High Jaw City.

On the third day after Xue Ju's death, Xue Rengao ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and is now discussing Xue Ju's burial with the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the first emperor has passed away, and the funeral cannot be too simple, it must be held in a grand manner." Zong Luohu said.

Xue Rengao nodded: "We defeated the Tang army, it was a strong period, and the funeral of the first emperor must of course be held in a beautiful manner, not hastily."

"First go and choose an excellent feng shui treasure land, and then choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, before the burial, you have to do things every day, and these things will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites to do......"

Before he finished speaking, a guard hurriedly ran in and shouted, "Oh no, Your Majesty, Li Shimin called......

"What?" Xue Rengao stood up suddenly: "Do you dare to come again if your subordinates are defeated?" ”

Zong Luohu looked at the waiter: "Where is Li Shimin now, and how many people have he brought?" ”

The guard replied: "Li Shimin is stationed thirty miles outside the city, and he probably brought about 100,000 people. ”

"What are you panicking about when it's only 100,000 people?" Xue Rengao sat down again, not caring at all.

The Western Qin army had 300,000, and Li Shimin was his defeated general, so there was nothing to fear.

"Zong Luohu, you go and meet Li Shimin for a while."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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The speed of the Tang army was very fast, and it didn't take long for a camp to rise up outside Gaojaw City.

The third from the left found Li Shimin, who was patrolling the camp, and handed him the note in his hand: "Master, this is the news from the fourth left." ”

Li Shimin opened the note and looked at it, and then ordered: "Go and call Su Dingfang." ”

Soon, Su Dingfang came.

Li Shimin handed him the note: "Take a look." ”

When Su Dingfang saw the information above, his head exploded with a bang, Wang Fubao died?

Or was he unjustly killed?

Su Dingfang's heart was sour, and he suddenly remembered what Wang Yu had said to him, she said that King Xia would listen to slander and kill loyal ministers and good generals, and she was really right by her.

At this moment, Su Dingfang was very disappointed in Dou Jiande, he originally thought that Dou Jiande was the master of the Ming, even if he was forced to surrender to the Tang Dynasty because of Lin Zhiwu, but he still thought about returning to the Xia Dynasty in his heart.

But now...... He didn't want to go back.

At this moment, Qin Shubao hurriedly ran over: "Marshal, Zong Luohu has come to challenge." ”

Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Close the camp gate and don't allow you to fight." ”

After giving the order, Li Shimin returned to the big tent.

When the generals heard the news, they rushed over.

Yin Kaishan said to Li Shimin: "Marshal, the last general asked to go to war to frustrate the spirit of Western Qin. ”

"The last general also asks for ......"

All the generals asked for battle, one by one, they hated the same enemy, and wanted to wash away the shame of the last defeat.

"No." Li Shimin categorically rejected them: "Last time we were defeated, and now there are still many generals in the hands of Xue Rengao, and their morale is not high.

"And the Western Qin army defeated us once, it is the time when we are arrogant and underestimate the enemy, we should not be able to hold out, make them even more arrogant, and urge them in one fell swoop."

In and out of the words, it is still the same as last time, should not fight, defend to the end, and use delaying tactics until Western Qin runs out of food and is arrogant, and then carry out a general attack.

Liu Wenjing opened her mouth, subconsciously wanted to refute Li Shimin, and suddenly thought of the lesson from last time, and his current status as no official or position, and silently closed his mouth again.

Yin Kaishan did the same, swallowing the opposing opinions into his stomach.

But there are still people who object: "Marshal, it is precisely because we defeated last time that the soldiers are holding their breath in their hearts and want to win back." Now that the other party is provocative, it is time to face the battle head-on, and this evil breath has come out.

"I believe that the soldiers will be able to win the first battle."

Hearing this, many people were ready to move.

