Volume Two, Chapter 211, The Brave Is King 8
Just Delehei said this, will Li Hong believe him?
You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must be guarded against others. Naturally, Li Hong would not have done anything to all Sindler, but he would not have been deceived so easily. Princess Gesang and Mangsong Mangzan sent people to support him. Do you have no other intentions? Moreover, in Tubo territory, Li Hong did not dare to bet on the lives of himself and thousands of soldiers.
"Tell me, what is the purpose of your trip?" Li Hong asked. He didn't believe that Princess Gesang and Mangsong and Mangzan sent 23,000 elite cavalry to support him, just to support him purely, without his own requirements or conditions.
Delehei was surprised by the wisdom of His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty and said, "How dare the king propose conditions or requests to His Royal Highness? He just wanted to plead with His Royal Highness that Lu Dongzan should not be executed when he is defeated in the future."
Li Hong said in confusion, "Lu Dongzan is his great enemy. As long as Lu Dongzan is still alive, he will not be able to truly take power in Tubo. Don't he know this? Do you still want Lu Dongzan to live?"
"I don't know this." Delehei whispered. It is true that he is Mang Song Mangzan's confidant, but even so, Mang Song Mangzan could not tell him too much of his thoughts. This is not that Mang Song Mangzan does not trust Delehei, this is what every king will do.
Li Hong thought about it, how could Mangsong Mangzan and Princess Gesang tell Delehei such a secret? However, although he was questioning Delehei, he vaguely guessed the reason why Mangsong Mangzan needed to live Lu Dongzan. Lu Dongzan was in Tubo, and the living Lu Dongzan could allow Mangsong Mangzan and Princess Gesang to gain greater benefits. What else do you expect to get from a dead person?
However, he was also very angry about Princess Gesang and Mangsong Mangzan's approach.
Because he heard Delehei's answer, he now knew that the two sent Delehei to support him, not for him, but for escorting Lu Dongzan back to Tubo. To put it bluntly, they mean to supervise him. Li Hong has never been threatened by others and never compromised with others, except for Empress Wu, but can Princess Gesang and Mangsong Mangsang compare with Empress Wu? A small Tubo king dared to threaten him, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of Li Hong's mouth. When he arrived in Dafeichuan, he defeated Lu Dongzan alive and dealt with Lu Dongzan, if Delehei wanted to stop him, he would not mind destroying the 20,000 troops of Mangsong Mangsang and Princess Gesang.
"You are familiar with the terrain in this area. Behind us is Lu Dongzan's army. I want to avoid Lu Dongzan's pursuit within two days. What suggestions do you have?" Li Hong asked.
After confirming the purpose of Princess Gesang and Mangsong, Li Hong is not polite to know that Delehei can still use it for his own purposes now. He can escape Lu Dongzan's two-day pursuit through Delehei. Why didn't he do this?
"Your Highness, I am very familiar with the terrain in this area, but since I am familiar with it, is Lu Dongzan not familiar? Therefore, it is difficult for us to use the terrain to avoid him." Delehei said loudly, "Besides..."
Delehei was reluctant to speak, making Li Hong realize that there were secrets here. Is there any other secrets? Li Hong asked, "Since Princess Gesang and Mangsong Mangzan asked you to help Gu, it is to let you listen to Gu's orders. Don't hide anything you have, just say."
Delehei hesitated for a moment and said, "Besides, Lu Dongzan's scouts are not only cavalry on the ground, but also eagles in the sky."
"What?"
Li Duozha asked in surprise when he heard Delehei's words. Chen Gong and Zhao Zhongyong were also surprised. Even if Zhao Zhongyong was a Tubo, he was just a pawn before. How could he know such a secret question? Therefore, the three of them were so surprised, because Lu Dongzan was really fantastic when he let the eagle flying in the sky be the scout!
"You mean, the eagle flying in the sky is a scout trained by Lu Dongzan?" Li Hong tried his best to suppress his anger and asked, "Along the way, wherever Gu went, his eagle scout chased him. He had always been clear about Gu's whereabouts?"
"Yes." Delehei replied, "The reason why Lu Dongzan's army dared to follow His Highness so far is because they were fearless and had close-range investigations into his scout cavalry and his eagle from a distance. Otherwise, if the grassland is so big, Lu Dongzan would dare to indulge His Highness so much?"
Li Hong understood it. No wonder Lu Dongzan could catch up with him no matter how he ran, and he was not afraid of running away. It turned out that Lu Dongzan had never been afraid of running away, because even if he ran away, he could determine his direction through the eagle and chase him. Before, when Lu Dongzan wanted to play cat and mouse with him, Li Hong didn't agree. Now, Lu Dongzan really treats him like a mouse.
Indeed, with the eagle as the scout, Lu Dongzan really has the capital to kill Li Hong in this vast grassland, because he has many cavalry and scout spirits. Let’s see what Li Hong has? What can four thousand elite cavalry do?
