Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3360 Under the Dangerous Wall
His Majesty Li Er felt a little regretful. If he had known this earlier, he should have come later. No matter how those seriously injured prisoners were dealt with, that was Cheng Yaojin's truth.If it is handled well, he will naturally have a share of the credit. If something goes wrong, he will also have to bear the responsibility.

If I make up my mind, whether it causes the enemy to fight against each other or the Tang army to resent, it will be my responsibility.

If you don't understand things, you are naturally a mediocre monarch...

How could His Majesty Li Er be willing to carry this big pot?
So he turned his head immediately, and saw that everyone behind him was staring at his toes with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes, never meeting his gaze, so he could only look at Li Ji and ask, "What do you think the British should do?"

No way, it's not that I'm being unfair, but who told you to be the head of the prime minister?
Li Ji: "..."

Co-authors, you all know that this matter is not easy to deal with, and you will be blamed if you don't do it, so you don't keep your hand and don't touch it, but push it to us, right?

This has something to do with me!

But when His Majesty asked, he couldn't evade again, thought for a while full of resentment, and said: "Take it into custody in Dacheng Mountain City for now, let the army doctor do his best to treat it, don't be stingy with medicinal materials. Heaven has the virtue of good life, and my Tang Dynasty uses benevolence and righteousness. To build a country, to win the world, we must not give up anyone who can be saved, even a trivial prisoner."

There is no way to have the best of both worlds in this matter, and whatever you do may cause future troubles.

The lesser of the two evils, we can only ignore the dissatisfaction of the soldiers of the Tang army and treat the prisoners.If he dared to order these captives to be abandoned at this moment, and let them fend for themselves, not to mention whether the defenders in Ping Rang City would unite with the enemy and show great fighting power, even those well-educated scholars in Chang'an City would scold him Li Ji was "ruthless and cold-blooded" and "harmful to the peace", smearing his character everywhere, causing thousands of people to criticize him, and his reputation was notorious...

His Majesty Li Er was satisfied.

He didn't care how those captives were dealt with. He didn't care about life or death at all. As long as he didn't put the responsibility on him afterwards, everything would be fine.

Now that this matter has been decided, it was Li Ji who made the idea, and whether it was merit or demerit, it was Li Ji's truth. He decisively changed the subject: "Has the Anhe Palace wiped out the enemy army?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "Last night when Anhe Palace was captured, General Xue had cleared the palace overnight, but more than a thousand defeated troops fled to the back mountain of Anhe Palace. There are high mountains, dense forests, ravines and ravines. Take care, I guess nothing will go wrong."

His Majesty Li Er nodded.

The defeated army of more than a thousand people, scattered into the mountains, has no way to chase them. Moreover, once the army is broken up, it will lose all its combat effectiveness, so there is no danger.

Li Ji on the side frowned and said, "How can you confirm that there are only a thousand defeated troops?"

In a big battle, the enemy and the enemy fought endlessly, and it was difficult to count the losses of both sides in a very short period of time after the war. Now Cheng Yaojin is so sure that there are only a thousand soldiers defeated, which does not agree with common sense.

Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, he had never thought about this question at all, when Xue Wanche reported it, he believed it...

"Among Changsun Chong's secret letters, Gao Yanwu, who changed defense with him, led [-] to [-] troops to Anhe Palace. At present, the total number of enemy casualties is still more than [-] short. These shortfalls are naturally routed troops..."

Cheng Yaojin explained.

However, Li Ji said: "From this, it can be seen that Chang Sun Chong has no confirmed figure for the number of troops who will change defense at all. It is only a rough estimate. In case his estimate is wrong, the number of this army is seven thousand, eight thousand, or even Ten thousand... so many routs are hidden in the back mountain of Anhe Palace. It is at the critical moment when the army is attacking Pingrang City. All the troops are sent to the front line. If you kill it, do you know what serious consequences it will cause?"

Cheng Yaojin was dripping with cold sweat.

This danger is very likely to exist...

The number of an army is not constant, it will increase or decrease due to various wishes, especially the Goguryeo army is not well organized, the same army, some have only five or six thousand people, and some have more than ten thousand people, the combat effectiveness It is very different.

Chang Sun Chong didn't know the exact number of troops he would switch defenses with. He just made an estimate, which meant that mistakes might be made.

If, as Li Ji feared, 5000 people escaped into the mountains, regrouped under the leadership of a certain general, and then rushed out suddenly...

