Will Ming

Chapter 570 My Face

"Report!"

In the night, a steed broke through the tranquility and rushed over. The knight on the horse's brows were covered with frost, and the armor on his body was as cold as a stone. It can be seen that he has not been walking through the night for a while. thing.Therefore, when he jumped off the horse, his body stiffened obviously, and he almost fell.It was frozen, and his poor blood vessels made his movements far less flexible than usual.

Li Xian walked over to help the soldier up, handed over the wine bag and said, "Have a sip of wine to warm up first, then run around the fire for a few laps, and go to the fire to have a roast when you get sweaty.

The cavalry warmed up, took the wine bag and drank most of it in one breath: "My lord, Wang Shichong's men and horses have already set out, and they are rushing here day and night. If there is no accident, it will take two and a half days, and three days at the latest. The general leading the army is Zheng Guotai Lieutenant Duan Da, with 4 cavalry and [-] infantry."

"it is good"

Li Xian nodded, turned around and told his soldiers: "Call the generals to discuss matters in the lonely tent!"

He turned around and walked towards the big tent.

Cheng Zhijie's personal guard cavalry has arrived, but even so, the total number of troops around Li Xian is less than 6000, but everyone present will not worry about anything. These 6000 people are not as good as Wang Shichong's 5 horses. No way to win.The soldiers and horses of the personal guard battalion under Li Xian's command are all absolute elites who have been trained in the sea of ​​swords and blood.Especially for Yanyun Jingqi, it is commonplace for them to win more with less.

"You all know how to fight this battle, it depends on whether Duan Da cooperates."

Li Xian smiled and said: "Of course, Gu has braved the severe cold here in the wilderness and waited for him these days. Of course, he can't wait for him in vain, so he has to cooperate whether he is willing or not. Let others gnaw the bones first, even if the second son Li Even if you don't move, you can make a tooth mark on the bone. Gu has already dispatched Yuwen Shiji's soldiers to cross the Yellow River, and Duan Da came this way. Landing, first get rid of the auxiliary machine's anger, and then take the entire East County from Wang Shichong's hands."

He ordered: "Second Master Li is unwilling to give up. He won't feel at ease until the guards of his two regiments go back and return to order, so he must come and have a look. The scout reported that his cavalry has been killed. We are three hundred miles away, and if there are no accidents, we will be able to arrive here in the future, earlier than the people sent by Wang Shichong, so we have to let him delay for a while."

"Luo Shixin, you have just arrived and you should make some contributions. I will give you two thousand fine horses. You go to meet Duan Da and let him run faster. Cheng Zhijie, I will give you five hundred fine horses as a soldier. Second Young Master Li has some concerns, so he can't be allowed to come too fast, and he can't be afraid to run back. To do this well, there must be a bait..."

When he said this, he paused, Changsun Wuji moved his body and said helplessly: "I understand... I am the bait."

Li Xian smiled and said, "Don't worry, Gu won't really feed you to the fish."

According to this place, three hundred miles away, there was a faint fire coming out of a forest, and several wild wolves were attracted by the fire and sneaked there quietly, feeling a little scared, but also unable to resist the temptation to have a full meal.But just after these wolves entered the woods, they were overturned by crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the woods. The arrows were so dense that the wolves fell down, unable to die for a while, struggling to let out a loud cry. Howl.

A dozen warriors in fine armor rushed out from the woods, drew out their horizontal knives and chopped off the wild wolves one by one.

"Is it true that howling wolves can attract revenge from your companions?"

A younger soldier asked with some concern.

"You're scared of shit!"

Shi Chang, who was older than him, glared at him and said, "We have three thousand elite cavalry, so why are we afraid of three thousand wolves? Are the crossbows and horizontal knives in your hands vegetarian?"

"Three thousand wolves, one person is not afraid of killing one, what if there are thirty to fifty thousand wolves?"

"Fuck you! Have you ever seen [-] to [-] wolves? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand anything. A dozen or so wolves is a big pack!"

Shi Chang cursed in a low voice, not daring to make too much noise for fear of alarming the Highness who was resting deep in the forest.

Li Shimin turned over irritably when he heard the howling of wolves, and couldn't sleep, so he sat up and took a sip of wine.He looked at Yu Chigong not far away who was holding a lance and stood on guard, and he couldn't help feeling that Liu Wuzhou should be content with such a general.Liu Wuzhou did not die, Yu Chigong did not surrender, it is rare to have such a loyal courtier in this world, he looked at Han Shi'e who was leaning on the tree on the other side, and could not help frowning slightly.

"Since you can't sleep, let's continue on our way!"

Li Shimin stood up and couldn't hide the worry in his heart and said: "Go and see what happened, if it is uncontrollable, return to the camp immediately!"

