It was normal for Li Yi to give orders to Li Ke and the rest of the Left Guard.
They agreed that Li Yi could mobilize any troops he wanted.
Li Yi wouldn't rebel. He was busy improving the army's combat power, researching new weapons, and making money to buy delicious food for everyone.
The soldiers of Hexi Provincial Governor were dumbfounded. How could they do this? Someone casually gave orders to the Sixteen Guards and the Winged Knights.
What was more terrifying was that the Sixteen Guards even obeyed. The prime minister even helped block the impeachment memorials.
"Aren't you afraid he'll rebel?" A soldier couldn't help but ask. After asking, he shrank back. He shouldn't have spoken.
"Rebel? Rebel against who? With the Li Family Zhuangzi's distance, they can shoot a big sky monkey straight to Xingqing Palace.
Does he need to mobilize troops to rebel? Rumble, rumble, even the ministers and His Majesty are all gone. And … everything is fine. "
Li Ke wanted to say that His Majesty and the Empress always brought the prince to stay at the Li Family Zhuangzi.
He knew about this. Sometimes, His Majesty and the Empress would bring the child to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Li Dongzhu was a divine doctor. It was easy for him to poison someone.
Li Ke didn't want to tell the people at the border. What if someone was stupid enough to spread the news?
"There's a bigger sky monkey?" The soldier who spoke just now couldn't help but ask again.
"Yes, it's called the Second Stage Ignition. It can fly more than ten miles. It's said to be 20 miles. I heard it's called an over-the-horizon strike.
If the hot air balloon finds the enemy moving in a dense group, report the position and approximate distance below. Below, fire the sky monkey from 20 miles away. "
Li Ke knew what the soldiers at the border needed. Confidence.
He provided them with some information. The Li Family Zhuangzi was indeed researching it.
Sure enough, everyone became nervous. They couldn't see the two sides from 20 miles away.
Wang Junkui said, "Attack, move above the nine heavens."
The generals knew that this sentence meant that those who were good at attacking could move above the nine heavens.
"Won't the enemy be bullied to death?" The soldier couldn't help but ask.
The people at the side deeply agreed. The enemy was beaten up, and they didn't know where the attack came from, so it was impossible for them to fight back.
Within twenty li, the scouts from both sides were killing each other and covering the battlefield. The main forces of both sides were gathering.
Suddenly, a large number of Sky Monkeys fell from the sky, and the troops that had just gathered …
The general who asked the question earlier: "If that's the case, there will be no city in the world that can be defended."
"It's the same with the Sky Scorching Monkey Attack now." Another general said, "Once we're outside the city, if they don't surrender, we'll bombard the city and massacre them."
He didn't care about the lives of the enemy's people. Surrender or not? If they didn't surrender, they would blast the civilians and the enemy together.
Especially in Tubo, they were both soldiers and civilians. Where were the common people?
"Since this is the case, everybody should guard the military stronghold and wait for a while. When His Majesty sends more sky monkeys, we will attack Tubo's city. I don't want to be besieged by ants. "
The soldier couldn't bear it anymore. Anyway, no one was talking about him.
All the soldiers smiled. Who the hell would be willing to climb other people's walls? Someone really died.
If they wanted to fight, they would fight like this. The hot air balloons would go up and fly towards the enemy's battle formation. Then, they would jump into the sky and bombard the enemy's battle formation. Once the enemy forces collapsed, they would be killed!
Although there were casualties and injuries during the battle, it was still better than fighting directly.
"If that's the case, Li Yi can mobilize the troops!" The general from earlier expressed his agreement.
Li Yi had developed a good weapon, and it wasn't a rebellion. What was wrong with mobilizing the troops? If anyone was unconvinced, they could research it.
"Everyone, let's eat. We can't eat too much. Now that we're in the highlands, we're only half full. Li Dongzhu said that if we eat too much, we'll get a headache. If we fall sick here, we'll die."
