The remnant sun is like blood, shining on the earth, covering up the blood on the ground, but it can't hide the bloody breath in the air. Only rumbling sounds were heard from time to time, and more than two dozen catapults bombarded the city wall in turn.

The entire Hualong City has been surrounded by the Tang army, in the camp of the Chinese army, Li Shimin looked at the 'Liang army' fleeing in all directions on the city, and said to Liu Hongji next to him very unexpectedly: "Our army repelled six sneak attacks by the reinforcements of the Liang Division, and annihilated thousands of enemies, in my opinion, the strength of the Hualong City is less than 20,000, plus the reinforcements of the Liang Division have been defeated six times, and the defenders in the city have not surrendered, I underestimate the Liang Division." ”

The Liang division died too simply, the Liang army surrendered too simply, and Li Shimin still didn't know that it was the Sui army that was fighting him.

Liu Hongji sighed: "The battlefield is the place where the will of the warriors can be sharpened, in the decisive battles, the Liang army has transformed from a rabble to a veteran of a hundred battles, if you can get more than 10,000 soldiers, the effect on my Tang Dynasty is no less than 30,000 troops." ”

"On the day the city is broken, it will definitely be surrendered for the use of my Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin's love for soldiers is overflowing.

Hou Junji said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't need to worry, in another day, the Liang army, who has been cut off from food and grass, is estimated to be so hungry that he can't stand firmly, and no matter how strong and tough the Liang army is, it will not help at that time." ”

Liu Hongji thought deeply and said: "At the beginning, Yu Wenhua and Li Mi fought a decisive battle in Xiao County, Li Mi's army occupied the advantages of heaven and earth, people and numbers, and there were also elite soldiers and fierce generals, and they had already built fortifications, and Yu Wenhua, the commander of the Xiaoguo army, was incompetent, infighting and split, demoralized, and the soldiers had no food. But as a result, in the battle of Xiao County, Wagang, which had many generals, experienced in a hundred battles, and was full of outstanding people, was defeated, Zhai Rang also died, and Li Mi was injured in the body and was almost captured alive. ”

"As Yang Guang's ace Praetorian Guard, the combat effectiveness of the Xiaoguo Army is amazing, but the Jiangdu army was wiped out in about a year, and it really didn't meet a good commander, and letting Yu Wenhua and this stupid and cowardly person lead the Xiaoguo Army is itself a sign of the future of this army, not to mention that there are so many enemies on their way back to the west. And the same Xiaoguo Army, in the hands of Yang Tong, dominates the world, exalts the outside world, and helps him become the first prince in the world! Even if Wei Xuan and Yin Shishi are their branches, they have also made my Datang suffer a big loss, so it is not false to say that one general is incapable of exhausting the three armies. Li Shimin's eyes flashed with a strong fighting spirit, and he said proudly: "It is said that Yang Dong's five thousand Xuanjia Army came from the Xiaoguo Army, but the battle was several times stronger than the Xiaoguo Army, and he boasted that he was the first army in the world. If I have the chance, I will compare myself with my Red Armor Army. ”

"Surely the Red Armor Army will defeat the Xuanjia Army." Hou Junji said with a smile.

"That's not necessarily, you don't know until you've beaten it." Li Shimin said modestly, but his expression was full of infinite confidence and expectation, looked at the 'Liang Army' on the city pass, and ordered: "Continue to bombard me." ”

"Whoa!"

The order was given, and the catapult was again powerful.

"Your Highness, the Holy Lord." At this moment, a lieutenant came over on horseback.

"Junji, you're watching here. Let's go! Li Shimin said.

"Whoa!" Hou Junji responded respectfully

Li Shimin took Liu Hongji and other generals back to the barracks not far from the rear, and came to the big tent of the Chinese army. ”

"No need to be polite, what about the holy faith?" Li Shimin asked.

"Here!" The messenger immediately presented a secret letter.

After Li Shimin took it, he immediately looked at it, and when he finished reading it, his face was a little surprised, but more of it was ecstatic.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Liu Hongji asked curiously.

