Ji Tang

Chapter 1250: Join forces vertically and horizontally, and attack in groups!
The Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, Xiaozhengyue, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, takes place on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year.

The ancients called "night" "Xiao". The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the "Lantern Festival".According to the Taoist "Three Yuan" theory, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is also called the "Shangyuan Festival".The Lantern Festival custom has been dominated by the warm and festive lantern viewing custom since ancient times.

The Lantern Festival has a long history and is rooted in the ancient folk custom of turning on lights to pray for blessings.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been taken seriously in the Western Han Dynasty, but the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month truly became a national folk festival after the Han and Wei dynasties.

The rise of the custom of lighting lanterns is also related to the spread of Buddhism to the east. In the past, Buddhism flourished in the Sui Dynasty. Officials and common people generally "burned lanterns to worship Buddha" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Therefore, Buddhist lanterns spread all over the people. From the Sui Dynasty onwards, lighting up lanterns during the Lantern Festival became a custom. Legal matters.

On this day, people enjoy a series of activities such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, eating Yuanxiao, and guessing lantern riddles.In addition, most girls in purdah will be taken to the streets by adults on this day. This is one of the few gatherings they can participate in. If they are serious, they may fall in love with their husbands tonight.
When the emperor and empress sat down and the people cheered, and the atmosphere reached a climax, Yuefu officials loudly announced: "Let's have fun! Let's dance!"

Suddenly, the solemn palace ritual music sounded. There were graceful dancers singing and dancing, and beautiful singers singing softly. There were even women from the Jiaofang Department wearing armor, holding horizontal knives and spears, preparing for the next show!
Soon, when the solemn singing and dancing came to an end, before everyone could wake up from it, a burst of drumming sounded from gentle to rapid, and then came like a violent storm.

"Accept the law and resign the head of state, and the prime minister will punish the rebellious ministers.

The salty song "Broken Array Music" is for the people of Taiping.

The imperial style of the four seas is quilt, and the thousand years of virtue and water are clear;
Not to mention the military uniform, today's success.

The lord opened the Changli calendar, and the ministers loyally worshiped Dayou;

You see, after the revolution, there will be peace and autumn..."

"The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Formation" is a military song from the early Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin, who was still the King of Qin at that time, defeated Liu Wuzhou. The soldiers wrote new lyrics to the old music to praise and celebrate the victory.

This song was of great significance to Li Shimin. Soon after he ascended the throne, he ordered Wei Zheng and others to add and change the lyrics, and asked the musical talents at the time, Taichang Cheng and Lu Cai, to rearrange the music to meet the standards of palace performance.

Li Shimin also choreographed the dance himself, turning it into "The King of Qin's Breaking Formation Dance".This dance was adapted from marching battles, simulating the momentum of battle, and is more aura than ordinary songs and dances.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin personally produced the "Broken Formation Dance Picture" and processed the dance: left circle, right side, first partial, last five, fish Li, goose Guan, Ji Zhang, Yi Shu, staggered flexion and extension, head and tail back and forth, back and forth. Stab to resemble a battle formation.

The dance changes three times, each into four formations, totaling twelve formations, corresponding to the song festival.Lü Cai was ordered to teach 120 (one estimate is 128) musicians according to the diagram, wearing armor and holding halberds, and practicing the dance, which was named "Dance of the Seven Virtues".All banquets for officials of third rank and above and "barbarian chiefs" will be played outside Xuanwu Gate.

Beat the big drum, the sound can be heard hundreds of miles away, and the mountains and rivers are majestic.Later, 2000 horse troops were used to lead the troops into the scene, which was particularly spectacular!
But today is the Lantern Festival after all, and he used a woman to perform "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Formation" in a unique way. When it was performed today, it really had a unique style.

Although they don't have the masculinity of men, they are still women with heroic qualities, and everyone who looks at them nods.After all, I am used to seeing charming women, so seeing this heroic woman is an eye-opener!

There were ten people standing and a hundred people dancing together at the same time. The scene was so grand that even the people who didn't understand music and dance watched it with gusto!

But if there are those who are satisfied, there must be those who are dissatisfied. Yuchi Gong sat under Li Shimin as close as possible to the prince, watching the woman performing the formation-breaking music. He frowned. Apart from the sound of Mi Mi, he didn't see anything about what the Tang Dynasty should do. Some masculinity.

"Respect!"

"His Majesty!"

Yuchi Gong bowed slightly, indicating that he had seen him before.The dissatisfaction is obvious.But Li Shimin didn't take it seriously. He smiled and said to the prince Li Chengqian: "Go and toast my general. You will have to rely on General Yuchi many times in the future, so don't neglect it!"

Li Chengqing smiled when he heard this: "Father, you are too worried. Duke E has followed my father in the war for many years, and he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. How can he neglect it in the future?"

