Don't be a prince

"Grand Ju, Li Jing knows what you mean. After you appease Xieli, Jingding will collect your corpse and send it back to Chang'an!"

Heck!

Under Li Chengqian's gaze, Tang Jian even saluted Li Jing.

After drinking the tea in one breath, Tang Jian laughed and left.He is going to accept Xieli's surrender on behalf of Datang, and try his best to appease Xieli so that this guy won't run away again.

Watching Zhang Jian leave, Li Jing actually bowed his hands and saluted, and didn't straighten up until he could not see Tang Jian's back.

Until then, Li Chengqian couldn't help asking: "Duke Wei, do we really want to put Duke Tang in danger?"

It's hard to imagine how Tang Jian would be treated when Tang Jun came to comfort Jie Li.Divided by five horses, it is estimated that they are all light.

Li Jing sighed: "Tang Jian seeks benevolence and obtains benevolence, how can I refuse him? If his life can be exchanged for Xieli's head, then this battle will end early. Your Highness, you should know that we are here After running around on the grassland for so long, the treasury is almost unable to support it."

Li Chengqian nodded. In fact, as early as years ago, a lot of supplies sent to the barracks were already new food that had not been dried.This shows that the Ministry of War has begun to use the taxes newly collected last year.However, even in such a severe situation, the imperial court still did not send a urging official document here.

They are all waiting, and the whole court is full of confidence in Li Jing, or in the Tang army.

Sighing together with Li Jing, Li Chengqian turned and left, returning to his tent to rest.

The most difficult days of the wounded barracks have passed, but there are still many troubles that follow.The number of beds in the wounded barracks has exceeded the standard.Although many wounded soldiers who were in stable condition and unable to go to the battlefield were escorted back to Feng Mansion.But thinking of the next battle, Li Chengqian's head was as big as a bucket.

As long as war starts, casualties will never be avoided.

Clausewitz said that war is an act of violence to force the enemy to obey our will.However, such a statement is a bit inappropriate in the Tang Dynasty.Because at this time, no one is interested in interfering in other people's internal affairs. The only thing that can determine whether a war will happen is land and hatred.

Tang Jian left without even the escorting sergeant except for two attendants.Before leaving, this guy had another whole night of detailed talks with Li Jing. As for what he said, no one knew, not even the military commander who was in charge of recording various affairs in the army.

I thought the battle would start within a few days, but to Li Chengqian's surprise, Li Jing still didn't intend to send troops after the [-]th day and the first month, and even asked Li Ji's army to retreat, because Li Ji couldn't bear it anymore. I want to move forward.

Under Li Jing's military order, the battalion of wounded soldiers, which had been basically stabilized after a month, was completely emptied, and all the wounded soldiers recuperating were transferred to Feng Mansion.Since the emperor's decree was sent to Fengfu, Chai Shao and others have responsibly built Fengfu into a real city for wounded soldiers.Shuofang, on the other hand, became a safe haven for soldiers recovering from serious injuries.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Li Jing also left Mayi, leaving Jieli with a huge pile of soot.

The departure of Tang Jun made the Turks completely relieved, as long as the battle is over, the Central Plains people are like this, as long as they surrender, they will show some kindness.It's just that these stupid people don't know that when the grassland recovers, what awaits them is the craziest revenge.

Tang Jian, who lived in Turkic, was regarded as a guest of honor, and was called by Jieli to chat almost every day.One hypocritically talked about the surrender, and the other showed his sincerity in accepting the surrender with a sly face. The negative and negative are positive, and the two of them can laugh and break up every day.

It's just that Xieli was wrong this time. If there was another emperor, he might have accepted his surrender.But who is Li Shimin?He has experienced too many intrigues. For him, as long as he stands in the hostile position, he can only sit next to the enemy, rest and gather his memory sacrifices only by beheading the enemy and cutting off his head.

Li Jing did not return to Datang, but led his troops to join Li Ji.

