As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and as a victorious general in the hearts of the Han soldiers, Li Xingchen was actually in a condescending position and in control of the overall situation during the entire Northern Expedition.
He personally went to the front line and presided over the attack, and the movements of soldiers and horses from all directions in the east and west could also be gathered in the imperial tent in a short time. The strategic plan formulated by the Taiwei Mansion could be sent to Li Xinchen for review before being passed on to all armies, and even Li Xinchen could coordinate it in the middle
Direct the advance of the east and west armies and determine the next attack target.
But now even though Li Xingchen is in Chang'an, he still has no way to quickly understand the trends in the northwest war situation.
After all, the distance from Chang'an to Wuwei is much longer than the distance from Luoyang to Hedong, Qingzhou and other places.
By the time news comes from the front line, a new battle should actually have begun.
Li Xingchen wanted to stand with his soldiers, but he also knew that as the emperor, he had many other things that he had to do personally, so he could only wait.
Zhang Xutuo handed over the long-term plan of conquering the Western Regions drawn up by the Taiwei Mansion to Li Xinchen and then bowed and retired. It was getting late, and of course he couldn't disturb His Majesty's rest. If it hadn't been for the northwest war report, Zhang Xutuo would have also
This point is not still here.
Li Xingchen took a breath, stretched out his hand to rub his temples, and looked sideways. Yuchizhen was leaning on a pillar on one side. He had fallen asleep at some point. A glistening line of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, salivating and delicate.
I clicked my lips, wondering if I dreamed of something delicious.
After stretching, Li Xingchen stood up and hugged Yu Chizhen.
The girl woke up from her sleep and subconsciously fluttered to react. If Li Xingchen hadn't expected this and held her tightly, the girl would have rolled down directly.
Realizing that there was still saliva at the corner of her mouth, Yu Chizhen hurriedly wiped it with the back of her hand, squinted and said, "Your Majesty, what time is it? I don't know why I fell asleep."
"It's almost midnight. It's getting late. Originally, it was only about the Taiwei's Mansion. When the Northwest War Report arrives, I always have to discuss it with Zhang Aiqing. If I had known earlier, I should have let you rest." Li Xingchen felt a little guilty.
said.
Yu Chizhen put her arms around Li Xingchen's neck: "Since I am also your Majesty's personal female officer, I naturally have to stay with Your Majesty all the time. If I fall asleep, it would be my dereliction of duty."
"Okay, then how do you think you should be punished?" Li Xingchen put her on the couch and took off her shoes and socks.
Yu Chizhen thought for a while: "Your Majesty, let me punish my concubine to eat midnight snacks."
ah?
Li Xingchen was a little helpless.
Is that punishment?
Yu Chizhen immediately rubbed her belly solemnly and said: "If you eat late night snacks, you will gain weight. If you gain weight, you will not look good. Then you will have to work hard to lose weight, so it is a very good punishment."
I think you dreamed about delicious food while sleeping, and then you became hungry, right? Li Xinchen couldn't help but complain.
"Then what do you want to eat?"
"Anything is fine," Yu Chizhen suddenly became interested. "I don't want big fish or big meat. A little snack is a big punishment for me. I don't want to gain a lot of meat."
"Then go to sleep." Li Xingchen said decisively, "There is everything in the dream."
Yuchizhen sat down hugging her knees and said obediently: "Your Majesty, let's punish this concubine."
Li Xingchen leaned over and said, "I don't think I'm punishing you by letting you eat."
"Your Majesty is the best."
"Well, I also have food here. You eat this first, and then I'll ask the imperial kitchen to prepare it." Li Xinchen said with a bad smile.
Yuchi Zhen reacted immediately and stretched out his hand to pull the quilt: "Your Majesty, it's better to rest early."
"What a beautiful idea!" Li Xingchen pulled her out and pretended to be angry, "Hurry up!"
Yuchizhen's face flushed with embarrassment, and she stretched out her hand to untie the curtain.
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When Li Xunchen received the news that the Tuyuhun forward had been defeated, Li Xun had already led his army to the river and attacked the ferry overnight.
Murong Fuyun relied on the ferry to set up layers of defense lines. In particular, he learned from the experience of Wuwei city defense and dug a large number of trenches, three layers inside and three layers outside.
The trenches, and even the Tuyuhun soldiers hiding in the artillery holes in the trenches, were almost unscathed.
There is another layer of barrier after the trench. If the Han army launches an attack on the trench, the crossbowmen on the barrier can calmly suppress it. However, the Han army's musketeers cannot advance to such a close position. Naturally, the Han army is often in the position of being attacked.
Passively, the feeling of being pressed down and beaten by the enemy's crossbowmen is certainly not that good.
Even Li Xun and Pei Zilie, who arrived later, had a feeling that Murong Fuyun's previous stand in the Gobi Desert was to buy time for the rear to build a defense line.
This also makes them feel strange.
After another attack attempt was repelled, Pei Zilie decisively beat the drum to gather the generals.
"It stands to reason that as Tuyuhun's main force is advancing, shouldn't it have arrived at the river long ago? It's time to prepare to cross the river." Li Xun frowned and stood in front of the sand table.
Xue Wang, who was responsible for commanding the cavalry to travel along the river to collect information, also said helplessly: "According to the reports from the sentry, there are only a small number of Tuyuhun soldiers guarding the remaining ferries, and there is no sign that the army intends to gather to cross the river."
Pei Zilie nodded.
As Li Xun said, the vanguards of both sides had been confronting each other on the Gobi Desert for so long before. After that, you chased each other and they didn't return to the river in one day. Murong Fuyun even tried to gather troops for defense several times along the way.
However, they were all defeated quickly by the Han army, but it did delay a lot of time.
Therefore, both Pei Zilie and Li Xun were ready to encounter the enemy's main force by the river and have a decisive battle.
Although the opponent has its back, it has relatively less room to maneuver, so the Han army can fully utilize its firearms.
As a result, the battlefield that appeared in front of them was a tortoise-like defense system that had been deployed long ago, and the mighty Tuyuhun main force as imagined did not even appear.
At that time, the scouts came to report that it was definitely not just the soldiers and horses currently led by Murong Fuyun that Tuyuhun crossed Wuwei and went south.
What about the more people left?
Especially now that Murong Fuyun is fighting, people always feel that he is just stalling for time.
But what is he waiting for?
The enemy's main force did not appear in any direction on the bank of the river, and there was no early warning news from Jincheng. Could it be that they turned back halfway?
At this time, everyone in the camp was full of questions.
This battle was fought inexplicably.
It gives people the feeling that I concentrated all my efforts to hit a big wooden board, but the result is a small piece of iron lying here, and the wooden board has no idea where to go. This iron piece may cut my hand when I hit it, but when my hand
If it's broken, how can I find the energy to break the board?
Murong Fuyun's defense in front of him is actually not impossible to solve.