First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 384

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Xiabo was established as a county during the Han Gaozu period, it belonged to Jizhou in the Western Jin Dynasty, and it belonged to Hejian County in the former Sui Dynasty.

After the defeat of Dou Jiande, Li Yuan abolished Hejian County and set up Shenzhou. Xiabo belongs to Shenzhou, which is located at the junction of Shenzhou and Jizhou.

More than twenty miles north of Xiabo City, there are several rivers, among which the largest river is the Tuhai River, one of the nine rivers, namely the Hutuo River.

Due to the rapid flooding of the Hutuo River and its diversions many times, officials of all dynasties built embankments on the plains tens of miles before and after the river to prevent and fight floods. Rugged.

Li Jing chose this place for the battle, and the rebels must pass through this place if they want to go south. Only by defeating Li Daoxuan can they capture Shenzhou, Jizhou and other places, and then restore all the former places of Dou Xia's regime.

Fighting in this canine-toothed valley, Tang Jun's infantry can give full play to their advantages.

Tang Jun had just come to camp on the side of the valley, and his foothold was not stable, so Liu Heita led the army.

Liu Heikai led his own soldiers to climb up the high slope to have a look. Seeing the rugged terrain here, his brows were frowned.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take advantage of the Tang Army's unsteady foothold and go to attack?" Fan Yuan said excitedly when he saw the Tang Army building the camp in full swing.

Unexpectedly, Liu Heikai shook his head slowly, "The Tang army chose this place to camp, which shows that Li Tang Huaiyang King is not a stupid and reckless man. How could he be unprepared when he camped?"

After hearing this, Fan Yuan also thought it was reasonable, but he always felt that it would be a bit embarrassing not to do something when he watched Tang Jun set up camp.

I only heard Liu Heita's voice change, "It's not very effective to attack the enemy's camp, but it can't make them camp with peace of mind. You send two cavalry troops to harass the left and right, and don't love to fight."

Fan Yuan's face showed joy, Liu Heita's bad move was exactly what he wanted.

Li Daoxuan was also very interested in facing the harassment by the rangers of the rebel army. He actually handed over the matter of setting up the camp to Li Jing, and led Qingqi out to drive them out.

Li Daoxuan was only 19 years old, with a wolf waist and ape arms, quite courageous, and his archery skills were well-known in the Li family, and his arrows were flawless.

Liu Heikai was also shocked when he heard the news. Regardless of opposition, he came to the edge of the valley in person and saw dozens of horses from both sides confronting each other.

Liu Heitai rode forward and saw that Li Daoxuan was well-armored and heroic, so he probably guessed it.

"My king, Liu Heita, Li Daoxuan came out to answer." Liu Heita raised his knife and shouted loudly.

"Liu Thief, this time I will tell you to come and go." Seeing that it was Liu Heita himself, Li Daoxuan laughed loudly.

"Crazy boy, how do you compare yourself to Li Shimin?" Liu Heikai said disdainfully: "Li Shimin can't compare to this king, how dare this young child speak nonsense?"

Li Daoxuan was furious, so he wanted to slap his horse and rush to kill him, so he hurriedly stopped him, "Tomorrow will be the decisive battle, and you will definitely die here", Li Daoxuan said sternly.

Liu Heitai shook his head and steered his horse back to the camp.

In the camp of the Eastern Han Army, Liu Heitai took the lead, "I saw Li Daoxuan today, but Li Daoxuan is just a reckless man with some courage, so there is nothing to worry about."

Liu Junhui, the former governor of Guanzhou, who was attached to him, also nodded in agreement when he heard the words, "What the king said is true. Li Tang is nepotism. This is a common practice. If Li Daoxuan was not the nephew of the old man Li Yuan, how could he be the commander of the army."

The generals raised their morale when they spoke to each other.

Liu Heitai nodded silently, his military spirit is available.

Fan Yuan said straightly: "Your Majesty, Li Daoxuan said that there will be a decisive battle tomorrow, what is your plan?"

