The Tang army was not far from Taiyuan City, and an hour later, Li Jiancheng received a flying eagle message from Wang Junkuo, which made Li Jiancheng really a little embarrassed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, he knew in his heart that Zhang Xuan's request was not excessive, the union of the two armies must be dominated by the strong and the weak as the servant, otherwise the two armies will do their own thing, but they will drag each other down, resulting in the defeat of the battle, and he can't afford to lose this battle, the Sui army can withdraw to Hebei if it loses, and what should be done with the annexation of the state?

However, Wei Zheng went to Hedong County early in the morning to urge grain, and Li Jiancheng had no one to discuss, which made him very anxious, his original intention was to agree, but how could his father explain it?

At this time, a soldier outside the door reported: "Your Highness, Li Shangshu asks to see!" ”

Li Shangshu is Li Zhongwen, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, the grandson of Li Bi, the Duke of Zhao Guogong, and Li Mi's cousin, and also the head of the Li family.

As the support of the Guanlong nobles to Li Yuan, Li Zhongwen also used his family Zhuang Ding to establish an army of 5,000 people in Guanzhong, and strongly supported Li Yuan's army to enter the pass.

However, the relationship between Li Zhongwen and the crown prince Li Jiancheng is not good, for many reasons, such as the last time the Sui and Tang Dynasty negotiated in Chang'an, Li Jiancheng knew that Wang Shichong's spies would attack the Sui envoy, but Li Jiancheng did not take it to heart and did not tell the deputy envoy Li Zhongwen.

In the end, the assassination occurred, which caused the Tang Dynasty to be very passive and had to give up the conditions for claiming back Shangdang and Changping counties, which made Li Zhongwen very dissatisfied with Li Jiancheng.

But this is just a dissatisfaction, not the fundamental reason why Li Zhongwen resents Li Jiancheng, and the fundamental reason is that Li Jiancheng pretended to be his nephew Li Mi and went to Wagang, this matter Li Zhongwen misunderstood his nephew, he always thought that his nephew went to Wagang without authorization to be a thief, which made him extremely angry.

For this reason, Li Zhongwen did not hesitate to use family law to force Li Mi's wife Yu to remarry, which led to Yu's death by hanging, which also seriously affected the relationship between the Li family and the Yu family.

It wasn't until later that Li Zhongwen knew that his nephew died early, and it was Li Jiancheng who pretended to be his nephew, for which he was very remorseful, and at the same time he also believed that Li Jiancheng killed his nephew, and his resentment fell on Li Jiancheng.

However, Li Jiancheng is the crown prince, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he has to endure it, Li Jiancheng has been sitting in Taiyuan since last year, although he defeated Liu Wuzhou, but at the same time, he also took the military and political power of the state in his own hands, thus emptying Li Zhongwen's Shangshu power.

This time, Li Jiancheng sent Wang Junkuo to fight against the Turks, and Li Zhongwen couldn't bear it anymore and came to see Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng didn't want to see Li Zhongwen at this time, but out of politeness, he still let Li Zhongwen come in, and after a while, Li Zhongwen walked into the study quickly, bowed and saluted, "The old minister sees His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Is there anything wrong with Li Shangshu?" Li Jiancheng asked lightly.

"The old minister got the news, it seems that His Royal Highness sent General Wang to the north, but is there such a thing?"

"It is true."

Li Zhongwen hesitated and said: "Weichen is in charge of state affairs, and it stands to reason that he should not be concerned about the military, but the Holy Lord has a secret decree asking His Royal Highness to stand still, and when the Sui army and the Turks are both defeated, we will take the advantage of the fisherman, since the Holy Lord has a will, why ........?"

Li Jiancheng showed an irrepressible disgust on his face, and said coldly: "It is the duty of the Tang army to fight the Turks, so what are the benefits?" ”

"But this is the Holy One—"

Without waiting for Li Zhongwen to speak, Li Jiancheng interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I know in my heart what to do, since Li Shangshu also knows that he shouldn't ask about the military, then don't say it again." ”

"Please think twice, Your Highness!"

"Stand down! I still have military affairs to deal with. ”

Li Jiancheng directly issued an expulsion order, Li Zhongwen was resentful in his heart, so he had to clasp his fists and salute, turn around and leave quickly.

If Li Jiancheng was still a little hesitant before, but Li Zhongwen's interference was invisible, and finally prompted Li Jiancheng to make up his mind, he immediately gave a 'quasi' word under Wang Junkuo's letter and stamped his own seal.

Li Jiancheng handed the eagle letter to the guards and said, "Send someone to deliver the letter to General Wang immediately, and it must be delivered to General Wang tonight." ”

........

At noon the next day, 30,000 Tang troops arrived at the camp of the Sui army, and the two sides had communicated in advance that the Tang army would not be stationed in the camp of the Sui army, but would build a new camp close to the camp of the Sui army.

The soldiers of the Tang Army and thousands of Sui army fortifications immediately plunged into the construction in full swing.

