Li Shimin led an army of 50,000 to Gao'an City. A large number of Longxi Xueju Qin Dynasty soldiers were still besieging the city, carrying various siege equipment and fiercely attacking the city gates and wall defenders.
After seeing the flag of the Tang army from a distance, the soldiers on the city wall cheered loudly and fought hard to repel another wave of Qin soldiers' offensive.
"Marshal!" Qu Tutong asked Li Shimin's opinion whether he should attack Xue Qin's army from behind and cooperate with the remaining troops in the city. Even if he could not win, he could still force Xue Ju's Qin army to retreat.
Of course, this is also a tough battle.
"There is no need to fight with Xue Ju."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Hang my flag, and you will send someone to lead a thousand cavalry to bypass the high hill from the right side and act according to the opportunity. We will wait in a posture."
"wait?"
Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan and others looked at each other, and they both had no objections to the marshal's arrangement, so they ordered a thousand cavalry to leave the large army and hide on the right side of Gao'an to avoid the sight of Xue Qin's army.
The 50,000-strong army put up a posture, hoisted Li Shimin's flag, and told Xue Ju that Li Tangjun had changed his marshal!
However, the siege became more and more fierce, and the soldiers on the high walls struggled to resist.
"marshal!"
Yin Kaishan and others came to ask for their opinions again.
"wait!"
Li Shimin calmed down.
Everyone had to continue to wait patiently.
Gradually, the siege force weakened, and soon all Xue Qin's troops left the shooting range of the soldiers' bows and arrows on the city wall and formed formations in the distance.
"Report——!"
The scouts on horseback rushed over and reported: "Qin cavalry appeared in the direction of Yilu. It is estimated that there are as many as five thousand!"
Everyone looked at the marshal in surprise. The scouts had not found this Xue Qin army before. If they were at war now and 30,000 Xue Qin troops attacked from behind, they would probably be surrounded and defeated again.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Xue Ju could not have noticed that our army set out from Chang'an, but he still attacked the city in a swaggering manner. He was obviously prepared. I will not be fooled by him! Now that this cavalry appears, he is going to withdraw. "
Sure enough, under the escort of five thousand cavalry, Xue Qin's army began to retreat.
Following Li Yuan in raising troops in Jinyang, Yin Kaishan, who is already in his forties this year, laughed and said: "The king of Qin versus the king of Qin, I think the king of Qin in our Tang Dynasty is stronger! Who is the overlord of Western Qin?"
The generals laughed, and someone else laughed and said: "With the wisdom of His Highness the King of Qin and the exquisite map drawn by His Highness the Prince, Xue Ju will definitely be defeated!"
Li Shimin's heart moved and he was about to ask, but the generals had already started shouting, causing tens of thousands of soldiers to shout loudly, telling Xue Qinjun to get out of here.
The morale of the Tang army was greatly improved, and the previous defeat was swept away.
Li Shimin didn't want to ask any more questions and watched Xue Qinjun slowly retreat back to the camp a few kilometers away.
Li Shimin led the Tang army towards Gaoshan. Along the way, limbs and arms were broken, and blood flowed all over the ground. Near Gaosong, a high tomb more than ten meters high, made of corpses and poured with soil, caught the eyes of the soldiers of the Tang army. .
The sadness in his heart covered up the nausea caused by the stench that towered into the sky. The Tang army was filled with grief and anger, and they all asked for orders to fight to the death with Xue Qin's army!
Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan and others bowed their heads in shame.
This Jingguan was caused by their defeat.
Li Shimin took a deep breath. The strong smell of corpses stung his whole body, and anger arose in his heart.
But he is the marshal.
No matter how angry you are, you can only endure it at this moment.
"Give me the order!"
Li Shimin ordered: "Dig a pit to bury the corpses of our troops. Those who carry the corpses must wrap their hands with cloth and are not allowed to have direct contact with the corpses."
After a pause, he said bitterly: "Xue Ju and his son are cruel and unkind, and they will surely suffer disaster in the future!"
The soldiers calmed down and prepared to dig a hole to bury the bodies of their comrades.
"Erlang!"
The Gaocheng city gate opened, and a man in his twenties with a strong build rode out on a horse with a dozen guards. Although his face was tired, he still excitedly patted Li Shimin on the shoulder:
"I didn't expect it was really Erlang! Are you leading the army again?"
"Sichang!"
Li Shimin held hands with him tightly.
This man was his third sister's husband, General Chai Shao of Zuo Yiwei.
When Jinyang raised troops and attacked all the way to Chang'an, Chai Shao was under Li Shimin's tent, leading an army each like his wife Princess Pingyang.
"Luckily you're okay." Li Shimin said to him, "Otherwise I don't know how to explain to the third sister."
His third sister, Princess Pingyang, is now leading the soldiers and horses she recruited to guard Tongguan. Thanks to her, Li Shimin dared to bring out all the soldiers and horses from Chang'an.
