Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 214 First Arrival in Taozhou
After more than 30 days of marching, Li Chengqian and Hou Junji's troops passed through Minzhou, passed Tiemen Pass, and arrived in Taozhou. The reason why they did not go to Shanzhou with the main force of the army led by Li Jing was to meet the troops of Duan Zhixuan and Guo Xiaoke. .

Along the way, there are broken walls and ruins. Soldiers of the Tang Army and rescued Han people can be seen everywhere cleaning up the corpses. From this aspect, it can be seen how difficult Duan Zhixuan's battle was.

"Your Highness, this time I'm on the edge and just experienced war, so I can't get any good things. Please forgive me." There are a few tables randomly placed in the big tent. The dishes on the table are also very simple. Only beef and mutton and a few simple dishes.

Seeing the flushed faces of Duan Zhixuan, Guo Xiaoke and the others, Li Chengqian repeatedly waved his hands and said, "You are being polite, Mr. Baoguo. Both Ben Gong and Mr. Lu are not outsiders. They eat the same food when they are in battle."

"However, I also saw it on the road. I think you fought very hard in Taozhou, and there must have been a lot of casualties. This time, I brought a lot of doctors and medicinal materials. I will send it to you in a while. , take good care of those wounded soldiers, it is only one that can keep one.”

Li Chengqian's words can be regarded as saying that Duan Zhixuan and others were upset. Just after the war, there were wounded soldiers everywhere. Although all the medicinal materials in the city were searched, those things really couldn't fill such a big hole.

Seeing those subordinates who had fought with him for many years wailing in the tent because they could not get the medicine, the hearts of these generals felt like a knife was piercing their hearts.

Now it's all right, with the help of the crown prince, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Who doesn't know that the crown prince is a rich man, and he said that there is a large amount, so the amount is beyond their imagination, and they all saluted Li Chengqian to thank him.

"Okay, let's eat when we should, and listen to the current situation while eating." After speaking, Li Chengqian picked up a leg of lamb and started to eat it. The tense atmosphere was relieved.

And Duan Zhixuan immediately asked his deputy Li Junxian to introduce the current battle situation, and Li Chengqian has always been curious about Li Junxian.This guy was a subordinate of Li Mi in Wagang Village at first, and he was life and death friends with Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie and others. Later, because he hated Wang Shichong's behavior, he and Qin Qiong and others led their subordinates to join Li Yuan and gave him the captain of light chariot.

Li Shimin, who was still the king of Qin at that time, took him as his sway, followed Li Shimin to defeat Song Jingang in Jiexiu, and then asked Wang Shichong to become the deputy general manager of the Ma army.He also defeated Dou Jiande and Liu Heita with the army.

In the ninth year of Wude, he was awarded the title of Zhonglang General of the Zuowei Mansion. The Turkic army went to Weiqiao to defeat his flank forward with Yuchi Jingde, and was changed to Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang General, and he was appointed as the Duke of Wulian County to guard the palace. Duan Zhixuan was temporarily transferred from the court.

Later, there were rumors in the ruling and opposition parties that "the heroine Wu Wang has the world", and he was killed because of his nickname of "Five Niangzi".Thinking of it, he reminded Li Chengqian because of the deal with Daomen last year. These guys are all unprofitable players. If they really thought about it, how could Li Tang push Li Junxian out, and then calmly keep him? What about Wu Meiniang?

The reason why he didn't do anything to the Wu family was that Li Chengqian didn't bother to embarrass a baby, and secondly, he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this sect.

"Your Highness, all generals, after my court rejected Tuyuhun's peace proposal, Murong Shun contacted Dangxiang, Qiang and other tribes to actively prepare for the war after returning to China. The day before yesterday, our army conquered Taozhou and killed more than [-] enemy troops. Murong An is leading the remnants to retreat to Mount Ku. Mount Ku is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, this time Tuyuhun has stationed an army of [-] there, and the general is Fu Yun's third son, Murong Kan."

Li Junxian's introduction is very detailed. It seems that Fu Yun's routine this time is the same as before. After they are exhausted, they wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

"What does the general say?" Hou Junji asked Duan Zhixuan after pondering for a while.

"The general's military envoy arrived at dawn. He ordered the ministers to meet up with His Highness and march towards Kushan within five days. At present, the main force of the army led by the general will leave Shanzhou."

Hearing what Duan Zhixuan said, Li Chengqian couldn't help but nodded. Li Jing's eagerness meant that he didn't intend to let Kushan's Tuyuhun army go. Indeed, as long as Kushan was conquered, it would open the door to the west.

"Mr. Lu Guo, you are the deputy commander. Now the whole army is in charge of you. Give the order." Li Chengqian knew that the existence of himself, the general manager of the Yanze Road, made Hou Junji feel a little bit tied, so he quickly slipped him out and ordered Otherwise, this battle will not be able to be fought in the future.

Hearing what the prince said, Hou Junji put down the leg of lamb in his hand and grinned at Li Chengqian, and then ordered: "Decree, from now on our troops will use Taozhou as the logistics supply base, and General Zuo Xiaowei Fan Xing will lead 5000 troops. stay behind.

At a quarter of noon, the rest of the ministries pulled out their camps and marched westward, with General Xue Wan of Zuo Tunwei serving as the commander of the Left Army and General Duan Zhixuan of Zuo Xiaowei serving as the commander of the Right Army. "

"In addition, order the left guard to lead Qin Huaiyu to lead the fine cavalry of the headquarters to roam around the army and wipe out the small enemy army that harassed our army." After hearing Hou Junji's commander-in-chief order, all the generals in the tent bowed and left one after another. Li Jing didn't have much time left for them.

"Mr. Lu, it seems that you are a little worried about such a conservative deployment!" According to Hou Junji's deployment, once a large-scale enemy raid occurs, the Tang army can switch to the defensive state at any time. Since the style is the opposite.

"Your Highness, you can't be conservative." During the conversation, Hou Junji came to the map and pointed to the terrain near Kushan, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, there are rivers and mountains between Kushan and Shanzhou, and the terrain there is complicated. As long as they use a part of their troops, they can calmly slow down the speed of the general's advance."

"On the other hand, the line between Kushan and Taozhou is flat, which is suitable for large-scale cavalry operations. However, our army's expedition has not had much rest, and Duan Zhixuan's army has just experienced a bloody battle. So we can only use this method. It’s a conservative posture, resting while walking.”

Ever since the emperor ascended the throne, he hadn't won battles and later transferred to civil service. It seems that after several years of precipitation, Hou Junji has calmed down a lot. If he had followed his previous personality, he might have sent a horse to rush there.

Indeed, the Tuyuhun people are familiar with the topography and landform here, so they finally got such a mouth, can they let them go so easily?Once its main force took the opportunity to cover up and kill them, although it would not be defeated, the casualties would definitely be not small.

(End of this chapter)