Inside the big tent, tents are being set up, the soldiers are ramming mud and logging, digging trenches, building walls, and there is a busy scene everywhere, at this time, dozens of Sui soldiers surrounded a general into the Tang camp, the gate of the Tang camp has not yet been built, the sentry has not been arranged, and the Tang soldiers did not notice the Sui general.

The general was looking around, when a group of Tang army patrol officers rushed over and asked in a loud voice for the first captain: "What ......is the matter?"

The lieutenant didn't finish speaking, and was suddenly dumbfounded, the young and tall general of the Sui army in front of him turned out to be Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I'll come and see everyone!" ”

The patrol soldiers immediately responded and immediately knelt down on one knee, "See His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

All the Tang soldiers around were stunned, knelt down and saluted, Zhang Xuan waved his hand and smiled: "Everyone, please get up!" ”

At this time, the news of the appearance of Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, in the camp quickly spread throughout the Tang army, and the generals and soldiers poured in from all directions, and everyone wanted to see the true face of this legendary figure with their own eyes.

After a while, thousands of Tang soldiers surrounded Zhang Xuan's sides, and dozens of guards around Zhang Xuan were extremely nervous, desperately pulling out of the human wall, Zhang Xuan smiled and waved to the soldiers, attracting applause and cheers from the soldiers.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, the crowd gradually quieted down, and Zhang Xuan said loudly: "Although we were enemies in the past, opponents on the battlefield, and maybe in the future, we are not opponents at this moment, we are brothers who fight side by side, and our common home was invaded by Hulu, so we stood up together and picked up swords and guns to protect our homeland, and protect our parents, wives and children." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan's voice became high-pitched, "Brothers, the great war is coming, and many of us may die in battle, but please remember that we are dignified men of the Han family, and we would rather die on the battlefield than take a step back!" ”

Zhang Xuan's words were generous and powerful, which aroused the resonance of all the soldiers present, and many people left tears. ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers were enthusiastic, and they raised their arms and shouted, "Die on the battlefield, never retreat!" ”

The sound shook the heavens and the earth, and at this time, Wang Junkuo, who originally wanted to stop the soldiers, also stopped, and couldn't help but sigh lowly, and Xie Yingdeng next to him couldn't help but praise: "I dare to go deep into the Tang camp and encourage the soldiers of the Tang Army, this courage, I'm afraid that no one in the world will be better than it!" ”

Wang Junkuo was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly squeezed up, clasped his fists and saluted: "The lowly Wang Junkuo sees His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "I just went out of the camp to check the patrol post, so I walked over to take a look, it's a bit abrupt, please don't blame the general!" ”

Wang Junkuo sighed and said: "There is no problem for His Highness to come to check on the construction of the big camp, but it is difficult to ensure such safety, so I still ask Your Highness to go to the big tent with his humble duties." ”

Zhang Xuan said happily: "It's okay, I just want to hear General Wang's opinion on the Turkic army. ”

Zhang Xuan followed Wang Junkuo to the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Junkuo asked Zhang Xuan to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, at this time, Xie Yingdeng also walked in and saluted Zhang Xuan, "See His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

"Are you General Xie?"

"It's Xie Yingden down there!"

"I have heard for a long time that General Xie's archery skills are unparalleled in the world, and I hope to see the sharpness."

"The lowly will play on the battlefield, but ..... The lowly position is only good at archery, and the best archery in the world abounds, and General Su Dingfang's archery is inferior to his humble position. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "General Xie is too modest, please take a seat!" ”

Xie Yingdeng clasped his fists and saluted, sat down next to Wang Junkuo, Zhang Xuan groaned and said: "This time, General Wang led 30,000 troops to the north, can there be cavalry?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, there are cavalry, but there are not many, only more than 5,000 people, mainly infantry."

Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "I want to listen to General Wang's suggestion, General Wang thinks, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Wang Junkuo said frankly: "I think that I should still focus on procrastination!" ”

"Tell me about it!" Zhang Xuan asked with interest.

"Your Highness, most of the Turkic troops are ordinary herdsmen, they go south to the Central Plains just to rob wealth and women, if they can't meet their wishes for a long time, their morale will decline, and their way back to the north will be cut off, and the morale of the army will inevitably be affected, so the Turkic Khan is eager to fight with us, trying to turn the tables through this big war, in this case, we just don't fight with them, try to delay, drag until they are exhausted, demoralized, and unstable, and then we attack again, this battle will undoubtedly win."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "General Wang's thoughts coincide with mine, and it seems that the heroes of the world see the same thing." ”

Wang Junkuo was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "How can you be in a humble position, dare to compare with Your Highness, your humble position is only to make suggestions, and Your Highness is the decision-maker." ”

Jang Hyun stood up with a smile, "Okay! Tonight, the pre-war deployment will be carried out, and I hope that the two generals will come together to participate. ”

After Zhang Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and left. (To be continued.) )