Chapter 183: The danger of Songzhou!

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"80,000 troops!" The expressions of Shangguanyi and other civil servants changed dramatically when they heard the words, and Qin Huaiyu's expression also became serious. Songzhou's current defenders are more than 10,000 people, which is a disparity of eight to one.

Li Yin nodded and told the soldiers to retreat. War is not a child's play. After all, he has been living in a peaceful age and has never experienced war, let alone this kind of cold weapon war. It is impossible to say that he is not nervous, let alone this wars of great disparity.

"An army of 80,000?" Zhu Youzhi sneered, "This is just a pretense. Tuyuhun is a nomadic tribe. Every time a war is fought, the people, cattle and sheep will migrate with the army. It is said that it is 80,000, and it can fight. An army of 40,000 people is not bad, Your Highness need not worry too much, you should not be able to hold out now, and wait until Tuyuhun's spirit is dampened before looking for an opportunity to attack."

Qin Huaiyu frowned and said: "It makes sense, but the 40,000 people are not a small number, and most of them are cavalry, with high mobility, and it is not easy to concentrate and annihilate them."

Li Yan looked at the officials with different eyes, and said: "It is useless to talk more now. Today, Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu followed me to Songzhou to supervise the battle in person. Shangguanyi led all the officials to handle government affairs and appease the people."

"Your Highness, no, swords have no eyes on the battlefield, in case Your Highness makes a mistake..." Cui Zhang stood up and persuaded.

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu also persuaded: "Your Highness, let's go to Songzhou, Your Highness should stay in Yizhou!" The other officials echoed, and they were unwilling to go to Songzhou.

"You don't need to persuade me anymore. The Tang Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and the father was still able to fight in the troubled times of the end of the Sui Dynasty when he was a weak crown. I am not afraid of the heroes. Today, how can I be a turtle with a shrinking head and hide in Yizhou to enjoy peace? If Songzhou is broken, Yizhou will also suffer." Li Min's words are the true thoughts in his heart, and it is difficult to grow up without tempering. He did this to train himself, and at the same time to establish his prestige in the army.

Li Yin said that, although Shangguanyi and others still didn't want Li Yin to go to war in person, they couldn't refute it. Just as Li Yin said, Songzhou was broken. How can Yizhou be peaceful?

Assigned tasks to each official, Kim Dae-qian began to pack Li Yin's luggage, and I don't know how long it will take to go to Songzhou.

Cui Yingying and Su Moreer were very worried when they learned that Li Yin was going to Songzhou. Cui Yingying shed tears a few times, and Su Moer also had red eyes, but Li Yin was determined. They knew that persuasion was useless, so they could only pack things together with Jin Daqian and bring them to Li Yin.

In the afternoon, Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi in military uniforms came to the palace. Li Yin also put on the plate armor carefully made for him by Taoyuan. The high-strength carbon fiber cloth purchased by Li Yin from Hyundai, this carbon fiber is a high-strength flexible material. It is often used in the construction industry to strengthen building structures. Li Yin had a whim and used it on armor. After trying it out, he felt that the effect was good. The defect of this plate armor is that it is afraid of being hit by blunt objects. Now that it is sewn with carbon fiber, it has basically overcome it. this defect.

Standing in the sun, the plate armor on Li Yin's body shone with silver brilliance. Li Yin has never slackened in practicing swords and swords. Long-term exercise has made his body very strong. At this time, wearing armor looks decent. , don't have a unique temperament.

"Yingying. I will leave the matter of the manor and the farm to you. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Jin Daqian to find Tong Yu. I have explained to him about oil extraction and white sugar cooking. He I will send craftsmen." Before leaving, Li Yin gave some important things to Cui Yingying. In case I leave, things in Yizhou will be messed up.

Cui Yingying burst into tears again, and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Yingying will remember, but your Highness must be careful."

Li Yin nodded, and said to Jin Daqian: "I have prepared all the winter wheat seeds and so on for you. The harvest of rice and the planting of wheat will all be entrusted to you. Don't make any mistakes."

"Old slave remembers." Jin Daqian's worry was written on his face. Originally, he wanted to follow Li Yin to Songzhou to take care of Li Yin, but these things couldn't be done without him, so Rong Da could only go with Li Yin. Songzhou.

After explaining the rest of the matter clearly, Li Yin left the palace, and Rongda was waiting for Li Yin at the door with Honghaier in his hand.

The crowd sent Li Yin to the door, Li Yin said: "Let's all go back, how can you say that there is old general Niu Jinda sitting in Songzhou, everything will be fine."

But even if Li Yin said so, Cui Yingying and Yizhou officials still sent Li Yin to the gate of the city. Cui Yingying said to Rongda: "When you arrive in Songzhou, you must take good care of your highness, otherwise come back and see how I deal with you."

Rong Da said with a bitter face, "Princess, don't worry, even if Rong Da risked his life, he would take good care of His Highness."

"Let's all go back!" Li Yin persuaded, this made him disappear forever, after all, he whipped Hong Haier's buttocks, and Hong Haier ran forward with all four hooves, Qin Huaiyu He and Zhu Youzhi followed immediately.