Cavalry is a rare troop in the Tang Dynasty. There are 10,000+ troops, but there are only [-] cavalry, and they are scattered in various places.

We all know that cavalry is the best type of troops on the grasslands, so it is difficult to adjust, so the six armies can only be divided equally.

Today, under Li Jing's order, all [-] cavalry are concentrated in Baidao.

The [-] cavalry were the vanguard and the infantry were the support. Only in this way could Xieli's surprise be attacked again.

The identity of the prince and the legends in the army caused Li Chengqian to receive a warm welcome no matter where he went.

Now there is no need to growl anymore, Baidao's army has already set up the wounded barracks, and all the supplies are ready.

After setting up the wounded barracks, Li Chengqian went to the big tent to participate in the military meeting according to Li Jing's instructions.

The big tent is surrounded by vicious family generals, and the generals inside are always arguing and red-faced.

Compared with Xue Wanche and others, Li Jing and Li Ji were much more stable. The two of them held the map and studied the marching route and the allocation of interception from time to time.

"Although Xieli was defeated, there are still many troops. If you go through the desert and get the protection of the nine surnames Tie Le, the road is far and dangerous, and it will be difficult to catch up with them. Now that Tang Jian is sent there, the Turks must relax their guard. We gathered all the cavalry, caught him by surprise, broke up his formation, each army galloped for two days, recuperated for one day, and on the fourth day we were able to surround Iron Mountain. This time, I don’t believe that Xieli can escape!”

After saying one sentence, Li Ji slammed his fist on the case, as if otherwise it was not enough to express his anger.

Li Jing nodded, happily grabbed Li Ji's wrist and said, "Han Xin's strategy to destroy Tian Heng is nothing more than that."

Seeing that both the chief manager and the general manager have made up their minds, even though it is rude to do so and may even be convicted, Zhang Gongjin still said: "The chief manager, Ying Gong, Tang Jian, the Duke of Ju, is in the Turkic camp now, shall we wait for him to come back? send troops?"

Li Jing shook his head: "Tang Jian said that we don't need to care about his life or death. If you don't believe me, you can ask the prince."

Zhang Gongjin quickly turned her head and looked at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian nodded: "That's right, Tang Jian said so. I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, so just follow the orders of the chief executive!"

Although regretful, Zhang Gongjin strictly obeyed the order.

It was already February, but the climate in the grassland was still bitingly cold.As long as the cold current of Siberia moves south, it will bring a heavy snow here.

When I went to bed at night, it was still sunny outside, but when I left the camp in the morning, Zhang Yun and the others had to clear the snow outside first.

The sudden arrival of heavy snow made all the generals worried, but Li Jing was ecstatic.

In this kind of weather, riding a horse is very difficult. The first contact with the snow, the frozen grass is slightly thawed, it is very slippery, and the horse is easy to fall.

For the Turkic people, this heavy snow almost directly restricted their movements.But for Datang's army, although the weather will be very difficult, it is not impossible to fight.

Facing the military meeting, Li Chengqian always only keeps his ears on, not his mouth.Li Jing stubbornly brought him here because such a big battle is rare in a lifetime.Those who learn the art of war do not go to the battlefield for "practice", then what they learn will always be dead knowledge.

It was still the same old method, Li Jing still chose to personally lead the army to sneak attack, this time, he only chose the crown prince to personally lead.After all, the prince's proficiency was also trained by him.Although this method of surprise attack is risky, it is effective in many cases.

Between Tieshan where Jieli was stationed and the Tang army, there was still a Yin mountain.Because the pastures near Yinshan Mountain are lush, it would be a lie to say that no one is stationed here.In order not to startle the snake, Li Jing had to rush forward with cavalry, and first cleaned up the surrounding area of ​​Yinshan Mountain before the army could touch it.

After sending away all the soldiers waiting to fight in the barracks, Li Chengqian once again became a "left-behind child".

