Li Shimin

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin can ignore these.However, veteran generals such as Li Xiaogong and Niu Jinda, as Li Shimin's lieutenant generals, had to think of every detail for Li Shimin's safety.

This time, Li Shimin's personal expedition, no matter what, only led an army of one hundred thousand.

And the first big food city I encountered had a population of 10.

Even the three nearby cities have a minimum population of 4.

If united, it is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

"Don't be careful!"

Li Shimin still didn't care.

"It's getting late, my sons and daughters of the Tang Dynasty have been wandering on the sea for so long, and today I will spend the night in the city of Saar!"

"The order was given to all the troops to escort the barbarian captives to the city of Saar. Now, we have an army of [-] in the Tang Dynasty, and there are hundreds of thousands of artillery bombs and arrow bombs in the army. Even if the barbarians come with millions of troops , I, Da Tang Erlang, can also defeat it.

It was even said that in the city of Saar, there were only two thousand defenders.

After a while, when we get to the city, let this old barbarian go to persuade him to surrender, and try not to spend a single bomb to take the city of Saar! "

Li Xiaogong and Niu Jinda and other veterans were also arrogant masters on the battlefield when they were young. Now hearing Li Shimin say this, they are also shocked.

"Follow Your Majesty's orders!"

Immediately, five thousand soldiers were left on the shore again to guard the boat.

The remaining 7 troops escorted the [-] Dashi barbarians to the city of Saar not far away.

The city of Saar was originally built on the sea because of its high terrain and its proximity to the sea, allowing it to conduct sea trade with the surrounding land.

At the same time, in order to prevent being attacked by foreign countries or pirates, the city wall of Saar was built very tall and strong.

Originally, a city of Saar, which could withstand tens of thousands of troops with only [-] soldiers stationed there, encountered an unreliable city lord.The unreliable city lord not only took away the defenders in the city, but also took away the nobles, private soldiers, and young slaves.

Moreover, those defenders, private soldiers, and young and strong slaves were all buried by the sea, and he himself was buried by the sea.

So, originally a good war fortress, now there are only more than 6 old, weak, sick and disabled, and only [-] defenders.

It's just that the two thousand defenders spread out, and the entire city wall was not tightly guarded.

Therefore, when they saw the [-] Tang troops approaching slowly from a distance, the legs of the two thousand defenders were already frightened, their faces were pale, and they couldn't even hold the spears in their hands steadily. Faith, they are still standing strong!

Fortunately, they had already discussed whether to fight to the death or flee.

A familiar figure emerged from the huge Tang army ahead.

Noble Claus Woodard!

The defenders seem to have found their backbone...

Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others still underestimated the status of the nobles in the hearts of the cannibals.

Klaus Wooda just said a few words, and the big food soldiers on the city wall put down their weapons one by one and opened the city gate.

In this way, the Tang army of more than 7 easily entered the city of Saar without wasting a single bomb.

Moreover, the common people in the city of Saar didn't seem to have any sense of hatred for their soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, except for those noble families.

However, after entering the city, the first thing Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and the others did was to lead troops and ransack the homes of all the nobles in the city one by one.

In other words, in Saar City, no one hated the Tang army anymore.

at night.

Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others all stayed overnight in the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion is the largest and most extravagant architectural castle in Saar City, which can fully accommodate thirty thousand troops.The remaining [-] troops lived in the homes of those nobles.

After wandering at sea for so long, I once again slept on land.

Including Li Shimin, all the Tang soldiers slept very comfortably that night.

Early the next morning.

Then [-] troops took the unpalatable food in the city of Saar, went out to the sea, and exchanged with the soldiers guarding the ships in the sea.

at the same time.

Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and other veterans stood in the city lord's mansion, persuading Li Shimin earnestly.

"Your Majesty, we need to send [-] soldiers just to guard the big ship. As the closest city to the fleet, Saar City is still so strong that it is the retreat route of our Tang army.