In Chang'an, Tuyuhun's siege of Songzhou caused a lot of uproar in the court. Speaking of it, Li Min suffered an unreasonable disaster. At the beginning of this year, Tuyuhun invaded Lanzhou and other places many times. The Tang army and Tuyuhun's army fought and stopped. Khan Fuyun of Tuyuhun seemed to want to make peace with Li Shimin and sent an envoy to pay tribute to Li Shimin, but not long after the envoy left, Tuyuhun's army began to attack Shanzhou. According to detailed reports, a minister of Tuyuhun, King Tianzhu, instigated it.

Li Shimin was very angry and sent an envoy to summon Fu Yun to Chang'an to meet him, but Fu Yun pretended to be sick and refused, and asked Li Shimin to marry a princess to his son Zunwang. Tuyuhun had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin agreed , but King Zun began to pretend to be sick again and refused to marry the princess, so Li Shimin angrily canceled the marriage, and Fu Yun accused Li Shimin of sending troops to Songzhou without promise, and this was completely beyond Li Shimin's expectations, because Tuyuhun had never attacked before. Pass Songzhou.

In the early court, Li Shimin told the matter and asked the minister's opinion. For a while, the court was silent. Wei Zheng glanced at Changsun Wuji and then at Fang Xuanling, seeing that both of them seemed to be asleep, so he He came out and said: "Your Majesty, Songzhou is now under the Chengdu government, and now the King of Chengdu is also responsible for defending the border, so the siege of Songzhou should be resolved by the King of Chengdu himself, and the King of Chengdu also recruited more than 20,000 soldiers for the reason of border defense." , if you don't take on such a responsibility, it will be difficult to block the mouth of the world."

These words came from Wei Zheng's mouth, and Li Shimin had no reason to refute. Li Yin's rights are already great enough, and this kind of power has made many nobles feel dissatisfied. Li You, who was far away in Qizhou, was the most active, and his mother Concubine Yin had already mentioned this matter in front of Li Shimin, but Li Shimin suppressed them and ignored them.

"Your Majesty, what Wei Zheng said was also the opinions of the ministers. Since ancient times, responsibilities and obligations have coexisted. Chengdu Mansion is now considered a state within a state. It is the job of the sixth prince to defend against foreign enemies. We should no longer rely on the power of the court. , and now the Chengdu government has enough food, grass, and soldiers, and the imperial court will have to summon soldiers and horses for at least several months. During this period, countless money and food will be consumed, which is really not worth the loss." Changsun Wuji spoke, and what he was waiting for was that Wei Zheng would speak first and stand out. He never liked to do things.

Fang Xuanling also said at this time: "When the ten prefectures of Shu were entrusted to the six princes, it was clearly stated that the six princes had to bear the responsibility of guarding the border. If it were not implemented in this way, I am afraid that other princes would also have ideas in their hearts. Since You don't need to take responsibility, you can entrust Li Min, and you can also entrust other princes."

Li Shimin frowned slightly. It is a special situation to entrust Li Yin as the king of Chengdu. Li Shimin does not want to continue entrusting other princes, because the lessons of the predecessors are here. He can control one Li Yin, but he can handle too many not allowed.

"Your Majesty, since the Sixth Prince didn't ask for help from the court, it means that the Sixth Prince still has the confidence to resist Tuyuhun. If he can't resist, he will ask for help from the court, and it won't be too late to send out an army at that time." Cen Wenwen stood up and said at this time .

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and felt that what Cen Wenwen said made sense. It is inappropriate to send troops directly now, and Li Yin did not indicate that he could not resist Tuyuhun. Li Yin might have his own ideas, and he deliberately left Niu Jinda, a veteran, in the army. There, it is to assist Li Yin.

Cen Wenben's words were impeccable, and all the officials agreed with him. Li Shimin stopped talking about this topic and started talking about other government affairs.

After a day and a night of trekking, Li Yin arrived in Songzhou at noon the next day. Besides Xue Rengui, there was also Niu Jinda who had met a year ago to greet him.

"Xue Rengui sees Your Highness!"

"Niu Jinda, see Your Highness!"

Li Yin got off the horse, and the two bowed to Li Yin at the same time. Li Yin helped them up one by one, and said with a smile, "Excuse me!"

Now Xue Rengui and Niu Jinda are both wearing plate armor produced in Taoyuan. They stand together like two steel giants. The soldiers at the gate and the soldiers on the gate are also wearing the same style of armor, holding composite bows in their hands. He Hengdao had a serious face, and he stood there completely motionless, as if he had received strict discipline training.

Observing the military appearance of the Songzhou defenders, Li Yin felt a little relieved. Although the 10,000 people are small, they are all elite troops who have undergone rigorous training.

Zhu Youzhi was also looking at the soldiers, nodding constantly, apparently very satisfied with these soldiers, but Qin Huaiyu was not surprised, his tricks had been learned by Xue Rengui long ago, and they combined with the Tang Dynasty itself In terms of training methods, a set of unique training methods has been developed and implemented in the army. It can be said that these soldiers have received formal training.

Moreover, when Li Yin first came to Yizhou, many soldiers looked malnourished. The food in the army was very poor, and the soldiers could only eat half full, but this situation has changed since Li Yin came. The Zhou defenders ate food brought in from Yizhou. They had daily rice, white flour steamed buns and all kinds of vegetables. Although there was less meat, there were some from time to time. The living conditions were not the same. In addition to hard training, the bodies of these soldiers are as strong as cattle.