Chai Shao laughed, and when his eyes fell on the Jingguan, his smile slowly stopped.
"Erlang!" Chai Shao's voice was low, "Do you have a plan to defeat Xue Ju?"
"have!"
Li Shimin said confidently, causing all the soldiers to look at him.
"What's the plan?!" Chai Shao asked in surprise.
"wait!"
"Wait? What are you waiting for? Who are you waiting for?" Everyone was puzzled.
"Wait until Xue Ju dies!"
"Waiting for Xue Ju to die?!"
Chai Shao, Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan, as well as Liu Hongji and other generals who came out of the city were all dumbfounded.
Although Xue Ju is over fifty years old, he dares to call himself the Overlord of Western Qin and borrows the title of Overlord of Western Chu, so he is still in good health.
Wait for him to die?
"Yes, just wait until Xue Ju dies!"
Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "The marshal ordered everyone to take precautions against mosquito bites and not to undress when sleeping. At night, bonfires were lit in the city and raw grass was thrown in and burned to drive away mosquitoes... Drive all mosquitoes to Xue Ju's camp!"
If we were waiting for Xue Ju's death before, it was entirely up to God's will.
So now, Li Shimin, who has obtained Professor Chu Zhen's malaria infection knowledge, can confidently say that Xue Ju will die!
He couldn't believe that not a single mosquito bit Xue Ju!
…
Haicheng.
Chu Zhen drove his dilapidated second-hand van home and started moving things as soon as he got out of the van.
After seven or eight deliveries, all the goods ordered yesterday were finally delivered to the second floor.
During the last transport trip——
"Is Mr. Chu Lang going to rebel?!"
A clear girlish voice full of surprise came from upstairs. Chu Zhen, who was standing at the corner of the stairs, looked up and saw Li Qingzhao, who looked like a graceful lady, looking at his goods with a pale face.
To be precise, he looked at the more than ten sets of armor, bows and arrows, horses and other weapons he bought.
Hiding armor privately is a crime of treason, so Li Qingzhao was shocked when he saw it.
"No, don't talk nonsense about rebellion."
Chu Zhen laughed loudly and walked up carrying the last two sets of armor. Just as he was about to speak, a girl dressed in peony red and dressed like a crash bucket appeared in front of him.
It was Sister Lin.
She blinked at Chu Zhen, looked at the armor in his hand, and then looked back:
"Uncle Chu is planning to recruit troops to rebel?"
Her voice was soft, but there was a hint of naughtiness in it, and there was a smile hidden in her loving peach blossom eyes that made people want to pinch her cheeks.
"Yes, rebellion. I am going to lead the army to kill Dashun and raid the Ningrong and Rong mansions. I will see a group of them..."
Chu Zhen, who was talking casually with a smile, suddenly felt inappropriate and stopped talking.
Lin Daiyu was so thoughtful, she frowned, "Robbing... home?"
Li Qingzhao subconsciously read out: "The humble room was empty, the bed was full of wats, the grass was withered, and the willows were withered. It was once a singing and dancing venue...yesterday the loess gave away bones, and tonight the red light tent -"
Lin Daiyu looked over and Li Qingzhao also closed his mouth.
He couldn't help but stepped forward and took Sister Lin, who was wearing a peony red cloak, into his arms.
She has been reading Dream of Red Mansions in the past few days, and she just saw the chapter on the imperial concubine's marriage. It's not that she can't stand it, but it's so beautiful. She never thought that a novel that was looked down upon by scholar-bureaucrats could be so good!
In addition, she knew Sister Lin in Chu Zhen and could not help but feel sad for her, so she was slow to read.
As soon as Chu Zhen talked about confiscation of the house, Li Qingzhao remembered the song "Good Song" that she had joked about as a limerick, and couldn't help but shed tears, both for Sister Lin in the book and for Sister Lin in front of her.
"Sister is so strange."
Lin Daiyu broke away from her and smiled at her: "I am fine now, and my mother has recovered from her illness. Why is my sister crying instead?"
"I-I'm...ok, it's my sister's fault!"
Li Qingzhao wiped her tears. Daiyu had asked her not to tell the story in the book in front of her.
Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and looked at Chu Zhen.
"Sit down first...are these glutinous rice balls for me?"
Chu Zhen saw the two food boxes in Sister Lin's hands and smiled: "Go and take off your coat."
Although Sister Lin wearing a thick cloak is particularly cute.
Lin Daiyu felt relieved. Since Uncle Chu didn't say anything about the house confiscation, it meant it wasn't serious.
But what she didn't know was that Chu Zhen didn't tell her for the time being because the Ning and Rong mansions couldn't raid the Lin family.
The book doesn't say why the two mansions were ransacked, and it's useless. Could it be that Jia Min is still allowed to take charge of the Ningrong mansion and Jia Jing, Jia She, Jia Zhen and others can't restrain themselves?
