Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Just like what Li You was worried about before, something happened to Li Ke.

But the cause of this incident has nothing to do with Hou Junji.

It was altitude sickness that made Li Ke fall.

In fact, when Li Ke first entered the plateau, he already had some altitude sickness.

But Li Ke was conceited that he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he thought it would be good to get used to it for a few days, so he didn't take rhodiola.

However, Li Ke didn't know that there is a folk saying about altitude sickness that the better the body, the more serious the reaction.

This statement is not entirely without scientific basis.

A strong or fat person consumes more oxygen than a thin person. Under the same environment, the degree of hypoxia is higher and the altitude sickness is stronger.

In the same way, men's metabolism and energy consumption are much faster than women's, and young people's energy consumption is much faster than that of women's. The greater the body's oxygen consumption, the stronger the altitude sickness.

In addition, Li Ke was eager to make contributions and often stayed up late thinking about tactics, so under severe altitude sickness, he fell ill.

At first, Li Ke was able to resist the symptoms of headache, dizziness, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, indigestion and numb hands and feet, but after a brief coma, he couldn't hide it.

The situation quickly spread in the barracks, and a feeling of uneasiness pervaded at the same time.

The stagnation of the Tang army also attracted the special attention of the Tubo army.

Although Li Ke strictly forbade the news from leaking out, after all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the news that Li Ke, king of Shu, was seriously ill still reached the ears of Songtsan Gampo.

Songtsan Gampo is worthy of being a hero of a generation. He decisively re-deployed the troops of Tubo, and soon gathered 20 people to surround Li Ke's Shu army.

This time, in order to win enough military merits, Li Ke also followed Li You's example when he went to Liaodong to streamline his troops and bring only 5 people out.

Originally, according to his plan, they had been going all the way. If they didn't attack the city, even if they couldn't attack Lhasa in advance, there would be no problem in meeting Hou Junji's army smoothly.

However, Li Ke's serious illness seriously slowed down the progress of this army.

Since the military doctor judged that Li Ke's condition was caused by altitude sickness, they did not dare to continue advancing, and Li Ke was unwilling to retreat.

After going back and forth, the Tang army lost the best retreat route at this time, and was surrounded by the Tubo army.

Fortunately, Li Ke was not mediocre. In the limited time and space, he found a terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and brought Tang Jun there.

"Hold on, the army. As long as we delay the Tubo army here, the main force of the Tang Dynasty will be able to find opportunities. Whether they come to rescue us or go straight to Huanglong to take Lhasa, the Tubo army will definitely be defeated."

In Li Ke's view, although they are inferior in number, with the blessing of weapons and equipment, it is not a big problem to rely on the terrain to hold on.

They still have food for more than a month, and if they save a little, they can use it for two months.

And within two months, Hou Junji could solve their predicament no matter what.

However, Li Ke did not expect that Hou Junji had other thoughts at this time.

Hou Junji was originally a meritorious minister who had experienced Xuanwumen, and later learned the art of war with Li Jing, and performed well in the battle against Tuyuhun.

It was precisely because of this that after Li Jing faded out of the government, Hou Junji took over the power from Li Jing.

But Hou Junji has been pretentious since he was a child, and he is also quite exaggerated.

In the First Battle of Gaochang, although Hou Junji successfully defeated the Gaochang army and entered Gaochang City, he dispatched some innocent people without inviting Li Shimin, and privately took the treasures of Gaochang Kingdom as his own.

Naturally, his subordinates followed suit, and eventually the matter was exposed and impeached by the censor.

Seeing that Hou Junji was going to be imprisoned for this, Crown Prince Li Chengqian came out and said something for him, saying that Hou Junji is a meritorious minister and should not be humiliated because of a little property, such an approach would only chill the hearts of the frontline soldiers.

Later, Li Shimin also accepted Li Chengqian's suggestion, reprimanded and fined instead.

Because of this incident, Hou Junji stood firmly on the prince's side, and he was regarded as the prince's most capable assistant in the military.

Originally, after Hou Junji knew that Li Ke led the Shu army to join in this battle of Tubo, his idea was to speed up the march and grab the merits first.

Since Li Ke wanted to gain military merit by conquering Tubo, he, Hou Junji, would first get all the credit and let Li Ke only get the hard work.

However, Li Ke's own illness gave Hou Junji a chance to eradicate Li Ke.

Ever since, Hou Junji cooperated with the Tubo army sent by Songtsan Gampo to slow him down.

On the one hand, he slowed down the marching speed according to Li Shimin's order, on the other hand, whenever there was a slight disturbance of the Tubo army, he would put on an appearance as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

In this way, in ten days, Hou Junji's army only advanced less than a hundred miles.

When the news reached Chang'an, Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat, and he yelled that it was not good.

'Really good spirits don't work, bad spirits.Unexpectedly, this time it was hit by that bastard again. '

'No, this is all a disaster he came up with, and he has to clean it up himself. '

Immediately Li Shimin called Li You in.

Naturally, Li You already knew about such a major event in Tubo, but he didn't want to go to Tubo.

Li You didn't want to go, Li Shimin naturally knew about it, but calling him at this time was naturally a helpless move.

"You know about your brother, right? Now 20 troops surround the Shu army, while Hou Junji's army is restrained by the Tubo army. What do you think I should do in the current situation?"

[What should I do, you ask me? 】

【Are you the emperor or am I the emperor? 】

[Do whatever you want, I have no opinion, anyway, don’t let the labor and management fight, even if you appoint me to fight, the labor and management will still be sick! 】

Li You rolled his eyes in his heart, but he still opened his mouth and said, "I have no other options right now, my father has something to tell me directly. In order to save Brother Huang, I will do anything I can!"

Seeing Li You's appearance of stabbing his brother's ribs, Li Shimin couldn't get angry.

'If I didn't know what you were thinking, I would really have tricked you, a bastard. '

'But this time, you have to do your best. '

Li Shimin held back his anger and said: "If you want to break Ke'er's siege, you must send troops to rescue him."

"In charge of all the troops in the northwest and southwest, I think your Hexi Army is the most suitable."

"You'er, would you like to let your Hexi army go to battle?"

Li You thought about it in his mind, and immediately understood that Li Shimin's words really made some sense.

The Hexi Army is the former Hexi Guard, but now the number has increased, so it has changed its name.

Although the Hexi army is only 2 people, Li You can guarantee that these 2 people are definitely the most powerful 2 people in Datang.

Moreover, the Hexi Army is not only a uniform cavalry, but also often drills in Tuyuhun and other places, which has no effect on plateau warfare.

With the combat strength of the Hexi Army, as long as they are given enough space to turn around, not to mention the Tubo army is claimed to be 20, even the 40 army is not afraid at all.

It is indeed a reliable idea to use the Hexi Army to rescue Li Ke.

However, Li You suddenly thought of something, and then shook his head again.