Three hundred and fiftieth chapter
At the Hedong Ferry, a large army gathered, with numerous tents and flags covering the sky. A huge military camp appeared next to the ferry. All merchants traveling on the road were ordered to change their route. Although there were complaints, the one who heard it was General Li Jing.
After the reinforcements led by Li Jing went to Dingxiang, they took detours one after another. Some businessmen even took the initiative to buy cattle, sheep and other items to labor in the hope that the army led by Li Jing would defeat Jieli Khan and rescue the emperor. After all, since then
Since Lu Zhaoci came to power, the atmosphere in the court has changed drastically, and the attitude towards businessmen has also changed from the previous suppression to the current openness. The tax rate along the way has also been reduced a lot. In this way, not only has the court's tax revenue increased a lot, but
More importantly, it also gave merchants great convenience, and more and more people in the Tang Dynasty joined the ranks of merchants. All this should be thanks to a good emperor like Lu Zhaoci. But once Lu Zhaoci
If such an emperor is not on the throne, what kind of changes in the policies of the DPRK and Central China will not be guaranteed by these businessmen. If Jieli, a grassland overlord, is allowed to rule the Central Plains, it will be a nightmare for the people of the Central Plains. So no matter
Whether from the perspective of national justice or personal interests, nothing could happen to the emperor like Lu Zhaoci. Therefore, along the way, many people were working for the army.
However, facing so many people working for the army, Li Jing, as the commander-in-chief of the army, was already tired of being forced to do so. He quickly handed over the matter to the doctors who came with the army to handle it, while he himself was in the middle of the army.
A meeting of generals was held in the military tent.
In the big tent, all the generals of the Tang Dynasty had gathered at this time, from Liang Wang Lu Zhaoying to ordinary captains who were born in military academies. Dozens of people gathered in the big tent. Simply built inside the big tent
It's very big, and even though there are a lot of people, it's still very spacious and not crowded at all.
"His Royal Highness Prince Liang, let's start." Li Jing glanced at Lu Zhaoying and said calmly.
"General, take your orders." Lu Zhaoyingbao's eyes flickered, he glanced at everyone in the tent, and coldly snorted: "This time there are 300,000 troops in Dingxiang. Our 300,000 troops will be divided into two teams in Beidu.
One group, led by my king, will lead 20,000 elite cavalry, and go deep into the grassland to kill various tribes in the grassland. The other group will be led by the general, and will arrive at the foot of Dingxiang City, waiting for an opportunity to lift the siege of Dingxiang. Cheng Zhijie and Yu Chigong will follow my king.
The rest of the generals will follow the general and set off, I wonder if the generals have any objections."
"The last general takes orders." Upon hearing this, the two fierce generals Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong stood up and shouted loudly.
"Three of you, this time we are rescuing His Majesty Yu Dingxiang, General Cheng, and General Yuchi. You two are brave by nature, but during the march, you must obey His Highness Prince Liang's arrangements and not disobey orders." Li Jing said in a deep voice on the side.
When Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong heard this, they grinned with wry smiles on their faces. Although they were brave, in fact, in front of Lu Zhaoying, they could only obey orders. In terms of force,
He is not Lu Zhaoying's opponent at all. In terms of title, he is far below him. There is no room for him to speak in the army. But these two people also know that the reason why Li Jing ordered them so is because of this battle.
It is so important that it can almost be said to be related to the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty and the success or failure of the Tang Dynasty. There is no room for any mistakes, so I say this.
"You will understand," the two men did not dare to neglect and shouted quickly.
"Okay, in that case, His Highness Prince Liang, you and the two generals will immediately set off with 20,000 elite cavalry and rush into the grassland. Everything on the grassland will be the target of your attack and the target of massacre." Li Jing's eyes flashed coldly.
Flashing, murderous intent looms, and the light bursts out. The former Confucian general's demeanor is nowhere to be seen.
