That's right, since there is nothing you can do about Li Yuanji and you don't want to be disturbed by Li Yuanji, then just transfer Li Yuanji away.
"Where do you think it would be appropriate to transfer?"
Li Shimin made a decision in an instant, stared at Changsun Wuji and asked.
Changsun Wuji thought for a while and said: "The Turks are faintly trying to break through the defenses of King Huai'an and Li Shiji. How about letting King Qi go to Shizhou?"
Li Shimin frowned, "His little ability may not be of any use if he goes to Shizhou."
It's not that Li Shimin looked down on Li Yuanji, but that Li Yuanji's previous battle results were so "brilliant" that Li Shimin didn't dare to hand over important tasks to Li Yuanji.
Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment and then said: "What about letting Prince Qi go to Weize Pass? With him guarding Weize Pass, Her Majesty the Princess will be free to help King Huai'an and Li Shiji."
Li Shimin frowned even more tightly, "My father seems not to want to see my third sister leave Weize Pass..."
Changsun Wuji knew why Li Yuan did not let Li Xiuning leave Weize Pass. He smiled bitterly and said: "The saint is just worried that Her Highness the Princess will make new achievements and suppress me, all the men of the Tang Dynasty.
But now the Turks are so aggressive that they have a faint tendency to break through our Tang Dynasty defenses and go south to herd horses.
Now that Liu Heita has not been pacified, once the Turks break through our Tang Dynasty's defenses, our Tang Dynasty's Shaanxi Province and Hebei Province will probably become Turks' horse ranches.
At this time, I no longer have time to care about the reputation of all the men of the Tang Dynasty."
Although Li Shimin suppressed Liu Heitai in Mingzhou, the crisis in the Tang Dynasty was not resolved.
Liu Heita was just a stubborn problem in the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks were a serious problem in the Tang Dynasty.
As long as the Turks do not retreat, the crisis in the Tang Dynasty will not be relieved.
Li Shimin let out a long sigh, "As of now, this is the only way it can be."
The Turks mobilized a total of 200,000 troops this time. Once they break through the Tang Dynasty's defenses and appear in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they will cause considerable damage to the Tang Dynasty.
The reason why Li Shentong and Li Shiji were able to resist the Turks with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses was because the Turks did not gather 200,000 soldiers and horses in one place, but divided their troops into three groups to attack Shizhou respectively. Taiyuan, Youzhou.
The purpose of the Turks going south this time was to rush to the aid of Liu Heita and plunge the Tang Dynasty into greater chaos.
Once Liu Heitai falls into a defeat, the Turks are likely to unite their forces and make a surprise attack.
The Shizhou line defended by Li Shentong and Li Shiji was the longest and most suitable for Turkic raids.
So arrangements must be made early.
"After the war in Mingshui City is over, let Yuanji go to Weize Pass."
Li Shimin rubbed his eyebrows and said with a headache.
Before he could get over the hurdle where Li Yuanji burned down the Luoyang granary, Li Yuanji added a new hurdle for him.
If Li Yuanji continues to stay by his side, sooner or later he will be driven crazy by Li Yuanji.
Changsun Wuji asked in confusion: "Why do we have to wait until the war in Mingshui City is over?"
Since Li Yuanji needs to be transferred, why not do it as soon as possible?
If Li Yuanji is transferred earlier, Li Shimin will be able to save his worries earlier.
Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji and said helplessly: "We have to let him get some benefits from the war in Mingshui City. If we don't let him get any benefits, who knows if he will do other things."
Changsun Wuji couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't know what to say.
…
Just when Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were discussing how to transfer Li Yuanji away, Li Yuanji, wrapped in a large cloak, walked into the cave that the guards had just dug.
The cave is one foot wide, one foot deep, and eight feet high. The deepest part is covered with thick leather.
Li Yuanji wrapped himself in a big cloak, lay down on the thick leather, and fell into a deep sleep.
After not sleeping all day and night, and running around all night, Li Yuanji was also sleepy.
Li Yuanji did not invite the guards to share the cave with him.
A small cave cannot accommodate five hundred people.
Invite one or two of them, and the others will surely complain.
No one was invited, everyone was treated equally, but they didn't have any complaints in their hearts.
After Li Yuanji fell asleep, the guards began to dig the cave again.
It was not until evening that the guards finished digging the caves needed for their five hundred men.
There is no need for Li Yuanji to give orders, the guards will arrange the tasks of open sentry, secret sentry, and rotation on their own.
Li Yuanji slept until dusk. When he got up, he found that the snow had stopped.
The snow was three feet high, and it was impossible to move one's legs in it.
Li Yuanji simply ate something when he heard shouts of death coming from the direction of Mingshui City.
Liu Heitai officially attacked the city.
Li Yuanji led several guards to clear the snow while rushing to the high tomb.
Half an hour later, Li Yuanji appeared on the high tomb and watched the battle in Mingshui City.
The way Liu Heitai attacked Mingshui City was completely different from the ancient battlefields shown in later movies and TV dramas. There were not many enemy soldiers carrying ladders and rushing down the city wall.
Most of the enemy soldiers climbed up to the same height as the city wall of Mingshui City through the corridor, and used wooden planks to make bridges to fight towards the top of Mingshui City.
