Chapter 127 one two six

Eighteen fierce soldiers Banners and flags are flying in the West Inner Garden, and a huge banner with the word "Tang" stands on the newly built platform for worshiping generals.The ministers dressed in costumes stood in different shifts under the stage. Fang Xuanling's illness was not cured, so he insisted on coming to the scene and stood in the first place among the civil servants, while Li Jing was wearing a golden helmet and a solemn look on his face. Standing in the first place in the general class. A burst of drum music sounded, and Li Shimin walked towards the general worship platform surrounded by all the guards.An official in a green robe rushed into the West Inner Court quickly, walked behind Changsun Wuji and whispered something, and Changsun Wuji hurriedly walked towards Li Shimin.At this time, the official of ceremonies has already announced loudly: "The auspicious day has arrived, and the emperor pays homage to the general!"

Just as Li Shimin was about to step onto the stage, Changsun Wuji came to him and whispered to him the news that Ankang had been robbed.Li Shimin's complexion changed drastically, and cold sweat fell from his forehead. He looked at Li Jing who was standing under the platform of worshiping the general, hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind. Don't delay, send people to chase after him!" After finishing speaking, Li Shimin walked up to Li Jing resolutely, took his hand and walked towards the general platform, Wang De held the big seal wrapped in golden satin and the letter of imperial edict in his hand. behind.Li Shimin's every step was extremely difficult, but he finally reached the top of the stage, and together with Li Jing, he knelt down to the south and worshiped the sky.

After offering sacrifices to heaven, Li Shimin stood up and handed the big seal to Li Jing, saying solemnly: "The general will take the seal and go out!" Li Jing took the big seal, and the imperial guards lined up in the West Inner Garden shouted in unison: "Long live—— Long live——" Li Shimin kept waving to the soldiers under the large banner fluttering in the wind on the platform of worshiping the general. The strong sunlight made him barely open his eyes, his body was trembling, and Li Jing held him up.Li Shimin whispered: "Brother Jing, hold me by the arm, don't let their emperor fall down!"

Li Jing was very surprised, and asked Emperor Wang De in surprise what happened. Wang De shed a line of tears and told Li Jing softly: "Just now, Princess Ankang was kidnapped by the secret agent sent by Hu Kou to Chang'an." His expression changed, and he cried out with tears in his eyes: "The Emperor!" While receiving the secret report from Chang'an that Li Shimin worshiped the general of the Northern Expedition, Jieli also received another bad news: Botie's military rations from Chang'an were transported to the mountain pass west of Mayi, and they were suddenly killed by tens of thousands of Tang troops from both sides. Leng Shengsheng took them all away!Xie Li scolded the incompetent who had gone to support him, smashed the jobs of more than 200,000 troops, and asked him how he had the face to come back alive.Zhishi Sili hugged Jieli's leg and cried bitterly, "Of course I know that it would be a great crime to screw up this matter, so I planned to draw my sword and commit suicide to apologize, but when I thought that I really left In the future, when you fight with Li Shimin, Da Khan will lose a slave who is willing to fight for you. When Tuli and these people start to make a fuss, Da Khan will lose another soldier who will accompany him. He has served Da Khan for twenty years. I really can’t bear to sweat profusely.”

Jieli looked at Zhishi Sili without saying a word, with hatred still in his eyes.Zhishi Sili took a peek at Jieli, and then cried bitterly: "I have no other thoughts when I come back, I just beg the Great Khan not to kill me first, after this battle is over, I will kill Li Shimin and kill Tuli and Qibi. He Li, these dissident ministers, if you can rest assured, you will definitely commit suicide to thank the Great Khan!" Yi Nan said from the side: "Great Khan, General Zhishili really did his best, he is loyal to the Great Khan, and the enemy Now, don't give up your wings just because of a single mistake, Qibi Heli has been defeated by General Zhishi Sili many times, he is the one you are most afraid of, and he is still pointing the finger at him to avenge your father's revenge."

Hearing Yi Nan's words, Jieli's expression softened a little, his eyes fell on Zhishi Sili's shoulder injury, and he asked, "How is your injury?" Zhishi Sili saw that the master had not killed himself. Meaning, the hanging heart was relieved, and he said with a hippie smile: "Khan, don't you know that I am a hawk and a dog on behalf of the Khan, and I will not be cut and shot a few times. Don't worry, I won't miss you with Li Shimin." This battle!" Jieli scolded: "You are such a lowly bone, you can't even chop it to death with a knife." Holding the arrow and thinking forcefully, he said with a flattering smile: "The Khan will not die if he doesn't want his ministers to die. The Khan is the god on the grassland. Even Lord Yama is afraid of sweating profusely."

Xieli has already realized that he has been caught by Li Shimin's plan to embezzle flowers and plants. He has worked hard for a long time, but he has transported hundreds of thousands of grains for the other party!He summoned the generals to discuss how to deal with the immediate emergency situation. Like the previous few times, Tuli and Qibiheli still complained about the future.Jieli knew that they would not come, so he announced the start of the meeting. He first told the generals two bad news: first, the 500,000 shi army rations that he had worked so hard to obtain were stolen by the Tang army when they reached the border; The second is that Tang armies from all walks of life are now converging in the cloud, and their strength is surprisingly strong, estimated to reach 300,000.

There was a buzz of discussion in the tent, Jieli asked: "Is someone afraid?" Zhi Shili stood up and shouted loudly: "What are you afraid of? It's not a day or two since we fought against Li Shimin. Aren’t many of them eaten by wolves? Don’t say 300,000 people, we’re not afraid of a million!” An older leader said: “But after all, the grassland has been dry for more than half a year, and our war horses have lost weight. There are a lot, and the ministries are in short supply of food and grass. The Tang army has 300,000 people at once, and this battle is not so easy!" Jie Li glanced at the leader who spoke and said, "I think the words of perseverance make sense. Although the Tang army is numerous, there are many recruits and few cavalry. Although our army is smaller than the Tang army, they are all cavalry. Most of them have fought for a long time. In a real fight, the Tang army is by no means our opponent."

Jieli gestured to a courtier, who unfolded a huge sheepskin map.Jieli raised his horsewhip and pointed to a mountain in the picture: "This is Eyang Ridge. Before the Tang army crosses the Hun River, our army must occupy it first. As long as we occupy this place, the 300,000 Tang army will be divided into three groups. The east and west parts, once they are divided, the main force of our army cavalry will gather and gallop left and right, and it will be more than enough to deal with any part." All the leaders nodded. Jieli went on to say: "As for the grain and grass, there are 500,000 shi of military grain in the Tang army warehouse in Yunzhong, and there are even more grain in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Yangzhou. You go back and explain clearly to the soldiers that if you defeat Li Shimin one day earlier, they will be able to fight back sooner." Eat enough food for one day! I will make a rule today, if you kill a soldier of the Tang army, you will get ten stones of food after the battle!" The words were so passionate that everyone said in unison: "Khan, don't worry , I must fight to the death!” Next, Xieli began to discuss with the crowd about the candidates for the generals to attack Eyang Ridge. He said that Eyang Ridge is related to the overall situation of the battlefield, and he planned to select the most elite 30,000 troops to invest in this direction. , must be able to attack but also defend, Zhi Shi Si Li volunteered to take on this burden, but Xie Li unexpectedly chose Ashina Simo.