"Well, just understand, let's go!"

"Yes, Father!"

Li Chengqian came to Yuchi Gong with a smile. At this time, he did not dare to neglect. After all, he was still very satisfied with the prince and prince in front of him.Not only is he humble and courteous, but he also doesn't have His Majesty's temperament of being happy with great achievements. Even if he can't open up territory for the Tang Dynasty in the future, he can still sit in the court and command with stability, and there will still be no problem in stabilizing the four directions.

In recent years, His Majesty has seldom interfered with state affairs. Most of the time, the prince oversees the country. Only when encountering extremely difficult matters will he ask for His Majesty's instructions. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has become half the master of the Tang Dynasty.

"Please, Duke of E!"

After taking the wine from Li Chengqian, he drank it all in one gulp. After looking at the emperor who was watching the song and dance, he said in a loud voice: "You can't be a general. The real general of the Tang Dynasty is fighting in the Western Regions!"

Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this and said: "Of course Ziyi is our great general of the Tang Dynasty. He led hundreds of thousands of warriors to defend the Tang Dynasty from the Great Eclipse. And according to the battle report, the overall situation of the Western Region has been decided at this time. My father is happy tonight ,look"

Yuchi Gong was stunned and said anxiously: "Seriously?"

Looking at Li Chengqian who was nodding, Yuchi Gong stood up. His actions immediately aroused dissatisfaction among everyone, and even the emperor was attracted.He immediately knew that he had gone too far, and apologized embarrassingly. Then he sat down and said to Li Chengqian, who had a dark look on his face: "When did it happen? Why didn't Wu Yingge receive the battle report?"

"A few days ago, because it was delivered by a falcon, it was not considered a formal battle report, so my father did not announce it for the sake of caution. But the letter was handwritten by my aunt Princess Pingyang, and there is no mistake."

"Do you know the situation in the Western Region at this time? Has Dashi been defeated?"

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Well, we lost. Ziyi launched a decisive battle with the Governor of Dashi, Selde, in the area between Henglus City and Suiye Town in the northern border of Anxi Protectorate. Both sides sent nearly 50 troops in total. Ziyi first regarded the enemy as weak, and then took advantage of his unpreparedness to disrupt his layout. Finally, he initially ordered armored cavalry and heavy armored infantry, and immediately severely damaged the Dashi army. Miraculously, he defeated the Dashi army in just one day, making The opponent's army of more than [-] people was completely defeated!"

"Subsequently, Gao Kan, Ji Qing, Xue Li and others were sent to pursue the victory. They first defeated Heng Luosi, then destroyed the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, and pushed the army peak to the side of the Medicine Killing Water."

"What's even more incredible is that Ziyi didn't know when he found a place where the cannibals were gathering grain, called Mulu City. The letter said that although the city was small, it had extremely high walls and was difficult to capture. So he Order people to dig tunnels overnight, transport the back waist to the bottom of the city, and when it is lit, it will be like thunder, shocking hundreds of miles, and the city will be destroyed!"

At this point, Li Chengqian said mysteriously: "Do you know how much food and grass there is in the city?"

"How much?" "You may not believe it when I tell you. This is the first time I learned that the palace and my father were shocked. It was a million stones of food. But unfortunately, the cannibal saw that the city was about to be destroyed, so he ordered people to set it on fire. Grain. However, Ziyi was superior to him and sent people to lurk into the city early, so he did not make a big mistake. In the end, after statistics, the remaining grain was 80 dan, nearly [-] jin of gold, [-] jin of copper, and more. A lot of weapons and armor”

Yuchi Gong was stunned. 80 shi of food?Countless gold and copper?Armor and weapons are worthless?

Is this fucking war really a battle that will bring the power of the entire Western Region?After this battle, not only were all the previous losses and financial expenses made back, but also a fucking huge profit was made. It was a huge profit, wasn't it?

"This is the last military report. The letter says that there is no food supply for the food and grass troops at Ximen Pass. They have only two choices, one is to surrender, and the other is to..."

"Break all hope and make a desperate move!"

Yuchi Gong said without thinking, with a solemn look on his face: "According to what you said, there are more than [-] food elites under the Ximen Pass at this time, as well as a similar number of cannon fodder they have brought. Once the opponent is desperate, the big food will be destroyed." If Tang wants to win, he may have to pay a heavy price!"

Li Chengqian's face was more solemn, but he still said: "But we have to believe in Ziyi. He has always been prudent in doing things. Father said that if he were him, he would never force the other party to a dead end at this time, because the gain is not worth the loss!"

"As the saying goes, a sad army will win, and an army in desperate situation is not bad either!"

