bookrebus Chapter 712, Part 2: His horse is so beautiful!
Chapter 712, Part 2: His horse is so beautiful!
Dou Jiande, who had just received the letter and then heard this passage, was speechless.
He was furious. "You, Li Er, dare to try and intimidate me with just 3,500 men!"
You took advantage of him and then wrote a letter to mock him, didn't you?!
After Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, people recalled the past and imagined from the brief descriptions of later generations how spirited and vigorous that emperor, who was so important to the Tang Dynasty, must have been.
"Dou Jiande himself is probably not in a good mood, and his progress has come to a halt."
"Around the same time, something else happened. As mentioned before, Erfeng entrusted the siege of Luoyang to her younger brother, Li Yuanji, and even assigned him troops, while she herself took 3,500 men."
"At this time, the brothers' relationship should still be okay. Li Yuanji is still performing steadily, but he was defeated by the other side again. The army commander Lu Jun'e died in battle."
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, when they heard that Prince Qi, Li Yuanji, had lost another battle, the ministers thought to themselves: It seems that we still need Prince Qin to handle this matter of fighting!
Someone glanced furtively at the dark-skinned and red-faced King Qi, shook his head and sighed. "If we can't win the war, we won't win the hearts of the people. What can we use to compete with the King of Qin?"
During the Western Han Dynasty, after listening for so long, Emperor Wu of Han had a look on his face that said, "That's it." He had heard about the dispute between the two Li brothers.
He thought those two brothers were on par with Li Er, but they didn't fight well in battle, and the Crown Prince's presence wasn't as strong.
The Tang Dynasty, which rivaled the Han Dynasty, seems to have really owed a lot to Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Er)!
"Li Yuan, it's fortunate that he had a good son, otherwise how could he have secured this position!" Liu Che was speechless; he had never seen such a founding emperor.
The live stream is still ongoing:
"Old Wang is indeed a tough opponent, and his younger brother is indeed a weakling. What can King Qin do but keep fighting?"
"On another note, Dou Jiande was forced to halt his operations for more than a month, during which he suffered several setbacks in battle. At the end of April, his supply lines were seized by Wang Junkuo on the other side! He also lost a key general."
"The younger men could understand one failure, but after several, Lao Dou's soldiers all wanted to go home. So someone gave an idea, which was roughly to cross the Yellow River... cross the Taihang Mountains... and go after Lao Li."
Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty: "...I have a son, what do I have to fear!..."
"However, Old Wang, who was guarding the Eastern Capital, sent a few of his underlings. The men pleaded with tears in their eyes: 'Old Dou, don't go!'"
"On the other hand, they secretly bribed Dou Jiande's generals. With the help of money, the brothers stopped leaving and started to oppose the King of Qin!"
"The two armies continued to face each other. The Tang spies told Erfeng that Lao Dou had heard that our horses were out of fodder and was planning a surprise attack when we were letting the horses graze."
"So the two phoenixes turned the tables and crossed the Yellow River to the north. While scouting the enemy's situation, they deliberately left a thousand horses to lure Dou Jiande out. The next day, Dou Jiande mobilized all his troops and formed a line that stretched for twenty miles."
"When the Tang army saw the huge crowd of people, banging drums and making a ruckus, they panicked. Erfeng climbed up and looked over, saying, 'Stay calm, we can win!'"
Dou Jiande first sent three hundred cavalrymen to test the waters, and even said to the King of Qin in a very impolite manner: "You should also pick a few hundred elite soldiers to play with."
"The two groups fought for several rounds without a clear winner. On the other side, Wang Wan was dressed in new gear and rode Yang Guang's green horse, making him very eye-catching in the crowd."
"When the King of Qin saw it, he exclaimed, 'What a fine horse!' Yuchi Jingde said, 'If the King of Qin wants it, then I will go and get it!'"
Erfeng: You absolutely mustn't try to steal it!
Yuchi Jingde: My boss wants his horse!
"What a fine subject! The leader wanted him, and he did it immediately. He charged into the enemy lines with a few men, captured Wang Wan alive, and returned with his horse. No one dared to stop him."
"It's like my uncle's horse has come home!"
Green Horse: ????? Don't come any closer!