Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 241
"Kill, kill, kill!"

Outside the city of Xiping, the Shu army's momentum was high, and they kept raising their weapons and shouting towards the city.

"Which way is the opponent?"

The chief general Raton went up to the tower and immediately asked the guarding sergeant.

"General, the other party didn't show a banner, so we can only tell that it's the Tang army!"

replied the sergeant.

Raton looked towards the city, and there was a mass of black heads below, occasionally mixed with bright spears and broadswords, which looked astonishingly powerful.

The Tang army in the city first yelled chaotically, then paused for a while, and then yelled again in unison.

This time, they shouted "Release the Liangzhou defender".

The voice is very rhythmic, and you can hear it clearly after a little concentration.

"Release that bullshit general?"

Raton thought for a while: "Sure enough...these people are here for that trash!"

"How to do?"

Du Moli followed up and asked.

Raton probed down again, and said cautiously: "The opponent has a lot of troops, just look at the darkness under the city, at least there are 20 troops..."

"The details of the enemy army are unknown, and our army cannot go out of the city to fight..."

The original 20 defenders of Xiping City, plus the 10 troops of the Kushan Camp, are worthy of the Tang Army.

However, there were more than 6 casualties in this battle, and the morale of the army was low. It was unwise to go out of the city to fight at this time.

"Then... the Liangzhou general, how should we deal with it?"

Dumoli asked again.

"Don't move him yet, hold him up..."

Duomeli thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.

Tang Jun came towards the Liangzhou general, which meant that the Liangzhou general was still useful.

Killing is certainly a relief, but it is easy to anger Tang Jun and put Xiping City in danger.

It's better to detain it in the city first to see the effect later.

With such a prisoner in hand, Xiping City is already invincible.

Du Moli immediately took the order to leave, and Raton summoned the lieutenant again.

"Go, order to go down, let the spy go out to investigate the city, and find out the details of this Tang army!"

"The more detailed the better!"

With a cold face, Raton ordered.

Under the leadership of Ma Liuzhi, the Shu army shouted outside the city all afternoon, and did not return to the camp until dark.

"How about it?"

Li Ke went up and asked.

"According to His Highness's order, the flags were withdrawn, and they only shouted outside the city. The other party dared not go out of the city to fight."

Ma Liuzhi cupped his hands.

Li Ke nodded, and waved Ma Liuzhi back.

Now that Li Chengqian is still in the city, the Shu army cannot act rashly.

Yelling outside the city is just to remind the other party not to touch Li Chengqian.

Li Ke couldn't help smiling wryly when he thought of the painstaking efforts he had taken to keep Li Chengqian, a good-for-nothing.

No way, I promised Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji, and I had to rescue Li Chengqian.

Besides, that trash now has no possibility of seizing the heir with him, and is no longer a threat.

Now that Li Chengqian's life was saved for the time being, the next thing he had to think about was how to rescue him.

Li Ke pondered all the way and walked back to the handsome tent.

"Your Highness..."

Chou Nuer was already waiting in the tent, he bowed, and then removed the armor and helmet for Li Ke.

Li Ke walked to the low table, compared the marching map, and observed the surrounding situation.

This Xiping City runs east-west, with mountains and ravines on the north and south sides.

The east of the city is facing the direction of Datang, which is also the location where the Shu army is stationed.

On the west side of the city is the direction of Kushan, where the Kushan camp is guarding.

This city occupies a very large area. If you want to besiege the city, you have to divide your troops into two groups to guard the east and west gates.

It goes without saying that the east gate has already been blocked by the Shu army.

But Simon, it is difficult.

To the west is the sphere of influence of Tuyuhun, guarded by the Kushan Camp.

Although there were no troops in the Kushan Camp, once the city was besieged, there was no guarantee that the Tuyuhun people would not increase the Hyokushan camp.

Li Ke can only stabilize the enemy now and seek opportunities to rescue Li Chengqian.

Only after Li Chengqian is rescued can he find a way to break the city.

"Your Highness..."

Ugly Nuer called softly, pulling him out of his thoughts.

"what happened?"

Li Ke looked at him.

"Why doesn't Your Highness raise the flag? Going to the city gate to disturb again?"

The ugly slave looked puzzled.

"Go to the gate of the city to disturb, in order to let the other party know that someone wants to save Li Chengqian..."

Li Ke smiled and explained.

"But... wouldn't it be better if we sneak into the city and rescue them quietly?"

"Or, if the army attacked the city and forcibly broke through, they could take advantage of the chaos to rescue him."

Chou Nuer frowned and said, it seemed that he was not confused about Li Ke's battle plan.

"Ugh!"

"It's not that idiot who passed the news of Liangzhou's emptiness to the Tuyuhun people. We have to reveal our identities and go to the rescue..."

Li Ke sighed and explained.

"Now that the Tuyuhun people have suffered a big setback, they are very likely to kill Li Chengqian to vent their anger."

"We can only expose our strength and intimidate the other party, forcing them not to dare to touch Li Chengqian again..."

Li Ke spoke out his worries in detail.

If they forcibly attacked the city, let alone if they were not sure, it might not be beneficial to rescue Li Chengqian.

God knows if the other party is forced to kill Li Chengqian.

"Then...Your Highness, why did you hide your identity and remove the banner?"

The ugly slave asked again.

Li Ke smiled, and was about to explain when he heard Gu Wu's voice outside.

"Your Highness... the defenders outside the camp have arrested several spies..."

Gu Wu walked in and said.

"Understood, let's take it down for interrogation first!"

Li Ke waved his hand and waved Gu Wu back.

"The current mission of our army is to rescue Li Chengqian."

"I hide my identity because I don't want the other party to guess Li Chengqian's identity..."

He explained to ugly slave again.

Li Ke was the king of Shu in the Tang Dynasty. He was such a royal relative, and he rushed all the way to the border of Liangzhou just to save a general who was guarding the city...

This is naturally not credible.

He was worried that his identity would be exposed, and that the other party would use Li Ke's identity to infer Li Chengqian's identity as the prince.

"Now, I have sent people to find out Li Chengqian's location, planning to rescue him secretly."

"Let the other party fall into suspicion, and they will not dare to make big moves. In this way, they can also buy time to rescue Li Chengqian."

Li Ke pointed outside the account: "The enemy has sent spies to investigate the situation of our army. Before he finds out, he neither dares to kill Li Chengqian, nor dares to go out of the city to fight. Isn't this a good time for us to rescue Li Chengqian?" ?”

"If you want to buy time, don't besiege the city at all, and send Gu Wu and the others directly to the city to rescue, wouldn't it be fine?"

The ugly slave muttered.

Li Ke sighed, smiled wryly, "I think so too..."

"Who said that Li Chengqian has offended the enemy and is in danger of his life at any time?"

The ugly slave lowered his head, and raised it after a while.

"Your Highness... I heard that Li Chengqian has plotted against you many times, and even competed with you for the crown prince..."

"Could it be that you are really so open-minded that you are willing to go all out to rescue him?"

The ugly slave asked Qiqi.

Li Ke stood up, walked to the tent door, and put his hands behind his back.

"He is no longer a threat, and death or immortality is of no benefit to me..."

"But since I promised my father and the eldest grandson's family, I will naturally have to make some efforts."

"Besides, rescuing Li Chengqian will also facilitate our Shu army's subsequent attack on Tuyuhun, so why not do it?"

(End of this chapter)