Chapter 477: Li Shimin jumped out of the encirclement
And what made Wang Shichong even more angry was that You Junda and other Wagangzhai subordinates who surrendered to him surrendered to Li Shimin one after another, and Luoyang City was broken by Li Shimin several times, if it was found properly, plus You Junda and others were ready to persuade Shan Xiongxin to surrender, and they were reported by Shan Xiongxin, so that Wang Shichong had a chance to defend, I am afraid that Luoyang City would have changed his surname long ago.
Speaking of which, the reason why this kind of thing happened has a lot to do with Wang Xuanying, he took a fancy to Xie Yingdeng's thousand-mile horse, Xie Yingdeng was naturally unwilling, but he was still snatched by Wang Shichong, which made Xie Yingdeng extremely dissatisfied, so he simply fooled You Junda and others into taking refuge in Li Shimin in one go.
Overnight, the situation in Luoyang City changed greatly, and Wang Shichong had to agree to Li Xin's request and cede Nanyang City in exchange for Li Xin's support. Of course, Li Shimin was not much better, he got the refuge of You Junda and others, and on the second day, he received the loss of Hongnong, and suddenly beat Li Shimin from the top of the Nine Heavens to the depths of the Nine Shadows, and he didn't react at once.
"Do your best to investigate Li Shimin and see what he does, I need to know Li Shimin's situation at any time." Li Xin came to Xuanyuan Pass, looked at the map in front of him, the situation around Luoyang City appeared in front of Li Xin, Li Xin looked at the situation on the map, and now in the face of this situation, Li Shimin has only one way to go, that is, to withdraw from Mengjin and leave Luoyang from Mengjin.
To the west, there is Hongnong, to the east, there is Hujiao, to the south there is Xuanyuan Pass, and to the north is Mengjin. Li Shimin can only leave from Mengjin, but will Li Shimin leave in Mengjin? He had already lost nearly 30,000 people in Luoyang, and only 50,000 of the 100,000 army remained. The only thing you can do is how to ensure your strength.
"Prince, how many soldiers and horses are there in Luoyang?" Li Xin looked at the map and asked.
Wang Xuanying heard it in his ears for a while, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only say, "There are still 50,000 people." ”
Li Shimin sneered. But he didn't speak, the 100,000 troops under Li Shimin were elite troops, what were some people under Wang Shichong's command, although there were some elites, but the others were mostly Wagangzhai and Qiansu's troops, these armies were still a little worse than the elite, Li Shimin still had 50,000 people left, but Wang Shichong was no more than 20,000 people at most, where were there 50,000 people, if there were 50,000 people. Wang Shichong wouldn't think about giving Nanyang to himself.
"You say, will Li Shimin forcibly attack the Tiger Prison Pass and break through the Tiger Prison Pass?" Li Xin suddenly thought of a possibility, his face changed, and he said, "If he escapes from the Tiger Prison, we really have nothing to do?" ”
"It can't be! Tiger Prison Pass is a natural danger, and Zheng Guo will definitely send troops to garrison it. If he wants to break through the tiger prison, Li Shimin will not have such courage. Wei Chigong said with some disbelieving.
"Prince, how many people are stationed in the Tiger Prison?" Li Xin asked.
"Ten thousand people. It's my cousin Wang Xingben who is stationed, and I want to come and have nothing to do. Wang Xuanying nodded. Said unconcernedly. 10,000 people were stationed at Tiger Pass, and the danger of Tiger Pass was enough to stop the enemy.
"10,000 people, barely okay. Li Shimin only has 50,000 people in his hands, and it seems that he can only withdraw his troops from Mengjin. Li Xin nodded and said to Shen Qianqiu: "You can let Su Dingfang withdraw his troops, and let Duan Decao lead the army to garrison Pujin Bridge." In preparation for Qu Tutong, Su Dingfang took a boat down the Yellow River and attacked Mengjin. completely blocked Li Shimin in Luoyang. That's a two-day time. In two days, Li Shimin can be completely besieged. ”
"The prime minister is clever." Wang Xuanying showed a look of horror on his face, at this time, he had to admit that Li Xin was much more powerful in this regard, and suddenly enveloped Li Shimin, unless Li Shimin forcibly broke through, he only attacked Mengjin, returned to Hedong from the Yellow River, or defeated in Luoyang, and turned the tide of the war. In Wang Xuanying's view, Li Shimin's defeat is basically certain, and there is no possibility of victory at all.
"I don't know if I'm smart or not, we've laid a trap, and it's about to come to an end, and this king also wants to know what Li Shimin will do if he knows this situation? It's the trapped beast that is still fighting, or maybe he can still find a glimmer of life from it. Li Xin looked for places on the map where Li Shimin might change the current situation. This time it took so much effort to deal with Li Shimin, and losing Li Shimin's Li Zhao was equivalent to losing half of his strength, and Li Xin didn't take these things to heart.
Under Luoyang City, Li Shimin's face was gloomy, just yesterday, with the submission of You Junda and others, a large number of generals and talents gathered under his command, but the next day, Fang Xuanling and Li Daozong returned from the slaughter, making him fall from heaven to the clouds all of a sudden, and smashed to the ground I don't know what to do.
