Chapter 258: Risking Death to Investigate

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Wang Shichong actively prepared for the war, and Li Shimin would never take it lightly and set up a camp in Xin'an County.

Many soldiers advocated a quick victory, directly approaching Wang Shichong's Luoyang lair, but was immediately vetoed by Li Shimin: "By no means, the Zheng army is on the defensive, and secretly colluded with Dou Jiande, the sum of the two forces will definitely be above our army, this move is very risky, if it is defeated, the vitality will be greatly damaged, but Wang Shichong will have the upper hand." ”

"We can use it in the opposite way, if we deliberately expose flaws, pretend to be the emptiness of Chang'an, and use Wang Shichong's greed, we will definitely raise the whole country's forces to attack it, and our army and the defenders of Chang'an will be flanked before and after, or we can defeat the Zheng army!" Pei Lin said with foaming stars.

Pei Lin was defeated by Liu Wuzhou last time, and like Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, he fled alone. also because Li Yuan cared about his son's reputation, so he didn't punish Pei Lin with him. Pei Lin was blessed by misfortune and was promoted to the left servant.

All the ministers saw it very clearly, and they despised him in their hearts, and they didn't move around with him often, but the crown prince and the king of Qi often gave him some gifts to show their friendship.

Now, Pei Lin has become the prince's person, although he still obeys the emperor on the surface, but he can also hear the meaning of what he said just now, and he is still planning for the prince.

"Therefore, the flaws were exposed, and the thief army attacked the capital directly, where are you in danger of my father's safety?" Li Shimin asked coldly.

Pei Lin couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "The minister didn't have this intention, he didn't think about it, please, please deal with it with King Qin!" ”

"Whoever should be is who's it, Pei Lian, although everyone has their own ambitions. But pay attention to a degree in everything, too much is not good for anyone, and harms others and yourself. Yuan Ziyan said lightly.

"Yes. Yes, Purple Smoke Girl is taught! Pei Lin kept kowtowing to Yuan Ziyan again.

"I can't stand it, you are a member of the first rank of the dynasty, so it is insulting to the emperor to surrender your identity like this!" Yuan Ziyan scoffed.

Pei was stunned on the spot, kowtowed, let alone got up, and in the end, Li Shimin raised his hand impatiently at him. Only then did he stand up without a few words, and retreated to the side and did not dare to speak again.

The capital was in turmoil, and the first target was Li Yuan. Li Yuan has three longs and two shorts, after Li Shimin defeated Wang Shichong, of course, Li Jiancheng successfully ascended the throne. This Pei Lin is really a white-eyed wolf, and he can think of this kind of ruthless trick. If only Li Yuan knew his thoughts. Ten heads are not enough to drop.

"Strategist, what do you mean?" Li Shimin glared at Pei Lin unhappily and turned his gaze to Yuan Ziyan.

Yuan Ziyan cleared his throat and spoke: "As King Qin said, Wang Shichong is in the homeland, and we are working hard and coming from afar, so we will not have an advantage in terms of momentum. But Wang Shichong is narrow-minded. He was also a loyal minister of Yang Guang, and his conscience was disturbed. So he wore a lot of masks on his face, and even he couldn't tell what his true face was. ”

Haha, everyone let out a burst of laughter, Yuan Ziyan licked his mouth, and said: "It is precisely because of Wang Shichong's diversified personality that his temperament is very unstable. ”

"This man is a treacherous! I don't like him the most! Cheng Yanjin immediately waved his hand and said.

"Exactly, Wang Shichong does not have the talent of a king, and he will not last long." Qin Qiong also agreed.

Therefore, Wang Shichong has lost most of the people's hearts. Our Tang Army is booming, as long as we treat the people along the way, gradually encroach on the surrounding towns of Luoyang, and continue to approach Luoyang, even if Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande join forces, they will definitely not be our opponents. ”

"If Wang Shichong benefits and wins people's hearts, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve this goal in a few years." Wei Chigong objected.

"Illness comes like a mountain, Luoyang is besieged, in fact, he is not rich, Wang Shichong does not know how to make money, how can there be so many rewards. If he has half of the people of the world, I don't dare to underestimate him, anyway, let's come to Japan for a long time, and we will brake quietly, just look at Zheng Jun's reaction, let's see you again, step by step. Yuan Ziyan said with a smile.

Everyone nodded, and Li Shimin also agreed with this point of view, and said: "Since you are here, of course you have to make some moves, don't let Wang Shichong and others see our intentions." Pass my general order, order Qu Tutong, Dou Liang and lead the troops to pretend to patrol the camp to see how Zheng Jun reacts. ”

Everyone guessed that this team should encounter a strong counterattack by the Zheng army, but the news they got was that they had encountered the main force of the Zheng army, and it was Wang Shichong, the emperor of Zheng State, who personally led the troops.

Li Shimin was secretly surprised, this Wang Shichong was worthy of being a warlord, and he dared to show up in person, presumably there were quite a few people.

"King Qin, although Wang Shichong has a large number of people, he can't compare to the elite troops of the Xuanjia Army such as us. I am willing to be a pioneer and go to capture Wang Shichong alive! Wei Chigong excitedly bowed his hand and said.

The rest of the people were also eager to try, but they didn't expect to sprinkle the net to catch fish, and suddenly they got a big one. On the other hand, how can a small net trap a big fish, and it is still possible to scrape off some scales.

