Chapter 321: Fighting the Shatuo Army Again (1)
"Eldest prince, do you really want to go to Taiyuan Mansion to be a proton?"
During the break, Wang Qiang's henchmen couldn't help but ask while there was no one nearby.
He and Wang Qian can be described as 'one glory and one loss', if Wang Qian can take over Wang Chongying's position behind him, then he can also rise to the top, but now that the other party is going to be a proton, his future is a little bleak.
"Do you have a better way?" Wang Qian said dissatisfiedly.
If he had a choice, Wang Qian naturally didn't want to go to Taiyuan Mansion to be a proton, but in the current situation, if he didn't go, how could he persuade Li Keyong to send troops.
He also knew that if his father failed, his good life would be over, so he had no choice.
"In exchange for Li Keyong's troops, you don't need to go to γγγγγγ eldest prince"
When the henchman persuaded him, the earth began to tremble, and everyone was so frightened that they immediately stood up, took out their weapons, and looked in the direction from which the shock came.
In the distance, a large amount of sand and dust appeared, accompanied by the neighing of horses.
Everyone subconsciously looked at Wang Qiang, hoping that he could make a decision.
Wang Qian was also a little flustered at first, thinking that it was the army of the imperial court, so frightened that the whole person turned over and got on his horse, but as the sand and dust got closer and closer, a unique banner was revealed, which was the battle flag of the Shatuo army.
Seeing this result, Wang Qian was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, it seems that he doesn't have to be a proton, and the Shatuo army has sent troops by itself.
When Kang Junli and the others, led by Sha Tuojun, saw Wang Qian and his party, they were also a little surprised, but after listening to Wang Qiang's explanation, several people were a little shocked.
Things are in trouble!
"What now? The imperial court has now dispatched 80,000 forbidden troops, and we only have 12,000 people in our hands, and our troops are weak, how can we resist the imperial army? Kang Junli, who was sitting at the top, was a little worried.
In fact, from this point of view, Kang Junli is not a qualified commander, he is cowardly before fighting, and he has lost two points of victory, and the battle that could have been won will also lead to failure because of the commander.
Having said that, Kang Junli has been following Li Keyong for a long time, and he is Li Keyong's righteous son, so he has won Li Keyong's trust, otherwise he would not have been appointed as a southern envoy to lead this army of 12,000 people.
The reason why the Shatuo army appeared here was because Li Keyong learned the news of the imperial court's dispatch of troops and was worried that Wang Chongying and Li Hanzhi would be invincible, so he sent Kang Junli, who was stationed in Qinzhou, to lead a large army south to reinforce Wang Chongying.
Li Ke used Kang Junli as the envoy to the south, and commanded the four generals Li Cunxiao, Li Cunxin, Xue Atan, and Li Siyuan.
But they didn't expect that when they just entered the territory of Jinzhou, they met Wang Qiang, who wanted to go to Taiyuan Mansion for help, and also learned the news of the defeat of Wang Chongying and Li Hanzhi's coalition army from Wang Qiang.
"General, Cunxiao thinks that it is enough to help Wang Chongying hold Jinzhou, and it is not appropriate to start a war with the imperial army. At the same time, he sent someone to report the situation here to his father-in-law, so that he could make a decision. Li Cunxiao immediately stood up and made a suggestion.
As soon as Li Cunxiao's words fell, Li Cunxin on the side sneered, "Could it be that our Shatuo army is really afraid of the imperial army?" The river also belongs to the east of the river, and this is our place, where the imperial army should go back and forth. β
Li Cunxiao's face was gloomy, "Cunxiao is just a matter of facts." Before sending the troops, the father-in-law did not say that we should fight with the imperial army, but only asked us to show our position and make the imperial army fearful.
After all, we are ministers, and we should nominally obey the orders of the imperial court. If it is to attack the imperial army, it is undoubtedly a rebellion, at this time Zhaoyi is undecided, Zhu Wen, Helian Duo, Li Congwei and others are watching from the sidelines, and they must be guarded against.
The best way to report this matter to your father-in-law is to make a decision. β
"Cunxiao, you're right, this matter must be reported to the father-in-law for decision. But the general is outside, the king's order is not affected, now the imperial army is aggressive, Wang Chongying's situation is critical, if he waits for his father-in-law to make a decision, maybe the river will be occupied by the imperial army.
Only by striking first and hurting the imperial army, will the imperial court know who is the master of Hedong. Kang Junli said loudly.
"General, is there something wrong with this?" Li Siyuan on the side hesitated.
"There's nothing wrong with it, and I'm a solicitor, so I'll have the final say in this matter." Kang Junli settled the matter with a wave of his hand.
"You guys are so nonsense, sooner or later Hedong will be in trouble." Li Cunxiao said dissatisfied.
"The third uncle died at the hands of the imperial court, our Hedong and the imperial court are mortal enemies, someone is unwilling to fight with the imperial court army several times, is it that he has already planned to join the imperial court? No wonder when the third uncle was in danger before, someone could have rescued him, but he sat back and watched the third uncle die tragically. Li Cunxin said in a weird manner.
(Note: There is a mistake in the previous text, Li Kegong is the third oldest, and he should be the third uncle of Li Cunxiao and others)
"What? Li Cunxin, you say it again to labor and management! Referring to Li Kegong's death in battle, Li Cunxiao was furious, pointed at Li Cunxin's nose and yelled, "Did you spread rumors in the middle at the beginning?" hurt my father-in-law that I hurt my third uncle. β
"Who spread the rumors? You ask yourself if it was because of you that the third uncle died in battle. Actually framed me for spreading rumors, I don't think you dare to admit it. Li Cunxin didn't like to be pointed at, so he refuted mercilessly.
