Li Shimin

"This time, Chengqian was able to conquer Tuyuhun and expand the territory for our Tang Dynasty, all thanks to Uncle Wang's recommendation. Again, Chengqian is very grateful to Uncle Wang!"

"No need to be polite!"

Li Xuan smiled faintly, "This time you go out to fight Tuyuhun, it will be of great use!"

"I?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes.

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, "If you want to deceive those hozens in Tubo this time, you need someone with a higher status than me in the army. In Datang, only Your Majesty is suitable for you.

If you don't go, His Majesty must go! "

"Father?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was shocked.

"Yes!"

Li Xuan sighed with emotion, "But how can His Majesty let His Majesty go to conquer a small country like Tuyuhun? Moreover, if something unexpected happens at that time, the freshly recovered vitality of the Tang Dynasty will be defeated again after the riots." In, exhausted!"

"So you, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, are the best choice to be the general manager of this army. It just so happens that you also intend to go on an expedition. This time, Li Jing and Li Xiaogong will assist you. Under cover, retreat safely to Datang!"

"So, no matter what, you are just watching from the sidelines this time, and you can't say anything at will, and you must obey Li Xiaogong and Li Jing's words in everything.

Otherwise, hundreds of soldiers will die because of your random words! "

"..."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but look stiff.

However, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty who was often bullied by Li Xuan, Li Chengqian had already adapted to his uncle Wang's poisonous mouth!

Soon, he bowed his hands to Li Xuan with a smile on his face.

"No matter what, it is thanks to Uncle Wang that Cheng Qian can come to the battlefield in person this time!"

Everything was clearly explained to Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian didn't have any conflicts in his heart, so Li Xuan was relieved.

"The day after tomorrow, you will go on an expedition, is everything ready?"

"Report to Uncle Wang, everything is ready!"

Li Chengqian quickly replied.

"That's good!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "Crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, and pumpkins in the village can also be taken back from the field?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Wang, the crops in my farm can be almost harvested today. At the latest, they can be fully recovered tomorrow!"

Li Chengqian replied again.

"Ok!"

Li Xuan was relieved, "After taking it back, let the farmers of Zhuangzi start preparing to build glass greenhouses. At the same time, the fertilizers accumulated in your village will be filled into the fields as soon as possible to nourish the fields!"

"Yes, Uncle Wang!"

Li Chengqian replied again.

Then, after talking about some details again, Li Chengqian said goodbye and left.

……

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day when the army set off.

As the commanders-in-chief of the various armies, Li Xuan, Li Chengqian, Li Jing, Li Xiaogong and others, with their respective parts, escorted tens of thousands of catties of various bombs, followed the wide concrete road, and arrived at Liangzhou City. Separately, they are going to receive their army.

at the same time.

With the gathering of armies from all walks of life in the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun and Tubo also received news.

It's just that each responds differently.

Everyone in Tubo is full of excitement and anticipation.

As for Tuyuhun, who fell from above, he was terrified.

They never thought that the cold winter was about to come, and Datang would gather an army to attack them!

A group of nobles and generals of Tuyuhun, who were fighting for power and profit, were dumbfounded, and quickly stopped their internal fighting, gathered in the palace, and surrounded the young king Nuohebo.

After a heated argument.

All the Tuyuhun dignitaries and generals made a unanimous decision.

Return to Datang!

Among them, the young king Nuohebo's will is the strongest!

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Chapter 738 Tuyuhun Hozen Hasn't Seen a Bomb Siege!

When Li Xuan led his [-] Yanze Dao army to Lvcheng in Tuyuhun, Li Chengqian, Cheng Zhijie, Li Ji, Li Daliang and other troops also entered the territory of Tuyuhun one after another.

Facing the Tang army in steel armor, armed with firearms, horse lances, and arrow bombs, the Tuyuhun soldiers who were caught off guard were in panic and wanted to fight back, but they found out in despair that they could not get into the side of these Datang soldiers at all. .

These Tang soldiers held steel shields and long horse spears. When they came close, they would be pierced with holes!

As for guarding the city wall, attack with arrows!

However, they didn't know that at this time, the weather was gradually getting colder, especially in the north like Tuyuhun.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were all dressed in sweaters and wool trousers, and put on a suit of steel armor on the outside.

Immediately after a round of arrow rain, what stunned the soldiers of Tuyuhun appeared in front of them. When their arrows hit the Tang Jun who was covered in steel armor, they could only make a loud noise. It fell to the ground neatly.

After a wave of arrows passed, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in the front row raised their shields high and turned their heads to look around.

Surprisingly, none of them were injured.

"Hahaha, with this steel armor and such a warm sweater, I can spend the whole winter here in Tuyuhun, killing all these hozens one by one!"

All the generals of the Tang Dynasty laughed loudly.

After this wave, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are also full of confidence!

"Lieutenant Shi, when shall we attack the city?"

