Chapter Eighty-Four: Xishan County Uncle
The defeated Tubo army was chased by the Tang army thirty miles away, Li Yong also tried his best to use the dragon flag in his hand to support himself from falling, and his guards also hurriedly approached him to protect him, Duan Xuanzhi also saw Li Yong's situation, and also hurriedly ran towards him, seeing that a fifteen-year-old boy was now covered with scars, his armor and clothes were stained with blood, and the dragon flag in his hand was held tightly, knowing that he was very tired, but his eyes were looking ahead, so he greeted him distressedly.
"Are you alright?"
"Big ...... General, I'm fine, hurry, hurry up and they will come back, poor Kou Mo chases, hurry back to clean up the battlefield and replenish supplies. ”
Looking at Li Yong, who was still so calm, Duan Xuanzhi nodded with satisfaction, so he hurriedly ordered the pursuing soldiers to withdraw, and then cleaned up the battlefield. Now Dazha is like a lost dog who doesn't know what to do, he doesn't know how to lose, and he was defeated so badly, after a day and a night of collecting the rout, Dazha collapsed, and now there are only more than 20,000 people left in the 100,000 army, and all the grain and grass materials have been destroyed, and the morale of these routs is completely gone, and it is impossible to attack Songzhou, so he had no choice but to report to Lu Dongzan, hoping that Lu Dongzan will only kill his own people who let him go for the sake of his own military exploits. And Lu Dongzan was furious when he received the news of Daza's defeat.
"Waste, the 100,000 army can't capture Songzhou, and it was defeated, Ben Dalun also deliberately agreed to the conditions over there, to stop the reinforcements of the Tang people, what do Dazha do to eat, come to people, give an order, let Dazha cut himself, and everyone in the clan will be assigned as slaves."
"Wait, father, Dazha can't escape the death penalty, but for the sake of his past military exploits, let go of his clansmen, now that the battle of Songzhou has been lost, there is no way to recover, we can't lose the loyalty of those generals, if we don't defeat Tuyuhun as soon as possible, the situation in the country will be even more difficult."
On Qinling, Lu Dongzan's eldest son, a character whose history is more ruthless than his father, Lu Dongzan listened to his son's words and pondered.
"My son is right, there is no point in containing this black army now, withdraw quietly tonight, don't let the black army on the opposite side find out, now is the time to employ people, Dazha will spare him to die, degraded to whatever, in addition, you will negotiate in Songzhou on behalf of me, no matter what the price is, you must take Songzhou back, Songzhou is too important to us, and my father will also let the Tang people move in Chang'an to assist you in negotiations."
That night, Lu Dongzan's army quietly withdrew, and when Xue Rengui found out, he was nowhere to be found, and Li Yong had been in a coma for many days because of overwork and blood loss, which made everyone anxious, because now Li Yong is the spiritual leader of Songzhou, if it weren't for him, Songzhou City would have been broken a long time ago, if it weren't for him, the 100,000 army that came to defeat Dazha, Duan Zhixuan's good news also set off to Chang'an, and Zhang Shigui's reinforcements were not far from Songzhou City. When Zhang Shigui's reinforcements arrived in Songzhou City, they saw the scene in front of them and knew that Songzhou had been desperately resisting for nearly a month, and the veteran was also in tears.
"Zhixuan, you have suffered."
"Wu An, you guys are here."
"I'm sorry we're late, how's your casualty?"
"Alas, of the 50,000 brothers, there are less than 20,000 left, and there are only a few thousand people who can move.
The veteran who crisscrossed the battlefield burst into tears after speaking, and every one he saw a fresh life dying in front of his eyes, and the picture of a soldier who was not afraid of death holding and dying with the enemy was vivid, Zhang Shigui also looked at his old fellow silently, and Duan Zhixuan's good news was spreading throughout Chang'an City on Chang'an Street.
"Great victory, Songzhou defeated 100,000 Tibetans, and Songzhou defended~"
I don't know that thousands of miles away in Songzhou, the people who have just experienced a bloody battle soon heard it and cheered, the old bachelor heard the news and hurriedly reported to Zheng Liwan, who had been worried, they didn't care about the victory in Songzhou, they only cared about Li Yong's safety, Li Er was pressured by those ministers who received the benefits of Lu Dongzan in the Taiji Palace.
