Hearing that the Xia army had conquered Liaocheng, Li Shentong was stunned for a moment, then reacted and hurriedly ordered: "Retreat, retreat ......"

Zhao Junde rushed in: "How can I, the Tang Army, be afraid of the Xia Army?" Subordinates ask for battle. ”

When the other generals heard the news, several generals also followed and said, "My subordinates are asking for battle." ”

The shouting of killing was getting closer and closer, Li Shentong was "pounding" in a panic, he forcibly suppressed the heart that was about to jump out, and roared sharply: "Retreat, violators, behead!" ”

When the Xia army rushed to the camp, Li Shentong led the guards to flee, leaving behind a lot of military baggage, and all the foot soldiers behind the palace were slaughtered by the Xia army.

"Ambassador, where are we going?"

Because the Xia army came to attack, Cui Gan was released, and seeing that Li Shentong was only rushing forward with the army, without any purpose, he couldn't help but ask.

"Driving~"

Li Shentong waved his whip and whipped it on his horse, "Go to Zhaozhou." ”

Zhao Junde heard that Li Shentong was going to Zhouzhou, and he didn't want to follow him anymore, so he said: "Since the ambassador is going to Zhouzhou, his subordinates will go back to Beizhou to set up defenses first, in case the Xia army attacks Beizhou." ”

Li Shentong was annoyed when he saw him, and immediately agreed.

So, Zhao Junde led his subordinates to leave.

Dou Jiande, who destroyed the Xu State, incorporated Yuwen Zhiji's army, and appointed some civil and military generals as appropriate, among which Yu Shinan was appointed by Dou Jiande as the squire of the Yellow Gate.

Just when Dou Jiande was about to lead the army to leave Liaocheng and continue to conquer the city, a person came to Liaocheng.

This person is Feng Deyi.

He has been hiding in the shadows to observe the situation in Liaocheng, wanting to wait until the Tang army and the Xia army have decided to decide whether he will stay or not.

When he saw that Tang Jun didn't even have the courage to fight with Xia Jun, he immediately made up his mind to join Xia Jun.

When Dou Jiande heard about his intention, he happily accepted him.

......

Liaocheng was broken by the Xia army, and the news that Yuwenzhi and his soldiers were defeated and killed reached Jibei, and Yuwenshi was very sad.

The wealthy clan of Jibei took the opportunity to persuade Yu Wenshi: "Although Your Majesty has passed away, you are his own brother, you should inherit the throne, regroup, defeat the Xia army, and seize Hebei as a base." ”

Yu Wenshi had no ambition to be the emperor, and he said to everyone: "Thank you for your promotion, but I am not a shallow learner and incompetent, so I cannot take on such a great responsibility."

"Previously, I persuaded my brother to join the Tang Dynasty, but my brother didn't listen, so he ended up so miserable.

"I have decided to defect to the Tang Dynasty, if you are interested, you can also join me in the Tang Dynasty."

The crowd looked at each other, and after a long silence, they expressed their willingness to follow.

......

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, conquered the city in Henan and won victories, while Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, retreated all the way from Hebei to Henan and retreated.

When Li Shentong led the army to retreat to Zhaozhou, he heard that Dou Jiande led more than 100,000 troops to attack Zhaozhou, and immediately led the army to withdraw from Zhaozhou and retreat to Xiangzhou.

Ten days later, Dou Jiande captured Zhaozhou and led his army to Xiangzhou.

After Li Shentong heard the news, he led all the soldiers and horses to flee to Liyang.

Soon, Dou Jiande captured Xiangzhou and continued to pursue Li Shentong......

When Li Shimin heard that Li Shentong was cowardly, the Tang Dynasty lost several cities, and he was furious.

"How can you be a coach if you are so cowardly?"

Then he instructed Fang Xuanling: "Go to the court and remove him from the post of commander." ”

But Li Shimin did not wait for the news of Li Shentong's dismissal, but received the news that Li Yuan had summoned him back to the court......

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In the second year of Wude, something happened that shocked the government and the opposition.

In March, Liu Wuzhou, together with the Turks, marched south to invade and annex the state, first stationed in the Yellow Snake Ridge.

