The urgent military report that Li Renju received was the news that Li Shaobin led the army to attack.

Hearing this, Li Renju was not shocked and angry, and took the case, he was a military general, but he had a long beard, and the long beard trembled under the vibration, I don't know whether to call it funny or majestic, and said excitedly: "It's a good come!" Originally, Ben Shuai still needed to work hard, and he traveled hundreds of miles to Zizhou to fight, but now Li Shaobin sent it to the door by himself, which saved Ben Shuai from working hard. Well done! I, the Baoning Army, are just fighting this stubborn thief for the imperial court, so that he can pay for his blood debts! Immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals to discuss the matter of facing Li Shaobin.

In the summer of this year, in order to counter the imperial court's move to set up a town in Shuzhong, Li Shaobin recruited many young people, all of whom were tattooed with words, issued weapons but did not supply grain and grass, and drove them to Langzhou, Guozhou, and Suizhou, forcing them to plunder the two towns, causing a lot of losses to the three states.

The generals of the Baoning Army, including Li Renju's staff, heard the sound of the drums and came one after another, and after the three-way drum was beaten, the basic arrivals had already arrived, except for a commander, who arrived a little later, and the drums stopped for half a moment, and then they entered the hall.

When everyone came, they fixed their eyes and saw that Li Renju's golden sword was in a handsome position, went to the Confucian robe, put on armor, and was equipped with a waist knife, and looked at everyone in the hall, with a solemn expression, and there was a bit of self-esteem.

Although Li Renju is not easy to be with his generation on weekdays, willful and biased, and often reserved, but the overall is quite gentle, it is estimated that it is for the guest general, the guest province has been working for a long time, paying attention to elegance and etiquette, today's posture is unexpected, and the people in the meeting are discussing and speculating.

Li Renju turned a blind eye to the heads of the generals and staff in the hall, and only looked at the person who was late, without warning, and suddenly shouted: "Where is the military lawyer!" ”

When everyone suddenly heard the cheers, they were all stunned, stopped talking, and looked at Li Renju in unison.

As a general, he stood up, hugged his fists and said: "The last general!" ”

Li Renju didn't squint, "The commander beats the drum to gather the generals, and the three drums are finished, and those who have not arrived, according to the military law of the commander, what should I do?" ”

Li Renju's voice was fierce, and the military judge didn't dare to slack off, secretly glanced at the late commander, and hurriedly said: "Thirty rods!" ”

"Good!" Li Renju slapped the armrest of the seat hard, "Come on, drag this person out, and the cane will be punished for thirty!" ”

The "big handsome" latecomer looked uncertain, and it wasn't until the armor came to fight him that he was finally convinced that what was happening in front of him was the truth, and immediately asked for mercy. In the past, he didn't do such a thing, but because he was Li Renju's confidant, Li Renju has always reprimanded two sentences, why is this the case today?

"Don't talk much!" Li Renju didn't give him a chance to beg for mercy or defend himself, waved his hand, and never looked at this person again.

The generals and staff in the hall, seeing this scene, knew that there must be something big, and those who were flexible or well-informed, already had a bottom in their hearts, and their faces were not very good-looking, and seeing Li Renju acting like this, it was clear that he was paving the way for the plan that followed, and after thinking about it carefully, it was not difficult to understand what Li Renju was going to do, and his heart couldn't help but feel empty.

It is not a few people who are weak, but many people.

Because he knew that he was going to fight with the Dongchuan army, there was a reason for this reaction.

In a word, the enemy is strong and I am weak.

There is a reason why the enemy is strong and we are weak.

First of all, the soldiers of Liangchuan, most of the elites were left by Guo Chongtao when he was fighting Shu, the soldiers were brave, and the generals worked hard, which should not be underestimated. Secondly, the imperial court set up the Baoning Army in Shuzhong, although there were also additional soldiers sent from the land of Gyeonggi, after all, there were a few, up to 1,000 people, and the army was mainly recruited by the Jiedu envoys, and Li Renju was not good at military affairs, and he did not complete the task of training troops. Compared with Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin, both of them are the choice of the moment, and they make a judgment.