Hou Junji echoed: "That's right, with this momentum, we will definitely be able to beat Zong Luohu." ”

Looking at Hou Junji's confident appearance, Li Shimin couldn't help but let out a sneer, "We have just been defeated, and our morale is low, even if we want to win it back, they still have a trace of fear for the Western Qin army.

"After waiting for a little longer, the enemy army is becoming more and more arrogant, and the morale of our army is boosted, it will not need to be more effortless, and it can be conquered in one battle."

His words were so loud that Hou Junji couldn't refute them.

Li Shimin said solemnly: "Pass on my military order, and those who dare to speak up will be killed." ”

Hearing this, everyone did not object again.

Li Shimin is very confident that since he returned to Chang'an after the last defeat, he has deeply reflected on himself, if he could stick to the original strategy, he would not have been defeated last time.

This time, he is determined to follow through on his strategic plan and will win.

In this way, Li Shimin closed the camp door and refused to fight.

For several days, Zong Luohu was outside the camp gate and constantly sent people to provoke the Tang army, but the Tang army never wanted to fight, which made Zong Luohu upset and irritable, and only wanted to kill.

Zong Luohu's provocation failed, and said to Xue Rengao: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin's stubbornness is calm, no matter how we provoke or insult him, he will not come out."

"I really have no choice, Your Majesty might as well ask Hao Ming's opinion."

Hao Ying was the emperor's most important adviser, and Zong Luohu believed that he must have a way.

Xue Rengao frowned, he didn't want to see Hao Ming, because Hao Ying always relied on his father's favor to point fingers at him in the past, and he hated Hao Ying very much.

As soon as Zong Luohu saw Xue Rengao's face, he knew that he was not happy to see Hao Ming, so he persuaded: "Your Majesty, the first emperor said before his death that Hao Ying is the wisest person in our Western Qin, and we need him in this battle."

"What's more, the first emperor died, Hao Ying was grief-stricken, and he was seriously ill in bed, so it is reasonable, you should also go to see him."

Zong Luohu went to see Hao Ying a few days ago, and the doctor said that his condition was very bad, and at this time, Xue Rengao didn't ask his opinion, I'm afraid there would be no chance.

Thinking of this, Zong Luohu was a little anxious and urged Xue Rengao: "Your Majesty, I'll accompany you to see Hao Ying now." ”

Xue Rengao felt that Zong Luohu was ordering him, and the anger in his heart burned suddenly: "My Western Qin has strong troops and talents, isn't it possible that without Hao Jin, Western Qin will not work?"

"If I can beat Li Shimin once, I can beat him twice.

"If you continue to provoke, I don't believe that Li Shimin will be a turtle with a shrunken head, and he will not come out of the turtle shell for the rest of his life."

After speaking, he brushed his sleeves out.

Zong Luohu was so anxious that he couldn't persuade Xue Rengao, so he had to go to Hao Yuan's mansion by himself.

Before he entered Hao's mansion, he saw a white cloth hanging on the door.

His heart sank, and he stepped forward quickly: "May I ask ...... your mansion?"

The attendant replied sadly, "My family Ah Lang has died. ”

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Hao Ying died, and the Western Qin court couldn't think of a way to deal with Li Shimin, so it had to send people to constantly provoke Li Shimin.

But no matter how much they scolded or provoked, Li Shimin just shouldn't fight.

After more than a month, the food in Gaoqi City ran out, and the people complained and begged Xue Rengao to find a way to drive away the Tang army.

On this day, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu asked Xue Rengao for instructions: "Your Majesty, now that the Tang Army is eyeing the city and the body of the former emperor has not been buried, what should I do?" ”

Xue Rengao was anxious about the people's petition, and when he heard the words of the Ministry of Rites, he shouted irritably: "You still bother me with this little thing? Don't you see I'm busy? ”

In the end, he threw down the sentence "You can solve it yourself" and drove the Ministry of Rites Shangshu out.

Ministry of Rites: "......"

Is the burial of the emperor a trivial matter?

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