Chapter 578: Do it yourself

The tin cylinder sealed a secret from twenty years ago, which came from the mouth of the old Zhen in the old house of the Li family. Even Li Xian was a little puzzled, how could Li Yuan, a person like Lao Zhen who knew too many secrets, let him survive? Li Xian thought about it for a long time and didn't get an answer, so he guessed that maybe Li Yuan was just trying to have someone to share the depression in his heart?

This feels like Li Xian also has it, just like the secret that he has always hidden in his heart, who can he tell him? Who believes that he said that he came from the Hereafter? But if you hold one thing in your heart for too long, people will feel uncomfortable, and you always want to find someone to share this secret, maybe Li Yuan left Lao Zhen just to remember that memory?

Li Xian has never thought about the problem that he can't figure out, this is a meaningless thing. Rather than having the time to think about that, think about where to go.

Li Xian ordered Yu Wenshi and led the troops to rush to the south, the son of the general of the Great Sui Navy Division, Lai Hu'er, is now in Yanyun Village, Lai Hu'er died at the hands of Yu Wenhua and he led his troops to Yanyun Village, Li Xian used him very much. He has docked on the south bank of the Yellow River with hundreds of warships, and 10,000 elite archers of the naval division have also been replenished to the Yuwen and the army, and those who don't know about the war may only understand that the understanding of 10,000 archers may be just a number, but only those who have experienced the war know how terrifying it is to fire 10,000 arrows.

Originally, because of his father's affairs, he had a deep hatred with the people of the Yuwen family. But there is no way to vent his hatred for Yu Wenshi and him, and Yu Wenhua once turned to Yu Wenshi when he was defeated at the hands of Li Mi. The Yuwen priest and the soldier did not move, which has already shown the attitude. Lai Yuan knew that his father's death had nothing to do with Yu Wenshiji, and he was not a reckless man, so there was no hostility between the two.

Li Xian is not a god, he is just an ordinary person with some modern knowledge, he can't make cannons, he can't build airplanes, and even firearms don't want to build, the only thing he can do is to configure more powerful gunpowder, as for how this gunpowder will release the power, it depends on the craftsmen of the second department.

If there is another place in the Military Inspectorate that does not make the military vigilant or even disgusted, it is the Second Department. The second department provides weapons, equipment, and even tactical support for the military, which are necessary for the military, and it is Yu Wenshi and his men and horses who are directly equipped with the latest firearms of the second department, as well as Xu Shiji's Qilu battalion, and the fire battalion in the Five Elements Battalion.

The so-called latest firearms are not muskets, let alone artillery, but powerful explosive packs suitable for sieges. Of course, it is impossible for this explosive to blow up the tall and majestic walls of the eastern capital, but it is not impossible to blast the city gate open after rushing to the bottom of the city.

Yu Wenshi and led the army to the south, just to grab the eastern capital with Li Shimin's men.

Wang Shichong is just a supporting role of the times, and the Eastern Capital is his biggest support for this supporting role, because the city defense is too strong, so the Eastern Capital is still standing after the Great War. With such a high wall, if the ladder is too long, it will become trembling, and it will be extremely inconvenient for the soldiers to climb. Not to mention the construction of such a tall siege arrow tower, as for the city gate, in short, there has not been a city ram to knock the city gate open.

The reason why Wang Shichong sent Duan Da to lead the army north was that he was worried that Li Xian's Yan Yun Army and Li Shimin's Tang Army would be connected, but where could he guess that Li Xian had no intention of joining forces with Li Shimin at all, and his desire for Li Xian in the eastern capital was no less than Li Yuan, and what Yanyunzhai lacked now was a male city. In the past, he didn't fight Dongdu because he was not sure, Li Mi left hundreds of thousands of corpses outside the Eastern Capital and did not knock down Dongdu, and then whoever hit Dongdu was kowtowed and bled out.

But this does not mean that Li Xian does not want to fight, from beginning to end, Li Xian also hopes that Yanyunzhai can have a majestic city to be the foundation of the place, although Juyeze is good, but it is not atmospheric enough, only by occupying a big city like the eastern capital, can Yanyunzhai show its current status.

Only by occupying the eastern capital will the Li Tang Dynasty be even more fearful. If Yanyunzhai planted the red military flag on the city wall of the Eastern Capital, it would be like inserting a thorn in Li Yuan's heart.

And what Li Xian has to do is not just to stab Li Yuan in the heart, of course, if the stab is hard enough, there is no need to stab it a second time.

