At present, the general Sheng Yanshi, who is in charge of the defense of Pujin Pass and Tongguan, is also a pivotal figure, he controls the entire 30,000 Tang Army, including the 20,000 troops defending Pujin Pass and Tongguan, in addition, the Tang Army abandoned Hongnong County, and the 10,000 Tang Army stationed in Hangu Pass also withdrew to Tongguan, and was also commanded by Sheng Yanshi, and Sheng Yanshi's division became the focus of attention of all parties. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But the 30,000 troops are not monolithic, Sheng Yanshi is Li Shentong's person, and the deputy general Liu Hongji is Li Shimin's person.

This is mainly because Liu Hongji previously commanded 10,000 troops stationed in Hangu Pass, and after being ordered to retreat, Li Yuan appointed him as the deputy marshal of Tongguan and asked him and Sheng Yanshi to contain each other, and he became the deputy general of Sheng Yanshi.

After Li Yuanji launched a palace coup, he sent an envoy to Pujin Pass to ask Sheng Yanshi and Liu Hongji to express their allegiance, but neither of them expressed their position, and it was difficult for the two to agree on this matter but unexpectedly kept in sync, but Sheng Yanshi had to see Li Shentong's attitude, and Liu Hongji had to listen to Li Shimin's orders.

After Li Yuanji ascended the throne, although Li Shentong had publicly pledged allegiance to Li Yuanji and recognized Li Yuanji as the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Sheng Yanshi was surprisingly silent, and his news was faster than others, and he had learned that Zhang Xuan had arrived in Yan'an County with an army of 200,000 troops, and the army was about to go south.

In the big tent, Sheng Yanshi was pacing back and forth with a heavy heart, the year before last, Zhai Rang tried to contact the old department to rebel, and was beheaded by him, so he was named General Zuo Wuwei by Li Yuan, the Duke of Changge County, and at the same time served as the commander of Tongguan, he was proud of this, but now he can't be happy.

Yesterday he received Li Yuanji's decree to make him the king of Liangjun, and ordered him to immediately lead his army to the capital of King Qin, he disdained this so-called king of Liangjun, and he was more concerned about the promise that Zhang Xuan gave him.

At this time, the voice of his brother-in-law Wang Yao came from outside the tent door, "You report to the general quickly, I have something urgent to see him!" ”

Sheng Yanshi was stunned for a moment, and then ordered: "Let him in!" ”

After a while, as soon as the curtain was lifted, Wang Yao walked in quickly, and said to Sheng Yanshi in a low voice: "The Great Zhou Tianzi sent someone to deliver a letter, and now I am there." ”

Master Sheng Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Bring him to me quickly." ”

Then he glared at his wife and brother dissatisfiedly, obviously he secretly fornicated with Zhou Jun, but he didn't know it.

Wang Yao said apologetically: "I'll go back and explain to my brother-in-law, now I'll see someone." ”

"Don't go and bring someone with you."

Wang Yao hurriedly went, and after a while, he brought a guard of Zhang Xuan, and the guard hugged his fists and said, "See General Sheng!" ”

"I heard that the Son of Heaven of your country has a letter to me?"

The guard nodded, took out a letter and presented it to Sheng Yanshi, "This is our handwritten letter from the Son of Heaven to General Sheng, please pay tribute to the general!" ”

Sheng Yanshi understood what the guards meant, he respectfully took the letter with both hands, only to see that the letter cover read: 'Tang Zuo Wuwei General Sheng Yanshi Qi', the following payment is a private seal, Sheng Yanshi's heart was excited, this is a letter written by the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to himself, what a glory.

After a moment of excitement, he slowly opened the letter and read the contents of the letter in detail, at this time, the guard said: "The saint said that the general needs time to think, why don't I come back tomorrow morning to listen to the news." ”

"Alright! Thank you for your hard work. ”

Sheng Yanshi asked people to give ten taels of gold to the guards, and the soldiers took him down to rest, and then he glared at his wife and brother and said, "How do you explain? ”

Wang Yao smiled bitterly: "Before I came to join my brother-in-law, I was already the commander of the Zhou army, but it was actually my father who asked me to join the army. ”

Sheng Yanshi was stunned, speechless for a long time, his brother-in-law was actually Zhou Jun, and he was also a brigade commander, no wonder he knew how to lead troops to fight, and he praised him for his ability.

"Then you were ordered to come to me."

"Exactly! But I'm doing it for my brother-in-law. ”

At this time, Sheng Yanshi couldn't get angry, he had decided to surrender to Zhang Xuan, but what Zhang Xuan asked him to do in the letter made him a little embarrassed.

"The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty promised to make me the general of the tiger ben and give me the title of Duke Ge Guo, if I can take Liu Hongji's 10,000 troops away, then I will be promoted to General Long Xiang."

