Chapter Fifty-Six: Shenwu Army Li Yi
Li Chongrun sat calmly on the horse, looking at the man in front of him with a smile on his face, without any panic or uneasiness.
The man looked at Li Chongrun's performance with some differences, "Isn't His Royal Highness King Shao afraid?" ”
"Afraid? What is there to be afraid of, if you want to kill me, wouldn't it be better to take advantage of the chaos to escape. ”
"Sure enough, it is His Royal Highness King Shao, who has the courage to murder, and admires it." After a rainbow fart, the man introduced himself: "In Xia Li Yi, it is really unspeakable to meet His Royal Highness King Shao in this way today, and I hope His Royal Highness King Shao is not strange!" ”
The tone of his speech was sincere, and Li Chongrun was slightly stunned, a little stunned. I didn't know the person in front of me, but I was a little familiar.
"Li Yi, have we met somewhere? But I can't remember. Li Chongrun quickly searched for memories about Li Yi in his brain, and after thinking for a while, he finally thought that this Li Yi was not Li Ke's grandson, Li Shimin's great-grandson, and he was still his brother.
The most important thing is that this Li Yi is not an ordinary Li clansman, according to historical records, he is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's Shenwu Army was created by him.
Before Tang Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, Tang suffered repeated defeats in the war with Tubo, especially in the Helong battlefield, which did not occupy any advantage.
At first, after the Tubo army occupied the Shibao City west of Shancheng County, Shanzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, it sent heavy troops to guard it, and took it as a forward position, and repeatedly sent troops to attack and harass Tang Hexi, Longyou and other areas.
The Tang Dynasty saw it as a problem and decided to capture this strategic location. In March of the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan, Tang Xuanzong ordered Li Yi to discuss the siege plan with the garrison generals in Hexi and Longyou. However, all the generals believed: "This city occupies a dangerous position, and it is valued by Tibet, and the army is deep, and the enemy will definitely defend it with all his might." If the war cannot be won, it will be embarrassing to retreat from defeat." He advocated that "it is better to hold on to the army and make a decision according to the development of the situation."
However, Li Yi believed that the geographical location of Shibao City was very important and must be recaptured as soon as possible, and he said: "How can you be afraid of hardships and dangers for the discipline of a courtier? If I have to bear the consequences of being outnumbered, I will repay you with my death. For the good of the country, what is the pity of this body? ”
After the decision was made, Li Yi carefully studied the siege tactics. Because the stone castle city is built on the mountain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is only one mountain road leading to the city.
Li Yi boldly decided to adopt long-distance running tactics and sneak attack Shibao City in order to surprise him and solve the battle quickly. Everything was ready, Li Yi personally led the army to kill the stone fort city day and night, and the officers and soldiers defending the city in Tubo were really caught off guard, and there were many casualties. On the 24th, the Tang army successfully conquered Shibao City at a very small cost, and seized a lot of grain storage equipment.
This is just a little bit of what Li Chongrun can remember.
It is rumored that Li Yi's family education is very strict, and his three sons Li Xian, Li Yi, and Li Xian are all high-ranking officials. According to the Tang system, officials above the three grades can stand in front of the door "halberd" to show dignity, when the three brothers lived together in Changxinglidi, the door column three halberds, the two countries of the public gate sixteen halberds, one, three doors twelve halberds, the glory is incomparable.
Thinking about it, Li Chongrun was a little happy, but he didn't expect to see Li Yi today, why would he meet him in such a way?
Seeing that Li Chongrun was stunned, Li Yi looked at him a little overwhelmed and said again: "Come here today, I have a reluctant request, and I hope Your Highness can help!" ”
Li Chongrun, who was pulled back to reality, looked at Li Yi in front of him and nodded, "You and I are brothers, but we move around a little less, so there is no need to be so polite." What have you been doing all this time today? ”
"His Royal Highness King Shao arrested a dwarf craftsman yesterday, can you return it to me? Coincidentally, it was my friend in the rivers and lakes, but I don't know why I offended His Highness. When he said this, Li Yi looked directly into Li Chongrun's eyes and watched the change in his eyes.
If the dwarf craftsman was present, he would definitely find that this Li Yi was the young master in his mouth, and he was waiting for him to return with his second brother outside.
Yesterday, Li Yi and the strong man waited for a long time at the other end of the cave and did not see the dwarf craftsman come back, knowing in their hearts that something must have happened to him.
The two didn't dare to stay longer, so they left quickly and thought about it in the long run.
After they could enter the city at dawn, they heard the news that the dwarf craftsman had been captured by His Royal Highness King Shao. According to the itinerary of His Royal Highness King Shao in the past, Lehe Fang, Wen Rou Fang, and those three restaurants are places that Li Chongrun often visits.
Li Yi dared to be sure that Li Chongrun would go to the glazed kiln today.
His Majesty's order to Li Chongrun spread quickly, and the officials and people of the entire Shenjing City always paid attention to the progress of the glazed kiln.
It is said that the supreme treasure glass can be fired with sand, and everyone's hearts are full of curiosity.
The invisible pressure must have made Li Chongrun pay special attention, so Li Yi arranged everything in advance at the location of the glazed kiln and waited for Li Chongrun to arrive.
Shocked by the words, when Li Chongrun thought about it in his heart, the smile on his face did not change, and this matter became more and more interesting.