In another forest far away from here, Duan Da tightened the felt blanket wrapped around his body and said to himself: "Ma Ke is not at ease with 5 people around, how can we fight this battle?"

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In the afternoon of the second day, Li Shimin ordered the cavalry to rest for a while. Since last night, they have been running all the way without stopping. Just be careful.Since there is no possibility of fighting at any time, the soldiers must also be allowed to recover some strength.

He jumped off the snow-white war horse where he had sat down, ordered the soldiers to rest, and asked Han Shi'e to send someone to patrol and set up a guard. He sat down against a big tree, feeling as if his body was about to fall apart.Now he is starting to regret, was it a bit too hasty to order Changsun Wuji to be killed?But this regret was fleeting, he closed his eyes and began to think about how to respond to the question from the person from Chang'an.

It was a bit too bold to do this thing, if it got to Li Yuan's ears, he could imagine how angry it would be.But he did it anyway, and he didn't have much worry in his heart.

Closing his eyes and meditating, Li Shimin's mouth suddenly twitched into a sneer.

Father... Killing a meritorious official is really nothing. Liu Wenjing's contribution is much greater than that of the elder Sun Shunde, but you just killed it if you said it?What's more, if you didn't have the idea of ​​killing eldest Sun Shunde in your heart, how could you force him to lean towards elder brother?Even if you don't want to kill him, you still want to suppress his credit.After all, no matter whether I win or the eldest brother wins, the eldest grandson Shunde will not end well.

It is not a reassuring thing to have two important court officials from one door.

I helped you get things done, you should be happy, right?

Although the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not so stable that it is not afraid of any wind and rain, killing a few people may not be a good thing for the court.Those generals who were so rampant that they didn't know who they were because of some military exploits, some of them have lost the minimum awe, and they have forgotten what dignity is.Kill a few people who can stand on the stage in the court, those guys should be more sober.The world of the Tang Dynasty belongs to the Li family, and no matter how great the military exploits are, they are nothing but ministers.

How did Liu Wenjing die?

Didn't my own emperor Lao Tzu become suspicious?

He thought of these things with a sneer, and then thought of the soldiers of the Liehu camp he sent out who had not returned.I don't know if I went astray or encountered some trouble.But it stands to reason that with the combat strength of the two regiments of the Liehuying soldiers, even an ordinary 5000 troops may not be able to trap them. Besides, they still have bed crossbows, and it is not too difficult to use that thing to open a way thing.The scouts didn't detect any signs of Wang Shichong's military activities in this area, so it stands to reason that nothing unexpected could happen.

Li Shimin counted the days, and guessed that his subordinate Liehuying should be about a day away from the Yellow River, and he would be able to reach that area at noon tomorrow. By then, he would be able to find out that the soldiers of Liehuying succeeded. No, where did you go after you got it.

After thinking about it, he felt drowsy, and Li Shimin leaned against the tree and fell asleep for a while.Before I could sleep well, I heard a rush of horseshoes swaying from far to near.In the past few years of military life, Li Shimin's sensitivity to the sound of horseshoes is definitely no lower than that of brothel women to the sound of money bags.He woke up in a trance, quickly stood up and looked in the direction of the horseshoe.

A scout rushed up to him, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, there are people camping thirty miles ahead! Just after turning around the high slope, a bonfire was lit, and the humble officer sneaked over. Definite news will come."

"Approximately how many people?"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked.

"I can't see clearly. There are people coming and going in the flames, at least not less than 500 people, and... they should all be cavalry!"

Li Shimin frowned, thinking whose team could he meet in this place?Is it Wang Shichong's or Li Xian's?Or the soldiers of the Liehu Camp of the two regiments under his command?

The biggest possibility was the soldiers of those two regiments, which made Li Shimin feel relieved.

"Let the whole army be on alert! Where is Yu Chigong? Pick a few nimble fighters to follow Gu to see. If they are from the Liehu Camp, we can go back tonight."

Yu Chigong didn't dare to delay, and picked out a hundred elite cavalry, but Li Shimin was too afraid of being exposed, so he only brought 20 people and rushed out there on horseback under the leadership of the scouts.Thirty miles, this kind of short-distance running has no pressure on the horses at all. It takes less than half an hour to get there, but because the night is too quiet to dare to approach, they dismount and walk forward after a few miles.On a high slope, Li Shimin lay down in the weeds and looked into the distance.

There is a small forest in the low-lying area below, and the camp of the team is on the edge of the forest.Simple antlers were made to surround it, and a figure could be seen swaying back and forth in the firelight.

"Mr. Changsun..."

Cheng Zhijie, who was sitting by the fire, touched the long spear lying beside him, and said in a somewhat impatient and pitiful tone: "Let's just stand here like this."