Wang Yao didn't hesitate and said: "Of course, I want General Long Xiang, and it will be difficult to promote General Long Xiang in the future." ”

Of course, Sheng Yanshi knew that General Long Xiang and General Hu Ben were not the same, but they ......

He sighed and said, "But Liu Hongji's 10,000 troops are not easy to take!" ”

Wang Yao sneered: "I have a plan, but I can kill Liu Hongji." ”

He whispered a few words to Sheng Yanshi, Sheng Yanshi nodded again and again, this method is good, presumably Liu Hongji is also trying to persuade himself to be loyal to Li Shimin.

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Liu Hongji's army was currently stationed at Tongguan, and just as Sheng Yanshi had judged, Liu Hongji also received a pigeon letter from Li Shimin, asking him to find a way to persuade Sheng Yanshi not to be loyal to Li Yuanji, and let them cross the Wei River together to defect to Li Xiaogong.

Li Shimin attaches great importance to these 30,000 troops, and these 30,000 troops plus Li Xiaogong's 15,000 men are 45,000 troops, and they are a chess piece that is enough to change the situation of the war.

But Liu Hongji was also very embarrassed, Sheng Yanshi has always been Li Shentong's person, how to persuade him to switch allegiance to King Qin?

Just when Liu Hongji had nothing to do, he suddenly received a message sent by the spies who were planted in the army of Sheng Yanshi, at noon today, Li Shentong's son Li Xiaorui brought people to the army to seize the military power of Sheng Yanshi, and there was a conflict with Sheng Yanshi, and Li Xiaorui rushed away angrily.

This news immediately gave Liu Hongji a glimmer of hope, but he was a little worried that Sheng Yanshi would surrender to Zhang Xuan.

At this time, a soldier reported outside the tent: "General Qiyu, General Sheng has sent Wang Yao to deliver a letter." ”

Of course, Liu Hongji knew that although Wang Yao was only a lieutenant, he was Sheng Yanshi's brother-in-law, a very shrewd and capable young man, he hurriedly let Wang Yao in, and after a while, Wang Yao walked into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and said, "See General Liu!" ”

"Captain Wang, please get up!"

Wang Yao took out a letter and handed it to Liu Hongji, "This is General Sheng's handwritten letter, please take a look at it." ”

Liu Hongji took the letter and looked at it, and Sheng Yanshi expressed his willingness to be loyal to King Qin in the letter, suggesting that they go to Li Xiaogong together.

If it was normal times, Liu Hongji would definitely be full of doubts about Sheng Yanshi's attitude, but now is an extraordinary period, he does not dare to doubt Sheng Yanshi, lest his doubts will anger Sheng Yanshi, Sheng Yanshi will go to Zhang Xuan in a fit of anger.

Of course, this is also related to the news that Liu Hongji got that Li Shentong wanted to seize the military power of Sheng Yanshi, so he forced Sheng Yanshi to turn his allegiance to King Qin.

Liu Hongji read the letter twice in a row, and said with great joy: "General Sheng is willing to be loyal to the King of Qin, it is the luck of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how we can join forces?" ”

Wang Yao said with a smile: "What my general means is that we will leave tonight, go separately to the Weihe ferry, gather troops at the Weihe ferry, and then cross south together." ”

This plan is good, Liu Hongji immediately said: "Then it's a word, I'll leave tonight." ”

Liu Hongji was also worried about the long nights and dreams, so he sent Wang Yao away, and that night he gathered his army to leave Tongguan and march in the direction of the Weihe crossing.

At dawn, Liu Hongji's army arrived at the Weihe River crossing, Sheng Yanshi's army had already arrived first, and the army had begun to cross the river.

Donggoge is a wine shop, located at the ferry, close to the Wei River, is a special place to send off relatives and friends for a drink, at this time Liu Hongji no longer has any suspicion, so he took more than a dozen soldiers to Donggoge.

At this time, Wang Yao was already waiting in front of the gate, he hugged his fists and said with a smile: "My general has been waiting upstairs with wine, General Liu, please!" ”

Liu Hongji heard the melodious sound of silk and bamboo coming from upstairs, and the singer was singing a small song, so he ordered his soldiers to wait outside the door, and he happily walked to the second floor.

But on the hug, the upstairs hall was empty, there was nothing, Liu Hongji was stunned for a moment, at this moment, only to hear the sound of a cup smashing, dozens of knife and axe hands rushed out on both sides, Liu Hongji couldn't dodge, and was immediately hacked to death by a knife.

At the same time that Liu Hongji was killed, more than a dozen of his personal soldiers were also surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, all killed, at this time, the Donggo Pavilion was ignited, the smoke was billowing out, the fire was soaring, and tens of thousands of Zhou troops who were ambushed around were killed, surrounding Liu Hongji's army.

The main general was dead, and the 10,000 troops had no backbone and surrendered to the Zhou army, and Sheng Yanshi also led 20,000 troops to surrender to Zhang Xuan at the same time.