First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 147
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Outside Xiong'er County, in the large tent of the Chinese army, Li Shimin sat at the head, frowning.

In the hall, Gao Fang Du Liu, Changsun Qiuduan and more than ten people were divided into two rows of civil and military, and they gathered together.

"Duan Da is not a simple person," Li Shimin thought carefully, "Duan Da had already taken refuge in Yang Guang when Yang Guang was the king of Jin. He was very good at riding and shooting, and he was a veteran in the battlefield. What do you think, please speak freely."

Everyone was in deep thought when they heard the words, and they remained silent for a long time. After all, Duan Da was a famous veteran general who had conquered the east and west for many years. Withered, the beautiful bearded man Duan Da was extremely famous.

Everyone present had heard about Duan Da's reputation for a long time, and for a while, they couldn't help but be helpless.

Gao Chong frowned when he saw this, and immediately said loudly: "Soldiers will come to block, water will come to cover, tomorrow we will go to Yiyang City to fight first, and we will talk about it after a while with that Duan Da."

Li Shimin also nodded firmly when he heard the words, "Have we defeated few famous generals since we raised our troops in Jinyang? There is no need to be so low-key. We will set off tomorrow and station our troops outside Yiyang City. I want to see how this famous veteran will end up." Have some ability."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be confused by Duan Da's name, Li Shimin's heart sank. Fortunately, Gao Chong spoke out, Li Shimin should make up his mind, and he must not be discouraged.

After everyone left, Gao Chong did not leave, "Second Young Master, Duan Da is famous, we need to fight him as soon as possible, and we must win the battle to improve our morale."

Li Shimin nodded, with a solemn expression, "How about the general?"

Gao Chong frowned, "Who is going?"

"It's Liu Hongji who will go."

"Very good", Gao Chong nodded straightly, "Brother Hongji is very brave, he is the most suitable".

The next day, the army set off and went straight to Yiyang City.

Five miles south of Yiyang City, there is a towering and steep mountain.

On that day, troops will be stationed at Jinping Mountain, and the sky will be dark.

Li Shimin ordered the barracks to be repaired, and was about to go to Yiyang City to fight again the next day, but he heard the scouts rushing to report, "[-] soldiers and horses from the west gate of Yiyang City came straight to our army, under the banner of Duanzi".

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the words, but he did not panic. As early as when he was stationing troops, he ordered Liu Hongji to lead [-] elite troops to be on guard at all times, to guard against the Sui army's surprise attack, and now it really came.

Immediately ordered grandson Fang Du and others to speed up the construction of the barracks, Li Shimin put on his armor and mounted his horse, and went to the front of the mountain with Gao Chong to meet the enemy
"Perhaps Duan Daxing wanted to take advantage of our unsteady footing and attack for a while," Li Shimin said with a grin, "but he didn't expect that we have a large number of soldiers, and we were already prepared."

Gao Chong felt strange and suspicious, "If you want to make a surprise attack when our foothold is not stable, why don't you attack when our army first arrives in Yiyang.

At that time, our army had traveled for more than a hundred miles, exhausting a lot of energy, and it was the best time for a surprise attack, but now that the camps have been selected, the soldiers have had a chance to breathe, and there is always something wrong with the surprise attack at this time."

Hearing these words, Li Shimin was also startled, the two of them had already reached the open space in front of the mountain when they were talking.

It can be seen that Liu Hongji has already lined up and waited for the Sui army to attack.

"Second Young Master, Youzhi, I have prepared myself for battle. At this time, the Sui army came to attack, so I must have lost my head." Liu Hongji asked in confusion.

Seeing that Liu Hongji thought the same way, Li Shimin couldn't help but whisper in his heart.

At this time, thick smoke billowed up ahead, ten thousand Sui troops roared in, and thousands of fine cavalry were fierce.

"General, the Tang army has already lined up."Ying Yanglang called Zhang Zhi to Duan Da, "But you want to go to the battle?"

