and Wei Chigong and Li Simo rode horses to protect Li Chengqian's car.
At the end, there were thousands of Turkic herdsmen led by Xuanzang and Xu Jingzong, so nearly six or seven thousand people and horses passed all the way through the smoke and dust, and from a distance it looked like a long giant mang.
Li Chengqian sat in the car and watched Cheng Wuting, who was at the front, personally carrying the tall half-rolled Tang Dragon Banner, and the majestic four-line long cavalry team dragged behind him rolled towards the slowly falling sun like a flood.
The majestic momentum is like a mountain.
Tutun who stayed behind in the Lanshan Department was named Wei Mijin, and he was the confidant of Qu Lu of the Lanshan Department who sipped Ashina Duxun, and his personality was as arrogant and arrogant as Ashina Duxun, otherwise he would not have offended Li Simo when Li Chengqian's army was pressing.
Early this morning, the camp of the Lanshan Department was suddenly blocked by Xue Rengui, and Wei Mijin thought that the person who came might be Li Chengqian, so he had a bold idea to kidnap Li Chengqian and leave.
Five days ago, Ashina Duxun received a message from Lu Zhi saying that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty was coming to calculate the Turkic tribes again, and asked him to discuss ways to deal with Li Chengqian.
As soon as Ashina Duxun heard that the person he was going to deal with was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was excited, and hurriedly took one or two hundred guards to Yuanzhou to meet Lu Zhi, who he had never looked down on.
Before leaving, he not only explained the purpose of his trip to Wei Mijin, but also said that he would personally capture the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, in the hope of making some deals with the Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty.
Now that Li Chengqian's army has really come to their camp in the Lanshan Division, Wei Mijin is about to realize Ashina Duxun's plan, and the excitement, excitement, and ecstasy in Wei Mijin's heart can be imagined.
Just now, he sent people out to find out that Li Chengqian had set up camp five miles away, and he also scolded Li Chengqian for being as timid as a mouse and not daring to come out, and was preparing to go to the Tang Army's camp at night to rob the camp.
At this moment, I heard the spies report again: Li Chengqian drove the army to their camp in the crown prince's car.
He was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to summon other generals of the Lanshan Department to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss how to capture Li Chengqian alive.
Wei Mijin first came to Ashina Duxun's big tent and waited for the other generals to arrive, he walked into the big tent and looked at the white tiger cushion of Ashina Duxun high above, thinking that he captured the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince alive today, he is the hero on the grassland, where can he not sit?
Just as he heard a voice outside the tent and knew that someone else was coming, he walked over to the white tiger skin cushion and sat down, waiting for the others to enter the tent.
After a while, four young men with disheveled hair walked in from the outside, these four people were naked + with strong upper bodies, only a circle of animal skins around their waists, and dense black hair on their thick legs, which made people know at a glance that they were all warriors in the tribe.
These people are also Ashina Duxun's henchmen, and when they saw that Wei Mijin dared to sit in Ashina Duxun's seat, they all walked to their positions with their heads down and sat down, twisting their faces slightly outward and not looking at the smug Wei Mijin.
Wei Mijin was thinking about Li Chengqian's affairs later, so he didn't care about the four of them, and coughed lightly: "Have you heard that the crippled crown prince of the Tang Dynasty personally drove to the door in a car. ”
"What?" Several young people were shocked when they heard this, and then their eyes showed ecstasy.
The young man sitting in the first position on Wei Mijin's left hand side was called Yin Wu, and he had the fastest brain, so he hurriedly asked, "Wei Mijin, how did you say we captured him alive?" ”
Hearing this, Wei Mijin had a smug smile on his face, pouted and glanced at the four young men sitting on both sides, before he calmly said in a loud voice: "This matter is easy to say, Zuo is just fighting with his guards, this crippled crown prince is not loved by Tian Khan, there must be no brave generals under his command, as long as our warriors work hard, they will definitely be able to capture him alive." ”
The four young men couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, and they were thinking in their hearts about where to ransom Li Chengqian when Li Chengqian was captured alive.
After a pause, the young man sitting behind Yin Wu hesitated and said, "He is not loved by Tian Khan, is Tian Khan willing to take out good things to exchange with us if we catch him?" ”
Wei Mijin listened to this young man's question, looked at him lightly and said, "Reckless man, you are just uninformed, who is the Great Tang Tian Khan?" Even if he doesn't like this crown prince anymore, he won't leave him in our hands to be humiliated, as long as we run away with this crown prince, they will naturally have to bring good things and beg us for exchange. ”
A few nodded again after hearing this.
Seeing that they didn't have any opinions, Wei Mijin followed the example of Ashina Duxun's orders on weekdays, stood up and stepped on the small table in front of him with one foot, pinched his waist with his left hand and raised his fist with his right hand, and said loudly: "The Turkic warriors listened to the order, ordered the soldiers and horses to fight with the Tang Dynasty." ”