Tang Dynasty Never Night

When Li Xian received the news, he almost died of fright. His first reaction was to bring soldiers and horses to the rescue. He didn't mention how sad and angry Li Zhiwu would be if something happened to Li Lun. Li Lun's feeling is also good, he is a very sensible boy, he speaks and does things very measuredly, and now he doesn't see any big skills to be true, but Li Xian has never heard of him having any bad deeds. For myself, I know how difficult this is.

The atmosphere in the large tent of the Chinese army was rather heavy. The joy brought by the news that Tianzhu could be taken down without any effort had passed, and everyone's faces were very ugly.

Li Xian was angry and worried, while the rest of the managers were very worried, but Li Xian didn't speak and they didn't know what to say. The eyes of the twelve people came and went, and finally Pei Xingjian said: "Your Highness, please calm down." , although His Royal Highness Xiang Wang has fallen into the enemy's hands, there is no danger of his life for the time being, if we are to save each other, we must think of a perfect plan."

It is true that there is no fear of life, Li Xian also understands, Tubo finally got such a trump card hostage, how could he be willing to kill him so easily?What's more, if Li Lun is really killed, the army and civilians of the Tang Dynasty will probably go crazy. I'm afraid that the Immortal Tubo will not give up. Tubo really doesn't have the ability to fight with the Tang Dynasty, so Li Lun's life will not be in danger.

But... if there is no life danger, if there is no life danger, I am afraid that I will suffer a lot, and maybe I will be humiliated. With the pride of the prince, the dignity of the prince... Li Xian can't imagine what Li Lun passed by what a day.

As long as he thought of him suffering, Li Xian couldn't sit still.

"Think about the solution slowly, and now we have to divide the troops." Seeing that Liu Rengui wanted to speak, he waved his hands and said, "I know what the generals mean. Logically speaking, General Zheng is the closest to Shanzhou, and it is best for him to rescue him. But, I'm not worried."

When Li Xian said this, everyone shut up. It was justified to worry that his younger brother would be arrested again as an older brother. They couldn't stop Li Xian from saving people, but the question now was how to save him?How to divide the troops?Who will follow?The Twelve Managers knew in their hearts that it was impossible for King Shou to go by himself.

Li Xian was also worried about this matter before, and finally decided to discuss it with everyone. He thought about it and said: "I don't plan to bring too many soldiers and horses this time. Qingcheng is also over there, so I have to meet with him first and then talk about the rescue, if that's the case, I'll just take the two supervisors there."

The twelve managers compared their qualifications in their minds, and they knew it well. Sure enough, they heard Li Xian say: "In this case, I need to invite Manager Gao and Manager Li to go with me."

Manager Gao and Manager Li are Gao Kan and Li Jinxing. In this big account, the qualifications of the two of them are not high enough. In fact, it was not a bad job to save the king in the past. There are so many capable people here , They may not be able to shine, and there is nothing wrong with following King Shou.

After Li Xian finished speaking, he saw Gao Kan and Li Jinxing bowed and saluted, then turned to Pei Xingjian and said, "Boss Pei, after I leave, everything here will be entrusted to you."

Before leading the twelve generals to the expedition, there was no priority. After all, he was the marshal of the army. Now that he left, he had to provoke a leader, and only Pei Xingjian could suppress these generals.

The Twelve Managers may not have no intention of competing, but seeing that Li Xian has chosen Pei Xingjian, they can only bear it no matter how unconvinced they are.Li Xian didn't bother to care about their trivial matters. Anyway, the Tianzhu army was flooded, and their ability to resist was just like that. If they were defeated because of fighting for power and profit, it would be hard to think about one of them in the end!

Li Xian packed up his luggage in a hurry, because he was marching in a hurry, so he couldn't bring too much luggage. Naturally, the tiger squatting guns had to be kept, so he took some extra firecrackers and left. Riding on horseback, he took only three and a half days to complete the journey that obviously took seven or eight days.

