Chapter 252: Recovering the Lost Ground
Li Shimin asked his subordinates to disperse to investigate the enemy's situation, leaving only one armor soldier by his side.
The sun is shining, the sunny day is warm, and the tender grass on the slope is just growing out of the ground.
Li Shimin basked in the warm sunshine, and on the high slope outside the city of Huzhou, he slept sweetly with the entourage.
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At this moment, a giant snake with a thick arm swam out of the grass not far away, spitting red letters, walking and stopping, and slowly crawled towards Li Shimin's side.
The field was eerily quiet, and no human voices could be heard.
The sun was still shining warmly, and the breeze caressed the tender grass.
Li Shimin fell asleep quietly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
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The giant snake slowly approached Li Shimin's side.
Ten steps, five steps, and finally climbed onto Li Shimin's body, and waited quietly for a while, the big snake suddenly rushed forward, running towards a gray squirrel not far away.
Li Shimin was awakened by the violent movement of the big snake, he hurriedly sat up, and was about to beat the big snake to death with the eight-sided black gold steel lance in his hand, but suddenly he stopped his hand again.
At the same time as Li Shimin took the lance, he suddenly found that three or four hundred paces away, dozens of enemy cavalry were quietly approaching him.
Li Shimin realized that the giant snake not only did not harm him, but was his savior.
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Li Shimin was not in a hurry, pushed the armor soldier beside him, and said, "There are enemy troops coming this way."
The armor soldier hurriedly sat up, and when he saw that dozens of horsemen were approaching this side, he said in a panic, "King, let's withdraw quickly."
Li Shimin laughed and said, "No hurry."
As he spoke, Li Shimin hung the eight-sided black gold steel lance on his waist, slowly stood up from the ground, took off the Thunderbolt Divine Bow from his back, and quietly looked at the direction of the enemy horse.
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When the enemy cavalry saw Li Shimin standing up, they immediately accelerated their march.
Li Shimin and the armor soldiers got on their horses, drew feathered arrows from their backs, and shouted at the enemy's cavalry, "If you go any further, you will shoot the general who is the leader of the er."
The enemy-led general did not believe it and continued to urge his men to gallop to this side.
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Seeing that there were only more than 100 steps left between the two sides, only at the sound of the bowstring, a feather arrow shot at the enemy's leader, directly piercing the throat of the enemy general.
The horse rushed forward a few more feet, and the enemy general fell from the horse.
When the other cavalry saw that the lord was about to be shot, they hurriedly reined in their horses and stopped the forward charge.
Li Shimin sat upright and immediately warned proudly, "Whoever comes closer will end up with the general."
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The lord was about to be killed, and the other cavalry were already frightened, seeing Li Shimin sitting solemnly on the horse, majestic and majestic, these people all had a sense of timidity.
Hearing Li Shimin's warning, he turned his horse's head one by one and fled from the wind.
When the subordinates who were inquiring about the military situation from a distance saw Li Shimin in distress and urged their horses back one by one, the enemy cavalry had fled without a trace.
Li Shimin generally led his subordinates back to the Baibi military camp if nothing happened.
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Soon, the Tang army captured Puban City, and only Wu Chongmao of Xia County was left south of Huzhou.
Song Jingang's lone army hangs south of Linfen, there is no way to advance, there is no way to retreat, the army food in the city of Huzhou is about to run out, and Song Jingang has nothing to do.
To the north of the Bird Mouse Valley, Liu Wuzhou attacked Xihe several times, but he could not attack for a long time, and Li Zhongwen led the army to attack and killed thousands of people under Liu Wuzhou's department.
At this time, Li Shiyun rebelled against Dou Jiande and returned to Tang, and Li Yuan ordered him to come to assist Li Shimin.
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In April, Liu Wuzhou in the north was defeated by Li Zhongwen; In the south, there was no food in the Song Jingang army.
In desperation, Song Jingang fled north in panic.
Li Shimin led a large army to chase and kill by victory, pursuing 200 miles in a day and night, and experiencing dozens of battles large and small.
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When the Tang army arrived at Gaobiling in Lingshi County, Liu Hongji, the head of the march, stopped Li Shimin and admonished him, "Our army has already made miraculous achievements in pursuing the remaining victories here, and we must not go any further. Now that the soldiers are tired, they should set up camp on the spot, and when the rations arrive, they should march forward."
Li Shimin insisted, "Song Jingang fled in poverty, the army's morale is weak, the opportunity cannot be lost, our army should take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill, if he stays here, it gives him a chance to breathe, he gathers the remnants and defends the city, and it will be difficult for our army to attack again."
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Li Shimin said, that is, he rode his horse away, and his subordinate soldiers did not dare to say more, and the Tang army chased through Huoyi to the Bird Mouse Valley, and experienced eight battles in one day, each battle was victorious, and tens of thousands of people were killed and captured by Song Jingang.
On the night of the same day, Li Shimin ordered to set up camp at the mouth of the Bird Mouse Valley, and the officers and men of the whole army did not eat for two days, and did not disarm their armor for three days.
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On the second day, Li Shimin led his troops to attack Jiexiu City.
Song Jingang still has 20,000 remnants, and he went out of the west gate to set up a position against the city.
