First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 23

22. The world is undecided, why is home

Early the next morning, Gao Chong was fully dressed and was about to meet Li Shimin and the others, but he received a report from Li Yuan's personal guard, "Go to Jinyang Palace quickly".

When Gao Chong came to the main hall, he found that Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Jiang Baoyi, Liu Hongji, and others were all there, as well as several people Gao Chong knew were present. .

"The expedition is imminent, and I called you here temporarily, just because I have thought about it for a long time. The battle of Xihe is the first battle of our rebel army, and we must win it." He said, looking at Li Jiancheng and his brothers, "You two are young after all, and you should fight against the enemy in real battle. Inexperienced, the reason why I handed over the first battle of Xihe to you is to see how you perform. You two are my sons-in-law. What you do is seen by everyone in the world and has a great influence.

Yan Jiang (Wen Dayou's word Yan Jiang) and Kai Shan (Yin Qiao) have rich experience, and I am sending these two people to go to Xihe together with you, you brother must listen to their opinions more, and don't be presumptuous."

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin looked at each other when they heard the words, and hurriedly said: "My child obeys the order, and I will definitely listen to the words of the second lord. If there is any violation, the military law will be followed."

Although Li Yuan's words were very tactful, everyone present, including Gao Chong, understood that the actual command was given to Wen Daya and Yin Qiao, and the Li brothers were just the commanders on the surface.

Seeing this, Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Wen Dayou and Yin Qiao.

"General Yan, Kaishan, we still have few soldiers and horses. These ten thousand soldiers and horses are our capital to manage the world. After all, my son is young, so I use the two of you as military advisers for a comprehensive plan. The first battle in Xihe It can predict the success or failure of my great cause, if Xihe Ruoke, the great cause can be expected."

Wen Dayou and Yin Qiao were invigorated when they heard the words, and they bowed down together, "I will do my best to Dingkexi River."

Gao Chong looked very understanding, even the people present, no one thought it was wrong.After all, although the battle of Xihe was not large, with a total of less than 2 people on both sides, Xihe County is located about [-] miles southwest of Taiyuan County. This battle is also the first battle of the rebel army.

Whether it is Li Yuan or others, they all know that whether they win this battle is of great importance to the march to Guanzhong, the morale of the army, and the impact on the world, so they are determined to win.

The two brothers Li Jiancheng were selected as the commander-in-chief because they are the sons of the eldest son, and their status and status dictate that if the two sons win the first battle, it will be a shock to the morale and the world will look at it.

After receiving Li Yuan's instructions, the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin gathered their soldiers and horses and headed straight for Xihe. Gao Chong also led three thousand soldiers to protect Li Shimin's right and lead the Fuzhong Army.

Before leaving, Mrs. Xue took Gao Bing at the gate of the city with tears in her eyes, and Gao Chong, who was looking straight ahead, felt depressed.

Li Shimin leaned closer and said with a smile: "This is the first time Youzhi has gone out to fight, right? It's inevitable that you have some worries in your heart, it's normal."

Gao Chong immediately denied the words, "Of course not, I also followed my father to resist the Turks back then."

Gao Chong's words were true, but at that time he was with his father, but now he was going out alone, the situation was completely different.

Li Shimin smiled, without revealing anything, and looked at Jinyang City behind him, "That was your sister just now?"

"Yes", Gao Chong nodded, and suddenly frowned and looked at Li Shimin, "Second Young Master, why do you ask this?"

"It's really smart and cute", Li Shimin nodded in praise, and Gao Chong immediately exploded when he heard this, "My sister is only 17 years old."

Li Shimin was startled, then pointed at Gao Chong and laughed.

"Erlang, why are you so happy?" Li Jiancheng chased after him, seeing Li Shimin laughing so much, he couldn't help asking.

Li Shimin pointed at Gao Chong and said with a smile: "I praised his sister Lingxiu and cute, but he got nervous. I didn't expect Gao Youzhi to spoil his sister so much." He looked at Gao Chong proudly and said, "I have a family People, my Guanyin maidservant is also beautiful and heavenly."

Li Jiancheng who said these words also smiled heartily, looked at Gao Chong and said: "Speaking of which, Youzhi is the same age as Erlang, but they are not yet married, you have to hold on tightly, Youzhi."

Gao Chong touched his nose when he heard the words, then held his head up and chest out, "The world is still uncertain, so what should we do at home?"

Everyone burst out laughing when they saw this, but Jiang Baoyi on the side shrugged his mouth, still with a cold face, which was extraordinarily attractive. Li Jiancheng looked at the two and smiled and said, "Baoyi and Youzhi The two are really in great contrast, one is humorous and the other is cold."

Xicheng, where Xihe County is located, is only more than 180 miles away from Jinyang City. More than [-] soldiers and horses set off, more than half of them are cavalry, and they march very fast.

Although it is the first battle and must be won, in fact, everyone does not have too much psychological burden. The main reason is that there are more than [-] soldiers and horses. There will be Liu Hongji, Jiang Baoyi, Gao Chong, Yang Mao, etc. , and in Xicheng, Gao Deru, the county magistrate, was born in Yang Guang's personal guard, and became the county magistrate by relying on his beard and pat on the horse.

Back then when Yang Guang was patrolling Xiyuan in Luoyang, Gao Deru was just a small personal guard on duty in Xiyuan. He knew that Yang Guang's temperament of exuberance was something out of nothing, so he took the risk to report to Yang Guang that he saw Yang Guang. In the palace where I live, there are two phoenixes circling back and forth exuding multicolored divine light.

Yang Guangda was surprised and overjoyed, and hurried out to check, but he didn't see the phoenix, of course he didn't, because Gao Deru made up nonsense, because only Gao Deru saw the so-called phoenix coming, and no one else saw it, Unable to verify, Yang Guang appointed Gao Deru as Chaosan doctor and Xihe county magistrate, and monitored Taiyuan county by the way.

So this Gao Deru actually doesn't have much talent, but he is loyal to Yang Guang.

After hearing Li Jiancheng's story, Gao Chong also laughed, "Yang Guang is not a fool, he must know that there is no such thing as a phoenix, but Gao Deru is loyal to him, he can't refuse to reward him."

Li Shimin dismissed it, "It's no wonder that the world is in chaos with such an immoral, talented and incompetent person stealing the high position of the county magistrate."

"Xicheng is fifty miles ahead, how about setting up camp on the spot and approaching the city tomorrow morning?" Li Jiancheng looked at the sky and said immediately.

Wen Dayou was prudent and prudent, and he also nodded in agreement, "It's getting late, and if you march in the starry night, you may lose it, and the soldiers are tired and need to rest."

Li Shimin frowned, and Gao Chong understood immediately when he saw this.

"Everyone, you need to know that if you work hard, you will decline again, and you will be exhausted three times. Our morale is like a rainbow, and we are about to advance triumphantly until we are approaching Xicheng. How can those high-minded and sycophant people think of setting up an ambush? When soldiers approach the city, they will definitely intimidate the defenders in Xicheng, and the enemy army will be in a panic when they are in a hurry."

(End of this chapter)