Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 285 Regret or not...

Li Zhi hugged his queen, and with joy, he also became interested in spreading branches and leaves for the Li family, sweating like rain.

In the next few days, Li Zhi received good news from Liang Jianfang.

After they repelled Lun Qinling at Jishi Mountain, they came into frequent contact with it. The two sides fought three battles in a row. The Tang army had three victories in three battles. They advanced straight in and were unstoppable.

As for Ashina Zhong, the battle with Mo Liyi was brutal.

The Tang army along the way chose to seek stability. They did not rush to attack, but chose to fight steadily. They sent people to contact Tuyuhun Khan Murong Nuohebo, intending to join him, and the two sides worked together to help Tuyuhun regain the lost territory.

There are results for both sides...

Only Chen Qingsi couldn't help but panic in her heart.

Liang Jianfang and Liu Renyuan defeated Lun Qinling...

What Chen Qingsi is most worried about is Lun Qinling, the number one sufferer of the Tang Dynasty.

Several major defeats in the Tang Dynasty's duel with Tubo were all commanded by Lun Qinling.

In terms of Qin Ling's military capabilities, they are top-notch in this era.

It is really unbelievable to lose again and again like this.

Is the current version of Lun Qinling still a 1.0 version of the legend?

Lacking experience, he is still not the Tubo God of War who defeated Xue Rengui and suppressed Li Tang and Wu Zhou dynasties?

Just when Chen Qingsi wanted to remind the Ministry of War, he suddenly received an urgent edict from Li Zhi in the East Palace.

The moment he heard the urgent edict, Chen Qingsi seemed to notice it. He suppressed his slightly uneasy thoughts and hurriedly came to Chengqing Hall.

As soon as she stepped into Chengqing Hall, Chen Qingsi felt the depressing atmosphere.

All at once, six or seven pairs of eyes fell on him.

His eyes were filled with various emotions, including complex regret and self-regret.

When Chen Qingsi met these sharp eyes, her little heart started beating unsatisfactorily...

Who can not panic when being looked at by a group of prime ministers and ministers like this?

Especially the one at the top has very complicated eyes.

Chen Qingsi pretended to be calm and saluted Li Zhi in full view of everyone.

Li Zhi's voice was a little tired and he said: "Take a seat aside."

Chen Qingsi turned around and bowed to Xu Jingzong, Xu Yushi, Sun Chuyue, Ren Yaxiang and Jiang Ke before taking his seat.

Li Zhi's voice came from above: "Chen Aiqing, I have just received the latest military information on the front line. The 30,000 troops of Liang Jianfang and Liu Renyuan were defeated by Lun Qinling. Ashina Zhong's troops were attacked from both sides. They are now retreating to Dafeichuan. Lost touch.”

Chen Qingsi was stunned and lost her voice: "How could this happen?"

The Tang army was defeated, so completely.

Li Zhi waved a battle report from the front to Chen Qingsi.

Chen Qingsi took the battle report with both hands and felt that it was as heavy as a stone.

He looked at the failure of the Tang army and felt bitter in his mouth. Is this talking about Qin Ling's strength?

The defeat of the Tang army was not due to the Tang army, but to Liu Renyuan's ambition.

Liu Renyuan is very strong, brave and resourceful. Among the rising stars of the Tang Army, his abilities are among the best.

But Liu Renyuan has a huge problem, ambition...

Historically, Liu Renyuan followed Su Dingfang in the conquest of Baekje. After destroying Baekje, he became the protector of Baekje and the uncrowned king of Baekje. Rumors spread that Liu Renyuan was plotting to separate Haidong.

Chen Qingsi didn't know whether Liu Renyuan had any intention of rebelling, but at least many of his actions were against common sense... Maybe he didn't dare to rebel, but there were traces of being the uncrowned king of Baekje for a long time.

Liu Renyuan was extremely ambitious and knew how to express himself on any occasion, such as pinning down the first Tibetan warrior at a Tubo banquet...

