Dragon fights in Tang Dynasty

Some things on the battlefield are really interesting. Sometimes the one who saves your life is not your comrades but your enemies. No, just when Li Zhen was worried that after seeing through the truth of his own side, the whole army would press down on him and start There was a lot of smoke and dust in the direction of the sun, and a cavalry army was rushing towards the Pugu camp, which made Qijin Yeda give up his plan to attack. When he figured out that it was his younger brother Qijin Dagu who came. When the soldiers and horses were on the scene, all the Tang troops had already withdrawn into Shenwu City. Apart from scolding the Tang people for their cunning, Qi Jin Yeda could only look at the city and sigh.

Li Zhen, who was angry or not, didn't bother to bother at all. There are still a lot of things waiting for him to worry about right now. Without him, entering Shenwu is just a step in the overall strategic plan. If Hou Guozhong and others People have successfully captured the tiger's mouth. I'm afraid that Xue Yantuo's commander-in-chief Dadushi will try his best to capture Li Zhen. Whether he can withstand the siege of a powerful enemy, Li Zhen still has no certainty in his heart. Entering Shenwu City, Li Zhen didn't even have time to catch her breath, so she ordered Qin and Wang's two deputy vanguards to hurry up to deploy the garrison and related defensive matters, while Shenwu County Magistrate Liu Chen and Shenwu City Guard General Ying Yanglang Qiao Shengtai Accompanying him to inspect the defense situation on the city wall, but only turned around for a while, Li Zhen became more and more frightened as he watched.

Shenwu County is a large county outside the Guan, but it is not much bigger than Kaiyang, that is, the size of more than 4000 households. There are more than 2 households and more than 20 people in Shenwu City, where the county government is located. That's too much, there are only about [-] people around, and even if you add the young and strong people in the city who are assisting in the defense, they are only in the early [-]s. Although the grassland tribes are not good at attacking cities, the archers of the grassland tribes are not vegetarians. More than [-] people stormed for [-] days, but they did not win Shenwu. Instead, they lost more than [-] of themselves, while the defenders of the Tang Dynasty only lost less than [-]. This kind of victory is too amazing. Li Zhen himself He thought it would be impossible for him to guard the city by himself, but although the morale of those guarding soldiers is very high, most of the armors don't fit well, and they are badly damaged, and the weapons in their hands are even worse. There are all kinds of people, even the nails and rakes used by farmers to hoe the ground. Moreover, the local young and strong people who assisted in the defense of the city are too few. The dozens of pine trees in the house are obviously beams, pillars and the like, and the flower carvings and paint on them are still there, rolling stones?It's all bricks. If Li Zhen doesn't come, the Pugu tribe will attack the city again, and the city must be destroyed!

Thinking of the fierce battle ahead, Li Zhen couldn't help but smiled wryly. After a long period of silence, she asked casually: "Magistrate Liu, General Qiao, both stick to the isolated city and serve the country with loyalty. The king has a question: it is difficult to defend the city, why are there so few young and strong people to help defend it, is it possible that the elders in the city don't know how there will be eggs when the nest is overturned?"

Li Zhen asked this question originally just to find out if a group of young men could be mobilized to assist in defending the city. In fact, she had no other intentions. Unexpectedly, the expressions of Liu and Qiao changed suddenly. They looked at each other, and suddenly they all fell to their knees. Kowtowing endlessly, Li Zhen was confused. She couldn't figure out which play the two in front of her were singing, so she hurriedly said, "Why are you two? Hurry up, please."

Liu Chen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, forgive me. This matter is all the subordinate's opinion. It has nothing to do with General Qiao. If the barbarians retreat, the subordinate will definitely make a confession..."

Before Liu Chen finished speaking, Qiao Shengtai hurriedly said: "No, Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with Liu County Magistrate. It is the last general who made his own decision, and he will take responsibility for his own crimes. Please don't blame Liu Chen, Your Highness." On the county magistrate."