"Sage, the capture of Songzhou was against the way of heaven, and now Songzhou is trapped, and the 50,000 army is in danger, and the minister suggests re-negotiating peace with Tubo."
Li Er looked at this minister, it was one of the main members who opposed him to send troops to Songzhou before, Cui Guisheng, someone took the lead, naturally someone followed suit, and those ministers who formed an alliance with him echoed one after another, which made Li Er even more irritable when he was worried about the situation in Songzhou, and his face was gloomy like the bottom of a pot, Cui Guisheng The more he talked, the more energetic he became, as if he did not negotiate peace with Tubo, the country was about to perish, but Duan Zhixuan's 800 miles of urgency had been sent to the gate of Taiji Palace, and the eunuchs outside hurriedly entered the palace to report to Li Er.
"Sage, Songzhou 800 miles has arrived outside the hall in an expeditious manner."
As soon as Li Er and everyone heard it, this could be regarded as news, but Cui Guisheng and the others were proud in their hearts, because Lu Dongzan told them that it was a foregone conclusion that he would take back Songzhou, and as long as they put pressure on Li Er and let him accept negotiations, they would be able to get greater benefits, Li Er's mood was even more nervous, I don't know, this is good news or bad news, I was uneasy in my heart, but he was the emperor after all, and he pretended to be calm with the tension in his heart.
"Xuan."
The eight-hundred-mile hurried knight hurriedly walked into the Brilliant Ear Taiji Hall with a thick piece in his hands, and shouted loudly
"Songzhou is victorious, Songzhou is defending."
The knight's voice trembled and there was a hint of pride, Li Er and all the ministers listened, all eyes looked at the knight who reported the news, Li Er also stood up directly from the golden chair, trotted down directly, and snatched the piece in the knight's hand, the thick piece was like a book, Li Er quickly looked at the content inside, and the ministers on the side were anxiously waiting, Du Ruyan really couldn't stand such a torment, and asked the knight in a hurry.
"Are you Duan Zhixuan's subordinate?"
"Your Excellency, your subordinates are the general's personal soldiers."
"Then tell me in detail what the situation is in Songzhou."
Crossing Li Er to ask the knight a question, it was originally overstepping his authority, but Li Er did not react, acquiescing to Du Ruhui's behavior, and the knight saw that Li Er also acquiesced, so he said loudly.
"Yes, the general led 50,000 troops to capture Songzhou, because the city of Songzhou was strong, our army could not attack for a long time, fortunately the black army secretly eliminated 50,000 reinforcements in Tubo, Li Yong Li Lieutenant made a catapult, and personally led the scum battalion to ambush outside the Songzhou city gate, after the city gate was smashed open by the catapult boulder, Captain Li led more than 700 soldiers to desperately resist the defenders of the city gate, General Niu Jinda fell into the army, Songzhou City was breached, a battalion of Li Xiaowei was almost killed, our army also suffered heavy casualties, and there were only more than 30,000 soldiers left in the 50,000 army. Fortunately, Captain Li battlefield first aid skills, wounded sergeants were treated proudly, rescued countless wounded sergeants, and then Cha Tubo sent Dazha to lead a 100,000-strong army to counterattack, the general even sent a letter of help to the imperial court, but there was no news, and the general adopted the strategy of Captain Li, and ordered him to be the deputy general in charge of Songzhou city defense, Captain Li arranged an ambush of 5,000 cavalry outside the city in advance, waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack the grain and grass materials of Tubo, and prevent the war from harming the innocent people in the city, so he drove all the people in the city, Captain Li also made new weapons to defend the city, such as throwing cars and smoke bombs, With 30,000 flesh and blood desperately resisted, finally Dazha had to concentrate all his forces to attack the West Gate, which gave the cavalry the opportunity to ambush outside the city for many days, 5,000 cavalry burned all the grain and grass of the Tubo battalion, the Tubo army saw that the grain and grass were destroyed, and hurriedly turned back, but Captain Li led all the soldiers in the city to open the door and kill, even the physically disabled sergeants also rushed into the enemy formation with their mutilated bodies, Captain Li had more than 20 knife wounds in his body, holding up my Tang Dragon Flag, shouting Long live the Tang Dynasty, the soul of the Tang Dynasty was victorious, and finally our army broke the Tubo army, Thirty miles after chasing the enemy, saints, lords, and the brothers of Songzhou all carried the enemy to the death even before they died, 50,000 people, and in the end less than 20,000 survived. ”
The more the knight spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes were blood-red, and two lines of tears flowed out of his eyes, who said that a man's husband bleeds without tears, it is just that he has not reached the sad place, after everyone listened to the knight's report, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Li Jing led all the generals were angry like volcanoes about to erupt, like a fierce beast that devoured people and ate people, don't look at Du Ruhui These people are civil officials, but many people forget that they were also military generals when they followed Li Er in the Qin Palace.
