Chapter 566: Divine Decree
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It was past noon, and on the bank of the Yellow River, sawdust floated in the river.
After a morning of fierce fighting, most of the Tang army's naval division on the Yellow River had ceased to exist.
More than 40 warships of the Tang army were either destroyed or captured by the Zhao army, Huang Junhan, the governor of Huaizhou of the Tang army, was wounded, the general Zhang Yasha was captured, and only more than 500 of the 2,000 Tang army sailors survived.
However, the Zhao army only lost five or six warships, the navy suffered more than 300 casualties, and captured nearly 1,000 Tang troops, which was a complete victory.
Now on the bank of the Yellow River, the Zhao army fleet is facing the Yumen Ferry at the north gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, completely cutting off Li Tang's waterway of the Yellow River.
Cheng Mingzhen was full of ambition, standing on top of the battleship, Zhou Zhou, Zhao Xin and other civil officials all stood on Cheng Mingzhen's side, and they were overjoyed.
Zhao Xin arched his hand and said: "This battle is ashamed, a certain did not contribute the slightest, so that General Cheng smiled, this battle to ask for merit, a certain must be General Cheng's military exploits, the Son of Heaven, let him know General Cheng's bravery!" Zhao Xin said so, and everyone had no doubt, as a county guard, he had the right to do things to the Son of Heaven without going through Zhongshu Province. At the same time, his official position is also the highest among the people, and he should write the battlefield twists and turns.
Everyone said that this man was lucky, and if he had written it himself, he would not have written about his wolf on the battlefield.
Cheng Mingzhen laughed, collected the arrogance of the battle, and bowed his hand politely: "There is Lao Zhao to make the king." β
"Where, where." Zhao Xin smiled slightly.
At this time, two men, one high and one low, came from the end of the boat, one was wearing a Zhao Jun uniform, and the other was a young tall man dressed in a short dress.
The Zhao sergeant bowed his hand to Cheng Mingzhen and said: "Chief Qiyu, this is a boatman in the Yellow River, just now he led our warship all the way to the Yellow River waterway, and the last general promised him that if he wins, he will reward him with ten pieces of money, but he doesn't want money, and says he wants to see the general." And the last general brought him in. β
Cheng Mingzhen said in surprise: "Why do you want to see me?" β
The man froze for a moment. The soldier on the side said to the other party: "This is the general, you are so angry." β
The other party was obviously very nervous when he heard that Cheng Mingzhen is general, and after a long while, he stammered: "Don't give a reward to the villain, I beg the chief to allow me to join the Zhao army." β
"Oh?" Zhao Xin looked at the person's naΓ―ve appearance, and said with a little displeasure, "If you join Zhao Jun, you won't have ten dollars, do you still want to join?" β
The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Then can I be a captain?" β
As soon as this statement came out. Everyone laughed, and the soldier next to him said: "This is Zhao Yuanjun of Donglai County, you answer seriously." β
It's okay not to say it, but when the other party is even more nervous, Zhao Xin smiled and said: "My Zhao army has the most important military merits, and I will be promoted in order." Not to mention that you are not a member of the military, it is impossible to serve as a gang leader based on your merits. You've figured it out. β
The man hesitated, weighed left and right, and said, "I still want to join Zhao Jun!" β
Everyone was surprised, Shiguan's money is not a minority, this person actually doesn't want money, but it is really rare to join Zhao Jun.
"Why don't you love money and join our army?" Cheng Mingzhen asked.
The other party said loudly without hesitation: "Because I want to get ahead!" β
"Good!" Cheng Mingzhen patted the other party's shoulder heavily. praised, "If you have ambition, reward him with ten dollars, and then promote him to the army as a pawn!" β
The other party was suddenly blindsided: "General, you are really willing to give me money and let me join the Zhao army!" β
Cheng Mingzhen nodded, and Zhao Xin was slightly unhappy when he saw the other party on the side. Originally, with his identity, he shouldn't have dealt with the other party, but today he is too disgraced, so he wants to regain some face.
He saw a jade pendant hanging on the other party's side, and immediately said: "You said that you are an ordinary boatman in the Yellow River, how can you have such a precious jade pendant on your body." Speaking of this, Zhao Xin took off the jade pendant from the other party, and the other party was very excited when he saw it. And Sergeant Zhao, who had already prepared, caught him on the left and right.
"Give it back to me!"
"Be honest, damn, you really have a few catties of cow strength."
The man struggled hard, but was held to death by Sergeant Zhao.
Zhao Xin held the jade pendant. But seeing that there was a graceful word engraved on the jade pendant, he sneered: "This jade pendant is worth at least a hundred times, how can you be a boatman with such a priceless thing!" Say, you are not Tang Jun's meticulous work. β
The man put away his timid look, and said with a straight face: "I'm not fine, this jade pendant is only worth more than ten times, how can there be a hundred times." β
Zhao Xin snorted and said: "It's good for you to die blindly, this jade pendant is obviously carved by a famous artist in Guannei, and the jade quality is the best Kunlun jade, and it is no less than 100 times in any pawnshop in Youjing." β
The man said with a sigh: "So she lied to me, oh, I understand, she was afraid that my father and I would not accept it, so she deliberately only said that it was worth more than ten times." β
"Who is she?" Zhou Zhou stepped forward and asked. The man lowered his head, but gritted his teeth and refused to say more.
