Chapter 285: Infighting (I)
"Your Royal Highness, our department killed two of the enemy's thousand household chiefs, eighteen hundred household chiefs, destroyed more than 1,000 enemies, captured four enemy thousand household chiefs, captured more than 3,000 enemies, and captured as many as 10,000 cattle, sheep, and horses...... "After the fierce battle, You Sifan, who was full of joy, bowed down and stood in front of Li Zhen, and put all the exploits of his department out in one breath, his face was flushed, and his eyes flashed with a proud and expectant look - proud because he You Sifan did fight extremely beautifully in this battle, and continuously broke through the enemy's right flank and the two enemy armies of the Chinese army, and his achievements were great, do you look forward to it, It's not waiting for Li Zhen to be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, but looking forward to Li Zhen being able to hand over the heavy responsibility of attacking Shule to himself according to his promise before the war, but You Sifan was only proud for a while, when he saw Liu Whirlwind escorting Taganda with five flowers and big ties, he immediately stopped talking, his eyes looked at Liu Whirlwind with complicated eyes, his face was full of embarrassment, without him, no matter how great the merit of breaking the enemy was, it would not be as great as capturing the enemy chieftain alive, seeing that the opportunity to lead the army alone slipped past his hand like this, You Sifan was so depressed that he wanted to cry.
"Your Highness, the last general has captured Taganda, please send it down." Although Liu Whirlwind's heart fluctuated, his face was very indifferent, and he ignored You Sifan's jealous and jealous gaze, strode in front of Li Zhen, and bowed.
Hehe, these guys are really competing in private, interesting! Li Zhen is a sober person, how can he not see that the generals in the army are secretly divided into several small factions, and they compete fiercely with each other, but Li Zhen does not plan to change this status quo, and even intentionally or unintentionally adds fuel to the fire, to put it bluntly, this is just the emperor's heart and ear, it is not enough for outsiders - the so-called unity of all people, that only refers to the loyalty to Li Zhen himself, but it does not mean that all the generals under him are like brothers and sisters. The reason is very simple, where there are people, there is politics, there is conflict and competition, and mountaineering can not be extinguished in any dynasty, the key lies in how the leader himself skillfully controls and makes it compete benignly, rather than killing each other maliciously, whether it can do this is a key indicator to test whether the leader is qualified, therefore, Li Zhen never opposes the competition between the generals in the army, but just guides it well, The same is true of the controversy over the division and the handsome seal.
"Bring people up." Li Zhen smiled, pretended not to see the heart disease between You Sifan and Liu Whirlwind, and said indifferently.
"Yes." Liu Whirlwind replied in a loud voice, turned around, waved his hand to a cadre of men who stopped not far away, and said, "Bring it up!" ”
"Your Royal Highness spares your life, Your Highness spares your life, the widow has descended, and the ...... has descended" Li Zhen was originally / the notoriety of the Western Turkic tribes was known throughout the Western Regions, Taganda was afraid that Li Zhen would be angry and sent troops to rescue Khotan, and when he saw the look on Li Zhen's face, he was suddenly so frightened that he trembled all over, and fell to the ground on his knees, but he kowtowed vigorously and begged for mercy incoherently.
