Hedong, in the camp of the East Route Army of Li Yuan Group.
Li Shimin sat at the top with a calm expression. After listening to Duan Zhixuan's report quietly, his expression did not change at all and he remained silent for a long time.
Duan Zhixuan buried 10,000 elite cavalry in Shanggu County, but at this time he was feeling uneasy.
Duan Zhixuan has been following Li Shimin for two or three years. He knows that the calmer the second prince of the Tang Dynasty looks, the more rage and murderous intent he has in his heart. Sometimes he can't help but have doubts - he doesn't know that the second prince is young.
It's amazing how the city has been trained so deeply.
I don't know how long it took, but Li Shimin's frown slowly relaxed, and then he sighed slightly and said: "Zhixuan, you escaped all the way back immediately after breaking the siege. This decision is very correct.
, I guess if you had the slightest hesitation, even if you were delayed for another half an hour, you would probably be bitten by a team of experts from the Far East Army's special forces. In that case, you would either become a corpse now, or you would have become a
captive."
"Thank you, Second Young Master, for your compliments." Duan Zhixuan breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little worried that Li Shimin would blame him, he only knew how to escape back in embarrassment, and did not know how to stay in Shanggu County to gather manpower to complete the follow-up tasks.
Li Shimin seemed to have put all the unpleasantness behind him. He smiled faintly and nodded slightly, and continued: "Zhixuan, the 10,000 elite cavalry in Youzhou and the 10,000 elite cavalry in Shanggu County were destroyed so quickly. Basically, it can be done."
It must have been planned by Li Jing and others."
"It's just... based on my understanding of Li Jing, I really can't understand that Li Jing would betray our Li family and join Wang Junlin." At the end of the sentence, Li Shimin's expression became serious, because he knew better than anyone else.
Li Jing's will and thoughts, in the words of later generations, he knew Li Jing's outlook on life, world view and values, and knew Li Jing's pursuit.
From Li Shimin's point of view, it stands to reason that Li Jing would never have surrendered to Wang Junlin, otherwise he would not have strongly recommended Li Jing to infiltrate the Far East Army, serve as a strategist for that boy Xuan Ba, and act as the biggest secret agent for their Li Yuan Group.
"So, I was defeated this time by Li Jing." Duan Zhixuan looked murderous and dissatisfied.
Li Shimin glanced at Duan Zhixuan and said calmly: "Li Jing is a man who is both civil and military, a general and a prime minister, and a good soldier. If you meet him in the future, you must not look down upon him in the slightest. If you have the opportunity, you would rather spend tens of thousands of elite soldiers to win this person."
Kill him."
"I understand the humble position." Duan Zhixuan was shocked. He had never heard Li Shimin give such a comment, except of course the King of Qin'an, Wang Junlin.
"No, Li Jing has already surrendered to Wang Junlin, and that boy Xuanba..." Li Shimin suddenly thought of another thing, and his face, which had not changed much, finally darkened.
After frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Shimin sighed, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and said: "Wang Junlin is really unfathomable, and there are too many talented people around him. I ask myself
Over the years, I have been looking for the world's great men, but the capable men around me are still far from being comparable to Wang Junlin. The combat effectiveness of the Far East Army is really shocking, not to mention gunpowder weapons, and their other equipment is also
It gives me a huge headache!”
When Duan Zhixuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.
Shocked, this was the first time he heard the second prince of the Tang Dynasty speak so highly of Wang Junlin and the Far East Army.
You must know that this second son of the Tang Dynasty is also unfathomable in Duan Zhixuan's eyes.
Li Shimin glanced at Duan Zhixuan, but his face had returned to a calm demeanor again, and he said calmly: "But behind my Li family are most of the powerful families and nobles in the world. The fact that the emperor has changed dynasties has long been proved.
He can be born as a commoner, but he must be backed by a powerful family and a noble family, otherwise he will never be able to win the world, so you don't have to worry."
Duan Zhixuan quickly expressed his position: "Second Young Master, don't worry. I am convinced that Second Young Master is the one destined by fate."
Li Shimin did not comment on Duan Zhixuan's words, and he did not hide his ambition hypocritically. On the one hand, Duan Zhixuan was his true confidant, and on the other hand, he knew that he could only express his ambition to dominate the world, and then match it with the corresponding abilities.
, can gain the allegiance of talented people like Duan Zhixuan. Otherwise, he is the second son of the Li family. Under normal circumstances, he will only be a prince in the future, and may even be an idle prince. No matter how capable he is, if he does not have enough ambition, like Duan Zhixuan
How could such people who wanted to be the founding generals and great heroes of the country be loyal to him?
"I have never been worried about the battlefield in the east. Although Yuchi Jingde and Li Jing are difficult to deal with, I think I can handle it. But in the north, my uncle may be tempted by Wang Junlin. I always feel that something will happen to Guanlong in the west.
If these two armies are defeated, I will be unable to support myself, so I still have to give up before the battle, and some things still need to be prepared simultaneously."
