Chapter 459: The Death of the Hero
Luoyang Ziwei Palace Wencheng Palace
"Smack!"
A fine porcelain was slammed to the ground by Wang Shichong, this is already the first porcelain bowl that Wang Shichong does not know how to break, each of which is worth a lot of money, but at this moment it has become a useless slag, you can imagine how angry he is at this time.
Under the throne, the hall was full of civil and military silence, no one dared to speak, and they didn't even dare to breathe too hard, for fear of attracting Yuan Shu's attention.
Wang Shichong slapped the table fiercely, looking at the civil and military forces under his hands, and the eyes of the yin owl flashed with irrepressible anger: "Even if you stand and let people cut it, you won't be defeated so quickly!" ”
Picked up the battle report on the table again and looked at everyone: "In just a few days, the 20,000 army was wiped out, Guo Shiheng and Yang Wang were killed, and the army was defeated, haha, died well, what is the use of keeping such waste!?" ”
In the hall, the faces of several generals suddenly became ugly, even if Guo Shiheng and Yang Wang were useless, they would fight for him Wang Shichong again, even if the battle was unfavorable, but now that he was killed in battle, Wang Shichong spoke like this, which was too chilling.
The crown prince Wang Xuanying saw the expressions of the generals under the hall, and knew that if he let his father continue to say this, there was no need for Li Tang to attack, and the hearts of his side would be dispersed first, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Father, Li Tang has countless elite soldiers, and our elite has been lost, and it is not easy to persist until now." Li Shimin only attacked for half a day today, and then he stopped attacking the city, I am afraid that the stamina is insufficient, or the Sui Dynasty has given him huge pressure, let's continue to hold on, and first persist in this difficulty. ”
Hearing this, Wang Shichong suddenly lost his temper, so he had to nod and say, "It's okay, let's go down and prepare." ”
"Whoa!" As if they had been pardoned, the generals retreated one by one.
When everyone retreated, Wang Shichong asked people to serve fine wine and drink wildly.
He was finally desperate now, Yang Dong's army never appeared, which also made him go from hope, disappointment to despair, and the last trace of the emperor's dream was also shattered with the exhaustion of the elite soldiers. His Great Zheng Dynasty is about to fall, and he will not have a chance to make a comeback in his life.
Wang Shichong pressed the sword in one hand, and held an amber agate wine bottle in the other hand to drink, he was already drunk and smoked, he drank while scolding Yang Tong, "Yang Dong, you brutal tyrant, when you are weak, support and use me to contain Li Mi, get rid of Yang Qi, who is the most threatening to you, you have hard wings now, use the Tang Dynasty to kill me, and then you come to take Luoyang again, yes or no?" Yang Tong, you are a despicable and shameless villain. ”
In the inner hall, several palace maids hid behind the screen tremblingly, and no one dared to pour wine for Wang Shichong, only Wang Shichong, a confidant eunuch, stood aside, and from time to time picked up the wine jug and filled it for him.
"You say!"
Wang Shichong's eyes were red and he stared at this confidant eunuch, "Why didn't Yang Tong save him when he saw death?" ”
The eunuch was also so frightened that his legs weakened, "Perhaps, his army has already reached the periphery, but he hasn't attacked Li Shimin yet." ”
"How do you know?"
Wang Shichong grabbed the eunuch's shirt, stared at him viciously, and said, "Are you Yang Dong's spy?" ”
"I'm not Yang Dong's spy, I'm guessing." The eunuch trembled with fright.
"How dare you fool me, a lowly dog?"
Wang Shichong took out his sword, raised his sword and fell, and cut off the head of the eunuch, and the palace maids who were hiding around were frightened and screamed, and they scattered and ran.
Wang Shichong laughed, picked up the wine bottle and drank bitterly.
The city wall of Luoyang is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Luoyang City also has its defensive weakness, that is, Luoshui that passes through the city, it divides Luoyang into two, but Luoyang City has a very strict defense against this, and there are stubborn water villages in the upstream and downstream, and it is difficult for warships to get close to Luoyang City. Wang Shichong also knew this weakness, even if he didn't have enough manpower, he would send people to strictly guard the upper and lower reaches of Luoshui.
Now responsible for the upstream defense is Yun Dingxing and his two thousand soldiers, throughout the first half of Yun Dingxing's life, first sent a beautiful daughter to flatter the prince Yang Yong, for the tiger to fight, causing Yang Yong to promote the crown prince and lose his life, after selling Yang Guang, and then mutilated his own grandson Changning Wang Yang Yan and others, so that Yang Yong's family was ruined, cut off children and grandchildren, after the change of Jiangdu, he bowed down on Wang Shichong's knees, forced Yang Qi to give way to Wang Shichong, and now he is ready to sell Wang Shichong to Li Tang, as long as it succeeds, Then he can also go to Xiangyang to live a prosperous and wealthy life.
Suddenly, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "General, there is a Tang army killed!" ”
I saw that there was a black crowd on the river bank in front of me, which was particularly clear under the starlight, there were as many as twenty or thirty thousand people, and the soldiers suddenly nervously opened their bows and arrows, but Yun Dingxing shouted: "Everyone must not move!" ”
His henchmen and subordinates all stopped the soldiers, and at this time, a Tang cavalry rushed over and asked loudly, "Where is General Yun Dingxing?" ”
Yun Dingxing urged him to step forward and arched his hand: "I am Yun Dingxing!" ”
Tang Qi said in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has an order, immediately put down his weapons and pardon everyone!" ”
This moment finally came, Yun Dingxing took a deep breath, turned his horse's head and shouted to the soldiers: "Immediately put down your weapons, open the gate of the water village, and withdraw to the shore!" ”
At this time, the hearts of the people have been scattered, and there is no longer willing to work for Wang Shichong, the main general ordered, the soldiers put down their bows and arrows, opened the gate of the wall, and in a moment, there was no defender on the riverbank.
