"Your Highness, Zhang Jun, the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu, and Dongfang Kui, the envoy of Yan Jiedu, have all sent troops according to the previous agreement, and the shadow son of Jinyiwei's envoy in Suining Jiedu has also acted according to the plan.

According to His Royal Highness's requirements, Dongfang Kui will launch an attack on Suining, cooperate with Jinyiwei's shadows in Suining, and contain Yang Shouliang. Zhang Jun, the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu, has led an army of 30,000 to Chang'an in person, and is expected to arrive in two days. ”

Wude Palace, next to a simple sand table, Pei Rongzheng summarized the information obtained during this time and told Li Ye.

Last night's fierce battle still affected Taiji Palace, and even Chang'an City. Not only in Taiji Palace, but also in the entire Chang'an City, there are a lot fewer pedestrians, but I didn't expect this New Year to still be restless.

Fortunately, last night's fierce battle did not cause much chaos, and the more than 20,000 Shence troops, except for thousands of dead and some of them fled, the rest were appeased by Li Maozhen and Wan Baichuan, and soon returned to normal and assisted in defending the city.

For Li Maozhen, Li Ye naturally doesn't believe too much, not only him, but those heroes in the late Tang Dynasty and early five dynasties, few of them are fuel-efficient lamps, and Li Ye also let Jinyiwei keep an eye on these people. Take Li Maozhen as an example, Li Ye not only arranged Wan Baichuan, who had made great contributions, to the Zuo Shence army, but also inserted some other cronies into it to ensure that this army was under his control, and not turned into a private army by Li Maozhen.

"Two days, it's still too late." Li Ye nodded, "But Zhang Jun is not his own person after all, and he can't pin all his hopes on him." What about the Left Heavenly Ce Army and the Right Divine Ce Army? ”

"The Right Divine Ce Army set out early yesterday morning and is expected to arrive this afternoon. Zuo Tiance's army should be slower, and it is expected to arrive tomorrow morning. These two armies had 70,000 people, plus Chang'an's army of about 130,000 people, even in the face of the combined forces of Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong, they had a great advantage. ”

It's no wonder that Pei Rong is so confident, but the 70,000 troops led by Li Hong and Liu Kui to reinforce are much stronger than the Zuo Shence Army and Zuo Yulin Army in Chang'an City.

At present, among the six armies under Li Ye's control, it is not counted outside the Jinyi Guard and Shenji Battalion.

The left Tiance army is the old foundation of the Tiance army, and it is also the army with the strongest combat effectiveness under Li Ye, except for the front, left, and right compartments, each has a cavalry, the Chinese army is all cavalry, and the war horses are also northern war horses.

The Right Tiance Army is a miscellaneous army on the surface, because it is composed of a part of the Tiance Army, plus the Dongchuan and Xichuan Descending Armies, and its combat effectiveness is naturally inferior to the Zuo Tiance Army, but it is not bad.

Zuo Shence Army is composed of Yang Fugong's Yang Shouxin Department and Zhu Mei's old department, as well as new soldiers, and its combat effectiveness is also okay.

The Right Shence Army is composed of Liu Kui's department and Li Changfu's old department, and its combat effectiveness is naturally not bad. It is also the case that the Yulin Army is newly formed, and its combat effectiveness is more worrisome.

This is also the reason why Yang Fugong has the confidence to make a move on Li Ye, because Li Ye's strongest Zuo Tiance Army was transferred, which gave him an opportunity, who would have thought that everything was in Li Ye's calculations.

This time, Li Hong not only brought Zuo Tiance's army to reinforcements, but also the state soldiers of Shannan West Road, a total of 40,000 people; The same is true for Liu Kui's side, but it is close to Tubo, so he does not dare to transfer too many local troops.

With this 70,000 army, plus the army in Chang'an City, it may not be impossible to fight with Li Keyong's Shatuo army.

Just when Li Ye and the others were discussing how to deal with Li Keyong, there was a noise outside, and Link Ke hurriedly came to Li Ye's ear and whispered a few words.

Li Ye's face changed slightly, and he directly put down the things in his hand and walked quickly towards the outside of the hall. Pei Rong, Li Zhen, Li Yingxu and others in the hall were a little puzzled, they also saw the change in each other's faces, but they didn't know what was going on.

When they came to the outside of the Wude Palace, everyone smelled a vague smell of blood, and then hundreds of embarrassed brocade guards stood on the ground in front of the hall.

It was Jiang Xiong who was the leader, but at this time, the first general of the Jinyi Guard was very embarrassed, the whole person was like a bloody man, and the armor on his body was cut by sharp blades in many places, but even so, Jiang Xiong and the Jinyi Guard cavalry behind him were still waiting for Li Ye's arrival.

When Li Ye came to the front of the hall, Jiang Xiong couldn't support it anymore, and knelt directly on the ground, and the other soldiers behind him also knelt down one after another.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Ye was very shocked that the Jinyi Wei that he had spent a lot of money to build and had high hopes for actually looked like this. The hundreds of people in front of him are simply two extremes with the Jinyi guard on duty next to him, and seeing the armor on Jiang Xiong, who is the best at fighting under the Jinyi guard, is in tatters, Li Ye felt a little heartache in his heart.