Unwilling to let Lun Qinling go, he personally asked for orders to pursue him. It wasn't that he didn't know that Lun Qinling had left no loopholes for him, but he was just unwilling to give up any opportunity to express himself.

This kind of character made Lun Qinling aware of it, and through three defeats, Liu Renyuan's mentality was determined.

Deliberately spread rumors that Ashina Zhong had united with Tuyuhun Khan Murong Nuohebo and was heading towards Qinghai Lake.

On the return of troops from Qinling for support.

Liu Renyuan immediately became red-eyed. He was unwilling to fall behind others and did not want Ashina Zhong and Qiu Xinggong to get the first credit.

In order to grab credit, he was plotted by Lun Qinling and led to the battlefield prepared by Lun Qinling for Liu Renyuan.

Liu Renyuan fell into the encirclement. Liang Jianfang realized that something was wrong and did not stop the loss in time. He chose to retreat and instead personally led his troops to rescue.

This time the Tang army failed to create a miracle. They attacked the Qinling encirclement point for reinforcements and defeated Liang Jianfang's reinforcements.

Liang Jianfang was surrounded by the Tibetan army.

Tubo was not willing to offend the Tang Dynasty to death, and had the idea of ​​​​capturing Liang Jianfang and sending him back to repair relations.

Lun Qinling specially ordered to capture him alive.

Liang Jianfang was exhausted and unwilling to be humiliated, he cut himself with a sword...

After Lun Qinling defeated Liang Jianfang, he did not raid and pursue him. Instead, he went straight to Moliyi and attacked Ashina Zhong's troops with his eldest brother.

The disparity in military strength was too great. Ashina Zhong was outmatched and was forced to defend Dafeichuan.

The battle situation changed so quickly, in just a short period of time...

They had received news of Liang Jianfang's victory a few days ago, but in just two or three days, earth-shaking changes had occurred.

Regarding an opponent like Qin Ling, he is really good. He can see the opponent's weaknesses from the subtleties and defeat them.

Faced with this situation, Li Zhi didn't show too much expression. His face was as dark as water, and he was a little calm, but his eyes drifted towards Chen Qingsi from time to time.

Chen Qingsi had a serious look on his face, without any joy, and he didn't listen to my words at all. He deserved to be defeated like this, as if the previous advice did not come from his mouth.

Chen Qingsi is well versed in the ways of being an official. The biggest taboo in the officialdom is to expose the shortcomings of his superiors.

What's more, it's still the emperor's fault.

Chen Qingsi didn't even think about it and suggested: "Your Majesty, winning or losing is nothing. It's just that the location of Qinghai Lake is extremely important. We must not let it fall into the hands of Tubo. We must send reinforcements immediately."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I and the other ministers have the same intention, but we are still uncertain about who will take command."

Chen Qingsi said without hesitation: "No one is qualified except Ying Gong. Tubo is not an easy enemy to deal with."

Ren Yaxiang frowned and said, "How can Li Yinggong command the army if he has not recovered from his serious illness?"

Chen Qingsi said: "There is no need for Li Yinggong to go to the front line in person, but he is needed to sit in the rear. Having Yinggong personally in charge can stabilize the morale of the army. In addition to Yinggong, it is safest to send good generals to rescue."

Seeing that Ren Yaxiang had been persuaded, Li Zhi immediately no longer hesitated and ordered Li Ji to send troops to Tuyuhun as the general manager of the march to Xihai Road.

Then Li Zhiping withdrew everyone...

Looking at the empty hall, Li Zhi thought about the current situation and Chen Qingsi's earnest persuasion before the war, and sighed sadly into the air: "I regret not listening... Oh!"

Even to the air, his words were not spoken.

Thinking about the strategies proposed by Chen Qingsi before, I wonder if they can continue to be implemented under the current situation...

(End of this chapter)