"See for yourself, right?" Li Shimin handed over the letter with high spirits.

After Liu Hongji read it, he suddenly said with a shocked face: "This decision of the saint is really rare. ”

"Your Highness, what major decisions have been made by the Holy Lord?" A heroic general asked curiously, this person's name is Zhang Liang, a native of Xingyang, Central Plains, from a humble background, and in his early years, he was engaged in farming, but he was a dignified person, generous on the outside and treacherous on the inside. During the great cause years, the Wagang army dominated by Zhai Rang, because of the battle of Xingyang and was separated from the main force, and later saw that Zhai Rang was not a person who became a big thing, so he simply tried his luck in Luoyang, and finally was found by Li Shimin who came here and turned it in, Zhang Liang felt Li Shimin's sincerity, cast his door, and became a doorman, and now his identity is the general of the Jin Dynasty's chariot and cavalry, and he is very deeply favored by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin ordered the guards to come out of the account, and happily said to the generals: "My father's previous policy was too conservative, and now he is ready to gather the troops of the whole country and fight with the Sui Dynasty. Now it is necessary to recall the Tuntian army to concentrate on training and seize the entire territory of Yongzhou. This is an opportunity for my generation to make contributions. ”

"Really?" The generals were amazed.

"Is this still fake?" Li Shimin laughed and said: "Now the DPRK and China have reached an agreement, not only to transfer back 150,000 Tuntian troops, but also to expand the army by 100,000. And our mission is to destroy Liang Shidu and capture the four counties of Wuwei, Huining, Pingliang and Lingwu. Therefore, this battle must be fought well. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin clenched his fists and waved heavily. A pair of sharp eyes flashed with a cold light, as if to say: Yang Tong, you wait for me.

At the beginning, when he took a group of henchmen to Zhuo County to watch the recruitment of 'Three Pavilions and One Pavilion', due to a quarrel with Yang Tong, Yang Dong slapped his sword scabbard fiercely in front of more than 1,000 samurai who participated in the martial arts, and even had several teeth. Every time I look at the missing front teeth in the mirror, I will have a strong hatred for Yang Tong.

There is also the wedding day, Yang Tong in Taiyuan Li Mansion, in front of thousands of guests, the canonization of the eldest grandson Wuji, making him Li Shimin a laughing stock of the world, all of which made him Yang Tong have an undying heart, and now his father's decision undoubtedly made him see the opportunity of shame.

looked at the hundreds of generals and strategists in the tent, and the 100,000 elite soldiers outside the tent, and there was an inexplicable pride in his chest. Thinking that he was going to take over the Yongbei region that Yang Tong had painstakingly managed with an army of 100,000, he felt heroic just thinking about it.

"Your Highness!" Marching Sima Yin Kaishan arched his hand and said: "That Yang Tong can have today, it is not a fluke, this man is both human and martial, fierce as a tiger, as ruthless as a wolf, as cunning as a fox, and the most terrifying thing is that he is good at making people avoid unavoidable yang schemes." Does Your Highness remember the scene when Princess Pingyang was in harmony? ”

"Naturally remember!" As soon as Li Shimin heard the name 'Princess Pingyang', his heart was even more tingling, and his hatred for Yang Tong increased a little. In his heart, Yang Tong was a robber, he trampled on the glory of the Li family, took away the merger state that should have belonged to the Li family and countless money and grain, and forcibly took away his third sister, which brought great insult to Li Tang.

Yang Tong is a person, no matter how powerful he is, he will never let him go in his life, and he will repay the humiliation that Yang Tong gave to the Li family a hundred times. If he is captured alive one day, Li Shimin will never kill him, and he will have to insult all the women of the Yang family again and again in front of him, so that he can vent his hatred.

