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After Song Jingang hesitated for a moment, Fang shook his head and said, "Thank you King Zhou for your kindness." But Song had already decided to be loyal to Liu Yuanjun. He was kind to me, and he even married his sister to me. Although Song is a reckless man, he also knows the truth of knowing the kindness of retribution. Now is the time when Liu Yuanjun is in danger, and it is even more impossible for Song to abandon him......"

Speaking of this, he bowed his hand and said, "I wonder if King Zhou can allow me to lead my troops to Baibi to rescue Liu Yuanjun?" ”

After Yu Ming heard this, he was slightly disappointed, but he also knew that Liu Wuzhou married his sister to Song Jingang, and this friendship was indeed difficult for anyone to give up.

"Alright! If Brother Song wants to rescue Liu Wuzhou, he can leave at any time! If we need help from the side, this king will never look ahead! Yu Ming said at this time.

Song Jingang naturally knew that it was a little powerless to save Liu Wuzhou with his 50,000 people, but he knew that if he accepted Yuming's assistance, he was afraid that Hedong would be surnamed Yu in the future, and he would not be surnamed Liu again.

After thinking for a while, he had to grit his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhou, Liu Yuanjun's army in Baibi has been unable to transport grain because Xia County was occupied by Li Xiaogong, and now after being trapped for many days, I am afraid that there is a shortage of food, I don't know if King Zhou can support me with 50,000 stones of grain and stones, and go to rescue Liu Yuanjun." ”

After hearing this, Yuming's face changed slightly, and Cheng Yanjin couldn't listen anymore, and shouted loudly: "Song Jingang, do you have the face to speak?" King Zhou kindly invited you to join, but you refused. And now you want King Zhou to help you with food, and then go to save Liu Wuzhou...... Then in the future, when Liu Wuzhou gets food, he turns defeat into victory, and after defeating Li Shimin, will he turn the spearhead and attack my Da Zhou again? ”

After Song Jingang heard this, his face turned blue and white, and he also knew that his request was a bit excessive, but when he didn't know how to explain, Yuming stood up and raised his hand and said, "Okay!" General Song, I agreed! And I'll give you 100,000 stone for food! ”

"What? King Zhou, you're not kidding, are you? This is not only Song Jingang, but even Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and other generals of the Zhou army were also surprised to close their mouths.

Although the Zhou army is not short of food now, it is also very painful to take out 100,000 stone of grain. If the food is used for their own troops, no one will question it. It can be given to the Liu Wu Zhou army, whose friend or foe is unknown, which makes all the Zhou army generals a little incomprehensible.

"Thank you, King Zhou!" Song Jingang reacted quickly, he was afraid that Yuming would regret it, so he hurriedly thanked him.

"Lord Changsun, you will take the grain for General Song to the warehouse!" Yu Ming said lightly. His face was unwavering, as if he was in his chest.

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Yuming with deep eyes, and he felt that his brother-in-law seemed to be able to play the emperor's heart trick.

Song Jingang followed the eldest grandson Wuji to the outside of the tent, and when he was about to walk out of the big tent, he suddenly turned around and knelt down, kowtowed to Yuming and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhou, your great grace Song is unforgettable." In the future, if Liu Zhijun is defeated, Song Jingang will definitely join your account and fight for you in all directions. ”

"Good! We're sure of it! Yu Ming was also relieved when he saw Song Jingang say this.

After Song Jingang left, the generals began to discuss it. Luo Shixin asked incomprehensibly: "King Zhou, although this Song Jingang is a general, he is loyal to Liu Wuzhou. If he was given 100,000 stone of grain and allowed to lead his troops to save Liu Jun in Baibi, then Liu Wuzhou might be able to defeat Li Shimin. Then he will not take refuge again. It is even possible that Liu Wuzhou, after defeating the Tang army, will turn around and attack us. ”

Luo Shixin's words were also what the other generals thought in their hearts, and they also spoke one after another, opposing giving Song Jingang grain. I think it's a bit of a woman's kindness to do so.

Yu Ming heard the righteous indignant words of his subordinates, but he was secretly amused. There are some things he can't say in front of everyone, but he already has a plan in his heart.

Song Jingang only has 50,000 people, and if he wants to transport 100,000 stone of grain to Baibi, the journey will take at least a few days. And this is when the means of transport are complete.

And Li Shimin is an extremely shrewd person, how can he let Song Jingangshun smoothly deliver the grain to Baibi, he will definitely send someone to intercept it. In this way, Song Jingang's delivery of grain will be delayed again. really waited for his food to arrive, but I was afraid that Liu Wuzhou's army had been out of food for several days. Liu Wuzhou was even defeated and died.

If this happens, in order to avenge his uncle, Song Jingang will have to take refuge in himself. That's why he is so generous in giving away food.

"Unexpectedly, I also started to play these imperial techniques......" Yuming couldn't help but sigh.

And the battle that happened next fully proved the accuracy of Yuming's prediction.

Song Jingang's 50,000 troops were holding 100,000 stone of grain just one day before they encountered an ambush by the Tang army, killing and wounding nearly 10,000 people, and most of the grain was also taken away. But fortunately, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind, Lin Mo and Cheng Yanjin led 50,000 Zhou troops to kill from the oblique stabs, defeated the Tang army that seized the grain and grass, and snatched back the grain.

