One hundred thousand rations and six thousand soldiers were robbed, this made Yuchi Jingde extremely furious. He returned to Thai Nguyen City alone and was about to set off with ten thousand men to regain his face. He did not expect a small school to report that Prince Ding Yang, Liu Wuzhou, had already arrived outside Taiyuan.
"Quick, follow me to welcome him!"
Grand Marshal Song Jingang had died. Other than the Taiyuan garrison that Liu Wuzhou had set up, Yuchi Jingde, the vanguard, was the highest official in the city.
Yuchi Jingde and the Taiyuan Garrison led a group of civil and military officials to meet Liu Wuzhou at the west gate of Taiyuan City. Liu Wuzhou wore a golden armor and rode on a horse, looking majestic.
Swoosh!
He got off his horse and helped Yuchi Jingde and the Taiyuan Garrison up. He got the civil and military officials behind the two to stand up and said in a deep voice," Everyone, you've worked hard!”
After entering the city, Liu Wuzhou ordered the rest to retreat, leaving only Yuchi Jingde in the hall of the Taiyuan Garrison Mansion.
"I deserve to die!"
Yuchi Jingde knelt down and told him everything that had happened in the Gourd Valley.
Whoosh!
Liu Wuzhou immediately stood up with a shocked expression on his face. On one hand, he was amazed that the Tang army had a guy like Zhang Zhongjian. On the other hand, he was afraid that Xiyu would be taken away by the Tang army.
"It seems that I made the right decision to come all the way from Bing Province.”
Liu Wuzhou let Yuchi Jingde stand up and told him that the defeat was a small matter. He was afraid that he would not have the courage to take revenge after the defeat.
Bang!
When Yuchi Jingde, who had just stood up, heard Liu Wuzhou's words, he knelt down again. The corners of his eyes were about to crack as he said hatefully," Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Yuchi Gong's head can be severed, blood can flow, but courage cannot be taken away!”
"Good!"
Yuchi Jingde's words made Liu Wuzhou's blood boil. He helped Yuchi Jingde up with both hands and said excitedly," General Yuchi, the life and death of me, Liu Wuzhou, and the survival of Bing Province will depend on you alone!”
Other than Yuchi Jingde, Liu Wuzhou had no other generals he could use.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" "Even if Yuchi Gong drips out his last drop of blood, he will definitely ensure the safety of the king.”
……
An hour later, Yuchi Jingde led the ten thousand soldiers of Taiyuan City and the five thousand Turkic soldiers that had followed Liu Wuzhou from Bingzhou out of the city and charged towards Gourd Valley.
Halfway through the march, Yuchi Jingde ran into more than 100 remaining soldiers who had escaped from Xiyu. These 100 people told Yuchi Jingde that Xiyu had been occupied by the Tang army. Xunxiang had been loaded into a hearse and was already on the way to Chang 'an.
"I'm so angry!"
Yuchi Jingde roared, his voice shaking the nine heavens.
He suddenly pulled out the whip hanging on the right side of the horse and suddenly hit the commander flag.
Crack!
Wherever the iron whip passed, the flagpole broke. The commander flag fell from the sky and fell heavily to the ground.
"You people, return to Taiyuan City and report to the king.”
After saying that, Yuchi Jingde rode his horse forward. His hooves stepped on the marshal flag, directly pushing it into the soil.
"Liu Wuzhou arrived in Taiyuan?"
Hearing Yuchi Jingde's words, a hunchbacked man with a bruised face and injuries on his right leg and waist muttered to himself.
"Military Advisor, keep quiet!"
Another man spoke. His face was dark green, and he wore a tattered armor. His hair was messy, and it was covered in withered grass. However, his eyes were especially spirited, and his eyebrows were like swords, exuding a heroic aura.
"Ninth Brother, you still call me Military Advisor?"
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Seeing that the people around them had already started walking, they hurriedly followed them and quickly entered Taiyuan City.
Liu Wuzhou treated the remaining 100 soldiers well. Not only did he not make things difficult for them, he even rewarded them with wine and meat and arranged for them to rest.
These 100 or so remaining soldiers were arranged to stay in the barracks next to the north gate of Thai Nguyen. The soldiers who lived here were all local soldiers of Thai Nguyen. There were originally 7000 of them, but 6000 of them had already followed Yuchi Jingde out to war, so only 1000 were left to guard the barracks.
When the 100-odd soldiers arrived, they immediately became the topic of conversation for the 1000-odd people. When they gathered together, they asked the remaining soldiers about the battle ahead and wanted to know the strength of the Tang army. However, they did not know that there were two important members of the Tang Army among the hundred people. They were Yin Shisan and Xie Yingdeng.
"Ninth Brother, look!"
Because Yin Shisan was pretending to be injured, he was arranged to stay in a more remote and quiet military tent, which was more convenient for recuperation. Ordinary soldiers rarely came here, which made it convenient for him to communicate with Xie Yingdeng.
"Yes, Yuchi Gong isn't here. These soldiers only know how to inquire about the strength of our Tang army, but they don't know how to train.”
Xie Yingdeng stood at the entrance of the military tent, looking at the soldiers surrounding the remnants of the army as he spoke to Yin Shisan.
"Yes, I am!"
Yin Shisan stood up from the bed and stretched. He pretended to be injured, and in order not to be seen through, he could only lie on the bed.
"But I didn't expect Liu Wuzhou to actually come. He won't just sit there and do nothing.”
Xie Yingdeng nodded and then shook his head." But this is also good. If you want to sow discord, wouldn't it be more convenient for Liu Wuzhou to be here?"”
The reason why Yin Shisan and Xie Yingdeng disguised themselves as Prime Minister soldiers and sneaked into Taiyuan City was to take the opportunity to investigate the actual strength of Taiyuan's military forces. The most important thing was to drive a wedge between them and make Liu Wuzhou suspect Yuchi Gong. Only then could they force Yuchi Gong to return to the Tang Empire.
"That's right. Brother Nine will go to Taiyuan tonight and give him the gold and jewelry.”
The Taiyuan garrison and Yuchi Gong had been together day and night. It would be most convincing if he reported Yuchi Gong to Liu Wuzhou for colluding with the Great Tang, but this was only the first step. Yin Shisan still had other tricks up his sleeve.
"Yes!"
In the blink of an eye, it was night. Xie Yingdeng carried a bag out of the barracks and went straight to the place where Taiyuan was staying.
Yin Shisan, on the other hand, walked out of his tent with his walking stick and came to the small drill ground in the middle of the barracks.
There were now more than four hundred people gathered here. Other than the soldiers who had originally lived here, there were also the remnants of the soldiers who had escaped from the valley. Everyone sat in groups of three to five, chatting and chatting to pass the time.
Yin Shisan found a random seat and listened for a while. When everyone had nothing else to talk about, he suddenly sighed." Sigh, we're really unlucky.”
His words immediately attracted the attention of the people around him. A soldier asked curiously,"Brother, what do you mean?"”
Yin Shisan shook his head, looking as if he did not want to say anything. However, many people in the surroundings looked over. Someone shouted," If you have something to say, say it. You're a real man. Why are you being so wishy-washy?"”
" There are some things that I don't dare to say," Yin Shisan said." I feel that there is something fishy about the Gourd Cave incident. Think about it. General Yuchi is safe and sound. How could his six thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand rations be plundered? Since the Tang army had such a capability, could they not catch General Yuchi and kill him? You actually let him run away?"
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