Like giant bats, two black figures stood on the top of the city and jumped up, bringing only a slight sound of wind. When they landed lightly, they only splashed a thin layer of dust under their feet in the dark night. .
Cheetah and Jingzhe, dressed in night clothes, bent over and started along the city wall, tiptoeing towards the taller grass and trees outside the city. After a while, the two black figures disappeared without a trace, leaving only The leaf tips of the grass and trees occasionally trembled violently, either because of the wind or because someone was sneaking around.
Seeing that the two men had disappeared, Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief. Who knew whether the barracks of Silla and Baekje had set up ambushes on the periphery to guard against a sneak attack by the Tang army.
"If that is really Jin Famin and Fu Yufeng's royal account, how do you plan to deal with it?" Li Zhi glanced at the submissive Gao Zang behind him, because he just interrupted and was blackmailed a lot of money by Li Hong, he was currently Feeling sad without tears.
"There are two sayings that have been popular in the army during this period: 'When you draw a bow, you should use it to draw strength, and when you use arrows, you should use long arrows. To shoot a man, shoot a horse first, and to capture a thief, capture the king first.' So if it can be proven, it would be that Jin Famin followed If they come to Fu Yufeng's palace in person, I think they should be captured and asked to pay homage to you," Li Hong said with a happy smile.
Just now, Gao Zang actually wanted to prepare some food and wine to reward the soldiers of the Tang Army who were going out today, but he was severely rejected. Not only that, Li Hong even attacked Gao Zang's army. Since the king is grateful, , why not give them ten taels of silver each as a reward.
Li Zhi listened to Li Hong's proverb-like poems. He vaguely heard the soldiers reciting them in the army. He didn't want to hear it from Li Hong again now, so he couldn't help but recite: "Shoot the man first, shoot the horse." , Capture the thief first. Okay, is this the battle song yours?"
Li Hong shrugged his shoulders and said easily: "It was not done by Erchen. I don't know when. I had these words when I was in Anxi. Erchen thought it was good, as if he was telling the soldiers how to fight on the battlefield." We went to battle, so we ignored it, and now it has spread among the army.”
Li Hong naturally knew that this was written by Du Fu, but now he didn't want to take advantage of it anymore, and having said that, this unique rhyming formula was itself a battle song.
What's more, there are two sentences after it, but they are poems and poems by Du Fu expressing his anti-war thoughts. It is inappropriate to read them out at this moment. After all, what he is doing now is the next two sentences: "There is a limit to killing people, and all countries have their own borders." . If you can control the invasion of the mausoleum, how can you kill more people? 'It is not appropriate to recite negative teaching materials at this time.
Li Zhi nodded in agreement. He knew that some things did not come from the mouths of talented and learned people before they could be summed up. There are tens of millions of people in the world, and there are so many capable people and strangers. The military can pass everyone's actual combat on the battlefield. , summarizing this battle formation song is not necessarily surprising.
"So Hong'er, you plan to capture the thief first and capture the king first? As long as their king is captured, the dangerous situation outside the city will be solved?" Li Zhi asked with interest.
Now, he has removed the burden of being an emperor and has completely taken off the hat that he was unparalleled in the military and was flattered by civil servants and generals. He no longer thinks about proving that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty should be military. I can get used to fighting.
Instead, he really began to appreciate, observe, and feel the cruelty of war and the pleasure of conquest. At this moment, although he was standing on the city wall, he felt that it was no different from standing in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City!
The tense and depressing atmosphere had disappeared without a trace on him today. He was just like a bystander, just experiencing the war from a closer distance.
"I don't know, it's not that easy to break through these defenses. Even if we leave the city as quickly as possible and attack proactively, this distance is still enough for the enemy to form an effective defense in a hurry. What's more... my army will wipe out all of them today. There are nearly 30,000 people in the vanguard, and the current Silla and Baekje generals may not give us as easy a chance as we did today," Li Hong said after thinking about it.
The two royal tents in front of him were like two pieces of delicious fat, tempting him, a hungry wolf, to tempt him to take the initiative.
But as for whether they have laid a trap or whether they are just waiting for me to pounce on it, it's hard to say.
What can be done now is to observe, observe every move in the Silla and Baekje barracks from a distance, and see if there are traps set up, and whether the king's tent is used as bait to lure him to the door.
A crescent moon slowly slanted in one direction in the night sky. Li Zhi, who was already waiting and yawning, let out a long yawn. Seeing that he couldn't wait for Jingzhe and Cheetah to come back from their visit to the camp, he was about to go back to the tower to rest for a while. , and heard Li Hong suddenly ask: "Father, what did Hua Ji do?"
"Huh? Hua Ji. I sent him out of the city." Li Zhi sat down on a chair and said with his eyes a little red from staying up late.
"Leave the city? When? Where are you going?" Li Hong turned around, looked at Li Zhi and asked doubtfully.
