Li Longji's words not only left Chen Shuda speechless, but also made Li Yuan, who was originally firm, begin to waver.
Li Longji saw Li Yuan's wavering, raised his hand and said: "Father, my son is not talented, I would like to send 30,000 elite troops to recapture Hanchuan. Within one month, I will definitely retrieve the heads of Long Zhi and Guan Ling and win the battle." Return. With the caution of the magical uncle, it is definitely more than enough to resist Yang Yanzhao for a month!"
Only then did Li Longji's true purpose come to light. The so-called revenge for the prince-in-law and the recovery of Hanchuan are just high-sounding pretexts. What he really wants to do is to establish his own strength in the Tang army.
However, Li Yuan didn't seem to notice this yet, or maybe it was the aristocratic blood in his bones that was at work, and he didn't think a bastard would have much ambition.
After frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Yuan finally paid attention and said in a deep voice: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, we have been at a disadvantage in the battle with the Sui Dynasty. Now even more consorts have died in battle. If the Tang Dynasty cannot defeat the Sui army again, If this happens, everyone in the world will look down upon us, the Tang Dynasty!"
"The decree was passed and the king of Changguang, Li Longji, was appointed as the general manager of Hanchuan. Sun Shunde, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, was appointed as the deputy general. Li Xiuning, the eldest princess of Pingyang, was appointed as the vanguard of the army. He led 30,000 elite troops to regain Hanchuan and captured Sui general Long Zhi alive as his consort Chai Shao. Revenge and avenge the shame of our Tang army!"
"My son (Wei Chen) obeys your orders!"
Li Longji and Li Xiuning both looked happy when they heard this, and they accepted the order together with General Sun Shunde.
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Shandong, Qijun.
Since the Sui army defeated the Qingzhou bandits who were incorporated into the Tang army in the Central Plains, and beheaded the bandit Song Jiang. Qin Qiong and Di Qing led 50,000 elite soldiers into Qingzhou, fought and won consecutive battles, recovered a large area of lost territory, and marched all the way to Qijun with unstoppable momentum. Their troops approached Licheng County, the seat of Qijun.
Outside Licheng County, Qin Qiong was fully armored and stationed immediately. He looked up at the tall city wall not far away and murmured to himself: "Licheng, I, Qin Qiong, am finally back!"
Di Qing on the side suddenly remembered something when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Yes, General Qin seems to be from Licheng County?"
Qin Qiong nodded and said: "Yes, Licheng is the place where I was born and raised. In the tenth year of the Daye, I left Licheng with Commander Zhang Xutuo and went to Dongjun to annihilate Wagang. Who would have thought that this journey would last eight full years! "
Di Qing smiled slightly and said: "It seems that General Qin has truly returned home in glory now!"
Qin Qiong chuckled, dipped the tiger's head in his hand with a golden gun, and shouted loudly: "The whole army attacks the city, captures Licheng, and captures the traitor Wu Yongchao Gai Dubo alive!"
Dong dong dong... dong dong dong...
Following Qin Qiong's order, hundreds of drummers in the rear army braved the howling cold wind and waved huge drumsticks to beat the cowhide war drums loudly, inspiring the soldiers of the three armies to move forward bravely.
"Brothers, charge me. We must not let those bandit leaders escape this time!"
Qin Yong charged forward with a pair of brass hammers, constantly hitting the arrows shot from the top of the city, and soon rushed under the city wall.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Qin Yong has entered the brave state, his force is +4, his base force is 99, and his current force has increased to 103."
"Qiao Lang, it's useless no matter how hard you charge, this skill belongs to me, Luo Tong!"
Luo Shixin's younger brother Luo Tong and Qin Yong were almost the same age, and they had competed with each other many times in private. Now on the battlefield, they were even more unwilling to be outdone. They rode their horses like the wind and rushed to the city wall in the blink of an eye.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Luo Tong has entered the brave state, the force is +5, the basic force is 96, and the current force has increased to 101."
"Come on, take Licheng and capture the rebels alive!"
Tens of thousands of elite Sui troops, led by two young generals, had high morale and burst out with a roar like a tsunami. Against the rain of arrows on the city top, they rushed over the mountains and plains towards Licheng County, and erected a A ladder.
Wu Yong, who was standing in the center of the city and commanding, saw this and hurriedly shouted: "Shoot the arrows, shoot them hard! Throw all the rolling wood and rocks down to me, and smash them to death. Never let Sui The army scales the city wall!”
However, since the Sui army entered Qingzhou, Wu Yong and others suffered consecutive defeats, losing countless cities and territory, and the soldiers under his command had long been beaten to the point of losing their morale. At this moment, no matter how Wu Yong shouted at the top of his lungs, only a few sparse stones flew down from the top of the city, and even some soldiers had quietly left their positions, preparing to abandon the city and flee again.
"You bunch of cowards, get out of here!"
General Chao Gai was furious when he saw this. He strode forward to the city wall, picked up a huge millstone, shouted and smashed it down, immediately knocking down several Sui soldiers who were climbing up. The ground fell to a bloody pulp, wailing endlessly.
Chao Gai succeeded with one blow, looked around, and shouted loudly: "Did you see it? The Sui army is also a human being, without three heads and six arms. Anyone who thinks he is a man should show his blood and fight with these Sui dogs!"
Chao Gai's blow finally had some effect, and the originally sluggish morale recovered slightly. Thousands of soldiers on the city head barely mustered up the courage and tried their best to smash down the rolling logs and stones piled under the wall stacks.
In an instant, countless flying rocks and falling trees roared down like locusts, smashing the heads of the Sui soldiers who were bravely climbing the city, causing them to bleed and become unrecognizable.
"The crossbowmen fired arrows to suppress the bandits on the city and cover the front army brothers as they climbed into the city!"
Qin Huaiyu, who was holding the battle for Qin Yong and Luo Tong at the back, did not dare to show any signs of neglect when he saw this. He hurriedly waved his command flag and loudly ordered his crossbowmen to fire arrows at the city wall.
Whoosh whoosh! ! !
After receiving the order, the five thousand crossbowmen unfurled their bows and nocked arrows, and fired towards the city wall. In the blink of an eye, countless sharp arrows came out of the string, soared into the sky, crossed the sky, and tilted down over the head of Licheng County.
Puff puff! ! !
In an instant, there was a constant sound of sharp arrows entering the body from the top of the city. The dense bombardment of boulders was instantly suppressed. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sui's soldiers, who had been unable to move even with their shields on their backs, began to climb up quickly again.
"Brother, good job!"
Qin Yong gave a thumbs up to Qin Huaiyu who was not far away, and immediately roared, stepped on the ladder, rushed up the city wall, and swung a pair of sledgehammers, killing the defenders and running away.
"Child Qin Yong, don't bully a certain family's soldiers. Do you dare to fight with me, Du Bu?"
With a cry of surprise, Du Bo rushed forward with a snake spear eight feet tall. Chao Gai on the other side also waved a simple sword and strode forward: "Qin Yong, please leave. I will use your blood as a sacrifice to brother Gongming today!"
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Du Bo is in a fighting state, force +3, base force 98, current force increased to 101."
"Ding dong, it is detected that Chao Gai has entered a state of rapid advancement. The force is +4. The base force is 94. The current force has increased to 98."
