Chapter 135: The First Battle
For Empress Dowager He, his wife, Li Ji has no temper.
Without Linghu Yunlong, Zuo Yulin's army is basically useless.
Therefore, how to satisfy Empress Dowager He without removing Hu Yunlong's post is the biggest problem in front of Li Ji.
"A-Niang's lesson is that the child will definitely remove Linghu Yunlong from his post and put him in prison." Li Ji said cautiously.
Empress Dowager He's anger finally subsided a little, and she nodded: "Although the King of Thailand is a little more domineering, he is your cousin after all." His father has meritorious service to the Tang Dynasty, and his mother is your aunt. Linghu Yunlong, a small commander, actually crossed to kill a prince. Emperor, if you don't kill him, I'm afraid that more people will have different intentions, and this person can't be kept. ”
Li Ji nodded and arched his hand: "What A-Niang said is true, but this has made Hu Yunlong lead a large army to the south." If he is captured at this time, it may change. Moreover, this temporary change of generals is a taboo for soldiers, and the child thinks that when his class teacher returns, he will be put on death row immediately, waiting to be beheaded. ”
Empress Dowager He was shocked, she stood up suddenly: "What! Linghu Yunlong has already left the capital? Why didn't you tell me sooner? ”
"A-Niang, the soldier, the murder weapon. The expedition of this army is a state affair, and the child is afraid that A-Niang will worry, so he did not tell him. ”
In fact, Li Ji was afraid that the Queen Mother would blame, so after Hu Yunlong killed the King of Thailand, Li Ji immediately ordered him to lead the army out of Beijing, so that the Queen Mother He would have no way to deal with him.
As for saying that Linghu Yunlong will be beheaded after the class teacher, it is just an angry word. When the time comes, Fox Yunlong will return triumphantly and defeat Zhu Youwen. If the court does not reward and kills the head, who is willing to contribute to the court.
Empress Dowager He is not a fool, she is such a smart person, and after thinking about it, she understood Li Ji's purpose: "Hmph! I'm afraid it's not that he has already gone south, but the emperor ordered him to go south. ”
Since he couldn't hide it, Li Ji had no choice but to tell the truth: "Ah Niang, these Praetorian Guards are all recruits. He had no experience in combat and lacked training. The soldiers were lazy, Wu Bafang disturbed the morale of the army in the school field, and was late when he deliberately assembled, so he had to behead him in order to shock the morale of our army, which is also in line with our Tang Dynasty military law. ”
"But he's the Prince, your cousin! Your father has always favored him, what face do you let your mother and your aunt see under Jiuquan. Saying that, Empress Dowager He's tone became stern again.
Li Ji hurriedly knelt down: "A-Niang, for my Tang Dynasty, there is nothing to be reluctant to." If it weren't for that, how could the soldiers be afraid? If you can't do it, how can you defeat the enemy! Have you forgotten how your father was defeated back then? ”
Speaking of Zhaozong, Empress Dowager He was shocked. She remembered that Zhaozong also recruited 100,000 Praetorian Guards back then, but he was crushed in a big battle with Li Keyong.
She is the queen mother, so she naturally understands the supremacy of imperial power. Not to mention a prince, who wanted to achieve great things in ancient times, his relatives could also be killed. Killing a Thai king can stabilize the morale of the army, which is very cost-effective.
"Alas," Empress Dowager He finally sighed: "Although Fang'er, this kid is messing around, but he was killed because of this little thing......"
"Mother," Li Ji saw that he persuaded the Queen Mother to have a play, and then followed: "Then Wu Bafang once killed innocents indiscriminately in Chang'an City and killed a common people. The court and the central government have a lot of complaints about him, and Dali Siqing has written several times to correct him. He deserved it, and now his death has brought stability to our army, and he can be regarded as worthy of his ancestors and ancestors. ”
Empress Dowager He was finally moved, and she waved her hand: "You step down, A-Niang is tired."
Li Ji was overjoyed: "The child is leaving." Stood up and glanced at Youwei.
Youwei and Fuquan were so frightened that they were sweating profusely, and the Queen Mother was already very gracious when she didn't treat them for the crime of not reporting it, and the two followed Li Ji to escape and left Jishan Palace.
