Chapter 353: Preparing to Dispatch Troops
Li Shimin now has the support of most of the military, and Li Jiancheng really doesn't dare to let him make military merits anymore; So he hurriedly went out of work and knelt down and said, "Father; The second brother has been tired from fighting for many years, and he has just had a son, so it is unreasonable to leave home to fight. The www.biquge.info child is not talented, and he is willing to replace the second brother to go to conquer the Great Demon Kingdom. ”
Li Yuan nodded secretly when he heard this, and was relieved that their brother's brother was respectful; So let Li Jiancheng be the head of the march, and Li Yuanji be the deputy head of the army; led Li Yuanba, Yuan Mujue, Yin Kaishan and other generals, and 50,000 handsome soldiers to join Li Mi to conquer the Great Demon Kingdom; At the same time, he ordered Pei Lin to join them in Caozhou as a military advisor.
Li Shimin returned home sullenly, and the eldest grandson became a mother for the first time; Look like a million dollars; Seeing that her husband was in a bad mood, she came to offer condolences with her son in her arms.
Li Shimin was very angry, told him about today's events, and couldn't help complaining about his father's short-sightedness. The eldest grandson Wujian was also startled, and hurriedly asked her husband what he was paying attention to.
Li Shimin said: "I asked Wuji to contact the generals in the army, he did a good job, and the Tiance Mansion has already issued a scale." Now there are many people in the army who are willing to help us; Among them is Duan Decao, the governor of Yanzhou.
In the west, although we defeated Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu's losses were smaller; He saw that there was no chance to go west to Taiyuan, so he went south to attack Yanzhou.
As a result, he was defeated by the governor of Yanzhou, Duan Decao; As a result, this kid did not give up, borrowed 5,000 people from the Turks again, and attacked again to be ashamed. As a result, he was defeated again, with more than 2,000 deaths, and Liang Shidu only led more than 100 horsemen to escape. Duan Decao chased more than 200 miles to the north, took advantage of the victory to break through Weizhou, the capital of Liang Division, and beheaded many prisoners.
This time, I'm going to let Duan Decao take the initiative to provoke and attract Liang Shidu's team over! As soon as he came, the lackeys of Jieli could not sit idly by; Their army was dragged in the northwest by me all the way, which can be regarded as helping the fifth brother relieve a little pressure. ”
Li Yuan's army suddenly turned around and agreed to join forces with Li Mi to attack the Great Demon Kingdom from the south, which caught Dou Jiande by surprise; He felt that things were out of his control. Let him go all the way to attack the Great Demon Kingdom alone; Dou Jiande shuddered a little when he thought about it.
The generals did not approve of this action; Among them, Su Lie Su Dingfang is one of them. Su Dingfang is a native of Wuyi, Jizhou; When he was fifteen years old, he followed his father to fight against the Turks with great strength and courage, and was the first to enter the battle, and the village relied on him to settle down.
His father died in the battle against the Turks, and he swore at his father's grave that the first goal in this life would be to destroy the Turks. I didn't expect that this time I would unite with the Turks against my compatriots, so I really let him accept it.
Su Dingfang always likes to confide in his beloved concubine Xiao Taohong when he has something. Little Peach used to be a famous prostitute in the Eastern Capital; I don't know how many dignitaries want to see their daughters. Later, she redeemed herself and withdrew from the wind and dust to Leshou.
Su Dingfang fell in love with her at first sight, and moved her with sincerity and accepted her at home; For a while, how many princes and nobles made Le Shou sad; I don't understand why Xiao Taohong, who is beautiful and beautiful, chose Su Dingfang as a big man.
After Su Dingfang married Xiao Taohong, he doted on her in every way; Anything will be confided in him.
After listening to Su Dingfang's words, Xiao Taohong smiled and said, "Husband, don't go if you don't want to; Calling sick at home is not good? Or lie that Luo Yi is on the side, and ask the soldiers to go to the north to garrison! ”
Su Dingfang smiled bitterly and said: "The lady said it simply, our Xia Kingdom was put together by Li Tang, and we have to face the arrogant soldiers of the Great Demon Kingdom alone; There is already a shortage of personnel; This time I have been appointed deputy commander of the march, the vanguard officer of the demons; Where else is there to shirk? ”
Little Peach was so frightened that she said, "What should I do then?" I've heard that the soldiers and generals of the Great Demon Kingdom are all reincarnated from the devil; One by one, they are brutal and abnormal; How is it good for the husband to go? ”
"Hahaha!" Su Dingfang laughed loudly for a while: "Lady Hugh wants to listen to the rumors outside." The armies of the Great Demon Kingdom are all human; It's just more aggressive. Our chances of winning this time are slim. ”
Little Pink's eyes fluttered: "Husband! Since following you, I have found that you are often sullen; If things don't go well, let's go back to our hometown in Wuyi! Why bother yourself like this? ”
Su Dingfang sighed and said, "King Xia treats me well; Let's wait until I repay him for his kindness! ”
"Since the husband is unwilling to fight this battle, he can't help but be tactful, but he must take good care of his life; If you have three long and two short; Am I going to be bullied again? ”
"Madame, don't worry, I know what to do! This battle is really helpless! ”
After Cheng Zhijie and others returned to Shandong, Zhang Liang also sent back news of the enemy, although the Great Demon Kingdom continued to sow discord; But in the face of a common threat; The enemies put aside their disputes, and the general framework for the negotiations was determined.
They decided to raise a four-way army, the first of which was to attack Liaodong with Tuli and Gaokaidao who surrendered; the second way, with Jieli and his subordinates Xue Rengao, Liang Shidu, and Li Rail; Liu Wuzhou mainly attacked Liaodong from Youzhou.
