Chapter 315: Dugu Huai'en's Rebellion (2)
After Li Shimin accepted the task, he gave full play to his advantages of being fast, accurate and ruthless, directly crossed the Yellow River from the Longmen Ferry, and attacked Wei Chi Jingde's army, but Wei Chi Jingde's army was not vegetarian, otherwise Li Yuanji, who would not have been fighting, lost his armor and unloaded his armor, Li Tang's territory in Hedong was in addition to the Wei Ze Pass guarded by Li Xiuning and Chai Shao (Li Yuan did not send people to contact Li Xiuning and Chai Jie, mainly because Guanzhong and Wei Ze Pass were far away and the checkpoints were heavy, and the other was for Li Xiuning's safety, On the one hand, because Li Xiuning's territory is too dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, in order to defend Li Tang in Guanzhong, it is not cost-effective to use the main force, and secondly, Li Xiuning's territory is too narrow, and his subordinate soldiers and horses have more than enough defense and insufficient offense, and thirdly, Liu Wuzhou has no ambition to dominate the world, but just hopes to be the king of a domain, so keep Li Xiuning's card, and there will be a chance for peace talks at that time), and the rest of the territory will fall into the hands of Liu Wuzhou. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info so the two sides have won and lost each other, but Li Shimin saw that his subordinate soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and on the one hand, he appreciated Wei Chi Jingde's bravery, and on the other hand, he was deeply troubled by the unfavorable situation of the battle:
"Although Wei Chi Jingde is not a tiger, he is not a cat who can be bullied all the time, auxiliary machine, Chai Shao, Wen Jing, what good plan do you have." The eldest grandson Wuji touched his beard and thought:
"Lord Wang, there is no feasible policy for the subordinates now, that Wei Chi Jingde is loyal to Liu Wuzhou, otherwise, Liu Wuzhou would not have sent Wei Chi Jingde to defend the Yellow River crossing. It seems that if you want to defeat this lieutenant Chi Jingde, you can only make up your mind from logistics. ”
"Oh! Auxiliary! You said! As soon as they heard that the eldest grandson Wuji had a suggestion, Li Shimin, Chai Shao, Liu Wenjing and others all pricked up their ears and said something to the eldest grandson Wuji?
"Lord Wang! This area of Mayi in the east of the river has been in a long-term confrontation with our Li Tang, and the young and strong people in Mayi have been conscripted into the army as soldiers, so this lot of land is wasted, and Mayi also undertakes the task of paying tribute to the Turkic Khan, so the burden of the people is even heavier, and all the grain in their hands has been handed over to the government, and the life of the people is very hard! If it weren't for this reason, the two brothers Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue in Xia County would not have contacted us Li Tang. ”
"That means that we are now in contact with the two brothers, Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue, and ......" Before Li Shimin's words were finished, he was stopped by the eldest grandson Wuji:
"Your Royal Highness, Beichen has no intention of joining forces with the two brothers Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue in Xia County, because it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who has been in contact with Xia County, not His Royal Highness the King of Qin, even if it is because of the assistance of the two brothers Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue, they attacked from the rear of Wei Chi Jingde and won the victory, then Wei Chi Jingde will definitely resist to the end, and bye to the loss of a tiger general, didn't he pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons when the time comes?"
"That's what the auxiliary machine means......"
"Now the humble minister means, first, we want to compete for the hearts and minds of the people in the east of the Mayi River, and ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin to give an order to use military rations to relieve the poor people in the east of the Hedong area, and win the hearts of the people from Liu Wuzhou." As soon as it came to the use of military rations, Duan Zhixuan and Yin Kaishan immediately objected:
"Your Highness, this march is fighting, and the fight is military grain and grass, if you still have to open a warehouse to release grain, I am afraid that the physical strength of the sergeant will be exhausted at that time!"
"Yes! Your Highness, now the brethren are all wearing their heads to the waistbands of their trousers, to be exact, they are all eating dead man's food, and if they take food from the mouths of the brethren, they will not be able to do it! If the eldest grandson Wuji was not Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and the eldest grandson Wuji's father, Changsun Sheng, still had some influence in the army, whether it was the former Sui or the current Li Tang, the eldest grandson Sheng was a military god-level figure, I am afraid that he would have scolded him a long time ago, and would even be angry, the eldest grandson Wuji ignored the opposition of Yin Kaishan and Duan Zhixuan, and continued to say to Li Shimin:
"Your Royal Highness, Weichen has already put on the grain and grass in the army, and now there are hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass in our army, and nearly 10,000 heads of cattle and sheep and other livestock, which is enough for our army to eat for several months, even if more than 10,000 stones are divided, I am not afraid, and then ask the prince to send a letter to let Yongfeng Cang transfer some grain and grass again, so as to facilitate our army's plan, so as not to affect the speed of our army's march at that time. Also, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world! Li Shimin did not express his position for the time being:
"Auxiliary, what else can you do, keep saying it!"
