Seven hundred and sixtieth chapters: Huayin War II
"So, if everything goes well, I believe it won't be long before the situation in Chang'an will spread to Huayin City! By then, Li Shimin will definitely not be able to sit still, and will try his best to break out of Huayin and return to Chang'an to take control of the situation!"
In the Liang Jun barracks outside Huayin City, Li Jing and a group of generals gathered in the camp and circled around a map of Huayin City to draw signs. Among the crowd, Li Jing pointed with his hands confidently.
position, and said: "And if Li Shimin wants to break out, he will definitely choose to break out from the west of the city, so that he can directly return to Chang'an!"
"Uh! General Li!" Hearing Li Jing's confident words, the general next to him was Xue Wanshu, the boss of the Xue brothers. Xue Wanshu frowned and said, "This Huayin is extremely important to Li Tang.
, Li Shimin is proficient in strategy, how could he fail to see the importance of Huayin, and why would he give up Huayin easily! Not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Tang troops in Huayin City. If Li Shimin chooses to break out, the Tang troops will inevitably suffer heavy losses!"
Xue Wanshu asked the doubts in the minds of most people present. It would be fine if the enemy commander was incompetent, but who Li Shimin was? His past achievements were enough to illustrate! How could such a man who is good at conquering and fighting be like this?
Acting rashly in an important battle?
Li Jing smiled, raised his head and looked at Fang Xuanling who was standing opposite him, and said with a smile: "Li Shimin is indeed a difficult opponent! But, this time he has to take the risk! Fang
Sir, you might as well explain the reason for this!"
Li Jing's words aroused the curiosity of the generals, and at the same time, their eyes turned to Fang Xuanling. This time Li Jing's army attacked Li Tang, which was of great importance. Wan He even sent Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui there.
Li Jing came to make suggestions. The previous victory of Hongnong was due to Du Ruhui's plan, but now according to Li Jing, it was obviously Fang Xuanling who had come up with some plan to deal with Li Tang, which made the generals more and more curious.
"Haha!" Faced with everyone's gaze, Fang Xuanling also laughed and said with an understatement: "Actually, this plan is not my fault. To be precise, it should be the credit of King Liang! We set off from Luoyang that day.
The King of Liang had mentioned before that Li Shimin had killed his brother to usurp the throne, and his reputation was not justified! And Li Yuan was forced to abdicate by Li Shimin, and he was even more dissatisfied with Li Shimin! Now that Li Shimin's army is outside, he can take this opportunity to visit Chang'an City
Activities one and two will surely make Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng's old troops in Chang'an take action! And according to the previous intelligence from Chang'an, the prince's plan has already begun to bear fruit! Li Yuan is taking advantage of this opportunity to win over the old troops in Chang'an.
The intention is to take advantage of Li Shimin's absence in Chang'an to regain military and political power! Li Shimin, who knew this, naturally rushed back to Chang'an to suppress Li Yuan!"
Fang Xuanling's words immediately stunned all the generals present, especially Guo Zihe, who had recently joined the Liang Army. He looked at Fang Xuanling with wide-eyed eyes and a look of disbelief on his face.
He couldn't help but turned his head and asked Li Jing: "Um, is that Liang Wang really so powerful? Could it be, could it be that you are deliberately giving credit to him?"
As soon as Guo Zihe said these words, it seemed as if he had spoken the hearts of the generals. Almost everyone present showed approval. It is no wonder that Guo Zihe and others did not believe Fang Xuanling's words. Wanhe was born in
He was just a merchant in Luoyang, and it was rumored that before he became famous, he was just a playboy in Luoyang City! Now Fang Xuanling said that Wan He was able to manipulate a talented person like Li Shimin into his hands, and no one would believe it easily.
"Uncle Master! The talent of King Liang is definitely not what the rumors describe!" Li Jing also looked helpless, but thinking about it when he first met Wan He, how could he have thought that Wan He would be what he is today? He couldn't help but think about it.
He shook his head and said: "Uncle Master, please don't forget that not long ago, King Liang personally led the army and defeated Na Luo Yi and Liang Shidu's coalition forces in Jishui!"
"Uh!" When Li Jing said this, not only Guo Zihe, but also others remembered Wanhe's record of flooding the Seventh Army in Jishui, and the surprise on their faces softened a little. Xue Wanshu was also a little a little bit surprised.
He said awkwardly: "Well, King Liang is really powerful! With King Liang's clever plan, no matter how capable Li Shimin is, he will definitely lose!"
All the generals also put away their previous distrustful thoughts and nodded one after another, with a lot more confidence on their faces. Then Li Jing nodded again and said: "Li Shimin wants to rush back to Chang'an immediately, so naturally he won't wait too long."
In my opinion, Li Shimin will break through in just one or two days! So, starting from tomorrow, we will really start to attack the city!"
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" As soon as Li Jing said this, several people among the generals present understood what Li Jing meant.
