This little episode actually promoted the relationship between Gao Xingzhou and the Imperial Guards.

Warriors are like that, they don't have so many dirty thoughts, they worship the strong, and they are all young people, so naturally they won't take it seriously.

Gao Xingzhou had a better understanding of the quality of the Guards and became even more in awe of Li Ye.

Li Ye explained his offensive strategy. He would personally lead the guards to attack at night, while the Shence Army would supervise the battle outside to prevent the enemy from escaping at night. Gao Xingzhou heard that the emperor was in danger and quickly advised him.

The son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall.

What's more, the emperor Li Ye.

But Li Ye has made up his mind. He built the Imperial Guard with his own hands. He must always maintain his influence in this army. He does not want the people around him to become Li Maozhen or Han Jian in the future.

So he needs to go into battle himself.

In the early Tang Dynasty, there were many fierce generals, but no one dared to betray Taizong Li Shimin. The reason was that Taizong himself was a brave general and was at the forefront of battles. In the battle of Wulaoguan, 3,000 Xuanjia cavalry charged against 100,000 Xia troops.

, captured Dou Jiande alive.

Li Ye was self-aware and did not dare to compare with Tang Taizong. Taizong Li Shimin's military strategy was one of the best in the entire history of the world.

Not to mention Li Cunxu, who would shine in the future. When he came to the throne, the Jin army was completely in decline in front of the Liang army. Li Cunxu took the lead, took the lead in the charge, and destroyed Liang in a hundred battles!

Whether you can go into battle is one thing, but whether you dare to go into battle is another matter.

Li Ye wanted to use his actions to tell his soldiers that he was by no means a weak emperor, but one of them, and an iron-blooded monarch worth following!

If the imperial guards can't even defeat the bandits, Li Ye can pack up his bags and return to the palace to start being a high-ranking emperor without having to go out and embarrass himself.

Because the enemies he faced were ten thousand times stronger than the bandits!

If he died on the battlefield, it can only be said that God did not bless Tang, not that he did not work hard!

Seeing the emperor's expression, Gao Xingzhou knew he could not persuade him, "Since your majesty is going, I will ask you to take three hundred elites with you!"

Li Ye thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Although he was full of confidence in the Imperial Guards, it was his first time to go into battle and nip any trouble in the bud.

Now that the plan has been decided, there is no longer any further delay, and the entire Xiliu City is mobilized.

After being inspired by the impassioned Tang poetry for so long, the Imperial Guards were all beaming with joy, finally seeing the real story.

At midnight, the Imperial Guards and the Shence Army all had murderous eyes. When later generations read the Qingming time travel novel, they learned that most of the soldiers had night blindness due to malnutrition.

In this era, warriors were treated better, and naturally they would not suffer from night blindness. During the Xianzong Dynasty, there was a classic battle in which Li Suxue attacked Caizhou at night.

After two hours of rapid march, the gap was revealed. The Imperial Guards were able to handle the troops with ease due to their usual training. Even Li Ye did not feel very tired. The 300 Shence troops led by Gao Xingzhou were somewhat scattered, and some of them were even out of breath.

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Gao Xingzhou was secretly speechless when he saw that each of the Imperial Guards was wearing double armor, holding a spear, a long sword on his back, and a long bow and arrows on his back.

When they arrived at King Qitian's stronghold, Ashina Zhenyan had already been spying on it for a long time.

"Your Majesty, there are seven hidden sentries and three open sentries in the bandit camp. Night patrol teams patrol every half an hour. There are fifty people in each team. The weapons are long spears and waist knives, and there are five armored men."

Ashina Zhenyan gave a detailed report.

This is also taught by Li Ye. Scouts must try their best to grasp the detailed information of the enemy. It is quite difficult for a bandit village to do this. There are also armors. Compared with the grass immortals, barefoot immortals and the like, it is already considered equipment.

So sophisticated.

Li Ye estimated the time and found that it was probably around five o'clock in the morning. This is the time when people are most sleepy.

"Action!" Li Ye ordered.

Zhou Yunyi led his team and destroyed many checkpoints under the guidance of Ashina Zhenyan.

After the cry of a night owl, Li Ye and Gao Xingzhou led a large group of people and began to sneak into the village. To capture the thief, capture the king first. Li Ye's plan was to go straight to the bandit leader.

The bandit leader is easy to find. There is a simple house made of stone and wood in the valley. There are two groups of bandits standing guard in front of the door. Most of them are leaning on the wooden posts and sleeping, and the few who are awake are also sleepy.

Zhang Xingjin led a few skilled personal guards to get in touch and easily defeated the group.