Um?What kind of plane are you doing?I didn't say anything, but they all confessed their crimes, the whole thing is a monster!Li Zhen glanced suspiciously at the two local officials who kowtowed, pondered for a while and said, "You two should get up first, and it's not too late to speak slowly if you have something to say."

Well, Li Zhen spoke very politely, but Liu and Qiao did not dare to get up, they explained alternately, and occasionally competed to accept the blame, after a long time of confusion, Li Zhen finally understood What's going on--I dare to say that those Tang soldiers guarding the city are also of the same virtue as Li Zhen's group of half-baked cavalry, most of them are parallel imports.

Shuozhou's army belonged to the frontier army in the Tang army. It was neither the guards of the sixteen guards nor the general soldiers of the Zhechong mansion. To prevent the frontier generals from becoming too powerful, there is a clear regulation in the Tang Dynasty that not only the number of frontier troops is limited, but also they cannot be recruited privately. Soldiers can get paid. No matter under any circumstances, frontier generals cannot recruit soldiers privately, otherwise they will be regarded as treason.

Liu and Qiao defended the city for more than [-] days. The original frontier army in the city had already suffered more than half of the casualties. Even the young and strong in the city who assisted in the defense also suffered heavy casualties. Encourage the young and strong to help defend—the border residents are tough, but there is little arable land on the border, and there are many pastures. Let's make a living (the salary of the frontier army is much higher than that of the guards). After discussion, Liu and Qiao recruited a large number of young and strong men into the frontier army. The armor used came from the leftovers of the dead soldiers. Armor, although this is an expedient measure, it actually violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The charge of "conspiracy" has always been hanging on the heads of the two of them. He mistakenly thought that Li Zhen had seen through the mystery, so he kowtowed and apologized endlessly.

Damn, I've been making trouble for a long time, and I dare to just do such a shit, which made me worry for nothing.After Li Zhen figured out what was going on, she couldn't help being dumbfounded. Li Zhen was very clear about the shortcomings of the Tang military system. From Li Zhen's point of view, there were too many unreasonable things in it. The problem was that Li Zhen Right now, I have no power in my hands, so I can't change the status quo at all. But, it's easy to help Liu and Qiao. Thinking about how these two can hold on to the isolated city for more than 20 years under the pressure of a strong enemy Today, it is considered somewhat capable, and I couldn't help but feel attracted, rolled my eyeballs a few times, and said with a smile: "What are you two talking about? I don't understand why the king doesn't understand, those soldiers are all served by the king. Even if there is something wrong with my life, I will explain it to my father, what is it with you two? Ha, let’s not talk about this, I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle tomorrow, and the two adults will return together with this king. It’s good for the Yamen to discuss the strategy of defending the city.”

Liu and Qiao are not fools, they are obedient and close friends, when they saw that Li Zhen took all the charges on themselves, they felt grateful, but they didn't talk about this matter any further, they just kowtowed heavily , He followed Li Zhen back to Yamen to hold a military meeting without mentioning it.

On October 15th of the [-]th year of Zhenguan, in the camp of the Tang Army in Xinzhou, Li Jizheng, the commander of the Zhengxi Army and the head of the Shuozhou Road Marching, stood silently in front of a sand table and meditated. After the urgent battle report sent by General Li Daliang, Li Ji had been standing in front of the sand table for more than an hour, but he never gave any order. Although his face was calm, his eyes were faintly flickering with anxiety.

"Report, Commander, Deputy Commander Li is here." While Li Ji was pondering, the guards at the door hurried into the big tent and bowed to report.

Li Ji raised his head and said calmly, "Please."

Li Xiyu, courtesy name Maoshi, was the second son of Li Jingyou, the governor of Taizhou in the Sui Dynasty. Wei Suwen, as the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, led [-] troops from Liangzhou as the Right Route Army, which arrived in Xinzhou one day earlier than the Jingshi Guards led by Li Ji, and set up camp ten miles outside the camp of the Central Route Army. place.

