Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 298 Yu Minghe attacks Youzhou of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng's power in the north
Yu Minghe was full of solemnity. Tuli's rebellion was even worse for them.

After Yu Minghe came to the grassland, and because of Ning Chun's previous contact, he always treated Tuli as one of his own. But now he has directly defected to the Tang Dynasty, which was something that neither Yu Minghe nor Ning Chun expected.

Seeing that Ning Chun didn't say anything, Yu Minghe stood up immediately.

"We can't just sit there and wait for death. The king asked us to come here, so we must gain a foothold here.

And now Goguryeo is attacking Andong Prefecture, we must cooperate with General Feng to attack Goguryeo.

I will summon the leaders of all tribes now. You go down and concentrate our artillery and let these people see the power of the artillery. They will not dare to have second thoughts easily. Then we must teach Tuli a lesson!
This person had clearly promised the king, but he was secretly colluding with the Tang Dynasty, and now he has even defected to the Tang Dynasty.

If we don't teach this man a lesson, and everyone follows suit, how can we survive here? "

Yu Minghe made the decision and immediately began to act. The tribal leaders had different opinions, but when they saw the power of the artillery, they were all shocked.

They already knew about the artillery used by the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Turks, but they had only heard about it and had never seen it. Now that they saw it, the power was beyond everyone's expectations.

Such a huge momentum made everyone's heart palpitate.

"The Tang Dynasty stole this cannon from the king, and it has not been long since the Tang Dynasty got it. The number of cannons equipped in the army is very small, not even as many as the Khan has. Why should you be afraid of it?
Moreover, the king has developed new firearms. The artillery you see now is not the strongest. The new artillery is more powerful and has a longer range.

The Tang Dynasty seems to be very powerful now, but as long as the king's army arrives, they can only flee in panic.

Those big tribes are fighting for dominance on the grassland, leaving no chance for small tribes like us to survive.

Today, my king has shown mercy and allowed all the small tribes on the grassland to make their own voices heard, and no longer submit to the big tribes or be devoured one by one by the big tribes. Now is the time for us to repay the king.

I can tell you that if you don't want to, you can bring it up now. I will lead my men and directly withdraw from the grassland, and you just stay here and wait for your tribe to be annexed and destroyed.

Now the choice is in your hands, but once you make the choice, if anyone dares to betray you again, don't blame me for being cruel and annihilating their entire tribe!"

Yu Minghe looked at the leaders below who were thinking silently, sneered, and continued speaking.

"I have another piece of news for you. My king has already sent out a large army to attack Goguryeo. After conquering Goguryeo, my king's army will be able to march straight into the grasslands. All of you will be protected by the king.

You have to think it over carefully before making a decision.”

Now it was Goguryeo that launched an attack on Feng Ang, but Yu Minghe knew very well that these people were not aware of it, and that Feng Ang would certainly lead his army to attack Goguryeo later, so he was not wrong.

After a moment, all the leaders below agreed with what Yu Minghe said.

They really had no choice. By following Li Yuanji, at least their tribe could be saved.

Too many small tribes have disappeared on this grassland, and in the end nothing is left as they have been eaten up.

The law of the grassland is the survival of the fittest. It was nothing originally, but these people are now the weaker party. If it weren't for Yu Minghe's alliance, some of the small tribes might have disappeared.

That is to say, now that they have united together and rely on Li Yuanji, they are gradually gaining a say on the grassland and are able to compete with those large tribes. Everyone sees hope.

Especially in terms of firearms, the Tang Dynasty's were not as good as Li Yuanji's, and they were more willing to believe in Li Yuanji.

At least the promises Li Yuanji had made to them in the past have been fulfilled. Now their tribes no longer have to worry about extinction, and Li Yuanji is trading with them, so the survival of the tribes has also been greatly improved.

What's more important is that Yu Minghe in front of them not only has the blood of the Ashina people, but is also very kind to them and has helped them a lot. Now they have no choice but to keep believing.

Yu Minghe looked at everyone and said solemnly: "Since you have made your decision, you must abide by it!

Now that Jie Li has betrayed us, what we need to do next is to destroy Tuli's troops. Tuli is now near Youzhou, so all warriors should assemble immediately to destroy Tuli!"

Everyone left excitedly, the army began to gather, and Yu Minghe came to Ning Chun.

"Dahe, tell General Feng that it will take time to conquer Goguryeo. I plan to start with the Shiwei and Mohe tribes. General Feng has sent part of his army to Dongyi Prefecture, and they can come over from Mohe when the time comes.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has captured Jie Li and various Turkic tribes have surrendered one after another, the next step will inevitably be to re-elect the Turkic Khan and let the Turkic troops attack us. We must integrate large tribes such as the Khitan, Shiwei, and Mohe as soon as possible.