Li Renju looked at the looks of the generals, and saw that everyone was sitting upright, no longer talking to each other, feeling very good, thinking that this was a manifestation of the military prestige, although he was not good at military affairs, before the battle, the necessity of the commander's prestige, but he still knew.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Li Renju no longer hesitated, and told everyone about the urgent military situation, without waiting for the generals and staff to speak, and explained his plans and plates, "In the rainy season, the imperial court plans to set up a town in Shu to curb the two rivers, and the great plan of this country is also fortunate to be trusted by His Majesty, and I am entrusted with this heavy responsibility. Ren Ju is not talented, he leads Langzhou, sleeps at night, such as facing the abyss, walking on thin ice, and does not dare to relax for a moment! ”

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. Now that the imperial edict has been issued, the righteousness is in front, and when our generation is rising up to serve the country, Li Shaobin, who is greedy for villains, for his own interests, disappoints the grace of the king, and disregards his family and country, which is really a move to bring about his own destruction. Xingwang Shi, cut down injustice, and the way to win! Everyone, Erlu and Erlu, are all given by the king, at this time, on the occasion of repaying the grace of the king, you and I should work together to destroy Li Shaobin, the thief! ”

"At the moment, I have not raised troops, and Li Shaobin is coming, and when this is a decisive battle, the Baoning army has no reason to retreat. This handsome intention, immediately reorganized the army, went out of the city to meet the battle, gave it a head-on blow, pacified the two rivers for the Wang Division, and won the first victory! After saying this, Li Renju's heart was agitated and his fighting spirit was high, he simply stood up, stood up with his chest straight, looked around at the generals in the hall, and finally did not forget to ask: "What do you think?" ”

Li Renju's voice fell, the hall was silent, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, which was greatly unexpected by Li Renju, he thought that after he finished his sonorous words, the generals in the hall should rise up and call for peace and strive to be the vanguard, but there is silence at the moment, but what does it mean?

Just when Li Renju was greatly dissatisfied and ashamed, a person got up and left his seat, hugged his fists and said: "The heart of the marshal to serve the country, can show the sun and the moon, hearing the words of the marshal, I am deeply excited, to serve the country, this is the time to use force." These words made Li Renju's heart feel a little better, but this person continued: "However, Dongchuan soldiers are sharp, and Li Shaobin is also brave, and now he is coming in a big way, it must be when he is fully prepared and his morale is high. On the other hand, although our soldiers worked hard, many of them had never been in battle, and they could not be called elite soldiers, and they fought with them in a hurry, and the outcome was unpredictable."

The person who said this, named Yao Hong, was specially appointed by the imperial court to lead the elite soldiers sent by the imperial court to help Li Renju deal with the war between the two rivers.

However, Yao Hong's analysis did not meet Li Renju's expectations, he was impatient to listen to Yao Hong's tirade, and interrupted the other party, "How can this be reasonable, the Baoning Army stood to pacify the two rivers, and now the war is imminent, how can it avoid it without fighting!" ”

The words were interrupted, Yao Hong didn't care, leaned over and followed Li Renju's meaning and said: "Since Dongchuan is coming, the Baoning army naturally has to fight, and the last general is not afraid to fight." However, how to fight can be discussed. According to the opinion of the last general, Li Shaobin came to attack angrily, and the soldiers were sharp, and this sincerity could not be fought with at the time, so it was better to stick to the city, deep ditches and high bases, and frustrate its sharp spirit. He is profitable for hundreds of miles, and if he has no success for a long time, he will definitely be tired, and if he loses a sharp soldier, he will not be afraid. At that time, our army could enter and leave the city to attack the enemy, and retreat could wait for the king's division to come to help, advance and retreat freely, foolproof! ”

When the generals and staff heard Yao Hong's remarks, their eyes lit up, Rao is not very brainy, at least he knows that this is an old opinion, and he may not be meritorious in the early stage, but in the long run, he must be fine, and when the other side is tired, our views on advancing and retreating freely are honest and insightful.

