Chapter 732: The Decisive Battle Before the Decisive Battle (1)
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Chapter 732: The Decisive Battle Before the Decisive Battle (1)
"Han Shicao is dead!"
The thirteenth heir carried Han Shixu's head, and the horse kept shouting outside the rebels. More than 300 cavalrymen under his command also chanted together, shouting one after another like a series of thunderbolts. The people who maintained order on the periphery and gathered the rebels were all Han Shicao's subordinates, and when they heard Han Shicao's dead shout, they immediately quieted down, and they all watched the scar-faced man running back and forth with a bloody human head with incredible eyes.
"Han Shicao is dead! Don't stop waiting! ”
Thirteen urged his horse into the crowd, perhaps out of fear or despair, and the rebels who had quieted down spontaneously split a way to let Thirteen into the crowd. In the densest part of the crowd, Si Thirteen reined in the war horse, then jumped up and stood up on the horse's back, stepping on the saddle, he lifted Han Shixu's head high.
"The traitor has been punished!"
The crowd, which had been chaotic and noisy before, fell silent, and they all looked at the man with a hideous face.
"Who is he?"
Someone subconsciously asked his companions.
"I don't know...... Is it really General Han's head in his hand? ”
His companion asked rhetorically.
"It's bloody, I can't see it."
"But General Han didn't come out, was he really killed by that Scarface?"
"If General Han is really dead...... What shall we do? ”
"Let's ......"
The soldier who spoke froze, not knowing what to say. If Han Shixuan really died, they really didn't know where their way out was. followed Han Shicao to kill Li Shimin, but now Li Shimin is not dead, Han Shicao is dead. It was King Qin who survived, so what kind of fate would these people end up with?
"Don't believe him!"
Han Shixu's cronies, Li Xi, shouted loudly: "He's lying!" General Han is watching you from the high slope over there, don't fall for him! This person must have been sent by Li Shimin, and the head in his hand must be fake! ”
"Fake?"
Si Thirteen sneered and shouted loudly and asked, "Then you will call your General Han out and take a look!" ”
Li Xi turned his head to look at the high slope, but the high slope was already empty. When Han Shixu's personal soldiers saw that the lord was about to be killed, most of them scattered in a hurry. There was only a lone flag left standing on the high slope, and the Korean character loomed on the flag in the exhibition.
"The banner is still there!"
Li Xi knew that this would not make the soldiers lose morale, so he shouted loudly: "The general personally pursues and kills Li Shimin, I am afraid that this will already cut off the head of the thief, everyone kill, slaughter this shameless man!" Li Shimin is dead, and General Han is the commander of the army! ”
"Lonely and safe!"
While he was talking, Li Shimin rode out of the crowd on the war horse that Yu Chi Gong had taken. The soldiers around him subconsciously got out of the way, and no one dared to point a knife at him anymore. Behind Li Shimin, Wei Chigong, who did not know how many injuries he had on his body, followed closely. The long lance was still dripping with blood, and it fell to the ground with a clatter.
"The first evil has been killed, and the rest will not be investigated!"
Zhao Wu wiped the sweat from his forehead and shouted: "His Royal Highness King Qin is merciful, I will not hold you accountable!" Han Shicao is ill-intentioned and perverse, and it is not a pity to die! But you are just deceived and deceived by him, and your nature is not evil, as long as you put down the knife in your hand, King Yan will never account for this wrong thing you have done today! His Royal Highness the King of Qin decrees that anyone who automatically puts down his weapons will not be guilty! ”
Li Shimin glanced at Zhao Wu appreciatively, and slowly urged the horse forward to the side of Hei Thirteen. He first looked at the bloody head, then at the thirteenth heir, and then nodded: "Today's grace, the people of the world will remember it. ”
"The last general came on the order of the general to assist His Highness. His Highness is in trouble today, and the last general naturally cannot turn a blind eye. It's just that the last general didn't expect that it would be so easy to kill this thief. ”
"Anyway...... If it weren't for you today, I might have been defeated. ”
He stretched out his hand and asked for Han Shixu's head from the thirteenth hand, and then raised it high: "Lonely Heaven is destined to return!" How could it be killed by a random young person? Your affairs today can be ignored. But if you still think you can kill Lone, then you can naturally try it! I want to see if any of you dare to act against the sky! ”
Before this sentence fell, Li Xi, who knew that he had no way to retreat, immediately urged his horse forward, and killed Li Shimin with a lance: "He is just a mortal, everyone go up together, hack this hypocritical guy to death with a knife!" ”
Poof!