After defeating Duan Da's men and horses, Li Xian ordered the army in Liyang to leave a battalion of soldiers and horses to guard, Pei Xingyan led the fire battalion to converge and then the army pressed southward, and at the same time, Li Xian's personal guard battalion Jingcai and the Modao battalion of the majestic sea have also been transferred, and what he has to do next is not Yin Li Shimin, but to compete with the Li Tang Dynasty for the eastern capital.

Li Shimin suffered a loss, three thousand elite cavalry and Duan Da's eight thousand cavalry fought fiercely for a while, although they were not defeated, but it was quite difficult to encounter his few soldiers in such an abrupt encounter, plus the flanks Cheng Zhijie and Luo Shixin led the troops to withdraw, and were surrounded by Luan Ping with more than 3,000 cavalry, and the elite cavalry of the Split Tiger Battalion was killed and wounded more than 1,000 people before they came out of the siege, and the wounded Wei Chi Gong still poked Luan Ping to death with great might, but Li Shimin, who had killed and injured so many elite subordinates, was still distressed.

Li Shimin retreated all the way south in a bit of embarrassment, and Duan Da, who knew that the infantry under his command had been wiped out, understood that if he wanted to get away with it in front of Wang Shichong, capturing or killing Li Shimin alive was the only way. So he led more than 5,000 cavalry to chase and kill all the way, biting Li Shimin's back, completely in an undying posture.

The two armies fought along the way, and when Li Shimin returned to the Tang army camp with great difficulty, there were less than 600 soldiers left in his Split Tiger Battalion, and Duan Da's Zheng army cavalry also lost nearly 5,000. When he arrived outside the Tang army camp, Duan Da could only die, worried about Li Shimin's revenge, so he immediately fled in the direction of the eastern capital with his cavalry. Li Shimin, who had been aggrieved all the way, where could he let him go back, and mobilized cavalry to let Wang Xuba and Duan Zhixuan each lead 5,000 elite horsemen to chase all the way.

The positions of the chasing two sides were reversed, and Duan Dazhi's embarrassment was more than double that of Li Shimin.

His 3,000 cavalry fought while running, and before he reached the Eastern Capital, there were less than 300 people.

When he saw a company camp outside the Eastern Capital, he immediately became desperate.

On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, because of this year's small advance, there is no Chinese New Year's Eve, and the twenty-ninth lunar month is thirty, so there are only four days left before the New Year. Yan Yun's Lei Ze battalion and water division totaled more than 60,000 horses, Wu Tianxi's fire battalion was more than 30,000 people, Wu Yunzhao's Ruijin camp was more than 30,000 people, plus Li Xian's personal guard battalion of 20,000 horses surrounded the eastern capital, Duan Da wanted to enter the city but had no chance.

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Wang Shichong asked Duan Da to lead 50,000 troops to resist the Yanyun army, and personally led more than 70,000 troops to resist Li Tang's army. However, it was defeated by Li Jing and his army outside the eastern capital, and the main force of the Zheng army was defeated, Li Jing took the opportunity to lead the army to enter the eastern capital, and Wang Shichong retreated to the city in embarrassment and sent people to Dou Jiande in Hebei for help. Just when Li Jing's 150,000 army was about to arrive outside the eastern capital, he was stopped by a man and horse killed in an oblique stab, which was the Lei Ze camp of Yuwen Shi and others.

Li Jing saw that he was about to surround the eastern capital but was blocked, and the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart can be imagined. But because the relationship between Yanyunzhai and the Tang Empire was really ambiguous, Li Jing did not dare to attack directly. Besides, Yu Wenshi is a famous general in the world, if he only sticks to the defensive line, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses even if he breaks through. In just a few days after Li Shimin's return, Yan Yunjun actually increased his troops one after another, completely blocking the eastern capital behind him, and it looked as if he was a helper for Wang Shichong.

Li Jing sent people to question Yu Wenshi, and the Tang envoy entered the Yanyun army camp to find Yu Wenshi, and questioned Yu Wenshi and Li Shimin, the generalissimo of the Eastern Expedition, why he blocked the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expeditionary Army. Yu Wenshiji's mouth was like a poisonous snake, and he only said a few words before the messenger was speechless.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty asked my family lord's guild to hunt in the Eastern Capital to suppress Wang Shichong, why didn't the emperor tell His Royal Highness the King of Qin? If King Qin knows, then you come and ask me what to do? Could it be that I Yanyunzhai made a mistake in sending troops? If that's the case, in front of King Yan, I think it's your master, King Qin, it's not easy to explain. ”

Such shameless words were uttered, but the envoy of the Tang Dynasty could not refute them. I had to go back to Li Jing with these words, if Li Jing was the generalissimo of this Eastern Expedition, he was afraid that he would order the army to fight over. But he is not, this time it is Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who is leading the troops, he is just a marching chief, although he has great power, he does not dare to easily provoke a war with Yanyunzhai.