Li Renju had made up his mind to fight, but he couldn't listen to these remarks, and without waiting for the generals to echo him, he reprimanded him loudly: "A bunch of nonsense!" The Shu soldiers are cowardly, how can they defeat the elite of our army? Moreover, defending the city and defending the wilderness, how can there be a reason to wait for reinforcements from the lonely city? ”

Yao Hong, and the generals and staff still want to persuade again, but Li Renju has lost patience, "The commander has made up his mind, wait for a long time, I am an elite soldier of the Tang Dynasty, not afraid of strong enemies, I will welcome him, how can I lose my sharpness!" Ladies and gentlemen, defeat Li Shaobin, Ping Liangchuan, in one fell swoop, there are those who dare to say goodbye, military law is engaged! ”

Let's make arrangements, gather soldiers, and choose the opportunity to go out of the city

Li Renju was determined to face the battle, not to be the shrinking turtle, and the movement of leading the troops out of the city was soon reported to Li Shaobin by the scouts.

Li Shaobin's first reaction was great joy, and then he sneered and mocked: "There is a strong city but does not defend it, but uses a new army to go out of the city to meet the battle, this commander admires the courage of this guy!" Laughed three times, and said to the left and right: "When I came, the commander was still worried that if Li Renju refused to fight, Langzhou could not be captured for a while, and the commander was afraid that it would be difficult to divide the troops to deal with the Tang army outside the Guan, and now Li Renju is arrogant, leading the troops to meet the battle, and he is looking for his own death, which is exactly what I want, and I said, should the commander thank him?" ”

Everyone laughed left and right, and some people wondered, and said: "Why did Li Renju insist on coming to die?" The tone was sincere, as if he was really wondering, vivid, and made the generals laugh more than once.

Li Shaobin moved his body on horseback to look more calm, and he said: "In the past, Li Renju came to Dongchuan to get gift money, and this handsome man insulted him a lot, which must have made him extremely angry, so this time I can't wait, I want to seek revenge!" ”

Li Shaobin's words are exactly what Li Siyuan sacrificed to heaven and Li Renju came to Dongchuan to get a million gift money.

At that time, Li Renju was an envoy of the imperial court, and Li Shaobin naturally set up a banquet to wait, but after waiting for a long time, and the solstice was in the sky, and Li Renju was not seen to come to the banquet.

This made Li Shaobin furious, pulled Li Renju out, and scolded: "Today, I am the marquis, the king's life, and I stay at the banquet, compared to the envoys, I dare not come until noon, and I am drunk in the dust, how can I be so disrespectful to the king!" Angry Li Renju didn't take him Li Shaobin seriously, and said in a loud voice: "It's just like Li Yan, the envoy of Xichuan Province, saying that I can't behead the public!" "That is, Li Yan offended Meng Zhixiang and was killed by him, and if you offend me today, I dare to kill you.

Li Renju was greatly frightened, bowed, begged for mercy, Li Shaobin let him go, and later, Li Shaobin was supposed to contribute millions of dollars to the imperial court, but only gave 500,000.

Hearing the rumors left and right, there are those who don't know this old thing, and they patted Li Shaobin's ass: "I see, the handsome insulted Li Renju at that time, so that he was angry today, and threw himself into the net, and since the spring of planting and harvesting the autumn, the handsome and clever, I will wait for the worship!" ”

This sycophant is simply nonsense and bullshit, but Li Shaobin is very useful and complacent, but he doesn't care about trivial things

The next day, the Dongchuan Army and the Boryeong Army met in the field.

The two armies faced each other, each set up an army formation, the flag was unfurled, the armor was distinct, the war horse was galloping, the smoke and dust were blinding, more than 10,000 people towered from each other, and the ironclad forest was built on the flat ground, and the momentum was awe-inspiring.

Li Shaobin climbed high and looked at the Baoning army, saying left and right: "The rabble." ”

Li Renju looked at the Dongchuan soldiers from afar, and saw a person under the command of the commander on the high ground behind the side of the opponent's army formation, fresh clothes and angry horses, thinking that it was Li Shaobin, gritting his teeth, his eyes were red, and he angrily ordered the three armies: "Attack!" ”

Although the Baoning Army was newly established, there was no shortage of generals in the army, and after watching the Dongchuan military formation, how could they not know the goods, know its elite, and show their fears.