A long lance flew from the opposite side and poked straight into Li Xi's heart.
Wei Chigong looked coldly at the slowly falling corpse, and squeezed out two words from his mouth: "Look for death!" ”
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"Lord, what should I do next?"
Wei Chigong, who was sitting on the ground gasping for breath, looked at Li Shimin and asked.
Li Shimin stood on the high slope of Han Shicao's immediacy not long ago, watching that the children of the family who had not moved before were all busy at this time, gathering people and horses, and searching for Han Shicao's subordinates were busy searching, one by one as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the previous indifference was gone.
He sneered, and also sat down on the high slope and said, "Han Shixu is dead, and the affairs in this army are a little easier." Those rebels were terrified in their hearts, and they were afraid that they would never dare to disobey Lone's orders again. They're afraid of death, so now is the best time to use it...... The original plan remains unchanged, and Lone is going to fight a decisive battle with the Liang army under this Xiangyang City! ”
"Lord!"
Zhao Wu hurriedly persuaded: "The army's heart is unstable, and it is not the time for a decisive battle." If there was no Han Shicao to plot the rebellion, the Liang army would have been tired and tired, and the lord would have waited for work and led the army to meet the head-on attack, and the defeat of the Liang army would have been determined by seven points. But now the soldiers are afraid that it will be difficult to have the heart to fight to the death, and the decisive battle ...... at this time."
"It's okay!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Send someone to release the news of the mutiny among the generals!" ”
He looked at Xiangyang City and said word by word: "If this matter spreads, the generals of the Liang army's reinforcements will inevitably think that the time has come." They will not miss the opportunity to defeat Lone in one fell swoop, so they will not look for fighters after resting. If they knew that the soldiers in the lonely camp mutinied, Han Shixu would be in chaos...... I'm afraid I'll pounce on me right away! They think there is an opportunity, and it is also the opportunity to be alone! ”
He turned his head to look at the thirteenth heir who was standing silently and asked, "General heir, what do you think?" ”
The thirteenth heir who was stunned was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Shimin and said slowly: "The last general came to assist His Highness on the order of the general, and naturally it is subject to His Highness's order. It's just that the last general's troops are too small, and I'm afraid it won't make any difference. ”
"You've done too much today...... Who said that if you have few soldiers, you can't turn things around? If it weren't for your hundreds of cavalry today, Lone would have been a lonely ghost outside Xiangyang City. It is precisely because of your beautiful battle that Lone will make up his mind to fight a decisive battle with Liang Jun. ”
Li Shimin said: "When the news of the mutiny is released, the generals of the Liang army will inevitably be contemptuous. If you send someone to spread the news again, you will say that Lone is seriously injured and will die...... Guess what the general leading the army will think? ”
Zhao Wu was stunned, then shook his head and said, "The minister still thinks that it should be safe at this time." After this chaos, the army lost at least 20,000 troops! The Liang army had no less than 150,000 reinforcements, and there were at least 40,000 Liang troops in the city. If it is a two-sided attack, our army is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it. ”
"Zhao Wu, you are more cautious than enterprising."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "And it is cautious when it should be cautious, and cautious when it should not be." What is rare is that you have been persuading Gu to start first, but now you have made the same old mistake! ”
"Don't you see that Xiao Mo is even more nervous than Lone at this time!"