He is Li Shimin's confidant, and he naturally knows about Li Xian's life experience. It is precisely because of this that he feels helpless, the 150,000 troops are stationed here, and he can already see the majestic eastern capital from afar, but he just can't send troops. Fortunately, King Qin returned unharmed, and this sad thing should be worried about King Qin.

More than 100,000 Yan Yun's army gathered in the eastern capital, which was comparable to the strength of Li Tang's army. In order to form this stalemate situation, Li Xian even mobilized most of the men and horses other than the troops and horses led by Xu Shiji. Put on a posture that is bound to win the Eastern Capital, don't say Li Jing, Li Shimin, even if Li Yuan comes, he will have a headache.

But at this time, Li Huining came.

Li Huining saw that the two sides were tense, and knew that Li Shimin's cold and arrogant temperament was afraid that he would order an attack, so he first went to the Tang army camp to find Li Shimin and told him Li Yuan's words. Li Shimin was annoyed, and when he heard that the emperor was going to explain the matter to Li Xian, he was even more troubled. The handle he had to kill the eldest Sun Shunde was in Li Xian's hands, how could he rest assured? Once Li Xian's identity is determined by the Tang Emperor, he will undoubtedly be forced into a desperate situation.

And Li Xian wanted to force him not only with this move, even Li Shimin never thought that he would be forced by him to take the most direct and bloody road, of course, this is later.

Li Huining looked at Li Shimin, whose face was extremely ugly, and sighed softly at the anger on his face that was mixed with shock.

"Father thinks you know."

Li Huining looked at him and said.

For Li Shimin, it is not easy for Li Huining to remain calm and cold. After all, when Li Shimin came up with a way to control the enemy, it was not very bright, and it was possible to put her sister to death. In fact, if it weren't for Li Xian's elite cavalry rescue in time, Ashinaduo's wolves rode fast enough, and the lady would never have been able to stop Ashina Erifer's onslaught of nearly 200,000 wolf riders.

"I know, I just didn't expect my father to be so stupid!"

Li Shimin stood up violently and said with some anger: "Is this matter glorious? If it is spread out, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, the prestige of our Li family's royal family will be ridiculed! Father is indeed old, otherwise how could he do such a foolish thing? ”

"Shut up!"

Li Huining's face turned cold and said, "How does my father decide, do I still need to ask you clearly?" ”

"Sister......

Awakened by Li Huining's question, Li Shimin sat down in the chair and said: "Father did think about this matter a little inappropriately, don't say that Li Xian's identity is still suspicious, it's really me...... Brother, this matter involves the face and national body of the royal family, and it is not something that can be said so hastily. In my opinion, my sister might as well go back to Chang'an first, and after the battle is over, I will go back and persuade my father. ”

"I said it"

Li Huining stood up and looked at Li Shimin word by word and said, "I'm here just to inform you, lest you do anything to make my father angry." Have you forgotten what your father said? It's the will! Since it is a will, how can you say that if you take it back, you will take it back? Or do you think ...... Do you have the capital to get the Emperor to take back the Divine Decree? ”

These cold three questions made Li Shimin break out in a cold sweat.

She walked out slowly, and when she reached the door, she stopped and turned around and said, "Shimin, although I know what you think in your heart, I still force myself to think that you are really thinking about Datang and your father and son, so please don't force me again." If I can't even persuade myself, I'm afraid that it won't be An Zhi who won't allow the Li family at that time...... It's you. Big brother is generous, I have a casual temperament, it is your father who makes trouble, but if you even have to disobey your father's words, even your father's decision can be ignored, if your father no longer does things by you, what else do you have? ”

"It's good to do it yourself, and my father has already made a decision about Anzhi."

Li Huining's last words before leaving made Li Shimin stiffen on the spot, and then his body trembled, and his anger was on the verge of exploding.

"If you think you have the strength to try to break that taboo now, then you can try it, but what I want to tell you is that An Zhi doesn't mind you trying, he even wants to try it more than you."