"I dare not admit it, I couldn't save the third uncle, but at that time, I was so far away, and I was pestered, and it was too late. Si Yuan was also present at the time and could have testified. β
Li Cunxiao looked at Li Siyuan, and the other party nodded without hesitation, "I can prove this that Cunxiao and I were surrounded by the imperial army at that time, and it was too late to save the third uncle." β
"Si Yuan, don't talk to him, I think he just has a ghost in his heart, maybe he has already taken refuge in the court."
"Li Cunxin, will you say one more word?"
"That's it!"
A loud roar came, and I saw Kang Junli stand up and look at a few people with an unkind expression, "What's the use of fighting for this at this time?" And you are filial piety, and you are just talking, are you so angry?
Don't know what the occasion is? Still not quitting? β
Kang Junli's words seemed to be persuading peace, but in fact he was helping Li Cunxin. There's no way, it's him who really spreads rumors, it's not that he said bad things about Li Cunxiao in front of Li Keyong, maybe Li Cunxiao is now in a higher position. When Li Cunxiao said that Li Cunxin spread rumors before, Kang Junli was actually a little vain.
Li Keyong didn't believe his slander at the beginning, but later as the rumors came out, Li Cunxiao approached Li Keyong to defend himself, but was scolded by Li Keyong.
Since then, Li Keyong has been dissatisfied with Li Cunxiao.
Although Li Keyong knew that the death of his third brother had little to do with Li Cunxiao, but later, under the fanning of Jinyiwei, he was still suspicious of this brave and warlike son, otherwise with the credit of the other party, he would not still be in this position.
Seeing that Kang Junli was also standing on Li Cunxin's side, Li Cunxiao's anger trembled, if it weren't for Li Siyuan pulling the other party, it is estimated that he would have been mad on the spot. But this incident also made Li Cunxiao very angry, and he directly threw away regardless of how ugly Kang Junli's face was.
Seeing Li Cunxiao, who left angrily, Li Siyuan wanted to chase him out and persuade him, but when he thought that Kang Junli and the others had no action, he could only give up.
"This filial piety doesn't understand the rules at all." Li Cunxin unceremoniously fell into the ground.
Looking at the departing Li Cunxiao, Kang Junli was also thoughtful.
Knowing that the imperial army was heading for Jinju, Kang Junli ordered the whole army to quickly march towards Jinju and converge with the remnants of Wang Chongying to resist the attack of the imperial army.
Jiang Xiong, who chased to Jinzhou, saw the appearance of the Shatuo army, and he had a plan to retreat, after all, he and Fu Cunxian, the 7,000 people, were not the opponents of the Shatuo army at all.
Jiang Xiong, who suffered a loss from Li Cunxiao last year, was a lot more careful when he heard that Li Cunxiao was also there.
"Commander Jiang, why do you suddenly want to retreat?"
Seeing Jiang Xiong's order to retreat, Fu Cunxian was a little surprised, this is not like the other party's character, in the past few days of pursuit, the other party is very active, they have 7,000 people chasing Wang Chongying's army of more than 10,000 people, and they have won a lot.
Jiang Xiong was a little embarrassed, but it was not a shame to think about it, and if he came to other people, he probably didn't have the courage to fight against Li Cunxiao.
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Jiang Xiong's subordinates next to him knew it and couldn't help laughing.
"Actually, it's nothing, even Li Cunxiao is also on the other side, neither of us is his opponent, and there are more than 10,000 people in the Shatuo army, so we don't have enough people.
If Wang Tiegun is here, the three of us may be able to fight Li Cunxiao together. Jiang Xiong didn't feel ashamed, so he said it directly.
However, his idea of joining forces with Wang Yanzhang may not be so easy to realize, because after the other party studied martial arts for half a year, he returned to Zuo Tiance to serve as the general. Now Zuo Tiance's army is stationed in Shannan Dongdao to guard against Qin Zongquan and Zhu Wen, and it will not appear on the Hedong battlefield in a short time.
Fu Cunxiao was a little curious about the Wang Tiegun in Jiang Xiong's mouth, but he was more interested in Li Cunxiao, "This Li Cunxiao is really the number one general in the world as the rumors say?" β
Jiang Xiong nodded, his expression was very serious, "It can be said that I fought with him twice, the first time I was defeated, and the second time I joined forces with Wang Tiegun and a few people, it was only a tie with him."
The Flying Tiger Army under his command was even more courageous, and he was surrounded by tens of thousands of forbidden troops before, and he led more than 1,000 people to kill him. β
For Jiang Xiong, Fu Cunxian also has some understanding in the past two days, and the other party is also a very arrogant person, it is said that he is deeply loved by His Majesty, and his martial arts are strong. The other party's evaluation of Li Cunxiao can be so high, which shows that the other party attaches great importance to Li Cunxiao.
Fu Cunxun has also heard a lot of Li Cunxiao's deeds, but he has never seen them with his own eyes. To be honest, if Jiang Xiong hadn't ordered the retreat, he would have really wanted to see the other party.
However, just as Jiang Xiong was about to retreat, the Shatuo army on the opposite side sounded a horn, obviously the Shatuo army did not intend to let Jiang Xiong and the others retreat safely.
(End of chapter)