Li Shaobin watched the other party's army array dispatch, and after a while, his face looked contemptuous, "Li Renju, he is really a bullshit." Okay, let him see and see today, how mighty my Dongchuan Xiongshi is! "After that, he passed down the military order and attacked the Boryeong army.

As soon as the two armies joined each other, they held each other for only a moment, and the front line of the Boryeong Army was quite dead and wounded, and the front line was damaged; At two moments, the Dongchuan army rushed forward one or twenty paces, and the Boryeong army gradually became unstoppable, and the front moved back.

In the formation of the Boryeong Army, all the generals and colonels were shocked when they saw that the Dongchuan Army was so brave, and some people exclaimed: "How can the Dongchuan Thief Army be so brave?!" ”

Someone else said angrily: "The marshal doesn't listen to General Yao's words, he is stubborn and self-serving, and he insists on going his own way, it is difficult to give up the easy, our army has many newly trained soldiers, and the combat strength has not been completed, how can this battle be fought!" ”

Less than half an hour after the battle, the generals of the Boryeong Army retreated from each other, and then there was a rout and escape!

At this point, Li Renju still did not give up, and strictly ordered all departments not to retreat, "The two armies are fighting, and there is no retreat!" Order, those who enter are rewarded, and those who retreat are killed! ”

The military order was issued, if the various departments had not heard it, it would not be long before the Dongchuan army broke into the Baoning army formation, the momentum was greatly inspired, the shouting and shouting spread far and wide for ten miles, the Baoning army was in chaos, and the queen Zhang retreated.

Seeing this scene, Li Renju couldn't hold it anymore, his face turned pale, he trembled, sweat was like rain, and he finally knew that the defeat was decided, and his destruction was imminent.

Yao Hong galloped over, rolled off the saddle, and said urgently: "The war is unfavorable, our army can still retreat and defend the city, at this time, it is important to preserve military strength!" Dashuai, let's go first, and the end will be broken! ”

Li Renju's teeth chattered, he couldn't care about revenge anymore, he reluctantly encouraged Yao Hong, turned around and left.

In the battle, the Baoning army was defeated by the Dongchuan army, but fortunately Yao Hong led the elite to break the rear, and the Baoning army had to return to the city

Li Shaobin waved his army to the city of Langzhou, rested for the night, and the next day, stormed the city of Langzhou.

The Dongchuan army was attacking very urgently, and the battle in Langzhou City was fierce, and Li Renju did not go out of the marshal's mansion, but only burned incense and prayed. When the generals saw the commander behaving like this, they were all disappointed, and most of them refused to fight, but Yao Hong led his troops to defend the city, so that Langzhou City was not attacked by Dongchuan.

At night, Li Shaobin convened the generals to discuss, and everyone said that Langzhou was not to be afraid, but Yao Hong's department was a hard bone, which was very difficult to gnaw.

When Li Shaobin heard this, he twisted his beard and smiled, confident, "Ben Shuai has handed Yao Hong a letter of persuasion, and Yao Hong will surrender without tonight." ”

The generals were all surprised, "Why is the marshal so sure?" ”

Li Shaobin smiled without saying a word, unfathomable.

There are his henchmen and generals, who came to their senses and said to the generals: "Yao Hong, in the past, he was also an old pawn from Ma Zhi, and the marshal was the commander from Ma Zhidu, and he was promoted a lot, and his people can be said to be deeply favored by the old marshal, and Langzhou has now become a dangerous city, there is a marshal persuasion to surrender, how can Yao Hong not surrender!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but flatter Li Shaobin.

Li Shaobin laughed, and Zhizhu's grip was undoubtedly revealed.

At night, Li Shaobin made arrangements and ordered all units of the Dongchuan Army to prepare for the surrender of Yao Hongkaicheng and immediately attack the city. The great victory is imminent, and all the generals are happy and rubbing their hands. Li Shaobin pretends to be a handsome account and strategizes.

