Chapter 35: The War Ends
As a passer-by around Li Shimin, it is impossible for Wenyi to participate in the palace banquet, and in the palace of the Qin Dynasty, he and Wen Yi and Wen Er set up a homemade hot pot, thinking that the rough men in their army could not brag, and called Wang Erxuan and Zhang Mazi, as well as a few newly acquainted rangers. More than a dozen people were drinking and farting around the hot pot in the courtyard. Shu'er originally wanted to come to visit Wenyi, but Wang Erxuan said: "Shi Niang" made a big red face, glared at Wang Erxuan and Wenyi hatefully and ran away in shame. It made everyone laugh.
chatting and chatting, we talked about the "Huashan Discussion on the Sword" on August 15. Zhang Mazi said: "Fortunately, the war has ended, today is July 25, this is 300 miles to Huashan, and there is still time to participate in the Huashan Sword Debate." ”
Wang Gang also said: "Yes, we are out of the limelight this time, I killed a Lang general and got Zhu Cang's head, I don't know if Bai Xiaosheng can rank me on the list of heroes, I don't expect to be on the master list." ”
Wenyi said with a smile: "This battle of Chang'an is related to the safety of the world, if the Tang Dynasty wins, the world is decided, and if the Tang Dynasty loses, the heroes will be divided." Bai Xiaosheng will carefully record such major events, and I believe that Brother Wang will definitely be on the list. However, I guess the first place on the list of heroes should still be His Royal Highness King Qin, after all, the battle of Chang'an was personally commanded by him, and he also killed countless enemies. Second, it should be 'Angry King Kong', after all, Brother Zhang is a good man who beheaded Zhu Cang, hahaha! ”
Zhang Mazi said indignantly: "Don't let me know who the impostor is, although this is a good thing, but how can I take advantage of a nine-foot man?" ”
Wang Gang smiled: "Brother Zhang, are you not happy to have such a good thing?" You don't know, now the name of 'Angry King Kong' is known to everyone, who doesn't hear a thumbs up and call a hero? ”
Wen Yi and Wen Er nodded in unison very tacitly. was so angry that Zhang Mazi poured a bowl of wine. Everyone laughed and filled him with laughter, and a new round of topics began.
Chang'an City finally broke free from two months of depression, and excitement, pride, and joy became the main theme of tonight. And Dou Jiande is not so good. With the remaining 10,000 remnants of the soldiers, he was ready to go Weinan to Tongguan and return to Hebei, and he was already sleepy and tired of people and horses near Huaxian County for two days, so Dou Jiande had to order to rest on the spot, cook in the pot, and then hurry after an hour. Just as the soldiers were setting up the stove, they heard a drum beat and slaughtered a troop of men and horses from the woods in front of them. The flag was unfurled, and the words "Women's Army" were written, and a heroic female general in front of the battle held a silver gun to block the way. How did Dou Jiande not know the famous Princess Pingyang!
Dou Jiande was so frightened that he was about to flee backwards, when he suddenly saw an army in the rear, still under the banner of "Women's Army", a member of the front of the formation jumped out of the horse and shouted: "Dou Jiande, we have been waiting here for a long time!" Don't get off your horse and surrender quickly! ”
This general Dou Jiande also knows that it is Ma Sanbao, the first fierce general under the command of Princess Pingyang. I should have thought that after besieging Chang'an for many days, almost all the major generals showed up, but there was a lack of such a heroine who was admired by the heroes of the world!
It turned out that Princess Pingyang was ready to reorganize the army when she received an urgent report from Chang'an, but Li Shimin's private message told her not to rush back to Chang'an, she now has only 50,000 troops under her command, mainly used to defend the Turks, and only 20,000 can be supported, and going back early will not play a decisive role. Instead, let her lead the army on the outside detour, which was used to raid the rear of the coalition forces at critical moments. As a result, Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin took the lead. Princess Pingyang immediately divided her troops to intercept the coalition forces fleeing to the northeast.
