Turbulent Times Chapter 1579: The back road arranged by Li Shimin

Hedong, Li Yuan Group East Route Army Central Army camp.

Li Shimin sat at the head with a calm expression. After quietly listening to Duan Zhixuan's report, his expression did not change at all, and he remained silent for a long time.

Duan Zhixuan buried 10,000 fine cavalry in Shanggu County, but at this moment he felt uneasy.

Duan Zhixuan has been following Li Shimin for two or three years. He knows that the calmer the second prince of the Tang Dynasty looks, the more monstrous anger and murderous intentions are hidden in his heart. The young master is young, how did the Chengfu train him so deeply.

I don't know how long it took before Li Shimin's frowning brows slowly relaxed, and then he sighed slightly, and said, "Zhixuan, you fled all the way back without stopping the first time after breaking through the encirclement. The decision is very correct. I guess if you have the slightest hesitation, even if you delay for half an hour, you may be bitten to death by a team of experts from the Far Eastern Army Special Forces. In that case, you will either become a corpse now or Has become a captive."

"Thank you, Second Young Master, for your appreciation." Duan Zhixuan breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little worried that Li Shimin would blame him.

Li Shimin seemed to have put all the unhappiness behind him, he smiled lightly and nodded slightly, and continued: "Zhixuan, the 10,000 elite cavalry in Youzhou and the 10,000 elite cavalry in Shanggu County are lost so quickly. It is basically certain that Li Jing led people to plan."

"It's just... based on what I know about Li Jing, I really can't figure out that Li Jing would betray our Li family and serve Wang Junlin." Everyone knows Li Jing's aspirations and ideas. In the words of later generations, he knows Li Jing's outlook on life, the world and values, and Li Jing's pursuit.

From Li Shimin's point of view, it is reasonable to say that Li Jing would never serve Wang Junlin, otherwise he would not have recommended Li Jing to infiltrate the Far East Army at that time, to serve as a military adviser to that boy Xuan Ba, and to serve as the biggest one in the Li Yuan Group. Anzi.

"So, I lost to Li Jing this time." Duan Zhixuan had a murderous and dissatisfied expression on his face.

Li Shimin glanced at Duan Zhixuan, and said indifferently: "Li Jing is a man who is both talented and talented. Kill this person."

"I understand the humble job." Duan Zhixuan's heart shuddered, he had never heard Li Shimin make such an evaluation, except of course the King of Qin'an, Wang Junlin.

"No, Li Jing has joined Wang Junlin, that kid Xuanba..." Li Shimin suddenly thought of another thing, and his face, which had not seen any major changes, finally darkened.

Frowning tightly and thinking for a long time, Li Shimin sighed, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and said: "Wang Junlin is really unfathomable, and there are too many talented people around him." , I asked myself that I have been looking for the world's great heroes all these years, but the capable people around me are still far from being comparable to Wang Junlin. Also, the combat effectiveness of the Far Eastern Army is really shocking, not to mention gunpowder weapons, their Other equipment is also a headache!"

When Duan Zhixuan heard the words, he couldn't help feeling a little bit

Zhen, this was the first time he had heard the second prince of Tang Wang speak so highly of Wang Junlin and the Far East Army.

You must know that the second son of Tang Wang is also unfathomable in Duan Zhixuan's eyes.

Li Shimin glanced at Duan Zhixuan, but his calm expression had returned to his face again, and he said lightly: "But behind my Li family are the vast majority of powerful families and nobles in the world, and the fact that dynasties have changed in the past has long been It proves that the emperor can be born as a commoner, but he must be backed by a powerful family and aristocrats, otherwise it is impossible to win the world, so you don't have to worry about it."

Duan Zhixuan quickly expressed his opinion: "Second Young Master, don't worry, I firmly believe that Second Young Master is the man of destiny."

Li Shimin was noncommittal to Duan Zhixuan's words, and he did not pretend to hide his ambitions. On the one hand, Duan Zhixuan was his true confidant, and on the other hand, he knew that he only had to show his ambition to own the world, and he was matched with Only with the corresponding ability can I get the loyalty of a talented person like Duan Zhixuan. Otherwise, I am the second son of the Li family. Under normal circumstances, I will only be a prince in the future, and may even be an idle prince. How could someone like Duan Zhixuan, who wanted to be a great hero of the founding general, be loyal to him like Duan Zhixuan.

"I have never worried about the eastern battlefield. Although Yuchi Jingde and Li Jing are difficult to deal with, I think I can still handle it. But my uncle in the north is likely to follow Wang Junlin's way, and I always feel that Guanlong in the west is the same. There will be accidents. If these two armies are defeated, I will not be alone here, so I still have to say I am defeated before the battle, and I still have to prepare for some things at the same time."