Therefore, [-] troops must be left to guard.

In this way, only [-] of my Tang Dynasty's [-] troops remain.

And the land of Dashi is so vast, it is certainly difficult to conquer it all with only [-] troops.It is even possible to face the situation of being surrounded by the food army.

Your Majesty is the commander-in-chief of my one hundred thousand army, with a body of ten thousand gold, no matter what, the ministers dare not let His Majesty take risks! "

"That's right, only when His Majesty guards the city of Saar, can the ministers dare to lead the army to attack with all their strength!"

"The old minister asks His Majesty to guard the city of Saar..."

"Shut up all you old bastards. You think that I and you are generally foolish. I have a [-]-strong army in the Tang Dynasty, and I also carry [-] cannons, hundreds of thousands of catties of bombs and arrow bombs. In this barbaric land, who else can be my opponent in the Tang Dynasty?"

Listening to this, Li Shimin's face darkened. When he was young, he was also a veteran in the battlefield. He had fought hundreds of battles, big and small, and he knew the minds of these veterans best.

Li Xiaogong bowed his hands solemnly, and persuaded again: "Your Majesty, although our army is carrying artillery and arrow bombs, throwing bombs by hand! However, firing artillery requires at least a hundred breaths. And firing arrow bombs, Throwing bombs by hand also requires ten breaths!

I heard that there are a lot of cavalry in the Dashi Kingdom. If our army is surrounded, under the charge of the opponent's cavalry, I, Tang Erlang, have no time to fire artillery and arrow bombs!

As long as those big food thieves are determined, they can completely trap me, Da Tang Erlang, with their lives! "

"Your Majesty, at this moment, you are in a foreign country, a land of barbarians, and it is a battle of conquest. Some words, even if your majesty doesn't like to hear them, the old minister must say them out. Now, your majesty is already forty-nine! The old minister is even fifty-something." Eighth, even if it is Langya County Duke, there are three out of fifty... Although my Tang Dynasty has an army of one hundred thousand, the generals are already old.

Although he can still wield a long spear and steel knife, he can mount a horse and charge into battle.

But, Your Majesty, we are old and our strength is failing.

Compared with those young generals and lieutenants in the army, we have to obey the old.

Otherwise, on the battlefield, our physical strength will be the breakthrough point of the entire army! "

Hearing this, Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and other veterans.

"In this way, I am the youngest, so I should bring a large army to conquer those barbarians!"

Chapter 872 The Great Food Attacks!

"This……"

Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and the others were a little dumbfounded.

It should have been the duty of Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji's civil servants to advise such things. These warriors only need to fight and kill the enemy.

But now, there are only a few old warriors here, and there is no civil servant who can persuade His Majesty.And even if they tried to persuade them for a while, in the end, they got themselves in again!

Ugh!

Thinking about it, Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and others were full of depression.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, looked proud.

A group of old men, who don't think about fighting hard, actually think about playing tricks on him!

"Your Majesty, Uncle Hejian, veteran generals, can Chenglu offer a plan?"

Just when Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and others were at a loss, Li Chenglu who was standing aside really couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and saluted respectfully.

"Cheng Lu has a plan to offer?"

From Datang all the way to Dashi, after such a long time, Li Chenglu seldom spoke when Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong and others were discussing important matters.

However, every word spoken is very important to Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others.

Therefore, as soon as Li Chengqian opened his mouth, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others all looked forward to it.

"Cheng Lu has any plan, just say it!"

Li Chenglu turned his face around Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Aye told Chenglu when Chenglu set off from Lijiazhuang.

Although I, the Hundred Thousand Kings of the Tang Dynasty, attacked Dashi in the name of conquering the barbarians, but to those dignitaries and lords in Dashi, I am the invader, the rich and powerful and the lord of Dashi The most hated outsider.

Therefore, as long as the Lord of the Great Food and those dignitaries know about the existence of our Great Tang army of [-], they will definitely send a large number of troops to attack and destroy us.