Liu Wuzhou has been captured alive, and the rest of the heroes have also been killed. There was only Dou Jiande left, a big fish, so after hearing the news, he rushed to intercept it.
Dou Jiande's face was pale, he knew that he would not be able to run away today no matter what, 20,000 people surrounded him and 10,000 remnants, how to fight and lose this battle. sighed and said to Liu Heimin beside him: "Brother, there is no way out for my brother today, you will take advantage of the chaos to run back to Hebei quickly, recuperate, recruit troops and buy horses, and you will definitely avenge my brother and me!" Brother, I'll restrain them for a while, you leave quickly! ”
Liu Heimin's eyes were red, and he choked up: "Brothers should share weal and woe, how can my brother bear to leave his brother alone?" Let the two of us brothers die here today! ”
Dou Jiande said angrily: "Bastard! You and I are dead, who will take care of our family? If you live, I will have incense in the ground, and if you die, who will give me incense? Can you bear to want your brother to be a lonely ghost? ”
Liu Heimin was grief-stricken and cried. Dou Jiande patted him on the shoulder and said, "One world, two brothers, you take good care of the Cao family and Xianniang when you go back." Don't cry, a manly man stands up to the sky, don't be a little daughter! Get out of here! ”
After speaking, he shouted at Ma Sanbao: "I, Dou Jiande, am an eight-foot man, I don't know how to write surrender, and I want my head to show real skills!" Then he single-handedly killed Ma Sanbao. The heroic posture was undoubtedly revealed, and the soldiers were infected, and their fears were gone, and they rushed forward with a roar. The two armies fought, and Dou Jiande was finally outnumbered and captured alive. Liu Heimin endured the pain in his heart and fled back to Hebei in the chaos.
Since then, the situation in the world has been decided, and the eighteenth road against the king and the sixty-fourth road smoke and dust have become a thing of the past. Datang is rising like the rising sun, and the remaining small fish and shrimp are greatly injured after this war. Perdition is only a matter of time.
At the next day's court meeting, Li Yuan discussed the reward for meritorious deeds, and Du Fuwei, who surrendered, was awarded the title of Shangshu Order of Xingtai in the southeast province, pacification envoy south of Jianghuai, Shangzhu State, and King of Wu; Xiao Mo was named the governor of Ulzhou, the king of Shangzhu State and Beiping County; All civil and military officials are rewarded. It's just that when he arrived at Li Shimin, Li Yuan was just about to speak, and Pei Lin came out of the class and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has made outstanding military achievements, and it is really unsealable, but the prince can't just know how to fight and not know how to govern the country and the people, so why not seal the King of Qin as Shangshu Ling to assist His Majesty in governing the country." ”
As soon as the words fell, dozens of civil officials such as Wang Qi and Wei Zheng all came out to second. Li Yuan's face was cloudy, and he froze there for a while before he said, "King Qin's reward will be discussed later." Xuan anti-thief Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Xuanying, Gao Kaidao went to the palace. The officials were relieved when they heard that Li Yuan wanted to change the topic. Only Li Shimin and his family were so popular that they almost gritted their steel teeth, but they had no choice but to swallow this breath raw. Li Shimin also knows that Li Jiancheng has a close relationship with the family, unlike him who often works against the family, and the relationship is very stiff. There are many children of the family in the DPRK, and they still need their cooperation in the next unification war, and now is not the time to tear their faces with them. He pinched his hands twice in his sleeves and swore in his heart: he will eradicate the family in the future!
This is the guard escorting the four anti-thief leaders into the main hall, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Xuanying and Gao Kaidao all looked depressed, dejected, dragged the iron chain step by step to the center of the main hall and knelt down. Only Dou Jiande held his head high, his eyes looked directly at Li Yuan, and he did not have the consciousness of a prisoner.
