Li Er looked at the devastated hills and the corpses everywhere.
He shook his head helplessly, it was too bad.
Li Er had thought about the possibility of failure, but he never expected that he would fail so miserably.
During this expedition, Li Er positioned himself very correctly.
Since Li Yuan said, let yourself go to the army to recover when you are sick, and just be a generalissimo of the right army sitting in the army.
Then Li Er was just a puppet, and when he arrived in the army, he handed over the affairs to Yin Kaishan and Liu Wenjing.
He really went to the army to recuperate, and he didn't care about anything as long as it was military affairs.
Anyway, as long as you eat and drink every day.
Li Er knew that it was because Li Yuan was still angry with him because of Li Yuanba's matter.
This expedition was just because Li Yuan really couldn't send his son.
Li Yuan has a strong plot of father and son going into battle.
As long as he leads the army in battle, he will definitely send one of his sons as marshal.
Even Li Yuanji, a young man in his teens, was given the title of Jinyang Remainer and the general manager of Taiyuan Road March.
Li Yuan would not be at ease if he did not send a son to watch over such a big event as Xue Ju's expedition to the west.
Everything must be attributed to Liu Wenjing's idiocy and Yin Kaishan's connivance.
As the commander of the march, Liu Wenjing actually thought of pulling out the troops to shock Xue Ju.
Yin Kaishan did not stop him because of his feelings.
So the tragedy happened Halfway through the armed parade, the Qin army sent troops.
Xue Ju's son Xue Rengao personally led tens of thousands of troops to confront the Tang army.
At this time, the Tang army was numerically superior, and Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan were not afraid at all.
But at this moment, Xue Ju suddenly led his three thousand cavalry, as if emerging from the ground, and rushed straight into the Tang army's rear formation.
The team was immediately in chaos, and Xue Rengao covered him from the front.
How could the chaotic military formation withstand such a front and rear attack?
However, after holding on for half an hour, the entire army collapsed.
Xue Ju led his cavalry galloping around, slashing and stabbing with the machete in his hand.
The Tang army suffered heavy casualties, with 60% killed.
Generals Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji and others are missing.
When Li Er got the news and led his troops into Gao'an.
After their victory, Xue Ju and Xue Rengao also needed time to rest and recuperate.
After contacting Li Er, he led his troops back to Jingzhou to rest and recuperate.
"Your Highness, how can I explain this to Your Majesty?"
Changsun Wuji looked a little dumbfounded looking at the corpses everywhere.
To be honest, this was the first time he saw so many corpses.
The scale of this battle was far greater than the Battle of Huoyi.
"I can't explain why so many people died.
I really can't explain it.
Please apologize to me."
Li Er sighed.
Although it was Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan who lost their heads, as the main leader, he still had to bear the blame.
"That Xue Ju" Changsun Wuji lamented in his heart "He fought such a great victory, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred.
They must also need to rest.
It is impossible for Xue Ju to make a comeback in a month or two.
Let's go back to Chang'an.
Either grant me full power, or stay in Chang'an Wait.
I don't want to fight this useless battle like this."
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Li Er walked away, and Changsun Wuji hurriedly followed.
Li Yuan of Chang'an learned of Li Er's defeat and immediately called Pei Ji, Li Jiancheng and others to discuss countermeasures.
Because it was a defeat, the atmosphere in the hall was very dull.
These ministers who came all the way from Jinyang, thinking of following Li Yuan to achieve great achievements and obtain a lifetime of wealth for their descendants, have now become quails.
This battle was a disastrous defeat.
Li Er, who had always been good at fighting, was beaten and fled back to Chang'an in disgrace.
Now I stay in Prince Qin’s Mansion all day long and handed in the apology letter early for submission.
Seeing the strange atmosphere, Li Jiancheng coughed lightly and walked out, bowed to Li Yuan and said: "Father, there is no need to worry too much about this matter.
Although the Qin army defeated his second brother, he must have been seriously injured, otherwise he would not have retreated.
Rest and reorganize.
As long as our army reorganizes and fights again, it may not be incapable of fighting.
As for the second brother, although he acts a little more arrogantly.
But he was still loyal to his father, and his son felt that there was no need to punish him too much.
Just lower your title once as punishment. " Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan took a breath of cold air.
They were about to be demoted, but they were still punished.
What if there are heavy punishments?
Could it be that His Highness the King of Qin is to be deposed?
The two of them are directly responsible for this defeat.
Li Er must be so unlucky.
So what should I do?
The two of them looked at each other and kneeled on the ground together.
Liu Wenjing kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is responsible for defeating all the ministers and Yin Kaishan this time.