What was different from the past was that Zhang Gongjin, the deputy manager, was retained by Li Jing.After all, Baidao is really close to the battlefield here, and the prince is in the barracks, so there must be a general staying behind.

Looking at the army in the distance, Zhang Gongjin sighed, turned around and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, and with the battle, our Tang army may suffer heavy casualties again. Although the last general is full of confidence in the chief , but, it is hard to imagine what will happen when the army returns to the camp."

After seeing off the army, Li Chengqian turned around and walked towards the camp.

"The snow is not cold enough to turn the snow into cold. Although it is sunny today, the most difficult thing is tonight. I wrote to the convoy going to Mayi, asking them to collect enough coal and come back! After the soldiers charged bravely, what do you do when you come back?" There must be a warm place to rest!"

Zhang Gongjin nodded, and immediately went to prepare the military order.

After dismissing Zhang Gongjin, Li Chengqian stomped his feet and trotted back to the tent.

Li Jing has a leg problem. According to him, whenever he catches a cold, his knees will hurt and swell all the time.Li Chengqian had the same problem before.Although I don't know the specific scientific name, it should be similar to diseases such as arthritis.The warm weather is okay, and it will be fine if it gets cold occasionally.However, I don't know when, even if cold water is poured on it in summer, it will attack, the joint movement is limited, the swelling is huge, and the pain is unbearable.

He is the fault of later generations who deliver food in winter and ride a bicycle to freeze, while Li Jing is the root of the disease left over from these years of marching.

Knowing that Li Jing was paralyzed in bed for many years due to leg disease in his later years, Li Chengqian did not hesitate to take off his cotton trousers, made the part of his calf into a knee pad, and gave it to Li Jing.Hopefully, this thing will work.

Sun Simiao walked around the wounded barracks and checked all the facilities.When he came back, he saw Li Chengqian curled up in the tent and rubbed his legs. He wanted to get angry, but he held back.A prince can come here, eat the same food and get the same supplies as the army, in his opinion, there is nothing to be picky about.As for the wounded barracks that have not yet been put into use, it will be fine as long as he will come over to help.Mobile terminal../

Sitting on the stool, Sun Simiao said: "I used to have doubts about your medical skills. After the verification of the military camp life during this period, the old man discovered that many of the words in it are golden rules. It turns out that apart from medication , and there are so many ways. The old Taoist single-mindedly digs through the pile of old papers and sorts out the prescriptions, and it seems that he has gone the wrong way."

Lao Sun is very decadent. He has insisted on the thorny road for many years, and now he finds that there is a shortcut beside him, so he will not be in a good mood.

Li Chengqian got up and poured a cup of hot tea for the old Taoist. Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It's just that these things are not clean knowledge in front of the world. Only by cutting the human body can you see the blood vessels, tendons and muscles, and you can only see them by cutting the belly. Internal organs. When you experiment with the properties of medicine, you will at most make yourself uncomfortable with the medicine, but if you want to study this, I am afraid you will attract criticism. So, this road is easy to go, but it is very long. It may take several generations, or even a dozen generations Humans groping slowly."

"Although the old Taoist believes in religion, he doesn't believe in spirits and ghosts. Since there is a medical school, let the old man teach a few more students. When the old Taoist dies, let them cut up the old man's body and study it!"

Li Chengqian didn't doubt the truth of Sun Simiao's words at all. You must know that this bastard really almost poisoned himself to death several times, just like Shen Nong.

"You should stop and stop. If you want to do this kind of thing, there is no chance. If you use the Tang people as an experiment, you will be criticized, but now there are many people on the grassland that are hard and frozen. I'm afraid we won't be criticized if you use one or two people for experiments. Even the deceased must feel that doing experiments to benefit future generations, and finally being buried in the ground is much better than being torn apart by wild wolves."

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Sun Simiao's eyes lit up immediately, but he just thought about how cruel this behavior was, and fell silent again.However, when I think about how many people will be benefited by doing so, I get excited again.

