Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 988 Li Shimin Comes
Qin Tian returned to Liao City with his soldiers and horses.

At this time, the ships he had raised were enough.

At the same time, Cao Binbin, governor of Liaocheng, had already borrowed many small boats from the common people. Each of these small boats could seat three or four people, but he borrowed a lot, and there were thousands of them.

These small boats can send almost three to four thousand people at a time.

And the ships that Qin Tian got here can transport more than 1 people at a time.

The boats raised by the two together can escort 2 people.

Escorting 2 people at a time, the Tang army has [-] soldiers and horses. In this case, it will take at least six or seven trips to cross the Liao River.

However, as long as they can repel the enemies on the other side of the Liao River, the next thing will naturally be much easier.

The second day after the two of them raised the food and grass, Li Shimin rushed to Liaocheng with a large army. After Qin Tian and Cao Binbin got the news, they rushed to greet them.

The weather was so hot that the soldiers couldn't stand it.

Even Li Shimin was so hot that he collapsed.

"Your Majesty, you are here." Qin Tian stepped forward to say hello, and Li Shimin nodded: "It's already very rushed, I didn't expect it to be so hot this day, by the way, how is the boat you are raising? "

"Your Majesty, weichen and Lord Cao worked together to raise nearly 2 ships, which can send [-] people at a time, and there are dozens of large ships that can be used to launch trebuchets and Tang god crossbows. We crossed the Liao Dynasty. There is also a way to use water."

As long as there is a boat that can put the trebuchet and the Tang god crossbow, then they can suppress the enemy, and if they suppress the enemy, it will be much easier for them to cross the Liao River.

After hearing Qin Tian's narration, Li Shimin was overjoyed.

"Okay, Qin Aiqing has a great plan, and Cao Aiqing and Cao Aiqing have raised so many boats, then we won't have any problems crossing the river."

So saying, they entered the city.

"My lord, when do you think it is appropriate to cross the river?"

After returning to the city, Qin Tian asked. Now many things have been prepared. If the river can be crossed as soon as possible, it is better to cross the river as soon as possible. After all, some of their ships need to be paid, once a day. If you don't give it, it will also affect the business of the Shen family boat gang, so it is safer to cross the river as soon as possible.

On Li Shimin's side, he was not in a hurry, thought for a while, and said, "It's too hard for the soldiers to hurry on the road, let the soldiers take a good rest, and we will cross the river after the news from the Liaoshui side comes."

If Tang Jun wanted to cross the river, he must also know about the specific arrangements of the Silla Kingdom on the Liao River.

Hearing this, Qin Tian hesitated for a moment. He felt that it was a good thing for Li Shimin to be more cautious, but he still said, "Your Majesty, let's take a day off tomorrow and cross the river the day after tomorrow."

"In such a hurry?"

"Over Liaoshui, the Silla Kingdom has already sent people to guard them, but there must not be too many. We should take action as soon as possible, so as not to catch them off guard."

Li Shimin thought for a while, and although he was a bit reluctant, he still nodded his head: "So, let's make a deal like this, let the soldiers have a good rest, and cross the river the day after tomorrow."

After agreeing with Li Shimin, Qin Tian and Li Ji discussed the specific situation of crossing the river, and it was not until very late that they finally finished.

The lieutenant soldiers took the opportunity to rest and waited for the battle the day after tomorrow.
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When Li Shimin came to Liao City, on Liaoshui's side, Pu Shisanze, the guard sent by Silla Kingdom, was already waiting.

Pu Shisan is Tian Yigeng's right-hand confidant, with extraordinary strength.

This time, he brought a total of [-] soldiers and horses to garrison the Liao River, and among the [-] soldiers and horses, [-] soldiers and horses were archers, because Park Shisan knew very well that he wanted to suppress the Tang army from crossing the river. , using sharp arrows is the best means.

At that time, as long as the Tang army crosses the river, they can shoot with sharp arrows. With [-] archers, they can almost shoot all the Tang troops crossing the river into a sieve.

However, although he was very confident in his own strength, a few days ago, Pu Shisan still sent people to keep an eye on Tang Jun's movements, and at this time, the people he sent finally returned.

"General, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, rushed to Liaocheng with his troops and horses."

Hearing Li Shimin's arrival, Pu Shisan didn't feel any pressure, he nodded: "So, Tang Jun will cross the river soon."

Having said that, Park Shisan paused for a moment, and then asked: "Have you found out how Tang Jun will cross the river?"

"They have borrowed two thousand boats, and they will use them to cross the river."

Two thousand ships are not too many, but they are not too small either. After hearing this, Pu Shisan narrowed his eyes slightly. However, after he calculated how many people two thousand ships could escort, he breathed a sigh of relief. .

In his opinion, there are only more than 1 people in [-] ships, and they have [-] archers. It should not be difficult to stop the attack of the Tang army. They still have [-] infantry waiting for the Tang army, and after rounds of archers' attacks, how many Tang troops can cross the Liao River?
He naturally didn't think they could defeat the Tang army in Liaoshui, but there was no problem in greatly weakening the Tang army's strength and providing more advantages for the next battle.

Pu Shisan smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, this general already knows, tell the soldiers to get them ready for battle, a big battle will come soon."

"Here!"

Before the war came, the spies on Tang Jun's side had hurried back to the barracks.

In the big tent, Li Shimin and Qin Tian were both there.

"Your Majesty, the situation on the Silla side has been investigated clearly. They sent [-] soldiers to prevent us from crossing the river on the other side."

Hearing that Silla had only used [-] troops, Qin Tian and the others smiled slightly. This number is definitely not a lot, and it is basically impossible to stop them from crossing the river.

"However, among their [-] troops, [-] are archers."

"Thirty thousand archers?" Hearing this, everyone froze for a moment.

"My lord, [-] archers are quite a lot. If we forcefully cross the river, the casualties will be very heavy." Li Ji stood up and said, in his opinion, with the boats borrowed by Qin Tian, ​​it is impossible to cross the river. There is no difficulty in crossing Liaoshui, but with so many archers on the other side, it is undoubtedly very lethal to them.

Therefore, he felt that what Qin Tian said about crossing the river directly was a bit inappropriate.

After Li Ji finished speaking, Li Shimin also frowned. Qin Tian's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Your Majesty, there are indeed more archers in Silla. Although we can suppress them, it is still very important to us." Casualties, so, tonight, we might as well come to a straw boat to borrow arrows to consume the enemy's sharp arrows."

(End of this chapter)