Zheng Jin was shocked by what Li Xian said, and finally agreed to Sun Fei's request and decided to be loyal to Li Xian from now on, not because of Li Xian's status as a prince, but because Li Xian knew how to cherish the lives of soldiers and understand
Taking the overall situation into consideration, he can see from this that Li Xian is a benevolent person.
Li Xian also admired Zheng Jin very much and asked him to continue to hold his original position. As for his rebellion following Guo Daifeng today, he did not care.
Later, Zheng Jin made another unkind request, that is, let him take care of Guo Daifeng's descendants and show his last loyalty to repay Guo Daifeng for his kindness during his lifetime.
Li Xian not only agreed, but also proposed to write a letter to the court, saying that Guo Daifeng and the soldiers who died today were unfortunately killed while fighting on the front line. This immediately won the applause of everyone present.
A person who can forgive someone who is harmful to him or even threatens his life shows that this person is indeed a generous person.
In fact, for Li Xian, Guo Daifeng and his soldiers were already dead anyway, and it didn't matter how they were dealt with. It was better to use their corpses again to enhance his popularity and reputation.
In addition, Li Xian also had another consideration in doing this, that is, he did not want the court, especially Empress Wu, to know about this matter, because after all, Guo Daifeng was a person who was carefully cultivated by Empress Wu. If she heard that she died because of Li Xian,
If you are not sure, you will be suspicious of Li Xian. Now Li Xian's strength seems to be strong, but in fact it is just an empty show. Just one word from Empress Wu can have disastrous consequences for him, so someone like Empress Wu can turn everything upside down.
For now, if you can try not to provoke the big shot, you should try your best not to provoke him.
Therefore, this time, Li Xian not only got rid of Guo Daifeng, the biggest obstacle in this battle, but also used the dead to earn a lot of fame, and at the same time, he also reduced or eliminated Empress Wu's suspicion. This was really three birds with one stone.
Afterwards, Li Xian ordered the soldiers present to quickly clean up the scene and be sure to remove all traces before dawn, so as not to shake the morale of the army due to internal fighting and be detrimental to the subsequent battle.
The actions of these soldiers were swift and swift. As expected, all traces were removed before dawn. No one could tell that a life-and-death battle took place here last night.
"All officers and men have worked hard all night, go and have a rest quickly...stay here!"
"Your Majesty, I wonder what happened?" Ashina Daozhen, who was on the side, originally saw Li Xian letting them go down to rest, but his face suddenly changed slightly, and he stopped them at the same time, and he couldn't help but asked in confusion.
However, Li Xian frowned and said loudly: "The enemy is attacking! The Tibetan army must have arrived. They want to take advantage of the dawn to catch our army off guard. It is not impossible to even seize the opportunity to capture our camp. Send the order."
All battalions must assemble immediately and go to defend the enemy. The officers and soldiers here set off immediately and go with me to meet the enemy. Where is the Military Justice Department? My general orders that the officers and soldiers of the three armies must be assembled within a quarter of an hour. Anyone who dares to delay at all will be punished.
Immediate beheading will not be pardoned."
After finishing speaking, Li Xian immediately put on his helmet, took the two-edged spear, and led his two hundred palace guards to the front gate to meet the enemy. At the same time, he ordered Ashina Daozhen to go to the back gate to defend.
"Is this, is this true or false? How did King Zhou know about it? Why didn't the soldiers guarding the camp have any news?" Ashina Daozhen couldn't help but doubt, but he knew that Li Xian was not Guo Daifeng, although on the surface it seemed
He seems very easy-going, but when it comes to military orders, there are really strict military laws, and no one can disobey them in the slightest, so he has no choice but to follow the orders.
But just when he arrived not far from the back door, he heard an earth-shattering sound of horse hooves. Looking into the distance in the morning light, he found that the sky was filled with dust in front of him.
"Sure enough, a large enemy force is attacking. I don't know how King Zhou learned about it this time. Alas, this person's behavior is unfathomable. I must not go against him in the future. Otherwise, I may not even die in the future.
have no idea."
Ashina Daozhen secretly sighed, and at the same time he immediately cheered up, led more than a thousand Turkic soldiers under his command, and the Tang Dynasty's heavy troops who arrived one after another, quickly formed a formation, entered a defensive state, and prepared to deal with the enemy's offensive.
At this time, the general in charge of the Tubo army, Garzanpo, was surprised, because he led the army to attack for more than a hundred miles, and he approached the Tang army's camp when the sky was just getting dark. He was originally planning to take advantage of the Tang army's most relaxed mood.
He always led the army to launch a sudden attack, broke through the Tang army's camp in one fell swoop, seized the Tang army's baggage, and used a move to remove the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, forcing Xue Rengui, who was defending Wuhai City, to withdraw, thereby winning the battle and consolidating Tubo's rule in Tuyuhun.
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"Why are those Tang barbarians so well-defended? Have they not rested all night?" Zan Po looked at the tight defense system in the Tang Dynasty military camp not far in front of her, and couldn't help but said with an incredulous look.
Even Zanpo didn't know this, and the soldiers around him didn't know it either, so they all looked at each other and couldn't say a word.
At this time, a big man with broad shoulders and round waist came to Zan Po and said loudly: "No matter how strict he is or not, the general only needs to give me five thousand elite soldiers, and I will definitely be able to break through the enemy camp and capture Guo Daifeng."