Apply pressure! Force him to be unable to find the strength to break through! Li Shimin has Chang'an in his heart and can't find a chance to break out. When the time comes, he will definitely make a mistake! As long as he makes a mistake, we will win this battle!"
After all, Xue Wanshu is the eldest among the Xue brothers. He has followed Xue Shixiong on the battlefield since he was a child. He has rich experience and can see through Li Jing's intentions at once. After hearing Xue Wanshu's words, Li Jing also smiled and nodded, with a little more approval on his face.
, and then said: "As mentioned before, if Li Shimin wants to break out of the encirclement, he will most likely choose Ximen, so we will strengthen our offensive against Ximen so that Li Shimin will have scruples and not dare to break out of the encirclement!"
"Oh!" Hearing Li Jing's last words, all the generals couldn't help but cheered. In the past few days, Li Jing ordered Liang Jun to only besiege but not attack, but this frustrates these brave and fighting generals.
Now that they heard that Li Jing said they could start a war, they couldn't wait to mobilize their troops right away and attack the city overnight!
"General Li! The last general is willing to go to Ximen!" Lai Hong, Lai Zheng, the brother of the Lai family, was the first to react. Since Li Jing has said it, Li Shimin is likely to appear in Ximen, so naturally Ximen's mission is the most important!
In other words, if the battle can be fought well, then Ximen's side will naturally take the greatest credit! Maybe they can confront Li Shimin and kill him!
As a general, he naturally valued military merit. The other generals soon understood what the brothers were thinking. Their eyes were bright and they all asked for a fight. Even Guo Zihe, who had recently joined the Liang Army, looked at him excitedly.
Then Li Jing shouted, he must go to Ximen to join the battle!
Seeing the enthusiasm of the generals in asking for battle, Li Jing couldn't help but laugh, but he waved his hand and directly suppressed the generals' words, and finally said: "You all know that this west gate is important, so naturally I will personally preside over the west gate offensive.
Yes! You don’t need to argue about this anymore!”
Regarding Li Jing's words, the generals were immediately dumbfounded. Who would have thought that Li Jing would actually "steal and steal"? Although he was unwilling to do so, Li Jing was the commander-in-chief of the army after all, and the decisions he made were military orders. In this regard, even Guo Zi
I can't violate this with Li Jing's uncle, I can only give up!
Seeing everyone's expressions, the smile on Li Jing's face became even brighter. Of course, he wanted to compete for this task not because of greed for merit, but because he valued Li Shimin! Li Shimin was able to win so many battles. He had won so many battles before in Huayin.
In the first battle, Li Jing even almost fell into Li Shimin's trap, so even though Li Shimin had fallen into his conspiracy, Li Jing still did not dare to relax at all towards Li Shimin. When others went to Ximen to deal with Li Shimin, Li Jing was not at ease.
Li Jing can feel at ease only if he takes action himself.
Immediately afterwards, Li Jing made arrangements again and arranged all the generals properly. At the east gate, there was Lai Hong and Lai Zheng brothers, at the north gate there were the Xue brothers, and at the south gate, Li Jing's uncle Guo Zihe was assigned.
Come take charge. After making all arrangements, Li Jing's eyes flashed, and he clapped his hands hard, hitting the location of Huayin City on the map. He shouted in a deep voice: "Starting tomorrow! Attack the city with all the troops!"
After letting Li Shimin rest for so long, it’s time to let him move around!”
——————————————Dividing Line——————————————Chang’an City, since Li Shimin’s army marched eastwards, the entire Chang’an City seems to be full of
The atmosphere was tense, and even the people in Chang'an City seemed to realize that something was wrong. They went in and out every day, and when night fell, they all hid in their homes, and no one dared to go out.
Even so, the martial law in Chang'an City is stricter than before. Teams of patrolling Tang Army soldiers walked back and forth in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, and the uniform sound of military boots echoed in the streets.
"Who is it?" A cold shout rang out in a remote street in the city. However, a group of patrolling Tang Army soldiers discovered something unusual and shouted loudly.
With this shout, a group of more than ten Tang Army soldiers immediately raised their spears and directly surrounded the entrance of an alley in front. The entrance of the alley was currently surrounded by the eaves of the surrounding residential buildings.
It was blocked and plunged into darkness. If there hadn't been a noise coming from inside, these Tang Army soldiers wouldn't have noticed anything strange!
After shouting, there was no movement in the alley. This not only did not make these Tang Army soldiers relax their vigilance, but made them more cautious. The captain who took the lead frowned, and there were even a few drops of sweat on his forehead.
After hesitating for a moment, he shouted loudly: "Come out! Otherwise, we will not be polite! Get ready to blow the horn!"
As soon as the captain finished speaking, a Tang Army soldier beside him immediately took out a small horn from his arms, which was used by each patrol team to sound the alarm. The Tang Army soldier directly put the small horn to his mouth and took a deep breath.
He took a breath and was ready to blow the horn at any time. But at this moment, there was finally movement in the dark alley, and a cold shout suddenly sounded: "Don't blow! It's me!"