On the hillside of Changbai Slope.
Du Qi was overseeing this place, and the 80,000 elites under his command were also here. Du Qi's mission this time was very simple. It was to stop Li Shimin's army and even seize the opportunity to destroy Li Shimin's army.
The army was in formation, and they had dug trenches and built fortifications with the help of Changbai Slope. It was almost impossible for Li Shimin's army to kill their way through. At this moment, Du Qi was hiding from the sun under a tree. After all, the weather in July was still quite hot.
"Report!"
Right at this moment, a scout dashed over.
The scout came to Du Qi's side and reported, "Your Majesty, Li Shimin's army is about to arrive at Changbai Slope."
Du Qi nodded and waved his hand to ask the scout to leave.
After the scout left, Du Qi immediately gave the order to prepare for battle. All the soldiers on the hill who needed to participate in the battle had been quickly sent to the other side of Changbai Slope, so that they could participate in the battle at any time.
Du Qi also waited quietly.
Time passed little by little. Not long after, a soldier reported that the people were approaching.
Du Qi picked up the binoculars and looked at the official road in the distance.
At the farthest place in the field of vision, about seven or eight hundred steps away, Du Qi had already seen the figure. At such a distance, the current binoculars could not see clearly, but only roughly.
The Tang army was still moving forward.
When the distance was shortened to four or five hundred steps, Du Qi could already see the situation of the Tang army clearly through the binoculars. The mighty Tang army was moving forward quickly. However, when they were about two hundred steps away, they had already reached the foot of Changbai Slope. The Tang army had already stopped moving forward and was stationed in the same place.
In the formation of the Tang army, Gao Shilian took the initiative to volunteer to fight.
Gao Shilian came out with the detained Shang Xia and was about a hundred steps away from the foot of the mountain. He raised his head, stared at the mountain, and shouted, "Where is Du Qi?"
Du Qi said, "Gao Shilian, what do you have to say to me?"
Gao Shilian said, "Du Qi, do you see the people around me? These people were all businessmen of Xia Xia. Their lives and deaths are all in your hands. Immediately lead the army out of Shazhou and Guazhou and return to your Xia Xia. In that case, these merchants of Xia Xia would all be released and their lives would not be endangered. If you insist on starting a war, then the lives of your merchants will be in danger. Now, their lives are in your hands. What's your decision? "
"Hahaha …"
Du Qi laughed when he heard that.
His laughter was filled with disdain.
His laughter was filled with disdain.
Gao Shilian sneered, "Du Qi, what's so funny about this?"
Du Qi said, "What I'm laughing at is that the Tang dynasty is always so threatening before every war. Last time, Li Shimin and I fought in Guazhou, Li Shimin used people's lives to threaten me. This time, Li Shimin didn't come forward himself, but let you threaten me with Xia Xia's merchants. It seems that Li Shimin also cherishes his reputation and doesn't want to come forward himself. Gao Shilian, it's really shameful that you have to rely on people's lives to threaten me in a war. "
Li Shimin was in the rear.
And he was in the crowd, so it was not easy to be discovered.
This was to avoid being bombed.
His cheeks were slightly twitching because Du Qi's words really made him lose face. He did consider his own face, so he didn't go in person, but let Gao Shilian go to call him.
Yu Shinan saw Li Shimin's expression and comforted him, "Your Majesty, don't worry about Du Qi's words. He deliberately said that to hurt you. If you are affected, then you have fallen into a trap. This is a battle on the battlefield. As long as you can win, there is nothing you can't do. The final result is written by the winner. If our Tang Army is defeated, Du Qi will do everything he can to smear our name, wantonly smear our name. If Du Qi loses, we can do whatever we want to do to control public opinion, and we can do so. "
Li Shimin nodded and said, "I know."
Even if Li Shimin knew, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. After all, Li Shimin was also a very proud person.
But now, he used such a method.
