Chapter Seventy-Three: Blame from Li Ji
"What does this man say? Li Xian, the general manager of Datang Liaodong Province? Isn't it rumored that this guy is just a child? How can you be so brave? Jian Mucen was taken aback when he heard the shouts of the person who came, and he wanted to capture the other party, but he knew that Xue Rengui was not far ahead, if he provoked this person to come, he would really find death.
Therefore, although he knew that capturing Li Xian would make a great achievement, Jian Mucen still didn't dare to ask for the credit that was about to be obtained, and despite Li Xian's shouts behind him, he hurriedly continued to flee on horseback.
I have to say that Jian Mu Cen is indeed a very wise enemy general, very good at judging the situation, and very decisive in the face of huge temptation, he just said to go, and he didn't dare to delay at all.
But who is Li Xian? He had been paying attention to the enemy commander from the beginning, and it was precisely in this way that he shot an arrow at the other party when he saw him fleeing, and when he saw him continue to escape, he rode behind him again, but he didn't expect this guy to turn around and flee so decisively, and he couldn't help but have some admiration for this guy.
However, admiration is admiration, Li Xian didn't want to spare this enemy general, because he knew that in a few years, the remnants of Goguryeo would set off a wave of independence, and those leaders were as cunning as the enemy general opposite.
Although Jian Mu Cen is in front, his war horse is also a good horse. But where can it compare to the royal horse purple horse that Li Xian called? Hearing a gust of wind behind him, Jian Mucen suddenly felt a piercing pain, looked down slowly, and found that the head of a spear had already pierced into his back, and then from his chest, and blood was still dripping from the tip of the spear.
"Tang Li Xian? Hehe, I really didn't expect the Tang Dynasty Son to give birth to such a brave son, and my sword Mu Cen can die at the hands of this person, and it can't be considered wronged. Jian Mucen smiled bitterly, glanced at Li Xian silently, and said slowly.
"Jian Mu Cen? It turned out that this person was the sword Mu Cen who later supported An Sheng as the king? Hehe, this lesson is really clear-eyed, and it even asked me to kill this person, which can be regarded as solving a problem for my Datang. Looking at the corpse of Jian Mu Cen, which slowly hit the ground, Li Xian's heart actually felt an inexplicable happiness.
And at this time, the battle was about to come to an end, with the addition of Xue Rengui's army and the death of Jian Mu Cen, this enemy army had completely become a headless fly, completely lost its resistance, or was killed by the Tang army, or directly surrendered on its knees, or it was more miserable, it was trampled to death by its own war horses, and it was killed by its own people.
And on the battlefield where the army is mixed, Xue Rengui's eyes are constantly staying on one person, that person is not his son Xue Ne, although he saw his son in just a few days of martial arts advancement, his heart is also very happy, but what makes him even happier is that Li Xian, the king of Zhou, has such outstanding martial arts, although he is only twelve years old, but his bravery is no less than twenty years ago with Taizong when he went to Goguryeo, but he was thirty years old at that time, and the other party was only twelve years old, so heroic is really rare in the world, that is, the ancients, how many can compare?
"Father, the king of Zhou killed three generals in a row today, killing dozens of enemy soldiers, although the son is not as good as the king of Zhou, but he also killed seventy-eight Goguryeo soldiers, more than the king of Zhou in number, the child is fighting for the first time, is it okay?" Rao is Xue Ne is calm by nature, and he couldn't help but feel proud when he saw Xue Rengui today, after all, this is his first time on the battlefield, and he has won so much, and he does have the capital to boast of.
"Wu'er must know how to be modest and prudent, don't boast of merit, and then take a look at the general manager, this battle killed three enemy generals and dozens of soldiers, and he is still calm, which is really an example for my son in the future." Xue Rengui taught Xue Ne a few words, and then turned his head to Li Xian and bowed down and said: "General Manager Qiqi, today Li Sikong led the army to besiege Xincheng, and used strange tricks to earn the enemy army out of the city. In this way, our army can only have no choice but to fight in Liaodong this time. ”
After finishing speaking, Xue Rengui also squinted at Pang Tongshan, who was ashamed.
Although Pang Tongshan and Xue Rengui's official positions are of the same level, but because the two belonged to the people of Empress Wu and Gaozong before, they have never dealt with each other, and now Xue Rengui saw that Pang Tongshan almost led to the defeat of the army, so he was naturally extremely dissatisfied with him, so he praised Li Xian and sarcastically mocked Pang Tongshan.