"Lord Wang, when we went out of Chang'an, didn't the emperor already reveal that the brothers Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue in Xia County had already surrendered to our Li Tang? We first sent someone to pretend to be Li Tang's envoy at Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue, and deliberately caught Wei Chi Jingde halfway, saying that Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue wanted to take Wei Chi Jingde's head, and then the Beichen personally persuaded Wei Chi Jingde, hoping to persuade Wei Chi Jingde to fall to us Li Tang, and it was best for Wei Chi Jingde to take the lead in person, first fight with Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue brothers in Xia County, and then lead us all the way to the city of Mayi. Won the first credit for capturing Mayi. Li Shimin nodded excitedly:
"Alright! Auxiliary, just do what you want! In addition, Lord Liu Wenjing! ”
"The lower official is here!"
"You have served as a magistrate in Hedong for a generation, and you are familiar with the people's livelihood here. Don't let this king down! Liu Wenjing got up and replied:
"Lord Wang, please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely handle this matter properly, please rest assured that Lord Wang Ye and Lord Eldest Sun will be relieved." Li Shimin instructed the eldest grandson Wuji again:
"Auxiliary, everything, this king will do according to your plan, you have to go early and return early, this king is here to listen to your good news!" The eldest grandson Wuji also agreed:
"Yes! Wechen will leave immediately! "Li Yuanji in the north of Ma Yi is also observing Li Shimin's movements, as soon as he heard that Li Shimin passed through the Longmen Ferry, crossed the Yellow River, and confronted Wei Chi Jingde, he immediately beat the drum and gathered the generals, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others are very strange, during this period of time, Li Yuanji has not let the soldiers and horses go out of the camp one step, every day is a good meal to entertain the sergeants, but the daily drills and inspections are not allowed to relax, today but suddenly drumming to gather generals, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and the others didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Li Yuanji's gourd:
"Ugh! Wan Che, you are familiar with His Royal Highness King Qi, tell my brother, what does His Royal Highness King Qi mean this time! ”
"Third brother, I'm also confused, I have to wait until His Royal Highness King Qi himself says it!"
"If you want me to say that the two brothers should not guess, let's talk about it when I see His Royal Highness the King of Qi!"
"What Brother Shixin said is reasonable, His Royal Highness King Qi will tell us when the time comes." When Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others entered the handsome tent of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, they saw that Li Yuanji had put on all the armor neatly, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also wearing their whole bodies, looking like they were going to fight a big battle, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others looked confused, and their hearts were even more strange - His Royal Highness the King of Qi and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were going to fight, it seems that it is finally the right time, these days, they have suffocated labor and capital. Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others mostly had this idea in their hearts.
"Generals, gentlemen, have you been asking why this king has never sent troops? Now this king tells you, that's because this king is waiting for the opportunity to send troops to Mayi, and now I can tell you that the time to send troops has arrived, and now the second brother of this king, His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty has been fighting with Yu Chi Jingde at the crossing of the Yellow River, this king has received a secret report, Song Jingang's department has approached the Yellow River crossing, intending to reinforce Wei Chi Jingde's department, Liu Wuzhou's Mayi area is empty, so, this king ordered, the whole army immediately set off, storming Mayi, I believe that your contribution is in this time, do you have any other opinions? As soon as Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others heard that they were going to send troops, they looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui together, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others, and said in unison:
"Generals, this matter is true, generals, don't doubt it." Although Li Yuanji is the king of Qi in the Tang Dynasty, he does not have enough achievements in the military to convince people, so Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others still have some contempt for Li Yuanji, which is also the reason why Li Jiancheng wants to send Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to come, Li Yuanji is not stupid, so many things in the military camp are discussed with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and generally only regard themselves as an official seal, and now they see that Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others have been relieved, so they ordered again:
"Generals, this king will give another order now, and the whole army will set off immediately and storm Mayi, do you have any other opinions?" Even if Li Yuanji generally regards himself as an official seal, but even the stone man has three points of anger, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, Xue Li, Su Dingfang and others all heard the displeasure in Li Yuanji's tone, and immediately got up and replied together:
"The last general commands!"
"Good! Beat the drum and send troops, remember, those who enter the army will be rewarded, and those who escape will be killed! ”
"Yes!" Li Yuanji's troops attacked Mayi, Liu Wuzhou is now like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth, because of the suspicion of Song Jingang, coupled with Wei Chi Jingde's call for help and the scruples of the name of Qin King Li Shimin, Liu Wuzhou ordered Song Jingang's department to go to Jiangzhou, attack at the right time, and reinforce Wei Chi Jingde's department, but also hope to consume Song Jingang's subordinate troops, who knew that a few days after Song Jingang left, Li Yuanji called again:
"So cunning Li Yuanji, the widow really mistook you, I can't think of Shibei for three days, you should really be impressed, you were beaten by the widow with a blue nose and swollen face, but now you can't imagine that the soldiers are brave and aggressive, okay! All right! A guard next to him stepped forward and persuaded:
"Your Majesty! According to the spies' report, this time Li Yuanji was only in command on the surface, but in fact, the two major strategists under Li Jiancheng, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, gave advice, and I also heard that Luo Zhi, the former famous general Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche and other three people, and the other two Xue Li and Su Dingfang were also fierce generals at that time, very brave! ”
"Humph! No wonder, it turned out to be supported by Li Jiancheng, no wonder Li Yuanji's straw bag is so powerful, okay! You immediately contact Entai and Enping, and ask them to hurry up and let Dugu Huaien act and delay the Tang Army's action. ”
"Yes! Boy, go now! ”