Damn, it's such a piece of waste, it took me a lot of effort, damn dog! As soon as Li Zhen thought of the officers and soldiers who died tragically under the city of Hotan, as well as the jujube red horse who had died in the battle array before, he suddenly became angry in his heart, and he really wanted to slash Taganda with a knife, but this idea can only be an idea, but Li Zhen is not such an emotional person, since it is impossible to miss the military affairs in order to vent his anger, so he smiled and stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help Taganda up, untied the rope on his body with his own hands, and said softly: "Let Your Majesty be frightened, it is all the sins of this king." ”
Tagan replied that he didn't expect Li Zhen to be so gentle, he forgot to beg for mercy for a while, looked at Li Zhen with a puzzled face, and saw that the smile on Li Zhen's face didn't look fake, and hesitated for a while, and then said: "Thank you for your Highness's magnanimity, the widow knows that his sin is unforgivable, and he can be treated favorably by His Highness, but I don't know what His Highness is for, please make it clear." ”
Hehe, it's really on the road. When Li Zhen heard Tagan answer this, his heart was immediately happy, but he didn't bring it to his face, but just smiled and said: "Since you know that you are wrong, this king should not be very much for himself, your two countries are originally a harmonious state, and now it has become such a situation, it is really not what this king wants, but the war has started, there must be a result, otherwise it will be difficult for this king to explain to the court, what do you say?" ”
Look at what Li Zhen said, let him occupy any reason, he was the one who sent troops to destroy the country, and in the end, he pretended to be a saint to forgive the "sin" of others to resist by raising troops, such high-sounding words can be said by a cheeky guy like Li Zhen, and he heard Tagan answer with bitterness in his heart, but he was helpless, after all, this world is very realistic, and what the winner says is reasonable, isn't it? Seeing Li Zhen talking nonsense there, Taganda could only reply resignedly: "Yes, yes, yes, what His Highness said is very true." ”
Li Zhen didn't seem to see the embarrassed look on Taganda's face, and continued with a smile: "That's good, hehe, the soldiers are dangerous, can you not fight, this king doesn't want to fight, alas, but now that the fight has started, there should be a result, since you are the king of Shule, you know that once the war resumes, the most pitiful are those innocent people, this king really can't bear to suffer such a calamity again, Your Majesty should understand the king's painstaking heart, if you don't have a letter from Your Majesty, How about persuading the cities of Shule to open the city to welcome the soldiers of the Celestial Empire? ”
Li Zhen's words were high-sounding, but he went around and around for a long time, and the left and right were just to ask Taganda to order Shule to surrender, which made Taganda's heart suddenly chill, but he didn't dare to refute it, after all, at this time, the whole army was still in Hotan City, except for less than 4,000 people and horses, the rest were either prisoners of war or corpses, and the entire Shule country was now a hole in the country, even if it did not surrender, it would be impossible to stop the footsteps of the Anxi Tang Army, not to mention that at this time, his own life was still in Li Zhen's hands, This made Tagan feel sad, but he was helpless, so he could only force himself and said: "Your Highness's benevolent heart can move the heavens and the earth, and the widow admires it very much, but it's just a ......."
"Your Majesty has nothing to worry about, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Seeing that Taganda didn't say anything further, Li Zhen immediately guessed where Taganda's mind was, but he didn't break it, just said it with a smile.
Seeing the encouraging smile on Li Zhen's face, Tagan replied with a slight courage and said, "I just don't know what His Highness will do with the widow and my Shule royal family?" ”
"Is this it?" Li Zhen showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and muttered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "My Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven is a benevolent and virtuous king, he is not fond of killing, and he will definitely treat you well. ”
Li Zhen's words are half-true and half-false - Li Shimin has always been a warlike monarch, and he has destroyed countless countries in his life, and the name of the Khan that day was played, what kind of peace angel or something, but he is really generous to the kings of the conquered countries, and the kings of the kings, and the rewards of the knights, there is rarely a time to kill them all, in this regard, compared to the reputation of the "blood slaughterer" on Li Zhen's head, it is better than the old and young, and Tagan didn't expect Li Zhen to really spare his family. At this time, when he heard that Li Zhen was planning to send his whole family to Chang'an, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a gloomy face: "In this case, the widow is willing to help His Highness." ”
"Okay, that's good, King Shule's move is very good, come here, please go down and draft the edict." Li Zhen saw that Tagan agreed to the edict, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he waved his hand and ordered his guards to escort Tagan down, and looked at the generals gathered in front of him for a long time, and appreciated the nervous expressions of the generals with great interest, and then his face was solemn, and he raised his voice and said: "Liu Whirlwind." ”
Although Liu Whirlwind had already guessed that this expedition to Shule would fall on his head, he was not completely sure, at this time, he heard Li Zhen call his name, hurriedly strode out of the ranks, nodded on one knee, and replied loudly: "The last general!" ”
"Deputy Commander Liu, this king Linger led an army of 2,000 to take Shule, do you dare to respond?" Li Zhen asked expressionlessly.
As soon as Liu Xuanfeng heard that the task of going out to fight Shule had fallen into his hands, he was immediately overjoyed, and he was afraid that the rest of the generals would seize the credit, so he hurriedly responded loudly: "The last general is willing to make a military order!" ”
"Okay, after you take the grass edict of the king of Shule, immediately lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to attack, and be sure to level the entire territory of Shule within ten days, and those who do not surrender will be killed!" Li Zhen nodded, took a general order from Yingda's hand, and handed it to Liu Whirlwind as he spoke.