When Li Shimin said this, he paused for a moment, knocked on the table in front of him, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and said solemnly, "You will give you three thousand elite soldiers, and you will set off for Sichuan and Sichuan immediately. There are two groups of bandits that belong to us. I will give you a secret letter, and they will obey your orders if you take it there. In addition, the commander of my Lijianan Road army, led by Li Xiaogong, led 50,000 troops and was defeated in Shangluo County. The bandit Zhu Jie has regained Shangluo County, and has already begun to plan the land of Sichuan and Shu. Li Xiaogong only obeys my father's orders, but one of his generals is mine. I will give you another secret letter at a critical moment. You can find him, and he can cooperate with you to send troops. In short, I want you to take down the land of Sichuan and Sichuan as quickly as possible."

Duan Zhixuan took a deep breath, bowed and cupped his fists and said, "I understand."

Duan Zhixuan knew in his heart that Li Shimin was worried that he would not be able to defeat the Far Eastern Army. If Hedong and even Guanzhong were occupied by the Far Eastern Army, the land of Sichuan and Shu would become a retreat.

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Continuously attacking Wang Junlin's Far East Army camp for half a month, the infantry and cavalry, the main force of the Li family's 100,000 North Route led by Li Shen, have lost 30,000 combined infantry and cavalry, but the results achieved are impressive. Li Jiajun felt chilled from top to bottom.

They actually just filled the damned hundreds of thousands of horse traps, and then captured the outermost trenches of the Far Eastern Army camp.

Looking at the four trenches, one low wall, and one ice wall outside the Far Eastern Army camp, Li Shentong's heart suddenly became colder than the ice and snow weather.

According to the rhythm of attacking the camp of the Far Eastern Army these days, if he wants to fill up the four trenches, tear down the low walls, and climb over the ice wall, I am afraid that all the hundreds of thousands of horses will be buried

It was sent here, and when their strength was reduced to a certain extent, how could they besiege and kill people like Wang Junlin.

So, as time went by, Li Shentong felt worse and worse. He even had a premonition that if he continued like this, it would not be a question of besieging Wang Junlin, but whether he could bring more The problem of the people returning to Shuozhou City.

Moreover, news came from Luliang County and Xinkou County these days that the changes in these two counties were too great and too fast after they were occupied.

After the Far Eastern Army occupied these two counties, some policies that were quickly implemented in these two counties, under the covert propaganda and fuel of the Xiaoyu Theater and the Military Intelligence Office, the common people recognized it very quickly, and even many people have already become Far Eastern The people under the military rule are proud.

Of course, this is because some policies and systems of the Far East Army can bring immediate benefits to the people.

At the beginning when Luo Shixin and Wu Si occupied these two counties, they captured 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers from the county and county. Under the series of measures and means of the Far Eastern Army, most of the soldiers have initially established a sense of identity with the Far Eastern Army in the past month.

Seeing that after a while, the 60,000 to 70,000 troops can be used by the Far Eastern Army. Come to station in Xinkou County and Luliang County.

By that time, Luo Shixin and Wu Si's 80,000 troops in the two counties will be able to free up more than half of them to continue to capture the other five counties in Hedong.

For a long time, the intention shown by the Far Eastern Army was that Wang Junlin led the army to attack Taiyuan Mansion. Now it seems that this is a scam in itself, or it is just one of Wang Junlin's many plans to capture Hedong, and even Not the most important one.

There were a lot of thoughts in his mind, Li Shentong took a deep breath, and ordered people to call the generals above the captain to the commander's tent to discuss the matter.

It didn't take long for the generals above the captaincy to arrive one after another. They sat on both sides, and the head coach Li Shentong, whose face was so gloomy that he could drip water, sat at the head.

"Looking at it now, Wang Junlin, taking the honor of King Qin An, only brought more than 10,000 people to set up camp so close to Shuozhou City. This is a conspiracy in itself. Wang Junlin wants to use himself as a bait to lure us to the North The main force of the army besieged his camp, and his camp was fully prepared for defense, making it difficult for us to break through easily, and even to break through would have to pay a heavy price. In short, it seems that we just hit the king trick."

Li Shentong has a habit. On the battlefield, he will openly tell his subordinates some of his mistakes, and he will not put on airs and face of the commander. carry out his orders.

At this time, when all the generals heard this, their faces all changed, but there were also a very small number of people who had such an expression, obviously they had already doubted it.

It's just that each of them looked very ugly at this time. Many of them were frightened and angry, and they began to shout and curse on the spot. They scolded Wang Junlin's eight generations of ancestors. The vague look of fear is obviously due to the strength of the Far Eastern Army and Wang Junlin's cunning these days.