First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 238
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The Xia army was fully armed and lined up in front. It took several hours for no reason. Under the scorching sun in May, the soldiers of the Xia army were extremely thirsty. , should take a break and fight again.

Dou Jiande had no choice but to order all the troops to eat and drink alternately. The soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this order. What's more, they took off their armor and sat on the ground. Under the scorching sun, they didn't want to stay longer even for a quarter of an hour.

On the other hand, when Hulao Pass was closed, the soldiers of the Tang Army relied on the solid city wall to escape the heat in the shade.

Li Shimin immediately ordered two hundred Xuanjia troops, and asked Gao Chong, Yu Chigong and others to accompany them out of the customs to investigate. When they came out to the high slope on one side, they could only see Xia Jun scrambling for drinking water under the scorching sun. Under the big tree was crowded with soldiers enjoying the shade, and Dou Jiande also moved Wang Jia to a dense forest to escape the summer heat.

Seeing this, Li Shimin was overjoyed, and said bluntly: "Dou Jiande is so careless."

Gao Chong also nodded and sighed: "Consecutive victories have made Dou Jiande lose his mind, the army is so chaotic, even if there are millions of troops, it will not help."

At this moment, there was a lot of noise in the Xia army's formation in the distance, and a lot of soldiers cheered frequently. Li Shimin and others looked at each other, "Aren't they still interested in having fun?"

Li Shimin looked suspicious, and saw that the Xia army rushed out of the formation, galloping back and forth in front of the formation, making some difficult moves from time to time.

The war horse was blue and white, mottled in color, hoof raised and neighing, very vigorous, and a general in golden armor was sitting on the horse's back, shining golden, so gorgeous, this man was Wang Wan, the king of Zheng Guodai.

It turned out that Wang Wan was here to show off his BMW when the army was resting.

"It's really a good horse." Li Shimin put his hand on Jiang Peng and praised him sincerely when he looked at it from a distance.

"The last general will go and take this horse for the king." Hearing this, Yuchi Gong got on the horse and was about to charge towards the enemy's formation.

Li Shimin hurriedly stopped him, "No, how can you lose a general because of a horse."

However, Yuchi Jingde was eager to fight for a long time, but he threw away Li Shimin and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will go back when I go."After all, he rushed out on horseback, with only a few personal guards behind him.

Li Shimin was in a hurry and pointed to the two generals behind him, "Both of you lead a hundred horses and go quickly, and you must protect the safety of Jingde."

Behind him, the two generals Gao Zengsheng and Liang Jianfang did not dare to delay when they heard the words, and hastily led [-] cavalry to follow Captain Chi Jingde.

"Children in golden armor, don't kill horses when you donate them."Yu Chigong rushed down the high slope with a long spear in his hand, and went straight to Wang Wan who was in front of the formation, shouting loudly.

Wang Wan was stunned, and hastily reined in his horse. Seeing Yuchi Jingde's power, he looked panic-stricken and was at a loss. Seeing this, Wang Wan's personal guards in the Xia army rushed forward to stop Yuchi Jingde, "The king is going fast."

"Go away to a certain family", Yuchi Jingde was eager to make a contribution, but he didn't pay attention to these personal guards, he slapped Ma Li heavily in his hand, and he slapped the first personal guard off the horse.

Ever since Yuchi Jingde was persuaded by Gao Chong to surrender, he was only thinking of doing meritorious service, but God's will tricks people. After Li Shimin pacified Liu Wuzhou, he came to attack Wang Shichong. But at this juncture, some of Liu Wuzhou's former generals rebelled against Tang and surrendered to Zheng. .

Yuchi Jingde and those surrendered generals were originally colleagues, and they were somewhat involved with each other. Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan and others advised Li Shimin: Yuchi Jingde is brave and sturdy, and he will rebel sooner or later. It is recommended that Yuchi Gong be dismissed and imprisoned.

But because of Gao Chong's strong support and Li Shimin's trust, Yuchi Jingde was able to be thorough. To prove his innocence, Yuchi Gong had long been simmering in his heart and wanted to make some achievements.

After Yuchi Jingde beheaded several people, he went straight to Wang Wan without stopping. Behind him, the two generals Gao Zengsheng and Liang Jianfang arrived in time to stop those Xia Jun and Wang Wan's personal guards who came forward to stop them.

"You, what are you going to do?" Wang Wan was so frightened that he fell off his horse. Wang Wan was a mediocre person, relying on the fact that Wang Shichong's nephew was tyrannical, unable to hold a pen in writing, and unable to carry a knife in martial arts. Seeing Yuchi Jingde's beard and hair, He rushed forward with a horse in his hand, but he failed to give birth to any resistance.

Seeing this, Yuchi Jingde was very disappointed, so he had to slow down his horse, stretched out his arm and lifted Wang Wan heavily, and captured him alive, and then led the strong green horse, walking slowly.

Until Yuchi Jingde led the horse and carried Wang Wan back to the high slope, no one in Xia's army dared to act rashly.

"Your Majesty, the BMW is here, please get on the horse." When he came to Li Shimin, Yuchi Jingde dismounted and said respectfully.

Li Shimin was very happy, and laughed loudly, "Respecting morality is the enemy of ten thousand people. If you capture generals and horses in front of the battle, tens of thousands of enemy troops will be terrified, that's great."

Seeing this, Gao Chong also praised him, "It is rumored that Zhao Zilong entered seven times and exited seven times in the Three Kingdoms. It is nothing more than that, but Jingde still needs to thank the two generals of Gao Liang for guarding you." Seeing that Liang Jianfang's arm was injured, so was Gao Chong. Kindly remind Yuchi Jingde.

After all, Yuchi Jingde was the one who personally persuaded him to surrender, and he had a close relationship with him. On that day, Yin Kaishan and others suggested that Yuchi Jingde be imprisoned.

If according to Yuchi Jingde's carefree temperament, he newly joined the Tang Dynasty, he must be proud of his meritorious service before the battle, but if he didn't know that Gao Liang and his two guarded him, he would definitely offend the second general.

Hearing Gao Chong's words, Yuchi Jingde looked back, only to see Gao Zengsheng and Liang Jianfang covered in blood, and Liang Jianfang even covered his arms, blood was flowing, Yuchi Jingde hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Good man, please come back to a certain family Wine, good to get acquainted."

Gao Liang and Liang also responded with a smile when they heard the words, they are both brothers in the army, Yuchi Jingde is also a straightforward guy, they are open and open to each other, it is easy to make friends with each other.

Seeing Yuchi Jingde's capture of horses in front of the formation, Xia Jun did not dare to act rashly, Li Shimin suddenly felt that the time had come, looked at Gao Chong, Gao Chong nodded, "The thousand horses can come back."

Li Shimin immediately ordered Yuchi Jingde to lead Gao Zengsheng and Liang Jianfang to cross the river to recall the grazing horses and form the Xuanjia Army. After returning to Hulao Pass, he ordered Yuwen Shiji and Yu Wenxin to lead [-] Qingqi to detour to the west of the Xia army. Non-stop cruising.

After the three hundred Qingqi left the customs, Yu Wenxin was very puzzled, and asked directly: "Three hundred Qingqi can't control the situation of the battle. Your Majesty ordered me to cruise to the west of Xia's army and watch the enemy's movements. Why?"

Yu Wenxin is proficient in Turkic language, and has been on missions many times. His ability to go on missions is outstanding, and his ability to lead troops is average.

But the chief general, Yuwen Shiji, is not an ordinary person. If the three brothers of the Yuwen family can inherit the military talent of the former Sui Zuowei General Yu Wenshu, it must be Yuwen Shiji.

(End of this chapter)