Chapter 359: The Battle Before the War (1)
Tongguan, Xu Shiji came up to inspect the tower of the checkpoint city:
"Brothers, there have been a lot of people coming from Luoyang recently, so be careful. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info" After hearing Xu Shiji's words, the generals on the level immediately responded loudly:
"Yes! Please rest assured, General Xu, we must be on guard! Since Huang Wenqing brought the news that the Tang Dynasty would use troops against Luoyang, and Xu Shiji and Qu Tutong led the Tongguan soldiers and horses to attack from the side to respond, Xu Shiji couldn't sleep with excitement. Whenever I think of that day, the manor of his wife and father-in-law was ransacked by Wang Shichong's thieves. The scene when he was desperate and picked up his young son to defect to Li Tang, Xu Shiji's heart burned like a fire, and now, this burning fire in his heart can finally be vented, how can he not make Xu Shiji happy?
"Mother, father-in-law, I, Xu Shiji, am going to avenge you." Just when Xu Shiji was talking to himself, suddenly, the city tower remembered the angry scolding of the soldiers:
"You are called Hanako to death, and you are lying on the body of the soldier and me, looking for death."
"Ugh! All right! You're called Hanako, and the labor and management didn't beat you, and you still instructed the labor and management. Labor and management are killing you now. Xu Shiji heard the shouts from the city tower, and immediately ran down the city tower and saw a strong soldier kicking and beating a thin, ragged man. The ragged man was curled up with his head in front of him.
"I'll let you command labor, I'll let you command labor."
"Stop!" When the strong soldier heard that it was Xu Shiji's voice, he immediately stopped.
"Oh! It's General Xu! "Xu Shiji has always been strict in governing the army, and he does not allow his subordinate soldiers to bully the people, and he is usually strict after being caught, so the strong soldiers are very nervous when they see Xu Shiji.
"General, I'm ......"
"Tell me! Where is the sin of oppressing the people? The brawny sergeant panicked. Hurriedly knelt down.
"General! Wronged! Wronged! Checkmate! I didn't oppress the people, villain! β
"Tell me what's going on?" As if he had been granted amnesty, the sergeant immediately told the story as it wasβit turned out that the soldier was patrolling the castle tower, and this Hanako suddenly fell on the soldier's body:
"Hey, hey, hey! Go away! Master, my clothes are very expensive. β
"Please take me to your general at once."
"Treadful. Something, just a begging for food. I still want to see the general. Walk fast, walk fast. β
"Please take me to your general right away. I have something important to do. β
"Fuck you, shame on your face. Darn! "The brawny soldier immediately began to get angry! And it was the angry scolding of the strong soldiers that attracted Xu Shiji. Xu Shiji helped the man named Hanako up:
"You're all right!" As soon as Hanako saw Xu Shiji, he immediately ignored the blood stains on his body, hugged Xu Shiji and said:
"My lord, are you the general here? I have important things to tell you, I have important things to ...... I have important things to ...... "Slowly, let Hanako faint." The strong man sergeant said to Xu Shiji:
"General Xu, this person is a madman, just throw him to the side of the road." Xu Shiji glared at the strong sergeant:
"You, come and carry him." The strong man sergeant saw that the man named Hanako was covered in blood, and then looked at the new military uniform on his body, and was a little embarrassed.
"Hurry up, otherwise Hugh blames the ruthlessness of military law?" The strong man sergeant pondered for a while, and felt that his own life was still important. immediately carried the one called Hanako on his back and followed Xu Shiji. In Xu Shijitongguan's mansion, the man slowly opened his eyes after the doctor's treatment, and saw four people standing in front of him:
"Who are you? Where am I and who are you? Xu Shiji laughed:
"That's what we should ask you! Who are you? What are you doing here? Under the questioning of Xu Shiji and others, Xu Shiji finally figured out the identity of this person named Hanako.
"My name is Dou Luda, and I am the palace eunuch of the Dazheng Imperial Court in Luoyang, and I came to contact Li Tang on the order of the crown prince Wang Xuanying. How many adults are ......?"
"This is Lord Qu Tutong, the chief general of Tongguan, this is Lord Huang Wenqing, the emperor's envoy and envoy of the East Palace, and I am Xu Shiji!"
"Ahh Ladies and gentlemen, I have finally completed my mission. Douluda struggled to remember, and suddenly realized that his clothes were missing.
"By the way, what about my clothes? Where's my clothes? β
"Here." Douluda tore a slit in his clothes, where there was a compartment, and took out a letter from it.
"This is a secret letter written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Wang Xuanying to Emperor Li Tang, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hopes to join forces with Li Tang to overthrow Wang Shichong, and ask a few adults to bring this secret letter to Chang'an." After Qu Tutong, Xu Shiji and Huang Wenqing heard this story, they ordered Douluda to be put under house arrest, and sent additional people to strictly guard them, and then went to Qu Tutong to discuss:
"Lord Huang, Lord Xu, this matter is very important, in the opinion of this general, we should quickly escort Dou Luda and Mi Xin to Chang'an and report this matter to Your Majesty."