That being the case, I, the master of the Great Tang Dynasty, came here exhausted by boat and vehicle, and just landed, why not take a good rest for a few days, or even a month.

Give the lord and dignitaries of the Great Food Kingdom a time to react, let them assemble a large army, and come to attack us!

By the time the Dashi army arrived, my Master of the Great Tang Dynasty had almost rested, just waiting for work, setting up the artillery, and using the advantage of our Great Tang army, directly wiped out the elite army of the Dashi here.

In this way, when my Master of the Great Tang goes to conquer the hinterland of the Great Food, there should not be many Great Food troops to attack us..."

After Li Chenglu finished speaking, the room was silent. Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and others all stared wide-eyed and beamed with joy.

"Wonderful strategy!"

"It's Your Majesty, I've come from a long way, so I should rest here for a while, and wait for the barbarian king to personally lead his troops to meet me!"

"Hmph, when the time comes, I hope that the Lord of the Great Food Kingdom can bring all the elites from the Great Food Kingdom, so that these arrogant barbarians can have a good taste of my Great Tang artillery!"

"Fight to Destroy Dashi!"

"..."

Now, there is no longer any veteran to compete to lead troops to conquer Dashi City.

And the hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers who heard the news were all beaming with joy, their minds calmed down.

Every day, [-] troops guard the ships, and [-] troops guard the city of Saar.

The remaining [-] troops were either fishing by the sea, or hunting in the surrounding wilderness and hills, or borrowing food from nearby cities.

Although this area is very desolate, there is not even a single forest in many places.

However, there are quite a few beasts with strange looks, which made all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty a lot of good luck!

So, within a few days, the news that a large army with full body armor and an explosive weapon appeared in the city of Saar spread to several cities around the city of Saar.

Moreover, this army has tens of thousands of troops, which is more than the combined population of all the people in a city.

The nobles and common people in all the surrounding cities were trembling all day long, and even some nobles had no choice but to move home after being robbed twice.

At the same time, letters of appeal for help went to Medina where Caliph Umar was.

at the same time.

In the food capital, Medina.

In the castle where Caliph Umar was located, Caliph Umar also received a letter of appeal for help from Xeros Thrall, the lord of Thrall.

For Datang, Omar is much more familiar than Zeroros Thrall.

After all, more than ten years ago, when he was not a caliph, he watched with his own eyes two generals in Arabia who were ordered by the first caliph Abu Bakr to attack Persia.

However, on the way to attack Persia, the generals of the two empires heard that there was still a very rich land in the far east.

So, he took [-] troops privately to attack the eastern countries.

However, what none of them expected was that when the two imperial generals left, there was no news of them returning except for the news that they were indeed very rich in the eastern land.

Then, less than a year later, the bad news came back.

Those two imperial generals provoked the mighty Tang Dynasty in the east, and soon after, the Great Tang army came and robbed a border city of the empire.

Later, the Great Tang Empire sent envoys to ask the caliph Abu Bakr to compensate the Great Tang, and to offer treasures every year.

Caliph Abu Bakr naturally disagreed with such a great insult.

However, I didn't expect that after so long, the Great Tang Empire would call again.

But this time, Datang's army came directly from the sea, and there were more than 200 large ships, a total of [-] troops!

Thinking about it, Caliph Umar couldn't help but look dignified.

Different from domestic nobles and generals who have been obsessed with the great feats they have captured Byzantium, Alexander, Cairo, and Persia.Caliph Umar has been sending various caravans to the far east in recent years to inquire about the situation of the Great Tang Empire in the east.

The caravan he sent also brought back what he wanted.

The Great Tang Empire had tens of millions of people, and its territory was larger than that of the Arab Empire at the moment.

The most important thing is that in that Great Tang Empire, the Great Tang Emperor was the most authoritative, able to summon millions of troops with a single word.

In comparison, their Arab Empire is far inferior.