Man Tanghong

Chapter 74 Three days and three nights
That's right, since Li Yuanji can't do anything about it, and he doesn't want to be disturbed by Li Yuanji, then he should transfer Li Yuanji away.

"Where do you think it would be appropriate to transfer?"

Li Shimin made a decision in an instant, staring at Changsun Wuji and asking.

Changsun Wuji thought for a moment and said, "The Turkic people are faintly breaking through the defense of King Huai'an and Li Shiji, how about letting His Highness King Qi go to Shizhou?"

Li Shimin frowned, "With his little ability, he may not be able to play a role in Shizhou."

It's not that Li Shimin looked down on Li Yuanji, but that Li Yuanji's previous victories were so "brilliant" that Li Shimin didn't dare to entrust Li Yuanji with too important tasks.

Changsun Wuji pondered for a while, and said again: "Then how about letting Prince Qi go to Weize Pass? If he guards Weize Pass, Her Royal Highness will be free to help King Huai'an and Li Shiji."

Li Shimin frowned even tighter, "My father doesn't seem to want to see my third sister ① come out of Weize Pass..."

Changsun Wuji knew why Li Yuan didn't let Li Xiuning leave Weize Pass, he smiled wryly and said: "The sage is just worried that Her Royal Highness will make new achievements, and I, all the men in the Tang Dynasty, will not be able to hold their heads up.

But now the Turkic people are aggressive, and there is a faint tendency to break through our Tang defense and go south to herd horses.

Now that Liu Heikai has not yet settled down, once the Turkic people break through the defense of our Tang Dynasty, our Great Tang Shandong Road and Hebei Road may all be reduced to Turkic horse ranches.

At this time, I have no time to take care of the face of all the men in Datang. "

Although Li Shimin suppressed Liu Heita in Mingzhou, the crisis in Datang was not resolved.

Liu Heikai is just a chronic disease of Datang, and the Turkic people are the confidant of Datang.

As long as the Turkic people do not retreat, the crisis in the Tang Dynasty will not be resolved for a day.

Li Shimin sighed for a long time, "It's the only way to go now."

The Turks have used 200,000 soldiers and horses this time. Once they break through the defense of Datang and appear in the territory of Datang, they will cause considerable damage to Datang.

The reason why Li Shentong and Li Shiji were able to resist the Turks with more than 200,000 soldiers and horses was because the Turks did not gather [-] soldiers and horses in one place, but divided their troops into three groups, attacking Shizhou, Taiyuan, Youzhou.

The purpose of the Turkic people going south this time was to help Liu Heitai, and plunge Datang into even greater chaos.

Once Liu Heitai falls into the trend of defeat, the Turkic people are likely to join forces and make a surprise attack.

The Shizhou front line defended by Li Shentong and Li Shiji has the longest defense line and is most suitable for Turkic raids.

So you have to make arrangements early.

"After the battle in Mingshui City is over, let Yuan Ji go to Weize Pass."

Li Shimin rubbed the center of his brows and said with a headache.

He hadn't passed the hurdle where Li Yuanji burned the Luoyang granary, and Li Yuanji added a new hurdle for him.

Let Li Yuanji continue to stay by his side, sooner or later he will be driven crazy by Li Yuanji.

Changsun Wuji asked in puzzlement, "Why wait until after the battle in Mingshui City is over?"

Since Li Yuanji was to be transferred away, why not as soon as possible.

If Li Yuanji was transferred earlier, Li Shimin would also be able to relax earlier.

Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji, and said helplessly: "We must let him get some benefits from the battle in Mingshui City. If he doesn't get any benefits, who knows if he will make other moths."

Changsun Wuji couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't know what to say.

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Just when Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were discussing about transferring Li Yuanji away, Li Yuanji wrapped himself in a cloak and walked into the cave that the guards had just dug.

The cave is one foot wide, one foot deep, and eight feet high, and the deepest part is covered with thick leather.

Wrapped in a cloak, Li Yuanji laid down on the thick leather and fell into a deep sleep.

After not sleeping all day and all night, and running around all night, Li Yuanji was also sleepy.

Li Yuanji did not invite the guards to share the cave with him.

A small cave can't accommodate 500 people.

Invite one or two of them, and the others will surely have murmurs in their hearts.

They didn't invite anyone and treated them equally, so they didn't have the slightest complaint in their hearts.

After Li Yuanji fell asleep, the guards started digging the cave again.

It wasn't until evening that the guards finished digging the caves they needed for 500 people.

There was no need for Li Yuanji to order, the guards would arrange the tasks of clear sentries, hidden sentries, and shifts by themselves.

Li Yuanji slept until evening, and when he got up, he found that the snow had stopped.

The snow had accumulated three feet high, and one could hardly move one's legs in it.

Li Yuanji simply ate something, when he heard shouts of killing coming from the direction of Mingshui City.

Liu Heitai officially attacked the city.

Li Yuanji led a few guards and rushed to the high grave while clearing the snow.

Half an hour later, Li Yuanji appeared on the high grave and watched the battle in Mingshui City.

The way Liu Heita attacked Mingshui City was completely different from the ancient battlefields shown in later film and television dramas. There were not many enemy soldiers carrying ladders to rush down the city wall.

Most of the enemy soldiers climbed up to the same height as the Mingshui city wall through the corridors, and used pieces of wooden boards to make bridges to attack the top of Mingshui city.

There are also some enemy soldiers pushing a huge building cart, parked not far from the city wall of Mingshui City, passing through the interior of the building cart, reaching the top of the building cart, putting down the pieces of wooden boards wrapped in iron sheets on the top of the building cart, and following The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the top of the city began to fight.

