After Li Yuanji received the eldest son Shunde and Yuwen Shiji, he looked at Hou Junji's battle report and didn't know what to say.
I just told Hou Junji that he should outsmart him, and here he comes like this.
He led more than 10,000 people on a hasty march, and after the hasty march, he led his people directly to confront the Turks.
Thanks to the fact that the Turks were not on guard and the Turks were caught by surprise, the battle damage was still within an acceptable range.
Otherwise, Li Yuanji would have to send someone to ask if Hou Junji wanted to go against him.
Fortunately, there are examples of more powerful forced marches in later generations, otherwise he would have doubted whether Hou Junji led his army to march eighty miles a day because he wanted to care about human lives.
"What did you say to Hou Junji? How did you force him to be like this?"
When Li Yuanji handed Hou Junji's battle report to Li Shimin, he asked helplessly.
Li Shimin looked through the battle report and said nonchalantly: "Hou Junji felt that I didn't give him a chance and let him join the army for several years and he didn't become a prince, so I gave him a chance to see what he had.
ability."
When he said this, Li Shimin had already read Hou Junji's battle report, and then raised his head in a daze.
Changsun Shunde and Yu Wenshiji were still waiting aside. Seeing Li Shimin's reaction, they looked curious.
Li Yuanji couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
Li Shimin let out a long sigh and said: "It's me who underestimated Hou Junji, and it's me who insulted the talent. It makes sense for him to complain that I didn't give him a chance. He is indeed a somewhat capable person."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin paused for a moment, and then said with some waning interest: "But not much."
Li Shimin would be tough on other things, but he would not be tough on things like looking at people.
If you are wrong, you are wrong. You will admit your mistakes willingly and will never give yourself any excuses.
Just like in history, he misjudged Wei Zheng. After Wei Zheng's death, he risked the disapproval of the world and went to flog Wei Zheng's corpse.
With his level of wisdom, even if he was smeared by the Qi Lake at the time, he should have known the infamy that humiliating people's corpses would bring, but he still did it and acquiesced to the fact that it was recorded intact.
It shows that he is quite honest when it comes to looking at people.
"Pfft..."
Changsun Shunde was immediately amused by Li Shimin. Seeing everyone looking at him, he quickly closed his mouth, but the smile on his face still did not subside.
Because Li Shimin's evaluation of Hou Junji was really funny to him.
One moment, he was talking about Hou Junji as a rare talent in the world, and the next moment, he was demoting Hou Junji to be worthless.
Based on Li Shimin's outstanding military achievements, the evaluation he gave is the most authoritative and pertinent evaluation.
Li Yuanji snatched Hou Junji's battle report from Li Shimin's hand and said angrily: "Compared to you, all the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty are capable, but not much."
Li Shimin was completely evaluating Hou Junji based on his own standards.
But he didn't seem to realize that there were very few people in the Tang Dynasty who could surpass him in literary, Taoist and military strategies.
There are very few people in history who can surpass him in literary, Taoist and military strategies.
He, the emperor of the ages, is definitely the most real and genuine.
Unlike other people, whether they are deficient in culture or martial arts, they are all deficient.
For example, Han Wu, although he was quite outstanding in martial arts, was somewhat unsatisfactory in terms of civility and governance, which caused later generations to call him a militaristic person.
For example, Song Zu, although he was quite outstanding in terms of martial arts, he was not perfect in terms of martial arts. He only conquered half of the country, and in the end, the Song Dynasty was not able to take back all the sixteen states of Yanyun.
In the end, Tong Guan, the king among eunuchs and the overlord among eunuchs, helped the Song Dynasty buy back Yan Yun, but it was just the Jin people pretending to sell Yan Yun to the Song Dynasty.
What’s more, what I bought back was an empty place that needed people but no one, and wanted money but no money.
It didn't take long for the Jin people to use them as a springboard to enter Bianjing City.
The Song Emperor and his ladies were all captured and made slaves.
All the imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty, as well as the tombs of all princes and nobles, were also dug up.
Therefore, even among the emperors throughout the ages, there are very few who can compare with Li Shimin.
So when Li Shimin compared him with Hou Junji, that was not bullying.
"Oh, he's already protected now? You've already protected him before he's yours. If he becomes yours, why don't you pamper him to the top?"
Li Shimin didn't answer Li Yuanji's words because he couldn't.
Because he dared to admit that if all the civil and military forces of the Tang Dynasty were indeed inferior to him, all the civil and military forces of the Tang Dynasty would make him pay the price for his pride, so he began to change the topic and began to sarcastically.
Li Yuanji said indifferently: "What do you mean you haven't become my people? All the officials and people in the Tang Dynasty are my people. As long as they are willing to work for me and contribute to my Tang Dynasty, I will
We have the responsibility to protect them."
Li Shimin's face suddenly became very ugly, as if he had eaten a fly.
Li Yuanji is now the leader of the Tang Dynasty, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty can indeed be said to be his people.
Originally, these people should be Li Shimin's talents, but after Li Shimin lost, he no longer had the chance to have these people, so he felt uncomfortable.
When Changsun Shunde heard the conversation between the two brothers, he couldn't laugh at all. He kept squirming and felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
"Okay, no more nonsense. Now that Hou Junji has captured Huachi, what should we do next?"
