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Du Fuwei smiled bitterly: "If that's the case, if Jieli is willing to let us go back to the Central Plains safely, you and I will be called a fluke!"
Li Jing said solemnly: "I've decided, this situation can't be dragged on any longer, we must send troops immediately, and go straight to the mouth."
Du Fuwei and a group of generals straightened their backs at the same time.
Li Jing looked around at the crowd and said: "I will decide this matter, and I will make orders. Naturally, you don't want to be responsible. I am appointed by His Majesty to hold the axe, and I have the right to do things cheaply!"
Du Fuwei laughed loudly and said: "It's a joke, you, Yaoshi Li, dare to take responsibility. Is it possible that I, Du Fuwei, am a soft guy without a backbone? Now that you have decided, it is natural that the two of us will make the order together. If you take me This Sima is left aside, I will not follow him!"
Li Jing smiled and said: "Well, it's still the old regulations. You lead the main force and feign an attack on the main road to attract the attention of Jieli and the Turkic main force; Mouth."
Du Fuwei shook his head and said: "No, you are the commander-in-chief of the army, so you can't take risks anymore! This time, let's change, I will lead the army to attack, and you will lead the main force, and feign a frontal attack!"
Li Jing was about to refuse, but Du Fuwei interrupted him involuntarily and said, "You are approaching your sixtieth birthday this year, but I have just turned [-]. No matter how you say it, I should be the one to do the drudgery of running around!"
Li Jing straightened his face and said: "Fuwei, don't fight any more. It's freezing and snowy, the army is attacking far away, the commander is not in the army, soldiers, where does the morale come from? This is my general's order, not discussing with you!"
Du Fuwei frowned, but couldn't say anything more.
Li Jing looked around at the generals in the big tent and said: "Everyone, this is the last battle for the peace of the world. If we lose, I, Li Jing, Shang Gu Sheng Shang Long En, the imperial court has high hopes, and I am entrusted by the common people. The soldiers and soldiers look forward to it. Turn your face back to Middle-Earth."
All the generals stood up one after another, looking at Li Jing with respect.
Li Jingdao: "My lords use their lives, this battle is the last hope for us, the Marquis of Jin, to become Duke; if you slack off, this icy and snowy land, thousands of miles away, is our burial place."
All the generals shouted in unison: "I will wait, and I will die!"
Li Jing picked up the general order and threw it on the ground with a crackling sound.He shouted: "When the army comes out, there are enemies but no me, and I am invincible!"
All the generals and soldiers of the Tang army followed suit and shouted: "There is no enemy but me, and there is no enemy!"
Chapter 67 Prepare for the next national war
Chapter 67 Prepare for the next national war
Chang'an City, Taiji Palace Royal Inner Court.The huge imperial inner garden is covered with snow at this time.
Li Jiancheng was wearing a heavy armor, holding a cold horse spear, carrying a thick marching sleeping bag, with a water bottle, a wrap, and a bag of dry food hanging on his waist.
Stepping on the thick snow, Li Jiancheng walked up to the "Yin Mountain" and climbed from the foot of the mountain to the top of the Yin Mountain. In fact, it was only more than [-] steps, and Li Jiancheng felt a little strenuous.
Li Jiancheng turned his head to look at Li Anyan and said with a smile: "I have only walked less than a thousand steps, and I am a bit overwhelmed. I am recruiting soldiers from the north, and everyone has worked so hard like me!"
Li Anyan smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, the soldiers will work harder!"
Don't look at Li Jiancheng is also fully armed, but the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army have to carry two pairs of boots and two sets of cotton padded clothes. The actual load far exceeds Li Jiancheng's. In fact, it exceeds two-thirds of Li Jiancheng's load, which is nearly [-] catties.
Li Jiancheng stood on the top of the narrow slope, looking down at the snow-capped rolling hills.
Li Anyan looked around, then pointed to a place and said, "Your Majesty, that should be Bai Dao."
Li Jiancheng nodded.
Li Anyan turned around and pointed to another place: "Li Jing is currently stationed in Dingxiang. According to the news from the Ministry of War, Dingxiang leads to Baidao. There is a road. Jieli must send heavy troops to guard it."
Li Jiancheng said suspiciously: "Tang Jian is in Jieli Camp."
Li Anyan was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Li Jiancheng said: "If there is an opportunity to gather the scattered tribes around, Xieli will not retreat north immediately."
Li Anyan smiled wryly and said: "It depends on whether Li Jing can seize the opportunity. It is easy to defeat Turkic again, but it is too difficult to capture Xieli."
Li Jiancheng said: "Do you still remember how Li Jing took down Nanliang and Xiao Xian during the Battle of Luoyang?"
Li Anyan thought for a while and said, "Why don't you remember? At that time, the imperial court planned four armies to go south to attack Xiao Xian, and planned to destroy him in three months. In the end, Li Jing persuaded Li Xiaogong to lead the army out of the Three Gorges when the Yangtze River was flooded. In less than a month, Jiangling was conquered and Xiao Mian was captured alive."
Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "Xiao Xian prepared a fleet for escape, but he never expected that Li Jing would rush under his nose so quickly. At that time, Li Jing was only Li Xiaogong's deputy."
Li Anyan smiled wryly: "Jieli is not Xiao Xian, he is the overlord of the grassland, a cunning old wolf who sleeps with one eye open, it is too difficult to capture him..."
Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "That's right, even if I personally conquered Mobei, I wouldn't dare to say that I will definitely capture Jieli and wipe out most of the Turkic forces, which is enough to be worthy of the forbearance of the Tang Dynasty in these years."
Li Anyan said unmoved: "Your Majesty..."
Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly and said, "An Yan, am I too greedy? I always think that I will solve the great enemy of Mobei once and for all in one battle, and that enemy has threatened the Central Plains for hundreds of years."
Li Anyan sighed and did not answer.
The monarch and his ministers stood motionless on the top of the slope for a long time.
Suddenly, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Anyan and said, "How many days ago was the last time the Ministry of War received news from General Chen?"
Li Anyan thought about it carefully and said: "Your Majesty, it should be a month ago, three days after Li Jing's army just set off!"
Li Jiancheng's heart suddenly moved, and he looked around the inner court.
Li Jiancheng looked at Li Anyan and said, "Tell me, where will General Chen be?"
"This...General Chen led the Lingzhou Dingyuan Army and Lingwu Army a month ago, suddenly went north, and disappeared since then..."
A long-lost smile appeared on Li Jiancheng's originally obscure face: "Zhen, it's really unfounded worry!"
Li An was stunned.
Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "With General Chen in Mobei, even if Jieli belongs to a mouse, he can't escape!"
Li Anyan asked suspiciously: "How did Your Majesty know that General Chen went after Jieli Khan?"
"If Chen Ying is cautious enough to wait until I issue an order before using troops, he will not be the mighty General Chen in the west! If he uses troops, he will not take a detour to Dingxiang at the expense of the near and far, but will only control himself and go to the northeast. Cross the Yellow River and copy Xieli's retreat."
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At night, Li Jiancheng slept extremely peacefully.
However, Li Zhi cried in the middle of the night, and Zheng Guanyin got up to check.
Li Jiancheng also sat up.
Zheng Guanyin came back after comforting Li Zhi, and found Li Jiancheng sitting on the bed in a daze.
Zheng Guanyin asked cautiously: "Is Zhi'er bothering you?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "Just now I had a dream, dreaming that Jieli ran away."
Zheng Guanyin patted Li Jiancheng's arm comfortingly, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, dreams are always reversed. Li Jing will definitely catch Xieli."
Li Jiancheng didn't feel sleepy at this time, so he got up and got out of bed.