A day later, outside Luoyang City, the old camp of the Tang Army.

Duan Da's armor was crooked, covered with dust, his face was crying, he held Wang Shichong's hand tightly, and said: "Okay, thanks to you for saving me this time, otherwise, otherwise I really can't get back to the city wall." ”

He kept shaking his head, his face was full of pain, and he kept muttering: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault that I was overwhelmed by the battle for a while, and I thought about pursuing the Tang Army, and I didn't listen to your brother's good words, and it was my fault that I lost more than 5,000 brothers!" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said: "How can there be undefeated generals in this world, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, isn't my Wang Shichong also defeated in Luoshui?" Compared to my last fiasco, your brother is nothing this time. ”

Duan Da wiped his tears and said: "Xingman, you saved me today, I won't hide it from you, I am indeed jealous of your military exploits, jealous of your talents, I don't want to press you down forever, so I listened to the instigation of Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu, and wanted to come out to compete with you." Now that I think about it, I'm really ashamed, we are ministers in the same hall, colleagues for many years, and we are generals who lead the troops, you have wiped my ass many times, and you have shared many of my military exploits, but I am not a human being like this! Shame, shame! ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, patted Duan Da's shoulder, and said with relief: "My brother, what are you talking about!" Now that you and I are high-ranking officials, we are generals, and we hold great power, so we naturally have our own pride and do not want to be subordinate to others, which is understandable! Blame me Wang Shichong also didn't do well, as the commander of the bandits, in recent years of fierce war with Li Mi, he still couldn't eradicate the thieves for Shengshang and His Royal Highness the King of Yue, the collapse of Luoshui, and even the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Capital, which led to the thieves entering Jinyong City and coercing Shangchunmen. Brother, you also want to share the worries of the court and stand up, there is nothing wrong with this! ”

"It's just Lao Duan, now it's different from the past, the world used to be peaceful, as generals, it doesn't matter if we fight for military merit and power, this has almost become a convention! But now the Great Sui has come to the time of life and death, we only have one lonely city left in Luoyang, as a general, we should unite more and focus on the overall situation, now we can't be greedy, only survive first, can we talk about the future. Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu's civil officials, and our generals are not all the way after all, they just want to provoke the feelings of you and my brothers, play the trick of power and strategy, and then profit from it, even if we lose the battle, it doesn't matter to them, even if Li Mi and Li Yuan enter the Eastern Capital, they can continue to change their doors and be loyal to the new dynasty! ”

Duan Da said hatefully: "These two bastards, count me blind!" Xingman, my old Duan is a rough man, and he is not a child of a high-ranking family, what you say in the future, I will listen to what you are looking forward to! ”

Wang Shichong's blue pupils flashed in the depths, took Duan Da's hand, and said with a smile: "What did the brother say!" What is the head of the horse, in the future, our brothers will support each other and advance and retreat together! ”

Duan Da said again and again: "Yes, yes, support each other, advance and retreat together!" ”

Fufeng County, Yong County, County Shoufu.

Guanzhong area, has always been the right to help the wind left Feng Yi said, this point from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, left Feng Yi, to assist the king's righteousness, and the right to help the wind, there is to help the Beijing Division, to the righteousness of the weather.

This left and right, is to grasp the two gateways into the Guanzhong area, Feng Yi on the left guards the pontoon bridge passage from the Yellow River across the Yellow River into Guanzhong, and the right of Fufeng County, is in the west of Chang'an, the hometown of Li Yuan's branch of Longyou Li Yuan's hometown is located in Wugong County, is on the edge of Fufeng, it can be said that if you occupy Fufeng, you will open the passage straight into Chang'an, and the front is 800 miles of Pingchuan, at a glance.

It's just that now in this county guard's mansion, there is only a man in his forties, embarrassed, with crooked armor, sweating profusely, and his body covered with dust.

This Tang Bi, is the original Longyou Huangyuan County of Haoqiang, at the end of the Sui Dynasty chaos, he also took advantage of the situation, earlier in the Fufeng area of the demon monk to Haiming rebellion, was the late Sui Yang Yichen was destroyed, and the rest of the scattered, many were taken in by Tang Bi, and after Yang Yichen returned to the Guandong, Tang Bi went to the Huangyuan area to start an incident, and supported the Fufeng man Li Hongzhi as the Son of Heaven, but also a way in the troubled times against the king. It's just that judging from Tang Bi's set of operations that he can't wait to support people and become emperors, we know that this person is really a subordinate character who can't mention chopsticks among the heroes, and most of the hundreds of thousands of thieves in his department are homeless people, and there are not many real old thieves.

It's just that this subordinate three abusive characters, relying on the sky and the emperor are far away, the troops in Guanzhong are empty, and they have been very arrogant for a few years. It wasn't until Xue Ju in the Tianshui area of Longyou rose that he was really unlucky, and this time he was defeated by Xue Ju, and he had no choice but to bring a few hundred horsemen to defect to Dou Jin, the Fufeng County Guard of the Sui Dynasty.

Dou Jin is a tall man about fifty years old, with a clear appearance, at this time, wearing armor, sitting on the big seat of the county guard, and the sergeants on both sides are holding lances and swords, standing proudly, and a soaring murderous aura overflows the entire hall.

Dou Jin hooked the corners of his mouth, and said coldly: "Tang Bi, in the past few years, you have raised troops in Nawangyuan, and also set up a puppet emperor Li Hongzhi, which has already been a great crime of rebellion, and the county guard has sent officers and soldiers to crusade against it several times, and you have raised troops to fight against it, how can you dare to come to me now?" ”

Tang Bi's face was covered with sweat, and he knelt down in fear and said: "The villain was confused for a while, and in order to save his life and defend his homeland in the troubled times, he gathered a crowd to gather a party. That Fufeng man Li Hongzhi has a demon law, Ziyun is the reincarnation of the ancient son, I am ignorant, and I was fooled by it, so I supported him as a pseudo-emperor, and now I know that everything he said is false, and it is too late to regret it! I came to Dou County to atone for my previous sins! ”

Hearing this, Dou Jin's face changed, his eyebrows raised, and he asked: "Bold Tang Bi, until now, he still dares to use clever words and deceive his own officials." If you hadn't been defeated by Xue Rengao, the son of Xue Ju, how could you have abandoned your more than 100,000 people and fled here? ”

Tang Bi's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he stammered: "It turns out that Lord County Guard, you, you already know!" ”

Dou Jin snorted coldly: "You are an idiot as an official, you don't know anything, can you let you deceive?" This county guard will give you another chance, how you were defeated this time, tell yourself clearly, even if you are given a chance to make meritorious contributions, if there is another half-word falsehood, you will not be forgiven! ”

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