Chapter 89: The Expedition of the Tiance Army (3) (2nd Update)

As soon as noon passed, after Li Yi personally held a grand departure ceremony, Li Ye led a group of soldiers of the Tiance Army to bid farewell to their relatives and embarked on the journey.

Liu Chenyan and Sun Mei, plus Xiaoying and Xiaoyue, followed the army and sent them for several miles before waving goodbye. Although Li Ye is also a little reluctant, but thinking of the current situation in Datang, he can't allow him to indulge in the love of his children, and he wants to do something for Datang.

In addition to Liu Chenyan and others, there were also Princess Changning and Princess Anhua. For Princess Anhua, Li Ye really didn't know what the second imperial sister thought, and he hadn't heard that the other party had someone he liked, and his royal brother seemed to have forgotten this imperial sister, and he hadn't given her a horse until now.

And Princess Changning not only came to see Li Ye, but also came to see Liu Kui. Li Ye saw that his own sister seemed to be really dead set on Liu Kui, and he also saw that the other party gave Liu Kui a sachet, although the action was hidden, but it was still discovered by the sharp-eyed Li Ye.

However, Li Ye did not mean to expose it, he had already given Liu Kui a chance, if the other party was really capable, he would still be the old saying, he would not beat the mandarin duck. Although he doesn't have the strict concept of a portal that these people in this plane have, he also advocates that the family is the right one, and since the family is not good, then you can prove yourself with the ability to prove yourself.

As the city of Chengdu in the rear gradually faded away, the outline of the city wall slowly disappeared into the sky. The soldiers of the Tiance Army also turned back three times in one step, after all, for the first time on the battlefield, many people were still a little homesick, but after the city wall left sight, the marching speed of these people was obviously faster.

Since Gao Renhou had already led his own army to take the first step, there was only the Tiance army around Li Ye. Chengdu Prefecture is about 100 miles away from Shuzhou, and according to the marching speed of the army, it can be reached in two days. Although Shuzhou was surrounded, there was no news of its fall, and the rebels failed to capture Shuzhou, which was high and thick. In addition, Gao Renhou has already taken the lead, and he wants to come to Shuzhou to hold out until the reinforcements arrive.

"Your Highness, this Gao Renhou is Chen Jingxuan's confidant, this time to quell the rebellion, although His Highness is a solicitor, but the officials are worried that Gao Renhou will not necessarily obey His Highness's command." On the road, Pei Rong, who was riding a horse, looked a little worried.

"No, this king doesn't have the luxury of commanding Chen Jingxuan's troops, the main thing is that they don't deliberately mess around, don't worry about him. Moreover, this time to counterbalance the rebellion, the Tiance Army fought alone, and did not have to be with the Xichuan Army. Li Ye nodded and said his plan.

"Your Highness, dividing troops is taboo, isn't it inappropriate? After all, Gao Renhou is under the command of His Royal Highness, so he will not disobey His Highness's orders, right? Zheng Ningji, who was on the side, said with some uncertainty.

"Zheng Sima, you also know the grievances between His Highness and Chen Jingxuan, we must prepare for the worst. Although His Highness's suggestion is somewhat inappropriate and will disperse the troops, it can also ensure the independence of the Tiance Army. There are 7,000 people in the Tiance Army, as well as a number of cavalry, as long as they don't make big mistakes, unless the opponent is several times larger than the Tiance Army, the same number of rebels will not be the opponent of the Tiance Army. Pei Rong said proudly.

Pei Rong naturally had a reason to be proud, after all, the cavalry was not formed if he wanted to. Although the number of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty is not small, it is in the north, and there are less than 7,000 cavalry in the army near Chengdu, including 2,000 in the left Shence army, 1,500 in the right Shence army, 2,000 under Chen Jingxuan, and more than 1,000 under Li Ye.

In Xichuan, cavalry is very scarce, before Yang Xingqian led the army to quell the rebellion, the 7,000 people, there were only 500 cavalry. Although the rebels also have hundreds of cavalry, but it is not a grade at all, the cavalry of the rebels is not a professional war horse, many of them are horses as war horses, which is naturally a big gap.

And this time to counter the rebellion, Gao Renhou led a thousand cavalry, and the Tiance Army had more than 1,200 cavalry, which was undoubtedly a big killer. In the cold weapon war, the power of the cavalry is not blown out, but it is really strong, otherwise Genghis Khan would not have been able to penetrate the Eurasian continent with the Mongolian cavalry.

"Pei Sima, let's not underestimate the enemy too much, Yang Xingqian was defeated because of the underestimation of the enemy." Zheng Ningji has always been unaccustomed to Pei Rong always echoing King Shou, what is his opinion? It's a shame that you are still a member of the Pei clan, why don't you even have the arrogance of the children of the family.

"Zheng Sima, this is still fighting, you just say defeated, it's not appropriate, right?" Pei Rong said lightly, but he didn't say this, but there was a needle in it.

"Okay, who of you knows about this Gao Renhou?" Li Ye only remembered that Gao Renhou was finally killed by Chen Jingxuan in history, but he didn't know why, but Gao Renhou was now Chen Jingxuan's henchman, which made him a little puzzled.