Xue Rengui thought that Pang Tongshan would fight back against him, but he didn't expect Pang Tongshan to just say in a curtive voice: "Yes, yes, today's incident is thanks to the great manager who turned the tide and General Xue rescued him with righteousness, and it was the last general's poor organization that caused so many losses to our army, and the last general was really ashamed." ”
"Hmph, quickly clean up the battlefield and lead the army to escort the grain and grass into the city, Li Sikong is waiting for me." Xue Rengui didn't expect the other party to be able to admit his mistake sincerely, his face suddenly softened a lot, and he no longer blamed Pang Tongshan, and then conveyed Li Ji's order to pull out the camp and go to the new city.
Pang Tongshan naturally agreed immediately, and even if he ordered the soldiers guarding the camp to act immediately, clean up the battlefield, collect prisoners, pacify the soldiers, dispose of the corpses, record the exploits of the battle, and count the grain and straw, preparing to send these materials to Xincheng early the next morning.
Early the next morning, under the escort of Li Xian and Xue Rengui, the garrison soldiers under the command of Pang Tongshan transported all the supplies to Xincheng.
Although there was nothing wrong all the way from the camp to the new city, something happened after arriving in the new city.
Of course, what happened here was not war, but the anger of Li Ji. First of all, Pang Tongshan was ordered by Li Ji to be punished with a cane for forty because of the unfavorable defense of the camp, which caused unnecessary damage to the soldiers, and ordered him to make meritorious service for his crimes.
After Pang Tongshan fled with his head in his arms, Li Ji left Li Xian alone, and first praised him, saying that Li Xian was brave and strong, turned the tide, made meritorious contributions to the court and society, and shared worries for the saints, which was really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty, but after the praise, Li Ji's complexion began to change, and he arched his hand at Li Xian, and said solemnly: "There will be a sentence in the end like a bone in the throat, don't vomit or be unhappy, please don't blame the general manager." Yesterday's attack on the barracks, although there was nothing to do, but the last general is still apprehensive, the king is a royal noble, and now the holy beloved son, and the chief of the march in our army, how can he ignore his own safety and take the risk of attacking? Fortunately, there is nothing to do, in case of any accident, how will Ling Mo explain to His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen? ”
"Hehe, this matter is Xiao Wang's mistake, please forgive Ah Weng." Li Xian saw that Li Ji said these words for his own good, and his heart was also moved, so he hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
But Li Ji still didn't give up, shook his head and sighed: "The king is not ignorant, although the king is nominally the head of the march, but the purpose of coming here is mainly to gain knowledge, and to train himself, not to fight hard, the king should have endured himself, Taoguang and obscurity, today the king repelled the enemy with martial arts, the name will be famous in the army, and it is already difficult to want Tao Hui in the future." What's more, the matter of guarding the camp is Pang Tongshan's responsibility, that is, he is defeated, and His Majesty is also holding this person responsible, why should the king be willing to take a risk and force his way out? ”
Li Xian couldn't help but sneer: "Sikong said that Xiao Wang didn't dare to agree, although there was a fight in the court, but the brothers were outside the wall to resist their insults, the interests of my Tang Dynasty will never allow outsiders to attack, although this time it is Pang Tongshan to defend the camp, but if it is lost, it will be very unfavorable to my Datang, maybe more than 100,000 soldiers of my Datang will withdraw the army because of this matter, not to mention the loss of grain and grass, if you find such a fighter in the future, I am afraid it will no longer be easy, and the life and death of the country will not be avoided because of misfortune?" For the sake of the world, what does it matter if Xiao Wang is sacrificing? What's more, it's just taking a risk. ”
But I heard Li Ji praising the case and saying: "A good 'life and death for the benefit of the country, how can it be avoided because of misfortune and fortune', the king is good at writing and has a broader mind, which is really the blessing of my Tang Dynasty, just Li Mou just tried it with words, but he never thought that the king was young, but he had such insight, which really made the last general awe-inspired." However, in this way, I am afraid that Her Royal Highness's speculation will also come as scheduled, and I hope that the king will be careful and vigilant, and the state affairs will naturally go all out, and then he must also protect himself. ”
Li Xian didn't agree with Li Jifang's words to persuade him to protect himself, but he also knew that the other party was for his good, and what Li Ji said was indeed worth worrying about, after all, this martial queen is not a good person, if he annoys the other party one day, maybe there will really be trouble, but people have a bottom line, for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty, even if he is a little suspicious, he feels that it is worth it, not to mention that he is just an ordinary prince now, and the martial queen is at most suspicious, as long as he can't catch the evidence, I don't take myself seriously.
It is precisely because of this last point that Li Xian is not too worried about himself, but he also has to express the attitude he should have towards Li Ji's kindness, so he didn't say anything more, but arched his hand and said: "Thank you Li Gong for telling me, Xiao Wang still cares about this, if there is no life, everything is just empty talk, please rest assured that Xiao Wang will definitely cherish his own life, and will never be easily taken away by anyone, and no one will be able to take Xiao Wang's life easily." ”