Within a few days, Li Yuanji's reinforcements rushed back to Shanyang from the La Valley and asked Li Shimin for help.
"Your Highness, King of Qin, help me!" The soldier knelt down on one knee with a miserable look on his face, "His Royal Highness, King of Qi, attacked the Turks in the La Valley, but was surrounded by a 30,000-strong army led by the Turkic thief Ashina Simo. I am a humble man who fought to the death to break through, please.
His Highness the King of Qin, send troops to rescue quickly!"
The news can be said to be shocking or shocking, and it can be said that it is not shocking or shocking.
Li Shimin originally thought that there would not be many Turkic soldiers and horses in the La Valley, so it would not be a big problem for Li Yuanji to fight. But what was shocking was that the Turks' support was so prompt and timely, and they surrounded the La Valley so quickly.
For Changsun Wuji, it was a surprise and shock. After all, he wanted something unexpected to happen to King Qi.
Li Shimin quickly asked about the specific situation.
After half a stick of incense, Li Shimin asked someone to help the soldier go down to rest, and then asked everyone what they should do.
"Your Highness, let the last general lead the army to rescue King Qi." Pang Qingyun clasped his fists.
"General Pang, please be patient." Changsun Wuji interrupted him and said to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, if I remember correctly, King Qi's attack on the La Valley this time has only more than 10,000 troops under his command. But Ashina Simo
However, there are 30,000 supporting troops and horses. His Highness, King Qi, is afraid that he can no longer hold on. It will be too late to rescue him at this time.
More importantly, my subordinates are worried that the Turks want to besiege the city for reinforcements, so they must be careful."
No matter how he heard these words, Li Shimin felt that Changsun Wuji was hinting to him not to care about Li Yuanji's life or death.
"You mean not to save King Qi?" Li Shimin's tone was not good.
Some things can be said in private, but some things can't even be hinted at. Obviously, my uncle-in-law can't control that much now, so he reminds him regardless of the occasion.
Changsun Wuji shook his head, "How dare I, my subordinates? What I mean is that we must take a long-term approach and not act rashly. Otherwise, if we fall into the trap of the Turks, wouldn't it be a big deal?"
Yu Zhining also said: "Your Highness, King Qi will definitely save him, but we must think of a foolproof strategy. Otherwise, if we are not careful, Jieli's army will invade the border. It will not be a joke. Your Highness should understand this."
"Then what do you think we can do to save him?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.
Everyone looked at each other, and Fang Xuanling stood up and said: "Your Highness, what Changsun Canjun and Yu Canjun said are reasonable. I feel that in order to prevent the Turks' conspiracy, it is better to send troops to test Ashina Simo. Let's see.
See if we can delay it."
The news came so suddenly that it was unrealistic to find a solution that had the best of both worlds. Fang Xuanling could only delay time and think about a solution.
Anyway, the trapped person is Li Yuanji, so don't worry.
Li Shimin thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, let's send troops and horses to test first."
Not long after, Zheng Rentai led 10,000 soldiers and horses to the La Valley for support. Zheng Rentai's real name was Zheng Guang. He had followed Li Shimin in the Jinyang army and was regarded as Li Shimin's absolute confidant. Interestingly, Zheng Rentai was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang.
When Zheng Rentai rushed to the La River Valley, he was a little confused. Changsun Wuji found him and hinted that he should march more slowly and be careful of Turkic ambushes.
He didn't suspect that Changsun Wuji had evil intentions, because he didn't have the brains to think of it. He was just worried that if the support was slow, King Qi would be killed by the Turks.
Because by that time, he will most likely be the one to take the blame.
In order to prevent himself from taking the blame, Zheng Rentai decided to speed up his march and must save King Qi.
But he did not expect that when he approached the Yuanzi River, he would be attacked by a large group of Turkic soldiers. Zheng Rentai fought to the death and was eventually defeated, and his blood spilled on the battlefield.
When the news came back to Shanyang, everyone was shocked, and Li Shimin was even more sad. Zheng Rentai was his personal attendant and loyal to him, but now he died because of Li Yuanji, how could he not be sad.
