Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 152
Indistinctly, there seemed to be the sound of a war horse neighing in his ears, and what appeared in front of Li Daoxuan was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The few soldiers of the Tang army were besieged in groups of blood stains. Li Daoxuan believed that the leader was the leader of his personal guard.

No one was willing to surrender, and everyone was walking toward death with weapons in hand... The severed heads fell randomly into the blood, and the sound of the weapons falling to the ground made Li Daoxuan's heart tighten.

Li Daoxuan knew that this was a dream... because this scene has happened almost every night for more than half a month.

He was captured alive in the first battle of Xia Bo, and witnessed his personal guards being cut down one by one, and their heads were piled up into Jingguan.

Opening his eyes suddenly, there was darkness in front of him, he casually lifted the leather jacket, ignoring the biting chill in the early morning, Li Daoxuan strode out of the tent, the cold and clear air lifted his spirits... Today is the time for revenge!

The sky was still dark, but looking from a distance, the extreme eastern night sky was already faintly pale, and the bonfire at the entrance of the tent had been extinguished, leaving only a pile of ashes.

"Your Highness, the generals are ready." Fan Laosan, who came back overnight, came over to put on the bright light armor for Li Daoxuan, talking non-stop, "Mr. Cheng came here just now, and saw His Highness fell asleep, so he went back."

"How long have you been sleeping alone?"

"About three quarters of an hour."

Li Daoxuan stood there motionless, looking left and right, there was not much noise in the camp, but the soldiers had already got up, were calming the horses, preparing ordnance, and occasionally heard a few horses neighing.

Yuchi Baolin stood not far away, with his right hand reining in several horses, and with his left hand he took out bean cakes and other things from his pocket to feed them.

At this time, seeing Li Daoxuan leaving the camp, all the generals gathered together.

Liu Jun said in a low voice: "Su Dingfang personally investigated, and Liu Heita's troops really built a bridge overnight, intending to cross the river to Luozhou."

"The bridge has not yet been built, so it is a good opportunity to attack at this time." Wang Junkuo smiled and said, "Liu Heita's troops have already set off, and they are waiting in formation by the Yongji Canal in the northwest of Yongji County."

"It's reasonable." Xue Zhong said: "Liu Heita was born as a cavalry general, and there is no shortage of elite scouts."

Li Daoxuan licked his lips, "Array on the back of the river?"

"That's right, about a few hundred cavalry, but two thousand infantry." Xue Zhong replied: "Although our army is slightly smaller, the enemy's morale is low, and our army's morale is high. As long as we don't rush forward, we will win this battle."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Those present were all veterans with rich experience. There was no suspense that this battle would be won. The only question was how many victories there would be. The biggest suspense was whether Liu Heitai would escape again.

At this moment, Cheng Mingzhen, who had been keeping silent all this time, suddenly knelt down on one knee, "If Liu Heita crosses the river and escapes, your Highness, General Xu Mo, please pursue him."

Li Daoxuan glanced at Wang Junkuo, and then said: "The matter of pursuit needs to be handled with caution, but if you must pursue it, you should use Mingzhen as the vanguard."

Cheng Mingzhen didn't get up, but knelt on the ground instead, "If Liu Heitai is captured alive, please Your Highness General Xu Mo behead him, and he is willing to be ordered by the King of Qin in the future."

Li Daoxuan was stunned. The name Cheng Mingzhen was not well-known in Guanzhong, and his status under Dou Jiande was not high, but in fact he was quite prestigious in Shandong and Hebei. At the beginning of the year, Luoshui was cut off. A rare talent.

Just as he was about to respond, Xue Zhong on the side lightly bumped Li Daoxuan's elbow, and said in front of him: "Liu Heita is famous for his cunning, and it is very difficult to capture him alive. We will discuss it later."

Li Daoxuan pulled Cheng Mingzhen away, wondering in his mind, but most of the people present could hear the taste of it.

Cheng Mingzhen served as magistrate of Yongning County after he joined the Tang Dynasty. The only time he used his skills was to attack Liu Heitai under the command of King Qin Li Shimin... From this perspective, Cheng Mingzhen has been regarded as a general of the lineage of King Qin.

But Cheng Mingzhen said these words today... It means that at least he doesn't see himself as the king of Qin, and it is more likely that there are other forces behind him.

Who else could it be?
After using some dry rations, the thousand five cavalry set off with an entire army, bypassing Yongji County, with a clear goal from east to west, pointing directly at Liu Heita's remnant army who had already formed an array by the Yongji Canal.

As he climbed up the hill with his horse, Li Daoxuan stretched out his hand to block the strong wind from the southwest. Looking around, in the Yongji Canal, soldiers like ants were building a bridge based on huge logs and stones packed in bags, and built with wooden planks.

There are seven or eight hundred cavalrymen and two thousand infantrymen under Liu Heitai's command, all of whom fled from Wei County in various ways... After all, everyone knows that they can only flee north and west , to the grassland, maybe to Luozhou.

"No rush." ​​Su Dingfang followed and whispered, "Wait a little longer, the bridge won't be built so soon."

Wang Junkuo said with a smile: "If it is usual, it will be at least three days. Even if it is simple, it will be at least one day if only the pawns are crossed."

"It snowed heavily last night, and Liu Heita sent his infantry to build a bridge. It was too early for the bridge to be completed. Liu Heita was afraid that our army would attack, so he backed the Yongji Canal and lined up." Cheng Mingzhen sneered: "It's a stalemate. If we advance further, the enemy army will surely be defeated!"

Su Dingfang listened silently, then suddenly looked up at the sky, and Xue Zhong beside him also reacted, "It's snowing again!"

Goose feathers and heavy snow fell, and the entire Tang army was cavalry, slowly reining in their horses and moving forward, stopping two miles away from the enemy's formation.

As time passed by, there was a commotion in Liu Heita's army, and then it calmed down under the pressure of the general.

Snow Flower covered the two armies with a thick layer of blankets, and the sky and the earth were full of murder. Except for the occasional snorting of war horses, it seemed that no sound could be heard.

Liu Heikai stared at the opposite side with a gloomy face, and he knew without guessing that in the formation of the Tang army two miles away, there must be Li Daoxuan, King of Huaiyang, and Cheng Mingzhen, Chief Manager of Weizhou, all enemies who wanted to kill him and then quickly.

Standing on the back of the river, Liu Heitai had no hope of overturning the situation in one fell swoop, but only hoped to delay the time. After all, there were hundreds of direct cavalry and nearly [-] infantry in formation, so it was possible to resist the Tang army's attack.

But Liu Heitai did not expect that Tang Jun would not attack rashly after advancing...Of course he expected that Tang Jun was waiting for the moment when the bridge was formed.

This move surprised Liu Heitai, and made him curse in his heart, it was too poisonous.

He knew that once the bridge was successfully built, he would not be able to control the defeated soldiers under his command. There would be chaos in the formation, and the Tang army would attack... that would be cutting melons and vegetables.

Liu Heikai hesitated a lot, now he is in a dilemma, the bridge has not been built yet, but Tang Jun is also eyeing it.

While Li Daoxuan and Cheng Mingzhen were waiting silently, while Liu Heitai was thinking about whether to take the initiative to attack.

The southwest wind was strong, and more than ten ships sailed from the upper reaches of the Yongji Canal. With the help of the wind, they appeared behind Liu Heita's army like galloping horses.

Su Dingfang let out a long sigh of relief, and Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Junkuo and others showed joy.

Xue Zhong shouted: "The game will be broken!"

Li Daoxuan has already held the horse's spear high and stepped forward.

(End of this chapter)