Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 395 Ambush and counter-ambush (1)

On September [-]th of the third year of Xianheng, Li Xian's memorandum issued in Longzhou arrived in Dongdu. The prince believed it and thought it was a good opportunity to suppress the future. After discussing with his confidants, he reported it to Gaozong. The details of the assassination made him furious, and issued an edict to thoroughly investigate the case. The joint name of the prince-to-be and the king of England handed over the case to Lin Qi, the censor Zhongcheng, to preside over the case, and ordered the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of Punishment to assist in the investigation, so as to clarify the right and wrong. However, as soon as the edict was issued, the Qizhou emergency report arrived. It was said that the post station was attacked, and all the escort officers and soldiers were poisoned to death. It is suspected that it was caused by the remnants of the "Black Wind Pirates".

Suspicious case, yet another suspicious case, Gaozong was so angry that he fell ill again on the couch because of the endless suspicious cases. In his rage, he issued four imperial edicts. He was exiled to Leizhou, and was not pardoned even if he was amnesty. He demolished the Hebei Sixian Village involved in the case, and all the old and young were sold into slavery; Thirdly, the government affairs were all under the supervision of Prince Li Xian of Jianguo, and the prime ministers such as Pei Xingjian and Liu Rengui all served as senior officials of the East Palace, such as the prince's middle son and left and right sons, to assist the prince in governing the country; fourthly, officials from the Ministry of Rites were sent to Hexi to comfort the army Li Xian and the other troops, but before the officials from the Ministry of Rites left the border of Henan, Li Xian had already received a letter from Feige from Dongdu. Seeing that things were as expected, he shook his head and smiled wryly. But I don't know what to say, probably because the enemy is at hand, Li Xian has neither the heart nor the energy to take care of those nonsense things in the court hall, and there is one thing that bothers Li Xian at the moment—the robbing of the grain transport team up!
This time the battle started suddenly, and Li Xian's army in Hezhou was in a hurry, so it was impossible to bring enough food and supplies to the army. Zhang Jianzhi could only take charge of the important task of mobilizing food, supplies and logistics The heavy camp was set up in the Heishi Mountain camp, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was guarded by [-] elite soldiers from Yumen Pass. It was not afraid of the Tubo army's strong attack. The road ahead is not so easy, the terrain is complex, there are hills, rivers, and endless prairie, there are too many places to lay an ambush, under the shortage of troops, even if Li Xian can, It is also impossible to fortify everywhere, and with the Tubo army on the side, Li Xian did not dare to send too many troops to escort the grain and fodder. In this way, it gave the Tubo army a chance to loot. He was completely robbed by the Tubo cavalry army, and the hundreds of officers and soldiers escorted were defeated and all died!

Li Xian's army still has some food and fodder, and it is not a problem to pay for ten days, but at this time, there are still more than [-] days before the arrival of winter. Such a small amount of food and fodder, no matter how economical it is, is not enough. Of course, we still have to move forward with luck, but if we can't guarantee safety, the luck will only be cheap for the Tubo people. How to solve the surprise attack of the Tubo army has become a difficulty in front of Li Xian.

In the final analysis, there is still a shortage of troops. If Li Xian can have 5000 more soldiers and horses in his hands, this problem will not be difficult to solve at all - Li Xian has already carefully calculated the strength of the two sides, and he knows that it is the least to defend the big camp in the city of Wuhan. It also needs [-] troops, and right now, there are only [-] troops in the camp of Yanhan City, which is barely enough, and if there are fewer, there will be problems in defense. The mobile force in hand is only such a pitiful [-] troops. Even if all of them are sent to escort the grain and grass, it may not be able to deter the Tubo's sneak attack army. You must know that the Tubo cavalry who robbed the grain yesterday dispatched a total of [-] troops. As for the strength of the troops, obviously, without a thorough plan, the food would not be able to be transported to the front camp anyway.

Fighting, no matter how difficult it is, you have to fight. The Tubo army who came to rob the food must be beaten up to ensure the safety of the food delivery team. This is beyond doubt. Li Xian is very clear in his heart, but this How to fight the battle is very particular. After all, Li Xian doesn't want to confront the powerful Tubo army at the moment. The trap comes, of course, it is not an easy task to lure the Tibetans to take the bait. For this reason, Li Xian spent a whole night alone in the Chinese army's tent, thinking of ways one after another. , but they didn't dare to say that they would win lightly. After all, there was only such a small mobile force at hand. If one guy lost all of them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Come on!"

When it is broken, it will be disrupted!Li Xian knew this truth very well. After performing dozens of rounds on a large sand table, seeing that it was impossible to achieve a 100% success rate, Li Xian stopped wasting time, stood up abruptly, and shot He clapped his hands and gave a loud sip.

"The end is here!"

Hearing Li Xian's call, Liu Ziming, who had been waiting outside the tent for a long time, didn't dare to neglect, hurriedly ran into the big tent, bowed his legs together, and hurriedly answered.

"Go, call Li He and Xu Yuanmao to see Gu immediately."

Li Xian didn't talk nonsense, and gave the order directly.

"promise!"

