First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 181 Gaocheng City

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"Your Majesty, how should the Xiyang and Huai'an soldiers and horses deal with it?"

"Let's talk when we come," Zhu Can only dropped four words, and the person had already entered the bedroom, and there was a faint sound of laughter from a woman.

Anding County, Gaochai City, since the Tang Army's main force entered Gaochai City, it has been several days since they entered Gaochao City, and the city was completely silent.

At this time, the atmosphere in the back office of the Gaocheng County Office was quite gloomy. Li Shimin was lying on the sickbed with a tired face, shivering all over his body wrapped in thick bedding.

Looking at the two people standing in front of the bed, Li Shimin forced himself to sit up, "Xue Ju's army goes deep alone, food and grass are not enough, so we can't fight for a long time. If you want to fight, remember not to fight. You just need to stick to it. All military affairs are entrusted to you I'm dead, and I'll worry about it after I recover from illness."

The one in front of the bed has no ears, and it is Marshal Shi of the Marching Army, Duke Liu Wenjing of the State of Lu, and the other is a strong man, Sima of the Marching Army, Yin Kaishan, Duke of Chen Jun.

Hearing Li Shimin's entrustment, Liu Wenjing did not respond, but Yin Kaishan asked doubtfully, "The Western Qin army is short of food and grass, can this marshal be confirmed? If not sure, once you stick to it for a long time, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be low."

Li Shimin shook his head, "How can I be sure of this, but the Western Qin Dynasty does not do production, so there is not much food and grass. I will strengthen the walls and clear the fields to prevent them from looting. If the food and grass cannot be replenished, it will definitely be useless. But Gao Youzhi also thinks the same way, even if The Western Qin has food, the expedition is long, and the soldiers are tired, so they can't fight for a long time, just stick to it."

Yin Kaishan had no choice but to comply when he heard the words, Liu Wenjing lowered her head and remained silent, but when she heard the words Gao Youzhi, a strange look flashed in her eyes.

King Zong Luohui of Yixing of the Western Qin Dynasty was beaten up by Zhang Changxun, the general manager of Fengzhou in the Tang Dynasty. Xue Ju sent the soldiers of the whole country to attack. Anding Commandery advanced and approached Gaochai City. At the same time, cavalry was sent to harass the northeast and southwest flanks, and contain Beidi and Fufeng counties.

However, when Marshal Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty led his army to Gaochai City, he was suffering from malaria and couldn't afford it. In desperation, Li Shimin had no choice but to raise his exemption card and hand over the army to the command of Liu and Yin.

Yin Kaishan is not famous for his military strength, but he is known for his wisdom. He started as the magistrate of Taigu County with outstanding political achievements.

If it were a brave general, such as Qiu Xinggong and others, he would obey Li Shimin's military orders honestly and would not be able to defend himself. However, Yin Kaishan is good at strategy, and smart people tend to think more. Yin Kaishan immediately found Liu Wenjing.

"King Qin is sick and unable to act, and he is even more worried that you will not win Liu Changshi, so he ordered to stand firm, but in my opinion, you cannot stick to it," Yin Kaishan said in a low voice.

Liu Wenjing frowned, "What do you mean?"

The sentence "worried that Liu Changshi will not win" really hurt Liu Wenjing a bit.

"Now the news that King Qin is sick is top secret, and the enemy doesn't know about it. If Xue Ju knows that King Qin is sick, he will definitely despise us, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated." Yin Kaishan looked complacent. Soldier out of the high bay and attack head-on with absolute force, you will be victorious."

Seeing that Liu Wenjing remained silent, Yin Kaishan said in a low voice again: "It's unknown if Mr. Zhao Ren will be officially in charge of Zhongshu Province by then."

Liu Wenjing didn't change her face, but she thought of Li Shimin's words in her heart, "Gao Youzhi also thinks the same way." Thinking of this, Liu Wenjing immediately nodded in agreement, "I will follow the plan of the mountain."

Yin Kaishan was overjoyed, and immediately went down to deliver the order, thinking that after this battle, the Duke of the county would definitely be promoted to Duke of the state.

Dengzhou, Rang County, Gao Chong looked at this city and was a little lost. Zheng Yuanxuan smiled and said: "A few months ago, your father set out from this place and defeated Zhu Can."

Hearing this, Gao Chong laughed and said, "Today, I will also start from here, and completely cut off this cancerous tumor of Zhu Can."

Zheng Yuanxuan laughed loudly, "Then you will be the vanguard and quickly break through Rang County."

"The last general has orders", Gao Chong responded, and then the drums sounded, and with Gao Chong's troops as the vanguard, they went straight to Rang County.

Since ancient times, siege has been extremely dangerous, and most of the siege strikers are cannon fodder, but Zheng Yuanxuan obviously will not let Gao Chong be cannon fodder, because there are not many bandit soldiers in Rang County. The Chu army fled every day. This Pang County was originally the seat of Dengzhou, but it was a strong city, but now there are only more than a thousand people holding on to it.

With just one charge, the Tang army climbed to the top of the city, and then the Tang army poured into the city like a flood breaking a dike.

Several months after Rang County, the governing place of Dengzhou, was captured by Zhu Can, the banner with Tang characters was erected again on the top of the city.

Then Zheng Yuanxuan led the army to pay homage to Lu Zizang, the Duke of Nanyang County who died here. As for Ma Yuangui, he was already a criminal minister. Lu Zizang, what a pity.

At home, Gao Chong often heard his father mentioning Lu Zizang. Although Gao and Lu didn't get along for a long time, Gao Junya admired Lu Zizang's loyalty, literary talent and military strategy. Ma Yuangui, such a character, died at the hands of Zhu Can.

"Now there is Yang Shilin in Xianzhou in the west to intercept Zhu Can, and Zhu Can is doomed." Zheng Yuanxuan said bluntly, "Soldiers are precious and fast. Tomorrow morning, troops will be dispatched to Champion County to take Zhu Can directly. If this thief lives a day longer, I will feel more guilty in my heart." day".

Along the way, in Dengzhou, there are ten rooms and nine empties, only some old, weak, sick and disabled are left lingering. Passing Zhu Can's residence, there are fresh bones everywhere, only bones but not flesh, but all normal people see I couldn't bear that miserable scene in my heart.

As a traditional Confucian general, Zheng Yuanxuan was kind-hearted. He not only properly placed the hundreds of women in Xizhou, but also took care of the old, weak, sick and disabled along the way. Gao Chong also admired him very much.

"It's hard to escape Zhu Can's wings this time, and then he will be erected on the streets of Champion County and executed Ling Chi to relieve the hatred of the people of Dengzhou," Gao Chong said through gritted teeth.

"Ling Chi?" Zheng Yuanxuan frowned when he heard that, "But Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty cut him with a light knife. Although this punishment is cruel, it is not too much to use on Zhu Can. It is feasible. At that time, he will be cut with a light knife. I will bear all the consequences."

But Gao Chong didn't know that Ling Chi was not a definite punishment at this time, and it wasn't until the Five Dynasties that Ling Chi was included in the code as a punishment.

Of course, before this, the punishment of Ling Chi had already appeared, which Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty called it "cutting with a light knife".

(End of this chapter)