Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 180 Support Operation Failed
As for who would lead the army, the Zhengshitang quarreled for a while, but no result could be reached.

Liu Wenjing favored the prince, while Dou Wei, Dou Kang, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda opposed the prince's risk.

So Li Yuan asked Dou Wei, "Who does Prime Minister Dou think can lead the army to rescue Bingzhou?"

"The old minister thought that Changsun Shunde could lead the army to rescue him."

Sun Shunde
Li Yuan remained silent. In fact, it doesn't matter to let the elder Sun Shunde lead the army. After all, he is the hero of Taiyuan Yuan Cong, but when these words came from Dou Wei's mouth, Li Yuan raised his vigilance.

After thinking about it in his heart, he still rejected Dou Wei's proposal.

In this regard, Dou Wei is not surprised, because the eldest grandson Shunde is also from the Guanlong family, so it is not surprising that Li Yuan denies him.

But this time, Dou Wei was not disappointed, because now Qin Wang, Qi Wang, Chu Wang, Huai An Wang, Yong An Wang and other famous generals have been sent out, it is not so easy for Li Yuan to find someone from the clan.

More importantly, this time Li Yuan couldn't find a trash to go there.Because Bingzhou does not tolerate loss, it must be taken back.Therefore, Dou Wei was certain that Li Yuan was no longer available.

Unless, Li Yuan sent the prince over there.

If so, he would never agree.

As for Li Yuan, he was very moved by Li Jiancheng's plea, but he felt that Chen Shuda was right.Liu Wuzhou's attack was very aggressive this time, if the crown prince had something bad or bad in Bingzhou, it would be more terrible than losing Bingzhou.

Therefore, he looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "I already know the emperor's heart. Just like what the ministers said, you are the prince, and you should not take risks lightly."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng insisted again: "Father, my son is the crown prince, but my son is the son of my father and the elder brother of King Qi. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in trouble, and my younger brother is trapped, how can my son just ignore it? I implore my father and emperor to allow my son to lead his troops to help Bingzhou!"

This is a good opportunity for him to make meritorious service and seize military power, and he will never give up.

Li Jiancheng's persistence was beyond Li Yuan's expectation.

Li Yuan pondered for a while, but still shook his head and refused, "Your Majesty, you don't need to say too much, I already have someone in mind."

Li Jiancheng was stunned, and asked in confusion: "Who does the emperor want to send to help Bingzhou?"

There are not many clan generals staying in Chang'an, who can take on such an important task.

"The King of Xiangyi County." Li Yuan said with a serious face.

Lee rune?
Everyone was surprised.

Dou Wei secretly screamed in his heart that it was too bad, he actually forgot the Li talisman.

Although Li Shenfu is not as famous as his brother Li Shentong, he is also a minister of the clan that Chang'an responded to, and has made great contributions.

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Li Yuan followed up and said, "There is also Pei Ji."

Pei Ji: (? ー?〃)
He never expected that he would still be named by the emperor even though he had not spoken all the time.

Immediately, his eyes met Li Yuan's.

Pei Ji: "."

Li Yuan: "."

alright, I got it.Pei Ji cupped his hands, "I obey the order."

Li Yuan was very pleased with his friend's obedience, and ordered: "Appoint the king of Xiangyi County as the commander of the Jinzhou Road March, Pei Ji as the commander of the camp, Taichang Shaoqing Li Zhongwen, and Zuowei General Jiang Baoyi to go to Bingzhou with the army."

Seeing that Li Yuan had already made a decision, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, cupped their hands and said, "Observe the order."

Soldiers are extremely fast, and immediately after receiving the order, Li Shenfu led an army of [-] horses and marched through Pujin Pass and entered Puzhou.

At this time, Song Jingang and Yu Chigong had already led their troops to drive straight in, approaching Jiangzhou Baibi.

Hearing the news, Li Shenfu immediately took the lead with cavalry to support Baibi first and curb Song Jingang's advance.

The two sides fought two battles at Bobi, and Yu Chigong was brave and invincible, beating two Tang generals alone in the battle.However, due to the lack of soldiers and horses, he failed to defeat Li Shenfu.

In the Battle of Baibi, the Tang army barely won, forcing Song Jingang to retreat temporarily.

Taipingguan camp.

Song Jingang and Yu Chigong traveled all the way south from Taiyuan, and rushed thousands of miles to attack Jiangzhou. It was difficult to maintain the soldiers, horses, food and grass. It is understandable that they lost a small defeat to Li Shenfu.

Therefore, Song Jingang did not find it difficult to accept.What worries him now is that the Tang army has [-] soldiers, but he only has [-] soldiers and horses. How can he defeat Li Shenfu?

Originally, he had [-] troops going south this time, but Liu Wuzhou saw that it was so easy to attack Bingzhou, and he also had Turks to assist him.Therefore, he ordered Xun Xiang to lead his army back to Taiyuan and cooperate with him to encircle Jinyang.

