Chapter Twenty-Eight: Princess Pingyang
Shimin walked up gently and picked her up, but she still woke her up, Zixuan saw that he was in Shimin's arms, and hurriedly said: "Second son, let me go quickly, I can go by myself......"
"Don't move!" The people held her tight.
His tone was tough, Zixuan didn't dare to argue with him, so he had to lean his face against his chest, his chest was solid and warm, Zixuan felt that he was so greedy for his arms. It's just that this embrace doesn't belong to himself, but to the eldest grandson Wuji, to his sister, and to his future ** concubine, and he just stole it for a while. I wish time had stopped at this moment! At this moment, Zixuan didn't want to think about his women anymore, and he didn't want to think about the gap of 1400 years, just for a moment, just for this moment, to let his heart indulge this moment......
After Shimin left, the main task of the remaining rebels was still how to deal with Qu Tutong. Jiancheng thought that if Qu Tutong had been unable to hold out, this battle would still be difficult to fight, so he came up with a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain: the army pretended to march towards Daxing, held Tongguan, and blocked Qu Tutong. Li Yuan readily agreed.
On September 10, Li Yuan ordered to leave a very small number of men and horses to continue the siege of Hedong City, and he and Jiancheng led a large army into the pass. On 12 September, Li Yuan led his army across the Yellow River. On September 16, Li Yuan arrived at Chaoyi and set up camp in Changchun Palace.
There was a panic in Daxing City, and I originally wanted to rely on Qu Tutong, but I didn't expect the righteous army to bypass Qu Tutong and go straight to Daxing. Now Li Shimin is copying Daxing in the north, and Li Yuan is killing Daxing from the east, how can this be good.
At this time, the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui was left behind in Daxing, the thirteen-year-old acting king Yang Yu, who was only assisted by Zuo Yi's general Yin Shishi and Jingzhao County Cheng Guyi, who faced the menacing righteous army and stared at the enemy without any good way to retreat the enemy, but came up with an idea to vent his anger, and the Yin Shishi led people to dig up the graves of Li Yuan's ancestors of the last five generations, and killed Li Yuan's fourteen-year-old son Li Zhiyun.
And this move will only provoke the rebels. When the news reached the rebel army, Li Yuan split the book case in front of him with a sword, and vowed to kill the Yin Shishi and Gu Yi. The rebels were also agitated and hated the same enemy.
The news of the siege of Daxing naturally spread to Qu Tutong's army, and Qu Tutong thought in his heart that if Daxing was broken by Li Yuan, what was the point of holding on to the lonely city of Hedong, so he decided to pursue the rebels.
This is in the middle of the heart, and what is needed is for Qu Tutong to go to battle and leave the fortified Hedong City in order to fight a decisive battle with it. Qu Tutong came all the way to Tongguan and met Li Jiancheng, who had been waiting for him for a long time.
Jiancheng sent Liu Wenjing to fight, the battle was very fierce, Liu Wenjing narrowly won, Qu Tutong retreated to Hedong City with the remnants of the defeated army.
On the side of the people, they swept away, persuaded and incorporated the counties around the capital, and further encircled Daxing.
Of course, we will continue to gather talents. It's just that according to Zixuan's observation, since Fang Xuanling came, he has had a different arrangement for talents. In the past, he only gave these people the highest courtesy, devotedly associated with them, and then recommended these talents to his father, and sent them to his father's account. And now, he began to pay attention to cultivating some people who were only loyal to himself, and he imitated his father's general's mansion to form a decent small military mansion. In his place, Fang Xuanling joined the army in the Weibei Road Marching Office, and the eldest grandson Wuji served as the Weibei Marching Officer. In a short period of time, the troops directly under him have increased from the original 5,000 to more than 90,000.
Zixuan knew that this was the result of a long conversation between him and Fang Xuanling all night. Fang Xuanling was a far-sighted person, and historical records record that he had seen signs of the fall of the Sui Dynasty during the time of Emperor Wen of Sui. And now he can predict that there will be a competition between the Li brothers in the future, and persuade Li Shimin to cultivate his own power as soon as possible. Compared with Zixuan, Fang Xuanling can be regarded as "able to pinch and calculate", Zixuan just knows these things after reading history books. Therefore, Zixuan admired Fang Xuanling more and more in his heart.
Now that the people of the world have been stationed in Sizhuyuan, the siege of Daxing is almost complete. On this day, a sergeant suddenly came to report that an unknown army was marching towards Acheng. Shimin put on his helmets and armor and led the troops to line up, curious in his heart, the Sui army has been swept away, how can there be a large army attacking.
When the army approached, he saw that the commander of the other party was wearing silver armor, and the red cloak was like blood. The eyebrows are like silk flying into the temples, the black hair is tied high on the top of the head, which is both clean and neat, the corners of the eyes are slightly raised, the small and straight nose is upturned, full of arrogance, but it does not lose its noble and elegant demeanor. It's actually a female general!
"Third sister!" The people of the world galloped over. This person is Li Yuan's third daughter, Chai Shao's wife, and later Pingyang princess Li Mingwan.