Right now, the center of gravity of the Tang army has moved forward. As Xue Wanche and other generals began to storm Pingrang City, the front line of Dacheng Mountain City and Anhe Palace has become the rear, otherwise His Majesty Li Er would not dare to appear here easily.

If a Goguryeo army of thousands of people is out of thin air right now, and the elite "hundred cavalry" guarding His Majesty Li Er is only five or six hundred, the consequences are unimaginable...

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the old minister will summon scouts and go to the back mountain to find out the situation. If you find traces of the defeated army, send troops to wipe them out immediately."

An enemy army that suddenly broke out from the heart of the heart will cause unimaginable losses, and it is impossible to be too cautious.

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side looked ugly, but he didn't speak.

Li Ji's words may only be business-like, but in fact he directly pointed at Chang Sun Chong, thinking that Chang Sun Chong's lack of ability may lead to negligence...

However, Changsun Wuji has always been tolerant, so he will naturally not confront Li Ji at this time. In his view, these are trivial matters. As long as Changsun Chong can successfully open the Seven Star Gate, the first attack of the Eastern Expedition will be a certainty. Right now, these emotional disputes are irrelevant .

Let Li Ji be arrogant for a while...

His Majesty Li Er looked at the words of several important ministers, and felt amused in his heart. This kind of situation is what he likes to see the most. If these people are in harmony, hello and me, then he, the emperor, may not be able to sleep.

However, this time is not a time of fighting and estrangement. We should concentrate our forces on the outside world, and the collapse of Goguryeo is the first-class event.

Smoothing things over, he said: "Of course Xue Wanche was negligent, but his contribution is indispensable. Whether the defeated army is only a thousand or three or four thousand, it is nothing more than a defeated army. If the army's morale is broken, it is nothing to worry about. We only need to send people to investigate. It’s enough to be clear. Would you like to go a little further with me and take a look at the city wall of Ping Rang?”

Li Ji's worry is justified, but Cheng Yaojin's status is too high, so the fault can only be Xue Wanche's...

Hearing that he would continue to move forward, all the ministers were frightened into a cold sweat.

Even Zhu Suiliang, who has always shown others as a "slanderous minister", hurriedly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, absolutely not! The soldiers on the battlefield are fierce and dangerous, and the swords and arrows have no eyes. How can they walk into danger?"

Changsun Wuji also said: "At this point in the war, the situation of the battle has been decided. Regardless of whether the dog can successfully open the Seven Star Gate, the destruction of Ping Rang City is a matter of time. Your Majesty must not take risks."

Everyone also tried to persuade each other.

His Majesty Li Er is certainly conceited and even a little headstrong, but he also knows how to give the ministers face. He felt a little unhappy, but he reluctantly said: "Forget it...then let's hang around here for a while, and wait for the news of the great victory as soon as possible!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Cheng Yaojin nodded again and again: "It's the best, it's the best."

The corner of His Majesty Li Er's mouth curled up, feeling elated.

He knew that it was impossible for this group of people to let him go to Ping Rang City to watch the battle. He was the Ninth Five-Year Lord and the lord of a country. If something went wrong, these ministers would be able to die and apologize to the world.

I first asked Ping Rang City to watch the battle, and after being rejected, I settled for the next best thing. Naturally, this group of people will not refuse... Haha.

*****
The sky gradually brightened, but the heavy snow in the sky was still rolling, without the slightest intention of stopping.

Yuan Nanjian stomped his feet, feeling that his legs were numb from the cold, but there was no news from the front.

The heartstrings that had been slackened when Tang Jun didn't send anyone to search the mountains and forests couldn't help but tense now.

If there is still no news from the front when the sky is bright, will I still lead the army out of the mountains and ravines, into the Anhe Palace, and then out of the Anhe Palace, and go straight to the rear of the Tang army?
Without the cover of night, no matter how elite my army is, it would be difficult to cause too much damage to the Tang army. It would only be a dream to take advantage of the chaos and attack the Tang emperor directly...

In the distance, a figure appears and disappears from the heavy snow, erratically.

Yuan Nanjian slammed the handle of the knife on his waist with one hand, his eyes widened, staring fiercely at the figure, and the soldiers around him also held their breath.

After a cup of tea, the figure finally appeared nearby, and several scouts hidden in the snow rushed forward and pressed the figure to the ground...

After a while, the scouts escorted the man to Yuan Nanjian.

(End of this chapter)