"Don't worry, General. The general will definitely act according to the plan." Lu Zhaoying narrowed his eyes after hearing this, nodded, and cupped his hands towards Li Jing. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left. There was no sloppiness at all. Then Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi
Gong and the other two also bowed their hands to Li Jing and left the tent. After a while, they heard the rumble of horse hoofbeats, and a violent trembling sound came from the ground. It was the sound of a large group of cavalry running. Apparently Lu Zhaoying had led the large group.
The cavalry left their headquarters and left.
In a dense forest outside the camp, several ordinary-looking young people were surrounding a short, fat middle-aged man, staring at the camp not far away. When the middle-aged man saw Lu Zhaoying, he led the group
The cavalry was dispatched, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to a servant next to him: "Immediately send a letter to the clan leader, saying that just as Li Jing said, the army is divided into two teams, but the one leading the cavalry is Liang Wang Lu Zhaoying
, the two men accompanying him are Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin, not General Li Jing. Judging from the direction of Lu Zhaoying's march, I am afraid that he is crossing Taiyuan and going deep into the grassland." The young man beside him nodded, and after a while,
Then I saw a homing pigeon flying out of the sky and heading towards Chang'an.
Two days later, Hedong Ferry was in a mess, and the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed here had disappeared without a trace. Only numerous marching stoves showed that there were many troops stationed here. General Li Jing led dozens of troops
Wan's elite army headed towards Yanmen Pass.
In Chang'an City at this moment, Cui Renshi looked at the information in his hand and coldly snorted: "This Li Jing knows how to use people well. He actually used Lu Zhaoying, Cheng Yaojin, and Yu Chigong to go to the grassland, but he led hundreds of thousands of people.
The army went to Dingxiang. After all, he is a powerful character, which is amazing."
"That's for sure. To enter the grassland, you must have elite cavalry. Although Li Jing is powerful, he is still old. When it comes to killing skills, he is not as ruthless as Lu Zhaoying and Yuchi Gong. These three are both
They are in their prime, in their prime, and they are all murderous people. Once these three people enter the grassland, they will definitely cause a bloody storm on the grassland. Once Jieli knows the news, he will definitely withdraw his troops. Even if he
If you don't withdraw your troops, other tribes will also withdraw their troops, so that the siege of Dingxiang will be won without a fight. This is Li Jing's plan." Cui Hongdao sneered at the side.
"It's a pity that everything is useless in the face of absolute strength. By the time the army led by Lu Zhaoying arrived at the grassland, I'm afraid they had already received the news that Dingxiang had been captured." Cui Renshi sneered.
"You should pass this news to Jie Li. You must know that Li Jing is not that easy to deal with. Maybe he will send an elite army to rescue Lu Zhaoci first and increase the defense of Dingxiang City. This way
, maybe we can really let Lu Zhaoci escape from this disaster," Cui Hongdao warned again. [wzdff close-up team fight].
"Uncle, don't worry, my nephew has given this information to Jie Li a long time ago." Master Cui Ren's face showed a proud look, and the corner of his mouth was even more sinister. He snorted coldly: "They say that the emperor is protected by a hundred spirits, but I want to
Let’s see if we can avoid the attack of Jieli’s army this time and if we can avoid the fate of being captured.”
"General, this is the road leading to the grassland. Why did General take this road?" On the official road to Taiyuan, Cheng Yaojin suddenly asked Lu Zhaoying in front of him.
"Well, Your Majesty, the general is also curious, why are you taking this road?" Yuchi Gong glanced at an official road next to him. Although these two official roads intersect here, after they are separated, the direction of progress is very different.
The difference is that one looks north and the other looks east. Although they are rude men, they are generals. They may not know the astronomy and geography, but they can't be wrong about the direction of the march.
"Haha, that's right." Lu Zhaoying, who was in front, suddenly laughed and said: "We didn't go to the grassland in the first place. We went to the grassland. Hum, I'm afraid we will hear Dingxiang before we enter the grassland.
There is news of the fall. So we can’t go to the grassland.”
"What about us?" Cheng Yaojin asked in surprise.