Li Shimin pointed in the direction of Xiangyang City and said: "Today's chaos in the camp is like this, if Xiao Mian has the courage, he only needs to send more than 10,000 people to attack the camp, even if he is lucky, he is afraid that it will be difficult to escape this fiasco." But Xiao Milling didn't have the courage to go out of the city...... In this case, what are you afraid of? ”
"Xiao Mo didn't dare to go out of the city easily, so in this battle, Lone's chances of winning have increased by one point!"
"If the Liang army is advancing lightly, why do you need to meet the whole army? Lone only needs to send one or two fierce generals to set up an ambush, cut off the front and back, and the Liang army will be frightened when it is suddenly attacked, and this battle is not difficult to fight. ”
He looked at Wei Chi Gong, and then looked at the thirteenth heir and said: "Lone is now using Wei Chi under his subordinates, and there are thirteen heirs, what are you afraid of?" ”
"Wei Chi, do you still have the strength to fight?"
"The minister will never give up!"
Wei Chi bowed his head and said.
"That's ......"
Li Shimin ordered his own soldiers to take the map, pointed to the above places and said: "Set up an ambush in the forest outside Ping'an Town, don't pay attention to the Liang army's vanguard passing by, don't pay attention to the large team of people and horses when they come, and then kill them after the baggage battalion in the back comes up." As long as the grain and grass of the Liang army are burned, half of the victory will already be won! Wei Chi, you lead people to ambush in the east of Xiangyang City, and when you see the arrival of the Liang army, you will kill it and intercept it, and you will bring your own men and horses to meet it head-on, and the Liang army will be defeated with three swords! ”
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Wudang Mountain
The Tang troops stationed here have been idle for nearly two months, and the soldiers have nothing to do every day except drills. The wild things in the mountains and forests have suffered from the seedlings, and the generals have nothing to do to hunt, and this time is a leisurely time, but everyone is not easy in their hearts.
Just a few days ago, the vanguard army of the Yanyun Army from Chang'an City had already set up camp less than forty miles away from Wudang Mountain. Although no one was sent to contact them, Li Xiaogong and the generals of the Tang Army knew that this time it was time to make a choice. If nothing else, it won't be long before His Royal Highness King Yan will personally lead the army to arrive. When the time comes, Li Xiaogong must make a choice between the King of Yan and the King of Qin, which is not only about Li Xiaogong's personal future, but also about the life and death of the 50,000 army.
Sitting on a big rock on the hillside, Li Xiaogong looked at the fallen leaves on the mountain and was stunned.
"General...... Are you worried about King Yan? ”
His subordinate strategist Cui Huanran asked in a low voice.
"King Yan sent the eldest grandson Wuji, who was obviously almost here, but suddenly stopped. The eldest grandson, Wuji, sent someone to contact me before to persuade me to submit to the imperial court...... But it's been so long, but the eldest grandson Wuji has no follow-up. Thus...... His Royal Highness King Yan must have given him some order. ”
"King Yan...... Is this an attitude? ”
Cui Huanran guessed: "Are you still forcing the general to show an attitude?" ”
"It's a bit of both...... What King Yan wanted to tell me was that he was not in the mood to wait for me to make a choice, so he personally led the army here. Of course, it also forced me to make a choice in the days leading up to his arrival. ”
"The general has already made up his mind, hasn't he?"
Cui Huanran suddenly smiled and said.
"The decision is naturally made a long time ago, otherwise how could I stand still in Wudang Mountain? I think King Yan also understands what I mean, otherwise he wouldn't have sent Changsun Wuji first and then sent troops. The reason why I am struggling...... It's not about which side to stand on, it's about how to stand on it! ”
"Victory!"
Cui Huanran said in an accentuated tone: "What else can there be besides a victory?" ”
He smiled and said, "If you start a war against the Liang army, as long as you win, it will not be a bad thing for either King Yan or King Qin." Neither side can be offended, both are considered meritorious! ”