Li Shimin, who was in the distance, was overjoyed and ordered: "Kill into Luoyang!" ”
With a shout, the 30,000 Tang troops rushed towards the city, and in a moment, they rushed through the riverside defense line and entered Luoyang City.
Wang Shichong in the Wencheng Hall was already drunk on the table, and beside him, only the headless corpse of the eunuch was accompanied.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a huge impact woke Wang Shichong up, he slowly raised his head, drunken eyes and looked at the sudden appearance of a large group of soldiers, the leader of the person holding a sword, glaring at him viciously, the person who came was actually his Tai Lieutenant Yun Dingxing.
Without waiting for Wang Shichong to react, Yun Dingxing shouted, "Take it!" ”
Dozens of soldiers quickly attacked Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong was taken aback, half of the drunken sense woke up in an instant, he kicked over the table, and grabbed the long sword casually.
Wang Shichong's martial arts are also good, although the corrupt life in recent years has made him much worse than before, but relying on the advantage of the sword, the surrounding rebels are full of flesh and blood, red mist is filled, Yun Dingxing is also ruthless, commanding the soldiers to besiege Wang Shichong.
Wang Shichong gradually lost his strength, took a few steps back, leaned against the pillar in the hall and reprimanded loudly: "Yun Dingxing, I treat you well, why do you want to oppose me?" ”
Yun Dingxing said coldly: "Wang Shichong, I Yun Dingxing don't want you to teach you a lesson, Luoyang is destroyed in the hands of your single husband, how many families are ruined, wives are separated, how many millions of people in Luoyang are left now?" Shouldn't you pay for the lives of thousands of people who have died? ”
Wang Shichong sneered: "I understand, you have betrayed and betrayed, and now you plan to use my head to show merit to the new master." It's just that you have worked hard, and the dream of high-ranking officials and Lilu will eventually come to naught, who would dare to use someone like you? Who would dare to use it? ”
Yun Dingxing's face was gloomy, and he waved his hand, "Surrounded by archers!" ”
Dozens of archers surrounded Wang Shichong, and they all pulled their bows at him, Yun Dingxing snorted heavily: "Wang Shichong, give you another chance, if you surrender, I will ask King Jin to spare your life." ”
"King Jin?" Wang Shichong smiled proudly: "Between heaven and earth, only Emperor Wu of Sui is qualified to be the king of Jin, and the rest are busy. What kind of thing is he, Li Shimin? He, a defeated general, is he worthy of the title of King of Jin? ”
"Really?" Suddenly there was a loud shout from outside the door: "What kind of thing are you Wang Shichong?" ”
The soldiers at the door flashed to the side, only to see hundreds of Tang soldiers pouring in, led by Li Shimin, who was covered in blood.
Several Li Tang soldiers were still carrying blood-drenched human heads in their hands, which were the heads of Wang Xuanying, Wang Renze, Wang Shishi, Wang Shiyun, Wang Shibi and other Wang clansmen, none of them were missing...... The Wang family, except for Wang Shichong, all died at the hands of the Tang army.
Wang Shichong was completely stunned, he looked at Li Shimin blankly, he knew Li Shimin, and the two of them met when they were in the siege of Yanmen a few years ago. At this point, he finally understood why Yun Dingxing dared to oppose him, wasn't Li Shimin a subordinate general under Yun Dingxing before?
I have made thousands of calculations, but I have underestimated the relationship between Yun Dingxing and Li Shimin, and I have overestimated Yun Dingxing's character, and now it seems that the Luoshui defense line has been given to Li Shimin by Yun Dingxing, and Luoyang City has been breached.
Coincidentally, he was also persecuted by Yang Qi in Wencheng Palace, but the role was changed, and Yun Dingxing continued to play the angle of persecuting the king.
"Wang Shichong, I can convince my father to crown you King Zheng."
Li Shimin glanced at him coldly, he wanted to kill Wang Shichong, but Gao Shilian reminded him and let him keep Wang Shichong alive, because if he killed Wang Shichong now, no one from all the princes would be willing to surrender to Tang in the future, and he would fight to death.
Wang Shichong laughed, stared at the heads of his brothers and nephews, and laughed so much that tears were left in his eyes: "My Wang Shichong has been defeated in his life, brilliant and down-and-out, I have gone from a Hu man to the emperor, and I have walked all the roads I should take in my life, but only this descending word, I Wang Shichong is unwilling to touch, now that the overall situation has been decided, I Wang Shichong will never steal my life, and I will still be the hand of Li Yuan in the future, why should I steal my life for a few days?" If I descend now, won't it show that you Li are broad-minded? ”
"You're thinking too much." Li Shimin had a hint of murder in his eyes.
Wang Shichong looked at Li Shimin, laughed happily and said: "Luoyang City is broken, presumably Yang Tong should also make a move." My Wang family is one step ahead, and it won't be long before Yang Tong will send your father and son to meet me...... This time, my Wang family is one step ahead of your Li family, and when you get to the Yellow Spring, you can't fight me. ”
After saying that, Hengjian killed himself.
A generation of traitors was defeated, and the Zheng State built by him also disappeared.