Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 67 Chapter 68

Seeing Tuoba Chici being so arrogant, Li Daoyan was furious immediately, and immediately commanded the remnants to kill towards the source of the sound.

As depressed as he was, he had already forgotten Feng Lin Morui's marching rules, so he naturally suffered a lot at the moment.

The party members are too familiar with the local terrain. Under such dim light conditions, forcibly breaking into the mountains and forests will naturally only result in being attacked to death.

After losing more than 100 people again, Li Daoyan finally learned his lesson, gathered his hands and retreated for about a mile again and settled down.

The place where Zuo Ming and others are stationed is far away from Li Daoyan's camp. He is not worried about his own safety. Because there are few people, he is stationed on a small hillside, so he has a clear view of the situation below the hillside, and he is not afraid of sneak attacks at all. .

Of course, that's why he has night vision.

"My lord! I just went to investigate with my night vision goggles. Those party members didn't stay away and three gun carriages fell into their hands."

A nimble figure came rushing from a distance, and after a while, he half-kneeled in front of Zuo Ming, panting heavily.

Hearing that three gun carriages fell into the hands of the Dangxiang people, Zuo Ming's face suddenly became extremely ugly, "Li Daoyan's achievements are more than failures! It's ironic that this kind of person can achieve the position of marching commander. Find out who the Dangxiang people are. Is there an approximate distribution range of people?"

"It's everywhere! Those people are like monkeys in the mountains and forests. I can't catch up with them even if I have night vision goggles! I don't know how they know their way at night."

That Qianniuwei said with shame on his face.

Originally, when he got such a treasure as night vision goggles, he boasted that he would definitely figure out the movements of the party members.

"It's nothing surprising. Although Dangxiang people are nomads, they always go to the mountains to herd sheep. It's not surprising that they are familiar with the conditions of the mountains and forests.

Don't go to the mountains anymore, put out the bonfire in a while, and let the brothers who watch the night wear night vision goggles.Now that the party members had already made their move, they had no choice but to follow Tuyuhun until it was dark, so it was very likely that they would attack the camp at night. "

"Don't worry, my lord. With the night vision goggles, if the party member makes any changes, we will warn the police immediately! But if the party member's target is the Chishui Army." With a salute, the Qianniuwei said with a bag of tickets.But in the end, he still hesitated to add a sentence.

"Taking Tuyuhun is our army's top priority right now. Now is not the time to be arrogant! Although we are at odds with Li Daoyan, we still need to focus on the overall situation."

His cold gaze swept across the brightly lit camp in the distance on the hillside, Zuo Ming said indifferently.

He may not care about Li Daoyan's life and death, but there are still more than 1 Chishui troops there. Although they also participated in the plunder, they were only instructed by Li Daoyan.They are not like Zuo Ming, although they are Li Daoyan's subordinates in name, but they have gold medals in their hands to protect them. It is absolutely impossible for Li Daoyan to use military regulations to restrain him.

Since Zuo Ming said so, those Qianniuwei naturally followed suit.

It's just that those party members don't seem to be as brave as Zuo Ming thought.

They did come to attack the camp at night, and they were indeed attacking the Chishui Army camp, but they didn't make direct contact with the Chishui Army, they just kept making noises, which annoyed the entire Chishui Army.

Tuoba Chici is very smart, he knows that their party members can't be the opponent of the well-equipped Chishui Army in a head-to-head battle, so he never thought of going head-to-head with the Chishui Army, all he wanted was to make Li Daoyan exhausted That's all.

Startled up more than ten times a night, even Zuo Ming was exhausted, not to mention Li Daoyan.

In a fit of rage, Li Daoyan commanded his army to enter the mountain as soon as the genius dawned, intending to kill all those party members.

In a frontal battle, those party members were indeed a bit vulnerable. Even if they had the advantage in the mountains, they were still defeated by Li Daoyan.

This is also the reason why Tuoba Chici killed more than 1 Chishui soldiers in Yehu Gorge yesterday by borrowing the terrain. His heart was a little swollen.

After being defeated by the Chishui Army, Tuoba Chici suddenly came to his senses, and fled to the north of Yehu Gorge with the remnants of his troops, where he cooperated with the local Dangxiang.

In the next few days, Li Daoyan led his army to bypass the Yehu Gorge, but found that the mountain road was extremely difficult to walk, and there were still many Dangxiang tribesmen who took advantage of the terrain to constantly disturb them, making it impossible to walk at all.

At this time, he already regretted the robbery back then.

He really didn't expect that the party members, who have always been weak and deceitful, would be so tough at times.In desperation, he had no choice but to retreat to Songzhou with the remnants.

In doing so, he only suffered from General Fan Xing of Zuo Xiaowei.

Before Li Daoyan became the general manager of Chishuidao, this Fan Xing was actually the person who spoke in Chishuidao, but this time Li Shimin made it clear that he wanted his clan relative Li Daoyan to take over the military power of Chishuidao again, so he chose wisely. back down.

Therefore, although he is currently in the rank of general, he is only a deputy marching envoy and has no right to speak at all.

