Half a day later, Li Shimin saw that Duan Zhixuan had only brought back less than 20,000 troops, and his face was so gloomy that he could drop ink.
He gave Duan Zhixuan 50,000 elite troops, and Zhu Can also had 100,000 horses to cooperate. Zhu Can paid 30,000 horses as bait to lure Cheng Yaojin to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack on his own initiative. He even lured him to the front of the mountain and was defeated by their army.
Surrounded by 20,000 people, I thought that even if the losses would be greater, I could kill the 20,000 people no matter what, but the result was exactly the opposite. Cheng Yaojin led the 20,000 tenacious perverts and they fought for a whole day.
Only one-third of them were killed, and their losses were quite heavy. But even so, they still had the confidence to kill all of Cheng Yaojin's men, at worst they would lose more.
However, who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin and his 20,000 horses were themselves decoys. They ended up losing more than 30,000 people, and the 100,000 people led by Zhu Can were directly maimed.
This is obviously not the result Li Shimin wants to see.
To be honest, if Li Xiong of Qushi City hadn't destroyed Xie Yingdeng's 10,000 Waggang Infantry, Li Shimin would have lost everything in this battle, and he lost miserably.
"Second Young Master, I have a humble position and a heavy trust. I have lost more than 30,000 elites. Please punish Second Young Master." Duan Zhixuan looked pale and knelt down to apologize to Li Shimin.
"Zhixuan, please get up! I already know from the experience. I can't blame you. It's because we didn't have enough information about Wagang Camp and made a mistake in inferring its combat strength." Li Shimin was not a normal person after all, and he quickly recovered.
Pingqing sighed calmly and helped Duan Zhixuan up.
"Thank you, Second Young Master." Duan Zhixuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Shimin didn't blame him. After getting up, he asked, "What should we do now?"
Li Shimin sighed and said: "I didn't expect that Wagang Battalion would become so powerful less than a year after joining the Far East Army. If we want to win this victory now, we may have to use all the foreshadowing we have in Sichuan and Sichuan."
Duan Zhixuan was shocked when he heard this, and asked with some doubts: "Sir, the Barbarian King of the Yuesi Barbarians is very ambitious. He wants to lure the Yuesi Barbarians out of the mountain. Is this plan too dangerous?"
Li Shimin sneered and said: "That barbarian king was able to unify the Yuesi barbarians all because of my support, and perhaps the secret support of others. He alone is at most the overlord of the Yuesi barbarians. Even if he is released from the mountain,
Afterwards, we can only plunder a batch of things and return to the mountains. After all, the foundation of the Yueqi barbarians is still in the mountains."
Duan Zhixuan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, if this happens, many people will surely suffer and suffer misfortune."
Li Shimin glanced at Duan Zhixuan and said categorically: "You don't need to worry about this matter. Go down and prepare immediately. Take someone to go there in person to meet with the Yue Si Barbarian King. No matter what the conditions are, you might as well agree to him first. As long as you can make him
Just ask the barbarian king of Yuexi to send troops."
Duan Zhixuan's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "I obey my orders."
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The Minshu region has rugged roads and dense mountains and rivers.
There are hundreds of Yuexi barbarian tribe cottages here, large and small.
As early as the Han Dynasty, the Yuexi barbarians often caused rebellion, and successive dynasties also frequently suppressed the Yuexi barbarians. However, if the government wanted to go into the mountains to suppress the Yuexi barbarians, there must be a suitable place for transiting supplies.
In Minshu, the place with the most abundant supplies is Shu County. After all, the reputation of the land of abundance is not obtained out of thin air. But this is a battle against Yue Xi. If supplies are transported from Shu County by then, it will not only be too late.
, the manpower and material resources required will be very large.
In the prosperous period of the Sui Dynasty, this would naturally be nothing as long as there were powerful people to promote it, but in today's troubled times, it is almost impossible.
Taking advantage of the suppression by the imperial court and local officials and soldiers in recent years, the Yuexi barbarians have developed rapidly in terms of population, economy, production, and army with the secret support of many forces.
"General Xu, General Cheng, according to our military intelligence office's inquiries, the Yuesi Barbarian King, in addition to being secretly supported by the Fanyang Chamber of Commerce led by Yang Kongchan under the prince's command, also has contacts with Li Shimin's people and Xiao Zhang's people in the south.
Therefore, this plan of borrowing troops must be taken on precautions." There is a village at the junction of the Han Chinese gathering area in Minshu and the Yueqi Mountain where the Yueqi barbarians live. As early as the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian, there was a mixture of fish and dragons here.
, mountain bandits, fugitives, horse thieves, water thieves, martial arts gangs and other desperadoes, and even Yuexi barbarians.
But few people know that this place has been jointly controlled by Fanyang Chamber of Commerce and Xiaoyu Theater five years ago. It seems that there are no big changes on the surface, but in fact things have changed.
Now Xu Shiji is leading more than 20,000 troops stationed here.
The fact that it is not known to outsiders is enough to prove that this place has long become a special base for the Far Eastern Army.
At this time, in the largest courtyard of the village, Shen Guang, Xu Shiji, Cheng Yaojin and others were dining and discussing matters. It was Shen Guang who spoke just now.
"So, at this time, Li Shimin's envoys and even Xiao Tong's envoys may have already been in the Man Mountain City of Nayue, and they were also the guests of the Man King." Xu Shiji frowned slightly. Before entering Sichuan, Wang Junlin sent from Taiyuan, Hedong.
The order mentioned that the Yuexi barbarians could be borrowed, but the specific situation was not mentioned. Shen Guang was responsible for contacting and providing information on these matters.
Shen Guang smiled and said: "Your Majesty said that General Cheng would handle this matter. I think it can be done beautifully."
Cheng Yaojin and Xu Shiji were immediately shocked. They looked at each other without revealing anything on their faces, but they were filled with emotion in their hearts.
The two of them are old partners. After listening to Shen Guang's explanation of the situation, they already had a tacit understanding. They also knew that Cheng Yaojin was indeed very good at and suitable for completing this matter due to his strengths and weaknesses. However, they did not expect that Wang Junlin would be interested in this matter.
This has been planned for a long time.
This is actually not the first time. Sometimes Cheng Yaojin and Xu Shiji really can't understand why Wang Junlin understands them so well.
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Ten mule carts were connected end to end, with hundreds of special force masters riding war horses escorting them on both sides. Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang rode horses in front of them, walking along the mountain road deep into the Siman Mountains.
Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang were regarded as envoys of the Far Eastern Army, and the grain, porcelain, ironware and other items in these ten naked carts were regarded as gifts to the barbarian king.
Cheng Yaojin and Shen Guang chatted for a few words casually, and then said with a smile: "Master Shen, our team has a lot of vehicles, and we will definitely be discovered by Li Shimin's spies. Do you think there will be anyone who robs or kills us along the way?"
Hearing this, Shen Guang nodded slightly and said with a smile: "What General Cheng said is true. There will definitely be no peace along the way, but we brought a hundred special forces masters, plus secretly spies from the Military Intelligence Agency and civilian men pushing carts.
It is also decorated by General Cheng's personal soldiers, so there shouldn't be any problem. After all, in the territory of the Ximan people, neither we nor Li Shimin can send too many troops, otherwise it will arouse the resentment of the Ximan King and be detrimental to the situation.