Shuozhou, Shanyang

Governor Shi Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan only rested for one night after entering Shuofang City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The next morning, the troops rushed to Shanyang, and after eliminating two groups of small-scale enemy troops along the way, they came to the outside of Shanyang City smoothly.

Liu Lan and the others didn't bring many soldiers and horses, so there was no way to besiege the city, so they could only settle down first.

Just when they set up camp in Wuli outside the city, the Liang division in the city saw that the Tang army's number was not large, and launched an attack, in order to defeat the Tang army when it was not firmly established.

It's a pity that Liu Lan and the others have been on guard for a long time, obviously building a big camp, but in fact, they have already arranged for the army to wait for Liang Shidu's people to take the bait.

When the army sent by Liang Shidu approached, the Tang army that had been ambushed suddenly rushed out and caught Liang Shidu's people off guard.

With a calculating or unintentional, the people sent by the Liang division were defeated and fled, and since then the Liang division has not dared to send troops to attack, but all the soldiers and horses in other places have been recalled.

It seems that the Liang division is ready to gather enough superior forces to defeat Liu Lan and them in one fell swoop.

Then, Liang Shi was disappointed, and just as he was about to launch a general attack and prepare to take out Liu Lan's Tang army in waves, Chai Shao and Xue Wanjun arrived.

Subsequently, Liang Shidu received news that the Turkic reinforcements he had high hopes for encountered the Tang army led by Chai Shao on the way to come, and returned defeated, and Liang Shidu vomited blood and fainted.

After waking up, Liang Shi was speechless and cried. The reinforcements are gone, and most of their soldiers and horses are gathered in Shanyang City, besieged by the Tang army.

In the following days, the Tang army took turns attacking the city, and by the way, eliminated several enemy forces that rushed to reinforce Shanyang.

The Tang army was strong, and seeing that the rescue was hopeless, the subordinates in other parts of the Liang division did not dare to send reinforcements, and they watched from the wall, and even a few directly raised troops to join them.

"General, someone in the city shoots out a letter" A lieutenant hurriedly ran into the camp tent and handed a letter to Chai Shao.

Chai Shaozhan looked at it and laughed: "Liang Shi is dead."

Chai Shao gave the letter to Xue Wanjun and Liu Lan and several generals to read, discussed it for a while, and then wrote a letter to people to find a chance to shoot back into the city.

The next day, Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren killed Liang Shidu and surrendered the city.

Riding a fast horse and leaving the camp, 800 miles was rushed to Chang'an.

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Chang'an Dali Temple prison, Wu Yuanqing, who entered the palace for the second time, lived a fairly moist life, except for being beaten fifty boards for no reason on the second day of the lock-in, the rest of the time Dali Temple Shaoqing Sun Fujia still took care of him, not to mention the separate cell, the cleaning was still very clean, and the use was also first-class, and there were jailers to prepare what to eat and drink.

The only bad thing is that the emperor strictly forbade anyone to visit this time, and even the crown prince Li Chengqian was blocked back.

Not to mention people like the martial arts family or Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin.

However, according to Sun Fujia, Cheng Chumo did not come to visit but to scold, and after being blocked, he scolded Wu Yuanqing outside the prison.

Outside the prison, how should life be lived, but there is one more person in the palace who reports on time every day, and this person is Xiao Yu, the Duke of Song.

Li Shimin was annoyed by Xiao Yu, from the kind words at the beginning to appease him at the end to simply refuse to meet him, and the original plan to restore Xiao Yu's official position as a left servant was never mentioned again.

The martial artists of Chongrenfang, the Yang family washed their faces with tears every day, the eldest girl and the second girl, and Wu Yuanshuang were also wilted one by one, and they secretly wept from time to time. The samurai Yan also had a dark face all day long, and his temper was short-tempered, and from time to time he would send out a fire to scold his subordinates in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

This situation continued until the good news sent by Chaishao in Shuozhou arrived.

Liang Shidu has been in charge of Shuozhou for 12 years, even if it is not an orthodox country that is recognized, then it can be regarded as a remnant of a large warlord separatist force.

In particular, Liang Shi was attached to the Turks, and often hooked up with the Turks to invade the Tang Dynasty, burning, killing, and plundering, which was definitely a big trouble for the Tang Dynasty.

So when the news of the demise of Liang Shidu reached Li Shimin, Li Shimin was overjoyed.

Immediately convened the ministers to discuss, first to discuss how to manage the newly occupied territory, and then to discuss how to reward the meritorious officials.

Just when Li Shimin was excitedly spinning around on the ground, the summoned ministers walked in.

Li Shimin waved the report and said that Liang Shi had been eliminated.

"Liang Shi has been wiped out?" Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling asked in surprise.

"Why is it so fast, Your Majesty has only issued the decree for a few days" Du Ruhui, the secretary of the military department, was also extremely surprised.

The other ministers were also a little unconvinced, how could they be so fast if they had occupied such a large area and had the fortified city of Shuofang to defend.

"Well, I haven't come to take a closer look yet" Li Shimin was stunned and said, after Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui reminded him, Li Shimin also felt that something was wrong, the progress was too fast and too smooth.

He hurriedly took a closer look at the report from beginning to end, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and in the end, it turned black to the bottom of the pot.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong," Eldest Sun Wuji asked in a low voice.

"See for yourself," Li Shimin handed over the report directly.

"Oh oh" The eldest grandson Wuji answered and took the report and looked up and down, and exclaimed: "Wu Yuanqing killed Liang Shidu's only son, Liang Lie, burned Shuofang Dongcheng, and led Liang Luoren out of the city to attack the East City Gate, so that Liu Lan and others seized the opportunity to occupy the entire Shuofang City, and then because of Liang Lie's death, Liang Luoren was hated by Liang Shidu and was excluded, which led to Liang Luoren killing Liang Shidu and surrendering the city, how could this be possible." ”

The ministers were in an uproar, one or two did not believe it.

But that's what the newspaper wrote, Chai Shao, Xue Wanjun and others had nothing to do with Wu Yuanqing, so they couldn't believe it.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yuanqing should be considered the first merit," Du Ruhui said.

Counting?

Hearing these three words, Li Shimin's lungs were about to explode, he never thought that Wu Yuanqing, who was a man, would do such a big thing within a few days of going to Daizhou.

This credit counts or not, it must be counted. Datang is the heaviest military industry, if this is not counted, it will be too chilling for the people in the army.

But if you really want to reward him for meritorious service, Li Shimin is very unwilling, not to mention anything else, Wu Yuanqing is still locked up in prison, and if he wants to reward him, it will be too much to slap this emperor in the face.

"Your Majesty, although Wu Yuanqing has made great contributions this time, but after all, he made a mistake first, and he was derelict in his duties when he went to Shuofang for no reason, and then returned to Chang'an without complying with his will.

is worthy of Li Shimin's intimate brother-in-law, or the eldest grandson Wuji who knows his heart best and knows his thoughts.

"Okay, what the auxiliary machine said is very much in line with my opinion" Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

It's over, it's over if it suits my heart, but you have issued an order to release people.

"Your Majesty, do you want to release Wu Yuanqing's kid" It was Cheng Yanjin, who returned to Chang'an from Luzhou, who said this.

"No, Wu Yuanqing is too nonsense, it's better to reflect on it for a while in prison" Li Shimin shook his head and categorically vetoed.

"Your Majesty, spring plowing will start in a few days, without Wu Yuanqing's guidance, I'm afraid no one will plant high-yield crops such as potatoes and corn" It was Tobe Shangshu who spoke.

Well, Li Shimin was dumbfounded.