The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 771 760: Li Shimin's plan to attack Xingtai Mansion failed
After Li Shimin followed Li Yuanji into Youcheng, he stationed his army outside the city.

The two brothers walked into the magistrate's yamen, Meng Zhifu and Wang Zhixian hurriedly entertained them!

Li Shimin looked at the two people and said with a smile: "Your Handan Mansion is really well managed!

The food in this city is so abundant, what is going on? "

Prefect Meng grinned.

"Reporting to Marshal, my cousin and I sold all our wealth to buy these grains!

Of course, there is also the food payment of 8 taels of silver from Prince Xiaoyao and General Duan Tieniu!

After the world is peaceful, I will return the money to Prince Duan and the others! "

Li Shimin grinned when he heard this.

"I said Governor Meng, why did you remember to hoard food!

You've done a great job in this business!You can make a lot of money!

Prefect Meng, you really have the foresight! "

Meng Zhifu laughed wryly after hearing this!
"Marshal, how can I have such a front and rear eye! It is the Xiaoyao prince who made me do this!

How could I have such foresight! "

Li Shimin grinned when he heard this.

"This Duan Wuji is too smart, and he can make a lot of money with this unwavering way!
It's no wonder that such a smart person doesn't make a fortune! "

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Our brother-in-law is really a freak! He is a war god in war, and he is also a master of making money without losing money in business!

Alas, such a strange person, this is a rare master in the world! "

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Third brother, don't underestimate how many of their brothers! How many of their brothers are capable of fighting!

If there are a few of their brothers, my Tang Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai!

If each of them is pulled out, they have the ability to stand alone! "

Li Yuanji knocked on the table hard after hearing this.

"I'm really stupid! If I knew what you said, why didn't I bring them out!
If I had brought them out at that time, I would be like our big brother now, and I would have won the battle in my sleep!
Why!Think about it, our eldest brother is smarter than me!

He came out with so few people who could fight, and he was old enough to be a marshal without worry! "

Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"Third brother, all three of us have the talent to lead the army, it seems that our eldest brother knows people and is good at responsibility!

You see, he is a Marshal, unlike us who bother and work hard! "

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Third brother! You can't blame others for this!

If you don't use brave generals like Duan Wuji and the others, you pick some other generals instead, who do you think you blame! "

After chatting for a while, the two brothers went to rest separately!
On the second day when Li Shimin's army rested in Handan Mansion, the scout came in and reported, "I would like to report to you two marshals, according to the information we have just received, the Prince's army has captured Zhengding Mansion this morning.

Their army is divided into three groups, and the army of the first group is led by Duan Tieniu. This team is heading south!They want to seize the Xingtai Mansion!

The other two armies marched towards the east, all the way to Cangzhou Mansion, and that army was led by the concubine Chai Mansion!
The other army is slightly to the south, and this army is led by Duan Wuji!
These three teams are all cavalry!Each team has tens of thousands of people!

They marched very fast, and the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves for Liu Heita's army of the Northern Han Dynasty! "

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Their actions are too fast.

If we rest for three days, I am afraid that the credit will go to our elder brother and his three armies.

I also command more than 3 cavalry!If that's the case, then I'd be too ashamed.

No, I have already made up my mind, I will send troops tomorrow morning!

I want to take down the Xingtai mansion before that iron bull, otherwise, my face is too real to be honest! "

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "Second brother, why are you so anxious about this matter!

When that period of Tieniu was exhausted, wouldn't we save energy by attacking the Xingtai Mansion again!
How can it be so easy to capture a prefecture city!

Second brother, what do you say! "

Li Shimin shook his head.

"Third Brother, your judgment must be wrong, and now the Northern Han Kingdom is completely in a precarious state.

The morale of their soldiers has already dropped to the extreme. If we don't rush into the army again, I'm afraid it really doesn't matter to us!

Is that Duan Tie Niu an ordinary character?That is an existence second only to Duan Wuji!

If such a brave general leads the army, the soldiers in his hands will probably be driven crazy by him. Once the army becomes brave, the fighting power will be amazing!

In the past, Duan Wuji and Duan Tieniu helped me fight a battle, the city that I could not conquer for a long time, if these two people get out of the way, they can break through that city in half a day!
Tell me how powerful this person is!