Li Ye stood at the door and ordered everyone that as soon as they saw a sound coming from the house, everyone would set fire to the outside and shout wildly, and kill anyone with weapons.

There was a strong smell of alcohol in the room, and a large table was littered with cups and plates. There were sleeping bandits lying on the chairs and on the floor.

The bandit was living a good life, but when Li Ye saw what was on the plate, his stomach churned.

A human hand bone...

There were bones everywhere on the table, some from animals and some from humans.

Heavy breathing sounded around Li Ye, and the guards all had blood-red eyes as they suppressed their anger.

"Ouch!" A Shencejun behind Gao Xing exclaimed.

His mouth was instantly covered by Gao Xingzhou who reacted quickly.

Fortunately, it was early in the morning and the bandits were drunk and asleep.

Li Ye whispered: "No one will be left alive!"

It's not that Li Ye is cruel, but that he, a person who has traveled through time in modern times, cannot accept such beastly behavior. These bandits are no longer human.

The Guards and the Shence Army were ruthless and cut the throats of the bandits one by one.

Li Ye walked towards a fat bandit sitting on the handsome seat, wearing a tiger skin and a nondescript hat. Judging from his appearance, he should be the legendary King Qi Tian.

Li Ye gently drew the knife.

Perhaps feeling Li Ye's murderous intent, the bandit leader suddenly opened his eyes. He was confused at first, then suddenly woke up and shouted: "Who are you!"

"Plop!" The long knife penetrated the bandit leader's chest without any hindrance.

Li Ye didn't feel sick as shown in the movie, but felt relaxed.

"Kill!" Li Ye roared.

The Imperial Guard Shence Army in the house shouted in unison: "Kill, kill, kill!"

In an instant, the entire bandit village burst into flames, "Kill, kill, kill!"

After roaring, the bandits, even the pigs, were awakened.

They were scurrying around like headless flies. Some covered their heads and ran away, while others picked up weapons and tried to resist. Before they could see who the enemy was, they were shot into hedgehogs.

In accordance with Li Ye's prior orders, the Imperial Guards and the Shence Army only attacked those who tried to resist, and those who escaped were captured by more than 1,700 Shence Army troops.

The bandits were leaderless, and all the major leaders were killed in front of the wine table. How could it be that the Janissaries in double armor were the opponents who were trying to resist?

Soon there was chaos in the bandit's village.

Some were timid and simply knelt down and surrendered. After all, the Imperial Guard and Shence Army were few in number and were too lazy to care about them.

When the sun rose from the eastern horizon, the bandits' village returned to calm.

Five to six thousand people were kneeling on the ground obediently. Although the Imperial Guards and the Shence Army only had more than 500 people, many bandits had seen how terrifying they were last night.

"Your Majesty, the peripheral Shence Army has captured 2,300 prisoners and has escorted them over." Gao Xingzhou reported to Li Ye.

"What are the casualties?"

Gao Xingzhou said: "The Shence Army suffered less than a hundred casualties."

Zhou Yunyi glanced at Gao Xingzhou and said: "There were no casualties among the Imperial Guards. Only one person sprained his foot while chasing the prisoners."

Gao Xingzhou's eyes widened in disbelief. He was a general and knew the strategy well, but it was a bit sensational for him to survive a battle without one person dying.

Zhou Yunyi also found more than 700 women and children from the back mountain. After interrogation, he learned that these people were "food" stored by the bandits for the winter.

Li Ye felt heavy, "Let the bandits identify each other, and kill anyone who has eaten human flesh!"

Zhou Yunyi took the order and left, and soon the sound of crying for father and mother could be heard in the village.

After a thorough reckoning, nearly two thousand more bandits were beheaded.

Li Ye brought back less than 4,000 prisoners, including women and children.

Li Ye couldn't be happy about the great victory. This era was only more than a hundred years away from the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty. In a short period of time, the land of China had fallen to this point. When I think of the history, from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, there had been chaos for nearly eighty years.

Year. In these eighty years, how many people have become food for others?

Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan, and Sun Ru are all famous cannibal kings.

Even as early as the Anshi Rebellion, Suiyang City was littered with dead bones.

Historically, Zhaozong was hijacked by Han Quanjie and Li Maozhen to Fengxiang, where they attracted Zhu and Wen's armies. The two sides fought fiercely for three years without military rations. Li Maozhen ate the people in the city. In Fengxiang City, dog meat was paid for 500 yuan, and human flesh was sold for 100 yuan.

Zhu Wen sent troops to hunt down the people in Guanzhong, pickle them into dried meat, and use them as military rations.
Chapter completed!