First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 325

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Hearing these words, Li Shimin's eyes flashed with astonishment, this plan of Cheng Mingzhen coincided with him.

As early as when Xingzhou was captured, the treasury was empty, and the huge Xingzhou had no food for a thousand stones. The rudiment of this plan of cutting out food was formed in Li Shimin's mind. What Cheng Mingzhen said now further proves the feasibility of this plan.

"What do you guys think?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked.

"feasible".

"Maybe you can give it a try."

The generals nodded in agreement.

Li Shimin praised directly: "The name is worthy of being a good general. If this is the case, then the king will hand over two thousand soldiers to you. You can arrange it yourself. The king will wait for the good news."

For Cheng Mingzhen's plan to cut off food before him, Li Shimin didn't feel annoyed at all, only joy in his heart. This shows that the Tang Dynasty has a lot of talents. Greatly increased fame.

Cheng Mingzhen was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly thanked him excitedly: "The next official will not disgrace his life."

Cheng Mingzhen knew very well that this would be his opportunity to become famous, and Li Shimin gave him this opportunity to lead the army, so he must seize it.

Being over thirty years old and serving as a county magistrate is not enough to prove his ability. At least Cheng Mingzhen always thought that he wasted half his life and achieved nothing. Since the king of Qin has the knowledge of people, he gave him two thousand soldiers and horses as the county magistrate. Cheng Mingzhen is more than grateful for the arrangement, but also full of confidence.

Moreover, Cheng Mingzhen was so eager to defeat Liu Heitai not only because he wanted to make contributions, but also because his family was lost in Yongnian City during the retreat.

Now Liu Heita may not know about it, but after a long time, the wives, children, and children in Yongnian City will definitely be exposed. Only by calming down Liu Heita quickly can the family members be rescued safely.

Cheng Mingzhen went out of the tent with great fighting spirit, and after gathering two thousand soldiers, he quietly left from the back of the camp, very peacefully, without causing any disturbance.

What the generals didn't expect was how shocked Cheng Mingzhen's two thousand troops would bring them. Tiance General Qin Wang confronted the brave general Han Dong Wang. Both sides invested more than [-] troops. Two thousand soldiers and horses stirred up the situation and directly affected the battle situation.

In the next few days, Liu Heita fought on the river bank while storming Mingshui City. However, Li Shiji's troops had enough food and food.

As for Li Shimin, the camp was closed. First, Shandong Daoxingtai Zuopushe, Huaian Wang Li Shentong led [-] Luoyang reinforcements, and then Du Ruhui ordered people to escort a large amount of food and grass. Li Shimin's soldiers had plenty of food, but they did not follow Liu Heitai fought head-on, but only harassed him.

Cheng Mingzhen has been out of the camp for three days, and there is no news. Some people even suspect that Cheng Mingzhen has absconded, but Li Shimin dismisses this suspicion.

Finally, when Li Shimin was looking at the enemy camp on the bank of Mingshui, the scouts rushed to report: "Cheng county magistrate burned more than [-] stones of enemy grain and grass in Jizhou, and took advantage of the situation to conquer Jizhou."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the words, but they didn't expect that these two thousand soldiers really made great achievements. Li Shimin immediately sent troops to Jizhou to take over the city defense.

On the day Li Shimin sent troops to take over Jizhou, Cheng Mingzhen led the troops out of the city overnight.

In the next few days, relying on his familiarity with the land of Hebei and his outstanding military skills, Cheng Mingzhen made repeated victories.

Two thousand soldiers and horses moved to the various states in Hebei, conquering Jizhou, Beizhou, Cangzhou, Yingzhou and other places in a row, attacking all Liu Heita's grain transportation team, completely blocking the Handong Army's grain road on the north bank of Mingshui.

When the news came, both Tang Jun and Handong Jungui were shocked.

There was a great chaos in the Eastern Han Army, and Liu Heizai, who claimed to be a god of soldiers, was furious. He kicked the case table and said, "Cheng Mingzhen? But how can a mere county magistrate be so capable? Wait, who knows the details of this man?"

The generals were apprehensive and bowed their heads in silence.

Seeing this, Liu Heitai was even more annoyed, "The grain roads are blocked by people, yet we don't know anything about the enemy generals? How absurd, check it out, go check it out for me.

In addition, Dong Kangmai led the headquarters quickly, went to Shandong, went to the king of Lu to borrow food, and told him that if there is no skin and hair, he will not be able to get it, and if the king runs out of food and loses the army, he will not escape death."

The king of Lu was Xu Yuanlang, who once again opposed the Tang Dynasty and ruled Shandong, formerly the governor of Yanzhou in the Tang Dynasty and Duke of Lu County.

After Liu Heitai rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, Xu Yuanlang rebelled against the Tang Dynasty again, separatist Yanzhou, attacked and killed Ge Guogong Sheng Yan's division, and then captured Sizhou and other places.

Yongnian City, this city is not small in scale. It was built in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was called Quliang at that time. It was called Guangping County in the Han and Jin Dynasties, and Mingzhou was established in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In the second year of Wude, Dou Jiande established his capital in Yongnian City, Mingzhou, and built the Wanchun Palace. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen all moved here.

At this time in Yongnian City, in a low, dirty and smelly shack near the west gate, three people, old, middle and small, two big and one small, cuddled together. The heavy snow in Yongnian City in March had not yet parted, and the whistling north wind was still there. It was bitterly cold, and the three of them snuggled together to keep warm.

"Grandma, grandma, I just heard from some rogues on the street that I, Aye, led the Tang army to win several big victories." The child was about five or six years old, and he was very strong, and his voice was low Said excitedly, with admiration shining in his eyes.

Another white-haired old woman and a middle-aged woman immediately became happy when they heard the words.

"My son can hear clearly, it really is you, Aye?" The middle-aged woman asked excitedly while holding the child's arm. Although she was unkempt, it could still be seen that this woman should be an educated lady.

The child nodded vigorously, "They are talking about Cheng Ming's Mansion, magistrate of Yongnian County, so it must be me, Aye."

"That's great", the middle-aged woman wept with joy, looked at the old woman and said, "Auntie, I finally heard about Lang Jun."

The old woman straightened her messy white hair, nodded, and then said very seriously: "My son has severely injured the bandit army, and will be hated by the bandit army. Except for shopping and food, Tinger will not go out again, just in case Discovered by thieves."

Although the child was young, he gritted his teeth and nodded when he heard this, "Grandma, don't worry, it's easy to save, I can't help those thieves, maybe they will vent their anger on us."

The old woman nodded in relief when she heard the words, touched the child's head and exclaimed: "My great grandson is so smart, he will definitely be a famous general in the future."

After the words fell, there was only a panic outside, accompanied by the sound of shoving and shouting, the expressions of the three people hiding in the shack suddenly changed drastically.

"Can you see clearly?" A local Mingzhou voice shouted, "Is it really Cheng Mingzhen's son?"

"Can Li Bantou still trust Zhang Sanlang's eyes?" Then came a slightly sharp voice, "I, Zhang Sanlang, have been in and out of the county government many times, how could the son of Cheng Mingfu not recognize him?"

(End of this chapter)