Liu Ziming responded respectfully, and hastily left the tent of the Chinese army. After a few moments, he accompanied Li and General Xu to come in from outside the tent.

"Last General Li He (Xu Yuanmao) sees Your Highness!"

Generals Li and Xu walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, and they saw Li Xian sitting at the top with a solemn expression, not daring to make any mistakes, so they rushed forward and greeted each other respectfully.

"Forget it, our army's grain transportation team was completely annihilated yesterday, and hundreds of soldiers stained the yellow sand with blood. I think the two generals already know about it, so I won't say much. Calling you to come today is just I wonder what the two generals have in mind if you want the entire army to escort the supplies?" Li Xianxu raised his hand, motioning for the two generals to flatten, and then he spoke with a slightly sad tone.

"The final general obeys orders, and will definitely live up to His Highness' trust!"

Li He always obeyed Li Xian's order, since Li Xian had an order, he naturally would not have the slightest ambiguity, so he agreed with it generously.

"Your Highness, the bandit army bullied our army to be small, so they dared to split up and cut off my food supply. If we go to transport food now, we are afraid that the bandit army will come to surprise us again. We must be prepared."

Xu Yuanmao is a veteran, he is more cautious by nature, he did not dare to accept orders lightly, but cautiously reminded him.

"General Xu, you don't understand now. Your Highness told me to come here, so how can you not have a good strategy to defeat the enemy? I just follow His Highness's plan, and I will return with a big victory!"

Hearing Xu Yuanmao's words, Li Heke couldn't help it. In his opinion, Xu Yuanmao was questioning Li Xian's authority, so he unceremoniously refuted Xu Yuanmao.

"Ok!"

Li Xian glared at Li He displeasedly, so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth, his face became serious, and he pretended to be serious, but the fur between his brows and eyes could not be concealed. Li Xian really couldn't laugh or cry, so he simply didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he gave a fake cough, took out a kit, handed it to Xu Yuanmao, and said with a smile: "General Xu, you are in charge of transporting the food this time." , with Li He as the assistant, here is a bag of kits, and I will put it away first, and if the enemy strikes me on the way to transport food, I will open it!"

"promise!"

Xu Yuanmao didn't understand what kind of tricks Li Xian was playing. He was full of doubts and puzzles, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He could only answer the promise loudly and respectfully reached out to take the kit.

"Li He!"

Li Xian cast his eyes on Li He, who was feeling a little unhappy, and shouted in a calm voice, which immediately made Li He's body tremble.

"The end is here!"

Li He and Xu Yuanmao are both generals of Zhonglang, they have equal status to each other, and they think they are Li Xian's direct descendants, so they are not happy about Xu Yuanmao being the chief general, but when they saw Li Xian's sharp eyes, they were immediately frightened With a big jump, who dared to feel any more jealousy, he hurriedly bowed his legs together, and hurriedly replied.

"Gu Linger immediately led his troops back to the Black Rock Mountain camp with General Xu. After arriving, Mr. Zhang will explain to you, and you can just follow it. If there are any mistakes, be careful of your skin !" Li Xian gave Li He a cold look, and said in a cold voice.

"Yes, the last will obey!"

Li Xian's majesty was not for fun, Li He had already experienced it many times, seeing Li Xian's serious face now, how could he dare to be careless, he could only respectfully accept his orders.

"It's the best, let's all go down and prepare!"

Seeing that Li He had restrained his thoughts, Li Xian did nothing more than himself. He waved his hand and issued the order to expel the guests. He sent the two generals out of the Chinese army tent, and then stretched viciously. , Then I realized that I was sleepy and panicked, thinking that there was nothing to do, I walked back to the back tent, fell heavily on the camp bed, and fell asleep soundly as soon as my head touched the pillow..." Throw him over, Wubba, you bastard, push harder, throw him over, come on, work harder!"

"Mang Gu, hold on, hold on, sweep him with your feet, quickly, sweep him with your feet!"

"Good job, lift, quickly lift..."

While Li Xian was soundly asleep, there was a lot of commotion in the Chinese army's tent in the Tubo camp, and a celebration banquet was going on in a grand and grand manner—even though the victory of looting food was just a small event that couldn't be more A small victory, but for the Tubo army, which suffered repeated setbacks, it was a morale-boosting victory. Gar Qinling would not let go of this opportunity to improve the morale of the army, so he ordered a big banquet for the three armies At this moment, the wine is already half drunk, and a wrestling wrestling is going on intensely. Both sides of the competition are the most famous wrestlers in the army. Compared with the generals, it can be said that they are evenly matched. Both sides have fans. Come on, cheers, The cheers were so loud that the big tent was almost overturned.

"Report, Prime Minister, the Tang bandits Xu Yuanmao and Li He have a total of [-] soldiers and horses, have left the camp and are heading towards Heishi Mountain!"

Just when the turmoil in the tent was in full swing, a reporter came in a hurry and reported Tang Jun's movements, and the hustle and bustle of the audience disappeared without a trace, and the eyes of all the generals were all in unison It landed on Gar Qinling who was frowning slightly.

(End of this chapter)