If he leads the team, the Xingtai Mansion may not be able to defend it for a few days!

Just wait and see if you don't believe me! "

Li Shimin stood up, went outside the magistrate's yamen, got on his horse, immediately rode his horse and went straight to his camp.

Back in the big camp, Li Shimin walked into his big tent, and after sitting down, Li Shimin ordered loudly to the soldiers guarding the tent: "Beat the drums for me to gather the generals!"

The emergency drums of the three links sounded, and all the generals walked into the big tent one after another, and the big tent was full of dark generals!

When Li Shimin saw that all the people had arrived, he informed the generals of the news he had just received.

Then he said loudly: "According to the current situation, I don't think we should rest for three days, and we can set off early tomorrow morning.

Let's take down the Xingtai Mansion, so that we can live in face!Otherwise, our generals present would be too shameful! "

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Yu Chigong said loudly: "Marshal, why wait until tomorrow! Why don't I lead [-] cavalry to set off overnight!

Let's surround Xingtai Fucheng first, then what reason does Niu Tie have to take credit from us!

Let's give them a preemptive strike, let's let them have a dog bite piss bubble empty joy!
If we let them surround the Xingtai Mansion first, wouldn't we have lost the opportunity! "

Li Shimin smiled slightly.

"Well! Your method is feasible! Then you will work hard tonight!
Brother Yuchi, then I will work hard on you tonight. After you arrive at Xingtai Prefecture, you have to surround Xingtai City on four sides first. Tomorrow morning, I will lead the remaining 2 people The great army has come.

Let's try our best to win that Xingtai City within a day or two!

Jin Jia, Tong Huan, Zhang Gongjin, and Bai Xiandao, the four of you set off with General Yuchi! "

After hearing this, the four of them immediately cupped their hands at Li Shimin.

"The last general takes orders!"

The five people took the lead to go down, and the time was not too long. With the sound of the trumpet, the five people immediately set off from the camp and set off.

At this time, the sun was already westward, and a round of fiery red sun was about to set.

The team of 1 people marched rapidly under the leadership of five generals, and rushed straight to Xingtai Mansion!
The time is not too long, and the black is completely dark.

Yuchi Gong ordered people to light the torches and continue on their way!

It wasn't until midnight that this team arrived outside the city of Xingtai!

When Yu Chigong saw that the city gate of Xingtai Mansion was closed, the suspension bridge was high, there were no lights in the city, the whole city was pitch black!

This Yu Chigong ordered four people to set up a stronghold four or five miles away from the city, and quietly surrounded the city!
This Yuchi Gongdan waited until dawn, and then thought of a way to attack the city!

When the sky seemed to be dark, Yu Chigong got up early, and Yuchigong ordered the four soldiers outside the city to bury their pots and make food quickly!Just wait until after the battle meal is full, and after dawn, they can organize the siege!

After the sky was bright and bright, Yu Chigong saw that the whole city was still lifeless, it looked like there was no life at all!

Yuchi Gong couldn't help shaking his head when he saw it!

"Oh! What's going on here! What's going on in the city?

Could it be that the soldiers in these cities have never been exposed to this great war!

Our army has already stationed outside the city, but there is no response in the city at all! "

Just when Yuchi Gong was in doubt, a soldier said in a low voice: "General Yuchi, look, why is the flag of my Tang Dynasty planted on the top of the city!"

Yuchi Gong took a closer look, didn't he!The flag flying over the city is the flag of the Tang Dynasty.

"Hey, what the hell is going on! Wait, is there someone in this city who can't do it?"

Yuchi Gong yelled loudly towards the city: "Hey! The officers and soldiers on the city listen up, who are you!"

A soldier's head protruded from the crenel of the city wall.

"Oh! Isn't that General Yuchi! We are Tang soldiers under Marshal Li Jiancheng.

General Yuchi, do you want to enter the city? "

Yuchi Gong almost died of anger when he heard that!I led the army and led the team for less than one night, but it was too late to arrive here, and the entire city was captured by Li Jiancheng's army in advance.