"The last general obeys!" Liu Whirlwind suppressed the excitement in his heart, held the general order in both hands, and replied loudly.
"Order, the rest of the army has cleaned up the battlefield and returned to the camp!" Li Zhen didn't say anything more, just took a deep look at Liu Whirlwind, who was kneeling on the ground, turned over and got on his horse, and led the guards to hurry away in the direction of Hotan City......
Chaos, a big mess! Since the defeat of Shule fled to the city of Hotan, the entire city of Hotan fell into a panic of collapse, the army had no heart to fight, the people were panicked, and the faint cry in the city could be heard everywhere, whether it was the king of Khotan, Fu Jiaxiong or the prince of Shule, Hersa, all fell into extreme panic - according to the original strategic deployment of the two sides, it should have launched a surprise attack on the Tang army camp in the early morning of tomorrow, and formed a battle with the Tang army, and then the army of the king of Shule from afar launched a fatal blow to the Tang army, but did not expect the Tang army to strike first, Sent suspicious soldiers to challenge in front of the city, surprise attack on the army of King Shule, completely cut off the possibility of Hotan City to get assistance, now although the Tang army is only stationed at the north gate, there is no Tang army in the south gate, the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army in Hotan City can leave Hotan freely, but the problem is that now the surrounding cities have fallen into the hands of the Tang army, once the army leaves Hotan, there is nowhere to go, and although the grain in the city can still support for several months, it can no longer be replenished, and continue to be trapped in the city is just to sit and wait to die, Where to go has become a difficult problem in front of everyone.
Headache, real headache! Rao is the king of Khotan, Fu Yanxiong has always been good at dancing with long sleeves, at this time he is also messed up, facing the bleak situation of sitting in the city of sorrow, Fu Yanxiong can't help but be at a loss, and has no intention of discussing with his generals, hiding alone in the study in a daze, no matter how he thinks about it, he can't think of a way out of the predicament, so worried that the white hair on his head suddenly has a lot more, and he is panicking, but he heard the noise outside the courtyard for a while, and suddenly the unhappiness turned into a loud roar: "Bastard thing, who is noisy there." , push out and cut it! ”
As soon as Fu Yanxiong was so angry, the guards under him panicked, and hurriedly went out to take a look, but immediately retreated quickly, and whispered with a nervous face: "Your Majesty, it was Prince Shule who led his generals to make trouble." ”
"Huh?" Fu Yanxiong's face sank violently, and he snorted coldly, his face was full of displeasure, and his brows had wrinkled into the word "Chuan", but in the end, he still sighed helplessly and said, "Let him come in." ”
"Your Majesty, you have to be the master of Xiao Wang, my father is now in the hands of the Tang thief, his life and death are unknown, the country is empty, Xiao Wang is worried, Your Majesty, send troops, and fight to the death with the Tang thief!" As soon as Hersa saw Fu Jaxiong, he immediately burst into tears, shouting that he was going out of the city for a decisive battle, as if he was fighting on the battlefield at all costs to save his father.
