Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Li Changlin stared at Chu Mo, not letting go of the slightest expression on his face.

From the moment he spoke, he could see clearly that the other party was obviously deceiving him.

Obviously he just wants to be the cannon fodder himself.

He was not sure at first and was still judging whether Chu Mo was performing this for him on purpose.

But in the end, when I heard that Cui Yingying had left the troops with the fifth surname and Qi Wang behind, she immediately figured out the trick before they even moved.

Chu Mo was indeed putting on a show for himself.

His real purpose is actually to deal with Changsun Shunde.

Don't look at what he said about Cui Yingying and Zhang Taixin's support, or about blocking the enemy's first wave of attacks to stabilize the battle line.

This is all bullshit.

If you want to use 5000 soldiers to resist a wave of impact from 3000 cavalry and 20000 infantry, it is simply courting death.

Apart from anything else, I didn't even know if I could block the charge of the 3000 cavalry.

What's more, when the time comes, I will be in the center of the battlefield and not familiar with the "friendly forces" on both sides. Who knows if they will stab me in the back?

The most important thing is that he withstood the front of Li Shimin's army on both wings and was in the center of the battlefield. They would definitely choose to eat him at the first opportunity before going to fight Zhang Taixin's army.

If you play against Li Shimin, it will be a dead end, but if you play against Changsun Shunde, the situation will be reversed.

Not to mention how many soldiers Changsun Shunde had under his command.

Just talking about the other party's inexplicable attitude before proved that the other party would never kill him before the results of the battlefield ahead were revealed.

It is very likely that the armies of both sides will only form a confrontation and will not take action.

And even if the battlefield ahead shows signs of decline and Changsun Shunde wants to take action, the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes coalition forces following behind will definitely arrive as soon as possible to support Cui Yingying's 3000 cavalry.

You know, those 3000 cavalry are the assets of the coalition forces, and Wu Xingqi Wang will never sit back and watch them be defeated by Li Shimin.

If they want to go to support Cui Yingying, the first hurdle that the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes Allied Forces must cross is Changsun Shunde.

At that time, no matter whether Zhangsun Shunde is in war or peace, his side will not suffer much losses.

If you are lucky, you may be able to capture or defeat them without spending a single soldier.

After thinking about all this, Li Changlin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he looked at Chu Mo with a smile and said:

"Since your lord is willing to confront Li Shimin head-on, how can the general ruin your lord's elegance?"

"Then let's make an agreement like this. Your Excellency will go and stop Li Shimin, and then he will lead his men to attack and kill the eldest grandson Shunde."

After saying that, Li Changlin looked at Chu Mo's stunned eyes, patted him hard on the shoulder, and continued:

"Master Chu, after we say goodbye this time, I don't know if I will come back alive. If the general is killed in the battle, I hope that for the sake of watching our army, next year's Qingming Festival, I will burn it for the general and all the soldiers. Light the paper money and put the incense stick on it.”

After saying that, he ignored the astonished Chu Mo and turned around and strode out, laughing loudly as he walked.

That way, it seemed that he was not going to the battlefield, but to attend some banquet.

Seeing Li Changlin's leaving figure, Chu Mo curled his lips in disdain, with a hint of contempt at the corner of his mouth.

Soon, a secret guard came to report that Li Changlin had left the camp with 5000 soldiers under his command and went to stop Changsun Shunde.

After hearing the report from the secret guard, Chu Mo did not dare to delay and immediately asked someone to change into the clothes of an ordinary soldier.

Then he asked a general from Chengtianmen to lead the remaining troops out of the camp directly to the central battlefield, preparing to intercept Li Shimin's army.

At the same time, Cui Yingying and Zhang Taixin also learned about the trends in Chu Mo’s camp.

Seeing that they were as expected, some people went to stop Li Shimin, and some people went to restrain Changsun Shunde.

Immediately, the two men no longer hesitated, and immediately took all the soldiers under their command to form an array and slowly moved towards the center of the battlefield.

Unlike Chu Mo and Cui Yingying, who were actively preparing for the battle, Changsun Shunde was kneeling in front of Lin Wan with an aggrieved look on his face, and around his neck, there was a cold light shining with murderous intent. Overflowing swords.

Originally, after hearing Chu Ruowan's request for him to send troops to block Cui Yingying's army's retreat, eldest son Shunde had doubts in his heart, so he thought of waiting and seeing first, and not doing anything.

They just sent a team of scouts to investigate the movements of the imperial army.

Unexpectedly, not long after the scouts were sent out, they received a reply.

When he heard that a large imperial army had indeed appeared in front of them, and it was under the banner of the emperor, he almost peeed with fear.

He immediately realized that Cui Zongfong in the camp was probably telling the truth. His Majesty had indeed escaped from danger, and now he was directly driving the army to exterminate the rebels.

However, before he could take any action, another team of scouts came to report again.

It was said that there was something strange happening in the camp ahead. The army of unknown origin actually divided into two groups and headed towards them. There were about 5000 people in total.

On the other side, they gathered in the direction of the imperial army. It seemed that they were going to form a formation to intercept the army.

What Changsun Shunde didn't expect was that Cui Yingying and Zhang Taixin would quickly gather in the direction of the opponent with all their soldiers at this time.

It seems that they are preparing to join forces and deal with the imperial army together.

This time he was a little puzzled.

Didn't the envoy say that the army was affiliated with the imperial court?But looking at it now, the other party is obviously with those rebels.

What makes Changsun Shunde even more confused is how confident Cui Yingying and the others can compete with the imperial army?

Soon, this doubt was revealed by the message that came later.

When Changsun Shunde heard the report from the scouts that the total number of the imperial army was only 23000, he was immediately confused.

However, what made him even more unexpected was that Qi Wang, the fifth surname who had left before, actually returned again with an army.

The moment he received these two messages, he already understood.

Now, instead of the imperial army coming to encircle and suppress the rebels, the rebels persuaded the besieged army to defect before the battle and prepare to annihilate the imperial army.

The moment he learned about Cui Yingying and the others' intentions, the scale in Changsun Shunde's heart began to tilt.

According to the current analysis of the strength of both sides, it is obvious that the rebels are more numerous than the imperial army, and their quality is not inferior to them.