General."
Zanpo glanced at the big man, thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Whether it's a good idea to test the strength of the Tang thief, Zhu Guli, you will command the five thousand troops of our headquarters to attack the Tang army's front stronghold. If we capture it, I will definitely
There are many rewards.”
"Okay! General, don't worry, the general will definitely fulfill his mission." Zhu Guli was overjoyed and immediately ordered all the five thousand troops in his headquarters, shouting loudly: "Brothers, did you hear what the general said? We are the leader.
For a while, everyone worked harder, and when the Tang Army camp was captured, I invited everyone to drink."
The living conditions in Tubo were very difficult at that time. People barely had enough food, and there was no surplus food to make wine. Therefore, wine was indeed a rare luxury for the soldiers, so when I heard Zan Po talking about inviting them to drink
When they arrived, everyone's eyes were shining, and some even couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They immediately became high-spirited and roared loudly before going to attack the camp.
"Hmph, you want to capture my camp with just such a lineup? It's simply wishful thinking!" Tang Xiujing, who was given the role of guarding the front camp, saw that the enemy troops were only wearing light armor, holding swords, bows, arrows and shields.
Rushing up, he couldn't help but sneered and ordered to the herald: "Don't be impatient for a moment. Let these idiots taste the pain of caltrops first."
Before Tang Xiujing finished speaking, he heard bursts of screams coming from the distance.
It turns out that Dafeichuan belongs to a large grassland. The Tang army soldiers sprinkled caltrops into the dense grass, so that the Tubo army attacking the camp could not see it at all. In addition, the Tubo soldiers had underdeveloped handicrafts and lived in poverty.
Very few wore military boots, and they were only owned by nobles. Ordinary soldiers generally only wore straw sandals, and some could not even afford straw sandals, so they had to fight barefoot.
Most of those who screamed loudly just rushed in barefoot because of poverty. After running a few steps, they were pierced by caltrops and screamed loudly, making the already uneven formation even more unorganized. Looks like it.
"Get your damn energy, what are you doing? It's just caltrops, what's so scary about it? Those who are injured stand up, those who can walk continue to walk, those who can't roll back, and those who are wearing boots and straw sandals Let's go first, I don't believe that this little iron caltrop can stop our warriors?" Chocolate shouted in a loud voice and asked the messenger to issue the order, then he rushed to the front and continued to rush forward.
The damage of caltrops is actually not great. Its main function is to intimidate, so that the enemy does not dare to rush forward wantonly. It also causes chaos in the enemy's formation. Fortunately, Chocolate is also able to fight, and he can adjust quickly. The formation was changed, causing the army to quickly launch another attack.
In a moment, the Tibetan army had entered the range of the crossbow machine.
"Fire the crossbow!" Tang Xiujing gave the order decisively without any panic. In an instant, only the sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard, and even more miserable screams came from the Tubo army formation.
The situation this time was very different, because the damage of crossbow arrows was hundreds of times that of caltrops and could kill people instantly. Thousands of crossbows were fired at once, and hundreds of people were shot into hedgehogs in an instant.
"It's so fucking awesome!" Zhu Guli was busy urging the soldiers behind to attack at this time. He happened to not be in the front row, so he was saved. However, when he saw the death of the soldiers in the front row, he became even more frightened and risked his life. Covered in cold sweat.
But he had to keep moving forward, because he had already boasted so much to his general, Zanpo, that if he just retreated, Zanpo would definitely chop off his fat head.
Therefore, Chocolate gritted his teeth, huddled in the middle of the team, and shouted loudly: "What the hell are you doing standing still? Hurry up and rush forward. Tang Man only has a few crossbow arrows. When he reaches the camp, those Tang Man I'm like a cow or a sheep, ready to be slaughtered by you."
Under Zhu Guli's urging, the Tubo soldiers could only rush forward desperately. They used the soldiers in the front row as human shields to block a wave of crossbow arrows, and then rushed forward on the corpses of the soldiers in the front row.
After finally running for more than 20 steps, seeing the enemy's crossbows becoming less and less, the soldiers behind felt hope, but in an instant they only heard the sound of piercing the air. It turned out that the Tang army actually fired bows and arrows again!
It turns out that crossbow arrows can only shoot horizontally, and although the damage is great, it is only limited to the front row. But bows and arrows are different. They can be thrown. Not only the front row, but also the enemy troops in the back row will suffer damage. In many cases, this loss even Generals who were able to kill enemy troops, such as Pang Tong during the Three Kingdoms period, Chen Youliang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and others, died in such cowardly ways.
Although Chocolate was not shot dead by Liu Ya, the soldiers under his command suffered a lot. In a matter of seconds, more than a hundred people were killed and hundreds more were injured.
"Ah, ah, damn Tang Barbarians! Don't stop, launch an attack immediately. After breaking the camp, we will definitely kill all these Tang Barbarians." Zhu Guli roared in anger and drove the soldiers to launch another strong attack.
Tang Xiujing, who was in the Tang army camp, had already seen that the enemy's morale had declined and their combat effectiveness had dropped sharply. Now was the time to launch a counterattack, so he waved his hand and said to the two generals: "Zhang Wei, Zhang Wu , you two brothers quietly open the gate of the village and launch a fierce attack on the bandits from the left and right wings. Remember not to be reluctant to fight, repel them and return immediately." (To be continued.)
