Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 120 The Bond in the Heart

"You mean to say that Captain Fu saw through all the patrols set up by Zhen Zhai'er?"

Li Shimin and many Sui army generals were sitting by the fire and chatting, waiting for the cavalry army to rest.

"That's right! The captain saw through more than just the patrol of the bandits. The bandit general had just divided his troops and marched south, so the captain concluded that the bandit general must have left an ambush! That night..."

Facing Li Shimin, none of the Sui army generals treated him as an outsider. It was not that these generals were easy to talk to, but the abilities Li Shimin had demonstrated in previous battles had won everyone's admiration.

As a military general who lives on the edge of a knife, I have always admired capable people.

Whether it was Li Shimin leading hundreds of people to Taiyuan for rescue, or Li Shimin killing the enemy general before, it undoubtedly made the generals admire him. In addition, the captain was very close to Li Shimin. When Li Shimin asked about the captain, the generals naturally did not hesitate to praise the captain they followed in front of Li Shimin.

There were even people who specifically told Li Shimin in brief about how Captain Fu had first arrived at the east city of Jinyang and been laughed at by the sons of the gentry, and how he later led them to fight against the bandit army and defeated their encirclement.

Around the campfire.

The injured Yin Tianzong, Lai Bo and others all showed emotion on their faces. Without Fu Zihou, they would have either become corpses under the knives of the rebels or become their captives. How could they have achieved what they have today?

Cao Yong, Xiong Ruixiang and others were even more moved. They had followed Fu Zihou from Qinghe County.

"I see!"

After listening to many generals' detailed accounts of everything that happened in Jinyang, Li Shimin did not expect that what happened in Jinyang was even more than he had imagined.

Looking at the roasted horse leg meat, Li Shimin looked at the young man who was taking care of the soldiers in the distance.

Looking at the Sui army generals in front of him, Li Shimin slowly stood up, walked past the many soldiers beside the bonfires, and walked towards the figure.

"Captain, my mother said, thank you for helping us back then. When you return to Jinyang..."

"Let's go back together!"

Fu Zihou's voice seemed to be unquestionable, and he did not allow the soldiers to refute it.

Looking at the dying soldiers, Fu Zihou's eyes turned red. These were the people who voluntarily followed him out of Jinyang.

After a few breaths.

Looking at the soldier lying there with his eyes open, motionless, Fu Zihou lowered his head and was speechless for a long time.

"I will bury him with you!"

A voice sounded beside Fu Zihou. Fu Zihou looked up at Li Shimin and saw that Li Shimin was also looking at the dead soldiers with a sad expression.

"Ok!"

Fu Zihou did not refuse Li Shimin.

on the plains.

Under Fu Zihou's command, the soldiers were eating horse meat beside the campfire, while Fu Zihou and Li Shimin carried the dead soldiers one by one into a long earth pit, placed them inside, and then they filled the pit with soil themselves and buried them.

It was not until dusk that Fu Zihou and Li Shimin, covered in wounds and covered in the strong smell of blood and sweat, finally completed these tasks.

"Although I, Li Shimin, cannot inherit the title of Duke of Tang, I, Li Shimin, will remember them for the rest of my life!"

Li Shimin looked at the setting sun on the distant plain and said softly.

Li Shimin said these from the bottom of his heart. No matter what happens in the future, Li Shimin will remember those soldiers who died while rescuing him, and he will also remember the lesson of today.

"If it weren't for me, Li Shimin..."

Li Shimin's voice was full of guilt as he looked at so many soldiers buried in the new soil in front of him. If they had not saved him, they might not have died.

"They are all because of this chaotic world!"

Fu Zihou interrupted Li Shimin and stared at him with his red eyes.

Under Li Shimin's gaze, Fu Zihou was gasping for breath, his red eyes looking at the place where the soldiers were buried.

"Look! They all told me to settle their families and come pick them up when the world is at peace!"

Fu Zihou said softly.

Knowing that Fu Zihou was trying to comfort him, Li Shimin's heart trembled when he heard Fu Zihou's next light words. He felt that the softest part of his heart was broken, his nose felt sore, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Because of this chaotic world!
They are all watching!
Once the family is settled and the world is at peace, I will come and take them back...

Only a man who is not afraid of the battlefield and has great ambitions can understand what a fervent yearning and what a romantic oath it is behind these words.

An agreement between men, an agreement between generals and soldiers. Li Shimin looked at the fallen soldiers buried here, without feeling relieved, but it seemed as if these soldiers had carried away the depression in his heart.

"Then I will come here with you and take them back to their hometown together!"

Li Shimin raised his hand to salute and whispered a promise, with two lines of tears flowing down his cheeks covered with dried blood and dirt. …………………………

Night falls.

The temperature difference between day and night began to become apparent as all the soldiers finished their rest around the bonfires.

Under Li Shimin's gaze, Fu Zihou, Hu Jingyuan, Yin Tianzong, and other generals were all gathered together.

"This is where we are, this is Jinyang! The Sui Dynasty's army is now stationed in Huoyi. The only ones who pose a threat to Zhen Zhai'er are the troops stationed in Jinyang! Today, we saw the bandit scouts. The bandit general Zhen Zhai'er must have heard about our southward march. He will definitely not miss this opportunity! He will definitely take the opportunity to go around us and cut off our way back!"

Fu Zihou analyzed quietly in front of everyone.

