Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 160 The prince guards the country's gate, the king dies for the country! [Seeking monthly votes]

Outside the Tang army camp, the 30,000 Liang army led by Liang Shidu surrounded the Tang army camp.

However, they did not dare to rush into the Tang army camp rashly.

Because in the previous charges, they were beaten back step by step by the unknown weapons of the Tang army.

And now, the Tang army has scattered a lot of caltrops around the camp. Their cavalry has no horseshoes and cannot rush into the Tang army camp at all.

Therefore, the two sides have been confronting each other for three full days since the day the Turkic reinforcements arrived.

At this time, Liang Shidu climbed to a high place and looked into the distance. He was very satisfied with Feng Duan's sneak attack tactics. It was just the small path for transporting泔水. Until the Tang army was surrounded, Liu Min and Liu Lancheng were unaware of it. He had to admire Feng Duan's strategy.

Now think about it, if Feng Duan had not tipped him off, he would have been almost held hostage by the coup launched by Li Zhengbao.

At the beginning, his trust in Li Zhengbao and Xin Liaoer was far greater than that in Feng Duan.

It’s true that a friend in need is a friend indeed!

Liang Shidu sighed, and the more he looked at Feng Duan, the more satisfied he became. He smiled and said, "General, you are well-versed in the art of war. Why haven't Zhangsun Wuji and the others broken through yet?"

Feng Duan straightened his robe and said calmly, "As the saying goes, all is fair in war. I'm certain that Changsun Wuji is unaware of Jie Li Khan's ambush. Furthermore, we've taken a different approach and surrounded them, effectively blinding them."

"In this case, they can't break out because their army is being held back by Jie Li Khan. How can they possibly be our opponent with just the few troops they have in their camp?"

"What the general said is absolutely true!"

Liang Shidu smiled and nodded, then glanced at the Tang army camp and continued, "I never thought that Li Shimin would actually let his prince come to Shuofang. I really don't know what he was thinking!"

As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something and laughed out loud: "Could it be that after he killed Li Jiancheng, he also hated the position of crown prince?"

"hehe."

Upon hearing this, the ministers and generals of Liang State could not help but smile a few times.

Liang Luoren frowned slightly, but the frown disappeared in an instant.

In his opinion, Li Chengqian's coming to Shuofang was definitely not a simple matter.

Because before Li Chengqian came to Shuofang, Zhangsun Wuji's strategy towards Liang State had always been to harass, alienate, and destroy farmland, and there had never been a real battle between the two armies.

But after Li Chengqian came, Changsun Wuji suddenly changed his strategy and launched several large-scale attacks on Liang State, turning Liang State into an isolated city in less than ten days.

Even in this isolated city, undercurrents were surging, and many people were plotting to return to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the State of Liang still existed in name because Liang Shidu was still alive. Once Liang Shidu died, the State of Liang would no longer exist.

As for the siege of the Tang army camp, to be honest, Liang Luoren was not optimistic about it.

Because not only Liang State had reinforcements, but the Tang Army also had reinforcements. If this continued, it would be a disaster for Liang State with no benefit.

Feng Duan seemed to share the same idea as Liang Luoren. After Liang Shidu and the others finished laughing, he changed the subject and said, "Although there's no way they can break out, we can't drag it out like this any longer. Delaying will only lead to changes. In my opinion, we should give up the idea of ​​capturing them alive and instead use fire to burn them to death in the camp, or force them out and annihilate them!"

"This"

Liang Shidu was slightly startled when he heard this, then he looked at the ministers behind him and said, "What do you think, my dear ministers?"

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible! If we kill the Tang Dynasty Crown Prince, Li Shimin will definitely take vengeance on us!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please don't do this, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable!"

"Your Majesty, I second your opinion!"

It is obvious that even though Liang State now has the upper hand, the ministers of Liang State are unwilling to make a mortal enemy with the Tang Dynasty.

After all, Liang Shidu almost had his country destroyed by the Tang Dynasty just because he killed a Tang Dynasty envoy. If he had killed the Tang Dynasty prince, they really couldn't imagine what the situation would be like.

