Chapter 263: Blackening

In the battle to pacify Liu Heimin, the Li Tang clan and Li Daoxuan died in battle!

Li Daoxuan is the Li Tang clan, and is a branch close to the Tang Emperor Li Yuan, he is Li Yuan's nephew, Li Shimin's cousin, although he is young, he is as brave as Li Shimin, and compared with Li Shimin's strong character, Li Daoxuan's character is extremely kind, therefore, both Li Yuan and Li Shimin love him very much, lest he die unexpectedly because he is too brave. What Li Yuan and Li Shimin did not expect, their premonition was unfortunately fulfilled, and the reason why Li Daoxuan died was precisely because of Li Yuan's love......

The Turks invaded on a large scale, and Li Daoxuan, who was a brave general in the Li Tang clan, of course could not stay out of the matter, so he also led the Tang army all the way to resist the Turkic attack, Tang Emperor Li Yuan was afraid that Li Daoxuan would die because of his bravery, so he not only assigned him a veteran Shi Wanbao, who had always been a veteran and respectful, as his deputy, but also secretly gave Shi Wanbao an edict, ordering him to take away Li Daoxuan's military power when necessary to protect Li Daoxuan's safety, but Li Yuan did not know, It was because of his actions that he ended up burying the nephew's life.

With the help of the power of the Turks, Liu Heimin returned to Hebei again, and once again recovered his power, and when the Turks retreated, because Li Daoxuan's troops were the closest to Hebei, therefore, Tang Emperor Li Yuan mobilized his army to meet Liu Heimin, and Liu Heimin's elite troops had already been killed and wounded in the decisive battle with Li Shimin, so even Li Shimin thought that this battle would not be too dangerous, however, the final outcome was the opposite of his wishes.

In that battle, when Li Daoxuan's soldiers and horses met Liu Heimin's army, Li Daoxuan decided to follow Li Shimin's fighting style. He led the elite cavalry to attack the enemy formation first, and then the deputy general Shi Wanbao followed with the army, however, the deputy general Shi Wanbao had already been extremely jealous of this young top boss, so when Li Daoxuan led a small number of cavalry to rush into the enemy formation. Shi Wanbao not only did not send troops to follow, but at this time he took out Li Yuan's edict, ordering the army to stand by and not allow the rescue of the commander Li Daoxuan, who had rushed into the enemy formation and fell into a bitter battle, so tens of thousands of Tang troops could only watch their commander being surrounded and then killed, and therefore, when Liu Heimin's army completely annihilated Li Daoxuan's cavalry and then rushed towards the Tang army. The Tang army had no fighting spirit, and even Shi Wanbao could not stop it, so that in the end, the Tang army was defeated, and Shi Wanbao fled back to Chang'an......

Li Daoxuan's death became a lingering shadow in Li Yuan's heart, and the angry Li Shimin directly broke into the palace to question his father, but in the face of his angry son, Li Yuan couldn't argue, after all. Li Daoxuan has a gentle personality and is very popular among the Li Tang royal family. And with his talent in military warfare, Li Yuan very much hopes that he can become the invincible god of war in the second clan besides Li Shimin, but now, this young junior died in battle because of himself, and Li Yuan himself is to blame, and this is all because he doesn't know people. Wrong person! So deep down, in addition to pain and self-blame, Li Yuan was also extremely angry at Shi Wanbao who dared to assert himself and misinterpret his orders! So, in order to give an explanation to King Qin and Li Daoxuan's lineage. In order to vent the anger in his heart, he arrested Shi Wanbao and handed it over to Li Shimin, so that he could deal with it at will......

As a result, Shi Wanbao's name disappeared from the materials recorded by the historians at that time, and in reality, not only him, but also all his family, including his entire family, also disappeared without a trace, after all, those who have done wrong need to pay the price, and Li Yuan, Li Shimin's father and son, and all Li Tang's clans also need to vent their anger.

Li Daoxuan died, however, the enemy who killed him Liu Heimin still occupied Hebei, so when Li Shimin vented his anger a little, he immediately asked for his life in the court, asking him to lead his troops to quell the second rebellion of Liu Heimin in Hebei, but this time, in the face of Li Shimin in the rage, the ministers in the court have spoken out to dissuade him, that is, the Tang Emperor Li Yuan's heart is also very clear that at this time Liu Heimin has his appearance, the appearance seems to be strong but the interior is extremely empty, so it is not difficult to defeat, however, After all, in the first campaign against Liu Heimin, because the Tang army was desperately resisted by Liu Heimin, Li Shimin had issued an order to kill the prisoners after the battle, so if the King of Qin was allowed to go out again at this time, perhaps, it would arouse the hatred of the people of Hebei, so that they would resist desperately, if that was the case, things would be bad. It is very likely that the land of Hebei will break away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty and form a confrontation between the east and the west again, and even if Li Shimin can finally pacify Hebei, Hebei will inevitably be killed all over the field, and the blood will flow into a river to lead to the desolation of the land of Hebei, so this time, neither Li Yuan nor the important ministers of the court are optimistic about the expedition of King Qin.