The enemy soldiers on the building car were not piled up in a whole group, but rather organized.

The shield soldiers are in front, the spearmen are behind, and the crossbowmen are standing inside the building car, shooting arrows continuously.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were almost in a similar formation.

It's just that there are not only shield soldiers in front, but also iron armor.

more than 2000 The iron armor stands on the top of the city, that is the human wall on the city wall.

If the enemy soldiers can't chew through the iron armor, it is impossible to climb to the top of Mingshui City.

Because they were too far away, Li Yuanji couldn't see clearly, he couldn't see who was taking the lead in the fight, and he couldn't see who was the bravest.

It can only be roughly seen that the soldiers of Datang have always had the upper hand.

Some soldiers went crazy and rushed into the enemy's building car, and some rushed into the enemy's tunnel.

Under the hard work of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Heita's first wave of offensive was blocked.

But Liu Heitai didn't give up just yet, he soon formed a second wave of offensive and headed towards Mingshui City again.

There were also some brave men under Liu Heita. Not long after the second wave of offensive started, some warriors broke through the defense line of the Tang soldiers and rushed to the head of Mingshui City.

But was soon killed back.

This went back and forth until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the two sides called for gold and retreated.

Li Yuanji watched it for a long time, but didn't see much why, and didn't understand anything from it.

The only feeling is that on the battlefield, human life is a bit worthless.

Although he couldn't see clearly who died in battle and who was alive, he could vaguely see someone falling off the wall, and stumps and broken arms flying up.

With emotion, Li Yuanji got down from the high grave and returned to the cave, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

I slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night.

Like a wandering spirit, Li Yuanji wandered around the cave where the guards slept, cared about the guards, and it was the third watch.

At the third watch.

A few flashes of fire suddenly rose from a corner of Mingshui City, followed by continuous rain of fire.

Li Yuanji quickly climbed up the high grave with his men, and after careful observation, he realized that it was not a rain of fire, but huge fireballs.

The fireball was thrown into Mingshui City by a trebuchet, fell to the ground, smashed into the snow, and still did not go out, probably soaked in oil.

Accompanied by the fall of the fireball, there was also a shower of arrows.

The rain of arrows was overwhelming, and when the fireball passed by, a large dense area could be clearly seen.

The sound of shouting and killing appeared again at the top of Mingshui City.

Once it appeared, it never stopped.

Relying on his large numbers and power, Liu Heitai dispatched soldiers and horses to take turns to attack Mingshui City for three days.

Except for sleeping, Li Yuanji has been watching the battle on the high grave.

He didn't know how much Liu Heita's soldiers and horses had lost, but he could roughly deduce how many soldiers and horses in Mingshui City had lost.

The soldiers and horses in Mingshui City were reduced by half.

Because the battles laid on the top of the city were reduced by half compared to the first day.

Under Liu Heita's attack of tens of thousands of troops, there was no possibility of rotation of the Tang soldiers in Mingshui City.

Li Yuanji's heart was bleeding, because this meant that the guards he sent out, the officers and soldiers of the Second Left Army Command, and the soldiers and horses in Shanzhou were reduced by half.

"Your Highness..."

"Don't call me, I'm just annoying."

In the cave, Li Yuanji was upset, a guard hurried into the cave and called out softly.

The guard heard Li Yuanji's words, and said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, the scouts have come to report that His Highness King Qin's troops have arrived."

Li Yuanji hesitated and stood up, "My second brother is finally here?"

The guard nodded quickly.

Li Yuanji stared and said: "Go, go to him to collect debts!"

In order to save Li Shimin's people, half of the men and horses on hand were lost, and Li Shimin had to make up for everything.

The guard stood in front of Li Yuanji, and said dumbfoundedly: "Your Highness, His Highness King Qin sent someone to say that he will not see you. You are asked to lead the low-ranking people around from the south of Mingshui City, and prepare to surprise Liu Heita. corridor."

Luo Shixin stubbornly dragged Liu Heitai's soldiers and horses to Mingshui City. Li Shimin led the soldiers and horses to arrive. Naturally, he would not just watch Liu Heitai retreat. Naturally, he had to give Liu Heitai a hard time. Annihilate Liu Heita's soldiers and horses.

Li Yuanji gritted his teeth, "Then look for him to collect debts later!"

Li Shimin asked him to lead the troops to raid the tunnel, and he knew exactly what the purpose was.

This is for him to take credit for it.

Credit is of no use to him, but it is useful to the people under him, so he has to go.

"Go and pass, let the brothers prepare, we will raid the tunnel."

Li Yuanji gave orders to the guards.

The guard happily agreed, and quickly ran out to deliver the order.

The guards had been with Li Yuanji for a long time, and after a few credits, they knew what Li Shimin meant by telling Li Yuanji such words at this time.

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[PS: ① Li Xiuning is Li Shimin's older sister. Although there is no record of Li Xiuning's age in history, the age of Li Xiuning's husband Chai Shao can more or less prove Li Xiuning's age.

Chai Shao is one year older than Li Jiancheng and 11 years older than Li Shimin.If Li Xiuning is younger than Li Shimin, then he will be younger than Chai Shao.

When Chai Shao was 24, Li Xiuning was only [-]?

With Chai Shao's family background, can he marry his first wife until he is 24 years old?

As Li Xiuning's daughter-in-law, can Li Yuan marry her to a big-round man to suffer grievances? 】

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