Gao Shilian didn't have the same burden as Li Shimin. When he heard Du Qi's reply, he shouted, "Du Qi, don't try to win a battle of words. If you have the ability, you can directly blow me up and kill all Xia Xia's merchants. Or, you can immediately withdraw your troops and make way for me. Otherwise, all the Xia Xia's merchants will die. "
Du Qi said, "Gao Shilian, threats are useless. I won't be threatened. If your Tang dynasty wants to kill me, I can't stop you. But I can tell you clearly that you slaughtered my Xia Xia's merchants. You can't afford my revenge. You slaughtered the merchants of the State of Great Xia. Once the Great Tang is defeated, We will capture you and have you torn to shreds. We will grind your bones to dust.
In fact, Du Qi didn't know how to deal with this situation.
According to Du Qi's original intention, Gao Shilian's threat would have killed him with a single blast of his cannon.
The problem was that Gao Shilian had Xia Xia's merchants around him.
These people would be affected.
At least, Du Qi couldn't let these people die in his hands.
So, Du Qi chose to give a tough reply.
Gao Shilian was not afraid of Du Qi's threat at all. He sneered and said, "Du Qi, you're really stubborn! Well, it's just a verbal confrontation now. I'll let you see real blood. Men, kill a Xia Xia merchant. "
He directly gave the order.
In the previous plan, he had full authority to make the decision.
Now that Du Qi wanted to be tough, he would be tough.
Immediately, a soldier dragged a Xia Xia merchant out. The merchant looked up at Changbai Slope and shouted, "Your Majesty, revenge! Avenge this commoner!"
The Xia Xia merchants had the strength of character of the Xia Xia merchants.
The Xia Xia country was founded on business.
Countless merchants had a strong sense of belonging to the Xia Xia. Because in the Xia Xia, even though they were merchants, they were never despised or suppressed. Instead, they enjoyed a lot of benefits. Therefore, under this premise, the merchants were very respectful to Du Qi, especially when Du Qi was also a merchant in his early years.
After hearing this, Du Qi's face turned solemn. He said in a deep voice, "I will definitely avenge you."
"Kill!"
Gao Shilian gritted his teeth and gave the order.
His original intention was to force the Xia Xia merchant to beg for mercy, and then kill the Xia Xia merchant. In this way, it was the most painful scene for Du Qi. He didn't expect that the Xia Xia merchant would rather die than beg for mercy. Instead, he let Du Qi take revenge.
The blade swung out and cut the Xia Xia merchant's neck. After the blood spurted out, the merchant's body slowly fell down, but his eyes were full of hatred when he looked at Gao Shilian and the others.
Gao Shilian didn't even look at the dead merchant and said again, "Du Qi, will you get out of the way? This is just the beginning. If you don't give up Changbai Slope and withdraw from Guazhou, none of these detained merchants will live. "
Du Qi said in a deep voice, "I will never give in."
Gao Shilian waved his hand again and gave the order, "Pull out two people."
Immediately, two merchants were pulled out.
They were two young men.
They were in their early twenties and did business in Suzhou. They knew the result, and they were even angrier at the cruelty of the Tang dynasty. Both of them shouted for Du Qi to take revenge.
Their shrill voices echoed in his ears.
Their voices were extremely resolute.
Gao Shilian ignored the merchants' words and looked at Du Qi again, shouting, "Du Qi, you really have a heart of stone. Do you really not care about their life or death? "
Du Qi said, "I won't be threatened."
Gao Shilian waved his hand and said, "Kill!"
Another soldier brazenly attacked, and the two merchants were killed in the blink of an eye. Three bodies fell to the ground, forming a pool of blood. The three bodies irritated the rest of the Xia Xia merchants.
The Xia Xia merchant was even angrier.
There were more than 30 other people who were detained. Some were young, some were old, and some were young.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, "Your Majesty, kill Gao Shilian. Kill him. We are willing to die."
"Kill Gao Shilian!"
Another person echoed.
"Kill Gao Shilian!"
"Your Majesty, please kill Gao Shilian!"
…
More and more people shouted, and in the end, more than 30 people shouted together. Some of them were young and strong, while others were old. But without exception, they all chose to shout. No one begged for mercy.
Because they were Xia Xia's people.
Xia Xia's people would not give in.
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