Chapter 33: The Great War against Liu Heimin

Xu Qing sent grain to Anyang, because of the defeat of the enemy and the merits of the war, and the sacrifice of horseshoe and fried rice, Li Shimin sent a letter to Chang'an, and then the holy decree was quickly passed down, Xu Qing was named the sixth grade and four turn Xiao cavalry captain, this is a lord, not a Xuanjie lieutenant kind of honorary officer, only a name and a little bit of land, but also a special gift.

The lord not only has a large land and money reward, but also has a monthly salary, the family's land is not taxed, the tenants do not serve, and they can also shade their children and grandchildren, which can be regarded as a real aristocratic class.

In addition, Xu Qingsan's official rank has also been promoted, and he has become a captain of Zhenwei from the sixth grade, and he was also filled by Li Shimin for a real lack in the army, and he is the tooth keeper of the sixth grade, to put it bluntly, he is actually a gatekeeper, but Xu Qing grinned, he also guarded the door in Shandong Zhechong Mansion, and he can be regarded as experienced. As for the specific money and land, as well as the rewards of Jianyang Ma Jin and others, they will all be determined after the war.

In short, if Xu Qing goes to the banquet now, the person on the roll call should shout like this: Xiao Cavalry Captain Zhenwei Captain Captain Xu Qing Xu Qing.

Although Xu Qing is guarding the gate, he is also a general, and he basically participates in every battle, but according to Xu Qing's temperament, he has not taken the initiative to go to the front line once. When defending, he took his subordinates to hide far behind and guard the gate of the barracks, and when he attacked, he followed behind the large army and waved his flag and shouted. Every time the battle ended, Xu Qing, this kid, guarded a bunch of good armor, horse lances, and horses that were caught on the battlefield, and he was the happiest, and he didn't want to hand over the things that the officials robbed.

Li Shimin did not disappoint Xu Qing, who had made a lot of war money, and he commanded and strategized, and victory after victory followed.

In February, Liu Heimin also attacked the city of Shuishui, and the people were repelled by the Tang general Qin Shubao. On the 17th, Li Shimin recovered Xingzhou, and on the 24th, Li Yi led his army to recapture Ding, Luan, Lian, and Zhao Prefectures, and captured Liu Heimin's Shangshu Liu Xidao.

Li Shimin's army converged in Zhaozhou and prepared for the next step, but there was a little setback here.

At that time, Liu Heimin was in a hurry to attack the water city, the city was surrounded by water on all sides, the water depth was three or four zhang, Liu Heimin built two roads in the northeast of the city to prepare to attack the city. Li Shimin brought in reinforcements three times, but he could not advance because of the stubborn resistance of Liu Heimin's army. Seeing that the Yongdao was about to be completed and the city was in danger, Li Shimin climbed the high tomb in the south of the city, used the flag language to make Wang Junkuo break through, and at the same time ordered Luo Shixin, the head of the marching army, to enter the city and defend the city on his behalf.

After the completion of the Yongdao Road, Liu Heimin's army attacked the city of water for 8 days and nights, which coincided with heavy snowfall, * could not be reinforced, the city fell, and Luo Shixin was killed. Subsequently, Li Shimin led his army to recapture the city of Zhushui.

In March, Li Shimin and Li Yi camped south of Lishui and stationed their troops north of Lishui. Liu Heimin challenged many times, Li Shimin did not fight, in order to frustrate his front, and at the same time sent strange soldiers to cut off his grain routes, Hebei, Bei, Cang, Ying and other states of water and land grain boats, vehicles, were all burned.

Xu Qing also appeared frequently in this battle, burning grain, naturally there will be good things, but this time Xu Qing was disappointed, Liu Heimin's army now only has some bran left. It seems that Yuan Shu in history, after rashly claiming to be the emperor, after enjoying bliss, could only eat bran in the end and died tragically.

The two sides held each other for more than two months, and Li Shimin expected that Liu Heimin's grain and grass had run out and that he would come to a decisive battle, so he ordered people to build a weir in the upper reaches of the river to cut off the river. Liu Heimin really led the south to cross the water and approached the Tang camp to line up. Li Shimin sent light cavalry to battle, and then personally led the elite cavalry to break through Liu Heimin's horse army, and trampled his infantry with horses.

Liu Heimin led the army to resist to the death, and the battle lasted from noon to dusk. At this time, the guards broke the weir, the river rushed down rapidly, the water was deep, Liu Heimin's army was defeated, more than 10,000 people were killed, thousands of people drowned, Liu Heimin and Fan Yuan then led the cavalry to flee into the Turks.

As soon as Liu Heimin was defeated, the battle of Hebei was decided, and since then, the entire Hebei has basically been recovered except for some small forces. In the past few months of war, Xu Qing is basically just a trick, so there is no need to go into detail. When Li Shimin was cleaning up the remnants of the forces, he asked some injured people and older government soldiers to return to their hometowns first to bring rewards, and Xu Qing was also sent back to his hometown because of his physical injuries.

Hey? Xu Qing is injured, isn't he not on the front line? It is also unlucky, during the battle, Xu Qing watched from afar behind the battle, estimated the situation on the battlefield, and hurried up to grab things when the enemy army was defeated. It was originally a good thing to make a fortune in a muffled voice, but Xu Qing shouldn't be too greedy. He saw that one of the enemy generals was wearing armor, and from a distance Xu Qing looked at it, it was also shining silver, and it was actually pure silver armor.

After the general was knocked down, Xu Qingle ran over to "deal with the aftermath", but he didn't expect the general to return to the light, and actually took a broken knife and slashed at Xu Qing, where is Xu Qing's opponent, after resisting a few times, he was cut a little, and his subordinates came to the rescue together, so that the general did not hurt Xu Qing's vital point, and Xu Qing almost risked his life to change a pair of sterling silver armor.

was frightened like this, Xu Qing never dared to "fish for goods" like this anymore, and continued to recuperate from his injuries until Liu Heimin was defeated. In fact, there is no injury, it will be fine after a few days, of course, this is also thanks to Xu Qing's proper handling and no infection.

Today's Xu Qing is full of money, fame and fortune, and he has been promoted and made a fortune. On the way home, as a glorious wounded general, he talked everywhere about how he took the lead, how he fought bravely to kill the enemy, and how he used a pair of three clouds. Whoever said it wasn't would expose the scar to others, and the one who said it wasn't was shocked and quickly apologized.

After blowing the cattle all the way, Xu Qing walked to the border of Henan, but he didn't go back to Luonan with a car, but went straight to Luoyang with a carriage of good things. After four months in the military camp, although he is not as good as a sow, all he is thinking about now is Xun Xueer's little girl, that figure, that pretty face, and tsk.

Although he gave Xun Xue'er a lot of entanglements, enough for half a year, after all, she was a woman, with a little child, and after three or four months, she was most afraid of some accidents. And Shangguanyi's guy is just a literati, it's okay to ask him to scold people, more than 800 words per minute without dirty, but if you want him to protect people, I'll say another thing. Of course, there is also someone Xu who is afraid of Shangguanyi's proximity to the water, so what is indescribable.

In a hurry, in less than three days, Xu Qing and his party of six arrived in Luoyang. The other five people were the guards sent to him from above, after all, they were generals, and they were also important figures. The closer he got to Luoyang, the faster Xu Qing's heart was beating. When he arrived in Luoyang, Xu Qing calmed down and found an inn to live in.

The quiet night was quiet, Xu Qing couldn't sleep, thinking alone, now it's more than June, and in another month, it will be a year to the Tang Dynasty, right?

It seems, the mix is not bad?