I have worked so hard all night, I am afraid that it is really a waste of work!
Do you think this Yuchi Gong can't be angry?
Yu Chigong sat on the big green horse and shouted loudly: "Let your chief general answer the question!
Just let me, Wei Chigong, have something to ask him! "

"Then you wait, I'll call him for you! We'll be back in a while!"

The soldiers in the city took a look and saw that General Yuchi had a gloomy face, how ugly and ugly that is!

It wasn't too long before Tie Niu stood on top of the city.

"Hey! I said big old black! What do you think you are leading the army?
Could it be that you are defending the city for me? "

Yuchi Gong was sitting on the horse and was sulking!

Looking up to see that Duan Tie Niu, this Yu Chigong knew that he was completely out of action today.

People have already taken the city, isn't the work of these people in vain!
"I said Duan Tieniu, when did you capture this city?

Your speed is too fast!
This means that I, Wei Chigong, have no more battles to fight! "

Tie Niu smiled slightly.

"I said big old black! I'm not brothers, I said you, your actions are too slow!

When it was getting dark yesterday, I took this city.

I said big old black, your actions are too slow!If you were like you, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have the chance to win a small county.

Let me tell you, General Yuchi, that Liu Heita's army has already become a frightened bird. Their army has no combat effectiveness at all now. If you don't hurry up, then you really have no chance to make meritorious deeds. there is none left!
Our tens of thousands of cavalry have now been divided into three armies. Let's split up to try to quickly seize the territory occupied by Liu Heita!

You have a lot of troops, why don't you split up and act separately! "

After hearing this, Yuchi Gong bowed his hands up!

"Thank you, General Duan, for reminding me! I, Wei Chigong, know about this matter."

Tieniu said with a smile: "General Yuchi, do you want me to open the city gate so you can come in and have a drink of tea and have a rest!"

Yuchi Gong listened and shook his head.

"Forget it, now is the time to snatch the fruits of victory, why do we have any intention to go in and drink tea!

General Duan, thank you for your kindness, then I will go back to camp! "

After finishing speaking, Yuchi Gong galloped straight to the camp!

Back in the camp, Yu Chigong was extremely depressed, because he didn't like anything!

Yuchigong suppressed Huoer, and ordered loudly: "Why don't you hurry up and order Huotoujun to cook! Wait for a while and eat, so we can split up and go east!

If it's too late, there really won't be any good shows for us to sing! "

The soldiers also knew that their general was in a rage.

Everyone didn't dare to say anything, everyone knew that this Yu Chigong had a very violent temper, and he would whip the soldiers at every turn!

If you follow such a general, can you be careless!

After breakfast, Yu Chigong was sulking in his big tent!
Suddenly came to report: "General Yuchi, the marshal's army is still thirty miles away from us!"

Yu Chigong jumped up when he heard it.

Yu Chigong shouted loudly towards the outside: "Prepare the horse for me, I'm going to meet the marshal, and tell them not to come here anymore!"

Yu Chigong came outside the big tent and was about to get on his horse when Zhang Gongjin walked in.

"General Yuchi, where are you going?"

After hearing this, Yuchi Gong smiled wryly and said: "Our marshal's army is coming soon, I'll go to meet him and tell him not to come over.

Zhang Gongjin, pass on my orders and ask the soldiers to pack up their things and make preparations for setting up camp. When I come back, let's raise troops immediately! "

Zhang Gongjin nodded after listening.

"Brother, you go! Leave the matter here to me, brother, and I will do as you ordered immediately!

Don't worry, I can't miss anything here! "

Yuchi Gong listened and nodded, then rode his horse straight to the south and rushed down.

After running for more than ten miles, Yu Chigong collided with Li Shimin's army.

Yu Chigong shouted loudly: "The army has stopped advancing, I have something to say to the marshal!"

This Yuchi Gong is the main general in the army, many people in the army know him!

Seeing that Yu Chigong blocked the way, everyone stopped.

Li Shimin was leading the team on the way, and he couldn't help being stunned when he saw that the team had stopped moving forward.

"What's going on? Wait for me to go and observe."

Li Shimin hadn't left yet, when a member of the small school Pegasus ran over.

"Marshal, that General Yu Chigong blocked the way, he said he has something to say to you."

"Oh? What did he want to say to me? Let me go and have a look!"

With that said, Li Shimin urged the horse to run forward.

(End of this chapter)