Li Yuan said with a smile: "You didn't expect that there would be today when the thieves acted against the sky and poisoned the people, right?" ”
How dare the three kneeling people speak? I have long been exhausted, just waiting for one death. And Dou Jiande laughed and said: "The eldest husband became the king and lost the king, I admit it, but Li Yuan, you have to be clear, I was defeated by Li Shimin, not you!" If it weren't for Li Shimin, Lao Tzu would have been destroyed long ago, you don't know how many times! Want to make Lao Tzu suit? Dream on! Except for Li Shimin, you are all waste! As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
The three of them were furious, especially Li Yuanji, who had a hot temper, and punched and kicked Dou Jiande when he came up. Dou Jiande was knocked to the ground and still didn't change his face, and laughed: "Look, if you are angry, you know that the waste that bites people indiscriminately can't hurt Lao Tzu!" ”
Li Yuanji was so angry that he pulled out the guard's long sword and was about to behead Dou Jiande. Li Yuan patted the case and said: "Presumptuous! Yuanji still doesn't stop! Li Yuanji didn't dare to disobey Li Yuan's order, so he roared and threw the long sword and walked out of the main hall.
Li Yuan didn't stop him, stared at Dou Jiande and said: "He is worthy of being a hero in the world, and he still knows the relationship between our father and son when he dies." Well, since you want to die, I will depend on you. Come on, push these four people out of the noon gate and behead them! ”
The guards were ordered to drag the four of them out. Dou Jiande let the guards drag him, still laughing.
The good reward meeting was first blocked by Li Shimin's reward, and then Dou Jiande's blatant discord, the jubilant atmosphere disappeared at once, and Li Yuan's mood was also extremely bad, so he waved his hand casually and returned to the harem sullenly. The civil and military officials also silently left the main hall.
In the palace of King Qin, everyone gathered. The eldest grandson Wuji said worriedly: "Your Highness, as soon as we defeated the coalition army, the prince's people began to make trouble, and Dou Jiande killed you in front of the court, we must quickly come up with a way, otherwise we will have a hard time in the future." ”
Li Shimin said with a smile: "The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey cooks, this king has already prepared for this." Pei Lian's purpose in wanting me to be Shang Shuling is to prevent me from leading troops anymore and to give the merit of unifying the world to the prince's faction. Fortunately, this king just took this opportunity to rest and rest, and he has not been with his family well for several years. ”
Fang Xuanling said: "Now the strength of the remaining anti-thieves in the world has been greatly damaged, and there is nothing to fear, it is a pity to give away such a merit of unifying the whole country." ”
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "My father originally promised to make me the crown prince when he made the move, but in the end, he couldn't bear the pressure of the family and made the eldest brother. After the past few years of conquest, the king has already achieved great success, and the prince is under pressure, so he will deal with the king by unscrupulous means. I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried about you. ”
Cheng Yanjin asked, "What are we worried about?" Your Majesty has an order, and we will receive the order, can he still blatantly come and kill us? ”
Li Shimin said: "Zhijie, you were seriously injured in the last battle of Luoyang, and this king is so anxious that he is afraid that some of you will leave me." Fortunately, God has eyes, and although you are injured, you are not worried about your life. This king is worried about the recurrence of the battle of Luoyang, how can you survive at that time? ”
Du Rumei comforted: "We are all people from Tiance Mansion, and the prince's family should not let us lead the troops, Your Highness can rest assured." ”
Li Shimin said with a smile: "This matter must be guarded against, you will hand over the seal ribbon during this time, take care of your injuries at home, and don't give them a chance to take advantage of it." Let's defeat the Eighteen Ways Anti-Thief in one fell swoop, the matter has been completed, and we don't need to ask for any more credit. Resting well is the right thing to do. ”
Everyone understood Li Shimin's love and nodded in agreement. Li Shimin said: "Xiaoyi once released the news that a sword conference will be held on the top of Mount Hua on the night of the full moon. Why don't you join me in the fun? ”