Xue Wanche's back and buttocks were beaten badly now. Although he was diagnosed and treated by military doctors and given medicine, he could not recover for more than half a month, so he was not suitable for traveling long distances to station in Geshu.
Wherever there is, Zhao Chengyong still has to go.
Zhao Chengyong was anxious when he heard this, "Your Highness, I don't care if there is any problem with Geshu's department, but if something goes wrong with you, how can I and the people under my command help the saints and the civil and military officials of the dynasty after they return?"
, give an explanation to the people in the world?!"
Li Yuanji glared at Zhao Chengyong slightly and said, "So you want to disobey me?"
Zhao Chengyong slowly raised his chest and said seriously: "I'm sorry, I can't obey my order!"
Before Li Yuanji could speak again, Zhao Chengyong said righteously: "With all due respect, even if the Geshu tribe is controlled by the Ashide tribe, even if it does something detrimental to our Tang Dynasty, it will be far behind."
Not as important as your safety."
Li Yuanji laughed angrily at Zhao Chengyong's words, "You think I can't survive without you guarding me, right?"
Zhao Chengyong shook his head without hesitation and said: "I dare not! But your safety, in my eyes, is more important than anyone else or anything!"
Li Yuanji couldn't use this kind of thing to punish Zhao Chengyong, let alone send someone to escort Zhao Chengyong. He immediately said angrily: "Okay, if you don't go, I will go there myself!"
Zhao Chengyong became anxious again when he heard this, "Now that the situation in Geshu's department is unknown, how can you go there in person? If you are in danger, you don't have to go back to Chang'an. Su Shuai and Li Shuai will kill the officials first!"
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Li Yuanji stared at Zhao Chengyong and said, "You don't want to go, and you won't let me go. Do you want me to watch Ge Shubu being manipulated and do many things that are not good for our Datang?"
Zhao Chengyong hesitated and said nothing.
Li Yuanji continued: "Although the Turks are the main force over at Beishan Grassland, there are also 20,000 soldiers of our Tang Dynasty. If Ge Shuhan cooperates with the young chief of Astide tribe to set up an ambush on their only way, they will be harmed.
, then wouldn’t it mean that we, the Tang Dynasty, would lose more than 20,000 soldiers in vain because of you and me?
If after I return to Chang'an, my parents, wife, and children ask me how their son died, what do you want me to tell them?
Tell them that I discovered the problem but didn't solve it, and that's why they killed their son, then will they still think that I, Li Yuanji, is their Prince Yong?"
After hearing this, Zhao Chengyong could no longer remain indifferent to Geshu's affairs. After struggling for a while, he finally said with difficulty: "Okay, I will go, but I have one condition!"
Li Yuanji took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and snorted: "Say!"
Zhao Chengyong said in a deep voice: "I hope that Your Highness can summon General Xue here to take over my position. With him guarding you, I can go to Geshu Department with peace of mind."
Li Yuanji snorted again and said angrily: "Okay! For the sake of you thinking about me, I will let Xue Wanche go for the time being! But after you return from Geshu, he will still have to go to me
Guard the city gate until you realize your mistake!"
Zhao Chengyong nodded solemnly and said no more.
Li Yuanji continued: "If I give you two thousand soldiers, will two thousand city guards be enough?"
Zhao Chengyong said without any hesitation: "Two hundred soldiers are enough!"
The soldiers mentioned here are Yongwang guards.
Currently, only the Yong Wang Guard team is left in Aries City, and the rest have all gone out with Su Dingfang.
Therefore, if you want to send soldiers, they can only come from Yongwang Guard.
"How can two hundred be enough?!"
Li Yuanji glared at Zhao Chengyong and said.
At present, the only ones who can fight in Aries City are the Yongwang Guards. Although the number of city guards is large, they do not have much combat effectiveness.
Because the current city guards in Aries City are composed of some wounded soldiers and some old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers selected by Su Dingfang from the army.
It is impossible to expect them to deal with the soldiers and horses of the Geshu tribe or the Astride tribe.
As for the 200 Yongwang guards, no matter how powerful their fighting power is, they have no chance of winning against the Geshu troops of more than 5,000 or even 6,000 troops. They may be surrounded by others and then annihilated.
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Not everyone is Li Jing, and not everyone is Li Shimin. They can lead a few hundred troops and defeat thousands, or even tens of thousands.
Li Jing led eight hundred soldiers and horses to defeat the barbarians. He took advantage of a sneak attack and did not fight them head-on.
When Li Shimin defeated the enemy with a hundred cavalry, it was not really that only a hundred cavalry could be used, but with the assistance of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he used a hundred cavalry to defeat the enemy.
Therefore, both Li Jing and Li Shimin were able to defeat an enemy that was more numerous than their own troops by using a combination of surprise and cleverness.
When Zhao Chengyong went this time, he had to see clearly the situation of the Geshu tribe before he could attack the Geshu tribe. There was no possibility of trickery or sneak attacks, so it was almost impossible for the two hundred Yongwang guards to defeat the Geshu tribe.
So it must be increased.
"You have to bring at least one thousand and fifty!"
"five hundred!"
"one thousand!"
"Eight hundred!"
"one thousand!"
"..."
After a quick bargaining session, Li Yuanji finally set the amount at one thousand, and without giving Zhao Chengyong any room to refuse, he directly asked the primary school at the door to greet people.
When Zhao Chengyong wanted to greet the primary school, the primary school had already run away.
When Xiao Xiao appeared at the door of the side hall again, there were already three figures around him.
