In the room, Wei Zheng took out a silver medal and put it on the table, "Has the general seen this?" ”

Zhou Wen picked up the silver medal again, only to see that it was written 'Great Zhou State Envoy', he was stunned, when did Wei Zheng become the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty?

This silver medal is actually a token, indicating the identity of the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty, and there is no specific power, generally the gold medal can be issued by the Son of Heaven, and the major generals will also have the right to issue the silver medal of the envoy in wartime because of the needs of the war, Wei Zheng's silver medal of the envoy is issued by Li Jing and handed over to Liu Lancheng to use, proving that he is the envoy of the Zhou army sent by Li Jing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wei Zheng said again: "The general doesn't know yet!" The five counties of Hehuang, Longxi and Tianshui have all surrendered to the Zhou army, and the 50,000 troops of the Zhou army, led by Liu Lancheng, have entered Tianshui County, less than 100 miles away from Dasanguan, and the general will get the news tomorrow. ”

Zhou Wenzhong was completely shocked, the Zhou army had come to the city, he didn't know anything, wasn't there a truce now?

Wei Zheng took out two more letters and handed them to him, "This is a letter written by Xu Taishou of Longxi and Zhang Taishou of Tianshui to the general, and the general will know whether my words are true or false when he looks at it." ”

Zhou Wenzhong sat down slowly, opened the letter with trembling hands, and hurriedly read the two letters, he had to believe Wei Zheng's words, he held his head and whispered: "But General Shentong treats me well, how can I betray him?" ”

Wei Zheng sneered, "Li Shentong because he is a royal family, he has no choice, if he is not surnamed Li, he would have surrendered to the Zhou army a long time ago, General Zhou, there is only one Guanzhong left in the Tang Dynasty, and the day of the unification of the world is not far away, with all due respect, today is the last chance for the general to make meritorious contributions, and after offering the Great Dispersion Pass, the general will have merit and can keep his official title, if he misses this opportunity, the general can only become a prisoner of war, and the glory and wealth will be empty in a blink of an eye, what will the general leave to his children and grandchildren? ”

Zhou Wenzhong was finally moved, he thought that Ma Zhong was dead, even if he didn't surrender, Li Yuan would not forgive himself, he was heartbroken, stood up and said: "Thank you, Mr. for giving me this opportunity, I am willing to surrender the Zhou army in Dasanguan, but I have one condition!" ”

"General, please!"

"Many of my soldiers have been allocated land, I hope that after we surrender, the Zhou army will not deprive them of their land, I will ask for this, as long as General Liu is willing to agree, I am willing to sacrifice the pass!"

Wei Zheng nodded, "It shouldn't be a big problem, I'll go talk to General Liu and ask him to give General a written promise." ”

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Wei Zheng still said that he slowed down the progress of the cavalry of the Zhou army, and Liu Lancheng's 20,000 cavalry arrived at the Dasan Pass that night, and the army rested twenty miles away from the Dasan Pass, and Wei Zheng found the main general Liu Lancheng in the army.

After listening to Zhou Wenzhong's conditions, Liu Lancheng nodded and said: "The Son of Heaven has a will, no matter whether the soldiers of the Tang Army surrender or are prisoners of war, as long as they have less than 100 acres of fertile land, the imperial court will not deprive them, and will continue to let them have them, and it is not practical for me to promise." ”

Wei Zheng smiled and persuaded: "But they don't know the will of the Son of Heaven, the general should write a written promise!" lest the other party think it is too easy and change other conditions. ”

"I can write a letter of commitment, I don't know if Zhou Wenzhong really surrendered?"

"The prison guard Ma Zhong has been killed by me, he refuses to surrender, will Li Yuan spare him? Rest assured, General, this is the only way for him. ”

"Alright! I believed him. ”

Liu Lancheng immediately wrote a letter of guarantee, sent soldiers to shoot the letter into the city, and at the same time made an appointment on the letter to open the city to surrender, and the soldiers who sent the letter took the letter and urged the horse to gallop away.

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At the time of the third watch, three torches were lit on the head of the city of Dasanguan, and then the city gate was slowly opened, Liu Lancheng was at the foot of the mountain, and he immediately ordered Hong Wentao, a partial general: "You can lead a thousand cavalry into the pass, control the city gate, if everything goes well, light the torch!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Hong Wentao immediately led a thousand cavalry to rush to the mountain, the cavalry galloped, and soon, the cavalry rushed into the city gate, Liu Lancheng watched the city gate closely, he was experienced, Zhou Wenzhong was not nowhere to go, if he set a trap and killed himself miserably, he would not only be innocent, but made a great contribution, so Liu Lancheng was very cautious and would never press the whole line.

In just a moment, torches were lit at the city gate, Liu Lancheng nodded, it seemed that there was no problem, and he immediately shouted: "The army enters the city!" ”

The 20,000-strong army began to march slowly towards Dasanguan.