"Hmmm! The officer agreed. Lord Xu, what do you mean? β
"It's all up to Marshal Qu Tu and Lord Huang to decide." In order to keep the secret, it was unanimously agreed that Huang Wenqing would return to Chang'an to recuperate in the name of old age and decrepitude, while Dou Luda was packed into a large wooden box, and Huang Wenqing escorted all the way to Chang'an, and the news of Dou Luda's arrival in Tongguan was also secretly sent by Huang Wenqing and Feng Yi to send cronies and guards, and the secret reached the ears of Li Jiancheng in Taiyuan. After Li Jiancheng got the news, he immediately ordered the Qilin secret guard to secretly investigate Douluda's bottom in Luoyang at the secret stake, and in addition, he was ready to return to Chang'an at any time. And Li Shimin, who is stationed in Xia County, also got a secret letter from Du Zhenglun in Luoyang - His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Weichen has provoked the contradiction between Wang Shichong and Wang Xuanying father and son in accordance with your plan, and Wang Xuanying has secretly contacted some of the Wang clansmen, Wang Tai, Wang Jundu, Wang Qianshou and others are dissatisfied with Wang Shichong because Wang Shichong favors Shan Xiongxin, once His Royal Highness leads the army to Luoyang, Wang Xuanying will take the lead in raising troops and overthrowing Wang Shichong. The rest of Qin Shubao, Cheng Biting Jin, Niu Jinda and others are not trusted by Wang Shichong because they were former Sui officials, and they are mostly despised and blackmailed by Wang Renze and other Wang clan nobles, as well as Wang Xuanying, Wang Xuanshu, Wang Xuanqiong and others. After Li Shimin read the secret letter written by Du Zhenglun to himself, he put the secret letter on the candle and watched it slowly be burned to ashes.
"Humph! Opportunities will always come, Luoyang, this king is waiting to take you into the hands of this king. "Chang'an, Li Yuan heard that Wang Shichong's palace supervisor Dou Luda turned his back on Wang Shichong and came to take refuge, and also brought Wang Shichong's eldest son, the crown prince Wang Xuanying, who intended to join forces with him, and immediately met Dou Luda:
"Junior minister Dou Luda see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Hmmm! Minister! I don't think I've ever heard of a man in my court named Douluda! Well! Pei Aiqing! Xiao Aiqing! You say, "I'm not mistaken?" When Dou Luda heard Li Yuan's words, he knew that he called himself a junior minister and violated Li Yuan's taboo, so he immediately changed his words:
"Luoyang sinners, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Hmmm! Flat! β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Dou Luda, you said you brought Wang Xuanying's secret letter, and you will show it to me immediately?" Dou Luda handed over the secret letter to Li Yuan's personal chamberlain Wanyue, Wanyue presented the secret letter to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan opened the secret letter - His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, since my father killed the former Sui ancestor Yang Tong and took charge of Luoyang, Luoyang has been plagued by natural disasters, either snow and frost in summer, or drought in winter, and now Luoyang is no longer prosperous, the fields are barren, ten rooms and nine empty, the ministers watched the sky at night, and found that the emperor star was in the west, facing Chang'an, and the ministers wanted to comply with the mandate of heaven and submit to Li Tang, hoping that His Majesty would not retreat, which was caused by the sincerity of the ministers, Send the minister's friend Dou Luda to Chang'an, ask His Majesty's permission, and when the soldiers come to Luoyang in the future, read the minister's micro merits, give the high lord, reward Houlu, the minister's gratitude, Wang Xuanying.
After Li Yuan read the secret letter, he snorted and smiled:
"Douluda, your master's abacus is good! This kind of thing of betraying his father and forgetting his roots is really worthy of being Wang Shichong's son. Dou Luda knelt on the ground and said to Li Yuan with bitter tears:
"Your Majesty, that Wang Shichong is a grassland 'jackal', cunning and greedy by nature, no matter the people and clans in Luoyang, all of them dare not move under Wang Shichong's obscene bullying, I just hope that Your Majesty can quickly send heavenly soldiers to rescue Luoyang from fire and water." As he spoke, Dou Luda kept kowtowing and cried bitterly to Li Yuan, but Li Yuan didn't say anything:
"Come on, pull Douluda down."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty......" After Dou Luda was pulled down, Pei Lin and Xiao Yu, who were present, didn't understand what Li Yuan meant? looked at Li Yuan together:
"Someone! Spread my will, and inform His Royal Highness the King of Qin in Xia County of what happened here today, and grant the King of Qin the right to be arbitrary, and tell the King of Qin that the battle of Luoyang will be planned by the King of Qin himself, and in addition, he will inform the prince and instruct the prince to let the prince stay in Taiyuan with peace of mind, and join forces with the king of Qi to defend the area east of the Mayi River with peace of mind, and prevent the Turks and Dou Jiande from taking the opportunity to attack Luoyang when they use our troops in Luoyang. After Pei Lin and Xiao Yu heard Li Yuan's words, they didn't know what Li Yuan was thinking for a while, so they had to draft the will according to Li Yuan's will, and separately ordered people to send Li Yuan's will to Li Shimin, the prince of Taiyuan, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin in Xia County. Li Shimin was overjoyed after receiving Li Yuan's holy decree, and laughed wildly at the eldest grandson Wuji:
"Hahahaha! Auxiliary! It's time for us to show off our skills again. β
But Li Jiancheng was full of doubts because Li Yuan did not follow his thoughts.