Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 882 Relatively speechless
After being shut up in the tent for many days, Li Shimin finally got out of the tent under Xuan Ba's persuasion.

Not far to the east of Yanmen City, across the Sanggan River.

The Qin army built a new city here. This is not the emperor's palace, but named Dongxingguan.

The original Yanmen Pass was established on Gouzhu Mountain, commonly known as two passes and eighteen passes. The north pass is Baicaokou, the south pass and Taiheling pass. The east and west wings of Yanmen Pass extend to Fanshi and Yuanping respectively, with eighteen passes.

At this time, Yanmen Pass was also Xixing Pass, but the newly opened Dongxing Pass was completely built by the Qin army. The purpose was to encircle Yanmen City and block the east direction of Yanmen.

This was originally a military city, built at the mouth of the valley on the east bank of the Sanggan River.

Li Shimin only came out at the beginning because he couldn't stand Xuan Ba's persuasion, but after hanging out with Xuan Ba ​​here for a while, he was suddenly very surprised.

Although this newly built Guancheng is not so grand and huge, it occupies a dangerous valley, and what is more striking is that it is neatly planned, especially because it is very lively here.

There are caravans of people coming and going outside Guancheng, all kinds of mountain products and local products are displayed in a long queue, and all kinds of furs from Saibei are also smooth and shiny, not to mention that there is a large area tied there. Many oxen, horses and camels surround many flocks.

The people nearby, the businessmen from afar, and even the soldiers, peasants, and craftsmen who were not on duty, crowded shoulder to shoulder and bustled.

This doesn't look like a battlefield.

You know, although Dongxing Pass is separated from Yanmen by a river, it is only twenty miles away. It can be said that this is still the front line.

After all, there are still 10,000 Liu Wuzhou's generation troops in Yanmen City, and Gouzhu Mountain North, there are still [-]+ Turkic troops there.

All kinds of people, all kinds of goods.

There are even temporary tea shops and restaurants.

Li Shimin has no interest in playing, but he is still amazed at everything in front of him.

"Shouldn't the people fear soldiers like tigers?"

Xuanba bought several skewers of roasted mutton, the skewers were very big, a whole catty of mutton skewers, after roasting, the aroma was attractive, the color was golden, the outside was burnt and the inside was tender, one bite, the mouth would be oily.

"Why do we have to fear soldiers like tigers? Our Qin army has strict military regulations. We never take civilians for a needle, let alone do things that bully ordinary people and merchants. We always pay according to the price when we buy things, and we will never mess around. Besides. Yes, the treatment of our Qin army is better. Everyone is fighting outside, and they all have a lot of rewards on their bodies. After a tense battle, it is quite satisfying to go shopping and eat. Spending some money is quite satisfying. We're making good money."

What's more, the emperor's merchants transported food in exchange for quotations, which also attracted countless merchants to follow the army and bring food and various materials for the army.They brought food from the rear, and then exchanged it for salt, tea, etc., and by the way, some other commodities, and then sold them to the soldiers.

Then buy spoils from the army and take them back. This way, it is equivalent to doing two business trips.

The trophies of the Qin army are generally directly auctioned to those merchants. Sometimes the merchants don’t even need to pay directly for the trophies. They just need to provide a bank’s acceptance note, and they can be exchanged directly in the big city behind. Trouble in the transportation of money and silk.

The treatment of the soldiers of the Qin army has always been good, and most of the trophies captured will be distributed to the soldiers. Therefore, when the Qin army fights, the pockets are usually bigger, and the merchants also like to do business with these rich soldiers.

Especially in a big battle like the one in front of you, 20 Qin troops gathered in Daibei, and there were no less than [-] Qin troops at Guangyan Gate, and more civilians kept coming and going.

This is simply a huge market, which merchants will let it go.

Therefore, tens of thousands of businessmen soon came here, and even thousands of brothel women also came to do business.

Li Shimin remembered his previous marches and battles, how could such a thing happen.

Wherever the army passed by, not to mention the merchants would not follow, even the common people would avoid it.

But Luo Cheng used merchants to transport food for him, and even used merchants to deal with the disposal of the spoils.

"Second brother, there is a nice restaurant here, let's go in and try it."

This is a very luxurious looking restaurant. Although it is built outside Guancheng, it is not a simple shed, but a large building made of wood, and its style is very particular.

There are even carvings on the doors and windows. At the gate, you can also see a long list of menus hanging on the walls on both sides. The dishes are hung on both walls.

The dishes are exquisite and the taste is very authentic.

While eating, Li Shimin couldn't help but burst into tears.

He had to admit that although Luo Cheng was much younger than his father and did not come from a famous family, he was more popular now.

The two brothers were eating, and after a while, someone downstairs cheered, and after a while, the cheers became louder and louder.

Someone ran downstairs to ask, and came back after a while and shouted excitedly, "Good news, good news, General Zhao of Fan Yang has beheaded Gao Tansheng and Gao Kaidao, regained the entire territory of Zhuo County, tens of thousands of Gao clan The rebels were gone, countless prisoners were captured, and five thousand Turkic cavalry were beheaded!"

Hearing this news, countless merchants and military academies in restaurants cheered in unison.

Li Shimin could feel that the cheers came from the sincerity of their hearts, and they were sincerely happy for the Qin army's victory.Yes, they are the people of Qin, and they want Qin to win.

But what about him?

He is the King Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, another victory for Luo Cheng is another heavy blow for him.

Song Jingang was defeated at Xinkou, Liu Wuzhou was trapped in Yanmen, Chai Shao was defeated by Dali, and now Gao Kaidao and Gao Tansheng have lost their troops in Zhuojun.

Originally, the coalition forces were coming in menacingly, and they wanted to drive straight down, but now, why have they been defeated one after another, it seems that they have been defeated one by one, but Jieli Liu Wuzhou is about to be encircled.

But he then thought that although the Qin army had the upper hand, they might not be able to have the last laugh. Their Li family still held Guanzhong, as well as the land of Shu, Hetao, and Longyou.And Dou Jiande still occupies half of Hebei, and the main force of Xieli's army is still intact.

It only takes one battle, as long as Luo Cheng fails once, they still have a great chance.

But where is this opportunity?

After returning to his tent in the barracks from the market at Dongxing Pass, Li Shishi sighed and fell asleep again as he looked at the guard soldiers standing outside.

Go to sleep, maybe the situation will change after you sleep.

After sleeping until dark, Li Shimin opened his eyes and found a person sitting in his tent.

"Erlang, are you awake?"

"What? I don't know me anymore. I'm Sichang."

Li Shimin looked at his brother-in-law Chai Shao sitting in front of his bed in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Just like you, he was defeated and captured, and then he came." Chai Shao smiled wryly. Compared to the last time he was in Longyou, Chai Shao became thinner, darker, and bleak.

Li Shimin and Chai Shao face to face, they have a lot of thoughts, but they don't know where to start.

"Shuliang and Deliang are here, as well as Yun Dingxing." Chai Shao's words made Li Shimin jump up in shock.

"Why come back, why are they here?"

(End of this chapter)