Thinking of this, Li Hong's anger became even stronger. Lu Dongzan dared to play with himself, which was a rhythm of dying! In this world, he was the only one who played the death, but no one dared to play the death.
"Chen Gong." Li Hong shouted in a cold tone, and a strong murderous aura emanated from his body and was cold and Xiao Sha.
"What are your orders?" Chen Gong was shocked and hurriedly walked to Li Hong and responded. It was the first time he saw His Royal Highness angry after leaving the city. He heard His Royal Highness's cold voice and felt the murderous aura on His Royal Highness, which shows that His Royal Highness is very angry and His Royal Highness is going to kill people.
"You go and confirm their position immediately. Do you see if they have arrived? You will immediately repay the person when there is news." Li Hong said word by word. Li Duozha and Zhao Zhongyong couldn't hear it, but they could also guess that this was the prince's deployment, only Dele was confused.
"No!" Chen Gong took the order and rode away.
"Li Duozha, Zhao Zhongyong, you will immediately select the archers among their respective troops and order them to shoot them hard whenever they see a flying eagle above their heads, and don't care how many arrows are wasted." Li Hong ordered.
"No!" Li Duozha and Zhao Zhongyong did not dare to delay, and immediately took the order and left strode.
"Delehei, you Tubo have many archers, so you can give me some instructions," Li Hong said to Delehei, but his tone was not as strict as before, because he still had to give respect to Delehei's horse riding.
"Yes." Delehei did not hesitate, but hurriedly left after receiving the order.
After a moment, Li Duozha, Zhao Zhongyong and Delehei returned to report to Li Hong.
"Derhei, take out your map and look at the nearby terrain." Li Hong said. Delei took out the map with his bow and arrow and handed it to Li Hong. Just as Li Hong was about to look through it, Chen Gong came on a horse and said to Li Hong, "Your Highness, the news has been sent out, and I will wait for them to reply."
Li Hong nodded slightly, then opened the map and let everyone come and see it.
On the map, their location is in the southwest of a large lake, and the location of the large lake is Dafeichuan. Their location is on a plain with no hills or mountains. However, walking west for another 300 miles is a desert area, and there is a canyon here, suitable for ambushing.
Li Hong stared at the canyon for a long time, and he finally made a decision to ambush Lu Dongzan's army here.
He doesn't know how many tens of thousands of pursuers Lu Dongzan now, but it won't be less than 40,000. In this way, the people around him are not Lu Dongzan's opponents at all. Even if there are 23,000 Tubo elite cavalry, it's not possible. The only way is to use the terrain to ambush Lu Dongzan.
There is no way for Li Hong to do this, because his deployment has not been completed yet, so he can only deal with Lu Dongzan now.
When Li Hong told the plan, Li Duozha and Zhao Zhongyong had no objection, and Chen Gong, as the guard in the room, would not say anything. Only Delehei was silent, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he said in embarrassment, "Your Highness, I think my army is not easy to fight against Lu Dongzan now."
"What do you mean?" Li Duozha said furiously, "I want us to fight Lu Dongzan to consume our strength. You are benefiting from the fisherman? Could it be that this is the way your king sent you to support our highness?"
Li Duozha kept breathing in his heart, and now he was angry with Delehei's words and burst out.
"I have nothing to do, it just shows my attitude. What do you want?" Delehei said in a tough tone. As a close general around Mang Song and Mang Zan and the deputy commander of the Ghost Rider, he is very arrogant and has his own pride. If it weren't for the person he was facing Li Hong, he wouldn't have spoken so politely. But when facing Li Duozha, he wouldn't have been so respectful.
When he said this, Dele's black hand was already on the hilt of the knife. There were 23,000 people around him and only 4,000 people around Li Hong. If he really started fighting, he would not mind taking Li Hong to Tubo. As for Lu Dongzan's affairs, it would not be too late to say it again. Because he had captured the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he had made great contributions. He did not believe that the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty he captured had made such great contributions, and the king could still kill him.
"What do you think?" Li Duozha was also angry, put one hand on the hilt of the knife around his waist, and his sharp eyes shot at Delehei. As the prince's personal guard general, he was very powerful, and Delehei was so arrogant that he dared to refuse the prince's order. Even if the other party was a Tubo, he would not mind killing Delehei on the horse. Delehei did have 20,000 people around, but was Li Duozha afraid? He was not afraid. He was confident that he would kill Delehei before the Tubo cavalry launched a charge. What would he be afraid of without the 20,000 Tubo cavalry of the main general?
Li Hong watched coldly and did not stop the two of them. He just wanted to see how strong Delehei was. If Delehei turned against him now, he really didn't mind ordering Chen Gong and Zhao Zhongyong to join forces with Li Duozha to kill Delehei and run away.
As for the 23,000 Tubo elite cavalry in front of him, it would be a fantasy to kill them, but he was very confident to break through this elite cavalry. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!