Chapter Twenty-Four: The Tragic Xue Yantuo

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Li Shimin clapped his hands and called a life guard and whispered. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Du He didn't pay attention to it, and he didn't know what to say.

In a moment, the guard stepped into the hall, a sword in his hand.

Li Shimin said: "This is called the Dingtang Knife, in terms of the power of chopping, it is better than the Panlong Sword, cutting gold and breaking jade, you have both swords and swords, you can use it at the same time, with it with the Panlong Sword, it is more like a tiger with wings." ”

Du He was overjoyed, and really wanted to sleep, so a hot pillow fell from the sky.

Du Hexi sword, martial arts have always been swordsmanship-based, but after he went to the battlefield, he found that the power of the sword on the battlefield was not as great as he imagined. Although his coiling dragon sword has a double blade and can be broken, it is always not so easy to chop and is not as easy to use as a knife. It's just that he is not proficient in swordsmanship, and he can only reluctantly kill the enemy with a sword.

When he went south to the south of the Yangtze River, because of the need, he practiced the knife hard, learned the profound knife technique recorded in the "Lingering Fragrance Treasure Book", and also had a certain experience in the knife technique, when he faced the enemy with the knife, he felt the domineering of the knife technique, and had a certain understanding of the power of the knife, but soon found that the knife was not good at breaking armor. Even if it is a sharp sword, it cannot easily cut through the iron armor, even if it encounters leather armor, the power of the knife will be weakened accordingly, but the sword does not have this concern, the sharp tip of the sword is like an embroidery needle, which can easily penetrate the armor and bring the greatest damage to the soldiers in the armor.

After perceiving the pros and cons of the sword, Du He thought again at that time, how good it would be if a weapon had both the sharpness of a knife and the power of a sword through armor.

On Weng Mountain, Du He saw the divine power of Zhou Zhenwei's left sword and right sword, and he faintly felt in his heart, tried it, and felt okay. When he was on the mountain of Yu Dujun, he had a whim, and once again tried the power of sword merger, and secretly decided in his heart that he could maximize the characteristics of the sword on the battlefield, so he had the idea of using the sword as his own battlefield to kill the enemy. During the duel with Mohe Baha, the sword he snatched cut the wound, allowing the other party to escape. At that time, he decided to return to Chang'an, and he must let the forger of the Science and Technology Institute create a treasure knife for him.

Before this was ready, Li Shimin sent the treasure knife up.

The Dingtang knife may not be as famous as Zhan Lu and the cadre Mo Ye in history, but it is a treasure knife given by Li Shimin, as a gift from the emperor, how bad can it be?

Li Shimin's reward can be regarded as a holy decree, and Chrysostom has nothing to say politely.

Du He smiled and took the Dingtang knife, the scabbard is simple and elegant, showing the traces of the imprint years, the sheath body is as yellow as a fallen leaf, but it is beautiful and beautiful like water, the curve is perfect, pull out the treasure knife, a touch of forest and seclusion is like a wave of deep autumn water in a moment enveloping the entire dining hall, the cold light is overflowing, on the back of the bright knife, with the seal engraved with the word "Dingtang", I can't help but praise: "Good knife!" ”

"A good knife indeed." Li Shimin talked about the origin of this Dingtang knife, "This knife is a treasure knife forged by the craftsman Zhang Yajiu with a hundred refining methods, this knife is made of dark iron outside the sky, tempered by fire many times, and then repeatedly forged, in the world, only the Panlong Sword and only a few blades can be compared with it, I used it as a blade back then, and led 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack Dou Jiande's 100,000 army." Now this sword is only an ornament in my hands, and you are missing a sword, so I will give it to you. You will use the Panlong Sword and Dingtang Knife in your hand to clear the territory for my Tang Dynasty. ”

He listened to Duhe tell him about the battle with Mohe Baha, and knew that Duhe missed the opportunity to kill Mohe Baha because he didn't have a good knife, and he could see the desire for a good knife on his face. Du He has made many meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty and has made significant contributions to the generations of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin was worried about how to reward, and found that he needed a treasure knife, so he took out the best blade he treasured and gave it away.

Du He loves this Dingtang knife in his hand very much, and he can't stop playing with it in his hand.

Li Shimin was also happy when he saw it: "This knife will be yours in the future, how can you play it?" Now it's time to drink with me...... Let's talk about Xue Yantuo...... I want to know, what is the general military strength of Xue Yantuo? ”

Du He told his assessment of Xue Yantuo's soldiers one by one during his days in Xue Yantuo. He knew that Li Shimin was using this to estimate Xue Yantuo's military strength in order to prepare for the next year's campaign, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Li Shimin listened to the details and had a rough idea of Xue Yantuo's strength, but he didn't care too much.

It's not that he is arrogant and conceited, but that the Tang Dynasty does have the strength to surpass Xue Yantuo.

Du He then talked about the matter of Yuangai Mingdong.

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said: "This group of clowns is still making trouble, and after I clean up Xue Yantuo, I will immediately open the knife on them." Liaodong must be recaptured no matter what. The achievements that Yang Guang failed to complete, I must also complete them. ”

In a word, it has already foreshadowed the future fate of Goguryeo.

As Du He thought, Liaodong was under the control of Goguryeo, and it has always been a pimple in Li Shimin's heart.

Faced with this territorial ownership issue, every Huaxia Erlang has the same idea.