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Soon after Liu Lancheng led the cavalry to attack Dasanguan, the 100,000 troops deployed by the Zhou Dynasty in Longyou also began to launch, the Zhou army was divided into two routes, Li Jingqin led 50,000 troops from Liangchuan County in Huining County along the Yellow River to the south, straight to Jincheng County, and another 50,000 cavalry was commanded by Pei Xingyan, from Mingsha County in Lingwu County along the Gaopingchuan River to the south, killing Xiaoguan in the north of Pingliang County.

Along the way, the beacons built by Li Shimin lit beacons one after another, sending a signal to the Longyou battalion of the Tang Army hundreds of miles away.

Li Shimin's Longyou Xingyuan camp is located in Anding County, Anding County, surrounded by mountains, the north is more dangerous passes, the south and Guanzhong are also blocked by heavy mountains, only Jingshui Road leads to Chang'an, but to the east can be very convenient to go to Beidi County and Honghua County, Li Shimin chose to garrison here, just located at the junction of Longyou and Guanzhong, whether to go to Longyou or return to Guanzhong, you can start at any time.

During the armistice for more than half a year, although Li Shimin wrote to his father several times, hoping that his father would allocate enough money and food to him so that he could continue to recruit troops and buy horses, Li Yuan's conditions were simple, requiring him to return to Chang'an to report on his work.

Li Shimin knew that as long as he returned to Chang'an, his military power would be gone, and he finally did not agree to his father's request and always refused to go to Chang'an, so correspondingly, Li Yuan refused to allocate enough money and food to him, and the lack of food became Li Shimin's biggest distress.

Li Shimin had no choice but to send Hou Junji to lead 20,000 troops to Hehuang Tuntian to raise horses, and after the autumn harvest, the problem of his shortage of food and war horses could be basically solved.

At the same time as sending Hou Junji to Hehuang Tuntian, Li Shimin also actively trained his troops, and worked hard to build the 30,000 troops in the Anding camp into an army of refined steel.

On the morning of that day, a series of urgent military information came to Li Shimin's camp, Hehuang was in an emergency, Jincheng was in an emergency, Xiaoguan was in an emergency, Dasanguan was in an emergency, and the smoke of the beacon fire was soaring into the sky, and a series of urgent information shocked Li Shimin, and he hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss various emergency military situations that had suddenly arrived.

"It is obvious that this is a long-planned attack by the Zhou army."

Zhang Gongjin said to everyone in front of the map: "It can be seen from the route of the Zhou army's march that the cavalry of the Zhou army did not go directly south from Huining County to Longxi County, but made a big bend, entered Hehuang from Hexi, and then entered Longxi County from Hehuang to the east. ”

"The military division doesn't need to talk about the route of the Zhou army's march, let's talk about the situation we are facing now." Li Shimin anxiously reminded Zhang Gongjin.

Zhang Gongjin nodded, pointed to the north with a wooden pole and said: "Now Li Jing's 50,000 troops are heading south along the Yellow River, obviously heading towards Jincheng County, once Jincheng County is taken, the road for the Hehuang Tang army to retreat east will be cut off, and the Zhou army will not let us send troops west to rescue Jincheng County in order to contain us, so 50,000 cavalry will appear in the north of Xiao Pass, Your Highness, we are now faced with a choice, whether to save Xiao Pass, or to save Jincheng County." ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and then asked the eldest grandson Wuji: "What about Wuji's attitude?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said slowly: "Our forces are too scattered, and it is easy to be broken by the enemy's army, so it is recommended to abandon Hehuang and Jincheng Counties, and concentrate our forces to hold the four counties of Anding, Pingliang, Honghua and Beidi, as for Dasanguan, let Li Shentong deal with it!" ”

Zhang Gongjin said: "Your Highness, the eldest grandson Changshi has seen it very thoroughly, the 10,000 troops of Jincheng County can't resist the attack of Li Jing's 50,000 army at all, and it will collapse in three days at most, once Jincheng County is lost, Hou Junji's army of Hehuang will face the encirclement and interception of nearly 100,000 troops on three sides, and the Tang army of Hehuang has no way to retreat, either surrender or annihilate the whole army, we are running out of time, Your Highness will not give an order, Jincheng County and Hehuang's army will be finished." ”

Li Shimin knew that as long as he gave the order, they would give up the land of the five counties of Hehuang and the three counties of Jincheng, Longxi, and Tianshui, and the eight counties! was cut away by Zhou Jun in this way.

Qin Qiong and Wu Yunzhao also hurriedly said: "Our army is running out, the situation is critical, Your Highness give an order quickly!" ”

Li Shimin had to nod and order: "Pass my order, the army of Jincheng County will withstand the Zhou army for two days, and order Hou Junji to retreat eastward quickly, and must withdraw to Jincheng County within two days, once the Hehuang army withdraws, the army will immediately return to Pingliang County." ”

At the same time, Li Shimin also ordered Wu Changsun Shunde to lead 10,000 troops to the north to support Xiaoguan to resist the attack of the Zhou army.