His Highness the King of Qin is seriously ill and has been recuperating in the rear army.
At the most critical moment of this battle, the destruction of the entire army is almost a foregone conclusion.
If not for His Highness the King of Qin If I lead my troops to help, I will not be able to see Your Majesty."
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin indeed has nothing to do with this matter.
The blame for the defeat lies solely with Liu Wenjing and I."
Yin Kaishan was also on hand to excuse Li Er.
They are all smart people and know that protecting Li Er means protecting themselves.
As the leading marshal, Li Erbao came down, and the two of them were also heroes from Conglong.
Although he will be punished now, Li Yuan is a nostalgic person, and it is only a matter of time before he recovers.
When the two of them talked like this, Li Jiancheng's face suddenly darkened.
He glanced at the two of them suspiciously and stopped talking.
I finally got a chance to teach my brother who was mad at me a lesson, but these two guys showed up.
Even now, Li Jiancheng can't forget the scene of Li Er hugging Li Yuanba's body and roaring at him.
The look in his eyes was very much like that of a wolf, very much.
Li Jiancheng dreamed several times and was awakened by nightmares.
In the dream, Li Er was holding a strong bow and a horse, and he was surrounded by yellow scarf warriors.
The sharp arrow shot from Huang Yang's big bow pierced his chest.
And Li Yuanba, who turned into a fierce ghost, also emerged from the ground.
Dragging his own legs, dragging himself into the endless abyss.
Every time he woke up from his dream, Li Jiancheng's clothes would be wet with sweat.
Li Shimin had outstanding military exploits and was named King of Qin for his military exploits.
Although Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, he was wary of his younger brother who was accustomed to fighting.
I discussed with my close aides all night last night and came up with a covert and serial way to deal with Li Shimin.
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Unexpectedly, they were interrupted by Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan as soon as they started.
In Li Jiancheng's mind, he had already greeted the women in the two families.
"You humiliated the country, but you still saved the prince.
The King of Qin is ill, so you should march with caution.
You are so careless in doing things, which has damaged the power of our Tang army.
Come, take out Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan He was given official uniform and sent to the prison to be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment to prepare a crime.
"Li Yuan did not mention Li Er, but the two guys in front of him had to be dealt with.
Otherwise, there will be no need to fight in the future.
He couldn't mention Li Er.
He told Li Er to go to the army to recuperate.
Once Li Er called out Chong Tian Qu, his face would be ugly.
The guards immediately rushed up and stripped Yin Kaishan and Liu Wenjing of their official residences.
They were put in shackles and escorted out.
The defeated Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan were dealt with, but the matter was far from resolved.
Everyone knows that Xue Ju is just resting his troops and will make a comeback in a month or two.
"My lords, what you have to do now is how to defeat Xue Ju.
I wonder if you have any good ideas to pull out this poisonous thorn in the back of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuan's words echoed in the hall, and no one said a word.
Li Er is a commander who is accustomed to fighting, and his subordinates are Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan.
Liu Hongji, Murong Luohu.
These are all top-notch generals.
When they raised troops from Jinyang, they followed Li Yuan to conquer the world.
The soldiers under his command were all veterans brought over from Jinyang.
With such a configuration, everyone has lost the battle.
Who has the courage to lead troops into battle?
After a long time, no one said a word.
Li Yuan couldn't help but become agitated, looking left and right.
On weekdays, these people have thousands of clever ideas and are extremely loyal.
But when the critical moment came, none of them were useful.
Li Jiancheng saw that the hall was so quiet that he could hear people's heartbeats.
He stood up and said: "Father, although Xue Ju is good at fighting, we in the Tang Dynasty are not weak.
Please lead me to lead the heroes of the Tang Dynasty in the battle.
In this battle, I will definitely come back with Xue Ju's head."
Li Yuan's eyes widened, his son was still reliable at the critical moment.
As expected, it was a father-son battle, and Li Jiancheng was able to stand up at the critical moment, which made Li Yuan very pleased.
"Prince, you can stand up when the country is in danger and the society is shaken.
He has the demeanor of a prince of a country.
I am very relieved.
But the prince is the foundation of the country.
I will think about this matter again.
Pei Ji, Tang Jian, Li Shentong, Yan Shi Let Gu stay for a while, and let the rest disperse."
Li Yuan knew that he couldn't reach anything with this group of people.
Simply break up the meeting and change the general meeting to a small meeting.
Small meetings are much more efficient because they are not held in front of a large audience and all speeches are made enthusiastically.
"Brother, Shimin didn't do anything wrong.
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His men are all infantry, and he is already at a disadvantage against cavalry.
He was charged from behind, and there are no black armor troops in the army.
