I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 66 Rescue and State
One day in February of the fifth year of Zhongping, Li Shimin was dealing with official business in the lobby. Xi Zhicai rushed towards Li Shimin's Festival Hall. Li Shimin usually handles government affairs here. Slipped and fell in front of the door.

After hearing the movement, Li Shimin put down the pen in the book, and asked rather displeasedly: "Who is outside, so careless." He usually likes to handle official business quietly, but he was disturbed by the voice outside the door, so he felt a little uncomfortable. so happy.

"My lord, I have an urgent military report." A panting man outside the door said.

Knowing that it was Xi Zhicai, Li Shimin quickly let him in, and before he had time to salute, he said: "General, Xiu Tuhu rebelled. They united with the Hu people from the left part of the Southern Huns, and they claimed to have 10 people. They broke through Xihe and killed Xing Ji, the prefect. Now They are burning, killing, and looting all the way towards Taiyuan County. This is the news from my secret agent Baiqisi, please read it." After saying that, he handed the secret letter to him.

Li Shimin opened the letter and read it carefully. The secret letter said that Hu Tuhu is now in chaos, killing the prefect of Xihe, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Taiyuan.The governor's office has already discussed the transfer of the Yanmen Army to counter the rebellion, and an order to transfer troops should be issued soon.

Based on the memory of his previous life, Li Shimin vaguely remembered that Zhang Yi died in the Xiutuhu Rebellion, but he couldn't remember the exact reason and time. After all, he was only a flash in the pan in history, and he was not very famous.

I can remember him because the Xiu Tu Hu rebellion was very famous in the late Han Dynasty, and I also remembered that he was killed by the Hu people.

You can ignore it before, but now the situation is completely different. Zhang Yi is my father-in-law in the future, and he has always cared for him.

Li Shimin immediately issued an order to gather the generals by beating drums, and at the same time issued an order for the cavalry of the Longxiang Army, Longwu Army, Shenwu Army, and Shence Army to assemble urgently.

This time Li Shimin still decided to use the cavalry, the cavalry is fast, and the barbarian army is also cavalry.

Running thousands of miles, I hope everything can catch up.

After the three-way drum, all the generals and advisers under his command gathered in the account, and Li Shimin asked Xi Zhicai to tell everyone the information.

The generals were very hot-tempered. They heard that it was Xiu Tu who was messing around, and they begged for orders one after another, arguing to kill that shit King Xiu Tu.

Seeing the mess in the big tent, Li Shimin coughed lightly, and everyone knew what was going on and stopped talking.

"At present, the rebellion of Hu people, known as [-], is fierce. The rebellion of the remnants of the Yellow Turban and Baibo is still going on, and the situation in Taiyuan County is very critical. In order to consolidate the safety of the state, it is imperative for us to do so. I decided to send troops to rescue." Li Shimin said very firmly.

"General, do we have to wait for the governor's mansion's troop transfer order to arrive before we set off?" Xi Zhicai reminded.

"It's urgent, we can't wait any longer. We will definitely meet the messenger soldiers from the Governor's Mansion all the way south. It will not be considered a violation if we get the order to transfer troops." Li Shimin said frankly.

Xi Zhicai nodded and said no more.

"This time, all the cavalry of the Longxiang Army, Longwu Army, and Shence Army were dispatched. The troops were divided into two groups. One route was led by Guan Yu as the general, and Xi Zhicai offered wine for the military division. Attack to Xihe County, and copy the back of the Huns. Another route is that I personally lead other cavalry, Tian Feng serves as the military commander to sacrifice wine, and go out of Yanmen Pass to attack Taiyuan County. The generals of all ministries, return to the camp and gather all the cavalry under their command, and lead the ten-day march Dry food, the whole army will set off in two days!"

All the generals hurriedly said in unison: "Follow the general's order!"

Everyone knew that the rescue was urgent, so they hurried back to the camp to prepare for the expedition.

This time the rescue involved a long-distance raid, and time was running out. Li Shimin didn't know if he could rescue Zhang Yi.

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King Xiutu led the army and first broke through Meiji City, the royal court of the Southern Huns, killed the Shanyu Qiang Canal of the Southern Huns, and established a new Shanyu.

I heard that Li Shimin in Yanmen County is not easy to mess with, and there is not much money here, so King Xiutu plans to avoid Yanmen County, which is somewhat tasteless.Leading the army to the south, they took Shangjun and Xihe counties directly, preparing to enter and plunder the wealthy Taiyuan county.

It was very smooth at the beginning, and there was basically no resistance in Shangjun and Xihe County. This made King Xiutu feel a little flustered. Resolutely attack the ambition of Taiyuan County.

The Hu army occupied Lishi, then captured Zhongyang and Jiaokou, bypassed Luliang Mountain, and completely opened the road to Taiyuan County.

Taiyuan County is like a catfish on the chopping board, and King Xiutu is waiting to come and have a feast.The Bingzhou Army led by Zhang Yi and Ding Yuan set up defenses in Jiexiu and Xiaoyi, ready to fight the Hu people to the death.

The speed of the Hu people's march was not uncomfortably fast. In less than half a month, they killed and set fire to the hinterland of Taiyuan County.

Xiutu Gehu and the left side of the Southern Huns claimed to have a total of 1 people, but in fact there were only [-] to [-] cavalry, while the Bingzhou Army led by Zhang Yi had only [-], and the cavalry had only more than [-] cavalry. This battle can be described as extremely dangerous , Zhang Yi himself is not sure.

Looking at the densely packed Huren army outside the city, Zhang Yi, who was guarding Jiexiu City, felt uneasy. For him, this battle was more or less ominous, and his only hope now rested on Li Shimin's Yanmen army.

Just as Zhang Yi was thinking about how to defend the city and waited for reinforcements to arrive, his confidant Linghu Chu ran over in a panic and said in mourning, "Lord Inspector, something is wrong. Ding Yuan and his soldiers are already in Huzhou. People escaped before besieging the city, and now the entire Jiexiu city has less than [-] troops, most of them are recruits."

"What? He Ding Jianyang actually abandoned the city and ran away? How could he be so cowardly as a mouse and dare to run away..." Slowly Zhang Yi came to his senses. Ding Jianyang might have planned it for a long time, and he might wait for this opportunity. It's been a long time.

"Use the hands of Hu people to eradicate dissidents. When Li Shimin comes, he will drive away the Hu people with the main force of Yanmen County in the round. In this way, Bingzhou will fall into his hands. This is a really good plan."

Zhang Yi was startled and angry at this moment, and lost his sense of proportion for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Seeing that he was at a loss, Linghu Chu quickly said: "My lord, right now we should think about how to defend the city. As long as Li Shimin's army is with us, we will be saved. There is still hope."

When Zhang Yi heard this, he thought that it was not the end of the day, so he had to give it a go. When he went out, he would make Ding Yuan look good, so he discussed with Linghu Chu how to defend the city.

(End of this chapter)