"What a gut, that Wang Balamb dares to intercept the urgent report in the army, if the old man finds out, he will definitely tear him alive and destroy his family."
Qin Qiong, who is usually gentle and elegant, first broke out in anger, because Li Yong is his Zuo Wuwei, and the scum camp is also his Zuo Wuwei's, emotionally he is still biased towards his subordinates, and when he heard that someone dared to intercept the military report of the imperial court, the 50,000 troops in Songzhou were almost wiped out, how could he not be angry, he opened fire, and those generals who could not bear it erupted instantly, especially Cheng Biting Jin, these fiery generals.
"Damn, this is bullying our generals, no one, right? When Lao Tzu went back, he asked the family general to check and find out that the son of a bitch raised him, and my old Cheng killed him. ”
Those civil officials who originally shouted for peace talks were completely suppressed by the generals in an instant, and they all hid aside in fear and did not dare to speak, for fear of becoming the punching bag of these five big and three thick generals, and Li Er also finished reading the thick recital, and his temples and the hand that was holding the repertoire to the death, the green tendons burst out, and suddenly there was a roar like a dragon's groan.
"Shut it all up."
The noisy Taiji Hall in the vegetable market immediately quieted down, looking at Li Er, who was already furious, that someone dared to be presumptuous again, Li Er personally helped the knight up, and then said to him in the most stable tone.
"It's all the fault of so-and-so, I made you suffer, and so-and-so is sorry for the dead soldiers."
Li Er actually hugged his fists and bowed to the knight, and then Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others bowed to the knight with their fists, and the knight also wanted Li Er to kneel down on one knee again, and then raised his head and shouted at the top of the hall with the greatest strength in his life.
"Brothers, do you see that? Your sacrifice is worth it, long live the Tang Dynasty, and the soul of the Tang Dynasty will win~"
"Long live the Tang Dynasty, the soul of the Tang Dynasty is victorious!"
Li Er and all his ministers shouted this slogan together, and after shouting, Li Er made a quiet gesture, then helped the knight back up, and looked around at all his ministers and said sharply.
"Spread the decree, Jingzhao Mansion, Baiqi Division, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department jointly found out the matter of the Songzhou Military Report, and we must find out the real culprit behind it, and we must let them die and bury my dead Tang soldiers."
The chief officials of Jingzhao Mansion, Baiqi Division, Dali Temple, and Criminal Department hurriedly came out to receive the order, and Li Er took out a few drawings from the chapter.
"Ministry of Industry, this is the drawing of the catapult and throwing car painted by Li Yong, let the craftsman make it and install it as soon as possible."
The Ministry of Industry Shangshu hurriedly walked out and carefully took the drawings of Li Shuangzhong, this is an artifact for attacking and defending the city, and he does not dare to slack off.
"Passing the decree, Li Yong contributed the siege artifact, guarded Songzhou with merit, and was crowned the founder of Xishan County, and the rest of the meritorious soldiers will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds after returning to the dynasty."
Some people are dissatisfied and some people are happy about Li Yong's being named the founding county uncle, but at this time, no one dares to refute it, after all, Li Yong's credit is here, and if he comes out to oppose it at this time, then use his neck to test Li Er's ghost head blade is not sharp.