Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 69 The Battle of Minzhou (3)

Different from the fierce battle at Erlang Mountain, the 1000 people led by Li Chengqian were in the dark, with their bodies tied around their waists, and only the soldiers responsible for leading the way and guarding them held torches.This is done in order to reduce the exposure of the light source, so as not to be discovered by the defenders on the mountain.

When the troops reached the northwest mountain pass, the spies in front ran back and said that there was a group of Tuyuhun people with more than a hundred people stationed in the village at the entrance of the valley ahead, blocking the way ahead.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian immediately asked Qin Huaiyu from the front team and Cheng Chumo from the back team to be called.

Qin Huaiyu pointed behind him: "Your Highness, there is only one exit ahead, we can only kill them, or we will never get there."

"But if there is too much commotion, the defenders on the mountain will inevitably find out. If this happens, all previous efforts will be wasted." Cheng Chumo looked worried.

Li Chengqian rubbed his chin, he hadn't moved for a long time, he had to do this job by himself, Heng Lian and Zhang Sizheng were still too tender.

"Did you see the twenty soldiers behind Henglian and Zhang Sizheng?" Li Chengqian pointed to the soldiers behind him.

Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo looked in the direction Li Chengqian pointed, but it was too dark to see clearly, so they nodded their heads to show they knew their existence.

"They are all spies from His Majesty's Xuanjia Army, and all of them are one-of-a-kind experts. After a while, I will personally take them to touch the enemy army at the entrance of the valley. After we touch down their sentries, Huaiyu, you take 300 People immediately follow up and kill them in a short time.

After Huaiyu and I succeed, Chumo, you take the remaining 700 people and quickly strip off their clothes and weapons. Remember to minimize noise and be fast. "

"Your Highness, let me go."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "Don't make money, the brothers on the mountain are trying their best to buy time for us, we can't let them down."

"Your Highness, what do you want their equipment for? It's so troublesome to carry."

Li Chengqian patted Cheng Chu and said silently: "Stop talking nonsense, just take it with you, maybe it will come in handy."

Tuyuhun Patrol Station at the mouth of Xishan Valley
The three sentries squatted by the fire to warm the fire, watching the hot steam from the pot on the fire, took out a mouthful of hot soup with the spoon in their hands, carefully sipped their mouths and said to the other two: "What the hell, are they here?" Sleeping soundly inside, let the few of us suffer here."

Another elderly sentinel took the spoon in his hand and said, "Okay, don't complain, it's colder, don't you want to go to the mountains and fight with Tang Jun. Hurry up and burn your fire, a while Those brothers came back from patrol, and they were too cold."

Just as the three sentries were complaining, Li Chengqian and the two Xuanjia soldiers, wrapped in white sheets, had already quietly crawled to the edge of the snowdrift twenty steps away from them.

Li Chengqian gestured to the two men, signaling them to deal with the two enemies on the left and right. The two Xuanjia soldiers nodded, drew out the three-edged dagger in their waists, stared at Li Chengqian's hand, and waited for the crown prince's order.

Just when Li Chengqian's last finger fell, the three of them jumped up at the same time, and rushed towards the three sentinels by the fire with the fastest speed.Seeing Li Chengqian and the three of them wrapped in white sheets and covering their faces with black visors running towards him, they thought they had encountered a ghost.

While they were stunned for a while, the three of Li Chengqian also rushed in front of them. Li Chengqian took a deep leap and threw the sentry down, and the two of them rolled in the snow.

When the left hand grabbed the man's neck, the man couldn't breathe. Of course the man used both hands to pick it up, but Li Chengqian didn't give him a chance. The three-edged dagger in his right hand was accurately inserted into his mouth.

After finishing his work, Li Chengqian raised his head and saw that the other two enemy troops had also been dealt with by the Xuanjia Army.The corpses of the three dead ghosts were propped up by the fire with weapons, and the three retreated back to wait for Henglian and the others.

Not long after, Henglian and Zhang Sizheng came back with the rest of the Xuanjia army. Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and looked at the two of them and saw them nodding. His hanging heart was relieved. To be honest, he was still really afraid If these people don't cooperate well, it will be broken if the enemy soldiers notice it and call the police on the mountain.

After Qin Huaiyu arrived, Li Chengqian waved his hand, and rushed in with the soldiers holding the crossbar.The patrol team, who was sleeping in the dark, noticed that all the sentries who could see him were killed by Tang Jun.

It wasn't until Li Chengqian's soldiers opened the curtain that the cold wind blew on their faces before they woke up.But it was too late, Li Chengqian's soldiers were all battle-hardened soldiers, and decisively swung their knives at the sleepy-eyed Tuyuhun people.

Tang Jun's surprise attack caught them off guard. Because they hadn't had time to signal the defenders on the mountain because of the suddenness, the centurion was wiped out by Li Chengqian and the others.

Holding the horizontal knife in his right hand, Li Chengqian shook the blood on it and said to Qin Huaiyu, "Find a corner and bury these offal and those bloody tents with snow, so that tomorrow's patrol team will spend more time looking for them."

"Your Highness, are they that stupid?" Qin Huaiyu didn't think that tomorrow's replacement wouldn't ask why this team was not here. In the Tang army, if they handed over face to face, they would be beheaded.

Li Chengqian knew that Qin Huaiyu always abided by the military regulations and led the troops extremely strictly, so he firmly followed his father Qin Shubao, but this was not the Tang army.

Li Chengqian explained patiently: "Huaiyu, what we have to do is to delay their time. You see, it's so cold that you can't even stretch your hands. The first thing those people do when they come is to set up a tent, light a fire and boil water. Then The question is whether they left or were killed by us. If we don’t bury them, they will immediately warn the mountain. Do you think we can run faster than the wolf smoke?”

"If you were their leader, would you alarm the tens of thousands of defenders up the mountain without knowing the reason? If it was a misunderstanding, would you say that the general of Tuyuhun would behead the leader?"

After listening to Li Chengqian, Qin Huaiyu understood, and then turned around to deal with the aftermath with the people brought by Cheng Chumo.

Two hours later, Li Chengqian and his party left the Tuyuhun camp at the mountain pass, and continued to move westward in the dark.

"Your Highness, let the last general lead the team next time. If something happens, how will I explain to His Majesty and Empress when I go back?" Heng Lian complained as he led the captured horse, and Zhang Sizheng on the side also echoed.

"Heng Lian, do you know why I keep letting you two be the chief guards of the East Palace?" The two shook their heads blankly.

Indeed, Li Chengqian's subordinates are better than the two of them, and his background is much bigger.But the head of the guards of the East Palace has been sitting steadily by the two of them, which also makes them both puzzled.

"That's because the two of you have always resolutely carried out the orders of this palace, without discounting, and never asked why. Otherwise, could this palace keep you, and let you two go to the sixth rate. If you go back, you can't control yourself mouth, then the position of chief servant in the Eastern Palace will be given to you."

Hearing Li Chengqian's threat, the two couldn't help crossing their legs, nodded repeatedly, and said they would kill them.

(End of this chapter)