On the way, Li Xian received a letter from Zheng Qi and rushed to Liangzhou to join him. It was evening when he arrived in Liangzhou, and Zheng Qi was standing outside the city waiting for him. He saw a silver armored red cloak from afar Li Xian led the army on a maroon horse.

At that moment, Zheng Qi suddenly felt his heart beating a little faster. Although the time and place were not right, he just couldn't help but want to hug her into his arms and kiss wantonly.

He suppressed the agitation in his heart, watched Li Xian get off his horse and hurriedly went up to salute: "I have seen the king."

"General Zheng, you don't need to be polite." Li Xian also found it strange to meet Zheng Qi on the battlefield. Although it was not the first time he saw Zheng Qi wearing armor, it was when he came back from a battle before, and he wore all the clothes on his body. It's a brand new armor, and now... even a clean and tidy person like Zheng Qi will inevitably be ashamed.

"Your Highness, please enter the city." Zheng Qi held back a smile and was polite to Li Xian.

Without saying a word, Li Xian got on his horse and followed Zheng Qi into Liangzhou City. Liangzhou City is not big, but Zheng Qi got here to look for it and rectified it in a decent way. Said: "What is going on in Shanzhou now?"

Seeing that he was anxious, Zheng Qi couldn't help reaching out to hold his wrist and said: "Your Majesty, please be calm and don't be impatient. I will report in detail later."

Li Xian settled down and saw that Zheng Qi was not in a hurry, and he was somewhat relieved. He had made it all the way here in one breath. Now that he was relieved, he felt a little exhausted, so he said listlessly: "Also. good."

Li Xian knows that he is not in a good state of mind, so no matter how many questions he has, he has to rest before answering, otherwise... even if he wants to ask, Zheng Qi will not answer, and he is uncomfortable with his soldiers who have been marching in such a hurry for the past two days It was even more uncomfortable, since Datang had few horses, he could gallop all the way, but many soldiers could only come running.

Thinking of this, Li Xian felt a little bit sorry, he turned his head to Gao Kan and Li Jinxing and said, "Since we have arrived in Liangzhou, let everyone have a good rest tonight."

Gao Kan and Li Jinxing couldn't see any tiredness on their faces. They were used to fighting outside, so this little road was nothing. Hearing this, they immediately ordered the army to set up camp outside the city.

Zheng Qi had already packed up the Governor's Mansion in the city and gave it to Li Xian to live in. After Li Xian arrived there, new clothes and hot water were ready. He told Zheng Qi and hurried to wash up. He was rushing to take a bath these days Don't think about it, he thinks he's going to stink.

Zheng Qi was sitting in the courtyard outside waiting for him. The governor's mansion is full of his people, and he is not afraid of being seen by others and gossips spread. It's just that he waited for half an hour and did not wait for Li Xian to come out. I couldn't sit still.

He got up, knocked on the door and shouted twice: "A Shi?"

In the end, he couldn't help but push the door open when he didn't hear the answer. In the end, he saw someone lying in the bath with his head up and sleeping in the dark, and his body was still sliding down a little bit. If Zheng Qi came later, Li Xian would probably have to go straight Slid into the pool.

Zheng Qi walked over to him and called him twice, but Li Xian was still in a deep sleep, so he had no choice but to reach out and hug him out, and then wiped his body with his own hands, feeling distressed as he wiped, Li Xian has lost weight these days Quite a few, the little fat that I managed to get back before has disappeared in the past few days, and if I look carefully, there are still some chapped and peeled lips.

Zheng Qi wiped Li Xian's body and helped him put on clothes, so Li Xian didn't wake up, but his brows were still frowning even when he fell asleep, and Zheng Qi didn't come out after sending him to the bedroom, just He slept with Li Xian all night.

The next morning Li Xian woke up leisurely. After waking up, he opened his eyes and stared at the bed curtain for a moment. He didn't know what day and night it was. These days, what he woke up every day was the top of the tent. The bed seemed to be far away from him.

