Chapter 21: The Fall

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The good news from Henan and Shannan undoubtedly relieved the pressure on Li Yu's body a lot, laughter reappeared in the palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids were secretly relieved, praying that God would let the officials and troops continue to win, so that they could live with trepidation every day by looking at the face of their master. Li Yu obviously also noticed the change in the mood of the people around him, so many people were centered on him, and even his emotions were swayed by him, ideologically, he was not happy to see such a situation, but the great satisfaction and enjoyment in his heart told him:

"You're fallen!"

Yes, I did fall. Li Yu said to himself in a tone similar to Fu Biao's hugging Louis XVIII. Being noticed, respected, and admired by so many people is a feeling that makes people want to do it every day. At the slightest sneeze, so many people will kneel on the ground and ask for warmth, and if they are a little angry, so many people will kowtow like pounding garlic, and at the slightest idea, so many people will do things for him, and if he presses the hilt of the sword, countless heads will fall to the ground. Li Yu even suspected that if it weren't for the physical reasons of his possession, he would have added many more children than Li Chun had added to him.

Feudal emperors are good! Li Yu felt that his heart was extremely relaxed.

Li Yu, who enjoyed the benefits of a feudal emperor, obviously also had the consciousness of an excellent feudal emperor. First of all, when he received the battle report, Li Yu was as happy as his ministers, but Li Yu soon felt a big stone pressing on his heart. Li Xun asked:

"Such a big victory, I don't know why Your Majesty is so depressed?"

Li Yu's answer was:

"More than 10,000 beheaded, all of them are the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

The implication is that if it weren't for the death of the people of the Tang Dynasty, they would have died. Such a narrow nationalist consciousness made the prime ministers sigh, Pei Yan said:

"Your Majesty is benevolent, but the people of Huaixi are obsessed."

It means to comfort Li Yu, you are the parents of the world, and you think about them everywhere, but they just don't appreciate it, so you just endure how to kill and how to kill!

Li Yu was not pretentious, the scene of tens of thousands of heads piled together made him feel terrifying and bloody when he thought about it. Pei Yan's persuasion did not have any effect, and Li Jifu spoke on the side:

"War is when you kill me, and I kill you. Your Majesty should not learn from Song Xianggong not to kill Ermao (meaning white hair, two colors, referring to the elderly, not referring to Sanmao and his brother. ), the benevolence of the wife of the king of Chu. ”

The words are good words, and there is nothing wrong with them coming out of the mouth of Li Jifu, the ruling Zhao Guogong, but Li Yu is a little uncomfortable when he listens to it. Li Jifu still rarely says such straightforward words. However, when Li Yu saw another battle report, he understood what Li Jifu meant.

Governing the country is not a trick. This is always risky and bloody.

Shuofang reported that Yanzhou fell, and Tubo burned Yanzhou City, plundering the people and leaving. Fan Xichao couldn't catch up, and only killed more than 1,000 people in the Tubo rear army and rescued more than 100 men and women.

Li Jifu is reminding Li Yu that when he is an emperor, he must be hard-hearted, and he must be ruthless when he should be ruthless, otherwise when will his mother-in-law and mother be able to solve Huaixi? If Huaixi can't be solved, what can be done to solve the dilemma on the border?

Fortunately, a heavy snowfall from the sky prevented the nomads from making large-scale military movements, otherwise the losses this year would not have been severe. Since Henan's victory annihilated most of Huaixi's elite soldiers, there was no need to keep so many troops on the front line. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Li Chan issued an edict that the Western Front was completely in charge of the First Army, and the Eighth and Tenth Army was transferred back to the vicinity of Chang'an, but the First Army was allocated an additional 2,000 cavalry. The former army of the guards transferred two brigades of soldiers and horses to guard Chang'an.

In this way, the soldiers and horses of Jin Shangdao were only supported by the First Army, and the soldiers and horses of Henan Province did not reach 80,000, consisting of the Sixth Army of Gao Xiayu, the 40th Army of Wuzhongyin, the two brigades of Wang Pei's 47th Army, and the three brigades of the Guards Front Army (one brigade was also removed to protect the prince), as well as 5,000 people each of the Xuanwu and Wuning armies and a number of Henan soldiers, with a total strength of 50,000 people.

Such a force is enough to deal with Huaixi. What's more, there is still a Shannan on the southern route?

In the direction of Shannan, when Wu Xiulin was waiting for Sun Xianzhong to lead five hundred warriors back to report the victory, it was a pity that Sun Xianzhong did not wait, what he was waiting for was the official army who turned around and killed back, and it was Sun Xianzhong's head that was picked up on the long lance of the head general. This time, the officers and soldiers did not bluff like the last time, but set up a fierce attack, trebuchets, bed crossbows, and all the equipment were all served to Wu Xiulin, in Li Yu's words:

"Anyway, these things have been useless in the treasury of Tangzhou for decades, and they don't need to be afraid that they will decay, so let's take this opportunity to take them out and breathe."

Originally, there was still poison in the treasury of Tangzhou, and when someone suggested that the poison should be used as well, Li Yu glared and said:

"Isn't it a foreign enemy who can use such cruel means? Besides, the weather is so cold, the water is frozen, and you can't get into the thief army's kitchen, where can you throw the poison? ”

Although so, but it is enough for the Huaixi army to drink a pot, after all, the defenders in the Wencheng fence are only 3,000 people, and they have just been tricked out by Li Yu to kill five hundred, and they have lost Chen Guangqia and Sun Xianzhong two fierce generals one after another, when the war drums of the official army beat to the second sound, Li Jincheng and Ma Bu Du Yu Hou, Quan Suizhou Assassin Shi Min have broken in, and when the third pass is struck, Li Jincheng has come out and threw Wu Xiulin's head on the ground. Li Yu said very regretfully:

"Obsessed, it's a pity that such a strong general."

However, Li Yu was not completely without gains, Wu Xiulin's general Li Gendarmes was defeated and captured, Li Yu loved his talent and bravery, renamed him Li Zhongyi, and left him under the tent to listen to it, and the rest of the Huaixi soldiers were also selected to enrich the ranks of the officers and soldiers after Li Yu's interrogation. In order to avoid the recurrence of these people, Li Yu ordered all the women (family members) of Wenchengzha to be resettled in Tangzhou.

On the same day, Li Yu led the Chinese army to move to Wenchengzha. Originally, the army was already dissatisfied with Li Yu's generous treatment of the generals, but that night Li Yu actually did not bring a sword and lived with Li Zhongyi, which could not help but make the officers and generals worried. After all, Ding Shiliang used to be an official soldier, but Li Zhongyi was a deep-rooted thief general. The next day, as soon as Li Yu raised his account, many people, including Xu Hui, expressed their worries and dissatisfaction to Li Yu, and Li Yu smiled:

"You don't need to say much, this handsome man has his own measure."

Originally, Li Yu planned to divide his troops to continue the offensive and uproot the Huaixi Army strongholds around Wenchengzha, but the general had not yet issued an order, and the Huaixi Army, which had surrendered after hearing that Wenchengzha had been conquered, rushed over one after another. Li Yu gathered the soldiers together, and those who were willing to serve the officers and soldiers stayed, those who were willing to go home to farm went home to farm, and those who had parents at home were all given food and clothing.

"Now that you have been converted, you are all kings now, and you are no longer a thief army, so do not abandon your parents and relatives without support."

Yixi said a lot of wood with tears in his eyes.

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