If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

14 Ambition: Eat the meat of the barbarians when hungry, drink the blood of the Xiongnu when thirsty
"But……"

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, took a deep breath, and finally asked the question that had been bothering him.

"Your king actually abused the captives and threw the captured barbarian king Meng Chun into the pot to stew him!"

Having said this, he became angry again.

This rebellious son actually dared to stew a living person in an iron pot!
You dare to eat people!
Isn’t this the same tyrannical behavior as that of Xia Jie and Shang Zhou!
If this rebellious son inherits the throne, he will cook to death everyone he dislikes!
Hearing his words, the big man suddenly laughed.

"Sir, where did you hear this?"

Li Shimin was stunned.

"Of course I heard it from you Lingnan people!"

The big man looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said:
"These are all rumors, but the prince did it deliberately!"

"Oh……"

Li Shimin couldn't help but feel very strange.

"How do you know this is a rumor?"

The big man laughed and said:
"How could I not know? After I was recruited, I served as a captain in the prince's camp. I was in the army during the battle with Meng Chun!"

It turns out that this person was actually an eyewitness to the battle between Li An and the Barbarian King Meng Chun.
Li Shimin was overjoyed and grabbed the big man and said:
"Since you are here, please talk to me...I really have a good talk with you!"

Dahan Road:
"That day, the prince led 5,000 soldiers to attack Mengchun. Mengchun wanted to learn our Han people's tactics and set a trap on the road we had to pass, hoping to catch us all in one fell swoop!"

"The mountains there are high and the forests are dense. It is indeed a good place to set traps. If we fall into the trap, I'm afraid it will be like throwing meat buns at dogs, and there will be no return!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong on the side couldn't help but become a little nervous.

Although they knew that Li An was now safe and sound in Lingnan and Meng Chun had been defeated, they would naturally not fall into the trap that day.

But the big man in front of them was an eyewitness to what happened, and he described it so vividly that they couldn't help but get nervous.

"What happened next?"

The big man chuckled and said:
"Our prince was not fooled at all. On the surface, he had several hundred soldiers holding up straw men and many large flags, pretending that the army was about to reach the trap set by Meng Chun. In fact, he personally led the remaining 4,000 elite soldiers and went straight to a place that Meng Chun could not expect to sneak attack their lair, burning all their camps and food supplies to ashes!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong couldn't help but clap their hands excitedly:

"Great! This is a brilliant plan. I didn't expect that he could come up with such a good idea to pretend to build a plank road and secretly attack Chencang!"

The big man also nodded:
"Our prince said that Meng Chun gathered several tribes and had a total of 30,000 soldiers. We can't match them in terms of numbers, so we have to think of a way. As the saying goes, if you are rich, you can use firepower to cover, and if you are poor, you can use tactics to intersperse!"

Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong were both stunned again.

This was another new word they had never heard of before.

"If you are rich, you can use firepower to cover the enemy, but if you are poor, you can use tactics to penetrate the enemy'

Dahan Road:
"That's exactly what the prince said. What he meant was that if your troops are much stronger than the enemy, then just push forward and crush them. Use your strong bows, strong crossbows, and catapults and throw them all at their heads."

Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong listened and nodded:

"That's right. If we are stronger than the enemy, why bother with any conspiracy or trickery? Just fight!"

"However, this desperate tactical interlude..."

"What your Highness meant by this sentence is that if your combat readiness and military strength are inferior to those of the enemy, or even if the enemy has several times more troops than you, then you should find a way to avoid their sharp edge and attack their weak spots at the fastest speed and at a tricky angle!"

"It's like a skinny guy with limited strength fighting with a big and strong guy. A head-on fight is definitely not going to work. So, find a way to avoid his fists in front of you and go around behind him and kick his balls!"

Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong couldn't help but smile strangely when they heard the vulgar words of the big man. But they agreed with the truth of the military struggle mentioned by the big man.

This is how it should be when two armies fight!
Li Shimin nodded and said:

"That's right, but...what's the matter with stewing Mengchun?"

The big man laughed and said:

"We destroyed Mengchun's lair in one fell swoop and burned their food supplies. With their last resort, they turned around and wanted to attack us, but we took advantage of their rest and took advantage of the terrain of their lair. As soon as they arrived at the battlefront, they were defeated by our Tang army's powerful crossbows and hard bows!"

When Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong heard this, they imagined the battle scene that day, and a look of longing appeared on their faces.

Especially Yuchi Gong, who was even more itchy after hearing this, rubbed his hands and laughed:
"You fought well. You broke through the enemy's nest in one fell swoop, and then took advantage of the situation to break the enemy's spirit with a strong crossbow and a hard bow. The Sixth Prince fought a brilliant battle. Well done!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded repeatedly with an expression of appreciation on his face.

"Who says it isn't?"

The big man became more and more excited as he spoke, clapping his hands and laughing:
"The Barbarian King Meng Chun gathered several tribes and dared to call himself the 18 Barbarian Kings with a 100,000-strong army. However, he was defeated by us as soon as we met him. The tribes he gathered quickly ran away, leaving only his own tribe still holding on!"

"The prince was the first to charge forward with a sword raised and a roar. Our soldiers were inspired by his courage and naturally did not fear death. Then we defeated Meng Chun's army in one fell swoop!"

"After Meng Chun was captured alive, he knelt down and begged for surrender, but our prince refused to accept his surrender and directly ordered his men to chop him up. Then he sent people to set up a big pot in front of the army and put wild boars and elks in the pot to cook. In front of the pot, he put Meng Chun's head and said he was stewed!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong suddenly realized.

It turns out that the idea of ​​stewing a living person in an iron pot is totally fake.

Li An's move was just to intimidate the barbarians!

Yuchi Gong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but Li Shimin couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this:

"Although this method can deter the barbarians, it still seems not good enough. You have to know that Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times before he was able to win back the hearts of many barbarians..."

"Brother, you think this is too simple!"

When the big man heard this, he immediately said loudly and seriously:
"The prince said that barbarians fear power but not virtue. No matter how good you are to him, if you are weaker than him tomorrow, he will still find a way to bite you a few times, and he might even steal our culture to apply for World Heritage status."

"Apply for World Heritage status?"

Another new word, Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong were stunned again.

The big man scratched his head and said helplessly:

"These are the prince's original words. I don't understand them either."

"But let me say that even if Mengchun is really stewed, it won't matter. The prince personally composed a poem in the battle that day and sang it with us. Among them was the line 'I am so ambitious that I eat the meat of the barbarians when I am hungry, and I drink the blood of the Xiongnu when I am thirsty'!"

"The ambition is to eat the meat of Huns when they are hungry, and to drink the blood of Huns when they are thirsty for laughter!"

When Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong heard this word, their hearts trembled for a moment, and they felt as if they were electrocuted.

The heroic spirit in the poem made them feel numb all over and their blood boil.

"What a poem!"

The big man seemed to recall the scene in front of the army that day when Li An led everyone to sing loudly, and he couldn't help but sing loudly:

"My hair is standing on end with anger, I lean on the railing, the rain has stopped! I raise my eyes, look up to the sky and howl, my heart is filled with lofty ambitions! Thirty years of fame are now dust, eight thousand miles of journey are now clouds and moon..."

(End of this chapter)