The third road, with Dou Jiande as the main force, attacked Shandong from the north. The fourth road was dominated by Wagang and Li Mi, together with Li Tang, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, and Zhu Can's combined forces, to attack Shandong from the south.
Once the enemy's general strategy was determined, they raised food and grass, reorganized their troops, and began to prepare for action.
After receiving the information from all parties, Lao Cheng laughed and said, "Everyone, have you seen it? The enemy is strong, but vulnerable! First of all, the strength of Tuli and Gao Kaidao is limited, and we only need to send one general to win.
Second, Li Shimin had promised to hold back Jieli's soldiers and horses, and the enemy had not yet sent troops; He first folded all the way to the army; Is the enemy coalition army with a leg missing still a coalition army?
Zhang Liang has made a great contribution this time, Li Tang and Li Mi do not agree, and the biggest threat to us has been greatly reduced. There is only one Dou Jiande left, aren't we still hand-wrecked? ”
Everyone nodded incessantly, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became much more relaxed.
After the meeting, the Great Demon Kingdom began to redeploy its forces. At this most critical time, Li Jing of Liaodong suddenly fell ill and had to withdraw his cultivation in Shandong, Ma Wenju, who was stationed in Zhouliu, was appointed as the commander of Liaodong, and Kan Ling and Han Shige's Huozi division led the team to Liaodong to help in the war.
Army Marshal Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao have returned to Shandong, and he led an army of 50,000 troops to Dezhou and Niu Tong stationed here to deal with the threat from Dou Jiande; He was accompanied by Lan Tianbi, Luo Shixin, Wen Zhong, Tian Yi and other generals.
Cheng Zhijie personally commanded the troops to go south to Caozhou and join the Xiongkuhai garrisoned here, accompanied by generals Duan Zhixuan, Liang Shitai, Dongfang Yumei, Wang Wendu, Bai Sumei, Qi Guoyuan, Li Ruqi and other generals. Mrs. Hei Sumei was suddenly found out to be pregnant and stayed in Jinan to recuperate.
Liang Shi thought that he could go to the Central Plains to loot and live happily; There was a fire in his heart, and he quickly gathered a large army and a total of 30,000 reinforcements from the Jihu Turks, and he wanted to set off. But at this time, a group of bandits suddenly broke out on his territory. This bandit came and went like the wind, stirring up Shuozhou.
Liang Shi didn't care about going to the Central Plains, so he quickly turned around and began to suppress the bandits. These bandits are very cunning and elusive; As soon as he saw the large army coming, he turned around and ran; As soon as his army withdrew, he ran out and looted.
Immediately after that, rumors spread in Shuofang, some said that these bandits were horse bandits running from the Turks, and some said that Shuofang was a common person who could not survive; More people said that these people were Li Tang's people.
There are also people who shake out the news that Liang Shidu attacked Yanzhou twice and returned, and they all said that Duan Decao was Liang Shidu's nemesis; Don't look at Liang Shidu's reliance on the power of the Turks to oppress the people, if he really encounters Duan Decao, he must be kneeling on the ground and kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Liang Shidu was furious when he heard this, and decided to fight Yanzhou three times to correct his name. So he led the army and did not go to the alliance, nor did he go to attack the Great Demon Kingdom, and turned south to fight Yanzhou.
When everyone was actively preparing for the war, there was news that Liang Shidu Fu led the Turks and Jihu soldiers and horses to fight Yanzhou Mansion three times. They were stationed at Liboar Ridge, south of Yanzhou, and were ready to go. Duan Decao, the governor of Tang Yanzhou, was outnumbered, so he did not fight to frustrate his spirit; And Pegasus asked Li Yuan for help.
Li Yuandu was ready to send troops, and suddenly heard the news that Liang Shidu had invaded Yanzhou, and his face turned blue with anger; The table slammed into the crackle. "Master Liang is too deceitful, I swear not to give up with him."
Li Shimin took the opportunity to ask for war and asked to lead troops to pacify the western region and stabilize his rear in one fell swoop. Li Yuan frowned, and did not directly agree to Li Shimin's request; Instead, he wrote to Jieli and asked him to mediate.
Liang Shidu also sent a letter to Jieli, repeatedly explaining that Li Yuan sent people to pretend to be bandits to his territory to burn and rob, and he was forced to raise troops to fight back.
After all, Jieli turned to his lackey Liang Shidu, received Li Yuan's letter, and snorted coldly: "Li Yuan has no faith; Some time ago, I occupied Guanzhong in my name; Nothing was seen of the promised goods; Such people cannot be trusted! ”
As he spoke, he threw Li Yuan's distress letter on the ground; Not only that, but he also ordered Xue Rengao and Li Liang to help Liang Shidu deal with Li Yuan as much as possible.
Xue Rengao thought of his father's hatred, and took the lead in raising troops accordingly; With an army of 50,000, he surrounded Jingzhou, which was defended by the hussar general Liu Gan.
The two armies fought for several days, and Xue Rengao could not win, so he saw that Jingzhou City was surrounded by regiments, and he was allowed to enter but not to leave; To trap Jingzhou. It didn't take long for the food in the city to run out, and Liu Gan killed the horse he rode and distributed it to the soldiers, and he didn't eat any meat, but only mixed the wood chips with the soup of boiling horse bones.
The city was on the verge of falling several times; It happened that Li Shuliang, the king of Changping, led his troops to Jingzhou, and Xue Rengao saw that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, so he threatened to run out of food and lead his troops to the south, and the siege of Jingzhou was lifted.