"Since the boy dares to challenge, he must accept it," the general Cao Zhan shouted: "Otherwise, if it spreads, it will be thought that our Eastern Han Army is afraid of the Tang Army."

Liu Heikai also nodded in agreement, and immediately said: "Tomorrow, we will set up a stance and fight hard. First, we can show the power of our army and attack Li Tang's power. Second, we can eliminate the old and weak, and train a strong army. This battle is inevitable. OK".

"King Wansheng".

The generals of the Eastern Han Army were in high spirits.

In Tang Ying, Li Daoxuan looked excited, and said straightly: "This king is pretending to be reckless today, then Liu Heita must think that I am a reckless man. Tomorrow's battle, I will do as he wishes, rush to fight and fight, and as soon as the call is dispatched, I will surrender." Li Changshi, Liu thief must have never imagined that the actual command of our army is not from me."

Hearing these words, Li Jing was very moved. It was not unreasonable for Li Tang to seize the world. Regardless of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and other brothers' literary and military strategies, only Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan and other clan and county kings were open-minded and single-minded. For Li Tang Jiangshan, he is not greedy for power at all.

Li Daoxuan is not very old, and he doesn't have much experience in leading the army alone, but he is willing to let go of power. For this reason, he does not hesitate to create an image of a reckless man. He only has victory in his heart. How can such a coach be invincible.

"Yuan Guogong, if you and I have personal grievances, we can resolve them after returning to the court. Tomorrow's battle is about the country and the country. We must work together to capture and kill Liu Heizai." Li Daoxuan looked at the silent Shi Wan Bao said in a deep voice.

As the king of the clan and the commander of the army, Li Daoxuan's ability to achieve such a level is already quite good.

Li Jing looked at Shi Wanbao, saw Shi Wanbao's mouth twitched, and said in a buzzing voice: "I have been in the army for decades, so I don't need to ask Huaiyang King for advice."

Li Daoxuan nodded and didn't say anything else, he believed that Shi Wanbao would not abolish the public because of personal interests.

But Li Jing frowned, he had rich experience in life, no better than Li Daoxuan, always felt that Shi Wanbao's words did not mean to work together, but fortunately he still had second-hand preparations.

After returning to the tent, Li Jing did not fall asleep. He was waiting for a very important news. According to the agreement, there should be news tonight. Li Jing paced anxiously, hoping that there would be no accidents.

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the time had passed, Li Jing's heart gradually sank, could it be that the plan was wrong, if so, tomorrow's battle would be in danger.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from outside the tent, which was especially clear at night.

"Has Mr. Lang gone to bed?" a follower asked in a low voice.

"Go in quickly, sir, I will let you in immediately when you come back," said the guard.

Li Jing was overjoyed, it was the voice of his Li family entourage, and hurriedly lifted the curtain, "Come in, how about it? Is Mr. Jia here?"

"Mr. Lang, Mr. Jia has arrived at Zijin Mountain fifteen miles away," the attendant said directly before he had time to rest.

Hearing this news, Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief, "How many people are here?"

"Ten thousand government soldiers", Sui Cong replied.

Li Jing's face showed joy, "Tie Liu is doomed."

"Can you still make a trip?" Li Jing looked at his followers.

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions." The attendant is a servant of the Li family. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child.

"Okay", Li Jing took out a letter from his pocket, "Give this letter to Mr. Jia personally, and then you will stay in the Jizhou army. After the victory, you will be a great achievement."

Follow the lead.

A stone fell to Li Jing's heart, and he was finally able to sleep peacefully.

The next day, just after dawn, the war drums sounded, and the army gathered. After Li Daoxuan ordered the troops, he ordered Shi Wanbao to lead [-] infantry to stay in the camp.

Li Daoxuan personally led [-] Xuanjia fine cavalry, [-] cavalry, and [-] infantry to fight in the enemy camp.

(End of this chapter)