"Brother Maogong, why are you summoned so urgently?" Li Xiyu asked without any politeness as soon as he entered the big tent.

Li Ji smiled wryly, but without opening his mouth, he directly handed over a military newspaper in his hand. Li Xiyu only glanced at it, and was immediately taken aback and said: "This..., His Highness King Yue's plan is too much. Danger, if there is any good or bad, how should we explain to the Holy One, Brother Mao Gong, it is not too late, I will fight immediately, hoping to win in time."

Li Ji has always been on the safe side when deploying troops, but he has seldom won a big victory, but he has never been defeated. This time, he just wanted to take it slowly. Li Xiyu's worries had already been considered, but now the army has just arrived in Xinzhou, and there are still about three days' journey away from Shuozhou. In his opinion, the main force that captured Xue Yantuo It's not a big problem, but if Li Zhen's danger is to be resolved, it's too late even if Li Zhen has wings. If something happens to Li Zhen, even if Xue Yantuo's main force is wiped out, Li Shimin may not be able to explain it to Li Shimin. He really didn't know what to say other than a wry smile. He shook his head and said, "The king of Yue put himself in danger this time and put himself in a dead end just to wipe out Xue Yantuo's troops. If our army attacks blindly, it will fail us." His Highness's thoughts are not to be said, but there is a possibility of being bitten by Xue Yantuo's junior. A certain material set up the possibility of using His Highness the King of Yue as a bait to lure our army into the bait. His Highness of the Yue King also explained in the letter , our army has to guard against it."

Although Li Xiyu has also fought in battles, but they are all small fights. Naturally, he cannot be compared with Li Ji in terms of combat experience and ability. Hearing Li Ji's words, he suddenly feels reasonable, but he is worried about Li Zhen. An Wei pondered for a while and said: "It's possible, but I'm worried that if I follow His Royal Highness's plan, once I set up a plan, I'm afraid that I will attack Shenwu desperately, and use His Royal Highness as a threat in exchange for withdrawing troops. If something happens to His Royal Highness King Yue, what should we do?"

What should I do?Things have come to the present situation, besides acting according to Li Zhen's plan, Li Ji really doesn't know what to do, if he rushed to rescue Li Zhen and fell into the conspiracy of Xue Yantuo's department, resulting in the death of his teacher and humiliation of the country, then It was even more impossible to explain to the emperor. For Li Zhen who cut first and played later, Li Ji, who is a subordinate commanding superior, was really angry. However, Li Ji still admired Li Zhen's courage and calculating ability, and silently After thinking about it for a while, Li Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Maoshi, you and I are divided into two groups, and we should act according to His Highness King Yue's plan."

"Well, it's okay." Li Xiyu thought for a while, nodded his head and said: "It's just the safety of His Royal Highness King Yue..."

"Forget it, I hope that His Majesty's auspicious person will have his own destiny. It's not too late. You and I will lead our own troops." Li Ji's eyes flashed a flash of determination, and he made his final decision in a calm voice.Li Xiyu sighed, didn't say anything more, gave a military salute to Li Ji, turned around, and strode out of the tent.

Li Ji watched Li Xiyu's leaving back silently, raised his head and sighed, and ordered loudly: "Come on, beat the drums and gather the generals!"

While the Tang army was busy dispatching troops and generals, a military meeting was being held in the place where the former governor of Shuozhou and now the eldest prince Xue Yantuo was stationed. The leaders of the six tribes, including Sijie, Baximi and others, gathered in the governor's mansion to discuss the military plan for the next move.

Dadushi, the eldest son of Xue Yantuo Khan Yinan, was twenty-five years old, tall and strong, with high martial arts skills, and great wisdom. Soldiers fight everywhere, they are rigorous, unsmiling, yet magnanimous and magnanimous, and they are respected by the leaders of all ministries.

"Commanders, all of you have read the request for help from the Pugu Ministry. Now that Kaiyang has been attacked, and the Tang army has occupied the Shahukou, another Tang army has also entered Shenwu City under the banner of Yue Wang Li Zhen. Everyone, thank you Let’s talk about what you think about the current situation.” After the leaders of all the ministries had arrived, Dadu set up a look around at the leaders sitting on the lower horse, and said calmly.