"General Zuo Wei said that the dwarf craftsman was Li Dan's person, and the assassin was Li Xian's person, and now there is another Li Yi, saying that the dwarf craftsman is his friend."
"If no one is lying, then Li Yi and the dwarf craftsman are Li Dan's people."
Is Li Yi working hard for Li Dan now?
"It's not that I don't want to give you the dwarf craftsman, it's just a coincidence to me, and it's useless to ask him. You should know that His Majesty's General Zuo Wei has been by my side recently, and after capturing the dwarf craftsman yesterday, he was taken away by General Zuo Wei, and I really don't know where he is now. When he said this, Li Chongrun's face was full of embarrassment.
Yu Guang looked at Li Yi's expression and secretly observed.
When Li Yi heard this, he was anxious, his right fist smashed on his left hand in front of his chest, and he secretly screamed in his heart: "Your Majesty's Left Guard General? Could it be that His Majesty already knows about this matter? ”
"If that's the case, isn't that a dangerous father......" Li Yi was so anxious that he was a little flustered and said this sentence unnaturally.
Li Chongrun was very close to his position and heard this sentence clearly, "Your father? Wasn't Uncle Wang ordered by the emperor to quell the rebellion in the Lingnan region? Does it have anything to do with this? ”
"Your Highness doesn't know that my father did quell the chaos in Lingnan, but there were some problems in the middle, and it was inconvenient to talk to His Highness in detail at this time, and it was these problems that caused our father and son to be coerced, if they were not solved in time, my father might not be able to come back." Li Yi, who said this, was a little frustrated and angry.
Although Li Chongrun didn't know the cause and effect, he also understood it, "Who is so bold as to threaten the Li clan?" ”
As soon as this sentence was asked, Li Chongrun suddenly had an answer in his heart, whether it was Li Xian or Li Dan, or even Wu Sansi had such a big courage.
"They, they dare to put their hands on the suppression of the rebellion?" Thinking of this, Li Chongrun was shocked in his heart, this is a big crime of treason.
"It's really an ambitious leopard guts." Li Chongrun's words couldn't hide his anger.
The transmission of this kind of emotion is not pretended, Li Yi looked at Li Chongrun, who was angry next to him, and was slightly stunned, "Is Your Highness really angry?" ”
Today, Li Chongrun's scenery and deeds are very popular, I heard that he can control the rain with one hand, make a miracle medicine that brings people back to life, and now he can also make sky-high glass, maybe he can help himself think of a way?
"His Royal Highness King Shao can have a way to transport quickly?"
"What do you mean?" Li Chongrun was stunned when he heard it, the method of rapid transportation, air transportation? Navy? Land? Rocket transport?
He has a lot of ways to transport it quickly, but there is no possibility of it.
At this time, the traffic conditions were very simple, and the roads were not as developed as one in 10,000 in later generations, mainly because the scientific and technological foundation was there, and it was impossible to achieve rapid transportation.
Listening to Li Chongrun's question, Li Yi felt lost, looking at his questioning appearance, he must have not touched on these issues, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "If this ten thousand stones of sea salt can't reach the Lingnan area in time, my father's life is in danger!" ”
After speaking, Li Weihammer's chest froze, feeling that there was no hope in this matter, and it seemed that he could only act according to their plan!
While thinking about it, Li Yi raised his head and looked at Li Chongrun's eyes full of murderous aura.
How could Li Chongrun, who was only a stone's throw away from Li Yi, not notice his changes, and secretly screamed in his heart, "Is this going to be done?" ”
"I had no intention of harming you, but there is no way to do it at this time, if the dwarf craftsman can't find it, he can only arrest you." After Li Yi finished speaking, he took out the dagger hidden in his waist. His eyes were sharp, and he threatened: "If you don't resist, I won't hurt you, as long as you cooperate!" ”
Li Chongrun was a little confused, why did he and the dwarf craftsman have to find one? Could it be that the two of them can solve the problem? "Now that I'm in your hands, there's no chance of escaping at all, or you might as well explain why I and the dwarf craftsman need to find one!"
"You don't have to delay, we've made all the preparations to get you away."
Li Chongrun's careful thinking was exposed, and he was a little unhappy, he was just delaying time, if General Zuo Wei could find this carriage in the first place, maybe he still had a chance to escape, if he couldn't find it, he could only let it be slaughtered.
"It's nothing to tell you, you'll know these things sooner or later."
"My father's method of quelling the rebellion in Lingnan was to exchange sea salt for population exchanges, and more people from the Wu Dynasty entered Lingnan to live, so that Lingnan people could go out of Lingnan, and the cultural influence accumulated in the population exchange would definitely turn Lingnan people into people loyal to the Wu and Zhou dynasties."
There are many such methods in historical records, if any small state is disobedient, restless, and does not want to fight, send the people of a feudal town to live in the past, develop the economy, and within ten years, those restless small states will lose any temper, which is the most common type of cultural invasion.
"There's nothing wrong with that, huh? Why could it go wrong! Li Chongrun was puzzled.
"My father and Lingnan agreed that Haiyan would arrive in Lingnan within three months, but according to the current situation, even if it is half a year, Haiyan will not be able to enter the Lingnan territory!"
"Oh? No, the distance between the two places is only two months at the slowest at the most, is it ......" Li Chongrun wondered in his heart.