The governor of Bingzhou, that is, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, sent Zhang Da, the general of chariot and cavalry, to resist, but he did not expect the whole army to be annihilated, and Liu Wuzhou thus attacked Yuci County.

In April, Liu Wuzhou sent Song Jingang to capture Pingyao County.

In May, Liu Wuzhou's fierce general Chi Jingde led his army to occupy Jiezhou......

The state was in an emergency, Jinyang was in danger, and Li Yuanji sent people to Chang'an for help.

The moment he suddenly heard that the state was in an emergency, Li Yuan was stunned, and his mind was blank.

Jinyang is the place where he raised his troops, and it is also the birthplace of the Tang Dynasty, he sent his fourth son to guard the state, and also assigned many good ministers and brave generals to his son.

The deployment of the northern border was personally deployed by him, the defense was tight, and the troops were strong, how could it be broken by Liu Wuzhou to the point of urgency?

Li Yuan couldn't figure it out, and when he realized that the situation was critical, he panicked in his heart.

Now half of the county seat of Bingzhou has been captured by Liu Wuzhou, if the current trend continues, Jinyang will fall into the hands of Liu Wuzhou.

After completely conquering and annexing the state, Liu Wuzhou will definitely enter the west of Guanzhong and attack Chang'an, as he did back then......

The more he thought about it, the heavier Li Yuan's mood became.

After consulting with the courtiers, Li Yuan issued an order: "With Taichang Shaoqing Li Zhongwen as the head of the march, and Jiang Baoyi, the general of the Left Guard, lead troops to rescue and ...... state."

Everyone thought that after sending troops to rescue, the crisis situation in the state would improve, but they didn't expect that the situation would be even more severe.

Li Zhongwen and Jiang Baoyi led their troops to attack Jiezhou, but they were defeated by Wei Chi Jingde and both were captured.

Soon after, the two escaped by luck and fled to Haozhou, where they defended the city with Liu Gan, the assassin of Haozhou, and spread the news to Chang'an.

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, someone proposed: "The king of Qin is good at fighting and has great courage, and the minister thinks that the king of Qin should be sent to rescue and annex the state." ”

Liu Wenjing immediately said: "That's right, the King of Qin has been following His Majesty since the beginning of Jinyang, the Battle of Shangsijie, the King of Qin assisted His Majesty, raised the prestige of our army, and later pacified Xue Ju, fought everywhere, and was invincible and invincible.

"The minister thinks that the one who can save the crisis of the annexation of the state should be the king of Qin."

"Heh~" Pei Lin chuckled, "King Qin is good at fighting, but it would be an exaggeration to say that he is invincible."

"In the battle of the shallow water plain, the king of Qin was defeated once......"

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Li Yuan's displeased look, and Pei Lian suddenly closed his mouth.

Seeing this, Li Jiancheng hurriedly relieved Pei Lian's siege: "Aya, Er is willing to lead troops to Bingzhou, recover the lost territory, and drive Liu Wuzhou out." ”

He didn't dare to boast about Haikou and say that he pacified Liu Wuzhou, because there were Turks behind Liu Wuzhou.

The Turkic cavalry was too strong, and with the current strength of the Tang army, it could not defeat the Turks.

Li Yuan looked at him, frowned, and said, "I, the Tang Dynasty, is like a cloud, how can I let you go to the battlefield as a prince?" Is there no soldier in my Datang? ”

This time, the battle of annexing states involved the Turkic cavalry, and the prince's conquest was certainly able to boost morale, but if the army was accidentally defeated, it would not only be dangerous for his life, but also damage the prestige of the prince.

The prince has failed, how will he lead the ministers and govern the world in the future?

Moreover, the defeat of the prince also damaged the prestige of the Tang Dynasty and his face.

Li Jiancheng was speechless for a moment and retreated silently.

But let Li Shimin go to Liu Wuzhou, Li Jiancheng was unwilling.

Li Shimin is now a great soldier, and his reputation is above that of his crown prince, if Li Shimin is allowed to pacify Liu Wuzhou, then he, the prince, will have to live under the light of King Qin.

This day, he didn't want to see.

So, Li Jiancheng glanced at Pei Lian......

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