I heard that after Dou Jiande captured Liyang, people from nearby states and counties were ready to move.

On this day, the servants of the king of Huazhou went to Liyang to meet Dou Jiande.

"The slave has seen the king of Xia, and heard that the king of Xia is heroic and martial, benevolent, righteous and virtuous, and the slave has admired it for a long time, so he came to defect. Today, the Tang Dynasty's Huazhou Thorn Shi Wang Rail will be dedicated to the King of Xia to show his sincerity. ”

The words fell, and a box was presented with both hands.

The guard stepped forward to take it, opened the lid, and a disgusting smell of blood came out.

The slave who had come to defect knelt respectfully on the ground, and lowered his eyes to hide the joy in it.

He offered the head of Wang Rail, and King Xia must be very happy, maybe he will seal him a slippery state assassin history to do...... The slave thought happily.

How do you know that the next moment, Dou Jiande said with a gloomy face: "It is a great rebellion for a slave to kill his master, how can I stay such a disloyal and unrighteous person?" ”

Hearing this, the slave's whole body froze, and his heart suddenly became cold.

So, Dou Jiande ordered the slave to be beheaded, and sent someone to send the head of Wang Liang back to Huazhou.

After the officials and people of Huazhou found out, they were greatly moved, and surrendered to the Xia Dynasty with Huazhou on the same day.

The news spread, and officials in Qizhou, Jeju and other places, as well as Xu Yuanlang, the governor of Yanzhou, joined the Xia Dynasty one after another.

A few days later, Dou Jiande left his soldiers and horses behind and led a part of the officials and hostages back to the capital city of Zhaozhou.

......

Although Li Shiyun surrendered to Dou Jiande, he still wanted to return to the Tang Dynasty in his heart.

He said to Zhang Liang in private: "I don't want to betray the Tang Dynasty, I want to find an opportunity to escape from Hebei, but I'm afraid that this move will anger Dou Jiande and be bad for my father, what good plan do you have?" ”

Zhang Liang thought for a while: "Why don't we find a way to save Shu Guogong first, and then escape from Hebei together." ”

"No, it's too difficult." Lee vetoed.

He also thought about rescuing his father first, so that he would have no worries about acting, but unfortunately Dou Jiande took his father and other hostages to Yuzhou, which was the current capital of the Xia Dynasty, heavily guarded, and they could not rescue the hostages with hundreds of people.

"Alas......" Li Shiyun couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Liang sighed when he saw Li Shiyun, his expression was very sad, and he couldn't help but feel some sympathy for him.

However, he was born stupid and couldn't think of any good way, so he had to accompany him silently.

After a long time, Li Shiyun suddenly stood up: "I will definitely not be able to return to the Tang Dynasty in a short time, so I can only fight a protracted war."

"I must first gain Dou Jiande's trust, and then find a way to rescue my father, if I can also rescue Princess Tong'an and King Huai'an, then it would be the best."

Zhang Liang couldn't help but ask: "How do you gain Dou Jiande's trust?" ”

"Meritorious." Li Shiyun slowly spit out two words, his eyes firm.

Not long after, Wang Shichong sent people to attack Liyang, and Li Shichong led his troops to repel Wang Shichong and took advantage of the victory to pursue.

In the end, thousands of Wang Shichong's soldiers were killed in Huojia County, and Wang Shichong hurriedly withdrew to Luoyang, not daring to fight Liyang's idea again.

When Dou Jiande heard the news, he was overjoyed, and he said to Wei Zheng: "Wang Shichong, I originally wanted to make friends with him and stabilize the border. But then he poisoned the little emperor and usurped the throne as emperor, so I didn't want to associate with him.

"Now that Li Shiyun has frustrated his spirit and killed his soldiers, it can be regarded as a bad breath for me.

"Li Shiyun is worthy of being handsome, with him, the defeat of Henan is just around the corner."

Not long ago, Wang Shichong finally exposed his ambitions, and pretended to cede the imperial throne to himself in the name of the little emperor Yang Tong, with the founding name of Enlightened and the country name Zheng.