Only in this way can we resist the attacks of the Turks, and even destroy the Turks who are friendly to the Tang Dynasty and occupy the entire grassland.

When that time comes, we are here and can support the king at any time. If we are not stable here, then all the time we have been here will be meaningless!

Dahe, you must convince General Feng to send troops from Dongyi Prefecture. Next, I will lead the army here to move towards the Shiwei tribe.

If General Feng disagrees, we must report this matter to the palace as quickly as possible and ask the palace to make a decision!
We need reinforcements here. If the reinforcements cannot arrive, when the Turks attack, we won’t be able to cope with them with just a few of us!”

The grassland is in chaos now, and Yu Minghe is very clear that this is their opportunity. As long as they handle it properly this time, they can gain a firm foothold in the grassland and no one can underestimate them.

However, if they are defeated, they will have to retreat. Once they leave the grassland, it will be difficult to come back.

Ning Chun was also very clear about their current situation and agreed immediately.

"General Yu, you just lead the troops to fight. I will do this and I will do it well!"

Yu Minghe and Ning Chun immediately split up and Yu Minghe led the armies to attack Youzhou. Although Tuli was prepared, he was defeated with the support of artillery and fled directly into Youzhou to seek refuge from the Tang Dynasty.

Yu Minghe led a large army and headed straight for Youzhou.

At the foot of Youzhou City, Yu Minghe looked at the top of the city wall. He didn't really want to attack Youzhou City, but now he had to show his attitude.

No matter how you look at it, Tuli was a betrayal of Li Yuanji, and such a traitor must be dealt with with iron fist.

On the top of the city wall, Tuli followed a man trembling with fear. This man was none other than Li Xuandao, the chief officer of Youzhou.

Now that the position of Governor of Youzhou is temporarily vacant, Li Xuandao, the Chief Secretary, is responsible for all affairs of Youzhou.

At this time, a rider came to the city. Tuli kept crying and asking Li Xuandao to shoot the rider to death, but Li Xuandao remained unmoved.

"Listen, Tang army above. My Khan came here only for Tuli. If Tuli is defeated, my Khan will lead the army away immediately. Otherwise, we will attack the city later. If the people of Youzhou suffer, it will be your fault, Li Xuandao!" Li Xuandao remained calm after hearing this and looked indifferently at the cavalryman below.

"You should leave immediately. Tuli Khan has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has issued an edict to accept it. You did not know this before, so I will forgive you for your ignorance. If you do not leave, you will be sentenced to death!"

Seeing Li Xuandao's tough attitude, the cavalry below immediately returned to Yu Minghe and informed Yu Minghe.

Yu Minghe looked calm and sent another rider after a while.

"Listen up, everyone on the city wall. Tuli betrayed the King of Qi. Anyone who protected him will be punished together with him! Hand over Tuli and I will forgive you for what happened!"

Yu Minghe waited quietly, but when the people he sent out came back again and Li Xuandao still refused to release them, Yu Minghe immediately looked towards the top of the city wall gloomily.

"Pass the order, prepare the artillery! The army is ready to attack the city!"

Yu Minghe was indeed not planning to attack Youzhou, but since Tuli was inside, he had already raised the banner of Li Yuanji. Even if it was just a test attack, he had to launch an attack on Youzhou City to show Li Yuanji's strength.

Yu Minghe did not dare, nor did he want to bring down Li Yuanji's reputation. Let alone Youzhou, even if it was Chang'an, if anyone dared to shelter Tuli, he had to show a firm attitude. His attitude also represented Li Yuanji's attitude.

He wanted to let everyone know that betraying Li Yuanji and joining the Tang Dynasty was not safe either, and the Tang Dynasty might not be able to protect them!

Yu Minghe gave an order, and within a moment, a deafening roar of artillery was heard, and shells fell towards the top of Youzhou city.

The army then set out and launched an attack on Youzhou City.

Li Xuandao and Tuli in Youzhou City were completely shocked at this moment. They really didn't expect that Yu Minghe actually dared to attack the city.

Especially Tuli, he was full of regret at this time. If he had known that Yu Minghe was not affected at all, and was so decisive and violent, and Li Yuanji was so strong, he would never have defected to the Tang Dynasty.

He thought that the Tang Dynasty's victory over the Turks in two months would scare Yu Minghe and that Li Yuanji would withdraw his forces from the grassland. He never expected that Yu Minghe, sent by Li Yuanji, would be so tough.