Seeing that no one was eating, Li Dongzhu advised everyone to stop watching.
"Let's eat, let's eat. Tubo left behind quite a lot of food."
"Highland barley rice isn't good. It's slippery in the mouth."
"There's also rice bran that hasn't been sifted. It's sore in the throat."
"It's good enough to have something to eat. What do the Tubo people who ran away eat now?"
The people around started to eat their own food. They didn't have any bread, so they ate the food they found in the cellar.
They kept the better food for themselves and couldn't bear to eat it.
The only group that ate a lot of meat was the group that was used to break through the enemy lines. They ate the best.
However, they didn't eat so much meat today and shared it with others.
When the camp was built, there was no need for them to break through the enemy lines. There was also a group of sky monkeys.
Compared to the others, they were more happy that the imperial court sent things from the Yellow River.
In a few days, there would be more bags of explosives and sky monkeys. They wouldn't have to break through the enemy lines.
After breakfast, the people of Zuowei packed up and prepared to go back.
They went back quickly and followed the current. When the wind was good, they raised the sails.
Guo Zhiyun wrote a letter and handed it to them. It was mainly to thank His Majesty, and also to say what things were sent and the situation here.
Even though there was already a report from a fast horse, he still had to write a more detailed report on the battle.
The soldiers loaded the snow leopard skin, snow leopard bones, deer antlers, goat horns, fritillary, snow lotus, caterpillar fungus, suoyang, and other things onto the ship.
These things were found in the local cellars and empty houses. They were all medicinal herbs.
They were probably going to Longyou to secretly exchange things with the Tang dynasty, but they were "picked up" by Guo Zhiyun's troops.
Normally, they should sell these things and then share them with everyone to compensate the families of their dead brothers.
Now, they took them out and gave them to the people of Zuowei to bring back to His Majesty and the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Many people at the border had never seen dried oysters. How far was it from the seaside?
The soldiers didn't eat the dried seafood themselves. They sold it at a high price.
Li Ke and the others turned the ship around and waved to the people on the shore. They were washed away by the Yellow River.
…
On Zasykuzé's side, there was a gloomy atmosphere.
Everyone was very sad. They ran away and were chased by the enemy. They lost a lot of things, and some people were also lost.
Zasykuzé wrote a letter to Zan Pu. It was a battle report. He explained why the troops he led lost.
He didn't think he was to blame. He worked very hard. Who would have thought that the enemy would play with the hot air balloons and sky monkeys?
At the same time, he concluded that he would take the initiative to attack the next time he stood on the battlefield after a rest, even if he would suffer a great loss.
That was what he thought when he wrote the letter.
They couldn't give the enemy hot air balloons a chance to float slowly. They had to quickly enter the fighting phase.
The infantry charged while the cavalry stayed in formation.
Yes, the cavalry couldn't charge. The Tang army had Mo sabers. Using cavalry to charge at Mo sabers was a great loss.
The letter was sent out and would take some time to reach.
Tubo's relay station was 100 li, not 20 li like in the Tang dynasty, and not 10 li like in the current Tang dynasty. It was also not 10 li like in the current Li Yi.
The moans of injured soldiers could be heard from the camp. From time to time, there were people carrying the dead out to bury them.
They didn't have anti-inflammatory herbs or analgesic herbs, and they also didn't have alcohol or suturing skills.
Some people were injured, but they insisted on running far away. Their bodily functions declined, their wounds became infected, and they had a fever.
They vomited after eating, and when they vomited, they foamed at the mouth and died.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have used the alcohol I bought on the hot air balloons." Zasykuzé had already understood the situation from Isinba's letter.
Li Yi had asked the soldiers to use alcohol to treat their wounds. It was said that it was very effective.
Especially when they had just been injured, they could use alcohol to wipe the wounds and then sew them up so that they wouldn't continue to bleed.
Fever was also rare. Even if they had a fever, they could use alcohol to cool down.
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