"Are you awake? Come on, get up and drink this bowl of medicine." Zheng Qi's gentle voice sounded in his ears, Li Xian came back to his senses and turned his head to look at what he was about to say, but he suddenly froze when he saw the sunlight Li: "I... How long have I been asleep?"

"You should ask how you fell asleep!" Zheng Qi said angrily, holding the medicine bowl in one hand.

Li Xian didn't remember how he fell asleep, he just remembered that he was taking a bath, but now that he thought about it... probably fell asleep halfway through the bath.

He didn't feel embarrassed in front of Zheng Qi. Anyway, Zheng Qi had been tossing him in the hot spring to exhaustion, and he fell asleep in the water not once or twice.

Li Xian got up and took Zheng Qi's bowl of medicine. After smelling it carefully, he knew that it was full of medicinal materials for relaxing tendons, activating blood, nourishing qi and nourishing blood. I can bear it too.

Zheng Qi waited for him to finish drinking, then brought clothes for him and helped him put them on carefully, then said: "Let's go eat first."

"What time is it? Have you eaten?"

"When I arrived at Chenshi, I haven't eaten yet, let's go together."

Li Xian still felt hungry after drinking a bowl of medicine, so he just buried himself in eating hard without saying a word, and asked after he was full, "How is Shanzhou?"

Zheng Qi looked at Li Xian after a pause and said, "Ashnaduzhi proclaimed himself Khan with ten surnames, you should know that when he rebelled, Qibi Heli led troops to fight against Tubo, Ashinaduzhi Attacking him from behind, Qibi Heli was defeated and retreated to Liangzhou with his troops."

"That is to say, Xiang Wang doesn't know how to agree with him and how powerful he is?" Li Xian gritted his teeth, wanting to swear, but he was afraid of being beaten by Zheng Qi, so he could only suffocate himself to death.

Seeing him like this, Zheng Qi reassured him: "Don't mess yourself up, Ashina Duzhi must use Xiangwang to exchange benefits with Datang, Xiangwang will be fine."

Li Xian shook his head and smiled wryly: "When we were leaving, Aunt told me to take good care of Balang, but now..."

Zheng Qi comforted him and said: "You and Xiang Wang marched in two separate routes, and you couldn't take care of them if you wanted to. What's more, no one thought that the Ashina Du branch would openly rebel, so how could the Queen of Heaven blame you?"

Li Xian shook his head and thought: Of course you don't know, if a woman is unreasonable, it will be fatal.

"Forget it, I didn't come here because I was afraid of being blamed by A Niang. I was also worried about Hachiro. Otherwise, it wouldn't be much use for me to come if you are here."

When it comes to dispatching troops and generals, a hundred Li Xian is not as good as one Zheng Qi.

In the end, he didn't expect that Zheng Qi shook his head and said: "The Tubo side probably feared that I would bring pressure to Shanzhou. I had already been driven to Qilian Mountains before. These two days seem to have a tendency to rise again. The Tubo soldiers I have a lot of horses and I have to go back to sit in town, if you don’t come, I’m afraid I’m out of skills.”

After hearing this, Li Xian didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "Then call Director Gao and Director Li over here, let's discuss how to attack the city."

Gao Kan and Li Jinxing rested for the whole night. At this time, their spirits were much better than Li Xian's. The two of them had a lot of experience, but they didn't dare to show off to Zheng Qi. With the title of Shouwang Fu, even Taozhou Marshal Shouwang would treat him with courtesy, and they, as Shouwang's subordinates, naturally couldn't hold him back.

Li Xian sat on it and said directly: "General Zheng, please tell me about the situation."

Zheng Qi nodded and said directly: "Ashina Duzhi didn't bring many people this time, only a few thousand people, but those Turkic people are all brave and good at fighting, I'm afraid I don't need to say two The manager also knows, but now there is still a thorny problem, that is, the two tiger squatting cannons brought by King Xiang have fallen into the hands of Ashina Duzhi."

