Chapter 535: Li Jiu is surrounded
When solved the problem of little Yi’er, Li Chengqian and this little girl talked a lot, until almost dinner meal, Li Chengqian and little Yi’er go back together.
This back, Li Chengqian saw his family all came, even Li You also came back.
And as soon as Li Chengqian arrived, Li Zhi and the others yelled to open the meal.
”Open what meal, brat only you mouth greedy” in the face of Li Ji their coaxing, Li Chengqian did not have the good temper to glare at Li Ji them.
Then hurriedly walked out, told Xiao Anzi, let him not need to serve that cassoulet chicken plus see hand green.
Because Li Chengqian he was afraid, although he knew that see hand green cooking is not poisonous, he also personally tried, but this he still did not dare to gamble, after all, today this family came too much, his grandfather, his own father, his mother, the aunts, as well as all of his brothers and sisters in Chang’an, and his son there, nieces and nephews, a not fall all to the flush.
This is because of the individual physique out of something, or because of Liu Hai that link they operate improperly, that can really be a family of four generations a not fall all a pot end.
To be really like that, the ancient first big injustice will really fall on his big Tang Li family, so because of this, Li Chengqian hurriedly let the small Anzi notification do not use that cassoulet chicken stew to see the hand green.
After commanding the small Anzi, Li Chengqian on the face without changing color back to the lobby, as if nothing, one by one to the elders after greeting, looking at their sons and daughters and a few of them than they are a little older than their uncles and aunts in that play.
Because of their presence, they added countless joy to this family dinner.
After the various dishes were all served, without anyone having to say anything, smelling the aroma that came from their noses, the family all looked at Li Shimin, waiting for him to say start moving the first chopsticks.
But Li Shimin didn’t move, instead, he turned his head to look at his father, Li Yuan, the founding king of Great Tang.
”Don’t look at me, there are no rules here, just eat what you want, and let Gao Ming arrange for you if you don’t have enough,” Li Yuan said as he took a piece of roasted matsutake mushrooms and rushed to all of them.
Thus, with Li Yuan’s order, the group who had already been impatient, said thank you to Li Yuan, and then threw themselves into the battle of food.
Especially Li Wei and the others who had tasted it before, they were very quick at it.
As for Li Shimin and the others who hadn’t tasted it before, after they tasted it, they all appreciated it greatly and moved their chopsticks much more frequently.
Under such circumstances, these dishes were obviously not enough to eat, and finally, after almost all the dishes except for the two cold dishes were served again, the family was full.
And after eating and drinking, the family and in Li Chengqian’s proposal, the family went to the theater to watch a play, until very late, before they go back to rest.
Unlike her family in Chang’an, Li Jiu was experiencing the first test of her life in the Northwest Battlefield.
At this moment, the town of Taku, which was garrisoned by her and the Phoenix Guards she led, was being surrounded by the Western Turks.
”General, this Taku town can’t be defended any longer, you should quickly lead your men to retreat!” Li Hao looked at Li Jiu in front of him, who had already led himself and the others to defend Taku town for two days and two nights, and admired him from the bottom of his heart, but now he had to suggest Li Jiu to retreat.
After all, the strength of the troops now was too much of a disparity, and with the fact that they had already defended the town for two days and two nights, not counting the casualties, there were only three thousand of them who were still able to fight now.
And the traps and stakes they had prepared earlier had all been destroyed in the previous battle, even the arrows were not much left.
”Retreat? How can we retreat now? We have already lost our last chance to retreat, now we give up the city wall, behind us is an endless flat land, do you think we can outrun the nearly 20,000 Western Turkestan cavalry, and as long as this opening is opened, the Western Turkestan who are passing through the Helin Fortress at this time, will also withdraw this way, even these Western Turkestan, attacking the Taku town is to force the Helin Fortress to rescue them, and then they ambush them and take advantage of the opportunity to open the Helin Fortress, and then they can attack the Helin Fortress and take advantage of the opportunity to open the Helin Fortress. They will then ambush them and take the opportunity to open the Helin Fortress and flee to the southwest, so we can’t retreat, we can only defend Taku Town” Li Jiu looked at the Western Turkestan camp that was not far away, and said with a firm expression.
”Li Hao sighed when he heard Li Zhu’s words, he didn’t know what Li Zhu said, he asked Li Zhu to retreat because he didn’t want Li Zhu to take any risk, but Li Zhu was so determined, what else could he say.
At the same time, he couldn’t figure out how this small place, which was not a big deal to the battlefield, had become a place of contention for soldiers a few days ago.
In fact, this matter has to start from a few days ago.
This Western Turkestan army, originally by the Western Turkestan Northern Khan King, Ilmu Khan, to the north to rescue the royal court, but before he with the 100,000 troops to the royal court.
But before he arrived at the royal court with his army of 100,000, he got the news that the Western Turkestan royal court had been broken by the Tang army, and the king of the Western Turkestan had fled to the west with some of his men and there was a Tang army chasing after him.
Therefore, after learning that the royal court is finished, Ili Mu immediately turned his horse, while collecting the scattered western Turkestan people, while coming to Hualin Valley, he wanted to escape from Hualin Valley to the south-west direction.
But what Ilmu never expected was that this usually inconspicuous Hualin Valley had an additional fortress.
More fatal is, if not from the Hualin fortress out, to the north to go back will certainly encounter the chase of the Tang army, to the east is to enter the Tang-controlled area is also a dead end, to the south to be able to bypass the Hualin valley, but that is an endless desert, and the desert behind is a high mountain.
If in the case of sufficient preparation Illumu will not hesitate to go south through the desert, over the mountains, but now the case of insufficient preparation, through the Hualin Valley, that is Illumu and other Western Turkestan’s only hope.
But several attempts to attack were repulsed back by the defenders, and in the end, not wanting to fight hard, Ilmu summoned his men to discuss the strategy.
In particular, he found that there was a small town tens of miles to the east of the Hualin Valley, which had a group of Great Tang defenders.
Then someone suggested to Elymu to come to a siege to save Zhao.
So there was the siege of the town of Taku.
But what Elymu and his men never expected was that for such a town, 30,000 Western Turkestan warriors didn’t take it down for two days.
This makes ilmu quite annoyed, after all, he also thought to take down that town, make a big army attack appearance, attract and Lin fortress of the Tang army back to rescue, so that he ilmu has a plan to take down and Lin fortress in one fell swoop, and from the and Lin fortress rushed out.
But now if Taku town can’t be taken down, the later plan can’t be implemented, so after learning that Taku town hasn’t been taken down yet, Ilmu gave a death order to the Western Turkestan generals besieging Taku town that Taku town must be taken down within one day.