What's more, they all had more or less the idea of ​​returning to Tang.

If the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty was killed, it would be hard to say whether the entire family could be saved, let alone return to the Tang Dynasty.

However, when Liang Shidu heard their advice, his face darkened: "You are my subjects, not Li Shimin's subjects. I am not afraid of you, so what are you afraid of?!"

After saying this, he drew his sword, looked around at his ministers, and sneered, "How could I not understand what you are thinking? But I will never let you get what you want. I want you to follow me forever and be my subjects!"

As soon as the words fell, he turned his head and looked at Feng Duan, saying: "General, kill everyone in the Tang army camp!"

"Yes!"

Feng Duan excitedly accepted the order and immediately ordered the Liang army to use fire attack.

At the same time, in the Tang army camp.

Li Chengqian, Li Yuan, Zhangsun Wuji, Du Caigan, Liu Min, Liu Lancheng and others were gathering in the central army tent to discuss countermeasures.

But Li Chengqian was the first to speak: "Uncle, how much food and grass do we have now?"

"I counted yesterday and it should be able to last for another five days!" Changsun Wuji replied.

Li Chengqian nodded and asked, "Any news from Xue Rengui?"

"There's nothing yet. It must be Jie Li holding him back!"

"Well, that makes sense. Let's wait a little longer."

"Chengqian!"

Before Li Chengqian could finish his words, Changsun Wuji interrupted him and said earnestly, "You can't be so stubborn any longer. I beg you to leave now! As long as you're willing to go, I'll escort you away even if it costs me my life!"

"Yes, Your Highness, we can't wait any longer. It will be too late if we wait any longer!"

Liu Lancheng also echoed, "The morale of the soldiers in the camp is getting weaker and weaker. I'm afraid that if something unexpected happens, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be in danger!"

"Ok?"

Li Chengqian was slightly stunned, then frowned and asked, "What does Sima Liu mean by this?"

"To be honest, Your Highness, the majority of the soldiers in the camp are Liang troops who surrendered from the Liang Kingdom."

"What!?"

When Li Chengqian heard this, he was shocked and turned to look at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's face turned cold, and he shouted in a deep voice, "How dare you, Liu Lancheng! How dare you deceive the emperor?!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I did not intend to deceive you. The order to encircle the Turkic reinforcements came too suddenly. We did not have time to adjust, so we could only let the elite Tang troops carry out the encirclement order first."

Having said that, he quickly glanced at Liu Min and said, "What's more, this is just my speculation. At least so far, the Liang army that surrendered has not shown any signs of rebelling again. I'm just worried about the possibility..."

"Report——!"

Before Liu Lancheng could finish his words, a report came from outside the door: "Your Highness, General, the Liang army has launched a fire attack on us!"

"What!?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

One by one they stood up from their seats.

"Is Master Liang crazy?!" Changsun Wuji said in disbelief.

Although he repeatedly persuaded Li Chengqian to break out of the camp, he never thought that Liang Shidu would dare to kill them.

You know, with Li Shimin's temper, if they died at the hands of Liang Shidu, not to mention that Liang Shidu had the Turks as his backer, even if he had the King of Hell as his backer, he would have to be pulled out of the underworld and made to die a hundred or eighty times before he could get rid of the hatred in his heart.

Of course, this is an exaggeration, but the truth is not much worse than this. At least it is possible to let the State of Liang be buried with it.

The key point is, how could Master Liang dare to do that?

Doesn't he know the consequences of doing this? !
Are you really crazy?
Just as everyone was stunned, Li Chengqian's voice rang out again: "Uncle, please help me gather all the soldiers in the camp. I want to say a few words to them!"

"Cheng Qian! The most urgent task now is to withdraw from the camp as soon as possible and don't waste any more time!" Changsun Wuji said without question.

Although Li Chengqian was the crown prince, he was the commander-in-chief of the army who held military power.

If he wanted to forcibly take Li Chengqian away, Li Chengqian would have no way to stop him.

