Chapter 567: Burning the City

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The eunuch who delivered the decree looked at the dozens of Tang army generals kneeling on the ground and smiled slightly.

After that, the eunuch spread out the holy decree and slowly read that under the tower of the Tiger Prison Gate, all the generals of the Tang Army knelt on the ground and buried their faces.

But hearing the eunuch reading word by word, suddenly the faces of the Tang army soldiers turned pale, and there was an incredible look in their eyes.

Anger gradually spread on the faces of the generals of the Tang Army.

The eunuch read: "The King of Qin and the soldiers of the department will return to Chang'an on the same day to accept the reward, and if there is a delay, he will be beheaded!" ”

Chop!

This word floated out of the eunuch's mouth gently, all the generals of the Tang army lowered their heads, and the old eunuch looked at Li Shimin with both hands to put the holy decree together, waiting for Li Shimin to take it with both hands, and said on the side: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has not received the holy decree, thank you." ”

Li Shimin knelt on one knee, but did not move.

The scene fell silent, and at this time, one of the generals of the Tang army said: "This is a false holy decree, don't listen to him." ”

"Bold!" The old eunuch's benevolent face flashed sharply, making people realize that this person was not a good gentleman. In the old eunuch eight burly left and right Qianniu Mansion prepared, and took a step forward and pressed the saber together. Although the preparation is an eight-rank martial arts, the Qianniu Mansion is the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven, which represents the imperial power of Li Tang.

"Whoever said it, have the courage to say it again!"

But seeing that among the generals of the Tang Army, a general stood up proudly and said: "So-and-so said." ”

Everyone looked at it as Hou Junji, a general under Li Shimin.

"Take it!"

"Who dare!"

The old eunuch's eyes drooped, and he said lightly: "If you don't want to be razed by the Nine Clans, just give me the truth." ”

Hou Junji drew his sword and said: "Nine clans! Since I, Hou Junji, dare to question it, I am not afraid of your danger, and my 100,000 soldiers of Datang have fought for half a year, and it is easy to defeat Luoyang. In a word, we are told to give up, where is there any soldier of the three armies here who is willing to obey. ”

As soon as Hou Junji's voice fell, several Tang Army generals got up together.

The old eunuch looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Royal Highness the King of Qin, you said this is what you mean?" Or does it mean by the generals? ”

Li Shimin heard this. Slowly stood up, turned to look at Hou Junji and shouted: "Hou Junji, how many lives do you dare to question the holy decree, don't let me go down!" ”

Hou Junji lowered his head when he heard Li Shimin's reprimand, and immediately strode away with his fists clenched.

Li Shimin looked at the old eunuch and said, "Your Majesty is not careful, and you will ask your father for this matter." ”

"It's okay. His Royal Highness King Qin, what happened just now. I can take it as if I didn't see it, and I quit the army. ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Yiqiē obeys the arrangement." ”

The old eunuch showed a relieved look at the moment.

Li Shimin's words changed: "It's just that the Zhao army is heavily stationed outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and if we want to retreat at this time, I am afraid that the Zhao army will take advantage of the situation to pursue, then our army will inevitably be defeated." ”

The old eunuch was stunned for a moment and said, "What does His Royal Highness King Qin mean?" ”

Li Shimin smiled and said: "My father ordered the army to retreat, and the people of the world will never dare to disobey it." But things have changed, if they suddenly give up the tiger prison, Zhao Jun will inevitably drive straight in, and it will be difficult to retreat when the time comes. ”

"His Royal Highness King Qin!" The old eunuch's face changed.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "It's a joke." ”

The Tiger Prison Pass was as majestic as before, and Li Shimin looked at the Tiger Prison Pass with a resolute look: "Burn the city!" ”

Under the sunset, the majestic tiger prison is burned in flames. The Tiger Prison closes the flames that soar into the sky. Compared to the sunset, it is a little more scorched, and the clouds are rising.