The speed of Tang Dynasty's support was somewhat beyond Song Jingang's expectations.

"Prince Song, what should we do next?" Yuchi Gong asked sullenly.

Since Mayi went all the way south, he has never met a decent opponent.Almost pushing Tang Jun's invincible hand horizontally all the way, the master is lonely.

Although Song Jingang was born recklessly, he was cunning.

Pointing to the map, he said, "Now that the Tang army is stationed in Bobi, with [-] troops, we will definitely not be able to attack with [-] of us. I plan to unite with the Turks to attack Li Shenfu."

"Turk?" Yu Chigong frowned, looking unhappy.

"What's wrong, what's the problem?"

"Don't you know, those dogs are looting everywhere."

Hearing this, Song Jingang patted Yu Chigong on the shoulder, "Actually, I don't like these Turkic dogs, but now the king must rely on the Turkic people to defeat Li Yuan."

Yu Chigong was silent, he was very disgusted with the Turkic banditry, but it could not prevent Liu Wuzhou from uniting with the Turks.

The next day, Song Jingang sent someone to send a message to Aosheshe in Quwo, inviting him to attack the Baibi Tang army.

Although the Turks agreed to help Liu Wuzhou, they did not directly hand over the soldiers and horses to Liu Wuzhou's jurisdiction, but Ao Sheshe personally commanded them.

This can be regarded as gaining wisdom through a pitfall. When Li Yuan raised his army, Shibi Khan asked Kang Jiaoli to obey Li Yuan's orders. As a result, Li Yuan ruthlessly abandoned the Turks who had paid.

This time, Chu Luo learned his lesson and repeatedly asked Ao Sheshe to control the soldiers and horses.

Austrian Sheshe went all the way south, frantically looting all the cities along the way, and looted a lot.He readily agreed to Song Jingang's request for help and was willing to fight Tang Jun with him.

The next day, Song Jingang ordered Yu Chigong to lead an army to attack Baibi.

Li Shenfu was also unambiguous, and immediately led the army to meet the enemy. The two sides fought a battle. Yu Chigong followed Song Jingang's arrangement and retreated all the way, fleeing towards Quwo.

Seeing this golden opportunity, Li Shenfu was naturally unwilling to give up, and immediately organized soldiers to hunt him down.

But at this time, Pei Ji dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are Turkic soldiers and horses in Quwo. This is probably Song Jingang's conspiracy. We can't be fooled."

"Bullshit." Li Shenfu said disdainfully: "This king is here to rescue Bingzhou. Even if there are Turkic dogs in Quwo, this king will kill them. Otherwise, Taiyuan will be lost. Pei Xiangguo, can you bear the responsibility? ?”

"That's not what I meant!" Pei Ji said urgently: "We are defeating Song Jingang now, and we can gradually plot to defeat him. We don't know anything about the situation of Quwo's ​​Turkic soldiers and horses. How can we take the enemy so lightly and rush forward!"

"If you are afraid, you can stay. I can go alone!"

Pushing Pei Ji away, Li Shenfu got on his horse and led his troops in pursuit of Yu Chigong.

Seeing this, Pei Ji stamped his feet angrily, cursing Li Shenfu as an idiot in his heart.

Li Shenfu led the army to chase and fight all the way, and when they approached Quwo, they encountered the Turkic army led by Ao Sheshe.

Thirty thousand cavalry rushed to kill the Tang army head-on, Song Jingang led more than a thousand people to attack from the rear, and Li Shenfu fell into a hard fight immediately.

Yuchi Gong held the horse spear in his hand, rode a black shadow into the Tang army's formation, and went straight to Li Shenfu.

The battle situation gradually became anxious, but the Turkic cavalry was obviously superior. They turned into fractional units and attacked the Tang army from all directions.

An hour passed, and Tang Jun gradually entered a desperate situation and retreated all the way.

At this time, Li Shenfu was in a state of confusion and led his army to retreat quickly.However, Yu Chigong and Song Jingang pursued closely.

The two sides chased and fled, spanning dozens of miles overnight.During the pursuit, Yu Chigong beheaded Li Zhongwen in the formation, which made Li Shenfu's heart tremble.

In the end, Pei Ji, who was in Baibi, learned that Li Shenfu had fled, and ordered Jiang Baoyi to lead the army to rescue Li Shenfu.

However, after this battle, there were not many soldiers supported by Li Shenfu. In desperation, Pei Ji could only persuade Li Shenfu to return to Puzhou temporarily, stick to Hedong, and ask Chang'an for help.

Seeing the Tang army retreating, Song Jingang did not rush after him, but instead sent someone to ask Liu Wuzhou for food and grass, and at the same time assembled the troops on the spot.

As for Ao Sheshe, he wanted to kill Li Shenfu in one go.But facing the fortified city, he could only give up temporarily, and was ready to wait for Song Jingang's food and grass to be in place before defeating the enemy.However, he was not idle, and he had to grab what should be robbed.

(End of this chapter)