At this time, Sun Simiao couldn't be disturbed, so Li Chengqian simply walked out of his tent and ordered Zhang Yun to prepare a separate and hidden room for Sun Simiao, which Sun Simiao would use more than he could.

The current heating method is tents, and those who know how to build stoves build a large stove in the tent, and the chimney comes out from the corner of the tent.

If it is a tent made of cowhide, or sheepskin with its own hair, the cold insulation effect must be very good, but if it is the simplest linen tent, it may not be so.

Remember that the ways in which objects dissipate heat include heat transfer, heat radiation, and heat convection.The reason why the stove can warm the tent is heat convection.But as long as the tent is turned off, it will quickly become cold.

There was no way, in order for the returning soldiers to keep warm, Li Chengqian could only order the remaining personnel to light all the tents in the camp on fire.I don't know when the war will end, so I can only keep it ready for emergencies.

2000 people with idle carriages, frantically digging the coal in Mayi, and then sending it to the camps of various armies, no one knows when the battle will end.

On the first day, I didn't come back.

The next day, Lao Sun couldn't help but got into the hut, but the army still didn't come back.

On the third day, in the afternoon, the scouts came back to report that the army had returned!

After receiving the notification, Li Chengqian immediately ordered the whole battalion to go out to meet him.

Miserable is not enough to describe this returning team.

The one who took the lead was Chang Sun Chong, who had been tempered by his father since he was a child, but the first thing he did after jumping off the horse was not to greet Li Chengqian, but to go back to his tent.Presumably this guy will be carried directly to the stove.

The stumbling soldiers began to return to the camp.

For three full days of continuous fighting, even Iron Man would be unable to stand up, let alone these flesh and blood.However, no one complained, and the soldiers all returned to their tents silently, and then fell asleep.

Before all the army returned to the camp, thunderous snores rang out from the tents.

A stretcher carried Li Jing back.

With a wry smile and patted his knee, Li Jing said: "This old man still wasted the kindness of His Highness the Crown Prince. After all, he couldn't resist the severe cold. If the war drags on for another day, this old man will really fall to the ground."

Other soldiers could climb ice and lie down in snow, but Li Jing couldn't. Under the same difficult conditions, he didn't even dare to fall asleep. This time was his last chance. The rule of "no more than three things" also applies to the art of war.It was the first time to sneak attack across the Evil Yang Ridge, this time to detour to the Yin Mountain for a surprise attack, and the next time...

I'm afraid there will be no next time. After the two times, Xieli will no longer trust Datang, no matter how stupid a person is, he cannot be deceived one after another.

The moment the stretcher was carried into the camp, Li Jing fell asleep, and the guards carried him safely into the tent with all their hands and feet.

Yu Tai also looked embarrassed, and there was still a little blood on the tip of his nose.

Seeing Li Chengqian, Yu Tai lowered his head and said despondently, "Your Highness, although the last general led his troops to pursue him fiercely, he was still escaped by Jieli."

Patting Yu Tai on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said: "Stop talking, you are all doing well, go back and rest first!"

Either you don't meet, or you meet continuously.Yu Taicai entered the camp with the team led by the prince himself, and another stretcher appeared.

Besides Tang Jian, who else is eligible to enjoy the same treatment as Li Jing?

This Xiaoqiang actually survived the chaos.

Seeing that Tang Jian was covered in blood, Li Chengqian hurried over to feel his pulse, and he was relieved only after confirming that the beating was stable and powerful.

Tang Jian was very sensitive, and Li Chengqian woke up as soon as he felt his pulse.

Seeing the prince looking at him worriedly, he said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the blood on this minister's body is from the Turkic people, and I am not injured. I just haven't slept well for almost a month, and I am very tired now. Please forgive me I'm sorry, this is..."

Before he finished speaking, Tang Jian fell asleep again.

Chapter 199 Jieli and Princess Yicheng

The intrigue and fear of death for a month had exhausted him physically and mentally.Now that he was back in the army, he couldn't help but want to talk to Duke Zhou about his experience.