"If it weren't for Yang Tong's absolute advantage, our dynasty would not have sought a short-term peace in a friendly way, let alone lost a lot of supplies. If it weren't for the reunification of the Turks, I'm sure that Yang Tong would eventually enter the pass. Yin Kaishan sighed and said: "Yang Tong, if you talk about mental skills, you are not under any of the top strategists in the world, this person is very good at figuring out people's hearts, and he will use people's hearts to have today's momentum. Therefore, His Highness must not underestimate this person. ”

Li Shimin nodded silently and said, "Sir, do you have any strategies to teach me?" ”

Yin Kaishan said in a deep voice: "I think that the analysis of the Holy Lord and the court is very accurate, Yang Tong is very likely to attack in the near future, the unresolved war in Hualong City cannot be delayed, we must fight quickly and get time to rest, only in this way can our army fight with the Sui army with the fullest spirit." If Liang Luoren can be forced to surrender, our army will not only gain time and reduce casualties, but also gain more than 10,000 warriors in a hundred battles, which is a multi-pronged thing. ”

"Sir, that's right." Li Shimin took a deep breath and said loudly: "Mr. Yin, immediately pass on my order, temporarily stop the attack on Hualong City, and give an ultimatum to Liang Luoren, if Liang Luoren and others do not open the city and surrender early tomorrow morning, our army will officially launch a general attack on Hualong, and kill all of them on the day the city is broken, and no one will be left." ”

"If!" Yin Kaishan immediately stood up, walked out of the big tent quickly, and conveyed Li Shimin's new order to Hou Junji.

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When Li Shimin's ultimatum was issued, there was a panic and panic on the head of Hualong City, since the Tang army surrounded Hualong on all sides, they knew that Hualong was all over, but because there were several loyal generals such as Liang Luoren, Li Zhengbao, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong and so on, so everyone could hold on to the current situation. However, the 'Great King' reinforcements were repulsed six times, and the lack of food and grass made the soldiers not only lose their fighting spirit, but also starve and exhausted their physical strength.

If it weren't for the fact that the Tang army didn't attack like crazy a few days ago, they would have been unable to support it, but the Tang army seems to be impatient now, and the soldiers suddenly fell into a state of fear, and most of the soldiers could not see the slightest vitality in their eyes, only thick exhaustion and despair

In a heavily guarded room in the Hualong County Ya, Liang Luoren, Li Zhengbao, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong and Liu Min had urgent deliberations.

"Liu Changshi, Li Shimin's ultimatum is here, our army's morale is turbulent, what should I do now?" Liang Luoren asked anxiously.

A hint of wisdom flashed in Liu Min's eyes, and he said calmly: "General Liang, don't worry. Li Shimin is so anxious to force us to surrender, it can be seen that Li Tang has changed, and the only change that can make Li Shimin anxious is my Great Sui. Now that we have completed the task of Li Dudu, then follow Li Shimin's wishes, 'surrender' the Tang army, and when the army comes to attack, we think it should be an internal response. ”

"Then how should I reply to Li Shimin?" Liang Luoren asked.

"We can surrender, but this army must be in the hands of the general, tell Li Shimin directly, and say that he is afraid that he will rebel."

"This ...... Will Li Shimin agree? ”

The general's proposal of such conditions can better dispel Li Shimin's suspicions. Because our army and the Tang army have fought so far, the two sides have formed a grudge, and it is normal for the general to be afraid that the Tang army generals will deliberately make things difficult. If you don't ask for anything, it will be suspicious. Liu Min smiled and said, "The general can give it a try now." ”

"Whoa!"

Liang Luoren hurriedly walked to the city, and made a request to Hou Junji, who had surrendered, but Hou Junji did not allow it, and when the two sides were bargaining, Li Shimin was alarmed.

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and he already understood Liang Luoren's worries. He has always been arrogant, and he is quite confident in his charm of knowing and influencing people, and he thinks that he will soon be able to let Liang Luoren let down his guard and die for himself. Even so, there is no difference between this strong army in Liang Luoren and his own hands.

Immediately, Liang Luoren could continue to command this army, and he would neither break up nor arrange for others to enter.

Liang Luoren responded with a thousand thanks. Hualong City, which had been fighting for many days, suddenly opened its gates.

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