June.

Emperor Qin drove his own expedition and bombarded Xinkou Pass with the red-clothed cannon, the artifact of Zhenguo, and Song Jingang was defeated and left. The Qin army took advantage of the situation to attack the territory of Yanmen County in one fell swoop, and Loufu County was completely recovered by the Qin army within a few days.

Yanmen.

On the Hutuo River, Li Shimin came to the river under the supervision of a team of Qin troops.

Looking at the river, he felt the deterioration of the situation. The Xin Pass was broken, Lou Fu County was lost, and the Qin army could go straight to the Yanmen Pass along the Hutuo River, how could Liu Wuzhou stop Luo Cheng?

What's more, Luo Cheng's red-clothed cannon has also witnessed its power on the battlefield, and the boulder weighing more than 100 catties, like a small mountain, can be directly thrown over more than 200 steps away.

I'm afraid that Yanmen City won't be able to hold it at all.

Does Liu Wuzhou want to retreat to Mayi outside the Guan?

Since Yanmen can't be guarded, how can Ma Yi defend it?

This may be a repetition of the siege of Yanmen for 12 years, the last time Luo Cheng galloped 2,000 miles to rescue Emperor Sui, and this time he came to recover Daibei, Shibi once lost in Mayi and drank hatred, and even finally died in defeat, can you win if you change Jieli?

In the evening, the army camped by the river.

"Second brother, Your Majesty has summoned you."

"No, no."

Li Shimin was in a very bad mood, he didn't want to see Luo Cheng's face at all, he definitely wanted to show off his martial arts, and then ridicule him.

"Second brother, I seem to have heard His Majesty talk about Chai Shao and his soldiers and horses."

"What's wrong with Chai Shao?"

Li Shimin became Luo Cheng's prisoner in Hedong, and he was taken wherever he went, but although his freedom was restricted, he was not a prisoner who was shackled, and he could hear a lot of news, and even Luo Cheng often called him to a banquet, and sometimes asked him to dance a sword and make a poem at the banquet.

Li Shimin felt that this was an insult to him, so he was extremely dissatisfied with Luo Cheng, and he wouldn't go if he could.

He also knew that after his defeat, his father urgently transferred Chai Shao and Li Shuliang back to Guanzhong from Longyou, and then sent Chai Shao to lead an army of 100,000 to the north.

Li Shimin has been secretly looking forward to Chai Shao's soldiers and horses being able to play a surprising role in victory. When he came out of Luoyang, he was excited in his heart, feeling that this time Luo Cheng was going to be defeated at the hands of the coalition forces.

But who would have expected that Liu Wuzhou would lose his mouth and lose his trouble so quickly.

Now that he heard Chai Shao's news, he couldn't help but worry.

"Let's go."

Li Shimin got up and said to his brother Xuan.

"Second brother, change your clothes."

Li Shimin looked down at his clothes, wearing a white robe, which was extremely simple and simple.

"That's good, let's go."

Since he was captured, he also met Sanniang in Luoyang City, and the third sister persuaded him to join him, but Li Shimin refused. But Luo Cheng publicly awarded him the title of Marquis of Dunhuang, and also gave him the post of General Zuotunwei, which made him very dissatisfied.

Despite this, Li Shimin resolutely did not wear the official uniform of the Qin Dynasty, and only wore white clothes.

Xuanba saw that the second brother was the same as always, and he just sighed, and accompanied him to the Chinese army's tent.

"Dunhuang Marquis is here, sit down quickly and tell you good news."

As soon as Li Shimin entered the tent, he heard the emperor laughing and beckoning to him, and when he saw the emperor like this, his heart couldn't help but sink. Good news for the emperor, then bad news for him.

"Previously, Jieli was extremely vicious, and he destroyed the two cities of Dingxiang and Dali, and slaughtered nearly 50,000 soldiers and civilians. But this revenge, we are about to take revenge, a few days ago we broke through Xinkou, recovered Lou Fu, and killed more than 8,000 rebels of Liu Wuzhou. ”

"Then today I got better news, the king of Jin also fought a good battle in the north, he lured Chai Shao into the city of Dali and captured it, and defeated Chai Shao's army of 80,000. Chai Shao was surrendered, the Tang army was gone, beautiful! ”

Li Shimin heard that the emperor was still there boasting, but he only felt that there was nothing in front of him.

At the next celebration banquet, Li Shimin lowered his head and drank stuffy wine.

He thought of the necessity of death, remembered his father's trust in him, and thought of the promise he had given to his father, remembered that their father and son had endured the burden for many years, and remembered that the road was so difficult after the change in Jiangdu, and it was not easy to return to Guanzhong, and finally defeated Longyou Xue Ju.

He cried out endlessly in his heart, I am guilty.

This sin is that he jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away, he led the army out of the customs, not only failed to stabilize the situation in Hedong, but made the Tang Dynasty lose the land of Hedong overnight, not to mention that he also lost the last elite of the Tang Dynasty.

He now regrets why he didn't die on the battlefield in the first place.

As a soldier, even if you can't return the body with a horse leather, you should never be humiliated in prison.

The general did not die on the battlefield, and should also die not far from the battlefield, and must not become Luo Cheng's plaything clown as he is now.

Before, Li Shimin was still hoping that Datang would be able to unite Jieli with Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and others to defeat Luo Cheng, not to mention destroying him in one fell swoop, at least to beat Luo Cheng's arrogance down, so that a new balance situation would be formed, rather than his family being dominant.

At that time, he still thought that after Luo Cheng was defeated, he might be able to exchange prisoners with Luo Cheng and still be able to return to Datang.

But now, he only has despair and death.

This night, the generals and generals of the Qin State were very happy and handed over the cups and changed the lamps, but he didn't know how to hold on to the end.

Walked out of the big tent, dizzy.

The summer breeze blew, making him a little sober.

It was still Li Xuanba who sent him back, and the two walked along the riverbank.

Li Shimin listened to his brother's words in front, which was nothing more than words to persuade him to surrender.

He tugged at the collar of his coat, then gritted his teeth, turned and strode towards the river, and leaped into the river.

There was a plop and the water splashed.

"Second brother!"

Xuanba heard the sound and turned his head, only to find that the second brother was gone, and the waves in the river were splashing.

He plunged into the water.

In summer, the water of the Hutuo River is deep and rapid.

Xuanba jumped into the river, but he couldn't catch Li Shimin's people for a while.

"Come on, come on, Dunhuang Hou got drunk and fell into the water, hurry up and catch people!" Xuanba shouted.

One Qin army after another jumped into the river, looking for the Dunhuang Marquis.

Luo Cheng, who had just finished washing up and was about to rest, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the emergency report.

"Drunk and stumbling overboard?" Luo Cheng shook his head, "He didn't drink much tonight, but it's unlikely that he will fall into the water, right?" ”

"According to the soldiers who followed Li Shimin, at that time, Li Shimin ran straight and jumped into the river, and he was simply looking for death."

"Is it so unbearable? Still looking for death, hey. Luo Cheng shook his head and sighed, why can't the young man turn the corner?