On the eighth day of the fourth month of the second year of Tianyou, Zhu Youwen's allied army went north and fought a big battle with the imperial court guards in Ruzhou.
Zhu Youwen is full of confidence, the Praetorian Guard, the rabble. What combat effectiveness does an improvised patchwork army have, and it is not enough to clean up a meal on its own.
On the other hand, he led the Shenwu Army, which was followed by Zhu Wen's southern expedition to the north, and his soldiers were all experienced in a hundred battles, and one was ten.
He had already received the information that Ge Congzhou in Bianzhou was restrained by Wei Bojun, and he was still too busy to take care of himself, and he was powerless to rush to help.
Without the Ge family's army, Zhu Youwen would not take these forbidden troops seriously.
However, Zhu Youwen can win Zhu Wen's weight, after all, he still has two brushes. He bypassed more than 7,000 people of Zhu Youzi's Xuanwu army from Ruzhou and took advantage of the moonlight to rush directly to Yique County through the path.
In order to prevent leakage, Zhu Youzi killed all the people he met along the way.
Li Ji personally sat in Ruzhou City, and Fan Yao stayed in Beijing. He looked at Zhu Youwen's army outside the city, and couldn't help but secretly praise, amazing!
The officers and men of the Shenwu Army are all full of energy, exactly:
The silver armor flashed with murderous energy, and the sound of horses' hooves flew in the dust.
The good bow and silver spear pick the red tassel, but it makes the strong man afraid of the soldiers.
Although Zhan Yunpeng had the heart to break the enemy, he saw that the enemy soldiers were in full swing, so he said: "Your Majesty, this thief is very powerful, and the soldiers of our army are afraid, and it may be difficult to win this battle."
Li Ji smiled slightly: "Kong Jie, you lead eight hundred light horsemen out of the city to fight with you." Remember, you can't lose, not win. ”
Kong Jie bowed down to receive the order, and Zhan Yunpeng was surprised: "Your Majesty, why is this?"
Li Ji smiled but didn't answer, and Ling Hu Yunlong said to the soldiers beside him: "Order to beat the drum and help General Kong!"
As soon as the drum sounded, the city gate was opened, and Kong Jie led eight hundred iron horsemen to rush out.
These 800 Xiaorui are the elite of the Left Dragon and Tiger Army, and I saw that they were all fierce dragons and tigers, riding on horses with four hooves like flying.
Zhu Youwen watched from afar: "It's good to come!" The Praetorian Guard had such warriors. ”
Zhang Guihou next to him listened to the boss praising the enemy, and was unconvinced: "The commander is willing to lead the troops to battle!"
Zhu Youwen waved his hand: "This must be the elite selected by the imperial court, you can't underestimate the enemy." Thou shalt take two thousand iron horsemen to defeat its sharpness. ”
For this kind of battlefield fighting, Zhang Guihou has long been accustomed to it, and he clenched his fists: "Get the order!"
"Drive, drive!" The dust was flying, and the general Zhang Guihou led two thousand iron horsemen to meet Kong Jie and rushed straight up.
The two sides fought and charged outside the city of Ruzhou, and after a short time, the left dragon and tiger army weakened.
Kong Jie was in a random battle in the formation, and exclaimed to the soldiers on the left and right: "If you don't retreat, your life will be at rest!" The soldiers of the Left Dragon and Tiger Army turned around and fled one by one, and returned in defeat.
Zhang Guihou won the first battle, and the Shenwu army was shocked. Zhu Youwen was overjoyed: "The Praetorian Guards have a false appearance, and they are vulnerable." The soldier next to him laughed.
Zhan Yunpeng on Ruzhou City was in a hurry: "Your Majesty, how can this Kong Jie be so unbearable, our soldiers are already afraid, how can Your Majesty let him deliberately defeat him?"
Next to Linghu Yunlong, he already understood Li Ji's intentions: "General Zhan, don't worry, Your Majesty let Kong Ming's soldiers be defeated for a while, and the arrogant spirit of the martial army; The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and when our army goes out of the city for the second time, they will use the cavalry to excite the left and right, and mess up their positions. Then charge in the middle of the infantry army to strengthen the heart of our army's victory. ”
PS: Push a copy of the last issue of Sanjiang book "Take the Clinic to Cross", the author is a girl. Very well written.