Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 188 Raid on the Enemy Tent
The news of Li Ke's breach of Dajian Furnace quickly spread to Chang'an, and the pot exploded in Chang'an.

It was a secret that only the high-ranking officials in the court knew about the soldiers committing crimes in Tibet. When the news came, everyone in the Tang Dynasty was shocked.

Everyone couldn't see the threat of Tubo to Datang, but they could see the Tubo people showing favor to Datang many times.Confucianism advocates propriety, and Li Ke rashly declared war on Tubo, which naturally violated the etiquette in these people's hearts.

The people are fine, most of them believe that Li Ke's move must have deep meaning.

But those members of the gentry group criticized Li Ke's move.

The reason, of course, is that they have always been dissatisfied with Li Ke.

Li Ke opened factories and farms in various places. Isn't this infringing on the interests of these gentry groups?

For a while, these gentry went about their own way, organized the officials of the clan, and impeached Li Ke in the court.

But these gentry groups had been fooling around for a long time, but they didn't hurt Li Ke at all.

Li Shimin didn't even open his mouth, and those civil servants and generals all stood up one after another. They complained bitterly about Tubo's threat to the Tang Dynasty, and explained why Li Ke took the initiative to attack Tubo.

Changsun Wuji, Fang Du Erxiang, Li Jing, Li Ji and other important officials of the Tang Dynasty supported Li Ke one after another, which made those gentry feel aggrieved.

But they didn't do anything. Li Ke had already won the support of most of the important officials in the court, and they couldn't do anything about Li Ke.

Seeing that there is no hope in the court, these gentry can only place their hope on Tubo.

They hope that Tubo can take advantage of the advantages of the plateau to defeat Li Ke, and it is best to kill Li Ke on the plateau to solve their serious problems.

Now, knowing that Li Ke led his troops to Yuben City, they are naturally very happy.

Everyone in the world knows that Tubo's Yuben City is a place where three rivers meet. It is protected by natural dangers and guarded by elite soldiers and generals.

Li Ke's trip must be full of misfortune and misfortune.

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On the bank of the Yak River, in the camp of the Shu army.

"Your Highness, do you really hope to cross the river with this thing?"

Ma Liuzhi looked at Li Ke and asked.

He looked at the sheepskin in his hand, dumbfounded.

Li Ke had previously said mysteriously that he had a "treasure" for crossing the river, but Ma Liuzhi thought he had invented something strange again.

But now seeing Li Ke mobilizing a large amount of sheepskins from the rear, he couldn't help but laugh.

What kind of baby is this thing?
"You don't understand, this thing is easy to use!"

Li Ke shook his head with a smile. He has been thinking about how to cross the river for the past two days. If he thought of taking care of the fifth class and crossed the river from the front of the guarding camp, he would definitely encounter desperate resistance from the enemy.

The opposite side has set up defenses on the shore, but their own side has to land by boat and fight for the stalls, which is really too difficult.

The only way to defeat the enemy is to cross the river from the upper reaches and catch him by surprise from the north.

However, the upstream river is turbulent, and if timber is temporarily cut to build a large ship, it will face the dilemma of lack of timber.

Therefore, Li Ke came up with this sheepskin raft. This sheepskin raft is simple to make, light in weight, and easy to transport. Compared with ordinary rafts, this sheepskin raft has a shallower draft, is not afraid of reefs, and is more resistant to wind and waves. cross the swift river.

The northerners used it to cross the Yellow River and deal with several rivers on the plateau, so it was no problem.

Now that the sheepskin was in hand, Li Ke started to prepare to cross the river.

He left [-] infantrymen to guard the camp to prevent enemy spies from investigating.

The remaining 25 troops quickly moved to the upper river bank using horses and chariots.

When he reached the upper reaches, he quickly ordered the army to blow up the sheepskin, fasten it with hemp rope, and then use logs to make a fixed bracket, and bind the sheepskin airbag underneath.

More than a dozen sheepskin airbags can make a larger raft to carry soldiers and horses across the river.

Li Ke transferred a large amount of sheepskin from the rear, and soon made tens of thousands of sheepskin rafts.

Then, they quickly crossed the river and cruised to the north side of the guard camp.

After crossing the river, they are not in a hurry to attack the camp.

Li Ke expected that the opponent should deploy defenses on the north side, so he ordered Gu Wu to lead special forces to explore the way ahead.

In this way, they groped all the way until they came to a place about six or seven miles away from the camp, and then stopped.

"Your Highness, the other party's camp is over there. Five miles to the north of the camp, there is a troop guarding the north side!"

Gu Wu reported quietly.

"Oh? How many people are there?" Li Ke asked.

Gu Wu looked ahead: "There must be more than [-] people, and that army is our old acquaintances. I saw that seductive woman in it, and Ye Tuo and others who guarded the Dajian furnace before..."

Charm?

Li Ke immediately thought of this woman when he heard Gu Wu talk about seductive women.

They actually came to Yuben City, their ghosts really linger.

He was fighting Jianlu before, because he was not familiar with the terrain, Li Ke did not rashly pursue the more than [-] fleeing enemy troops. He did not expect that these people would escape all the way to Yupen City.

As a result, the defense force of Yu Ben City has increased a lot.

According to Gu Wu's previous investigations, there are as many as 15 defenders in Yupen City, and now with the addition of more than [-] defenders who fled, the opponent's strength may have surpassed that of the Shu army.

But Li Ke naturally wouldn't worry about this gap in strength. Firstly, the opponent had nearly half of his troops who were disorganized and fled. Secondly, he made a surprise attack, which the opponent must not have expected.

After thinking about it, Li Ke immediately ordered the main force to prepare for battle. He personally led the cavalry to charge into the formation first, and asked Ma Liuzhi to follow with the infantry.

The decision was made, Li Ke immediately ordered Ma Liuzhi to lead the mules and horses to follow the pace of the cavalry, get close first, and be ready to charge at any time.

Li Ke rode a white horse and walked in the forefront. Under Gu Wu's suggestion, he led the cavalry to less than one mile away from Meiji and others' camp.

At this time, he could vaguely see the other party's camp, but the other party did not respond at all, Li Ke couldn't help laughing in his heart.

He naturally didn't know that Meiji and the others kept an eye on the situation in the south in order to make meritorious service, and they never sent anyone to follow the situation in the north.

Since the enemy neglected to take precautions, Li Ke would show no mercy.

"Brothers, pull out this tent on the north side first, and then go to the big camp defending the city!"

Li Ke gave the order and took the lead in patting his horse and rushing forward.

At this time, Mei Ji and the other three were still discussing in the tent, discussing how to lead troops into the frontal battlefield.

"Natinamuzhen will definitely not let us steal his military achievements, I'm afraid we won't allow us to lead troops to support him!"

"Unless Li Ke can cross the river smoothly and reach the camp defending the city, we will hardly have a chance..."

Yetuo and Langri both sighed and gave up hope that they could make amends this time.

Meiji sat on one side and smiled coldly: "Don't worry! Ti Namu is really not Li Ke's opponent, he may not be able to prevent Li Ke from crossing the river."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Lang Ri and Ye Tuo's eyes lit up, and they all looked at Mei Ji.

(End of this chapter)