23,Chapter 3 Chang'an Belongs to Him (6)
Li Shimin personally untied Li Jing, comforted him with kind words, and invited him to his home, where he was hospitable and talked with each other.
Li Shimin further realized that Li Jing was very good at strategy, and he was more confident and bold in appointing him, and from then on, Li Jing followed Li Shimin. Started his thrilling, brilliant life.
Li Yuan had successfully captured Chang'an, and as soon as he stabilized, it was reported that Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Qin, interrupted himself to lead his army and began his long-planned plan to attack Chang'an.
Li Yuan hurriedly ordered Li Shimin to be the marshal, ready to face the battle, and prepare for the prelude to the first battle of the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, Li Yuan heard that Qu Tutong was a man and was a good hand at fighting, so he sent his servant to recruit Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong was a very manly man, and he was ruthless, and after listening to the intention, he decisively killed the servant, leaving no room for anything.
Qu Tutong heard that Chang'an had fallen into the hands of Li Yuan, and his family members were all captured by Li Yuan, so he couldn't take care of his family, so he ordered Sang Xianhe to stay and contain Liu Wenjing, and personally led the main force to the east, to Luoyang to defect to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and then find a way to clean up Li Yuan...... This old fox is really too much, and he took Chang'an for himself so quickly. Li Yuan occupies Chang'an, but he is responsible.
As soon as Qu Tutong walked with his front foot, Sang Xian and his back foot surrendered to Liu Wenjing, seeing that the wind made the speed of the rudder really fast, comparable to the reeds standing on the ground encountering a sudden typhoon, and the steering was particularly fast.
Liu Wenjing hurriedly sent deputy generals Dou Cong, Duan Zhixuan and others to lead the elite cavalry and follow Sang Xian to pursue Qu Tutong.
Qu Tutong caught up with Liu Jun at Chousang (now the south bank of the Yellow River in the north of Lingbao, Henan), and prepared to meet the battle without panic at all. Qu Tutong saw that his subordinate Sang Xianhe had surrendered, and he was even more angry, with a posture of tearing him and the enemy army into scum.
Dou Cong saw that he was fighting this battle, whether he wanted to fight with them for his life, thinking that it was better not to shed blood, so he sent Qu Tutong's son Qu Tushou to persuade him, so that he would give up resistance, so as not to cause unnecessary harm, and then get along with Tang Jun in peace, work together to sweep the world, and then eat and drink together with peace of mind, isn't it beautiful!
Qu Tutong heard his son's persuasion, and scolded angrily: "In the past, you were father and son, and since you said this, we are enemies." Then he ordered the people around him to shoot Qu Tushou with bows and arrows, and shot his son to death.
Qu Tutong - what a decisive and ruthless man!
Sang Xianhe couldn't figure it out, so he said to his subordinates: "The Jingshi has fallen, and your families live in Kansai, why do you want to go east?" Don't you want to go home? Don't care about your family? ”
Sang Xianhe knew that as long as he played the family card with everyone, he would definitely be able to win their hearts.
When the people heard him, they hesitated for a moment, and when they thought that he was right, they threw away their weapons and surrendered.
Qu Tutong prevented them from surrendering, but after all, he couldn't match the family affection they longed for, and he didn't listen to him.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, Qu Tutong dismounted and bowed to the southeast direction (the direction of Jiangdu where Emperor Yang of Sui stayed) again and again, and then howled and cried: "The minister did his best to protect the Sui room, and did not disappoint Your Majesty, the gods of heaven and earth, and the truth was inspected." The tone is extremely pious and bleak, which is moving.
In this way, after a strong ideological struggle, Qu Tutong was forced to surrender and was captured by Liu Wenjing and sent to Chang'an.