Chapter 742 Decisive Battle (III)

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He ran for another night, but the horse could not hold on. Wan Yulou had to order a rest. It happened that at dawn, he passed by a town and planned for a long time that he had to run for nearly 200 miles. It was not difficult to get there for the rest of the journey. He simply asked everyone to find an inn to sleep well for half a day.

He told the friend to feed the horses. Wan Yulou and others got into the bed without even eating. The sleep was very sweet. If he hadn't specifically told the friend to call them up at noon, everyone might have really slept for a day and a night.

After waking up, Wan Yulou immediately moaned in pain.

pain

There is nothing that doesn't hurt on my body.

From the easternmost river, thousands of miles away, traveling to Xiangyang for thousands of miles. If it weren't for the double riding of each person, if their war horses were not strong enough, I wouldn't know how many times they would be exhausted if they were ordinary horses. I didn't even take off my clothes when I was sleeping. When I got up, Wan Yulou found that his pants were actually stuck to his thighs. His butt and inner thighs were all worn out, and the new flesh and clothes were stuck together, and it hurts when he moved.

Not only him, almost everyone is like this.

He kept rushing to the road, and apart from fatigue and fatigue, he didn't feel much pain. But after sleeping for half a day, the pain made people feel a little unbearable. He opened the package and turned it out of clean clothes, then grinned and took off the pants that were stuck to his body.

The white flesh exposed in the broken skin looked shocking and didn't dare to touch it. Wan Yulou took out the wound medicine from the package and applied it carefully, and then put on his pants carefully. After a glance at the warm quilt, he was reluctant to leave. Looking at the soft quilt, Wan Yulou suddenly remembered something, and then a slutty smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He immediately called over a dozen subordinates over and whispered for a while. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all showed a slutty smile like him. More than a dozen people whispered, like a group of mice who were about to do bad things.

After changing the clothes, everyone did not eat in the inn. They bought a lot of steamed buns and cooked meat and set off on the road again. After resting, they started the marching again. The fatigue became even stronger. Everyone gritted their teeth and ran out for more than a hundred miles in one breath. Then they fed the horses and rested for a while, thinking about the bad things they did before leaving the inn, and under such fatigue, everyone could even laugh.

By the second half of the night, everyone had reached the end of their strength. Fortunately, Xiangyang City arrived.

After being stopped by the patrolling cavalry, Wan Yulou showed the military bureau's waist sign. After waiting for a while, he was led into the camp and arranged to rest in a tent. Everyone was so tired that they almost fell asleep again after lying down. They still cared about the pain in their bodies as if they had fallen apart.

Just as they were sleeping soundly, His Highness Yan personally arrived at the door of their tent. He lifted the curtain and looked at it. Li Xian waved his hand to signal his subordinates not to wake Wan Yulou and the others. He ordered his personal soldiers to cover them with a quilt. Li Xian turned around and walked out of the tent.

The generals following him were all a little moved. It took only a short time to get from Jiangdu to Xiangyang, which shows that Wan Yulou and others were simply fighting desperately. This quality undoubtedly made all soldiers respect him.

"You'an"

Li Xian looked back and smiled and said lightly: "I heard that... When I was in Taiyuan, you had the best personal relationship with Li Shimin, but that's the case?"

Li Xiaogong, who was walking behind him, trembled slightly, and his face changed: "It's... I did get close to the second young master when I was in Taiyuan. He was in the old house in Longyou since he was a child, and there were not many acquaintances since he arrived in Taiyuan. I had returned to Longyou several times to study his knowledge, so he looked closer to me."

"Did you feel unwilling to fight yesterday?"

Li Xian asked again.

Just yesterday, Li Xiaogong, who arrived outside Xiangyang City, first mobilized a battalion of more than 10,000 cavalry to raid the Qin King's camp. The two sides fought for more than an hour. Relying on the fast cavalry speed and timely support, Li Xiaogong took some small advantage in this battle, injured more than 3,000 cavalrymen, and killed more than 5,000 cavalry soldiers.

In any case, this battle is not too fierce. But Li Xiaogong used this battle to express his attitude, and it is not very important to lose or win.

"I am not unwilling to do so, but the soldiers are tired. This warrior has not been able to fight well. Please forgive me for your crime."

"Where is any sin that can cure you? Keep your heart in your stomach."

Li Xian smiled and said, "Gu asked you to come tonight, not to blame you, not to test you, not to be bored... Gu first arrived in Xiangyang, and there are some things that need to be asked for."

"Sincere"

Li Xiaogong bowed his head and said.

"What is the combat power of the soldiers under Li Shimin?"

"Return to the lord, Li Shimin's men and women were camping on the east bank of the Han River. My men and women were west of the Han River. Yesterday, in the battle, I sent people to cross the river thirty miles and sneak attack Li Shimin's camp. But Li Shimin was prepared and was almost trapped by the enemy. When the 10,000 elite cavalry sent by me came back, he lost more than 3,000 people. Although the enemy's losses should be nearly twice as much as this number... But if I had not personally led the army to support it, it would be almost impossible for these 10,000 cavalrymen to withdraw to the west of the Han River."

"Although the enemy's equipment is not very well-equipped, they have a strong morale. The soldiers have experienced another year of fighting, so their combat power is quite good."

"If the lord hadn't arrived, I would have planned to go and raid tonight."