"But even if we fight the bandit cavalry, according to the distance, Zhen Zhai'er's army can't reach Jinyang earlier than us!"

The person who spoke was a soldier following Li Shimin, named Xue Lin. He was one of the best in martial arts and courage among the hundreds of people assembled by Zheng Yuanzhen. Whenever Li Shimin charged into battle, it was Xue Lin who protected Li Shimin.

Hearing Fu Zihou's words at this moment, Xue Lin did not offend him, but raised his own questions.

In Xue Lin's eyes, he and his men were cavalrymen. Moreover, they had defeated the bandit cavalry in today's battle. How could Zhen Zhai'er's army arrive in Jinyang earlier than them?

"Unless Zhen Zhai'er gives the order, the entire army will abandon the baggage!"

Li Shimin proposed a possibility, then looked at everyone and looked at Fu Zihou.

When generals Hu Jingyuan, Yin Tianzong and others heard Li Shimin's hypothesis, they were all shocked. Abandoning the baggage was a really scary idea.

"If Zhen Zhai'er abandons her baggage and is determined to wipe us out, she will have to plan a battlefield. She will have to send people to deliver all the food and grass to Queshu Valley. The Queshu Valley has a dangerous mountain range with narrow roads, so we will send people to block other retreat routes..."

Li Shimin was kneeling on one knee on the ground. While he was speaking, he saw Fu Zihou handing him the wooden stick without hesitation. Realizing Fu Zihou's intention, Li Shimin felt warm in his heart.

Although Li Shimin was the son of Li Yuan, Duke of Tang, the traditional rule was that the eldest son inherited his father's title. Therefore, in front of Fu Zihou, Li Shimin at this moment really had nothing to show for himself.

But as the chief general of all the soldiers, Fu Zihou not only did not compete with him, but instead handed him the wooden stick that symbolized the right to speak. It would be a lie for Li Shimin to say that this move was not heartwarming.

"This is Jiexiu, this is Qixian, this is Taigu..."

Just like all the Sui army generals believed in Fu Zihou's judgment, Li Shimin also believed in Fu Zihou's judgment. So he took the wooden stick and drew a simple map of Taiyuan County on the ground to confirm Zhen Zhai'er's division of troops.

Hu Jingyuan, Yin Tianzong, Lai Bo, Xiong Ruixiang, Yue Ming and others were all amazed at Li Shimin's comprehensive analysis.

For some reason, everyone felt that with Li Shimin and Fu Zihou around, Zhen Zhai'er's army was no match at all.

"The enemy is numerous and we are few. If we get involved with the bandit army in Taiyuan County, we still have war horses. The consumption of soldiers and war horses, as well as the damage caused by the battle, will be disadvantageous to us..."

Li Shimin analyzed the current situation on the battlefield, which was different from what everyone thought. When everyone, even Fu Zihou, was thinking about how to deal with the thief general Zhen Zhai'er's army and how to defeat Zhen Zhai'er's army, Li Shimin stretched a wooden stick on the ground in front of everyone.

"Since Zhen Zhai'er has abandoned his baggage, he wants to stop us from returning to Jinyang! He wants to use the encirclement to compete with us in Taiyuan County. We can't do what he wants. I suggest that we go straight to Jingxing, and while Zhen Zhai'er is not prepared, we enter the mountains from Jingxing, go north along the narrow ancient road, and go around to Yanmen..."

Li Shimin said to everyone that the place drawn on the ground corresponded to the location of Yanmen.

"As long as we deal with the Turks in Yanmen and Mayi and force them to move north, with the garrisons in Yanmen and Mayi, the bandits' food supply will be in our hands. We can turn the passive situation into the active one. By then, not to mention food and grass, even Zhen Zhai'er and all the bandits will have no chance of returning to Shanggu!"

Li Shimin finished speaking while holding the wooden stick and looked at everyone.

Hu Jingyuan, Yin Tianzong, Lai Bo, Xue Hong, Xing Ming and others had already been shocked speechless by Li Shimin's plan. Everyone was shocked by Li Shimin's boldness.

However, more people's hearts beat faster because of the dead end behind this plan.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as they can really raid the north and force the Turks to leave, the crisis of the entire Taiyuan County will be resolved. Not only will Jinyang no longer be threatened by the bandit army, but on the contrary, the bandit army can be trapped in Taiyuan County and wait for their food and grass to run out, so as to get rid of this bandit army once and for all.

original!

The battlefield can be fought like this!
"Zihou! You decide!"

Li Shimin looked at Fu Zihou, returned the stick to him and said.

Li Shimin was aware of the dangers of his plan, so he gave the decision-making power to Fu Zihou.

Zihou! This was the name Fu Zihou asked Li Shimin to address him in the future.

"Listen to you!"

Fu Zihou took a look at the wooden stick and did not reach out to take it back. Instead, he said to Li Shimin with a smile.

This battle.

Fu Zihou chose to hand it over to Li Shimin and assist Li Shimin himself!

　In Daidao's eyes, Li Shimin is not inferior to Li Jing in leading troops to fight and cost, and is even unmatched in history. The whole world was conquered by Li Shimin, so Li Shimin has never been a weak person, nor is he a brainless person who can only admire others. It is not a bad thing that Li Shimin's limelight overshadows the protagonist. On the contrary, only Fu Zihou assisted Li Shimin, and Li Shimin knew how comfortable and secure it was to have Fu Zihou by his side, and that Fu Zihou was irreplaceable.

　
(End of this chapter)