Zheng Ningji and Pei Rong shook their heads, obviously not knowing Gao Renhou's situation, but Sun Ye in the carriage on the side said, "Your Highness, the lower officials only know that Gao Renhou is the former general of the Huangtou Army, and General Liu Qi may know something." ”

Li Ye asked someone to inform Liu Qi. Liu Qi led Yuan Zhiqing's troops and Liu Kui's troops to open the way in front, Peng He's one belonged to the Chinese army, and Li Hong led Sun Jiameng and Ouyang Jing to both be at the rear of the team. After receiving Li Ye's notice, Liu Qi soon came from the front army, and heard that Li Ye asked about Gao Renhou's situation, so he told what he knew.

It turned out that Gao Renhou was not from Xichuan, but a member of the army that Gao Biao brought into Xichuan back then, and later did not follow Gao Biao to Jingnan, but has been in the Huangtou Army. At the beginning of the period, his reputation was not obvious, but later because he took refuge in Chen Jingxuan, and because he could fight, he was reused by Chen Jingxuan, and he commanded Chen Jingxuan's deputy general. However, because Gao Renhou himself is quite capable and has some prestige in the army, Chen Jingxuan does not trust Gao Renhou very much, otherwise Chen Jingxuan would not let Li Shun, a cronie who does not know how to fight, serve as the general of the tooth soldiers, and let Gao Renhou serve as the deputy general.

"So, isn't this Gao Renhou so loyal to Chen Jingxuan as he imagined?" Li Ye said with a smile.

"Your Highness wants to win over Gao Renhou? I guess it's not going to work! Pei Rong hesitated, he was good at figuring out Li Ye's thoughts, and he guessed what the other party was thinking.

"You can try, it's not impossible." Li Ye said with a smile.

Flies don't bite seamless eggs, but in his opinion, Gao Renhou is an egg with a seam, maybe there is a chance?

Originally, according to Li Ye's idea, the army arrived in Wenjiang and stationed, but according to the news of the front-line scouts, the rebels had already been prepared.

It turned out that the thief leader was able to learn that the imperial court had sent a large army to encircle and suppress, so he made preparations in advance. ordered Luo Mingqing to set up 8 villages in the western part of Shuangliu County, with 3,000 troops; Luo Fuzi set up 12 villages at the junction of Wenjiang County and Shuzhou Prefecture, with 5,000 soldiers; ordered Han Qiu to set up 10 villages in Xinjin County and garrison 4,000 soldiers; Ordered Hu Seng to set up 12 villages at the junction of Xinjin County and Shuangliu County, and stationed 5,000 soldiers.

And Qian Neng led the remaining 12,000 people in his headquarters to surround Shuzhou.

Li Ye didn't expect the rebels to react so quickly, and this arrangement is also quite interesting, it seems that there are still some capable people in the rebels, but I don't know who came up with the idea.

Since the rebels were prepared, Li Ye's side had to change the route of the march, so he stationed at the junction of Wenjiang and Shuangliu counties, and summoned Gao Renhou to discuss military affairs.

At the beginning, Li Ye planned to divide his troops, but after seeing the arrangement of the rebels, he understood that he had to divide his troops. If they go all out to rescue Shuzhou, the rebels in Xinjin will inevitably attack Shuangliu County and then threaten Chengdu, Li Ye will definitely not let this happen, but Shuzhou also has to be saved.

After guessing Li Ye's plan, Gao Renhou took the initiative to stand up and said, "His Royal Highness King Shou, I am willing to lead my own army to station in Shuangliu and defeat the Xinjin rebels." ”

"General Gao, are you sure?" Hearing that the other party took the initiative to ask for his life to go to Shuangliu, Li Ye was a little surprised, and looked at the other party incredulously, the other party is too easy to talk, he just vaguely expressed this meaning, tried the other party's attitude, but he didn't expect the other party to agree directly.

"Your Highness, there are no jokes in the army, and since you say it, you won't regret it." Gao Renhou said loudly.

"Since General Gao took the initiative to ask for war, this king is not easy to refute General Gao's intentions, since this is the case, then this king will give General Gao the responsibility of pacifying the Xinjin rebels, and I hope General Gao will not let this king down." Although Li Ye didn't understand why Gao Renhou was so cheerful, since the other party took the initiative to say it, he naturally wouldn't object.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, please wait for the good news below!" Gao Renhou said confidently.

On Gao Renhou's way back, Gao Renhou's subordinates couldn't help but ask, "General, King Shou obviously wants to take credit for relieving the siege of Shuzhou, why did the general agree?" ”

"Since you also know that King Shou wants to attack, do we still have to compete with King Shou? It doesn't matter if the marshal is there, but the marshal is not there, we are all obeying the command of King Shou now, and we are against King Shou, and King Shou has the power to dispose of it.

And it's not bad to go to Shuangliu, don't forget, Qiongzhou is just west of Xinjin. At this time, the main force of the rebels is in Shuzhou, since King Shou is willing to fight to the death with the main force of the rebels, then let him go, and when we take Xinjin, we can directly enter Qiongzhou and take the rebels' nest. Do you think this military merit is good or bad? Gao Renhou pointed out.

"End the rebel nest?"

Is this good? Naturally, the credit for ending the rebels' nest is no less than defeating the rebels! He didn't expect this, and he admired Gao Renhou in his heart, not only would he not offend King Shou, but he could also make great contributions, which he couldn't have imagined.

As for the nine thousand rebels in the territory of Xinjin? In their opinion, it is not a problem at all! Thinking of this, his heart was on fire!