But in this way, Song Jingang's marching speed was greatly affected, and when he led the army to escort the grain and grass to Baibi, he got a major news: Liu Wuzhou's army was besieged by Li Shimin in the sky, and the whole army was annihilated. Liu Wuzhou himself was killed.

When Song Jingang heard the bad news, he almost fainted. After he came to his senses, he carefully questioned the soldiers of Liu Jun who had fled back, and only then did he learn about Liu Wuzhou's defeat.

It turned out that Liu Wuzhou saw that he was about to run out of food, so he prepared to return to Junhuzhou, hoping to get some food from there. However, Li Shimin ambushed and defeated him at the Miragawa River. At the same time, Wang Xingben, who had returned from Longmen Pass, was defeated by Li Shentong in Puzhou.

Liu Wuzhou had no choice but to storm Li Shimin's camp in an attempt to kill a blood, but he was defeated in every battle and his morale plummeted. And Li Shimin defeated Wang Xingben's army in the Bird Mouse Valley, killed and captured tens of thousands of Liu Jun's troops, and captured more than 1,000 trucks of grain and grass, completely breaking Liu Wuzhou's hope.

At this time, due to the lack of food in Liu Wuzhou's army, many soldiers fled. His subordinates Xun Xiang and Zhang Wansui even surrendered to Li Shimin. Liu Wuzhou saw that the general trend had gone, and he was very frightened, so he led five cavalry to break through the siege, trying to abandon the camp and flee, and fled north along the Yellow River to the Turks.

But his escape line was already in Li Shimin's calculations, and Li Shimin ordered his uncle Li Shentong to lead an army to intercept Liu Wuzhou in a valley sixty miles south of Yanjindu.

Although Liu Wuzhou fought hard and tried to break out of the encirclement, he was killed by dozens of arrows. His entourage was also killed. To the west of Baibi and south of Longmen Pass, Chengchi County was recovered by Li Shimin.

Song Jingang's 50,000 troops were also attacked by the Tang army, and the situation was precarious, but fortunately, Yu Ming had long expected this situation and personally led the army to follow. When Song Jingang was in danger, reinforcements from the Zhou army arrived and rescued Song Jingang and his remnants.

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In a mountain col 150 miles east of Baibi, tens of thousands of tents are distributed endlessly. This is the camp of more than 200,000 Tang troops. Among these tents, there is the tallest and largest golden tent, which is the handsome tent of Li Shimin, the head of the Tang family.

At this moment, Li Shimin was looking at the big map on the table with a sad face, and the military advisor Pei Lian, the deputy general Sheng Yanshi and Duan Zhixuan were all standing beside him.

The reason why Li Shimin's sad face was not because the Zhou army came to help, because he had already discovered that the Zhou army only had 100,000 people, and even if Song Jingang's 50,000 troops were added, the number of troops was only 150,000, and the number was still less than his own. He was confident that he would win.

But what made him irritable was that his uncle Li Xiaogong fell into the hands of Yuming, which made him inevitably throw himself into the trap. You must know that Li Xiaogong is the favorite younger brother of his father Li Yuan, and Li Xiaogong is also a rare commander of the army among Li Lord. Except for Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, there are few talents who can go into battle and command the battle. Li Yuan had also wanted to cultivate Li Yuanji before, so that this King of Qi could guard the original, but who would have thought that Li Yuanji was defeated by Liu Wuzhou, who only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at that time, and not only lost the original, but even the entire Hedong was almost lost.

Now Li Yuan also learned about the battle situation in Hedong, and after he learned that Li Xiaogong had fallen into the hands of the enemy, he sent someone to send a secret letter, asking Li Shimin to redeem Li Xiaogong as the first goal, and the principle of recapture depends on his situation. This made Li Shimin's original arrangement of wanting to fight with Yuming have to be stopped.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, His Majesty's request to negotiate with Yuming and redeem General Li Xiaogong's idea is understandable, but it is not appropriate to let a large area of Hedong fall into the hands of the enemy!" Pei Lin sighed: "It turned out to be the place where my Tang Dynasty raised troops, and most of the gate lord clans in Hedong also supported us, if we gave it to Yuming, after a few years, let him gain a firm foothold in Hedong, it will be difficult for our army to recapture it!" ”

After Li Shimin heard this, he just smiled bitterly and said: "Master Pei, I don't know what you said, but my father is a person who attaches great importance to family affection. If he wants to make such a request, I can't disobey it! ”

Pei Lin frowned at this time and said, "King Qin, in fact, it's not. I don't think Yuming is the kind of reckless person, Li Xiaogong is in his hands, he must think that strange goods are habitable. If at this point it is offered to redeem the hostages. He must be asking for a sky-high price. According to Pei's opinion. It is better for us to let go of the attack first, if we can defeat the Zhou army, or even recapture Xia County, we can have an advantage in the negotiations. At that time, the price paid to redeem Li Xiaogong will be much less. ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and in the secret decree given to him by Li Yuan, he only said that he wanted to redeem Li Xiaogong as soon as possible, but there was no time limit, and there was no provision that he was not allowed to attack. If he launched a surprise attack on the Zhou army and recovered Xia County and the counties south of the original, he could use this as a bargaining chip to redeem Li Xiaogong at a small cost.

"Good! Pass my order to march to Xia County, and strive to recover the city within ten days. Li Shimin slapped the table and said.

"The last general obeys!" Sheng Yanshi and Duan Zhixuan responded in unison.

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