"So, now it depends on Ziyi's decision. If you are not careful, you may fall short of your success."

Yuchi Gong kept deducing the trend of the battle in his mind, but after much thought, he could not find a way to break the situation.Send hundreds of thousands of troops back during the Great Eclipse?But this also comes with great risks.

At this time, Persia, Tochara, Khorasan and other countries recovered with the support of the Tang Dynasty.Once hundreds of thousands of food troops break into its territory, no one knows what crazy moves they will do for food!

However, what he was worried about was not the life and death of those irrelevant countries, but the worry that the great foodies would regain these lands. Wouldn't that mean that the Tang Dynasty had done nothing?

In this way, wouldn't Dashi have no other losses besides losing some soldiers?

How is this possible?Once they regain their strength, they will inevitably come back. Is it possible that the Tang Dynasty will have heavy troops in the Western Regions in the future?

Thinking about it, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. He knew that was impossible.The Western Region is too far away, and it would take months to deliver the news. Once a large number of troops gather here, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one knows what will happen.

"Your Highness!"

"Duke E!"

"Your Majesty, please go outside!"
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When Li Chengqian and Yu Chigong came outside, the emperor had already arrived. In addition, there were Fang Du and Li Ji who were invited to the banquet.

"I see you, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said in a solemn voice: "You already know the matter?"

This time it was Yuchi Gong's turn to be puzzled. Seeing everyone nodding and the prince's silence, he immediately knew what everyone here knew about the Western Region!

"To be honest, I feel uneasy!"

Li Shimin sighed softly: "If nothing else happens, the battle situation in the Western Region has already been revealed. In less than three days, Taming Eagle will definitely bring back the latest battle report."

"But I have been unable to sleep at night these past few days, so I am taking advantage of today's Lantern Festival to gather together and help me think about it. What will happen in the end? It can also make me feel at ease!"

Everyone looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.

To put it mildly, this battle was a great victory.But the situation of the battle is unclear at this time, and there is a great possibility of collapse. If you are not careful, not only will the previous results be in vain, I am afraid that the entire Western Region will fall into a quagmire!
"Your Majesty, if you are a minister, you must take advantage of the great victory to force the opponent to surrender. Their existence has greatly threatened the security of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. They have suffered such a big loss this time. When their strength recovers in the future, they will inevitably invade the Western Regions again. Isn’t it necessary to send Duke Xin to send troops to the Western Regions again?”

"That doesn't make sense!"

"Even if we can't annihilate them all, we still have to severely damage them. Let them know the military might of our Datang. Even if our strength is restored in the future, they won't dare to start a war easily!"

"Furthermore, Persia and other countries have just recovered with the support of the Tang Dynasty. If we let them go back at this time, who knows whether they will retake these areas? With the current strength of those countries, they are no match for Dashi. Once the Dashi Shi regains control of these areas, and his strength is not too great, so we cannot let him go back easily no matter what!"

"No!"

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, before Li Shimin could speak, Yu Chigong said loudly: "This is too dangerous!"

He looked at Li Ji solemnly and asked: "If we proceed in your way, there is a high probability that the hundreds of thousands of Da Shi's troops will be forced into a desperate situation. You must know that the Da Shi army at this time is not without the power to fight. If the persecution is really too much, do you think they are dead? The mourning soldiers will win, but the people in desperate situations are more terrifying than the mourning soldiers!"

He turned around and bowed to Li Shimin, saying: "I know Duke Xi. He has always been steady, and he must have thought about these things when he takes one step at a time. But he did not say it in the battle report, which means that he has a plan in mind and has already prepared it." How to deal with it.”

"Just now, I was still thinking about how to break the situation of the Guild of the State of Tao. But after thinking about it, I think it is a dead end. We can neither allow the food army to return home safely and regain a large area of ​​land, nor can we let it go easily, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

He looked at everyone and said: "I thought of an unintentional conversation with Duke Xi. I once passed by a powerful family. This powerful family usually relies on its servants to do random things and bully others. But he inadvertently offended others. He married a family of considerable strength. One day, after another fight, the powerful man retreated, but the family was worried that this person's vengeful character would leave him with endless troubles. But due to the law, he could not do anything to the other party. And once the other party is in a hurry, , the other party is not jealous, if you are not careful, both sides will suffer."

"At that time, when I and Duke Xin learned about the matter, I thought about it for a long time, but there was nothing I could do. But Duke Xin showed a smile and said: Since we can't eradicate the roots, we will find a way to make the matter bigger. This person is evil and unscrupulous, and he must be an enemy. Many. As long as his enemies see his ruthless nature, that will be his end."

"Join vertically and horizontally, attack in groups!"

Li Shimin slowly said these eight words and took a breath of cold air. How cruel!
(End of this chapter)