Later, Pei Renji and others conspired to kill Wang Shichong and restore Yang Tong as emperor. But the matter was revealed, Pei Renji and others were beheaded by Wang Shichong, and even Yang Tong was poisoned by Wang Shichong.

When it came to Wang Shichong, Wei Zheng's eyes were full of disdain, but when it came to Li Shichong, he admired it very much, followed by a few words of praise, and was happy that the lord had got a handsome talent.

......

When the news of the fall of Liyang and the annexation of many prefectures and counties in Henan to the Xia Dynasty returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan was furious.

"Two months ago, Xu Yuanlang broke away from Wang Shichong and surrendered to my Tang Dynasty with several states.

"I didn't expect him to be so ungrateful, and he attached himself to Dou Jiande in a blink of an eye, he is really a shameless villain."

After Li Yuan scolded, he ordered Xiao Yu: "You set off immediately, go to Zhaozhou to negotiate with King Xia, and be sure to bring Princess Tong'an and King Huai'an back safely." ”

"Yes." Xiao Yu solemnly took over the task.

Soon after, the 800-mile urgent military situation in Bingzhou was transmitted back to Chang'an, and Jinyang fell, which shocked the hundred officials of Chang'an.

Jinyang is the birthplace of His Majesty's Xingyi soldiers, who is so damn that he actually lost the birthplace of the Tang Dynasty?

Soon, the hundred officials knew who this person was, and it turned out that the king of Qi abandoned the city and fled, giving up Jinyang to Liu Wuzhou.

After knowing the news, everyone didn't dare to speak out, for fear of angering the emperor, after all, King Qi was the emperor's concubine, in case they said something wrong, angering the dragon scales, they would lose their official positions.

Li Yuan is angry and congested, punish his son, he is distressed, if he doesn't punish his son, he can't convince the public.

coincided with Pei Lian's return to the dynasty, Li Yuan scolded him with a slap in the face: "You are the founder of the Tang Dynasty, therefore, Lone gives you the supreme honor, but I didn't expect you to let Lone be so disappointed."

"Lone gave you enough troops, and the state and nearby armies were all under your control, and also gave you the sharpshooter army and firearms, such a powerful force, you were defeated again and again, resulting in the fall of most of the state, so that the king of Qi could not wait for rescue, and lost Jinyang.

"You're so incompetent! Rubbish! Damn ......"

Li Yuan pointed to Pei Lian's nose and vented all the anger and grievances of losing the war during this time.

Pei Lin knelt on the ground, unable to argue, and finally could only kowtow over and over again: "The minister is incompetent, the minister deserves death, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Seeing that he didn't argue or explain, Li Yuan looked stunned, and then "snorted" heavily.

"Come on, put Pei Lin in prison and wait for the retrial."

......

After getting the news of Pei Lian's imprisonment, Liu Wenjing looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hahaha...... Pei Lian, do you also have today? Haha......"

At this time, the servant came over and said, "Ah Lang, Your Majesty has a decree to summon you to the palace for discussion." ”

Liu Wenjing smiled, then changed into his official uniform and went to the palace.

Li Yuan not only summoned Liu Wenjing into the palace, but also the crown prince and the king of Qin, as well as Chen Shuda and other important ministers and generals.

His expression was very serious, and there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes: "The thieves are so fierce, and there is the help of the Turks, it is difficult for our army to resist, it is better to give up and merge the state and retreat to Guanzhong." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers frowned, and they couldn't think of a way to solve the situation of Liu Wuzhou's alliance with the Turks.

However, one person stood up and said to Li Yuan: "The thief is fierce, but it is only for a while, Your Majesty has the jade seal, and he has won the hearts of the people, and he is a well-deserved son of destiny, and the world is unified, and it is none other than the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin, and the fighting spirit in his heart was instantly ignited by him.

"I am willing to lead my troops to Bingzhou, recover the lost territory, eliminate Liu Wuzhou, and drive the Turks out of the Central Plains."

Li Shimin's words were majestic and full of confidence.

At this moment, being able to stand up and say these words is equivalent to taking on a great responsibility, and King Qin has such courage that he can't help but impress the officials.

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