When Li Shimin said this, he paused for a moment, knocked on the table in front of him, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and said solemnly, "You give you three thousand elite soldiers, and you immediately set off to Sichuan, where there are two
The mountain bandits are ours. I will give you a secret letter. If you take it over, they will obey your orders. In addition, I, Li Xiaogong, the commander of the army on Lijia South Road, commanded 50,000 troops and defeated the rebel Zhu Zhu in Shangluo County.
Jie, after regaining Shangluo County, has begun to plan the land of Sichuan and Shu. Li Xiaogong only obeys my father's orders, but one of his generals is mine. I will give you another secret letter. You can find it at the critical moment.
He, he can cooperate with you in sending troops. In short, I want you to take over Sichuan and Shu as quickly as possible."
Duan Zhixuan took a deep breath, bowed and clasped his fists, saying: "I understand my humble position."
Duan Zhixuan understood in his heart that Li Shimin was worried that he would not be able to defeat the Far Eastern Army. If Hedong and even Guanzhong were occupied by the Far Eastern Army, Sichuan and Shu would become a retreat.
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For half a month, they continued to attack the Far Eastern Army camp where Wang Junlin was located. The Li family's 100,000-strong North Road main force of infantry and cavalry led by Li Shen had lost 30,000 in total.
I feel chilly down there.
They actually just filled in all the damn hundreds of thousands of horse traps, and then captured the outermost trenches of the Far Eastern Army camp.
Seeing that there were four trenches, a low wall, and an ice wall outside the Far Eastern Army camp, Li Shentong's heart suddenly became even colder than the ice and snow.
According to the rhythm of attacking the Far Eastern Army camp these days, if he wanted to fill in the four trenches, knock down the low wall, and climb over the ice wall, I am afraid that all the 100,000 people and horses would be buried.
They were sent here, and when their military strength was reduced to a certain extent, how could they possibly be able to surround and kill people like Wang Junlin?
Therefore, as time went by, Li Shentong felt more and more bad. He even had a hunch that if he continued like this, it would not be a question of surrounding and killing Wang Junlin, but whether he could bring more troops back.
The problem of getting to Shuozhou City.
Moreover, these days there is news from Luliang County and Xinkou County that the changes in these two counties have been too great and too fast since they were occupied.
After the Far East Army occupied these two counties, some of the policies that were quickly implemented in these two counties were secretly promoted and fueled by Xiaoyu Theater and the Military Intelligence Bureau. The people recognized it very quickly, and many people even thought they could become members of the Far East Army.
The people are proud.
Of course, this is because some policies and systems of the Far East Army can bring immediate benefits to the people.
When Luo Shixin and Wu Si first occupied these two counties, they captured 30,000 to 40,000 county soldiers. Later, they captured all Liu Hongji's men and captured 30,000 county soldiers. This amounted to 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers who surrendered in the Far East.
Thanks to the army's series of measures and means, most of the soldiers have initially established a sense of identification with the Far East Army in the past month.
It seems that after a while, these 60,000 to 70,000 troops can be used by the Far East Army. After the organization is further disrupted, the Far East Army will draw backbone generals from its own troops. These 60,000 to 70,000 surrendered troops can be used to garrison Xin.
Kou County and Luliang County.
By that time, most of Luo Shixin and Wu Si's 80,000 troops in the two counties could be freed to continue to capture the other five counties in Hedong.
For a long time, the Far Eastern Army's intention was that Wang Junlin would lead the army directly to Taiyuan Prefecture. Now it seems that this itself is a scam, or it is just one of Wang Junlin's many plans to capture Hedong, and it is not even the core.
The most important one.
With thoughts running through his mind, Li Shentong took a deep breath and ordered people to summon the generals above the captain to the commander's tent for discussion.
It didn't take long for the generals above the captain to arrive one after another and sit on both sides. At the head of the group sat the commander Li Shentong, whose face was so gloomy that he could drop water.
"Now it seems that Wang Junlin, who is the king of Qin'an, only brought more than 10,000 people to camp so close to Shuozhou City. This is a conspiracy in itself. Wang Junlin wants to use himself as a bait to tempt the main force of our North Route Army to besiege
His camp, and his camp has been fully prepared for defense, making it difficult for us to break through easily, and even if we break through, we must pay a heavy price. In short, it seems now that we have just fallen into the treacherous plan of King Junlin.
"
Li Shentong has a habit. On the battlefield, he will openly tell his subordinates some of his faults, and will not pretend to be a commander-in-chief. This will help the subordinates to accurately understand what he means and execute his orders accurately.
Order.
At this time, when all the generals heard this, their expressions changed, but there were also a few people who looked like this, obviously they had already suspected it.
However, each of them looked ugly at this time. Many of them looked shocked and angry, and started shouting and scolding Wang Junlin for eight generations. Some of them had some hidden expressions deep in their eyes.
The look of fear was evident from the fact that he had felt the power of the Far Eastern Army and the cunning and difficult nature of Wang Junlin these days.