Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

"Your Highness, a total of nearly a thousand sets of weapons and armor have been seized, nearly one hundred thousand catties, and the carriage is still not enough, so we can only take half of it."

Speaking of this, Li Junxian showed embarrassment.

In one night, he barely managed to find more than thirty carriages, including donkey carts and ox carts.

After calculation, the weight of each carriage cannot exceed one thousand catties, otherwise the speed will be greatly reduced.

Hearing this, Li Xiao said without hesitation: "Clear out the supplies on the other carriages, throw away some ordinary clothes and tools as you can, and make room for armor and weapons."

This is all white money!

A thousand sets of armor and weapons, if remelted, would be nearly [-] sets of standard steel armor.

If you buy it directly with silver, you will need nearly ten thousand taels of silver.

This money is simply given for nothing, not for nothing.

"Yes!"

Li Junxian nodded and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, where's the war horse?" Li Xiao asked again.

"The horses suffered a lot of damage, most of them died, more than 200 horses were seriously injured, and [-] horses were slightly injured."

"Don't take seriously injured ones, treat minor ones and take them away."

"Yes!"

An hour later, the team set off again.

On the battlefield behind him, corpses piled up like a mountain.

Li Xiao ordered to go down, and burned the discarded clothes together...

Three days later.

Leizhou Barracks.

"My lord, I found a possible place on the border, where there is only a pile of black ash, which seems to be caused by a large area of ​​​​burning."

The scout knelt in front of Lin Yang and reported respectfully: "No trace of the cavalry was found."

"Bring Wei Tianxing here!" Lin Yang shouted with a gloomy expression.

Not long after, Wei Tianxing brought him.

After hearing what the scouts said, Wei Tianxing immediately shouted: "My lord, that's where it is. It must be Li Xiao who set fire to destroy the corpses."

"The corpse can be burned, but what about the weapons and armor?" Lin Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, "Wei Tianxing, I treat you well, why did you betray me?"

"My lord, you are loyal and loyal in a humble position, and you have no second thoughts!"

Wei Tianxing was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said anxiously: "The armor and weapons must either sink in the river or be taken away. Your Excellency may as well send someone to check the carriage accompanied by King Yue, and you will know at first sight."

"The only thing I can't figure out now is why you came back..."

Lin Yang looked at Wei Tianxing with a gloomy face.

"Put it in prison!"

"Yes!"

"grown ups……"

Wei Tianxing's face was ashen, and he was dragged away.

After everyone left, Lin Yang's face was gloomy, and he murmured: "Li Xiao, you are lucky! When the war in the north is over, I will definitely bring people to conquer your Qiongzhou city!"

Prior to this, the imperial court issued an imperial edict to dispatch troops to the north for support.

He tried his best to pretend to be sick and stay, and there were less than four thousand soldiers under him.

This time, a thousand elites were missing.

It hurts!

Where did the thousand elite go, he will definitely investigate clearly.

……

a few days later.

Qiongzhou City.

In front of the city gate, Li Xiao and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

The city in front of me had low walls and was in disrepair for a long time so that it was dilapidated.

This is not what a city should look like.

Even ordinary towns can't compare.

"As expected of a place where birds don't shit, there is enough poverty and backwardness."

Li Xiao had a smile on his face.

This Qiongzhou is a place that others can't avoid.

But for him, it is a treasure land.

Poverty and backwardness mean that many natural materials and minerals have not been developed.

With his means, it won't take long for Qiongzhou to change its appearance and become the number one city in the world.

"Enter the city!"

Chapter 263: It would be great if King Yue was here...

time flies.

In a blink of an eye, three years have passed.

The northern Turks, united with Dongying and Datang, also fought for three years.

In the past three years, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin made three personal expeditions, and went on the Northern Expedition.

Gather strength each time and take back many seized cities.

But soon, it will be repelled again.

Had to evacuate temporarily to recuperate.

Today, the Turks have an army of 20, and their prestige is overwhelming.

The Dongying warriors are insidious and cunning, never fighting head-on, and have brought their sneak attack tactics to the extreme.

They seem to have learned the experience of fighting Datang in the past few years.

Know that the Central Plains is rich in products.

Datang can drag.

They can't afford it.

So Jieli Khan personally led the army, all the way south.

Wherever he goes, nothing grows.

All the occupied cities were slaughtered.

At this moment, more than a dozen cities north of Jizhou have all fallen into the hands of the Turks.

And dozens of miles away from Jizhou City, densely packed Turkic soldiers are approaching.

On the building car, Jieli Khan looked at Jizhou City in the distance, with a cruel grin on his face.

"Before sunrise tomorrow, I don't want to see that there are still people alive in this city!"

"Khan, you must save some rations, otherwise our soldiers will starve."

"The four-horned sheep from the Central Plains is still delicious. The further south you go, the more tender the meat."

"I heard that the person stationed in Jizhou City is the new prince of the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know the quality of the meat."

"Jie Jie Jie..."

The Turkic warrior next to him let out a piercing grin.

At this time, on the city wall of Jizhou.

Qin Qiong is dressed in armor, and his prestige remains the same as before.

But if you look closely, you can see that he is very angry at the moment.

"His Royal Highness!"

Qin Qiong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Never abandon the city! The city exists and people exist!"

"Pedantism!"

Li Ke frowned and shouted: "General Qin, there are less than 20 soldiers in this city, how can it resist the [-] Turkic army?"

"If you don't leave at this time, isn't your sacrifice in vain?"

"My Great Tang's remaining troops are running out!"

"Only by preserving our strength can we, Datang, have a chance!"

"Do you really understand?"

After hearing these words, Qin Qiong became furious and roared, "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"If we abandon the city and flee, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of people in this city?"

Li Ke replied: "When the two armies are fighting, some sacrifices are inevitable. Their death, in exchange for the survival of our army, is a well-deserved death!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha……"

When Qin Qiong heard this, he laughed angrily: "What a prince, His Royal Highness, you really love the people like a son!"

Li Ke frowned, and said firmly: "No matter what, the army must withdraw from Jizhou before sunset!"

"This palace is the prince! You have no right to interfere with this palace's decision!"

"Before the enemy army arrived, you were scared and fled with just a name, Prince." Qin Qiong sneered and shook his head, "Without the confidence to win, how will you lead troops to fight in the future? How will you fight for hegemony?"

After a pause, Qin Qiong continued: "As a prince, you should be sympathetic to the hearts of the people and fight for the people of the world, but at this moment you are disregarding the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in the city."

"Your Highness, are you at ease?"

"Uncle Qin!"

Li Ke took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said slowly: "If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood!"

"You know that staying here means sending you to death, why are you still so stubborn?"

"During the war, did the [-] Tang soldiers play a higher role than the common people?"

Li Ke was on the verge of going berserk at this time. Although he was trying his best to restrain himself, the bulging veins on his forehead showed that he was not at peace.

How could he die here?

He has only been crown prince for less than three years.

Haven't enjoyed the thrill of power yet.

In any case, it is impossible for him to accompany Qin Qiong to wait here to die.

But helplessly, Qin Qiong's prestige in the hearts of the soldiers was higher than his.

Without Qin Qiong's order, he was worried that he would not be able to mobilize the army to protect him from escaping.

"you……"

Qin Qiong gritted her teeth tightly, her eyes were about to burst into flames.

It is a shame for him to work with such a prince.

At this moment, a figure could not help appearing in his mind.

"It would be great if King Yue was here..."

Qin Qiong murmured, feeling extremely sad in his heart.

If he could do it all over again, he would try his best not to get the top spot, and would strongly recommend King Yue to be the crown prince.