After all, Li Chengqian’s guards are not around now.

However, Li Chengqian's next words left him speechless.

"Uncle, I haven't wasted any time. You've also heard from Sima Liu that the morale of the soldiers is not high. Now that they're facing this situation, how confident do you think they are in breaking out of the camp with us?"

"This"

Changsun Wuji was speechless and turned to look at Liu Min and Liu Lancheng.

They exchanged glances, and Liu Min spoke first, "Your Highness, are you planning to rally the people and then break out?"

"That's it!"

Li Chengqian said vaguely.

Liu Lancheng's eyes rolled, and he quickly said, "To be honest, Your Highness, we previously attacked Liang State and brought back a lot of gold and silver treasures, which we had intended to hand over to the national treasury. Since Your Highness wants to rally the people, I think it would be better to use this gold and silver as a promise to them. I believe they will definitely boost their morale and protect Your Highness!"

"Well, that's a good idea!"

Li Chengqian smiled and nodded, saying, "I'll leave this matter to you and Liu Changshi!"

"promise!"

Liu Lancheng and Liu Min were overjoyed and immediately agreed to leave.

Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.

Soon, nearly five thousand soldiers gathered in the camp's training ground.

The surroundings of the camp had been set on fire by rockets.

Logically, they should have organized people to put out the fire or resist the Liang army that might rush in at any time. However, faced with this uncharacteristic behavior, they were not surprised at all. Many of them even had a faint smile on their lips and a hint of anticipation in their eyes.

On a temporary staircase on the high platform of the training ground, there was a trumpet-shaped iron sheet that they had never seen before.

They were not unfamiliar with Li Chengqian.

Many people even defected to the Tang Dynasty because of Li Chengqian's letter home.

Therefore, they were not surprised at all when Li Chengqian stood in front of the "loudspeaker".

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

Li Chengqian tested the sound transmission effect of the loudspeaker, which immediately caused an uproar in the audience.

"What's going on? His Royal Highness is so loud!?"

"That's not right. I've heard His Royal Highness speak before, and his voice wasn't this loud!"

"Then what's going on? It feels like it came from the sky!"

Just as the soldiers were discussing the sound of the trumpet, the Liang army that was attacking outside the camp was also startled by the sound and stopped what they were doing.

Feng Duan, who also heard the voice, frowned and muttered to himself, "Could it be that the Tang Dynasty prince is playing tricks again?"

Thinking of Li Chengqian's previous letter home, Feng Duan suddenly became alert and quickly ordered: "Pass my order, have the soldiers plug their ears. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"

"what?"

The person in charge of delivering the message felt his cerebellum atrophy when he heard this order.

But Feng Duan said without a trace of joking, "The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is very good at deceiving people. Don't fall for his tricks!"

"Oh, okay, I'll pass the message right away!"

Soon, Liang Jun tore a piece of cloth from each of their bodies and stuffed it into their ears.

At the same time, Li Chengqian tested the loudspeaker, coughed twice, and then spoke slowly, "Soldiers, I am Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. I'm sure you all know that although I'm young, I can definitely run faster than you! Why? Because I'm the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Perhaps, you are still a little confused. Why does the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty have to run fast?"

"Now I tell you, because you are subjects and I am the king!"

"I can order you not to run, it's that simple!"

Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar!

The soldiers below the stage never imagined that the prince could be so shameless.

How can you even say something like that?!
Is he going to leave us here to die?!

We trusted him so much and defected to the Tang Dynasty. We never thought the Tang prince would be even more despicable than Master Liang!

Seeing the soldiers below the stage filled with righteous indignation, Changsun Wuji, Liu Lancheng, Liu Min and others changed their expressions drastically.

They originally thought that Li Chengqian summoned all the soldiers to gather people's hearts to help him break out.

I didn't expect Li Chengqian to do this.

You know, this will cause a mutiny.

However, just as they were about to rush forward to stop Li Chengqian, Li Yuan gave them a cold look and said, "Everyone, stand still! Don't disturb my grandson!"