There are also some enemy soldiers pushing huge carts, parked not far from the city wall of Mingshui City, passing through the interior of the carts, reaching the top of the carts, putting down the iron-wrapped wooden boards on the top of the carts, and following
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty started fighting on the top of the city.
The enemy soldiers on the carriages were not piled up in a huddle, but rather organized.
The shield soldiers were in front, the spearmen were behind, and the crossbowmen stood on the inside of the carriage, shooting arrows continuously.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had almost the same formation.
It's just that there are not only shield soldiers in front, but also iron armor.
More than two thousand armored men made their way to the top of the city, which was the human wall on the city wall.
If the enemy soldiers cannot chew through the iron armor, they will not be able to climb to the top of Mingshui City.
Hesitation was too far away, and Li Yuanji couldn't see very clearly. He couldn't see who was taking the lead in the fight, nor who was the bravest.
We can only roughly see that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have always had the upper hand.
Some soldiers went crazy and rushed into the enemy's carriages, and some rushed into the enemy's corridor.
Under the vigorous fighting of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Heitai's first wave of offensive was blocked.
But Liu Heitai did not give up. He quickly formed a second wave of offensive and attacked Mingshui City again.
There were also brave men under Liu Heitai. Soon after the second wave of offensive was launched, some warriors broke through the defense line of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and rushed to the top of Mingshui City.
But they were quickly driven back.
This went back and forth until the rising moon of the next month, when both sides called for gold and retreated their troops.
Li Yuanji looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see much reason for it, nor did he understand anything from it.
The only feeling I have is that on the battlefield, human life is a bit worthless.
Although he couldn't see clearly who died in the battle and who was alive, he could vaguely see someone falling off the city wall, and limbs and broken arms flying up.
With feelings, Li Yuanji descended from the high tomb and returned to the cave, but he did not feel sleepy at all.
If I sleep too much during the day, I can't sleep at night.
Like a wandering spirit, Li Yuanji wandered around the cave where the guards slept, caring about the guards, and it was time for the third watch.
At the third watch of the day.
Several flashes of fire suddenly rose in a corner of Mingshui City, followed closely by a continuous rain of fire.
Li Yuanji and his men quickly climbed up to the high tomb and observed it carefully, only to realize that it was not a rain of fire, but huge fireballs.
The fireball was thrown into Mingshui City through a trebuchet, fell to the ground, and smashed into the snow. It still did not go out. It was probably soaked in oil.
Along with the falling fireball, there were also bursts of arrow rain.
The rain of arrows was overwhelming, and when the fireball passed by, a densely packed area could be clearly seen.
The cry of killing appeared again at the top of Mingshui City.
Once this happened, it never stopped.
Taking advantage of his large numbers, Liu Heitai sent troops and horses into battle in turns, staring at Mingshui City and attacking fiercely for three days.
Apart from sleeping, Li Yuanji had been watching the battle on the high tomb.
He didn't know how much Liu Heitai's troops had lost, but he could roughly deduce how much the troops and horses in Mingshui City had lost.
The number of soldiers and horses in Mingshui City was reduced by half.
Because the formations deployed on the city were less than half the number on the first day.
Under the attack of Liu Heitai's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, there was no possibility of rotation of the Tang soldiers in Mingshui City.
Li Yuanji's heart was bleeding, because this meant that the guards he sent out, the soldiers of Zuo Ertong Army Mansion, and the soldiers and horses of Shaanzhou were reduced by half.
"Your Highness..."
"Don't call me, I'm annoyed."
In the cave, Li Yuanji was upset, and a guard hurried into the cave and called softly.
The guard heard Li Yuanji's words and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, the scouts came to report that His Highness King Qin's troops have arrived."
Li Yuanji stood up for a moment, "My second brother has finally arrived?"
The guard nodded quickly.
Li Yuanji stared and said, "Let's go and collect debt from him!"
In order to save Li Shimin, half of the men and horses at hand were missing. Li Shimin had to be compensated no matter what.
The guard stood in front of Li Yuanji and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Your Highness, His Highness King Qin sent someone to tell you that he will not see you anymore. I asked you to lead the subordinates and others around from the south of Mingshui City to prepare for a raid on Liu Heitai's house.
Corridor."
Luo Shixin dragged Liu Heitai's troops to Mingshui City. Li Shimin arrived with his troops. Naturally, he would not just watch Liu Heitai retreat. Naturally, he had to give Liu Heitai a hard blow. It was best to give him a hard blow.
Annihilate Liu Heita's troops.
Li Yuanji gritted his teeth, "Then go back to him to collect debts!"
Li Shimin asked him to lead his troops to raid the corridor. He knew exactly what the purpose was.
This is for him to take credit for his work.
The credit is of little use to him, but it is useful to the people under him, so he has to do it.
"Go and tell the brothers to prepare, we will raid the tunnel."
Li Yuanji gave instructions to the guards.
The guard happily agreed and quickly ran out to deliver the order.
The guards had been following Li Yuanji for a long time and had done several meritorious service. They knew what Li Shimin meant when he told Li Yuanji such words at this time.