Chapter 11 The Pursuit of the Turks
Yu Qingze's reinforcements finally appeared, and Li Yuan and the civil and military officials of Longzhou stood at the door to greet them. Under the banner of Yu Zi, a mighty-looking general in his forties rode a black horse to meet him.
"Li Yuan, the assassin of Longzhou, brought his subordinate officials at all levels to greet Marshal Yu." Yu Qing, who was on the horse, hurriedly jumped off the horse and stepped forward to help Li Yuan. Although Yu Qingze's official position is above Li Yuan, in terms of the family's prominence and close relationship with the emperor, Li Yuan is stronger than Yu Qingze in every aspect. Since Li Yuan has given enough face, he naturally knows how to get off the donkey.
"Why does the Duke of Tang have to be so polite, the lord secretly plays the saint, and leads the people of the city to defend Longzhou, contain the iron cavalry of the sand bowl, and the commander can win a small victory, if you ask who has merit, the lord should remember the first merit!"
"Where is it, today's great victory on the fortunate Yu Marshal Heavenly Soldiers descended, saved the people from fire and water, and the officials and soldiers of Longzhou were able to fight hard to protect the city, and I hope that the adults will return to Beijing in the future, and pay tribute to the two saints The miserable life of the people of Longzhou, and reward the meritorious soldiers, and comfort the dead."
"Tang Gong is an official not for personal gain, he is really a model for my generation, and after the marshal returns to Beijing, he will state to the saint." After speaking, he walked towards the city gate with Li Yuan. The officers and soldiers of Longzhou led by Cheng Guoxuan stood on both sides of the city gate with resolute expressions, their faces were still tired, but their expressions were resolute; The blood stains on their bodies have not yet been washed, and most of their robes are tattered, but they all hold their heads high. Yu Qing looked at them, from time to time straightened the helmet of an officer, and from time to time straightened the uniform of another officer, looking at their wounds that had not yet stopped bleeding, slowly, Yu Qing came to Li Jiancheng, although Li Jiancheng was tall and had experienced several blood baptisms, but his age was only a teenager, and the immature and childish face on his face still did not completely retreat. And the innate aristocratic atmosphere made Yu Qingze stop.
"If this official guesses correctly, you should be Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Tang Gong!" Li Jiancheng was about to answer, but Li Yuan preemptively said:
"Ahh Yu Dashuai is right, he is the little dog built, built, and he hasn't seen Lord Yu soon. ”
"The last general, Li Jiancheng, see Lord Yu." Li Jiancheng paid a big salute. Yu Qing hurriedly helped him up.
"Sure enough, the hero is a young man, Tang Gong, I don't know Ling Lang is Gui Geng this year."
"The puppy is fourteen years old." Li Yuan combed his beard as he spoke, and it was difficult to hide his proud expression on his face.
"Ahh At such a young age, he has such courage, the Tang Mansion is really talented from generation to generation, and there are successors to the Ohno clan! ”
"Where is it, Lord Yu has won the award, and he also invited the adults to the Assassin's Mansion for tea, and the officials prepared a banquet to wash the dust for the adults."
"Tang Gong, please," "Your Excellency, please." The two joined hands and entered the city together.
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After the banquet, Li Yuan, Yu Qingze, Cheng Guoxuan and other military generals discussed in the study, and Li Jiancheng waited for tea on the side.
"General Cheng, you are a local, according to the scout's report, although the Turks retreated this time, their vitality was not injured, and they did not return to the royal court immediately, so the commander wanted to lead his troops to pursue, first, to expand the results of the battle, and secondly, to teach the Turks a lesson. General Cheng, you are a local, and you should be the one to pursue the position of forward general tomorrow. ”
"The last general thanks the grace of the marshal."
"Lord Yu, father, and the child also want to participate in tomorrow's action." Li Jiancheng knelt in front of the two and pleaded softly.
"Gongzi Li is worthy of being a general, but the battlefield is not child's play, Gongzi is still young, so don't take risks supreme." Yu Qing was busy pushing.
"Lord Yu, don't worry, I also want him to have more experience on the battlefield. Built, Yu Shuai is a famous general in the world, you should learn from Yu Shuai, and you will be used for life after learning. Li Yuan was on the side. Yu Qing agreed when he couldn't push it, but repeatedly said that he must stay by Li Jiancheng's side and not violate the order.
On the second day, Li Jiancheng and Yu Qingze's army went out of the city together, and at the gate of the city, a group of people knelt next to their war horses, and a white-haired old man carried a bowl of wine to Yu Qingze's face:
"Dashuai, the little old man is old and frail, and he can't go out of the city with the big handsome to chase the enemy, today I will take a bowl of water and wine on behalf of the villagers, please drink this wine, kill more Turkic livestock, and avenge the people who died in Longzhou!" Yu Qing picked up the bowl of wine and said to the people kneeling at the city gate.
"Thank you for the kindness of all the fathers and elders, and I, Yu Qing, swear here that I will not avenge the fathers and elders and never return home!" After speaking, he drank the wine, and after drinking, he threw the bowl, and the other generals also followed Yu Qingze's example and threw the bowl and shouted: "If you don't take revenge, you won't return home." ”
The army marched all the way from the north gate, and as far as the eye could see, hedgehogs and hares appeared on the grassland from time to time, and birds soared in the sky. If it weren't for the war, Li Jiancheng would feel like he was on an outing. However, the eager eyes of the people when they left the city, the corpses of the people who were slaughtered by the Turks that day, the baby on the spear. Scenes are all in front of me. We must avenge the people who died. I hate it in my heart.
After walking for dozens of miles, a large forest appeared in front of them, and a large flock of birds flew over the woods, and the horses under the cavalry seat also seemed to sense the danger and went wild. Yu Qing asked:
"General Cheng, what's the place ahead?"
"Dashuai, the front is called the Black Forest, because it is wooded and does not see the sun all day long, so the people here gave it this name." Cheng Guoxuan replied.
"The Turks seem to have read our Central Plains military books, and they also know how to set up ambushes, but it seems that they have not finished reading the military books. They don't see so many birds flying in the sky, but they don't fall, which means that there must be ambushes in the forest. Even if the forest rarely sees light, Ben Shuai will add a fire to it today. Someone! on the rocket. "A lit arrow shot into the woods. In the blink of an eye, the woods turned into a sea of fire. The people inside were called horses neighing, and some of the people who ran out of it were burned by the fire, rolling and fluttering desperately on the grass, struggling, and after a while there was no movement. The Turkic Shabalu Khan was also injured by a rocket, and the guards around Shabalui Khan desperately protected Shabalui Khan from the chaos and escorted Shabalui Khan back to the royal court in Mobei.
After the battle, Yu Qing and Li Yuan jointly gave the emperor a twist: in August of the fourth year of the opening of the Great Sui Dynasty, the son of Wang Yi, the former governor of Longzhou, colluded with the Turkic thief Sha Bowl to enter Kou Longzhou, fortunately, Tang Gong Li Yuan had already made a plan, the soldiers were brave, entrusted to His Majesty Hongfu, Longzhou was victorious, tens of thousands of enemies were killed, and the thieves were defeated.
Thanks to the lone wolf Chenyuan for the collection, the editor will make persistent efforts.