I didn't expect him to be so completely defeated, the 150,000 army, now there are only 50,000 people in hand, this is the biggest defeat he has suffered since he led the troops, and a person has not rested for a night in the big tent.
"Your Highness." The eldest grandson Wuji walked in, followed by Fang Xuanling, and there was still a trace of guilt on his face. Although Hongnong's loss had nothing to do with him, he felt sorry for Li Shimin's trust.
"It's Xuan Ling and the auxiliary machine!" Li Shimin raised his head, his eyes were red, bloodshot, his face was full of exhaustion, and he didn't even notice that there was a grain of eye feces in the corner of his eye.
"Your Highness, now that the matter is over, it is better for us to leave Luoyang as soon as possible and return to the ancient city through Mengjin." The eldest grandson Wuji sighed and said: "Although there was no victory this time, but it also killed and injured tens of thousands of Wang Shichong's troops, and the surrender of You Junda and other generals is also equivalent to strengthening the strength of our army, and next time we will capture Luoyang." ”
"Don't comfort me, the next time you capture Luoyang, it's impossible, Li Xin won't allow us to capture Luoyang again." Li Shimin shook his head and sighed: "Until now, I knew that this was a bureau, a bureau set up by Li Xin, if I hadn't guessed wrong, Li Xin would have known our plan a long time ago, so he would have tried to make us fall into the trap, we thought we were secretive enough, and then stupidly walked in, and only now did we find out the trap in it." ”
"No, it won't! Li Xin made so many trips, either sending troops to Hongnong, or sending troops to Wuguan, or even attacking Hedong, just to cover up his plan to send troops from Nanyang? Eldest Sun Wuji was a little unconvinced.
"Yes, it's just to deal with me Li Shimin, hehe, how can I Li Shimin, make Li Xin pay so much attention to me, so many actions, from Bashu to Hedong, from Nanyang to Hongnong, Li Xin has laid a big game, I really don't know if I thank him for paying so much attention to me, or should I hate him." Li Shimin sneered.
"Your Highness, it's all the incompetence of your subordinates, which has made King Qin suffer." Fang Xuanling said with a bitter face.
"Xuan Ling, it's not your fault, it's all a good thing done by that bastard Li Yuanji." Li Shimin shook his head again and smiled bitterly: "Actually, even if there is no Li Yuanji, Li Xin will not let him go, he will attack from Nanyang, tsk, after such a big circle, Nanyang is the main direction of his attack." ”
"King Qin, we can withdraw from Mengjin, Li Xin may not be so easy to deal with us." The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but say: "No matter how powerful he is, can he calculate the current situation?" ”
"No, if I'm not mistaken, there is already a fleet in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Do you think Li Xin's decision to let Su Dingfang attack Hedong was really a smoke bomb deliberately laid down? Li Shimin shook his head and said: "No, he is preparing for now, that is, he is thinking of attacking us from Mengjin, and Mengjin may have lost at this time." ”
"Report, King Qin, Mengjin is lost, and Li Tang's general Su Dingfang led an army of 20,000 to seize Mengjin Port." Outside the big tent, Hou Junji reported loudly.
"Really?" Fang Xuanling's mouth was open, and he didn't know what to do.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Eldest Sun Wuji was also a little anxious, and in this situation, Eldest Sun Wuji felt that the army was all besieged in Luoyang.
"Hehe, although this Li Xin is powerful, he still miscalculated." Li Shimin said with a smile: "This king hasn't slept all night, and he finally knows the loophole of Li Xin's move, otherwise, I'm afraid we can only look for one side, fight to the death, and we can only rush to Meng Jin and find Su Dingfang to settle accounts." ”
"Has Your Highness found a place to break out?" Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji said in surprise.
"Of course, look here." Li Shimin pointed to a piece on the map very proudly and said: "The direction of our attack is here, only by breaking through here, we can turn the dead into a living land, jump out of Li Xin's encirclement, and even give Li Xin a surprise?" ”
"Tiger Prison?" Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji looked at that place and looked stunned for a moment, and then showed surprise.
"Yes, it is the Tiger Prison Pass, and our breakthrough direction is to choose the Tiger Prison Pass." Li Shimin's face was hideous, and he snorted coldly and said: "Not only Wang Shichong, but also Li Xin, would not have guessed that we would break through from the Tiger Prison Pass, is it really difficult to attack the Tiger Prison Pass?" Li Shimin showed a hint of cunning.
On the eighth day of October in the first year of Yining, just as Li Xin left Xuanyuan Pass, went to Luoyang, and joined the siege and extermination of Li Shimin's campaign, suddenly news came from the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Shimin personally led an army of 20,000 people wearing the armor of the Zheng army, raided the Tiger Prison Pass, and killed the Tiger Prison Pass guard Wang Xingben, and the 50,000 army was like a tiger out of the box, rushing out of the Tiger Pass, and finally burned the Tiger Pass to block the pursuers. For a while, the world was shaken, and Li Shimin was able to fight his way out of a desperate situation, which was praised by the people of the world. Even Li Xin has to admit that Li Shimin is powerful, he can make impressive moves in the most unlikely places, and he is worthy of Li Shimin. (To be continued......)