One of them is Xue Wanche, and the other two are captains of the Yongwang Guard.
Li Yuanji did not give Zhao Chengyong another chance to speak, and directly explained the general mission to the two captains, and asked the two captains to follow Zhao Chengyong.
Seeing that there was no room for turning around, Zhao Chengyong could only acquiesce to this outcome.
But before leaving, he grabbed Xue Wanche's arm and muttered a lot to Xue Wanche.
After Zhao Chengyong left, Xue Wanche licked his face and wanted to enter the side hall.
But Li Yuanji didn't let him in, but left him alone.
This Tiehanhan's old mistakes have not been solved yet, and he has caused new troubles. If he is not allowed to learn a lesson, he will become a husky raised in the big house of Datang.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If he is alone, it is better to find a corner and stuff him in, and he will not have to worry about it.
But he is not alone, he also has three very capable brothers and a very capable younger brother.
No matter what nook and cranny you tuck him into, his elder brother and younger brothers will try their best to get him back.
Therefore, this husky cannot be left free and must be restrained.
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Time flies to the sixth day of February.
Zhao Chengyong led his people on a long journey to the camp reported by the Geshu tribe. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the camp, Zhao Chengyong's heart dropped.
Because the Geshu tribe's camp was in a mess, as if it had been looted by someone. There was no one in the camp, and there were only a few lonely tents erected there.
“Go and see for yourself!”
Zhao Chengyong quickly ordered his scouts to go in and check.
Not long after, the scout rushed back with a solemn look. After rushing to Zhao Chengyong, he said in a deep voice, "General, you'd better go in and take a look yourself. My subordinates have already checked it out. There is no danger."
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Zhao Chengyong knew that the scout would not say such things for no reason, so he immediately rode into the camp and entered a tent under the guidance of the scout.
The moment he entered the tent, Zhao Chengyong was stunned.
What caught the eye was also a mess, but compared with the mess outside the camp, the mess inside the tent seemed more bloody and unsightly, because not only were the things in the tent messy, but a person had his limbs cut off and took out
The internal organs were removed and placed on a blanket.
This man's blood was scattered everywhere. It can be seen that when he was disemboweled, he was still alive and struggling.
And Zhao Chengyong still knew this person.
It turned out to be Ge Shuhan, the great chief of the Geshu tribe.
"My subordinate has seen blood stains and he has been dead for almost ten years..."
The scout approached Zhao Chengyong and reported.
A captain who was following Zhao Chengyong suddenly said: "A person who has been dead for almost ten years can still go to Aries City and deliver battle reports to Li Shuai's army?"
When Zhao Chengyong heard this, his expression changed and he shouted: "Quick! Everyone follow me back to Aries City!"
After saying this, Zhao Chengyong quickly walked out of the tent.
The two captains who followed Zhao Chengyong were stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment, their expressions changed, and they hurried out of the tent following Zhao Chengyong's footsteps.
"General, what happened?"
A team leader who came in from outside the camp saw Zhao Chengyong walking out of the tent with a solemn expression, and hurriedly approached him to ask.
Zhao Chengyong climbed on the horse and said in a deep voice: "Brother Shuhan has been dead for ten years, but his army has been sending battle reports to Aries City and Li Shuai's army. What do you think this means?"
When the team leader heard this, his face became serious, and he said in a stiff tone: "This means that someone has found out the news about His Highness in Aries City from Ge Shuhan, and also found out the location of Li Shuai.
, and have already grasped the movements of His Highness and Li Shuai through the delivery of battle reports."
Zhao Chengyong turned his horse's head and stared at Team Zhengdao: "Now do you understand what happened?"
Team Leader nodded heavily and said word for word: "Someone wants to assassinate His Highness!"
Zhao Chengyong nodded and said: "It is very likely that he is the young chief of the Astide tribe!"
After saying this, Zhao Chengyong rushed out on his horse like a gust of wind. After rushing in front of the soldiers he led, he quickly ordered: "One person has two horses, two bags of water, three yuan
Hu cake, a knife, a spear, a crossbow, the rest are all lost to me! In the next four days, drive back to Aries City at full speed for me!"
When the soldiers heard this, their expressions were stern.
Zhao Chengyong had given orders like this that could kill people, so they knew what was going on without guessing.
Immediately, everyone silently dropped everything they could, tied up the things Zhao Chengyong asked them to bring, and prepared for the long journey day and night.
"Set off!"
After the soldiers had everything ready, Zhao Chengyong led the soldiers and rushed towards Aries City.
In two days, they traveled three-fifths of the way. During this process, horses kept falling to the ground, and people kept falling off their horses, but no one stopped to check.
When Zhao Chengyong and his party were almost four-fifths of the way, Li Yuanji got the news that someone was coming towards him, and had already bypassed the hills and appeared behind him.
Contrary to what Zhao Chengyong guessed, it was not Ashidebu who came, but Yang Zhengdao.
Yang Zhengdao did not lead any troops from Asteh's tribe, but led Qing Yishui's Han team.
There were a total of six thousand people, all of whom were equipped with weapons inferior to those of the Xuanjia Army, but not inferior to most of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They had one man and four horses, and they were menacing.
"There was a loophole in Geshu's department that allowed them to bypass it. It seems that Geshuhan is dead!"
"Yang Zhengdao asked Ashinabil to lead people to fight against the Tang army in three directions: east, west, north and west, to contain the Tang army. He also used loopholes in the battle report to take away some of our guards, and then continued
This opportunity comes to kill us. What a good plan!
It seems that we two smart people were so smart that we were mistaken this time!"