The grassland tribes arrange the order of speech based on their strength. Among all the coalition forces, except Xue Yantuo, only Huihe is the strongest. As soon as Dadu set his voice down, Tumidu, the leader of Huihe, stood up and said: "Da Dudu, Qu Lishu, this damn dog thief did not report to the governor, and withdrew without permission, he deserves to be killed! Killing Hukou and losing it was all Qu Lishu's fault, if he hadn't released the water, how could the Tang army have sneaked into Emaokou to attack our army the way back."

The Tongluo tribe has always been a feud with the Bayegu tribe, and it is not at peace with the Pugu tribe. At this time, seeing that the most powerful Huihe commander wants to punish the crimes of the Bayegu tribe, Duolange, the commander of the Luo tribe, is naturally arguing. He agreed with both hands, and then jumped out and said: "Great Governor, Brother Tu Midu is right, you must not let this old dog, Qu Lishu, be lightly spared, even the behaving Qi Jin Yeda should be questioned!"

The Basimi Department and the Pugu Department are family friends, and the two parties have many marriages. At this time, seeing Duolange, the leader of the Tongluo Department, fell into trouble, Ashina Dahe, the leader of the Basimi Department, immediately objected: "Old Dolange Brother, what you said is exaggerated, if Brother Qijin Yeda hadn’t come to report the letter, I’m afraid we wouldn’t know that Tang Da’s army had arrived, even if Qu Li was guilty, what’s the matter with Brother Guan Qijin Yeda?”

"Fart! If he hadn't lost the battle, Shenwu would have taken it down long ago, and I would have gone back to the grassland long ago. How could the Tang army steal the way? If he is not guilty, who can be guilty!" Duolange He has a fiery temper, when he heard Ashina Dahe speak against him, he immediately jumped up, pointed at Ashina Dahe's nose and cursed away, not to be outdone, Ashina Dahe also jumped up and didn't reply , as soon as he stroked his cuffs, he planned to rush forward to give Dulange a big punch. He was so startled that the leaders of all the ministries rushed forward to persuade him to fight, and the whole hall suddenly became chaotic.

"Enough, I want to fight with Tang Jun, what time is it, and I'm still making trouble!" Dadu, who had been listening silently, saw that the leaders of the ministries were making such an outrageous scene, and slapped him suddenly. table, shouted angrily.

Xue Yantuo is powerful, and Dadushi has always been ruthless, and the leaders of all the ministries are extremely jealous of him. Seeing Dadushi's anger at this time, they naturally dare not do it again, and they each sat back in their original places, but in this way, they all became dumb. , are no longer talking.Dadu set glanced at the commanders, and said in a calm voice: "What crime should Qu Lishi deserve is up to my father to decide. There is no need for me to discuss it. Now that the Tang army has arrived, we can only discuss how our army should deal with it. The governor doesn't want to hear the rest."

"Great governor, the Tang army is powerful, and our army is invincible. It is better to withdraw from the Great Wall first and avoid the sharp edge. Although the killing of the tiger was captured by the Tang army, our army is not unable to deal with it. You can get out of the Great Wall just as you walk through Yungang. If our entire army is on top, it’s not impossible to win the Killing Tiger’s Gate, I hope the governor will make up his mind early.” Tu Midu, the commander of Huihe, has always been on good terms with the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Yantuo forced him to send troops this time, so naturally Because he didn't want to confront the Tang army head-on, he took the lead in suggesting to withdraw troops.

"Yeah, Brother Tumidu is right. It would be better for the governor to make a decision soon."

"Yeah, that's how it should be."

"That's right!"

... All the ministries are extremely afraid of the army of the Tang Dynasty, and they have no confidence in defeating the army of the Tang Dynasty. Besides, after conquering Shuozhou this time, all the ministries have made a lot of wealth, and they are not in the mood to fight the Tang army again. Naturally, they want to withdraw as soon as possible, but all ministries agree on this point.

