bastard seizes tang

Chapter 89 The Battle of Shuofang
Xieli's northern expedition to Xue Yantuo, with tens of thousands of troops at every turn, was extremely dynamic. As soon as Li Ke got the news, he ordered someone to secretly send a letter back to Chang'an. Therefore, not long after Jieli's army left, Li Ke's secret letter and Tang Jun's secret letter Arrived in Chang'an almost at the same time.

In order to take back Qibei and get rid of Xue Yantuo, the great enemy who threatened him in the north, Xieli almost mobilized all the main Turkic forces that could be mobilized, leaving the south empty and giving Datang an excellent opportunity.

Xiazhou, the land of Shuofang, has always been a heart disease of the Tang Dynasty. Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, when there were many heroes, Xiazhou has always been occupied by Liang Shidu.

Liang Shidu fought against the Tang Dynasty in the south, and turned to the Turks in the north. With the support of the Turks, the leader of Xiazhou has been in power for ten years.

Among them, the Tang Dynasty has been attacking Xiazhou in the north for many years, but every time the success is imminent, there are always Turkic cavalry going south to harass, so it has not been able to take back Xiazhou.

Now that Jieli is marching north, the Turkic people are too busy to take care of themselves. How can they have the energy to take care of the Liangshi capital in Xiazhou to the south? Right now is a good opportunity for the Tang Dynasty to recover Shuofang.

Almost as soon as Li Shimin got the news, he immediately ordered Chai Shao, the general of the right guard, to be the chief commander of the march, and Xue Wan, the young supervisor in the palace, to be the deputy commander, leading [-] troops to go north.

Xieli's army arrived at Qibei, and approached Dujun Yu's mountain. At the same time, Tang's army also arrived at Shuofang.

The main city of Shuofang became the east and west cities, and the distance between the east city of Shuofang and the west city of Shuofang was more than [-] li.

Shuofang East City was guarded by Liang Shidu's general, cousin Liang Luoren, who led [-] Shuofang troops, and Shuofang East City was guarded by Liang Shidu, who led [-] Turkic and Shuofang coalition troops.

"How many waves is this already?" Under the east city of Shuofang, Chai Shao, the coach of the Tang army, watched the attacking Tang army being repelled again, and asked Xue Wanjun, the lieutenant behind him.

Xue Wanjun replied: "General, this is already the third wave, and there has been no movement in the city for a long time."

Before the siege, Chai Shao had an appointment with Shi Liumin, governor of Xia Prefecture who was instigated by the Tang Dynasty. The Tang army sent people to pretend to attack the east city to attract the attention of the Shuofang army.

But now that the Tang army has been feigning an attack for a long time, there has been no movement in the city for a long time. Both Chai Shao and Xue Wanjun can't sit still.

This battle was of great importance, and Chai Shao had issued a military order to Li Shimin before he set off on the expedition, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.

"Wait a little longer." Chai Shao stared at the direction of the city gate, thought for a moment, and said to Xue Wanjun.

Xue Wanjun heard the words and said: "General, waiting like this is not an option after all. Please lead the army to attack the city. If the city cannot be captured, the general will come to see you."

Xue Wanjun is different from Chai Shao, this battle is related to the fate of his entire Xue family.

Chai Shao came from the Hao family in Hedong, the Chai family in Linfen, after the general family. His grandfather Chai Lie was the general of Hushi in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his family was prominent.

When Chai Shao became an official, he prepared himself for Qianniu, the former prince Yuande of the Sui Dynasty, and then married Li Yuan's daughter, Princess Pingyang, as his wife.

Chai Shao was originally a son of a famous family, a relative of the emperor, and a founding father of the country. If he loses this battle, he will be hidden for a few years at most. With Li Shimin's nostalgic temperament, he will be reused sooner or later.

But Xue Wanjun was different. Xue Wanjun was under Luo Yi's command in the early years, and then returned to the Tang Dynasty with Luo Yi.

Moreover, Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun's younger brother, was once a confidant of the deposed prince Li Jiancheng. During the Xuanwumen Rebellion, he led an army to attack the Qin Palace. After the defeat, he was taken in by Li Shimin.

During this Northern Expedition to Xiazhou, brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche went north with the army under Chai Shao's command.

But looking at the current situation, Xue Wanjun couldn't sit still anymore.

The reason why Tang Dynasty aggressively attacked Shuofang this time was because Xieli conquered Qibei and had no time to go south to take care of it, but Xue Wanjun had no idea how long Xue Yantuo could delay Jieli.

If after Jielip defeated Xue Yantuo, the Tang Dynasty had not captured Shuofang, and when Jieli returned to his teacher to help, then this time he would return without success like in previous years.

Datang's feint attack was repelled again, Xue Wanjun couldn't hold back anymore.

Xue Wanjun said: "General, this battle is not only related to the ownership of Shuofang City, but also related to the situation of the King of Shu in Turkic. I am afraid it is not safe to put all these relationships on a meticulous person. In the end, please go to Ximen to attack , the commander-in-chief is at the east gate, and the two sides will surely destroy the city."

What Xue Wanjun said was exactly what Chai Shao was worried about.He didn't know how reliable Governor Xia Shi Liumin was.

Li Ke took the risk and sent the news of Jieli's Northern Expedition back to Datang immediately. If Datang took this opportunity to regain Shuofang, even if Jieli wanted to attack Li Ke, he still had to weigh the current situation between the two countries. The Tang army failed to capture Shuofang last time, so Li Ke was in danger, and he, Chai Shao, could no longer hold his head up in front of Li Shimin.

Chai Shao originally wanted to take advantage of the Tang army's detailed plan to destroy the city with the least casualties and losses in the east city of Shuofang, leaving enough troops to take the west city by force, but as time went by, he became more and more worried.

But if a large army is mobilized to attack at this time, what if the east city is like this, what if the west city is more heavily guarded and the soldiers are more elite?

Chai Shao gritted his teeth, and said to Xue Wanche, "Wait! Ximen's ambush soldiers are not allowed to move without my commander's order."

Chai Shao did not make great achievements in his life, but he held a high position. There were many doubts in the official circles of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, his late wife, Princess Pingyang, was a rare female hero in the world, so the public opinion he endured The pressure is much greater than normal.

This time he went north, Chai Shao also took the initiative to invite Ying, in order to be able to take the credit for calming Shuofang and justify his name.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Chai Shao finally showed his courage and prestige in such a dilemma.

Although Xue Wanjun was burning with anxiety, Chai Shao was the commander-in-chief of the three armies after all, and he had no choice but to accept Chai Shao's military orders.

Chai Shao rode his horse and stood at the foot of the city, looking in the direction of the city gate, clenching his fists, the palms of which were already clenched with sweat.

This time, he believed in his own judgment, insisted on going his own way, and blocked his own prestige. He was under much more pressure than Xue Wanjun. own trust.

Watching the time go by bit by bit, the sun has slowly set to the west, Chai Shao's back is already hot, just when he saw that the opportunity was about to slip through his fingers, finally, a Qingqi rode on his own. He rushed towards the west of the city.

Simon is open!
For a moment, Chai Shao felt like a tight string in his heart, and it suddenly relaxed.

"Liu Min succeeded in capturing the gate, and the three armies attacked the city!" The west gate was broken, and the opportunity that Chai Shao had been waiting for for a day finally came.

(End of this chapter)