Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Li Shimin felt a little relieved when he heard the results reported by Changsun Wuji.

But soon, he was stunned.

Staring straight at Changsun Wuji, he asked in a hoarse voice:

"You...you said...our Black Armor Army only gained 500 enemies with 700 men?"

"Yes, Your Majesty..."

Changsun Wuji lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Shimin at all.

However, he immediately rolled his eyes and hurriedly added:

"Not only that, Your Majesty, we also captured 13 enemy artillery pieces."

Hearing that 13 artillery pieces had been captured, Li Shimin's head suddenly went numb. He turned his head dully, looked at the dozens of artillery pieces scattered beside him and asked:

"Aren't these all my things? Didn't they just send the things back?"

uh(⊙o⊙)...

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Changsun Wuji was speechless and didn't know what to say.

Upon seeing this, a general on the side immediately stepped forward, pretending to be happy and said:

"But Your Majesty, with these artillery pieces, we don't have to fear the enemy's long-range attacks. Moreover, we can completely use these artillery pieces to blast away the enemy's defenses."

"As soon as the enemy formation is broken, they will not be at our mercy."

Hearing the general's words, Li Shimin's eyes immediately lit up, and he patted the general's shoulder happily and said:

"Very good, I am very relieved that you have this opinion."

"What's your name? Are you willing to follow me and obey my orders?"

The general never expected that his words of excuse would actually make Long Xin so happy. He immediately made a plop, knelt on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, I am a young Luren. I am willing to serve Your Majesty in this life."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand to let the other party stand up, and then looked at Changsun Wuji, who looked a little ugly beside him, and asked again:

"I see that these cannons are in poor condition. Have you checked to see if they are all usable?"

"Your Majesty, although these artillery pieces are slightly damaged, this does not prevent them from continuing to be used."

Changsun Wuji's face became even more ugly.

"But your Majesty doesn't know something. Although Cui Yingying left these artillery pieces for us, she didn't leave any gunpowder or shells for us!"

"We were so busy working for most of the night, and we got a bunch of iron lumps."

As he spoke, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but curse.

Hearing Changsun Wuji's foul language, Li Shimin was stunned. He was about to reprimand him, but he quickly reacted and pointed at a pile of artillery in disbelief and said:

"You're saying, we got these artillery pieces, but we can't use them?"

Changsun Wuji nodded with certainty:

"Yes, Your Majesty, you heard correctly."

"Not only that, we cannot deal with these artillery easily. We have to send people to guard them to prevent them from falling into the hands of malicious people. Otherwise, they will pose a threat in the future..."

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji stopped.

Needless to say, Li Shimin also understood that this was the other party's reminder to him that these artillery pieces were of great importance. If they fell into the hands of some ambitious people, he would have to be wary in the future.

Isn't it because I was worried that someone would threaten me when I made the decree not to allow firearms to circulate in Chang'an?

Now it seems that since I have these iron knots, not only can I not use them, but I have to dedicate people to guard them.

Such aggrieved things immediately made Li Shimin feel heartbroken.

He glanced coldly at Lu Renjie, who was standing next to him and grinning, then looked at the overlapping shadows on the ground, and suddenly roared:

"Lu Renjia, how dare you disrespect me! Come on, pull me down and kill me with a stick!!!"

As soon as these words came out, before everyone could react, several guards rushed up, pushed the still confused Lu Renji directly to the ground, gagged his mouth, and dragged him out.

But Li Shimin, as if nothing was wrong, looked at Changsun Wuji coldly and said:

"When will reinforcements from Chang'an arrive? Have they brought gunpowder this time?"

Changsun Wuji felt bitter, shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty, the scouts who sent the message have just been sent out a few hours ago. It is estimated that they have not arrived in Chang'an yet. If we want to know the movement of the reinforcements, it is estimated that it will be noon tomorrow at the earliest."

"waste!!!"

After Li Shimin looked around at the people around him, he said this coldly, then turned and left.

However, when he returned to his tent and looked at the tent that had been razed to the ground, he finally couldn't hold back the heat anymore, spurted out a mouthful of hot blood, and fell straight down.

At the same time, Cui Yingying, who had just cheated Li Shimin, just returned to the position with more than 1000 cavalry under her command.

Let Zhang Taixin lead his infantry and evacuate at full speed towards Wu Xing Qi Wang's base camp.

In Cui Yingying's view, Li Shimin suffered such a setback tonight and would definitely not be able to react in a short time, let alone send someone to provoke her.

I can completely use this time difference to let the infantry evacuate the camp first.

As for herself, she can take these cavalry to create suspicion here and pretend to hold on.

Sure enough, it was not until dawn the next day, after Changsun Wuji had finished handling the affairs in the camp, that he sent a team of cavalry to investigate Cui Yingying's situation.

But when the cavalry saw the flags waving in the camp, the figures moving around, and the appearance of being stubborn, they went back to report.

Changsun Wuji also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the other party had no plans to leave the camp and was preparing to hold on.

As long as the other party doesn't want to escape, all he has to do is contain him here, and that's a great achievement.

Waiting for the reinforcements from Chang'an to arrive, they can be wiped out in one fell swoop.

At the same time, after Chu Mo led a group of people away from the battlefield, they headed south, preparing to take a detour to Hangzhou. However, just after walking a certain distance, they heard a report from a scout. On the road ahead, there were five people with seven surnames stationed there. of tribesmen.

It is obviously impossible to pass through.

Seeing this situation, Chu Mo could only ask everyone to stay put. He then sent out scouts to pay attention to the opponent's movements at all times, hoping that they would get out of the way quickly and clear the way forward.

However, the wait just had to wait until the next morning.

Seeing that the members of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes showed no signs of moving away, Chu Mo prepared to force a breakthrough.

After all, after such a long period of observation, he also discovered that although the opponent seemed to have a large number of people, there were actually less than 8000 armored soldiers.

He has almost 4000 people under his command. If he forces his way through, the other party should not be in a fight with him.

Unfortunately, before he could make any move, an urgent report from the scouts came from behind him.