First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 327 The Deployment of King Qin

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Disobeying the military order and killing two women without authorization, Liu Heitai did not impose any punishment on Fan Yuan. After he dismissed the generals, he remained silent and looked sullen.

Now Liu Heitai's army is at a critical moment, and Fan Yuan has profound qualifications and is the first to support Liu Heitai as the main force. Therefore, Fan Yuan's prestige in the Eastern Han Army is not low.

The disadvantages of reckless raising of troops are once again reflected in Liu Heita.

The shadow of the sun moved westward, on the high slope on the south bank of Mingshui, Li Shimin led Qin Qiong and a few others to climb up and look out.

Li Shimin frowned, and muttered in a low voice: "The smoke doesn't seem to have diminished."

Qin Qiong heard the words behind him and said with a smile: "Liu Heita is a smart man. I will guess that even if he is really out of food, he will deliberately light up the smoke to confuse us. This is called reverse thinking."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, he stared at Qin Qiong to look up and down, and said in surprise: "Reverse thinking? It makes sense."

Qin Qiong hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Thinking and thinking are what Gao Youzhi said, and he used this strategy to ambush Jingde back then."

Li Shimin was thoughtful, chewing on the words "reverse thinking" alone.

Suddenly, Li Shimin said in surprise: "Go back to the camp and deploy your defenses quickly", then turned around and left.

Qin Qiong was startled, and hurriedly followed.

"Liu Heitai's food shortage has become a fact. After all, all the food and grass in Zhuzhou was robbed by Cheng Mingzhen, but now that Liu Heitai deliberately smoked more cooking smoke to confuse us, he must have a conspiracy." Li Shimin said with a little excitement .

"Conspiracy?" Qin Qiong was a little puzzled.

Li Shimin shook his head with a smile and said, "Shubao still needs to ask Youzhi more about this point. This time, the four words 'reverse thinking' that Youzhi said reminded me that the bandit army obviously has no food, but they put a The posture of being full of supplementary food must be to make me relax and continue to wait for him to run out of food.

During this waiting period, we waited for the defense to be lax and waited for the food and grass to dry up. You said, if at this time, we should give a sudden blow? "

Everyone got on their horses and headed for the camp. Although Li Shimin's words were a bit long-winded, Qin Qiong understood and exclaimed: "A sudden blow when you are slack will definitely be defeated."

Li Shimin rode his horse and laughed loudly, "Liu Heita is indeed a brave general, he has many clever tricks, but he lost to our general Tiance in the end."

When he returned to the camp and summoned the generals, Li Shimin had always accepted advice with an open mind, and immediately expressed his personal thoughts.

Fang Xuanling exclaimed after hearing the words: "Your Majesty's guess is very reasonable."

"In any case, we should take precautions before they happen. In the past few days, there have been frequent reports of success in the Chengming Mansion, but the camp has become somewhat slack," Zhang Shigui said bluntly.

"If he dares to come, I will definitely poke a transparent hole in him," Li Yuanji said defiantly with his mouth pursed.

Everyone automatically ignored Li Yuanji's words, Li Shimin saw this and directly ordered: "Quickly dispatch scouts, and then set up a lookout post on the south slope, one person at a hundred paces, pay attention to concealment, if there is any movement in the bandit army, immediately shoot the sounding arrows, That way the message can be delivered quickly."

"Your Majesty's idea is very good. The arrows are far faster than the horses to deliver the news."

All the generals praised.

"Wu'an, you lead the East Horse Army out of the rear camp, and after detouring to the south slope, you must not go to battle without an order."Li Shimin looked at Zhang Shigui and said.

Zhang Shigui agreed.

"Shubao, your horse army is on standby at any time, but if there is any change in the bandit army, I will personally lead the Qingqi to meet it," Li Shimin continued to order.

Hearing that Li Shimin was going to fight in person, Fang Xuanling opened his mouth and did not dissuade him.

"Hongji, how is your body recovering, maybe a war?" Li Shimin asked Liu Hongji who was sitting beside him.

Liu Hongji got up abruptly when he heard the words, punched his chest twice, and said positively: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the general has recovered, and he will not be weak when he kills the thief", as if he was afraid that Li Shimin would let him continue to rest.

All the generals laughed out loud when they heard the words, it turned out that Liu Hongji contracted dysentery after leaving Luoyang with the army, commonly known as dysentery, his legs became weak and his waist was sore, and he was unable to fight several times because of his health, Liu Hongji felt the same way Aggrieved.

"Okay", Li Shimin nodded and said: "Then Hongji will order the infantry, after my Qingqi assault, you will find an opportunity to press the whole army."

The word "seeking opportunity" is extremely important, and it needs to be attacked at the most appropriate time. Liu Hongji and Li Shimin "ride together when they go out, and lie down together" when they were in Jinyang. Li Shimin believed that Liu Hongji would be able to catch them Fighter, this is trust in the cooperation between the two.

In the end, Li Shimin sent two groups of messengers, one to Li Shiji in Mingshui City and the other to Li Yi in Zhaozhou, ordering them to send additional scouts to attack quickly if Mingshui battle broke out.

With such a coincidence, as long as Liu Heitai can't bear the worry of running out of food and takes the lead in mobilizing troops, he will surely fall into a desperate situation.

With the order of the military, all the troops were quickly mobilized, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The next day, Tang Jun arrived with another batch of grain and grass. When Li Shimin was reviewing and accepting the official document, he couldn't help but pause when he saw the name of the grain escort officer, and immediately called this person to enter the account.

"Cao Canjun, Gao Feng, a householder in the governor's office of the lower official Zhizhou, has seen the king", the person who received the account was Gao Jifu.

"Ji Fu has worked hard on this trip, sit down," Li Shimin nodded and smiled,

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I don't dare to speak out about my responsibility," Gao Jifu bowed to thank him and sat down.

After Gao Jifu, Li Houde, Liu Dewei, Jia Runfu and others voted for the Tang Dynasty, they were awarded the post of Cao Canjun, a householder in the governor's office of Zhizhou, in charge of affairs such as agriculture and mulberry in several states under the jurisdiction of the governor's office of Zhizhou. Zheng Qipin, although the official rank is not high, but the authority is very large and extremely important.

Xiuwu County, where the Zhizhou government is located, is more than a hundred miles south of Mingshui. Li Shimin stationed troops here to collect grain and grass from the surrounding states, and Zhizhou was among them. internal affairs.

Li Shimin knew that Gao Jifu was from the Gao family in Bohai, and Gao Chong's brother in the same clan in terms of seniority. Now everyone knows that Gao Chong was from the direct line of the Qin Palace, ranking first among the nineteen scholars, not to mention that Gao Chong's father was The prime minister is Gao Junya, so in Li Shimin's view, the origin of the Bohai Gao family is particularly conspicuous.

"Zhizhou's general affairs are complicated, and Ji Fu is also tired. Since I am here, I will take a rest for a day, and it will not be too late to return tomorrow," Li Shimin said with a very warm smile.

Although Gao Jifu was puzzled, he agreed, he was only an assistant official in charge of farming and mulberry households, so it would be fine if he returned a few days late.

That night, Li Shimin held a banquet in the tent, and he specially called Gao Jifu into the tent. Among the people present, only Gao Jifu had the lowest official rank, but Gao Jifu also had a calm face and calmly dealt with it.

When Li Shimin spoke about the deployment in the army with a sense of complacency, he stared at Gao Jifu and asked with a smile: "I have heard about Jifu for a long time, and you have mentioned it to me several times. Are there any omissions in the king's deployment?"

(End of this chapter)