The fear of death and the behavior not afraid of death are two different things.So Li Chengqian didn't think Tang Jian was in such a mess, but told the sergeant who was carrying him to be careful.

The ones in the middle are all wounded, and now Tang Jun can be said to be all wounded.Fighting in melting snow was a torture considering their thin clothing.The other army sent all the wounded to Baidao this time, while those who were not injured continued to chase Xieli with a sigh of relief.

There is no emperor in the world who is not cunning. On the surface he believes Tang Jian's words, but secretly he is already ready to escape.It's just that leaving alone cannot be matched with the word "retreat".

Tens of thousands of Turkic people were out of luck this time.Li Chengqian didn't ask where the people other than the [-] captives brought back to the camp went, because it was unnecessary.

It was still a busy time for first aid, but this time, it was not finished even after dark. Many wounded soldiers did not even go to the wounded barracks after carrying them to the camp, but went back to the tent to warm up.it's too cold!After enjoying the warmth, many soldiers couldn't sleep anymore.Therefore, the place where the soldiers who burned the remains of the soldiers carried the most people was not the wounded barracks, but the soldiers' own tents.

The number of wounded soldiers received by the Wounded Battalion this time was incomparable to what it had been before, and even if all the troops from different walks of life were added up, it still hadn't reached saturation.The three-day battle itself caused many soldiers not to persist until they came back.

After dealing with the wounded barracks, it was almost dawn.The snoring in the camp was still there, and the people left behind kept adding coal to each tent and paying attention to ventilation.Counting those who were sleeping soundly, the entire camp was extremely tired.

Li Chengqian and Lao Sun led a team of military doctors to examine the sleeping soldiers.No matter how they turned over, it was difficult to wake them up.Alcohol is very painful when applied to the wound, even if the weaker ones gasp, they will not wake up.

When the sun was high, Li Chengqian and Sun Simiao ran into each other.

Sun Simiao sighed: "There are too many frostbite. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave the grassland in a short time. If these people's frostbite is not properly maintained, if they are frozen again, they will easily reappear."

Li Chengqian shook his head: "I can't stay any longer. What the national treasury can supply has reached its limit. If I stay in the grassland, I'm afraid I'll have to keep the food for disaster relief. Since the locust plague last year, the imperial court has set the food for disaster relief at Taboo, will never be used."

Sun Simiao sighed again. Since he came to the grassland, he has seen too many broken limbs and broken arms. Now he dreams about these things every day.I read the scriptures of pure heart no matter how many times, but it didn't have any effect.

Walking back side by side, seeing the depression of the old sun, Li Chengqian said with a sad smile: "We have won, haven't we? Although it is a bit tragic now, our territory has been pushed all the way to the North Sea, which is the big lake. Those in the north are also the most restless. After this battle, our Tang Dynasty will be able to enjoy peace for a long time."

The old Taoist nodded, and went back to his hut to rest. He will continue his research when he wakes up.

Although he felt disgusted, but after he really started to study, he realized that he had really seen another broad avenue of medical skills, and many of his doubts could be answered through two-phase evidence.

Although sleepy, Li Chengqian decided to go see Li Jing first.The most taboo thing about arthritis is repeated attacks, otherwise it will easily cause irreversible damage to the body.After all, primitive surgery is only now in its infancy.

Li Jing, who slept all night, forced himself to get up, and now he is writing the battle report with the case on his lap as a lazy table.

This is a big victory, but how to win more rewards for his subordinates is a very deep knowledge.

Seeing Li Chengqian coming in, Li Jing shook his hand, and a drop of ink dripped on the paper, all the previous writing was for nothing.

He simply pushed the case to his feet and invited Li Chengqian to sit by his bed.

Looking at Li Jing's swollen knees, Li Chengqian could only order his guards to keep the stove in the tent alive.If there is no masonry, the kang will easily collapse. Although cement is a good building material, it will never be connected with the fighting troops.