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Chapter 694

Five years of Wude, three years of innovation.

Taiyuan County in Hedong.

On a certain day in February, the wind and rain were dark, the winter snow had just begun to melt, and the ground was muddy.

There was a drizzle in the sky, and the air breathed into the tip of his nose was still very cold, but right now Li Chen, the general of Li Tanghe East Army Xiangwu King, was looking at the vast marsh ahead, as if he was waiting for something.

The Daze in front of me is Zhaoyuqi, which is located at the junction of Taiyuan County and Xihe County, and it is also the dividing line between Zhao State and Tang State.Now the floating ice on Zhaoyuqi is reflecting light, blinking extraordinarily, two hundred li to the north after passing this big lake is Jinyang City.

In the dense forest on the south bank of Qiyu in Zhaoyu, soldiers of the Tang army were holding iron horse bowls and eating with their heads buried.After a day of marching everyone was starving.In this era, except for the nobles, most people have two meals, and the soldiers are the same.

As a soldier of the Tang Army, he usually farms and farms at home. Although he is exempted from taxes, his life is not easy at all.As a soldier of the Tang Army, not only weapons, but also dry food must be prepared by oneself. The court also stipulated that each group of soldiers must have six pack horses.

Therefore, the expense of supporting the pack horses is also a large daily expense for the soldiers.As Li Tang's Dongdong Daofu soldier, it was not easy to raise horses in Hedong. It was not as convenient as Longyou Daofu soldier's raising horses, so daily life was very tight.

However, Hedong Road and Longyou Road are very important to the Tang army. This is the second town of the government army, and the scale of troops is only inferior to Guanzhong Road.This time when they went to conquer Zhao, Hedong Dao used all their troops, while Longyou Dao did not move in order to guard against the Turks.

While resting right now, the soldiers of the Tang army took out the fried rice dry food they brought from home, put it in the iron horse bowl, added water to it, stirred it, and ate it with their hands like this.Li Chen was also sympathetic to the soldiers and asked them to have an extra meal. Each soldier was given a piece of bacon that was two fingers wide.

After each soldier of the Tang army got the piece of bacon, his eyes were green. He took a few bites between his teeth before swallowing it, and then put it in his mouth and chewed it until it was rotten. Swallowed it in full.
"The king of the county is really a good soldier." Wen Daya praised.Wen Daya is now the Shangshu of the Daxingtai Industry Department of Li Tang Shandong Road, and at the same time he is also the elder brother of Wen Yanbo, the Prime Minister of the Zhao Kingdom.

Li Chen nodded and said: "Soldiers left home to fight for this general. They are all loyal and brave people, so this general should do what he can."

Speaking of this, Li Chen looked at the sky above his head and said, "It's almost the same time."
Wen Daya said: "That's right, according to this time, Guo Ke's men should be here soon. This man is the eighth friend of General Wu, and he is a man of gold, so he will definitely not miss the appointment."

Li Chen nodded and said: "That's good. Now that I have Guo Ke as a boss, I have a better chance of capturing Jinyang."

Wen Daya said: "Your Majesty, we want to contain Taiyuan, not capture Taiyuan. According to the imperial edict given to me by His Majesty, as long as we can capture Qi County and cut off the passage from Taiyuan County to Shangdang County, we will not only keep an eye on Taiyuan County The [-] Zhao army is an elite army, and Shangdang County is also worry-free."

While speaking, a dozen or so horsemen galloped over suddenly. After seeing the opponent's armor in the rain and fog, the scouts of the Tang Army who were ambushing in the woods put down their bows and arrows.

The leader was a general in armor. Seeing him throwing his stirrup off his horse, Li Chen rode up to meet him and asked, "Have General Wu contacted Guo Ke?"

The other party cupped his fists and said: "Reporting to the king, we have already made contact. Guo Ke is a friend of the boss, and he will not let me down. The king can trust him."

Li Chen smiled slightly and said, "That's good, I'm still worried that things won't work."

This general surnamed Wu, named Warrior Xun, was a minister of Yuan Cong when Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang. He made great contributions and was spared death.The Wu family is very powerful in Jinyang. His father Wu Hua, a warrior, had five sons, all of whom followed Li Yuan in raising troops in Jinyang.And Li Yuan had a lot of trust in the warrior Xun. Together with Zuo Wuwei General Qian Jiulong, they were both his confidantes, and they were also one of the few generals in the Tang army who were not from the Li clan who could command troops.

This time, in order to attack Taiyuan County, Li Yuan sent warriors Xun and Wen Daya to assist Li Chen.Before the battle, the samurai Xun had instigated Guo Ke, a powerful man from Taiyuan, to join him. More than 3000 people joined Li Tang together as the striker of Zhao's attack this time.

The soldiers of the Tang army had just had a full meal when Li Chen immediately ordered the warrior Xun to lead an army of [-] daredevils to attack Qi County at night together with Guo Ke.And Li Chen himself led the army to hold back the formation.

The sky was getting dark and the wind was rustling. The soldiers of the Tang army led by the warrior Xun each had a lambskin raft and crossed Zhaoyuqi at night.In the big lake, water and grass are overgrown, and the ice on the lake is tinkling. No one would expect that there is a team of people and horses coming across the lake from here quietly.

After crossing Zhaoyuqi, the soldiers of the Tang army pulled the sheepskin rafts closer to the reeds beside the Daze and hid in them.It was a cold spring night. After Tang Jun waited here all night, the sky gradually brightened, and three low beeps ahead were the signal for Guo Ke's horses to respond.

At that moment, the warrior Xun stood up from the reed and walked towards him.

General beware!A soldier suddenly pulled the samurai Xun over, but saw an arrow shooting from the darkness!

Swipe across the neck of the warrior Xun.

The samurai Xun suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, half kneeling on the ground, and quickly drew out his sword!

At this time, beside the reed, the whistle sounded loudly.After three long whistles and one short whistle, several rockets pierced the night sky and shot deep into the reeds.

At this time, there was a loud sound of paddling, and countless small boats were rowed out of the reeds in the dimness.

"Ambush in the middle!"

The warrior Xun yelled that he was not good, and immediately organized soldiers to resist on the shore.And countless arrows on the boat shot at Tang Jun on the shore, and there was a lot of killing on the shore.

The sound of horseshoes rumbled, and in the early morning mist, a large flag of Yuchi was waving in the wind.Under the banner, a general dressed in full body came riding a horse with an iron whip in his hand. Behind him, the iron cavalry rolled, and countless cavalrymen and horses emerged from the mist.

The samurai Xun was taken aback and said to himself, "Could it be Wei Chigong, the famous general of the Zhao army?"
The war horse snorted, and Zhao Jun did not charge as soon as he came, the general shouted immediately: "I am Yu Chigong, you think you are smart, and want to collude with Guo Ke to attack Qi County, you don't know that your every move has already been made." Under the surveillance of our army, Guo Ke was conferred the head an hour ago, but you were kept in the dark and still didn't know it. Right now, I don't want to kill any more, let you surrender quickly, and I can guarantee that you will not die! "

As soon as the words fell, the warrior Xun's face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)