Li Chengqian was ordered to lead troops south to suppress the rebels this time. Although he came here to practice, as the prince, he knew that his father Li Shimin wanted him to establish prestige in the court so that no one would dare to disobey him when he ascended the throne. He naturally regarded this campaign as more important than anything else. When the army was stationed thirty miles outside Hukou Town, he had already sent an advance team to inquire about the military situation. After learning that the Taiping Sect's Hukou garrison was insufficient, Three thousand people later, he seemed to have seen the pride of standing proudly after taking over the first city in his life. He immediately ordered the Tang army to attack quickly and strive to seize the only road to Taihu Lake within one day. As long as Hu The Taiping Army was isolated in the center of Taihu Lake after losing its defense. Although Li Chengqian knew that the Tang Army was not good at water battles, they would eventually be defeated in a battle between trapped beasts after a short period of time.
He counted 10,000 troops, appointed Zhang Shigui as the vanguard, and Hou Jun gathered behind him. Li Chengqian turned on his horse and led his troops with a golden sword and ran away without consulting the military adviser and other staff.
Ten thousand versus three thousand is more than enough. How can a small spout stop Li Chengqian's cavalry?
When Li Chengqian led the troops to go on an expedition, Du Junshang was still in the military tent discussing with Li Zhi how to break through the Hukou. However, she heard the sound of drums and trumpets beating outside, which seemed to be the order of troops to go out. Before she had time to ask, Qin Huaiyu and Li Chuang The two men hurriedly ran into the tent and shouted when they met: "Military advisor, Prince Li Chengqian has sent off his troops to fight. What should we do?"
Having already sent out troops, how could we turn back? Miss Du shook her head and said: "You two go quickly to invite the marshal back. Hukou is an important town of the Taiping Army, so there is no room for carelessness."
The two of them took the order and went out. Li Zhi, who was standing next to him, saw that Military Advisor Du was calm in the face of danger and asked: "Don't the military advisor want to avenge Lord Meng?"
There was no expression on the military advisor's face: "His skin is rough and thick-skinned. He is so easy to die. The Taiping Army thought that they could use this to disturb the morale of our army. How could I fall into the trap?"
Li Zhi said too much: "I'm afraid it disturbed the military advisor's mind. I heard that the military advisor would stay on the slope outside the military camp for a while every morning and evening. Could it be that the sunrise and sunset are really so beautiful? Then tomorrow the students will go too Look,"
When the military advisor was asked about the secret in his heart, his face turned bright red, and he quickly turned away and said seriously: "Prince, you should take state affairs as your top priority and don't play around all day long."
Li Zhi was taught by her, and his smile immediately stopped and he said: "Master taught me, Zhi'er has been taught,"
The master ignored him, picked up the marching map, and said, "In your opinion, how should we deploy our troops and generals to win the Battle of Hukou successfully?"
Although Li Zhi was a wanderer and did not like the affairs of the court, preferring to focus on landscapes and play, he was not stupid. He could even be said to be a bit smarter than Li Chengqian, but he was unwilling to use it in serious matters.
"Zhi'er doesn't know this," Li Zhi whispered, for fear of being punished by the military advisor.
The military advisor sighed. There were only two of them in the military tent. The military advisor said carefully: "Zhi'er, do you know how many people in the court have high hopes for you? Your father, Lord Changsun, Lord Fang, and my father, General Qin , Military Advisor Li, I don’t hope that you can defeat your elder brother Li Chengqian. If you can establish some achievements in Jiangdu this time, return to Chang’an one day and be crowned king by the Holy Emperor, your future will be limitless. Don’t you know what’s going on? "What is a big thing and what is a small thing," the military advisor has already said clearly. The two parties in North Korea and China support Li Chengqian and Li Zhi. The military advisor naturally stands on the side of her father Du Ruhui. Of course, he hopes that in the future, Datang will be able to hand over a wise man. In the hands of the emperor, although Li Chengqian appears to be courteous and courteous on the surface, he is extremely small-minded and narrow-minded. If he ascends the throne, half of the ministers in the court will probably suffer his revenge. Of course, those who want to remove him from the position of prince , there are also many people there.
Li Zhi was most annoyed to hear these words. His uncle Changsun was nagging in his ears every day, saying that he was like a prince who only knew how to play around all day long. He has no ambition to be an emperor. He has two older brothers who are both civil and military. He just wants to travel around the world's famous mountains and rivers with his sister Xiaosizi, and then he can feel at ease when he gets tired. Wouldn't it be nice to be his happy prince?
Li Zhi was silent and listened quietly to his master's words. It would be useless to talk too much. Moreover, the military tents had walls with ears everywhere, so it was inconvenient for the military advisor to say more. He was picking up the battle map and was preparing to explain to Li Zhi how to break the mouth of the pot. , but saw Li Chuang and Qin Huaiyu, who had previously gone out to intercept Prince Li Chengqian, come quickly outside the tent.
The two of them could not stop Li Chengqian who had made up his mind, but Zhang Shigui scolded him for being disrespectful. The two of them had to go back the way they came to report. Unexpectedly, they met someone outside the military camp. The two of them immediately persuaded them to come back. Li Chengqian was still happy, and immediately ran in to announce, "Sister Xuan, guess who is here," they happily forgot that Miss Du was now the military advisor of the armed forces, and directly called her Sister Xuanxuan.
The military advisor seemed to have guessed who the visitor was, so she said indifferently: "Let him come in."
The two of them thought that the military advisor would be so happy to hear the news that Brother Meng was back alive, but they didn't know that she was still indifferent and indifferent. The two of them stuck out their tongues secretly and said, "We will go to greet him right now."
The two of them had just finished speaking when Meng Xinghe had already stepped outside the military tent door.
"Haha, everyone is here, I thought you were going to attack Hukou Town," Meng Xinghe smiled and sat down. Behind him, Wu Meiniang and the junior sister had seen these people, but Shangguan Wan'er had never seen them before. Waiting for the formation, she timidly hid behind Meng Xinghe, pulling on the lapel of his clothes. She was scared when she entered the military camp just now, and now that she saw that even women were wearing armor, she became even more timid.
The military advisor mentally scolded you for not being dead. There was no expression on his face. He probably saw Meng Xinghe go out and failed to do anything, but he brought a woman back with him. This man really can't change his habit of being a playboy no matter where he goes. The military advisor wanted to find a knife and poke a few holes in his body. His voice remained unchanged and cold as he said, "What are you doing when you come back? Why don't you continue boating on Tai Lake?"
Meng Xinghe chuckled: "Aren't I worried about the fighting on the front line? After I escaped, I immediately rushed over from Taihu Lake, right?"
The military advisor directly filtered Meng Xinghe's words, rolled his eyes at him, and said, "Come out, I have something to ask you."
Meng Xinghe couldn't figure out why the military advisor wanted to talk to him alone, and said, "What's the matter? Isn't it allowed to say this here?" Meng Xinghe looked to the left and right, they were all his own people, there was nothing he couldn't say.
The military advisor didn't care what he was thinking and walked out of the military camp alone. I really didn't know what this Du Yatou was doing and what she was doing. Could it be that she had something on her mind? Meng Xinghe thought to herself and followed him out.