Du He said: "It is not difficult to conquer Goguryeo, but the difficult thing is the climate issue. Especially horses, the war horses we have are not suitable for fighting in the far northwest, and then these thousands of miles of battle, and war horses are indispensable, which is the biggest difficulty in breaking Goguryeo in the future. ”

Li Shimin also knew the harsh environment that Yang Guang encountered when he conquered Goguryeo. Although Yang Guang has no way, he is still very talented, and his military ability is also good. He couldn't take Goguryeo with a million-strong army, and the key was also the climate.

This climate has always been the biggest difficulty in the journey of 10,000 miles.

"Forget it, you don't have to think much about it, but the news you brought can be put to good use. We don't have time to take care of Goguryeo now, but it's okay to cause them a little trouble. Li Shimin smiled faintly, with a slight gloomy smile on his face.

Du He also showed the same gaze, saluted Li Shimin and said: "The son-in-law and father-in-law want to go together, and now Goguryeo is like a historical process, and it is going through the process of breaking and standing. King Nayeongliu and Yuangai Suwen were both quite outstanding figures, and the victory of either of them over the other could bring a new pattern to Goguryeo, which is the so-called breaking and standing up. ”

Li Shimin said movingly: "The virtuous son-in-law is a good one to stand after the break, and he will change the history of thousands of years, and say it all in one word. If it weren't for the turmoil at the end of the Qin Dynasty, how could there be the prosperity of the Han Dynasty; If there was no turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, how could I have the Tang Dynasty today? Standing after breaking is something that any dynasty will experience. ”

Du He said: "Goguryeo is the same now, they are in the midst of civil strife, once the civil strife subsides, they will be able to develop steadily, as long as we can let them continue to maintain the civil strife, this will be a fatal blow to their strength." This will be of great benefit to us in the future. According to Jin Bozhe's news, King Rongliu and Yuangai Suwen are two, and Yuangai Suwen holds military power and is even stronger. We only need to support the king of Rongliu, and Yuangai Suwen will inevitably be afraid, and the civil strife will never stop. ”

Kim Bo-chul was timid and afraid of death, and under the coerced confession, he had already explained all the circumstances of Goguryeo to Du He. The current Duhe is well aware of the situation in Goguryeo.

Li Shimin smiled knowingly, it will take some time to deal with Goguryeo, but everything is prepared, and it is better to be able to let Goguryeo kill each other without spending a single soldier.

Just when Du He and Li Shimin were casually discussing and chatting, Yi Nan and Dadu set up the legacy left by Du He to stir up the troubles.

Dadu set suffered a big loss, and did not intend to let go of Mohe Baha, who was hiding in Yu Du Jun Mountain, and the 100,000 army besieged Yu Du Jun Mountain, and it was necessary to wipe out Mo He Bahar and his party.

It's just that Yu Dujun Mountain stretches for dozens of miles, thousands of feet high, Mohe Baha has survived in the mountains for more than ten years, every grass and tree is extremely familiar, more than 500 people are hiding in the hidden places of the lofty mountains, and there is nowhere to search without high technology.

Although Xue Yantuo did not worry about food and grass, the cost of an army of 100,000 was undoubtedly an astronomical amount.

Since Du He led an army of 130,000 people, Xue Yantuo's troops have been outside for more than two months.

Xue Yantuo is a tribe without a regular army, and when there is no war, these armies are the main force of hunting and grazing, which is also equivalent to Xue Yantuo's day of soldiers surrounding Yu Du Jun Mountain, Xue Yantuo will have less development of 100,000 prime of life in one day, and more than 100,000 burdens of eating white food. Xue Yantuo's ultimate enemy is the Tang Dynasty, and he can't waste his innocent strength on the mountain.

Faced with this situation, after a month, Yi Nan sensibly ordered the withdrawal of the army.

So, tragedy.

Besieged by Xue Yantuo, Mohe Baha was like a poor mountain mouse, hiding in a secret cellar where food was stored every day, relying on wild fruits and wild fowl to survive.

As soon as Xue Yantuo withdrew his troops, he went down to the tiger in the mountains and the dragon in the sea.

They first tamed more than fifty wild horses, snatched a thousand war horses from the small tribe, and then launched a sweep against Xue Yantuo.

He had Hai Dongqing as a navigator, coming and going in the territory of Xue Yantuo, and was specifically responsible for finding trouble with herdsmen, killing herdsmen, cattle, sheep, and horses.

For the people on the grassland, cattle, sheep and horses are their lifeline. They don't know how to farm, and their daily food is almost all milk from cows, sheep and horses, mixed with barley flour, and occasionally eat some hunted delicacies. As for the meat of cattle, sheep and horses, they are not willing to eat it at all. Occasionally, I eat a few meals, but also because the cattle, sheep and horses are dead or distinguished guests come to visit.

Now Mohe Baha is frantically retaliating and constantly hunting Xue Yantuo's lifeline.

Xue Yantuo immediately panicked.

All the tribes of their tribe sent an army of more than 200,000 to encircle and suppress Mohbaha.

However, in the vast grassland, the 200,000-strong army is only a drop in the ocean, and the 500 men of Mohbahar are even more of a drop in the ocean.

Using Hai Dongqing, Mohe Baha is like a mouse, while avoiding the encirclement and suppression of a group of cats, he constantly attacks Xue Yantuo's economic lifeline.

Yi Nan cried!

Xue Yantuo is tragic!