Entering the big tent, Shimin asked Mingwan to sit down and let Zixuan make tea, "Third sister, you are really a hero among women!" He actually recruited 70,000 rebels! This is beyond the forces we brought from Jinyang, and my father must be very happy to know it. ”
"The general trend of the Sui Dynasty has gone, the officials are forcing the people to rebel, and people's minds have changed, which is not a difficult thing." Ming Wan said, "Where is my father stationed now?" Can Chai Shao be in your army? ”
Shimin said with a smile: "My father is in Chaoyi, and my eldest brother is in Tongguan." I led the troops out first, and I don't know if my brother-in-law was with my eldest brother or with my father. Sister, do you miss your father or your brother-in-law? ”
Ming Wan chirped: "This mouth is getting more and more poor!" ”
Suddenly, seeing the thin boy who had just poured the tea staring at him, Mingwan was very displeased, "Shimin, are all your subordinates so rude?" ”
Zixuan was observing this heroine, and only then did he understand that Mingwan was talking about himself, and he hurriedly lowered his head.
Shimin said: "Sister don't be angry, she is a woman, I think I haven't seen my sister's heroic posture, and I'm stupid for a while." I haven't come to see Miss Three. ”
Zixuan lowered his head and stepped forward, "I've seen the third miss, and I hope the third miss can forgive Zixuan for the crime of rudeness." ”
Mingwan was momentarily interested, "Oh? Your name is Zixuan? Nice name, what's your last name? Look up and let me see. ”
Zixuan raised his head, "Third Miss Hui, my surname is Yang." ”
Ming Wan saw that her skin was like snow, her eyebrows were like Yuandai, and her eyes were cut water, and she was really a beautiful and refined person, so she said to Shimin: "Shimin, is this your concubine?" ”
"It's not." Shimin said, "I wanted to take her sister as a concubine, but her sister was lost for a while and hasn't been found yet." ”
Mingwan remembered how to repay Shimin's teasing just now, "Shimin, I think you want to hug left and right and enjoy the blessings of all people, right?" Otherwise, why did my sister lose it and take my sister with me? ”
Shimin replied, "You really guessed wrong. I took her with me just because she had some little skills in divination. ”
Mingwan sighed sincerely: "I didn't see that sister, this sister is a rare gentle and lovely person, and she also knows some divination skills, if she doesn't marry into our Li family, it will be a loss for our Li family." If you don't like it, it's better to give it to the eldest brother, our sister-in-law is too spicy, and the eldest brother is lacking a confidant. ”
"The third lady smiled......" Zixuan said and lowered her head again.
"Big brother ......" Shimin groaned, Zixuan and eldest brother ...... How could he never have thought of such a possibility......
A few days later, Li Yuan's cousin Li Shentong also brought his own recruited soldiers and horses to join Shimin, and the siege of Daxing had been formed, and Shimin entered Acheng and sent people to Li Yuan to ask for a date for attacking Daxing.
On the fourth day of the first month of October, Li Yuan led his army to Daxing, joined Shimin and others, and stationed in the northwest of Chunming Gate in the east of the city.
On October 14, Jiancheng led the troops to Daxing, the righteous army has all arrived, the total strength has exceeded 200,000, Li Yuan ordered all the troops to besiege the city, and moved his own general camp to Anxingfang, into the imperial city.
On October 27, Li Yuan issued an order for a general attack on Daxing, and the victory of the rebels had entered the countdown.
At this time, in Daxing City, it was the Yin Shishi and the Bone Instrument who were responsible for guarding the city, and the imperial capital of a generation was in turmoil.
The siege of Daxing City could not be regarded as fierce, the righteous army was like a bamboo, and the Sui army was defeated like a mountain, and it only took thirteen days.
On November 9, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the city of Daxing was broken, and the red and white two-color flag representing the Li family was planted on the city of Daxing. Zixuan followed the army into Daxing City, she lifted the curtain of the carriage, the dark clouds cracked, as if split by the scorching sun in the sky, scattered away, the fiery red sun, jumped out of the turbulent and majestic sea of clouds, sprinkled thousands of rays of light, in an instant, all things in heaven and earth were shining. The solemn Daxing city gate is covered with a layer of pale gold, which is so gorgeous that people dare not look at it directly, and it is as magnificent as if it was a godsend. The Tang Dynasty is like that round of red sun, erupting from the cracked sky of the Sui Dynasty, illuminating the universe.
November 9, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, is really a day worth remembering. On this day, Li Yuan led the army into Daxing City; On this day, Li Mi fought beautifully with Wang Shichong in the Jiazi River.
After several months of tug-of-war, Li Mi and Wang Shichong duel it out on this day. The two sides lined up at the Jiazi River, and Li Mi's whole army was dispatched, and the camp was connected to the north and south for more than ten miles.
Banner hunting, war drums deafening.
When the Wagang army fought Zhang Xutuo in the first battle, the old trick was repeated. First, Zhai Rang led 3,000 cavalry to attack Wang Shichong's camp, and Wang Shichong personally led 20,000 elite soldiers to meet the attack. Zhai let the horse flee, and Wang Shichong chased after him. Suddenly, a cannon rang out, and Wang Bodang and Pei Renji cut out from both sides, cutting Wang Shichong's army into two parts, so that they could not care for each other.
At this time, Li Miqin led the main force to close from all sides. Wang Shichong fell into the pocket that Li Mi had prepared for him, and was shocked, and the Sui army was in a mess. Wang Shichong led hundreds of his own soldiers to break through and flee for their lives, and the Sui army was defeated.
The setting sun stained the sky red, and the land after the war was full of corpses and blood. Li Mi stood on his horse and looked in the direction of Luoyang with pride, as if he could see the wide-open city gate and the sandwich road to welcome the people of Luoyang who welcomed the Wagang army.
After this battle, Wang Shichong's defeat was decided, Li Mi left some troops to guard the front line, and the Wagang generals went back to Wagang Village to celebrate.