Not only was his tribe destroyed, but now that he had retreated to Youzhou of the Tang Dynasty, Yu Minghe was still attacking the city in a frenzy. He was really scared.

The war was about to break out. Even with artillery attacks on the city, the Tang army's resistance was still tenacious. Half an hour later, Yu Minghe withdrew his troops.

In fact, they didn't even reach the top of the city wall, and Yu Minghe didn't really go to fight, so why not withdraw his troops?

Yu Minghe couldn't help but sigh at the strength of the Tang army. If he really wanted to break the city, he could only send out the 5,000 troops sent by Li Yuanji. He couldn't rely on the troops of these small tribes at all.

There are not many troops in Youzhou city now. Yu Minghe knows that the Tang Dynasty has drawn troops from various northern states to attack the Turks. On the Youzhou side, Cheng Yaojin is leading 30,000 troops to launch an attack. If he continues to stay here, Cheng Yaojin might lead his troops back to attack him.

Just as Yu Minghe was ordering the army to prepare to evacuate, the Tang army in Youzhou city suddenly broke into chaos and began to kill each other. The Chief Secretary Li Xuandao was killed directly, Tuli was captured, and the gates of Youzhou city were wide open.

Yu Minghe was stunned. He was really shocked. What was going on? When did they have an insider in Youzhou City? How come he didn't know anything about it?
After a while, a group of people came out of Youzhou city, stopped after leaving the city, and the leading one ran directly towards Yu Minghe.

Yu Minghe did not let anyone stop him, and the man quickly came in front of Yu Minghe.

"Chen Rongting, a soldier from Youzhou, greets the general."

"Why is this?"

Yu Minghe stared at Chen Rongting and searched his mind, but he had no impression of him.

Chen Rong stood up and looked at Yu Minghe, and said solemnly: "I am the man of Prince Yin."

Yu Minghe's pupils shrank, and he looked at Chen Rongting in shock. He was actually Li Jiancheng's man? He hadn't been eliminated yet?

But Chen Rongting's voice did not stop.

“I followed the Prince of Lujiang to Youzhou before and served as a captain in the army.

After Prince Yin was killed, the Prince of Lujiang joined forces with Wang Shen, the governor of Qizhou, to raise an army to avenge Prince Yin and attack Li Shimin.

Unfortunately, the news leaked out and the villain Wang Junkuo was killed. Both the Prince of Lujiang and the Governor of Qizhou, Wang Shen, were not spared.

I hid in the army, luckily I was not found out. Now General Yu is leading his army to attack the city. The time has come. I will gather those who are still loyal to Prince Yin and help General Yu break the city."

The Prince of Lujiang was the former Governor of Youzhou, Li Yuan, who was a man of Li Jiancheng.

This was Li Jiancheng's second military force in the north, second only to Li Yi in Jingzhou, with tens of thousands of soldiers.

After Li Jiancheng's death, Li Yuan was terrified and finally prepared to raise an army and join forces with Qizhou. However, he was rebelled by Wang Junkuo, a traitor whom he had always trusted, and the traitor secretly colluded with Li Erpai, which led to his own death.

A rebellion that never happened ended just like that, and Li Er regained control of You and Qi.

Yu Minghe was actually not clear about all this, but one thing he was very clear about was that these remnants of Li Jiancheng had not been discovered by Li Erqing, which showed that Li Jiancheng still had considerable influence in the north.

Yu Minghe stopped thinking about it. This matter had now exceeded his expectations, and he was unable to make a decision. He had to report it to Li Yuanji and let Li Yuanji make the decision.

“In that case, you should follow the army from now on. The King of Qi is on good terms with Crown Prince Yin, and many people in the Eastern Palace are under the King of Qi’s command. In the future, I will avenge Crown Prince Yin.

As for Youzhou, we cannot occupy it. We must immediately move all the supplies out of the city and evacuate immediately. Otherwise, the Tang army will come back to support us and it will be difficult for us to leave."

Chen Rongting had no objection at all. He led his army to support Yu Minghe and wanted to follow Li Yuanji. Now in the world, only Li Yuanji could avenge Li Jiancheng.

Yu Minghe then beheaded Tuli in front of the tribal leaders as a demonstration, and then left with his army.

This time, Yu Minghe did not expect such an outcome, and he did not expect to meet Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince, here. Yu Minghe felt like it was a dream for a moment.

After Yu Minghe led his army away, he immediately began to win over large tribes such as the Khitan and Shiwei, and began to prepare for possible attacks from the Tang and Turks at any time.

(End of this chapter)