After hearing this, Li Xian's face sank, he thought for a while and sighed, "The king Xiang didn't bring much ammunition before, have Ashina used the tiger squat cannon in the past two days?"

Zheng Qi nodded: "There are two tiger squatting cannons guarding the north and west gates."

As soon as Li Xian heard it, he understood that the north gate was to guard against Zheng Qi, and the west gate was to guard against him.

Gao Kan said, "So, why don't we also send a letter to Director Pei to send a few tiger squatting guns?"

When the soldiers were divided into two groups, because Li Xian was under more pressure, four of the six tiger squat cannons were given to Li Xian, and Li Lun took two away.

Now that the other party has tiger crouching cannons, it's not like they don't have them. Tianzhu probably doesn't use them too much, and it's just right to be transferred here, but they're just afraid of the long time.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Qi shook his head and said, "It's not just about the tiger squatting cannon. No matter how powerful the tiger squatting cannon is, the opponent only has two gates, and they will guard two city gates. Our army is much larger than them. As for not being able to defeat Shanzhou City."

Li Xian immediately asked: "They threatened you with Balang?"

"It's true and it's not." Zheng Qi sighed and said: "Every time the city is attacked, the people of Shanzhou or the prisoners of our army who fell into the hands of Ashinaduzhi will be driven out, and Ashinaduzhi's People are shooting arrows from behind, so how can I order an attack? I can only call for gold and retreat."

"Despicable villain!" Li Xian was so angry that he didn't have a good solution. In fact, Zheng Qi didn't have a good solution. What can he do?

Gao Kan and Li Jinxing looked at each other, both of them were a little puzzled, why did General Zheng suddenly become a woman again?Yes, this situation is indeed extremely difficult, but for the veterans, it is not unheard of, and they all have their own ways to deal with it. Simply put, those who are pushed out as cannon fodder must have no choice Help, but there are many ways to not bear the infamy, how could Zheng Qi have no way?

If he really didn't even have this method, I'm afraid he wouldn't have achieved what he is today.So Gao Kan and Li Jinxing sat there obediently without saying a word.

Gao Kan didn't want to say it, but Li Jinxing didn't want to say it. He is from Mohe, and strictly speaking, he is not considered a Han Chinese. His position on many things is rather embarrassing.

Li Xian was aggrieved for a while, then looked up at Zheng Qi and asked, "Then the stalemate will continue like this?"

Zheng Qi smiled slightly: "Of course not, so I borrowed the king's method."

"Huh?" Li Xian was really at a loss, he didn't remember what he did that could influence the situation on the battlefield.

Zheng Qi took out a piece of paper while talking, and Li Xian, who was looking at the criss-crossing lines on the paper, felt dizzy, and Gao Kan and Li Jinxing couldn't help but leaned over to take a look.

It has to be said that a veteran is a veteran, and Li Jinxing just glanced at it and said, "This is... a map of Liangzhou?"

Only then did Li Xian take a closer look, and found that the shape drawn on this picture was indeed very similar to Liangzhou City.

Zheng Qi nodded and said, "That's right, this is Liangzhou City, but this is a map of the underground tunnels of Liangzhou City."

Underground tunnel?Li Xian looked up at Zheng Qi with a flash of inspiration and asked, "Are you also planning to play tunnel warfare?"

Zheng Qi nodded: "If you don't want to hurt people too much, the safest way is to break the city from the inside."

Zheng Qi didn't want to bother, but there was no other way, the other party had hostages in his hands, not to mention that he couldn't ignore the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, even if he could, after shooting all those people, what if the other party threatened him with Xiang Wang?Can he still ignore it?So it's better to think of other ways from the beginning, even if he can't succeed in the end, at least he has tried hard.

Li Xian frowned: "Since you have thought of such a method, will Ashinadu branch also guard against this? What's more, even if the tunnel below is dug, you have to choose where to break in? In Liangzhou city Do you know the situation?"