Although he knew that these people had not completed the task, Li Ye did not directly punish them, but asked the reason, with a slight hint of reproach in his puzzled expression, "What's the matter?" Didn't you let you chase Yang Fugong? How did you get it to look like this? ”

Jiang Xiong knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Highness, you have failed to live up to Your Highness's expectations, failed to complete the order given by Your Highness, and let more than a thousand of your comrades die on the battlefield, please punish Your Highness for your humble duties." ”

"What the hell is going on? The king will listen to the reason. Li Ye kicked over Jiang Xiong, who was kneeling on the ground, and yelled, "What are you crying about?" Does crying solve the problem? And you, what are you doing with your faces crying and mourning? Isn't it just a losing battle? If you can't stand that, get out of here. ”

In the face of Li Ye's anger, everyone present was a little uncomfortable. Although Li Ye usually has strict requirements for training, Li Ye did not scold the soldiers at will, let alone kick Jiang Xiong, who was already seriously injured with a kick like this, you must know that he admired this subordinate with a high force value before.

Link next to him, including the others, didn't know the situation, so he didn't dare to come over to persuade him.

But at Link's behest, someone finally came forward to explain what was going on.

After hearing that the two thousand Jinyi guards were actually defeated and retreated in the face of a thousand Shatuo cavalry, if it weren't for the last part of the people desperately dragging Li Cunxiao and the others, maybe these hundreds of people in front of them would not be able to escape.

There were a total of 2,000 Jinyi guards who followed Jiang Xiong to pursue Yang Fugong, and now only 700 people have returned, which means that those 1,300 people died in the battle with the Shatuo cavalry. And according to the speculation of these people who came back alive, the number of Shatuo cavalry killed in the battle was less than five hundred.

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This battle loss ratio really shocked the people on the scene, is the Shatuo Army really so strong?

This made Pei Rong and others, who were originally confident, hesitate a little again.

Li Ye's heart is not at peace. Jiang Xiong's force, he still heard it clearly, there are so many people in Jinyiwei, there are few people who can hold on to Jiang Xiong for more than 20 rounds, and even Link's force value is not as good as Jiang Xiong.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiong had no power to fight back at all in the fight with Li Cunxiao, if it weren't for the manpower protection of his subordinates, he might have died under Li Cunxiao's lance.

"Take them down and heal them well."

Li Ye wanted to take the opportunity to educate Jinyiwei well, but when he saw this scene, he still couldn't give up.

Jin Yiwei was a little drifting during this time, and there were also his reasons, he was too good to Jin Yiwei, which made these people a little too proud. This defeat is also a good thing for Jinyiwei, and it also lets them know what it means to 'have mountains outside the mountains and people outside the people'.

After speaking, Li Ye waved his hand and turned around and returned to the Wude Palace. Seeing his reaction, everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, knowing that this highness was a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and they were afraid that the other party would be too impulsive.

Back in the hall, Li Zhen took the opportunity to persuade, "Your Highness is angry, General Jiang and they also tried their best, I didn't expect this Shatuo army to be so brave and didn't investigate for a while, so I suffered this big loss." ”

"Hmph, I don't check it for a while. That Jiang Xiong, who knew about the competition all day long, guessed that the other party might be Li Cunxiao, so he couldn't bear it and fought with him. If he wasn't so reckless, how could the two thousand brocade guards be so defeated? Li Ye snorted coldly, "When Jiang Xiong recovers, he will be demoted to a lieutenant and let him reflect on it." ”

Seeing Li Ye say this, everyone was not easy to persuade again, they and Jiang Xiong did not have a deep relationship, so there was no need to risk the consequences of making King Shou unhappy to help the other party get rid of their crimes. And this time is also a good thing for Jiang Xiong, at least with this lesson, he will not be so reckless in the future, not to mention that Jiang Xiong is just a demotion, and it is not another unacceptable result.

However, the 2,000 Jinyi Guard cavalry was defeated by the 1,000 Shatuo army, which reminded everyone of the strength of the Shatuo army. Before, they didn't have an intuitive feeling about the strength of the Shatuo Army, but now that they look at it, it really lives up to its reputation.

Thinking of this, they looked at Li Ye worriedly, and they didn't know if they could get through the difficulties this time.

"Your Highness, according to the oral accounts of the surviving soldiers of the Jinyi Guard, they encountered the Shatuo cavalry, which was located more than ten miles southwest of Tongzhou. It means that Tongzhou may have fallen, do we want to withdraw the Shenji Battalion stationed in Huazhou? Lee Young-wook suggested.

The Shenji battalion was originally stationed in Zhaoying (i.e., Lintong), but with the Zuo Yulin army stationed in Chang'an, the defense of Huazhou and Tongguan was empty, so Li Ye let Jinyiwei enter Huazhou and defend Huazhou with Huazhou soldiers to ensure the safety of the east of Chang'an.

However, thinking that Li Keyong led an army of 70,000, the more than 10,000 troops with the Shenji Battalion and the state soldiers may not be able to hold it. And the Shenji Battalion is an army that Li Ye attaches more importance to, if it can't participate in the defense of Chang'an, this will make Chang'an's defense a little empty.

"No, you can't withdraw from the Shenji Camp at this time. Huazhou's geographical location is critical, and the Shatuo army cannot be occupied, as long as the Shenji battalion holds Huazhou, the Shatuo army will not be able to attack Chang'an with all its might. ”

Everyone understood that Li Ye was planning to use the Shenji Camp as a bait to attract Li Keyong's attention, so that he could buy time for Chang'an. As long as the reinforcements led by Li Hong and others arrive, their strength will increase a lot, and they will have the confidence to compete with Li Keyong.

However, not long after Jiang Xiong and the others withdrew, the beacon tower outside the city ignited wolf smoke. With the dull sound of the horn, tens of thousands of Shatuo cavalry appeared on the north bank of the Wei River.

Standing on the tower of Xuanwu Gate, looking at the strong Shatuo cavalry on the north bank of the Wei River, Li Ye was also very envious in his eyes, when would he have such a powerful cavalry.

(End of chapter)