"It's a fire that started at dusk, and the Tang army should have piled up a lot of firewood here, otherwise it wouldn't have burned so big!"

Li Chongjiu was wearing a piece of clothing, he woke up Wei Zheng in the middle of the night, and the Zhao army had been planning and attacking the Tiger Prison Pass for the past few days, attacking the city ladder and half cutting off the ship. The building car has been built, and the war games have been deduced seven or eight times on the sand table, Zhang Xuansu, Ji Chuan and others all believe that under the combined attack of water 6 and the Zhao army's siege weapon fire oil bomb, there is great hope that the tiger prison can be captured.

Right now, it's pretty well prepared. When the army was about to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Shimin suddenly burned the Tiger Prison Pass and retreated.

"History is really unpredictable, and the expected Tiger Prison War. It doesn't seem to be alive. Li Chongjiu thought so in his heart. He guessed several possibilities, and knew that the biggest possibility was that Li Yuan had become suspicious of Li Shimin, so he issued an order to withdraw his troops and ordered him to return to Chang'an.

However, the soldiers on the left and right were all happy, and they were very happy to be able to conquer such a dangerous pass without a fight.

Du Yan and the eldest grandson Shi'an congratulated Li Chongjiu, and Du Yan congratulated Li Chongjiu: "At present, Li Shimin is like a lost dog, and our army should pursue it with victory, meet with the Zheng army in Luoyang, and break the Tang army with two joint attacks." ”

As soon as the words fell, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Wu Gu Nai and other Zhao Junxiao generals all asked Li Chongjiu for orders to pursue.

Zhang Xuansu said: "Don't be negligent, although the Tang army is retreating, it may also be advancing by retreating, and it can counterattack us on the retreat road at any time. Or Li Shimin's plan, exactly that. Don't forget the prince of Zheng Guo, who was ambushed by Li Junxian, the general of the Tang Army, outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and lost all his soldiers and horses. We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Zhang Xuansu's words made Li Chongjiu nod, it was not a big mistake to be cautious, but it would be a pity if he missed the pursuit of Li Shimin. It is a three-day journey from the Tiger Prison to Luoyang, during which anything can happen, in case Luoyang surrenders at this time, a major event will be suspended.

At this time, Guo Shiheng, the general of the Zheng army, said: "What can be a big deal to cower and shrink, but to coax one, at the moment to rescue Luoyang as the first major thing, now the tiger prison has been lowered, so it is reasonable to let the guest army in front, let a certain pioneer in front of the Zhao army to open the way, so you should rest assured." ”

Guo Shiheng is a general under the command of Wang Shibi of Xuzhou Xingtai, who is known for his courage and strong temperament. The meaning of his words was that Zhang Xuansu was too cowardly, and he also had the meaning of being the first to lead the army to rescue Luoyang and achieve great achievements.

"Well said." Wang Xuanying nodded, he was about to say something, but when he saw Li Chongjiu's eyes sweeping towards him, he thought of those two slaps at the moment, and he didn't dare to say anything at the moment.

And Guo Shiheng got Wang Xuanying's support, and at the moment, he felt that he had succeeded in inviting merit in front of the future prince and said: "It's already said that His Majesty Zhao begs you to make a certain pioneer." ”

Du Yan hurriedly said: "There is a way to make the master not a guest, so let General Guo explore the way in front." ”

Li Chongjiu listened and nodded, it is not bad to have Zheng Jun in front of him, although the idea of a dead Taoist friend is not a dead poor man, there is a loss of the king's mind, but Wang Shichong's father and son are white-eyed wolves from top to bottom, and the current rescue of Luoyang is just a rejection of Tang.

Li Chongjiu immediately said: "Since this is the case, with General Guo as the vanguard, we will send troops to the Tiger Prison tomorrow to pursue the Tang army, and transfer Ming Zhen to lead the sailors to go up the river and attack the three cities of Heyang!" ”