"Your Majesty, if we don't go to the grassland to kill the Turks, then where will we go?" Yuchi Gong opened his eyes like bells, looked at Lu Zhaoying and said: "General, I remember that the general asked the prince to lead us to the grassland to kill
The Turks forced Jieli Khan to retreat. In this way, the siege of Dingxiang can be solved. Once we don't go to the grassland and kill the Turks, how can Jieli Khan retreat? Please also ask.
The prince made it clear that if the prince cannot explain why he came today, please forgive me for not agreeing."
"Yes, even the general will not agree." Cheng Yaojin on the side also said.
"Haha, no wonder the emperor said that the two generals are loyal to your majesty. When we met today, it turned out to be what your majesty said." Lu Zhaoying, instead of being angry, actually laughed and said, "To be fair to the two generals, I said that I will lead the two generals."
Ten thousand cavalry attacked the grassland, massacred the Turks, and forced Jieli Khan to retreat. This was just a strategy, used to confuse the spies within the imperial court. The general led the army to Dingxiang, and the spies would definitely reveal our army's action strategy to
Jieli Khan, so that he can arrange it calmly. In this way, our army will not only be unable to force Jieli Khan to retreat, but may even not be able to rescue His Majesty. The general decided on this strategy after discussing with all your lords.
, just to confuse the traitor. In fact, our army did not go to the grassland at all, but to Dingxiang. At the critical moment, we gave Jieli Khan a blow, completely defeated Jieli Khan, and created conditions for the upcoming Northern Expedition.
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"Haha, that's how it is. I understand. Your Highness, I have offended you in some way. Please forgive me." Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and raised his hands to Lu Zhaoying and said.
"The last general thought why His Highness chose the minister, it turned out to be because of this." Yuchi Gong fiddled with the long spear in his hand. He hadn't touched human blood in several years. I'm afraid he was going to get into trouble this time. When he thought of this, Yuchi Gong
The blood in the body boils.
"Haha, the two generals are loyal to the emperor brother. How can the lonely king not blame the two generals if he likes it too late?" Lu Zhaoying laughed loudly and said: "But since the two generals understand the march plan, let's do it now
Begin the action. The general has sent Zu Ming to lead the elite soldiers to Dingxiang first. Maybe this time has already arrived."
Under Dingxiang City, in Jieli Khan's tent, there were a lot of discussions and quarrels, not because of anything else, but because the Tang Dynasty sent tens of thousands of elite cavalry into the grassland. This news was just received by them
, and as for the news of the upcoming reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, it has become secondary.
"Great Khan, in order to respond to the call of the Khan, three thousand soldiers from my tribe rushed to Dingxiang City. There are still some old and weak soldiers left in the tribe. I am afraid they are no match for the Tang army. I also ask the Khan to send elite cavalry back to
Grassland, destroy this abominable Tang army." The speaker was the leader of the Aries tribe. His tribe was close to the border of Datang. On weekdays, this tribe often harassed the border of Datang, raided villages in Datang, and robbed many people.
The wealth can be said to be extremely rich, which makes people jealous. But at this time, it is obvious that this tribe has become the most unlucky tribe. Twenty thousand elite cavalry, at any time, is a very scary thing.
Even in normal times, Jieli Khan would have to take it seriously, let alone now.
"Yes, yes, Great Khan, and the same is true for our White Horse Tribe." The leader of the White Horse Tribe also stood up, with a hint of panic on his face. His White Horse Tribe was only a hundred miles away from the border of the Tang Dynasty, and the army of the Tang Dynasty entered the grassland.
, will soon go to the Baima Tribe. In order to get more loot this time, he led the Qingzhuang of the clan to Dingxiang. Now it’s better. Unexpectedly, the people of the Tang Dynasty were crazy, and even their own emperor
Rescue, actually led the army into the grassland, and now he panicked. Not only him, but also several tribal leaders near the border of Datang also shouted.
Jieli Khan, the superior, looked livid and frowned. In front of him was a silk book, which contained the news from the Central Plains. As a hero, although he was defeated by Lu Zhaoci many times,
, but his vision is also ruthless, and he can see the mystery at a glance. The people of the Tang Dynasty are using the strategy of surrounding Wei and saving Zhao again.