Zhao Xin said: "Give this person to the Wind Hearing Division, and the stone will also open in the Wind Hearing Division." β
"Slow," Zhou Zhou took a step forward and said, "I don't know if I'm right, this jade pendant was given to you by a girl, what kind of kindness does this girl owe you, and then use the jade pendant to counteract, right?" β
Seeing the man's expression, Zhou Zhou smiled slightly and said, "It seems that I guessed correctly." β
Zhou Zhou said: "Zhao Junshou, the most important thing in this matter is not this person, but this jade pendant, what kind of girl handed over the jade pendant to him is the key." β
Cheng Mingzhen said: "The two of you talk about it, and you talk about my head, but I believe that he is innocent, you don't need to inform the Fengwen Division, those guys will intervene in it, and the matter will be over!" β
"Thank you, General." The young man glanced at Cheng Mingzhen gratefully.
Zhao Xin glanced at Zhou Zhou and knew what he understood, but with the bad relationship between the two, the other party would never sue him.
The tiger prison is closed.
Li Shimin witnessed the destruction of the Tang Dynasty Navy from beginning to end.
Seeing the battleship burned and the soldiers sinking in the water screaming and struggling weakly, Li Shimin could only look at it from afar and be powerless. He can't help with this, Li Shimin is conceited in horse warfare, foot warfare, the Tang army is invincible in the world, but when it comes to water warfare, as a disciple of Guan Long, who dares to say that he is proficient.
Li Shimin was powerless, and watching the elite soldiers defeated, this scene made him resentful. He has never been defeated in his life, and he did not expect that on the Yellow River, his naval army was defeated.
"His Royal Highness King Qin!" Hou Junji said on the side.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Huang Junhan's naval army is all the strength of our army on the Yellow River, and now that it is destroyed, I have no ship to send." β
Li Shimin is telling the truth, from Guanzhong to Guandong, although the west is high and the east is low, there is a tendency to build from a high vantage point in the art of war. But this is only relative to the 6 land, for the waterway is not as good as the Yangtze River, Sichuan and Shu for the advantages of Jingyang and the two states can be said.
That is to say, although Li Tang occupies the upper reaches of the Yellow River, because of the obstruction of the mainstream, it is impossible for the ships coming from the upper reaches of the Yellow River and Weishui in Guanzhong to leave Sanmenxia and go down the Yellow River. Therefore, Li Tang only has Huang Junhan as a sailor to rely on in the Central Plains.
However, the Zhao army was different, Li Chongjiu relied on the merchant ships and passenger ships on the Yongji Canal to use troops, and also collected the Great Sui expedition Liaohai ships from Donglai County as the main warship, and his craftsman workshop also imitated the Wuya warship.
It takes at least two or three years for a five-tooth big ship, could it be that from two or three years ago, Li Chongjiu decided to use the Hebei Navy to seize the Tiger Prison Pass and fight with himself?
In this way, it is really a deep calculation, if it is Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin, where can he have such a vision.
Huang Junhan was helped to limp in front of Li Shimin and said: "The last general is incompetent and defeated by the Zhao army." β
Li Shimin looked at Huang Junhan, although he even had the heart to kill him at the moment, but there was no one in the navy under his command, and only he could rely on him for the time being, and said with a faint expression: "You have done your best, go down and rest first!" β
Huang Junhan looked at Li Shimin and said immediately: "King Qin, the last general still has one more word, please let me finish." β
"Let's talk about it!"
"After the Zhao army breaks through our water army, it is likely to go straight upstream, and we will strengthen the defense of Heyang and Huiluo!"
Li Shimin's face turned pale and nodded, "Go down!" β
Huang Junhan sighed and went down with the help of the soldiers.
Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness King Qin." At present, the Zhao army Xu Shiji, Wang Ma Han's 20,000 army, launched an offensive in Hanoi, and the king of Huai'an only had a few thousand remnants, if the king of Huai'an was defeated. The Zhao army captured Hanoi, Shui 6 and attacked the three cities of Heyang, so once the Zhao army captured Mengjindu, it could reinforce Luoyang from the north. β
Li Shimin didn't speak, Du Ruhui said: "The three cities of Heyang are just that, if the Zhao army cooperates with the main army with warships, and the water 6 attack the tiger prison, our army is afraid that it will be dangerous. β
Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and the two henchmen and strategists looked worried and not optimistic.
Hou Junji said: "At present, is it only to invite Chang'an and send reinforcements to Luoyang." β
Hearing Hou Junji say this, Li Shimin shook his head, and at this time, a person outside the door walked quickly and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, there is a holy decree coming from Chang'an, which was sent by a six-hundred-mile fast horse. β
Li Shimin listened to the footsteps for a moment.
Soon the incense case was put on the table, and the eunuch in the palace who passed the decree saw Li Shimin and smiled first: "His Royal Highness King Qin, congratulations, the old slave came to congratulate you first." β
Li Shimin greeted him and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, where is the word, Father-in-law Lao has traveled all the way to pass on the decree to Lone, and it is too late for Lone to thank him." β
The eunuch smiled when he heard this: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin is polite, then I will announce the decree." β
King Qin knelt down on one knee at the moment, and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other Tang army generals also knelt down together.