"It is necessary to withdraw the troops, but even if I want to withdraw at this time, I am afraid it will not be so easy. Now that the Tang army has arrived, how can we let our army withdraw easily?" Dadu set interrupted the leaders of the ministries with a wave of his hand. , sneered and said: "Tang Jun's surprise attack on Hukou is just to steal my back and force my army to confront him head-on. What's the matter? Is it true that my grassland men are all made of mud, huh?"

"Great Governor, that's not what you said. All the men in my prairie are good men who stand up to the sky and the ground. Isn't it just a war? What's so scary? It's just that our army has been dispatched for a long time, and all the soldiers are homesick. , It seems better to exit the Great Wall first and then decide where to go." The Huihe Grand Commander Tu Midu said with a blushing face.

Although Tu Midu's words were impassioned and high-sounding, but he was still very guilty inside, he still advocated retreating after he said it, Dadu set his face down when he heard it, his eyes widened, and he said coldly: "Better? Hey, if our army retreats directly, it doesn't matter whether we can retreat or not, even if we can retreat, how many people can retreat under the attack of the Tang army. You have all seen the cunning of the Tang people. I don’t need the governor to remind me.”

Over the years, the Tang army has been invincible and invincible wherever they go. The generals of the Tang Dynasty used their troops so veteranly, and the leaders of the various ministries present knew it well. Hearing what Dadu set up said at this time, they all looked like Shuang Da. He sank down like an eggplant, and sat there silently, all of them looked so bewildered that he was furious in his heart, but he couldn't act on the spot, so he sneered a few times and said, "Why? That's why I'm scared Hey, the Tang army is now in the dark, and our army is in the open. If our army moves rashly, there will be no other results other than death in vain. However, our army is not without a chance of winning. If we act properly, a big victory may not be possible, but It is not difficult to go back to the grassland safely." Dadu set up the words and stopped here, glanced at the commanders of the various ministries, and showed a mysterious smile on his face.

It is true that Dadu was able to become the governor of the coalition forces because he was the eldest son of Khan Xueyantuo, but it was more due to his illustrious military exploits on the grassland. Du She looked determined, and suddenly his confidence rose again. They looked at each other, and they all stood up and said: "I am willing to obey the arrangement of the governor, and I also ask the governor to express it."

"Okay!" Dadu set up suddenly, slapped the table and said, "Bring the map!" The soldiers standing outside the room hurriedly brought up a map and spread it out on the big table.

"Everyone, please look, this is Shenwu. Now the king of Yue, Li Zhen, is in the city. Hey, there is an old saying on our grasslands, we don't want children to be caught by wolves. This Li Zhen is a bait for our army. If If our army is not careful, it will be the end of the quilt. However, the Tang people are cunning, but this time they are too cunning. This time our army will not only eat this bait, but also use this bait to trap the Tang army. Are you interested in singing a big show with Ben Du?" Dadu set up pointing to the city of fetishes on the map, and said with a smile.

Seeing that Dadu She knew that there were tigers in the mountains and yet he still preferred to go to the Tiger Mountain, although the leaders of the various ministries did not dare to say a word, the expressions on their faces clearly showed disbelief. People dare to speak out against it.Regarding everyone's thoughts, Dadu Set was very clear in his heart, but he didn't point to the map and said: "Everyone, please see, there are four roads leading to Shenwu, and each road has many places for ambush. However, if the Tang army wants to rescue Shenwu, there are actually only two ways to go. In this way, our army can take advantage of the situation and set up an ambush here, which can seriously injure the Tang army, and then retreat slowly with Li Zhen as a hostage. In this way, although Tang Jun is strong, what can he do to me?"

"The governor is wise! I am willing to listen to the orders of the governor!" All the tribal leaders saw that Dadu She's words were very reasonable, and they were overjoyed. Hearing the sound, Dadu set up a smug laugh...