Tang Dynasty: After dominating Rome, I counterattacked Chang'an

Chapter 30 Yuchi Jingde confessed that he had been afraid of Li Chengdao for ten years!
"Not only that, the battle of Wangshi Bay lasted less than a quarter of an hour from start to finish, and the defenders of Wangshi Bay did not cause any damage to the enemy."

"Although Commander Wang Weiyi always said in previous letters that the defenders of Wangshiwan were lazy, no matter how lazy they were, they were still officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and there were veterans like Wang Weiyi in charge."

"There were almost a hundred defenders at Wangshiwan, including Commander Wang, but... no one caused any damage to the enemy. They were all annihilated. What do you think of this?"

Li Jing finished speaking.

With his chin supported by his hands, his sharp eyes kept looking at the people present.

Everyone was silent.

To be able to annihilate the Wangshiwan defenders so easily, the enemy's strength, including combat proficiency, must be superior to that of the Wangshiwan defenders.

And there, there has been peace for too long.

In addition, it is a coastal area.

Except for the enemy coming from the other side of the sea, there is almost no possibility of falling.

subconsciously,

The face of the child from ten years ago involuntarily appeared in their minds.

Is it really him... coming back from the other side of the sea?

"Pharmacist."

At this time, Yuchi Jingde frowned slightly: "Chang'an is at least thousands of miles away from Wangshiwan. In the past, even if a safe letter came from Wangshiwan, it would take four days to reach Chang'an City."

"You just said that all the defenders of Wangshi Bay were annihilated by the enemy. Then...how did you know about the fall of Wangshi Bay and the specific battle information?"

After this question was asked, the civil servants around, such as Changsun Wuji, suddenly realized.

Yes!

Wangshiwan was captured and no one escaped.

The news there,
How did the news reach Chang'an City in just a few days?
Moreover, the time limit is as specific as five days!

According to Yuchi Jingde, it usually takes four days for the news to be safely delivered to Chang'an. Since the enemy had fallen and been annihilated, how could the news be delivered to Chang'an City in just one day longer than usual?

Civil servants such as Changsun Wuji looked at Li Jing with confusion.

Although military officers such as Yuchi Jingde were confused about this, they were not as suddenly aware of it as the civil officials.

They are all the strongest generals of the Tang Dynasty!
No intelligence details in the war can be hidden from them!

Therefore, Yuchi Jingde's question was also the confusion in the hearts of all the military officers after they first heard Li Jing's words.

of course,

We can't just say that civil servants are useless.

All we can say is that everyone has their own duties.

Fighting on the battlefield was the domain of their military officers, while people's livelihood and economy were the domain of civil officials such as Changsun Wuji.

It is normal that they have a more sensitive and perceptive sense of war intelligence than civilian officials and can detect anything wrong earlier.

now,

Everyone looked at Li Jing in confusion.

Li Jing exhaled and said sadly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to guess the answer to this question."

"The reason why I know the details of the Wangshiwan War so well is because the enemy army that captured Wangshiwan released our Wangshiwan defenders."

"The three captives rushed to the nearby county town day and night, and then sent a letter to Chang'an through the local county government."

what?
Was it set by the enemy? !

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

The enemy has already captured the person, why should we release him?
The reason for doing so,

In a normal war, there are only two possibilities. One is that the enemy is very confident in its own strength, so it doesn't care about letting go of Xiaoxia Xiaomi.

Some enemy commanders would even release prisoners on purpose and use them to tell the troops behind them that they were coming. This was an extremely arrogant attitude!

The second is to confuse the audience, which is the false and true in the [Sun Tzu's Art of War].

Regardless of which possibility,
All of this means that the enemy forces that captured Wangshiwan were not ordinary!
Because if the southern barbarians or pirates captured Wangshiwan, they would not dare to let the imperial court know, because they are thieves, and the imperial court is behind the defenders of Wangshiwan!
If the imperial court gets angry and holds them tightly in check, it will also be uncomfortable for them.

Whose subordinates are these enemy troops?

Why are you so confident?

Everyone was in a heavy mood.

This was exactly the strategic purpose of Yaoguang Pei Xingjian. Letting the three people escape would make the Tang Dynasty more cautious about Wang Shiwan and not dare to be careless, thus sending a large army.

The mobilization and marching of a large army are much later than those of an ordinary army because the army is huge in number and also bloated.

During their march, Pei Xingjian could lead the Yaoguang Camp to quickly gather intelligence and then pass it back to Li Chengdao.

"Could it be... that child really has returned?"

Yuchi Jingde murmured, and then couldn't help asking: "Pharmacist, do the prisoners know who the enemy is?"

Li Jing shook his head: "The prisoners who came back said that they only knew that the enemy's white clothes and robes did not look like the armor of our Tang Dynasty or the nearby countries."

"In addition, they are well-trained and work in perfect harmony. Even after they captured Wangshi Bay, they searched everywhere in an orderly manner. This is an army that has experienced many battles!"

"I don't know their identities, but they have extremely strong combat capabilities. In addition, their intentions are unclear, and they are extremely confident. Such an unknown enemy... Therefore, I have no choice but to send someone to call you over to discuss countermeasures."

"Everyone... do you think it's the person from ten years ago who has returned?"

Finally, Li Jing couldn't help but ask a question.

After he mentioned the person from ten years ago, everyone looked strange.

Some people were panicked, some were indifferent, and some were solemn...
Different expressions.

But no one spoke.

At this moment, the whole place was silent.

It seemed that when Li Chengdao was mentioned, the atmosphere in the entire Taiji Palace suddenly became quieter.

"That person..." Fang Xuanling swallowed and spoke first, "That person left with only a thousand people, and they went to the sea. I don't know how many people died on the way."

"He was just a child back then, and the morale of the remnant soldiers of the Eastern Palace was crushed. Could such a defeated army really be trained into such a battle-hardened army in ten years?"

Yuchi Jingde exhaled: "It's difficult. I have a new opinion of that child."

"In the past ten years, I have not concealed it from you all. Or you all know what I, Yuchi, am obsessed with, so I will tell you straight out about this matter."

"The look in that child's eyes when he left, I feel ashamed. I...I..."

Saying,

Yuchi Jingde's pupils showed some fear and his right hand began to tremble.

It was this right hand that year,

Armed with weapons, he shot and killed the King of Qi, and also killed Li Chengdao's brothers and sisters one after another.

Subsequently,

He grasped his right hand tightly with his left hand to keep it stable, and then pressed his right hand against his heart.

"I have been afraid of that child for ten years. His eyes...are as sharp and heroic as your Majesty's. Back then, he stared at me with such hatred that after he ran away, I often had nightmares about him at night."

"In my dream, I dreamed that he came back, bringing the undead spirits and the living people of the East Palace, and slaughtered my family, my friends, and everything I knew... They were all slaughtered by him and his undead spirits."

"I really have been afraid of those eyes for ten years, and I have remembered them for ten years."

Yuchi Jingde's voice was trembling, which was caused by the fear he felt when he thought of the child.

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(End of this chapter)