Duan Da twirled his beautiful beard and glanced at Zhang Zhi Wan, "a reckless man".

Zhang Zhi was stunned and said nothing, isn't this your General Duan's order to go out of the city to meet him?
"Now that the Tang army has time to rest, it would be unwise to attack again," Duan Da said, looking at the Tang army who was waiting in full force with his beard and narrowed eyes.

"Then you, General..." Zhang Zhi was really confused

"Without him, deter ears," Duan Da said in a mysterious way.

Zhang Zhi was stunned again, his eyes widened, "Just to scare them?"

Duan Da paused, "Yes, and no, you go to invite the battle."

Zhang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, he immediately cheered up, raised his spear, "the last general obeys orders", and immediately hit his horse forward.

"This general is the Sui Ying Yanglang general Zhang Zhi, the bandits on the opposite side quickly come out and die," Zhang Zhi shouted brazenly with a long spear in his hand.

Zhang Zhi was born in a reckless family, he got into the position of general by virtue of his bravery, with a long spear, he was also a well-known master among the Luoyang Sui Army.

Liu Hongji was furious, and was about to go out, but Li Shimin stretched out his hand to stop him, "No one knows how to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, you go, you gentleman."

After the words fell, a general behind Liu Hongji stepped out happily, "The last general will not disgrace his fate."

This man is Lu Jun'e, who was originally the leader of Liu Hongji's army. After the battle of Huoyi, he emerged to the fore, and then made many meritorious deeds, and was promoted to Hussar General because of his meritorious service.

Lu Jun'er went out to fight with a gun, "come and die".

"Who are you?" Zhang Zhili yelled, "A certain family's subordinates don't kill unknown people."

Lu Jun'er is a serious person, not eloquent, and without saying a word, he stabs Zhang Zhi's face with a gun.

Seeing that he was being ignored, Zhang Zhi was furious, he swung his gun upwards, and when he blocked it, he used the gun as a stick to sweep across Lu Jun'er's waist and abdomen.

I saw Lu Jun'er, who didn't slow down his horse. He leaned back beautifully, dodging it dangerously, showing his riding skills, and then he didn't look at it. He raised his gun and stabbed. Zhang Zhi couldn't dodge. He was stabbed in the shoulder, dripping with blood, and the two separated on the wrong horse.

Lu Jun'er is from Taiyuan. He grew up in the outskirts since he was a child. He is very good at riding. He struggled to survive in the outskirts ravaged by Turks and horse bandits, and he practiced martial arts very well.

If the martial arts practiced by the children of the aristocratic family are exquisite moves, then Lu Jun'er's martial arts are killing skills, there are no fancy tricks, only survival.

Seeing that Zhang Zhi was injured in two rounds, Duan Da couldn't help being furious, and immediately ordered to withdraw his troops.

He wanted to intimidate the Tang army, but he didn't expect that the first confrontation would be embarrassing. Zhang Zhi returned to the formation to plead guilty, but Duan Da ordered the rear army to turn back to the front army and return to Yiyang City without even looking at it.

"I wanted to fight tomorrow to destroy the morale of the enemy, but I didn't expect Jun'er to show off my skills today. I will credit you for your contribution." Li Shimin was very happy, and patted Lu Jun'er's shoulder in praise.

Lu Jun'er thanked him excitedly.

But Duan Da came back to Yiyang City angrily, ordering Zhang Zhi to be demoted, and immediately made up his mind to get back to work tomorrow.

As a result, early the next morning, when Duan Dashang was sound asleep, his personal guard came to report: Tang Jun was fighting outside the city.

Duan Da laughed instead of anger when he heard the words, and immediately put on his armor and ordered his troops. Ten thousand soldiers and horses lined up neatly and left the city.

Seeing the formation of the Sui army, Li Shimin also sighed: "Although the Great Sui is exhausted, the centipede is dead but not stiff."

(End of this chapter)