"All the homing pigeons were killed by Hai Dongqing, so I can only send Hua Ji eight hundred miles to rush and notify Qibi Heli and Li Jin to rescue them as soon as possible. Although I know that Hua Ji has four legs, he can't be fast. I'm going to pass the carrier pigeon, but wouldn't it be better if I could do it earlier?" Li Zhi took a cup of strong tea, took a deep sniff, and let out a sigh of satisfaction.
Li Hong nodded thoughtfully, but there was something unsaid in his heart. If he had time to let Hua Ji inform Qibi He Li and Li Jinxing, it would be more useful to let him chase Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan's troops.
But seeing how quickly Father Long thanked me and how much I cared about you and how wise I was, Li Hong gave up on continuing to undermine his father Long's confidence and thanked Li Zhi in a backhanded way. Li Zhi was immediately delighted.
So in any case, this was Father Long's intention to make up for his mistakes. Li Hong naturally appreciated it, but regarding Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan, he had been angry with them all day long.
He has been appointed as the supreme commander by his father, but Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan did not personally inform him when they were dispatched by his father. This is a complete disregard for himself as the supreme commander!
"Wei Tuqi, please send Liu Xiang and Xiong Qu over." Li Hong said in a low voice as he watched his father finally enter the tower.
"Yes, Your Highness."
As Yu Tuqi's voice disappeared, the signals of Cheetah and Jingzhe came from outside the city wall. After a while, the two of them flew in from outside the city wall relying on ropes.
"How is it?" Li Hong was still immersed in his dissatisfaction with Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan, so his tone naturally seemed much colder.
"Going back to Your Highness, there must be important people in those two royal tents. They are not the kings of Silla and Baekje, but also their princes. Their status is very high. The entire royal tent is heavily guarded. The slaves are afraid of arousing the enemy, so they dare not By easily approaching the king's tent, we can only determine the owners of the two king's tents. If we capture them, we can choke them by seven inches," Cheetah said firmly.
"Hit the snake and pinch it seven inches. In this way, no matter how poisonous or ferocious the snake is, it can only be slaughtered by others. How is the security on the outside? Are there any defenses such as trip wires in the camp ahead?" Li Hong said in I wandered for a few steps on the city wall, feeling a little confused.
Good luck is always available to those who are prepared. Similarly, good luck rarely favors one person over and over again. Today, I went out to meet the enemy. Although the battle situation seemed to be a complete victory, if I were to attack at the time A slight hesitation on the part of the army will cause the entire Tang army to fall into the pursuit of the Silla and Baekje coalition forces. At that time, even the city will be lost.
But no matter what, today's first battle is considered a victory. There is no doubt that this is a major victory, but it also reminds the enemy that this time, the enemy will just use some stumbling ropes. Is it a completely useless defense against the Tang army
Li Hong couldn't help but raise his head and think about everything he did after the Silla and Baekje armies arrived today. Trenches and horse ropes were necessary for camping. As soon as the Silla and Baekje armies arrived today, the first thing they did was to set up fortifications.
In fact, even if a pig leads an army, he knows that these peripheral fortifications are indispensable after setting up camp. But the doubt is that these fortifications, on the rocky ground like the Korean Peninsula, the enemy's trenches, tripping ropes and other fortifications , is the layout very solid
When he was undecided, a little fire in the distance caught his attention!
Three dim flames, like will-o'-the-wisps, were swaying outside the dense forest, changing directions from time to time. This was definitely not a beast. How could a beast have three eyes? Besides, it's a beast without one eye, isn't it? It was as if an artificial dim fire was swaying towards Liu Jingcheng.
"Liu Rengui didn't go to the Goguryeo border!" Li Hong murmured as he looked at the swing of the fire.
Yes, that is the semaphore. If you connect the three points of fire into a triangular flag, you will find that the randomly swaying fire is actually swaying according to the semaphore. It is the semaphore of the Tang Army that someone deliberately played.
"Respond to the fire." Li Hong motioned to Cheetah and Jingzhe beside him.
"Fire?" Cheetah and Jingzhe also noticed the fire, but they didn't associate it with the semaphore.
So after hearing Li Hong's words, both of them were stunned. It wasn't until Li Hong turned his head and glared at the two of them that the two of them reacted. In a flash of lightning, they also immediately realized that it couldn't be a flag, what else could it be!
"Cooperate inside and outside, attack from the front and back, at three o'clock in the Yin hour, Rengui raids, Your Highness attacks, the siege of Silla and Baekje can be broken." Li Hong squinted his eyes, as if he was afraid of missing any small details of the flag, and read attentively .
"Ask him if he knows who set up the King's Account?" Li Hong once again asked Cheetah and Jingzhe to play simple flags.
"Jin Famin and Fu Yufeng are both here!"
"At three quarters of the Yin hour, capture the king!" Li Hong finally showed his most relaxed smile in the whole day and patted the city wall and said.
(End of chapter)