Fu Jaxiong is a fine person, how can he be blinded by Hersa's clumsy performance, since he saw through Hersa's intentions at a glance - there are more than 17,000 soldiers in the city, but most of them are the army of Khotan, as for Hersa's light cavalry is only more than 3,500 horsemen, once out of the city to meet the enemy, it is naturally the main force of Khotan, once the battle starts, Hersa will lead his troops to slip away, with the mobile advantage of all cavalry, leave Khotan, sneak back to Shule to take the opportunity to ascend the throne, How could there be any sincerity in wanting to rescue his father who fell into the hands of the Tang Army, but he understood it in his heart, but Fu Jiaxiong could not expose Hersa's sinister intentions on the spot, after all, the two sides were still allies at this time, once some things were broken, even if they completely tore each other's faces, there was no possibility of coexistence, therefore, although Fu Jiaxiong was very tired in his heart, he had to persuade himself gently: "His Royal Highness the prince's filial piety can be seen from the sun and the moon, and the widow is really very moved, how can our army now be newly defeated, and the enemy army is strong, It is really not the time to go to war, according to the widow's opinion, it is better to brake quietly and wait for it to change, if the king of Qiuzi knows the whole battle situation, maybe there will be a touch, once this is the case, then the predicament of our army can be alleviated. ”
Fu Jiaxiong said is right, but it is a pity that Hersa, who is eager to return to China and ascend the throne at this time, has no intention to pay attention, as soon as he heard that Fu Jiaxiong refused to go out of the city to meet the enemy, he suddenly turned red, gritted his teeth and said: "I Shule raised the whole country's troops to help your country's difficulties, and now my father is in a difficult situation, Your Majesty is not able to save him when he sees death, and he is too deceitful. ”
As far as Shule's little soldiers and horses in the city are actually not of much use at all, there are no poor Baba more than 3,000 light cavalry has little impact on the strength of the city, but the problem is that the people in the city are panicking now, once the Shule cavalry slips away, the blow to the morale of the army will be too great, and the military spirit that is already on the verge of collapse is afraid that it will collapse completely, if so, the city will no longer have to be defended, in this regard, Fu Jaxiong said that he could not let Hersa's light cavalry leave, At least he couldn't leave at such a critical juncture, but seeing that Hersa was going to leave the city alive and dead, Fu Yanxiong already knew that his intention to go had been decided, and he couldn't be persuaded by words, and his heart suddenly sank, but his face did not change in the slightest, and he gently persuaded: "Since His Royal Highness the Prince must fight, the widow will not let His Royal Highness the Prince fight the enemy alone, and he should fight side by side with His Royal Highness, but if it is too late today, it is not the time to fight, how about a night's rest, and go out of the city early tomorrow morning to fight to the death with the Tang thief?" ”
Fu Yanxiong's words have been said to this point, but Hersa, who is like an arrow, still said unrelentingly: "Your Majesty, the Tang Army's new victory must be negligent in its defense, and a certain willingness to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to rob the camp at night, when you can take advantage of the chaos to rescue my father, I hope that Your Majesty will agree to a certain request for the sake of a certain thousand miles to lead the troops to help?" ”
Robbing the camp is of course a good strategy to break the enemy, but there is no possibility that the robbery of the camp wants to be used on the head of Li Zhen's subordinates, in fact, in the past half a month, the Three Kingdoms Alliance in Hotan City has not tried, but every time the troops sent out to rob the camp have been defeated and returned with heavy casualties, without him, there are too many first-class master sentry agents in the Tang army, every time the camp robbery troops are just dispatched, they are discovered by the sentry agents lurking in the dark, and then, waiting for the camp robbery troops is the endless variety of traps and ambushes in the Tang army camp, It is clear that the smooth road of people coming and going in the days is inexplicably turned into all kinds of traps that eat people without spitting out bones, and whenever the robbery troops fall into the trap, what awaits them is a heavy blow from the Tang army. After tossing a few times like this, Fu Yanxiong completely died the heart of robbing the Tang camp, at this time, when he heard Hersa say that he was going to rob the camp, he was immediately angry, but it was not good to reprimand Hersa in front of the generals of Shule, and in desperation, he could only smile bitterly and said: "Well, since His Royal Highness the Prince must go, the widow thinks that he is perfect, but the matter of robbing the camp is not trivial, if the matter is not secret, it will be defeated, and the generals will go back first, how about allowing the widow and His Royal Highness the Prince to plan for a good life and then make a decision?" ”
Hersa didn't really want to play the camp robbery, but he just planned to take advantage of the chaos to lead the army to get out, but at this time, Fu Jaxiong had already agreed to his request, and he couldn't say no, so he had to wave his hand and signal his generals to go back to the camp to prepare, but he stayed in the study, he didn't think that the generals had just left, but Fu Jaxiong, who had always been smiling, suddenly changed his face, and didn't wait for Hersa to understand what was going on, but he heard Fu Jaxiong break off and shouted: "Take it!" In an instant, more than a dozen Khotanese soldiers swarmed up, threw Hersa to the ground, tied up the five flowers into rice dumplings, and even stuffed their mouths with rags.
"Woo woo woo ......" Caught off guard, Hersa struggled to say something, but her face turned red, and she could only let out a meaningless whine, but the resentment in her eyes couldn't be more obvious......
It is the only website in China dedicated to collecting the most popular whole books. (Full Text)