How do you ask him to resist the enemy's cavalry?
The two armies During the confrontation, Shimin was not in the army."
Li Shentong relied on the fact that he was Li Yuan's cousin, and his words were no different from before.
But Li Yuan didn't take it seriously.
After all, blood is thicker than water.
Apart from his biological brothers, this is the person closest to him by blood.
He is the closest person and the most natural ally.
Even if he is a little wild and disobedient at times, there is no problem with his loyalty.
And loyalty is what Li Yuan values the most.
For a newly established dynasty, it is more reliable to use the royal family more often.
"I also believe that the King of Qin did nothing wrong."
Li Shentong took the lead, and Tang Jian immediately responded.
"I second the proposal."
Next is Yan Shigu.
"E Chen seconded it."
The last person to speak was the old fox Pei Ji.
"Okay, let's not talk about the King of Qin.
Of course I have concerns.
Now let's talk about the prince's invitation to go to war."
Li Yuan waved his hand.
He had never thought about punishing Li Er seriously.
The most important thing now is how to repel Xue Ju's attack.
This guy has already posed a fatal threat to the emerging Tang Empire.
If this poisonous thorn is not pulled out, Li Yuan will not be able to sleep.
"Whatever battle the prince has fought, the people of the world have fought like this.
If the prince goes, he will be stronger than the people of the world.
Even though the prince is nearly thirty years old, the prince's strength lies in government affairs, not in the way of military formation."
Li Shen Tong was the first to speak.
As a member of the royal family, he naturally didn't have so many taboos when speaking.
In his opinion, both the prince and the King of Qin are his nephews.
As an uncle, he is the elder, and he has no scruples in criticizing the younger ones.
"The prince is the crown prince of a country.
If something goes wrong when the prince goes on an expedition, it will shake the country's ministers and think that the prince is not suitable for the expedition."
Yan Shigu is a relatively upright person.
He is a newcomer who joined Li Yuan when he was stationed in Changchun Palace.
He has no obvious political issues. tendency.
That's why Li Yuan kept him here this time.
"If the prince goes to war, there will be no room for change.
If he loses again, I'm afraid" Tang Jian did not dare to say the following words.
The King of Qin defeated the prince and went to war.
If the prince were defeated again, would he ask his father Li Yuan to lead the expedition himself?
Obviously, Tang Jian was not optimistic about Li Jiancheng leading the army.
"Supervisor Pei, what do you think?"
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Everyone spoke, except for Pei Ji who sat there calmly and silently.
Li Yuan naturally wanted to ask this old fox what he had in mind.
According to past experience, Pei Ji's words can always affect his thoughts.
"I think that the King of Qin is indeed stronger than the prince in the military formation.
Moreover, the prince is the prince, and what he needs to learn is not the way of military formation.
It is the dispatching and strategizing in the army.
The prince's expedition is indeed untimely.
I think, it is better to let the King of Qin continue to lead the army.
It is better to fight."
Pei Ji is indeed the roundworm in Li Yuan's belly.
Li Jiancheng was established as the crown prince, and his two younger brothers conquered the world.
This was the basic political pattern set by Li Yuan.
Li Yuan will never change because of Li Shimin's defeat, not to mention Li Yuan's character.
He did not feel comfortable handing over the army to outsiders when someone else took command.
Now he only had a son like Li Shimin in Chang'an who could continue to lead the army.
Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Pei Ji's words spoke to his heart.
Moreover, Li Yuan was indeed not optimistic about Li Jiancheng in terms of military formation.
"But the King of Qin suffered a new defeat, and the morale of the army was low.
Murong Luohu, Liu Hongji and others did not know whether they were alive or dead in the battle of Gao'an.
Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan were also imprisoned by His Majesty.
King Qin's army really lacked generals.
If King Qin I'm afraid if we go out on an expedition like this," Tang Jian said with some worry.
The scene became quiet again, this time the defeat was terrible.
Not only the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but the generals also suffered heavy casualties.
Even generals like Murong Luohu and Liu Hongji are alive and dead and their whereabouts are unknown.
Li Er wanted to fight, but he couldn't do it without a general.
Li Yuan also frowned.
These are the old team of Jinyang Qibing, the most trustworthy group of people.
Now that the losses were heavy, he really couldn't think of any of his subordinates who could stand up to them.
Pull him to the northwest and have a bloody battle with the tough Xue Jubu.
Li Shentong looked at everyone's faces and suddenly smiled: "Brother, the younger brother recommends one person.
He will definitely help the people of the world pacify Xue Ju's tribe."
"Who?"
Li Yuan asked eagerly with his eyes widened, looking at Li Shentong who was laughing
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