However, Li Shimin is still arguing on the basis of reason, and because Li Daoxuan's death has caused instability within the Tang army, this campaign against Liu Heimin will inevitably need a high-ranking and powerful person to sit in the army, and in addition to the King of Qin, who in the court can be qualified for this position! Just when the monarchs and ministers in the court were hesitating about this, the crown prince Li Jiancheng finally stood up at this time and asked Tang Emperor Li Yuan for his life, wanting to lead the army to Hebei to quell the rebellion. After pondering for a long time, Li Yuan finally made a final decision and ordered the crown prince Li Jiancheng to lead the army to Hebei to quell Liu Heimin's second rebellion.

Li Yuan's decision was well thought out, because firstly, although Liu Heimin made a comeback, but his strength was greatly reduced, as long as the Tang army fought steadily, even if he could not defeat Liu Heimin in the short term, but he could be invincible, and secondly, Liu Heimin was able to set off a rebellion again in a short period of time, but with the help of the power of the Turks, and after the large-scale invasion of the Turks at this time, all the residents in the north were extremely hateful to the predatory nature of the Turks. Therefore, Liu Heimin will not be supported by the people of Hebei as he did when he first raised troops, as long as the Tang army's appeasement work is effective, then it may disintegrate the enemy army because of this, and with the prince's benevolent and righteous character, doing such a thing will definitely be better than the king of Qin, who has always had a strong personality, therefore, Li Yuancai finally chose the crown prince Li Jiancheng instead of Li Shimin, the king of Qin. And the end of the Hebei counterinsurgency was exactly as he expected.

When Li Jiancheng led the army to Hebei, he listened to his adviser Wei Zheng's Jianyi, actively pacified the Hebei army and people, and pardoned the prisoners who had been arrested for hostility with the Tang army, and when Li Jiancheng did this, the people of Hebei quickly fell to the prince as Li Yuan had guessed before, and even Liu Heimin's army began to mutiny. After all, the fact that Liu Heimin raised troops with the help of the Turkic people did make him lose the hearts of the people in Hebei greatly, and the reason why someone would follow him this time was just because he was worried that he would be retaliated by Li Shimin's army again, so he had to defend himself.

However, now, when these soldiers heard that the person who led the troops this time was Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin, and that Li Jiancheng was implementing a policy of appeasement, the soldiers who gathered around Liu Heimin because they wanted to live suddenly lost their determination to fight to the death, so although Liu Heimin's army had not yet encountered the Tang army, the morale of Liu Heimin's army was plummeting, not only the phenomenon of desertion became more and more intense, but also many soldiers caught their officers overnight and surrendered to the Tang army. Therefore, before the Tang army could start a war with Liu Heimin, Liu Heimin had already been defeated.

Liu Heimin saw that the situation was not good, and he had quickly retreated back without waiting for the Tang army to attack, but on the way to retreat, his army soldiers fled in large numbers, and as a result, when he fled to Raoyang, Hebei, there was only a cavalry of more than 100 people left around him, and Liu Heimin did not know at the time that Raoyang was the end of his life. Zhuge Dewei, who was named the history of Raoyang's assassination by Liu Heimin, was Liu Heimin's friend of life and death, so Liu Heimin was defenseless against him, and he didn't expect that this brother would suddenly attack him, capture him alive, and then hand him over to the Tang army.

For the soldiers who followed Liu Heimin's rebellion in Hebei, the crown prince Li Jiancheng ordered not to blame the past, however, for Liu Heimin, the culprit who set off two turmoil in Hebei and successively caused the Tang Dynasty to lose Luo Shixin and Li Daoxuan, Li Jiancheng did not intend to forgive him from the beginning, so Liu Heimin was finally executed.

It is said that on the day Liu Heimin was executed, he said his last words: "I was fortunate enough to hoe vegetables at home, but I was mistaken by Gao Yaxian and others, so that I have reached this point now!" Later, when some of his surviving subordinates heard this, many people sighed: Perhaps, this is the truest portrayal of a hero's end! After all, when he first raised an army against the Tang Dynasty, with Liu Heimin's invincible courage and the army's firm will to revenge, he was still annihilated by Li Shimin's army in just three months, and even Liu Heimin himself lost his courage at that time and had to die for the Turks. So even if it makes a comeback this time, what can it do?

As a result, with the assistance or coercion of the Turks, Liu Heimin finally returned to Hebei for the second time, he once again restored his original sphere of influence in Hebei, and then failed lightly, only this time, Liu Heimin could no longer escape from the Tang army's tracking, he was captured, and then, killed.

If Liu Heimin could choose to grow vegetables in his own vegetable garden all the time, then of course he could have survived at this time, however, time cannot be turned back, and the choices he has made cannot be changed, when he chose the road of rebellion with Gao Yaxian and others, he was already doomed to be unable to turn back, so he could only continue to move forward to the end, and could not make any changes! (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sorry, I've been watching my wife Yuno lately......