But not having the right to speak does not mean that he does not have to take responsibility. He knew about Li Daoyan's raid on the party item, and he did not stop it at that time, which was already the biggest mistake.

Right now, Li Daoyan actually retreated to Songzhou without any prospect, delaying the military situation, that would be an extra crime.

At that time, Fan Xing persuaded Li Daoyan not to retreat or get entangled with the party members, and directly blasted the Yehu Gorge with artillery, but quickly went north to join forces with Li Jing.

However, when Li Daoyan heard this proposal, he smiled bitterly.

Why doesn't he want to blow up the Wild Fox Gorge?But when those party members sneaked into his rear, they took away not only three artillery pieces, but also all his gunpowder and shells!
He didn't dare to let Zuo Ming know about this, but issued a gag order to the insider.

Now that more than 1 soldiers have been lost, his fate is already worrying. If news of the loss of gunpowder and shells is spread again, Li Shimin will definitely order him to be killed immediately!

Therefore, Li Daoyan vetoed Fan Xing's proposal only on the grounds that the army was exhausted and needed to rest.

Li Daoyan refused to let go, so Fan Xing had to find Zuo Ming.Although Zuo Ming's official position in the army is not high, but he is a celebrity around His Majesty, a friend of Wei Wang Li Tai, and a master of Jin Wang Li Zhi, plus a token from the imperial court, even if Li Daoyan doesn't want to listen to his words , also must listen to.

Fan Xing asked himself to lobby Li Daoyan to send troops to blow up the Yehu Gorge, but Zuo Ming smiled coldly.

"General Fan doesn't need to mention this matter anymore. If there is gunpowder in the army, do you think Li Daoyan would risk delaying the military plane and stay in Songzhou? If Zuo's guess is right, the gunpowder in the army should have been in our army long ago." When they were surrounded by Yehu Gorge, they were snatched away by those party members in the chaos!"

He felt it was strange when he saw Li Daoyan rushing into the forest to chase those party members as if he was in a daze as soon as he left the Wild Fox Gorge.Now that Fan Xing said that Li Daoyan refused to send troops to blow up the Wild Fox Gorge, how could he not know that the problem was caused by gunpowder and shells?
Li Daoyan's thinking was too naive, he must have planned to lie that the gunpowder had been used up, he didn't know at all, in order to ensure the safety of the gunpowder, Li Shimin had already planted a lot of eyeliners in the major armies.Is the gunpowder really used up? How could it be possible to hide it from him?

After hearing this, Fan Xing's complexion suddenly changed, and then he patted his thigh angrily, "Oh! It's over! It's over! It's all over! Li Daoyan misunderstood me! Li Daoyan misunderstood me!"

He, Fan Xing, can be regarded as a man of status. He is naturally aware of the importance of gunpowder to the Tang Dynasty. Now that the gunpowder has fallen into the hands of the party members, if they hand it over to Tuyuhun or Tubo, they will definitely not be able to bear Li Shimin. The fury of thunder.

Seeing Fan Xing's remorseful expression, Zuo Ming didn't sympathize with him.

When Li Daoyan ordered the party members to be robbed, none of these generals stood up to stop them. From that moment on, Zuo Ming would no longer show any mercy to these people.

People who kill people will always kill them. This is an eternal truth.

After Fan Xing left, Zuo Ming immediately found Shen Ding, "The gunpowder of the Chishui Army has been snatched by the party members. Although they should not be able to analyze the composition of the gunpowder, if it is handed over to Tuyuhun or Tubo, The harm to my Datang is definitely not small.

The battle in the north should have begun, and the power of gunpowder will soon spread throughout the kingdoms.You take this letter and give it to Tuoba Chici, and tell him that there is only one chance, if he persists in his obsession, I will kill him!
This is a very dangerous task, and I need someone I can trust. Yan Zu is more than brave, but not witty, so I can only let you go now! "

"It's Shen Ding's honor to trust Shen Ding, my lord! Don't worry, my lord, Shen Ding has done even the most dangerous errands, such a small thing, I won't be troubled!"

Smiling confidently, he solemnly took Zuo Ming's letter, and Shen Ding walked out of Zuo Ming's camp directly.

Looking at Shen Ding's leaving figure, Zuo Ming sighed deeply.He didn't know if Shen Ding could come back alive, but he really had no other way.

When he handed over the gunpowder to Li Shimin, he repeatedly emphasized that wars can be defeated, but the gunpowder must not be left behind, it must be taken away or destroyed, and must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

This time Li Daoyan undoubtedly gave him a problem. Although Li Daoyan let go of the mistake, he had to wipe his ass.

However, what Ling Zuo Ming never expected was that he sent Shen Ding here, and Tuoba Chici came to him directly in person.

And accompanied by those three forts and several boxes of gunpowder.

"My lord! I, Tuoba, was responsible for all the incidents in the Yehu Gorge before, and my clansmen were only instructed by me! Now that Tuoba is returning the divine thunder, please forgive me and let our Dangxiang clan go." A way out! Our Dangxiang clan is willing to submit to Datang from now on, and never betray!"

(End of this chapter)