At the time of the child, there was no movement in the city of Langzhou.

Ugly thing, there is still no movement in Langzhou City.

At that time, there was no movement in Langzhou City.

Some generals couldn't sit still and came to ask Li Shaobin for his life, whether to change the battle plan.

Li Shaobin said resolutely: "Yao Hong will fall, don't be impatient when you wait for a while." ”

At that time, the city of Langzhou was peaceful.

Li Shaobin finally couldn't sit still, pacing back and forth in the tent, frowning, but he still didn't believe that Yao Hong didn't descend.

It's getting dark.

At the end of the day, someone came to report that he saw Yao Hong, who was still high in the city, neatly draped, and in a state of preparation for war.

Li Shaobin was furious, drew his knife to cut off the Shuai case, and scolded: "Yao Hong'er, I don't know what to do, when the city is broken, this Shuai will break your body into ten thousand pieces!" Then he ordered a great siege of the city.

On this day, Li Renju still lived in the marshal's mansion, the generals of the Baoning army no longer had the will to fight, Yao Hong was difficult to support alone, Langzhou was crumbling, although so, Yao Hong stuck to the city and did not retreat, even though he suffered many wounds, he was still wounded and fought, and shouted "kill thieves to serve the country". The soldiers of his subordinates were all selected by Gyeonggi who were brave and brave, and fought with their blood, and there was no word to retreat.

In the afternoon, some generals fled out of the city, and the escapees came one after another, and the city of Langzhou was breached.

Yao Hong was forced to take the elite of his department and turned to street fighting.

Li Shaobin hated him for refusing to surrender at his behest and raised troops to besiege him. Yao Hong led his troops to fight with him for half a day, and at dusk, the long street was stained with blood, blood flowed, and the corpses were clogged up, so that there was nowhere to put his feet.

More than 1,000 soldiers fought until late at night, with all the dead and wounded, and still refused to give in to the Dongchuan army. Occasionally, those who have exhausted their strength will support each other, grit their teeth and fight hard, swinging the blade in their hands at the enemy thief, and they will not spin their heels.

The long street was lit up by the torches of the Dongchuan army, and Yao Hong and his subordinates finally fought to the last man. Yao Hong was exhausted, in the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, he did not fall down against the wall, although his armor was shattered and covered with bloodstains, he still stared at Li Shaobin who was walking step by step, and his eyes wanted to breathe fire.

Li Shaobin walked in front of Yao Hong, also glared at the other party fiercely, and asked: "Back then, when you were from Ma Zhi, Ben Shuai was promoted to you many times, why do you want to lose Ben Shuai today?" ”

Yao Hong laughed, his laughter was hoarse, and after laughing, he looked at Li Shaobin angrily, "Dog thief!" You were the slave of the Li family that day, and you were grateful to get a bowl of leftovers! Now, Your Majesty is gracious, with you as a temperance envoy, where is there to bear you, you want to betray the king and commit treason?! Dog thief, it is you who have lost Your Majesty, who has lost the Tang Dynasty, what is the benefit of you, where is the burden of you! Although I, Yao Hong, am incompetent and can't eliminate harm for the Tang Dynasty, I am also a seven-foot man, and I would rather die for the king than live for a thief and slave! ”

Li Shaobin's face turned pale, twisted and hideous, and kicked Yao Hong in the chest, Yao Hong had long lost his strength, and immediately flew out upside down and fell on the corpse of his comrade.

Yao Hong got up from picking up the corpse, stood up straight with a trembling body, and crossed his throat, "Li Shaobin, you go against the sky, you can't kill you today, he will kill you one day!" After that, he looked up at the east sky, and shouted sadly: "The Tang Dynasty is mighty!" Datang 10,000 years! Minister Yao Hong, in the next life, he will be a Tang man again! ”

So he killed himself.

On that day, on the tenth day of the eighth month, Langzhou fell, Li Renju was killed, and Yao Hong was killed in battle.

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Note: There are 30,000 elite soldiers in Shu. It is indeed recorded in the history books, which is also a big reason why Liangchuan was able to defeat the imperial army in history.