"I don't know, but someone does."

"Who?"

"Qibi Heli."

After hearing this, Li Xian suddenly remembered: "Oh, yes, why isn't he here?"

Before Zheng Qi said that Qibi Heli was attacked by Tubo and Ashina Duzhi on both sides, and had to retreat to Liangzhou for rectification. As a result, he has not seen Qibi Heli since yesterday.

Seeing that Li Xian didn't seem to be angry with Qibi Heli, Zheng Qi was relieved. He didn't let Qibi Heli come over directly because he wanted to see Li Xian's attitude. After hearing what Li Xian said, he immediately asked people to go Qibi Heli please come here.

Li Xian looked down at the map of the tunnel, and found that the map was much better than the one he had arranged in Liuzhou. It was not only neat, but also thought of everything he could think of. However, he was still a little worried. It is natural to be so careful. Yes, but... how long will it take to start construction?

Qi Bi He Li came very quickly, Li Xian hadn't seen him much, he was a tall, burly, dark-skinned man with thick hair, he looked very unfriendly.

But now, as soon as this unprovoked person came in, he directly knelt down to Li Xian and said in blunt and elegant words: "The guilty minister Qibi Heli pays his respects to His Royal Highness Shou Wang."

Li Xian quickly got up and helped him up and said: "General Qi Bi, please get up quickly, what crime do you have?"

Qibi Heli said with a face of shame: "It was the guilty minister who accidentally let that villain Ashina Duzhi take advantage of the loophole, and His Royal Highness, who is still tired, is trapped in a cage."

Li Xian patted him on the shoulder and said: "Since Ashina Duzhi dared to do this, he would have colluded with Tubo a long time ago. We are making it clear that they are in the dark. Naturally, it is not easy to see through his disguise. General Qibi doesn't have to Too much self-blame, it's time to think about how to conquer Shanzhou and rescue Xiangwang."

After hearing this, Qibi Heli was relieved. The relationship between him and Ashina Duzhi was neither good nor bad. The other party suddenly rebelled against him, but he didn't notice it before. It can be said that now seeing that Shou Wangxian did not blame him, I feel a little grateful in my heart.

Standing aside, Zheng Qi was also satisfied. Li Xian was more and more mature in handling things, and he was very good at appeasing Qibi Heli, so there was no need for him to say anything.

In fact, what Li Xian said was what he thought. Strictly speaking, Qibi Heli is also a victim of this matter. If we really want to trace the source, then we should blame Li Zhi for bringing Ashinadu branch here. , but if we go a little deeper, if he hadn't written a letter to worry that Li Lun's journey would be too small, Ashina Duzhi would not have been sent to Li Lun's subordinates. Alright, let's save that child first.

Qibi Heli is indeed capable. Although he has not been stationed in Shanzhou City for a long time, he knows the situation in Shanzhou City very well. After all, it is his own territory, so he must be familiar with it first.

The planning of Liangzhou city is very chaotic. After all, it is a small town in a remote place, but now there are advantages to chaos, that is, in many places, Ashina may not be able to send heavy troops to guard it, and things like tunnel warfare are not impossible. successful.

It's just that how to do it needs to be discussed in detail. Li Xian didn't come here as a display. Combining with the memory of the tunnel warfare in later generations, occasionally a few ideas can make people's eyes shine. After all, King Shou had considerations for being the Marshal of the Taozhou March.

As a result, in the middle of the discussion, someone came to report that a large number of people from Shanzhou were out of the city, and they didn't know what they were busy with. Li Xian and the others were a little surprised, and they put down the map in their hands and climbed up to the city wall to look into the distance.

Zheng Qi took a look through the binoculars, then put down his face with a very bad expression, and said to Li Xian, "Ashi Naduzhi... is watching in Duijing."

After Li Xian was stunned for a moment, his hands trembled in anger, and he wished he could send troops to fight there immediately!