"Since it was Wang Shichong who greeted him personally, how could I not go to meet him?" Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, and led 3,000 Xuanjia troops and 50,000 soldiers and horses to Cijian about 30 miles east of Xin'an County.

From a distance, it was Wang Shichong who commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to surround Qu Tutong and Dou Rail. Both of them were warlords on one side, and later surrendered to Li Tang and worshiped under Li Shimin.

After several run-ins, the two were loyal to King Qin. On the same day, Xun Xiang and others fled, and Wei Chigong was imprisoned, although he was released soon, Qu Tutong was still not very at ease with Yu Chigong, feeling that he was often by the side of King Qin and was a dangerous person, so he secretly persuaded King Qin many times that he must be more careful with this person.

Although Li Shimin never listened to Qu Tutong's words, he was moved by his loyalty, so he also trusted him very much.

Qu Tutong, so what about Dou Rail?

Yes! Hearing only a scream, a Tang soldier screamed and died under the knife, and the person who killed him still did not understand his hatred, and slashed several times at the vital place until the soldier died too much to die.

Cheng Biting Jin rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and stammered a little when he spoke, "Actually, it was Dou Liang who killed his brother, he, is he going to rebel?" ”

Li Shimin frowned, and also doubted Dou Rail's motives, not long after his father Jinyang raised troops, Dou Rail led his headquarters to vote, and his father was very happy about this, and he was awarded the title of Emperor County.

Could it be that at this time, Dou Liang is going to take refuge in Wang Shichong now?

"Shimin, observe again, and don't make a conclusion for the time being. Dou Liang doesn't look like that kind of wall villain. Yuan Ziyan said in a low voice.

Sure enough, Dou Liang, who was covered in blood, suddenly wiped his blood-spattered face, and said loudly: "Your Majesty treats me a lot, and takes care of me and my family, why did you come to Wang Shichong and make you scared, and you actually escaped!" I usually regard you as brothers and blood, if you do such a stupid thing of treason and defection to the enemy, then you are the enemy of my Dou Rail, and I can only kill you to vent my anger! ”

"Swear not to surrender, swear not to surrender!" The soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and the crowd was excited, and launched another attack on Wang Shichong's army.

"Well done! Pass my command, rush! Li Shimin raised his long sword, and the first horse galloped out, and the three thousand Xuanjia troops behind him also calmly lined up, like a black whirlwind rushing towards the enemy's ranks.

Wang Shichong was squinting his eyes to watch the battle, and suddenly found a black dragon flying in the sky, so he stood up suddenly, and reported that Li Shimin led three thousand soldiers to come to support.

Hmph, what can I do with just 3,000 soldiers and horses? Wang Shichong sat down arrogantly again, just in time, when I capture you and others, this battle will be over.

The Xuanjia army is not in vain, first talk about the equipment, it can't be said that it is invulnerable, but it is several times harder than ordinary armor, and then the weapons, all of them are carefully cast, everywhere they go, wailing everywhere, and blood flows like rivers.

Speaking of war horses, fat and strong, there is armor all over the body, and after the horse's hooves are trampled, the corpses are scattered, which is miserable.

Moreover, the Xuanjia Army is one in a thousand, all of them are strong, have excellent martial arts, and have the ability to use one as ten, but in the blink of an eye, nearly two thousand Zheng soldiers fell to the ground and died.

Qu Tutong, Dou Liang and others saw that King Qin personally came to rescue them, their morale was greatly boosted, and they turned defeat into victory, chasing Zheng Jun and slashing wildly, while the rear of the Xuanjia Army was a neat and uniform Tang army of 50,000 phalanxes.

Li Shimin led the Xuanjia army to rush into the enemy's ranks, and soon scattered the opponent and collapsed. Li Shimin used as a cover and ordered Qu Tutong and Dou Liang and others to retreat, but the two swore to die, replaced the soldiers who had fought hard for a day, and still stepped on the war horse and followed behind Li Shimin.

Yuan Ziyan in the distance couldn't help but redden, the two of them regarded death as home, loyal to King Qin, who would doubt their motives?

Li Shimin turned his head suddenly, smiled at Wang Shichong, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, kill this old thief with this king!" ”

"Kill!"

Wang Shichong was annoyed and ashamed, got up and said: "Take my sword, I want to give this Li Shimin, who doesn't know the height of the sky, a dismount!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't risk yourself! Please retreat quickly, I'll break the back! The rider Ge Yanzhang said hurriedly.

"How could I be afraid of this yellow-mouthed child!" Wang Shichong also had timidity in his heart, especially after becoming the emperor, he didn't dare to show his skills, lost his life, and made himself the emperor.

"Escort! Escort! Ge Yanzhang shouted repeatedly, Wang Shichong saw that Li Shimin had rushed from a distance to a distance of less than three hundred meters from him, and the sweat on his forehead also seeped out.

In line with the idea that a hero will not suffer the loss in front of him, Wang Shichong hurriedly turned over a horse and ran towards Luoyang.

Li Shimin chased and killed all the way, but was finally defeated by the large number of opponents, but still did not catch up. However, Ge Yanzhang was captured, more than 3,000 people were killed, and as many as 5,000 surrendered. The first victory was a great victory, the soldiers cheered in unison, Li Shimin's heart was full of joy, and he still did not forget the great achievements of Qu Tutong and Dou Rail, if they hadn't fought to the death, there would be no today. (To be continued......)