"With this steel armor, even if I walked over slowly and climbed up the city wall, these Tuyuhun hozens would never want to stick an arrow into me!"

"When to attack the city, you need to wait for the commander's order. Don't make any noise, and beware of Tuyuhun's marksman!"

Hearing this, a captain with a fierce face turned his head and shouted to the soldiers.

"Lieutenant Shi, don't worry, we have dealt with these Tuyuhun hozens several times, and these Tuyuhun hozens fart, we all know what they are going to do!"

"Hahaha……"

A group of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty laughed all over their faces.

Seeing this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Captain Shi's mouth beside him, and he didn't give any more orders.

These soldiers are right, they, the frontier soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, know the hozens like Tuyuhun very well. Although every veteran has a nonchalant expression on their faces, they are still cautious in secret, and beware of the look of Tuyuhun hozens on the opposite side. shooter.

Of course, Xiaowei Shi is also full of enthusiasm at this meeting, eager to lead his troops to charge up, chop and kill these Tuyuhun monkeys, and use their heads to receive credit!

Afterwards, Li Xuan also basically understood the routes of these Tuyuhun hozens.

Therefore, after looking left and right, he came down directly.

"Order the former army to leave a team of shield soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers disperse!"

"Yes, sir!"

The orderly next to him quickly delivered the order.

After the messenger left, the lieutenant Gao Zengsheng beside him had a puzzled look on his face.

"His Royal Highness, since our army is all wearing steel armor, why don't the whole army cover up and attack the city of Tuyuhun directly?"

"General Gao, don't worry!"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, with a look of disdain on his face: "Tuyuhun is a mere earthen wall, why waste the lives of my soldiers from the Tang Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Gao Zengsheng was still puzzled.

Li Xuan said again: "These Tuyuhun hozens have only seen me and other Tang soldiers defending a city with bombs, but they have never seen bombs attacking a city!

How dare the whole army press down on the city wall like this, I really look down on the power of my Datang bomb! "

"Bomb siege?"

Gao Zengsheng was a little puzzled.

He really didn't know much about bombs, let alone attacking cities with bombs!

Li Xuan didn't answer, but directly said to Xue Rengui who was beside him: "Ren Gui, go prepare fifty bombs, and clean up all the hozens on the city wall for this king!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xue Rengui responded and walked back.

This time, Li Xuan was the general manager of the Yanze Road March, Gao Zengsheng, Lizhou Inspector, and Xue Rengui, a general of the Leiting Army Zhonglang, were the deputy generals. Dao Bing will.

The remaining [-] Thunder Army soldiers were divided into the remaining five armies.

Li Chongyi followed Li Xiaogong to the army of West Sea Road, and Cheng Chusi followed Cheng Zhijie to the army of Chishui Road.

"There is an order from the general manager, only one team of shield soldiers will be left in the front army, and the rest of the soldiers will disperse to the sides!"

"The manager has orders..."

As the messenger shouted, the front was full of anticipation, the commander gave an order, and all the troops rushed forward, and all the soldiers who rushed up the wall of Tuyuhun were all dumbfounded.

However, the military order enters the mountain!

A group of soldiers quickly and orderly dispersed to both sides.

Only a team of shield soldiers was left, holding a steel shield as tall as a man, standing in front of the army.

Then, under the puzzled expressions of all the soldiers, the rear army pushed twenty catapults and slowly walked up.

On the left and right of the catapult, there was still the musketeer battalion soldiers who followed the chief from Chang'an!

"Could it be that the chief executive wants to attack Tuyuhun with a catapult first?"

"It's just that our army doesn't seem to have prepared boulders or fuel!"

"Boss, what is this for?"

All the soldiers were full of doubts.

Similarly, on the Tuyuhun city wall, seeing that the Tang army did not attack, but rolled out twenty catapults first, all the Tuyuhun soldiers on Lucheng were stunned.

"Datang wants to use a catapult?"

"Come on, quickly prepare the shield!"

"All soldiers, pay attention to avoiding the boulder attack!"

The faces of all the Tuyuhun generals changed drastically, and they shouted hastily.

at the same time.

After seeing the catapult in place, Li Xuan ordered again.

"Take the city gate as the center, on the left and right sides, twenty bombs on each side, and ten bombs on the city gate!"

"Yes!"

Xue Rengui responded with a solemn face, and he passed the order in an orderly manner.

And the soldiers of the Musketeer Battalion, although they are mainly good at muskets, are also very skilled in throwing bombs from catapults.

Soon, following Xue Rengui's order, a group of soldiers from the Musketeer Battalion ignited the fuses of twenty bombs and threw them towards the Tuyuhun city ahead.

As the faint blue smoke drifted in the air, the bombs were seen to hit the crowd of people on the city wall of Lu City smoothly, or fall under the city wall of Lu City.

Gao Zengsheng suddenly seemed to think of something, his face was full of excitement, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he was staring at the city wall of Lucheng.

Gao Zengsheng was not disappointed, after a while.