It's really amazing. The people who made this plan hit Jieli Khan's Achilles' heel. They knew that their grassland was not stable. They were able to gather so many people this time because they were in the city in front.
There is a huge treasure house there. If you get him, even if you can't get the world, you can still get countless gold and silver treasures, so Jieli Khan has such power and has so many troops in his hands. But this is just a
In a loose alliance, once its own interests are harmed and the vested interests have not yet been obtained, the alliance will be disbanded. This gives Jieli a headache, knowing clearly what tactics the other party is using,
But there was no way to deal with it, and this feeling made Jieli very annoying. Looking at the noisy tent, Jieli felt depressed.
"Huh!" A cold snort came, and the big tent was suddenly silent. Many Turkic nobles saw that the leader Jieli Khan had a gloomy face, his eyes were cold, and the cold light shone, and he was looking at everyone coldly. Everyone suddenly
My skin felt cold, and the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tense.
"What a fuss, it's just a strategy of the Tang Dynasty. They sent troops to the grassland just to force you to withdraw your troops. In this way, the siege of Dingxiang will be solved. If you withdraw your troops, wouldn't you just hit the other side?
That's a plan." Jie Li snorted coldly: "We have been here for more than two months. We attack every day and have almost exhausted Dingxiang. With a little more strength, we can attack Dingxiang and capture Lu Zhao.
Ci, as long as we capture Lu Zhaoci, we can exchange for a lot of things, including countless gold and silver treasures, as well as countless beautiful slaves. You have to think clearly." Jie Li could see clearly, if
If we don't take the opportunity to capture Dingxiang and capture Lu Zhaoci, I'm afraid that in the near future, Jieli will really not be able to control the grassland. Second, as the national power of the Tang Dynasty increases, it will soon follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the northern expedition to the grassland.
The target of his attack was his own Ashina tribe. And these people on the grassland were all trying to add insult to injury. It would have been a good idea not to attack him. So he decided to seize this opportunity.
"Great Khan, you must know that the three people who attacked the grassland this time are Lu Zhaoying, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Gong." The leader of the Baima tribe sighed: "If it were other generals, my subordinates would not worry, but only these three
We are all brave men. Wherever the soldiers and horses go, the grassland will be a river of blood, and there will be no one left alive. In this way, even if we capture Dingxiang and capture Lu Zhaoci, the relatives of our sons and daughters will not be able to survive.
No more. What’s the use of having such an honor? Please also see that Khan is aware of it.”
"Yes, I also heard that the man who led the Tang army to Dingxiang this time was the Great General Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty. He was a man who used soldiers like a god. Even the Khan was defeated by him back then. Khan, no
Do you know if you are confident that you can deal with Li Jing this time? I have also heard that some people in the Central Plains say that if Lu Zhaoci and Li Jing join forces, they will be invincible. Khan, can you deal with these two people?"
"Humph, you talk too much." Jieli Khan's face stiffened when he heard this, and he snorted coldly: "Our Turkic soldiers are all warriors on the grassland. I wonder who in this world can resist our Turkic warriors?
.Although I was defeated at the hands of Lu Zhaoci and Li Jing, it was only because of their tricks. In terms of real strength, how could Lu Zhaoci and Li Jing be my Turkic opponents? This time I can
The siege of Lu Zhaoci in Dingxiang is a clear proof. Everyone, if you go back at this time, you have fallen into the opponent's plan. Our hard work over the past few months has been in vain, and the lives lost by our prairie warriors have also been in vain.
Useless things, are you watching your victory being lost right in front of you?"
"But our tribe also needs to be saved. Please let the Khan make it clear." The leader of the Baima tribe said loudly. "I will send people to lead an army of 10,000, and turn around the remaining troops of each tribe to resist Lu Zhaoying's 20,000 army. I believe that in
On the grassland, our eagles can definitely defeat the people from the Central Plains. So you don’t have to worry.” Jieli Khan pointed to the city wall in front and said: “Soon, you will be able to see the people being attacked in this city.
You have captured the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. You can get endless gold and silver treasures, women and slaves." ()
Chapter completed!