Li Xian nodded, not saying anything.

Just about three hours before this, in the inn where Wan Yulou and others had been resting for half a day, a guest rushed out of the room and roared at the shopkeeper: "What kind of broken inn do you have to open an inn without even a good quilt?! Damn it, do you still look down on me?!"

The shopkeeper ran over quickly, and when he saw the quilt in his hand, the expression on his face suddenly became exciting. Before he could explain anything, six or seven people rushed out of the other rooms and cursed with the quilt.

I saw that each of the quilts had a hole in the shape of a butt...

Wan Yulou, who was sleeping in a daze, got up to pee. When he sat up, he felt soft on his butt and then he remembered to put things on his stuff. He pulled out the cut mat from his pants, got out of the tent and sprinkled it with urine. After he came back, he sat down and felt that his butt hurt, so he stuffed the mat back.

"This thing is really good... for riding a horse during the day, for sleeping at night... for both day and night, for both day and night..."

A fat guy muttered and fell asleep again.

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"Master"

Pei Xingyan clasped his fists and said, "I sent twelve teams of scouts across the river to check. The enemy camp was about nine miles away, with deer antlers and horses all in hand. The camp built a tower of arrows every fifty steps, and dug a lot of pits outside the camp, obviously to guard against cavalry raids. Every half hour, the cavalry patrol the camp, and was heavily guarded. The enemy camp was just one arrow from the Han River to the west. If it crossed the attack, the losses would inevitably be huge."

When Li Xiaogong heard this, he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel respect for Yan Yunjun.

It was only in such a short time that the situation in Li Shimin's camp had almost been touched. Especially when he heard that there were many traps outside Li Shimin's camp, his face was slightly hot. If he had inquired so clearly in advance, the battle yesterday might not have almost ruined a battalion's cavalry.

After hearing this, Li Xian nodded and looked at Ye Huaixue.

Ye Huaixiu nodded slightly and whispered: "I have seen the scouts left by Wu Bushan to be responsible for contact. The secret spies will organize the enemy's intelligence later and send it over. Wu Bushan is cautious in doing things, and the news he hears is very important."

Li Xian said with a nod, "Li Shimin formed a formation to defend the Han River, and this move is beautiful. The camp is a little further away from the riverside, and it is difficult for our troops to rush up. Even if we rushed over, we had not yet unfolded the formation, and it was difficult for the scattered attack to tear open the enemy's defense... If we want to fight, we can only go around and cross the Han River."

He frowned slightly and pondered for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Let the soldiers rest completely first, and continue to send scouts across the river to check. You all go back first, and then discuss the bill tomorrow."

"Here!"

The generals stood up and bowed with fists, and then retreated one by one.

After everyone left, Li Xian asked Ye Huaixue and said, "Worried about Li Xiaogong?"

Ye Huaixue nodded and said softly: "This person had a good relationship with Li Shimin when he was in Taiyuan. When Li Yuan sent him to chase Li Shimin for the general, it was actually because of this festival... From the beginning, Li Yuan might not have planned to kill Li Shimin. If he really had murderous intentions for Li Shimin, it would be more appropriate to send anyone to him. I didn't say in detail just now, just because I was worried about Li Xiaogong... Yesterday's battle was a show."

"It's not unreasonable to worry about it."

Li Xian nodded: "What news is there on Wu Bushan?"

"Wu Bushan brought almost all the secret spies into Li Shimin's camp and had already contacted Dugu Ding... The people from the six ministries were responsible for contacting Wu Bushan and were also responsible for cleaning up other rebel spies."

"Are you sure you can assassinate Li Shimin?"

Li Xian asked after a moment of silence.

"Disaster!"

Ye Huaixue shook his head: "Maybe because of Han Shi'e, there are a lot more guards around Li Shimin now. Yuchi Gong stays away from him day and night, and the secret spies sneak in again, and it is extremely difficult to assassinate."

"Where is Guan Xiaoshu?"

Li Xian asked.

"Guan Xiaoshu has entered Xiangyang City."

Ye Huaixue couldn't help but exclaim: "This man is very brave. He actually sneaked into Xiangyang City without any subordinates... On the day when Li Shimin and Xu Xuanche fought against him, the defenders in Xiangyang City left the city to pick up Xu Xuanche. Guan Xiaoshu pretended to be a soldier in Liang's army at that time."

"The military inspector should mention a few people. After the matter is finished, let Wan Yulou be the governor of the Nanya, and Guan Xiaoshu is transferred to Jiangdu to serve as the chief of the sixth department of the Nanya. Both of them are doing well. Wu Bushan will be the chief of the three department first... Ye Fanyun is better to follow you. After a while, Wu Bushan can be the governor of the Beiya. Shengtu Xiaohua... He will replace Xie Yingdeng as the chief of the large department, and he will not force him."

"Yeah, I'll go back and arrange it."

Ye Huaixue responded.

She was silent for a while and asked, "Do you... want to cross the river to check it out in person?"

"yes!"

Li Xian nodded: "I'll go tonight... I have to see clearly before I can fight. This big river... is of great use. I have to know the terrain, so I can only cross the river and take a look. I asked Wan Yulou to follow him and transfer him back temporarily... just in case."

"I don't think Li Shimin will win, but I can't guarantee that he can't escape."

Li Xian said with a smile.

"No one can compare to Wanyulou when searching for traces."

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