After saying this, Du Caigan waved his hand, drew his sword, and led a group of black-clad guards to stop Changsun Wuji and others under the stage.

But then Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Do you think my words are hurtful? Do you think I shouldn't say such things?"

“But, I tell you, this is reality!”

"There's even a more realistic idea. Someone suggested I bribe you with gold, silver, and treasures. That way, you'll be willing to work for me!"

"This"

The soldiers below the stage looked at each other in bewilderment.

Many soldiers subconsciously lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.

Some generals looked at Liu Min and Liu Lancheng calmly.

The two of them lowered their heads at the same time, their faces flushed red.

However, Li Chengqian had not finished speaking.

But then he added, "I know very well that most of you are soldiers who surrendered from Liang Shidu's side, and your loyalty to the Tang Dynasty is not high."

"But I want to ask you, why did you choose to join the Tang Dynasty? Is it really for the gold, silver and treasures?"

"If so, I can tell you very clearly that you are not welcome in the Tang Dynasty!"

"boom!"

The whole place was shocked.

Chaos, absolute chaos, the situation is so chaotic that it is almost out of control.

Li Chengqian's words were like salt in the wound, irritating the surrendered soldiers so much that their eyes turned red and they glared angrily.

At this time, a burly general said solemnly: "Your Highness, are you humiliating us?"

"Yes, Your Highness, we defected to the Tang Dynasty because we had enough of Liang Shidu's torture, not for money!"

"Yes! We don't want money!"

Hearing these words, Li Chengqian smiled faintly: "Since you said that you had enough of Liang Shidu's torture and that's why you defected to the Tang Dynasty, then let me ask you, are you the only ones who have had enough of Liang Shidu's torture? Then haven't the people of Liang State had enough of Liang Shidu's torture?"

"This"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers were speechless.

"But now we are outnumbered and we are no match for Liang Shidu. Does His Royal Highness want us to die?"

Just then, another voice sounded.

Li Chengqian smiled at him and nodded, saying, "Well said! This brother is right. The enemy outnumbers us, and we are surrounded and under fire. It seems that there is no other choice!"

"Then, our wisest choice would be to run away immediately, escape from the encirclement of others, be chased like a dog, find a safe doghouse, lie down and lick our wounds, and cowardly remember today's shame, right?"

"This"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers were speechless again.

However, it was obvious that the way the soldiers looked at Li Chengqian had changed.

But then Li Chengqian added, "If you want to make this choice, I can't stop you, and I won't. But I, Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, will never make this choice. Even if I die, I will die with honor and dignity, not live like a stray dog, living a cowardly life!"

"What!?"

The generals and soldiers were all stunned, as if they had not expected Li Chengqian to choose this path.

You know, if Li Chengqian chooses this path, it means that he might really die here.

He is the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!

How could he choose this path?!
"Your Highness, did we hear you correctly? You want to stay?!" a soldier asked in disbelief.

Li Chengqian smiled and nodded, saying, "My Tang soldiers are still fighting bravely. Naturally, I must stay here and wait for them to return!"

"But we are surrounded!"

"Yes, we are surrounded, but I can't escape!"

"why?"

"Yes, why! I also want to figure this out. Maybe it's because of the migration of the Han people from the Central Plains to the south, which made us Han people in the Central Plains accustomed to escape. Or maybe it's because of the Five Barbarians' invasion of China, which made us Han people in the Central Plains almost extinct!"

“Or maybe.”

Having said that, he paused, secretly brewing his emotions, and said in a deep voice: "The dignity of a great country!"

"May I ask Your Highness, what is the dignity of a great country?" a captain could not help but ask.

Li Chengqian glanced at him, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "The so-called dignity of a great country is..."

".No cession of territory, no compensation!"

".No tribute, no marriage!"

“.Never abandon, never give up!”

".Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"

"If the enemy can go, I can go too!"

"The prince guards the country's gates, and the king dies for the country!"

"Whoever offends the Great Tang will be punished, no matter how far away they are!"

Boom——

A bolt of thunder from the sky fell straight down.

Everyone present was shocked and their scalps went numb.

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