Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 92

After Li Ji entered Li Jiancheng's tent, he quickly shouted loudly: "Congratulations, Your Royal Highness, Liang and Later Sui have retreated."

Seeing Li Ji like this, Li Jiancheng secretly felt it was funny, but he didn't point it out, and said, "Yes, Liang and the Later Sui Dynasty retreated, and I in Lingzhou have no worries."

Li Ji took the opportunity and said: "In my opinion, my Tang army should attack immediately to repel the Turkic soldiers and break the siege of Lingzhou."

Li Ji finally stated his purpose, and Li Jiancheng suddenly admired Song Gongqing a little. If Song Gongqing hadn't been there, he would have agreed to Li Ji's words.

But this time, the situation is different.

"The troops of Liang and Later Sui have retreated, and my Lingzhou has indeed relaxed a lot, but in my prince's view, it is not yet time for a decisive battle with the Turks, and we have to wait."

Hearing this, Li Ji's heart sank slightly, and immediately afterwards, he more or less understood what was going on.

I'm afraid that Li Jiancheng intends to use a knife to kill people. He wants to use Liang and Later Sui's knives to kill Li Shimin.

But the more Li Ji understood, the more calm he became, and he didn't ask too many questions, saying: "Everything is arranged by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After speaking, Li Ji withdrew.

Not long after, Qin Shubao, Yu Chigong and others came to Li Ji's tent.

"Military teacher, what should we do at this time?" Yu Chigong was very angry, and after asking a question, he scolded again: "The prince has no regard for family affection, so let's lead the troops back and save His Highness King Qin. , let the prince call himself."

"Nonsense!" Li Ji yelled, and said, "Don't say that again from now on."

Yu Chigong curled his lips: "So what?"

Li Jining raised his eyebrows: "Now that the Holy Majesty is in Chang'an, the capital city, we left Lingzhou without authorization, which is no different from treason. So what if we saved His Highness King Qin?"

Li Ji didn't say much, but a lot of meaning was already contained in it. Now Li Yuan is still the emperor, and he still controls the soldiers and horses in the world. They don't have the strength to fight Li Yuan at all.

In that case, leaving Lingzhou is just asking for death.

Moreover, Li Jiancheng might wish they could leave.

"Then... then watch His Royal Highness King Qin suffer?" Yuchi asked Li Ji respectfully, and Li Ji shook his head: "It's not necessarily a dead end, don't expect Qin Tian to be with the prince, if he comes back to help, he also has a chance , on our side, we can only fight the Turks as soon as possible, and after defeating the Turks, the prince's dilemma will naturally be solved."

When Qin Shubao heard this, he said, "Second Brother thinks too highly of dogs?"

Li Ji shook his head: "This kid Qin Tian will not let us down."

Seeing this, Qin Shubao didn't say anything else, but asked again: "Now that His Royal Highness refuses to fight the Turks, what should we do?"

"His Royal Highness refuses to take the initiative to attack, so Turkic can only do it first."

"Second brother has an idea?"

Li Ji nodded, then lowered his voice and whispered something in Qin Shubao's ear. After Qin Shubao and others heard this, their faces turned slightly pale.

"This……"

"That's the only way." Li Ji's tone was firm, and Qin Shubao nodded when he saw this: "Okay, then do this."
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Outside Lingzhou City, Turkic soldiers and horses have been stationed for a long time.

"Your Majesty Khan, Liang and Hou Sui's soldiers and horses have retreated, it is really abominable."

A Turkic general was very angry, but Jieli Khan looked calm, as if his calm did not match his age.

He is a very handsome man with a beard and looks very tall.

"Liang and Sui's retreat is not a bad thing for them. It is also impossible for them to stay in Lingzhou after Qin King Li Shimin captured Luzhou City, but if they can kill Li Shimin, it is also a good thing for them. "

"Your Majesty Khan, we will face one hundred thousand elite Tang troops again."

Jieli Khan waved his hand: "One hundred thousand elites of the Tang army are not to be feared. Li Shimin is the Khan's biggest opponent. Since Li Shimin wants to die, let him die. We will stay here and wait for Liang Shidu and them to kill him." After Li Shimin, let's make calculations."

In Jieli Khan's view, Li Shimin's threat to him is much greater than that of Li Jiancheng, and now is a good time to kill Li Shimin.

When the Turkic tribal leaders and generals heard this, although they were very disapproving, they were helpless.

It was windy at night.

The Turkic barracks was very quiet, and many soldiers patrolled back and forth, not daring to slack off.

And at this moment, in the direction of grain and grass, flames shot up into the sky suddenly.

"No, the food is on fire..."

"No, the food is on fire... put out the fire..."

The Turkic soldiers and horses hurriedly ran towards the grain and grass, and at this moment, a Tang army of more than [-] people suddenly rushed into the Turkic barracks on fast horses.

When they rushed in, they held torches in their hands, and their torches lit whatever they saw. The strong wind was blowing, and the fire spread quickly.

Some of the Turkic soldiers and horses fought the fire, and some of them surrounded the Tang army, as well as the Tang Dynasty spy that set the fire before.

"Kill!" Turkic soldiers and horses were extremely angry. After surrounding these Tang soldiers, they didn't say any nonsense at all, and killed them directly.

Twenty or so Tang soldiers, although they burned a lot of food and grass in the Turks, they had no intention of retreating, so that they died soon under the butcher's knife of the Turks.

The night is sultry, and the flames of the Turkic military camps are not extinguished.

In Lingzhou City, Li Ji saw the flames in the distance, and his eyes froze slightly. He hoped that the fire that had sacrificed more than [-] people could drive the Turks into a hurry.

And just as Li Ji was thinking this way, someone in Li Jiancheng's tent had already told Li Jiancheng about the situation.

"His Royal Highness, the food and grass of the Turks have been burned."

"Oh, who burned it?"

"British government sent someone to burn it."

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng sighed suddenly: "I was deceived by this old thing."

He saw that Li Ji was not suspicious today, so he neglected to take precautions against Li Ji, otherwise he would send someone to watch Li Ji and keep Li Ji in custody.

Now that Turkic food and grass are being burned, I am afraid that angry Turkic soldiers will come to attack the city, right?

"Damn it." Li Jiancheng was very angry, but at this time he had nothing to do with Li Ji. After all, burning the enemy's food and grass was always a meritorious deed.

If he punished Li Ji because of this, it would be a bit unreasonable, and Li Ji also had soldiers in his hands, if he really pushed Li Ji into a hurry, the situation would be bad.

If he failed to defend Lingzhou, his position as prince would be even more unstable.

"Pass down the order and order our soldiers and horses to prepare in case the enemy suddenly attacks." In this situation, Prince Li Jiancheng can only prepare for a battle with the Turks.

(End of this chapter)