As for Changsun Wuji, his face was expressionless, and he even wanted to laugh. Otherwise, it was just because that idiot Zheng Rentai didn't understand his reminder.
He deserves to die.
Fang Xuanling said solemnly: "There are probably more than 30,000 Turkic soldiers and horses in the La Valley. Judging from the death of General Zheng, there are probably 50,000 troops in the La Valley! Otherwise, it is impossible for the Turks to surround King Qi and defeat him at the same time.
General Zheng."
Changsun Wuji said: "I told you earlier that the Turks are besieging the city for reinforcements. As long as they don't kill the King of Qi, we will have to send troops to rescue them. The Turks want to lure us into battle."
Li Shimin's plan was to wear out the Turks until they could no longer hold on, and then attack in one fell swoop to reverse the tide of the war.
But as Li Yuanji was surrounded, they fell into passivity.
Unless we don't rescue Li Yuanji now and continue to fight the Turks.
But the problem is, Li Shimin has no choice.
So, he dismissed everyone, leaving only Fang Xuanling, Yu Zhining and Changsun Wuji.
"Now that we are at a critical juncture, you all should tell us what I, the king, should do." Li Shimin's eyes wandered over the faces of the three of them.
Fang Xuanling said: "King Qi must save him, otherwise the saint will not be able to explain."
"How to save them?" Changsun Wuji asked, "You said it yourself, there are probably 50,000 Turkic soldiers and horses in the La Valley. We have to use 70,000 or even 80,000 troops to suppress them!"
"If you don't save King Qi, if you return to Chang'an in the future, the saint will definitely hold your highness accountable, and the prince will also take the opportunity to attack!" Fang Xuanling shouted back.
Not to mention, seeing Fang Xuanling's posture, Changsun Wuji was really a little scared. Nothing else, he once saw Fang Xuanling stabbing two Turkic thieves to death with his own eyes.
Although he can also fight, Fang Xuanling is obviously better at fighting. After all, many civil servants in Tiance Mansion were brought back by Fang Xuanling.
Seeing that the two confidants were quarreling, Li Shimin quickly interrupted them and said, "Stop arguing now. The top priority now is to repel the Turks."
In fact, from the bottom of his heart, he had already scolded Li Yuanji, a guy who failed to achieve anything but failed, a thousand or ten thousand times.
He couldn't help but think that if Zhiyun was by his side at this moment, he would definitely not cause any trouble to him.
Yu Zhining said: "It is not appropriate to use a small group of soldiers and horses to rescue the King of Qi at this time, otherwise the Turks will continue to consume our army's strength. If we want to rescue the King of Qi in time, we must dispatch a large army."
"No!" Changsun Wuji immediately refused and said: "When the army is dispatched, Shan Yang is empty. Once the Turks attack, we will be blocked from retreat!"
They argued and argued, but they couldn't get any results.
Now the Turks have made it clear that they will surround Li Yuanji and use Li Yuanji as bait for fishing. If Li Yuanji was just an ordinary general, it would be a big deal to give up. Unfortunately, he is His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin's biological brother.
Even if Li Shimin doesn't get along with him, he still has to find a way to save him.
The Turks understood this clearly, so they dared to threaten the Tang army unscrupulously.
Changsun Wuji said: "If King Qi is still trapped in the La River Valley at this time, it proves that the Turks do not want to kill him, but want to use him to plot against us. You can say it yourself, so we have to save Qi at all costs."
King?"
"But if we don't save him, how will he explain to the saint when he returns to the court in the future?" Fang Xuanling asked him.
Changsun Wuji said harshly: "Kill Jie Li, the merits and demerits will be equal to each other!"
Fang Xuanling chuckled, "How can you guarantee that?"
"Are you asking His Highness to take a path that is completely unreachable?"
Seeing that the argument was about to start again, Li Shimin could only interrupt again.
"That's enough, stop talking."
The three of them fell silent and waited for Li Shimin's decision.