First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 52
50. Calculating Veteran
Li Yuan sat on the back of his horse and was in command of the central army, with his messengers rushing around non-stop. Tang generals Qian Jiulong, Li Sixing, Zhang Pingao and others closely guarded the central army and tried their best to stop the forward led by Song Laosheng.

I saw a good old general, Song Laosheng, with a white beard fluttering, majestic and majestic.

With a big sword in his hand, there is no enemy in the Tang army. He is very powerful, and Song Laosheng's purpose is also very clear. He intends to capture the thief first and capture the king. Turn a blind eye.

Seeing this, Li Shimin shouted: "Hongji Youzhi, surround him and leave Song Laosheng behind."

Gao Chong hit a Sui soldier's spear with a mace, breaking the tip of the spear, and then turned his backhand with a mace. The soldier's head burst on the spot, and blood spattered everywhere. Gao Chong felt his scalp numb and his blood aroused Hearing this, he immediately led the people behind him and Liu Hongji to surround him to the left, cutting off Song Laosheng's back.

Song Laosheng, a veteran general, rushed to kill while paying attention to the situation on the battlefield, reacted quickly when he saw the situation, and withdrew his troops without hesitation.

As soon as Fang turned around, he was surrounded by Gao Chong and Liu Hongji. Liu Hongji stabbed out with his long spear, but was stopped by Song Laosheng's personal guards. very big.

Song Laosheng's eyes were fixed, and he didn't dare to underestimate it. He raised his hand and took it with force, only to hear a loud noise, and Gao Chong felt his hands tremble, and his mouth was in pain, and the two maces were blocked by the parry.

"Little baby is so strong", Song Laosheng tightened his big knife, and slashed across with his backhand, cursing: "Why did you commit trouble?"

Seeing this, Gao Chong didn't have time to reply, he turned sideways to dodge the knife, instead of retreating he advanced, kicked the horse's belly, and stepped forward to tease him sideways.

Song Laosheng held a long knife, one inch long and one inch strong. Gao Chong held two maces, which were heavy weapons for melee combat.

But Song Laosheng has a lot of experience in front of the battle. After forcing Gao Chong back with a knife, he rode his horse and left without any reluctance to fight. Facing the Tang army in the rear was a round of arrow rain, in order to force the Tang army to retreat, and a sudden battle ended.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, it was heard that Song Laosheng had charged and killed hundreds of Tang soldiers.

Li Yuan became angry immediately, and said, "This Song Laosheng is so unreasonable."

Gao Chong almost laughed, Li Yuan is not only a mother-in-law face, but sometimes he is a bit "feminine". When there is a war, who will tell you the reason.

However, Song Laosheng is indeed a bit of a "maverick". He didn't listen to Li Yuan's "speech" in the first battle, and shot at Li Yuan in the head. Afterwards, Li Yuan returned an arrow, and he went straight to the city in anger. If it wasn't for the training of the Tang army Considered well-trained, the generals reacted quickly, and there was a panic.

"Song Laosheng's bravery, he has always used his martial arts to show off his strength. Looking at it today, his temper is really hot." Pei Ji also said quietly, twirling his beard.

Li Shimin also nodded and said, "It seems that this person is nothing but famous for his bravery."

These words had a flash of inspiration, and an idea flashed in his mind for a moment, and he blurted out: "Since Song Laosheng is so irritable, it is better to provoke him, how can he be invincible if he is angry and raises troops?".

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, Li Shimin also nodded and said: "Youzhi's words are reasonable, Song Laosheng is brave and reckless, and his temper is as fierce as fire, maybe we can set up an army outside the city to lure him out of the city to fight."

"It is also possible to swindle defeat and lead it to pursue."

"Then send a partial division to cut off the way back."

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling also nodded in agreement, adding to each other's words.

Li Yuan was overjoyed to hear that, looked at Pei Ji, Pei Ji looked at the eldest grandson Gaofang and the three of them, and exclaimed: "Young people are awesome".

Seeing this, Li Yuan looked at Gao Chong, "If you have any other ideas, tell me quickly."

"The general will lead the Chinese army to build siege equipment in a grand manner outside the city, and the second young master will lead Qingqi closer to observe the city defense, and by the way, greet Song Laosheng's family... er, that is, to scold the city.

Song Laosheng saw that the second son came to explore the city with only a light horse, and he was swearing verbally, so he must have been furious. He also saw that the general was building siege equipment, so he would definitely leave the city. .

Once Song Laosheng left the city, the second son retreated immediately and hurried to the south gate to lead the troops. When Song Laosheng attacked the central army, the general pretended to be panicked and led the army to retreat. The feigned defeat would lead to pursuit, and he must reveal the flag as a bait. After the second son led the army to cut off his back, he turned around and counterattacked. By the way, he can also send an order to Chai Changshi to send troops out of Jiahu Fort, set up an ambush in the middle, and hit his waist."

Speaking of Gao Chong's brilliant eyes, he was very excited, "Song Laosheng will undoubtedly lose if he is attacked from front to back."

Hearing Gao Chong's words, everyone suddenly felt that it was feasible, Liu Hongji cheered loudly, and laughed loudly: "You Zhiguan can deceive people, this old man Song was calculated to death by You Zhi."

Li Shimin also said excitedly: "Youzhi's plan is very careful, I think it is feasible."

Li Yuan was overjoyed, "Such a detailed deployment, interlocking and impeccable, Song Laosheng will surely lose."

Pei Ji frowned and said, "Is it wrong to use Mr. Tang as a bait?"

This time Li Yuan was quite resolute, he waved his hands and said straightly: "Xuanzhen, don't worry, at most Mr. Song can leave the city with ten thousand people, my army has ten thousand people, and there are strong generals guarding around, so there is no danger."

Gao Chong was a little excited, he really liked the feeling of "deceiving people". When reading "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and other books, Gao Chong yearned for the careful deployment of various strategies in the book, How many times he fantasized about how the enemy will be, and how he has deployed to defeat him, and now it is about to come true.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuan sent people to cut wood, and then grandiosely built siege equipment in the distance. On the top of the city, Song Laosheng, who got the news, watched from a distance with hatred.

At the south gate, Li Shimin ordered Liu Hongji and others to stand guard, and then led Gao Chong and other dozens of cavalry to blatantly inspect the city wall. In the distance is the Tang army camp.

Seeing Li Shimin and other dozens of people pointing and pointing at him in the city as if no one was there, Song Laosheng was so angry that he didn't take him seriously at all.

At this time, there was an exaggerated exclamation from the city, "Ah, isn't this old general Song? I saw you flashing your old waist yesterday, and thought you wouldn't be able to get out of bed today." Just open your mouth.

Sure enough, after listening to these words, Song Laosheng's beard and hair are all stretched out. He comes from a low family background and has always used force. , "Huangkou kid, I spared your life yesterday, and you dare to make noise here."

(End of this chapter)