Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 236
After evacuating to a slightly farther place, Li Ke immediately interrogated the Han prisoners.

Among these four people, only the middle-aged man rescued by Gu Wu still had some identity. He was the deputy general of Longyou Army, named Zhao Fengchun.

The others are all generals with lower status.

Because of the separate interrogation, these people were divided into two tents.

"Are you captured together with King Zhongshan?"

When Li Ke heard that these people were Li Chengqian's subordinates, hope was rekindled in his heart.

"That's right! King Zhongshan took us to the vicinity of Mount Ku and was surrounded by enemy troops, and then..."

Then Zhao Fengchun said.

Li Ke chuckled: "Kill to Kushan?"

He specially emphasized the word "kill", which made Zhao Fengchun blush.

"Li Chengqian, a bastard, is alone in danger, and he is so tired that the king came to rescue him!"

Li Ke cursed.

At this time, Zhao Fengchun had already looked up at Li Ke, with surprise on his face.

"Are you...His Royal Highness the King of Shu?"

he exclaimed.

Li Ke nodded: "You know me?"

Zhao Fengchun shook his head again: "The general has heard of His Highness's reputation, and just heard that His Highness called himself 'the king', so he immediately guessed... In our Tang Dynasty, only His Highness, the prince, dared to risk himself and rescued him heroically... ..."

"Stop flattering, tell me quickly... where was Li Chengqian taken?"

Li Ke waved his hand and asked urgently.

"Your Highness, King Zhongshan must have been sent to Liangzhou..."

Zhao Fengchun cupped his hands.

"What? Liangzhou? What are they going to Liangzhou for?"

Li Ke asked curiously.

"I heard what the Tuyuhun people said... They seem to want to unite with the army of Xiping City and march into Liangzhou together."

"They saw King Zhongshan as a general of the Liangzhou army, so they brought him there to force the Liangzhou army to surrender..."

Zhao Fengchun came up and said.

Li Ke was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Do the Tuguhun people know Li Chengqian's identity?"

Zhao Fengchun shook his head first, then lowered his head: "They only know that King Zhongshan is the commander-in-chief of the Liangzhou Army..."

"You recruited?"

Li Ke looked at Zhao Fengchun's expression and guessed.

"No... not..."

Zhao Fengchun waved his hands quickly, with bitterness on his face.

"Yes... His Royal Highness King Zhongshan said it himself..."

He hesitated.

"His Highness said that he is the commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, and asked these Tuyuhun people to release him quickly, otherwise Liangzhou City will definitely send someone to rescue him..."

Zhao Fengchun explained.

Li Ke smiled bitterly in his heart, he could already imagine that Li Chengqian was imprisoned by the Tuyuhun people, and he was still brazen, hoping to scare him with his status as a general of the Liangzhou army.

"This stupid X!"

He couldn't help cursing, Li Chengqian, this trash, has fallen into other people's hands, do you still expect others to be afraid of you, a general?
Fortunately, this trash still knew how to protect himself, and didn't reveal his identity as the prince.

Thinking about it this way, the other party knew that he was the general of Liangzhou, so he took him to attack Liangzhou City...

But the vicinity of Liangzhou City has always been guarded by Longyou sergeants, and this army was defeated by Li Chengqian a few days ago...

How can the Tuyuhun people be kept in Liangzhou now?
Thinking of this, Li Ke hurriedly asked again: "When did they leave?"

"Just yesterday afternoon..."

Zhao Fengchun explained.

Li Ke thought about it again, the other party had been away for more than a day, and in about two days, he would be able to arrive in Liangzhou.

Time was running out, so he immediately led his people back to his main camp, hoping to lead his troops to rescue Liangzhou.

It was nearly five hours before I returned to the Shu army camp in the north of Shanzhou City.

It was already the next morning when Li Ke returned to the big tent and called Ma Liuzhi.

"Order, the army will immediately dispatch to Liangzhou!"

Li Ke ordered loudly, so startled that Ma Liuzhi and the ugly slaves in the tent all came together.

"Your Highness, are you in such a hurry?"

Ma Liuzhi asked.

"That's right! The Tuyuhun people have already gone to Liangzhou. I'm afraid they will arrive in Liangzhou within two days..."

Li Ke told about Li Chengqian being taken to Liangzhou.

Then, Ma Liuzhi immediately took orders, turned around and walked out of the handsome tent.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid it will be too late to send troops to rescue at this time..."

The ugly slave came up and said eagerly.

"Let's fight it out! There should be time..."

Li Ke didn't know what the opponent's marching speed was.

"Your Highness, I have an idea... Would you like to listen to it?"

The ugly slave said again.

"you say……"

Li Ke waved his hand.

Chou Nuer nodded, then went to the desk again, and knelt down opposite Li Ke.

He spread out the marching map on the table, and then pointed to the direction of Liangzhou.

"Your Highness...we are going to Liangzhou City now, we have to bypass Xiping, the distance is more than 100 miles..."

Although Liangzhou and Shanzhou are adjacent to each other, the distance between the two cities is not short.

"According to the marching speed of the army, it will take at least two days to travel more than a hundred miles. It must be too late to rush there now!"

Chou Nuer first analyzed the difficulty of rescue.

Li Ke didn't refute, and let him continue talking.

"In my opinion, we might as well besiege Wei and save Zhao. Instead of going to rescue Liangzhou, we attack his Xiping City instead!"

"This city of Xiping dispatched troops to Liangzhou, the city must be empty!"

Chou Nuer pointed to the location of Xiping City.

This Xiping City is an important town in Tuyuhun, and its main city is located just west of the junction of Shanzhou and Liangzhou.

If you start from Li Ke's current position and walk all the way west, you will be able to reach Xiping City in about fifty miles.

Li Ke had understood that Chou Nuer's intention was to take advantage of the empty defenses in Xiping to invade Xiping and force back the army heading to Liangzhou.

That's a good idea, but...

Li Ke thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Then what about Liangzhou City? Liangzhou doesn't have any troops right now, and I'm afraid it will be broken in one attack..."

"We can't just watch the people of Liangzhou suffer!"

Li Ke said firmly.

"Your Highness, if Liangzhou City can be saved, we will naturally do our best to save it..."

"But the journey is too far, and we definitely won't be able to get there in time."

"I'm afraid that by the time we get to Liangzhou, the Tuyuhun people have already invaded Liangzhou City!"

The ugly slave said eagerly.

"You don't have to persuade..."

"As long as there is a chance, we will always try."

Li Ke shook his head.

Attacking Xiping is indeed faster.

But when the news reached the two armies attacking Liangzhou, I don't know when.

At that time, Liangzhou might have been destroyed.

Besides, if you encircle Wei and save Zhao by yourself, the opponent can also use this tactic to break it.

What if they receive the news and continue to storm Liangzhou City and force themselves to go there?

At that time, how will he choose?

It is absolutely unacceptable for Li Ke to change the city from one city to another.

Breaking Xiping would of course be extremely beneficial for attacking Tuyuhun.

But... There are people from Tang Dynasty in Liangzhou City, so he can't take this risk.

(End of this chapter)