Li Yuanji saw that his eldest son, Sun Shunde, could hardly sit still, so he got down to business.
Li Shimin also calmed down and said: "Then quickly send out troops, attack Baima from the left and right together with Hou Junji, and then enter Baijiabao. When the troops of the Twelve Guards and Su Dingfang and Li Daozong are in place, then
The troops march into Huai'an."
Li Yuanji pondered: "It's impossible for Jie Li to just watch us implement our plan step by step, right?"
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Of course Jieli won't watch helplessly, but he won't dare to head south without opening the second door.
So even if he takes action, he will only send a small number of troops to stop us in Baijiabao and other places."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully and said: "That means that when our troops enter Baijiabao, there will be a fierce battle."
Li Shimin agreed: "Not bad..."
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin and said: "Then you can arrange it. When you need me to go out, you can tell me directly."
Li Shimin nodded and began to assign combat tasks to Changsun Shunde and Yu Wenshi.
Changsun Shunde and Yu Wenshi are still in a daze because they still haven't figured out how Li Yuanji and Li Shimin should get along now.
Will this way of getting along continue forever, or is it just during wartime?
In addition, why is Li Shimin so talkative and driven by Li Yuanji?
What was Li Yuanji thinking and preparing to go into battle himself?
On this trip to Maling, they had not been to many places and met not many people, but the things they saw were enough to shatter their outlook and confuse their minds.
"Benevolent man, let me lead 10,000 troops to Baima, and together with Hou Junji, annihilate all the Turks in Baima..."
"Uncle, you will temporarily serve as the Sima of the army. Together with Chen Shuda, you will supervise military discipline and regulate the army's food, grass, ordnance..."
"..."
Li Shimin decisively issued the order.
Changsun Shunde and Yuwenshi accepted the order in a daze. It was not until they left the Chinese army's tent that they realized what they were going to do next.
Then both of them became numb.
Li Yuanji's transfer order to them stated that they were asked to come over and serve as generals leading the troops.
Yu Wenshiji felt that Li Yuanji would not trust him to use someone with whom he had a rift, so there was a high possibility that he would be appointed as a Sima in the army.
Changsun Shunde came here purely to fight. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he has not been in charge of soldiers for a long time, nor has he fought in a war. His military skills and strategies are almost rotten.
He urgently needs a chance to use his military strategy, otherwise he will really be ruined.
He originally thought that Li Yuanji's explicit order to call him over to serve as a general leading the army was an opportunity, but he did not expect that Li Shimin actually asked him to be a military commander.
"this……"
The two men looked at each other and smiled bitterly outside the Chinese army tent.
The one who wanted to lead the army did not, and the one who did not want to lead the army did.
What's going on?
Although both of them felt dumbfounded, they still implemented Li Shimin's orders.
Early the next morning, Yuwen Shiji led a troop of soldiers and horses to Baima, and ordered Hou Junji to cooperate with Yuwen Shiji to attack Baima. The order was also sent out.
What is surprising is that the Turks in White Horse are actually a rare tough guy.
When Yu Wenshiji and Hou Junji led their troops to Baima, the Turks had already captured Baima. When they learned that the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses were attacking, they quickly deployed defenses everywhere in Baima, causing great damage to the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses.
There were quite a few obstacles.
When attacking Baima City, the Turks first relied on the enslaved people in the city to help them attrition, and then used various Tang Dynasty ordnance left in Baima City to deal with the Tang soldiers and horses.
In five days, they not only defended Baima City, but also posed a considerable threat to the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty.
"Baima Ling deserves death!
"
After Li Shimin read the battle report sent back by Yu Wenshi, he gritted his teeth and cursed.
Not only did he think Baima Ling deserved to die, Li Yuanji also thought Baima Ling deserved to die. Xie Shufang, Quan Xu, and some royal family members who had just arrived at Maling also felt that Baima Ling deserved to die.
Gouri's White Horse Order is in sharp contrast to the Weima Zheng in Maling County.
After the Turks arrived, instead of guarding the city with the defenders and government officials, they ran away with the family members first.
The chief administrator of Baima was left alone to support the garrison and government officials in Baima City.
At that time, the Baima County Lieutenant was recruiting local heroes in the countryside. When he rushed back to Baima City with the Xiang Yong, Baima City had been captured.
slaughter.
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On the contrary, some of the less important tribesmen left behind by the White Horse Order received preferential treatment from the Turks.
Because the Baima Order unexpectedly appeared again after the Turks broke through the city. Not only did they donate a large amount of money and food to the Turks, but they also served as a leading party and led the Turks to rob wealthy merchants and prominent families in Baima City, making the wealthy merchants in Baima City
The wealthy and famous families were plundered and slaughtered.
The White Horse Order also asked the people in the city to sacrifice their wives and daughters to reward the Turks for their bravery, saying that only in this way could the Turks spare their lives.
The most outrageous thing is that he actually took out all the ordnance stored in the treasury for the Turks to use, and also asked the craftsmen in the county to rush to make various sharp weapons for the Turks to defend the city.
"Ahem, cough, cough, this person no longer deserves to die, he should be killed by the Yi clan!"
After the sick Li Deliang was appointed as one of the generals of the Twelve Guards by Li Yuan, he was also forced to go to the battlefield. Now he said with a gloomy face.