Li Shimin sent Li Shiyun to lead the army to meet the battle, Li Shiyun pretended to be invincible, led the troops to retreat, Li Shimin led the elite cavalry around the back of Song Jingang's headquarters to attack, killing thousands of people.
Song Jingang was defeated and fled with light horses, and Li Shimin led the army to chase and kill for dozens of miles.
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Chased to Zhang Nanbao, Li Zhongwen's marching chief Fan Botong led the army to defend the fort, Li Shimin took off his helmet under the fort, and informed the city that the King of Qin led the Tang army had arrived.
The soldiers of the fort all cried with joy, welcomed the soldiers led by Li Shimin into the fort, and heard that the soldiers had not eaten for many days, so they hurriedly prepared food for the soldiers.
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Liu Wuzhou heard that Song Jingang was defeated and abandoned Jinyang and fled.
Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang both fled to the Turks, and both were later killed by the Turks.
After the defeat of the battle of Jiexiu, Wei Chi Jingde collected the remnants of the army and still defended the city according to Jiexiu, Li Shimin sent Yu Wenshi and went to persuade him to surrender, Wei Chi Jingde saw that the general trend had gone, and finally surrendered the city.
Hearing that Wei Chi Jingde had surrendered, Li Shimin was overjoyed and appointed Wei Chi Jingde as the commander of the right government, and his original 8,000 people were still under the command of Wei Chi Jingde himself.
Since then, Wei Chi Jingde has followed Li Shimin to fight in the east and west, and has become the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty.
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After all the follow-up troops arrived and the grain and grass were in place, Li Shimin ordered the army to rest in Jiexiu City for a few days, and then led the army to Jinyang.
Liu Wuzhou's army, which was defending the city in Jinyang, surrendered without a fight under Tang Jian's persuasion.
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Why was Tang Jian in Jinyang after he was captured?
As mentioned earlier, Wei Chi Jingde defeated the Tang army led by Li Xiaoji, and captured Li Yuan's younger brother, Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, Li Yuan's mother's nephew, Dugu Huaien, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Tang Jian, the founder of the Tang Dynasty, and Liu Shirang, the head of the march.
This Dugu Huaien is the nephew of Queen Dugu of the Great Zhou, Queen Dugu of the Great Sui, and Li Yuan's mother Dugu.
Li Yuan once joked with Dugu Huaien, "The sons of your three aunts are all emperors, so isn't it my uncle's son's turn to be the emperor next?"
Dugu Huaien also felt conceited because of his three aunts, and once said to others in private, "Is my family more than a woman's honor?" and conspired against his subordinate Yuan Junbao.
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This time, Dugu Huaien, Yuan Junbao, and Tang Jian were captured by Wei Chi Jingde together, and Yuan Junbao said to Tang Jian, "Dugu Shangshu is plotting a big thing, if you make a decision early, where will you end up today?"
When Li Shimin defeated Wei Chi Jingde in Meiliangchuan, Dugu Huaien took the opportunity to escape, Li Yuan asked him to guard Pusaka, and Yuan Junbao said to Tang Jian, "Dugu Shangshu can escape back, it can really be said that the king is immortal."
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Tang Jian was afraid that Dugu Huaien's conspiracy would succeed, so he had a plan, he pretended to surrender to Wei Chi Jingde, and told Wei Chi Jingde, "I have a plan to make the Tang army discordant."
Wei Chi Jingde asked, "What are your plans?"
Tang Jian offered a plan, "You send Liu Shirang back to the Tang army, and let Liu Shirang sue Dugu Huaien for rebellion, so that not only can Li Yuan kill Dugu Huaien, the Shangshu of the industry, but also allow Liu Shirang to win Li Yuan's trust, and Liu Shirang can be used as our internal response in the future."
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Wei Chi Jingde is an upright person, how did he know that Tang Jian was designing to deceive him, and felt that Tang Jian's strategy was very good, so he let Liu Shirang return to the Tang Army.
Soon, Li Yuan came to Changchun Palace, preparing to go to Hedong to comfort the army, and when he was about to get on the boat and set off, Liu Shirang came from the other side and reported to Li Yuan that Dugu Huaien had rebelled.
Li Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately summoned Dugu Huaien to Changchun Palace to see him, Dugu Huaien didn't know that the matter had been revealed, and crossed the river to see Li Yuan by boat.
Li Yuan ordered Dugu Huaien to be arrested and punished for Dugu Huaien and his comrades.
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After Li Yuan killed Dugu Huaien, Wei Chi Jingde thought that Tang Jian's clever plan had succeeded, and trusted Tang Jian even more, and recommended to Liu Wuzhou to let Tang Jian return to Jinyang to appease the local heroes.
After Liu Wuzhou fled, Tang Jian persuaded the Jinyang garrison to surrender to the Tang army.
Since then, all the prefectures and counties occupied by Liu Wuzhou have been recovered by Li Shimin.
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Because of Li Zhongwen's meritorious service in guarding the Xihe, Li Shimin left him to guard the state and reported to Li Yuan, and Li Zhongwen replaced Li Yuanji as the governor of the state.
All arrangements stopped, Li Shimin led a large army, and on the way back to the army, Li Shimin captured Xia County and beheaded the thief leader Lu Chonglian.
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In May of the third year of Wude, Li Shimin led the triumphant division back to Chang'an.
From November of the second year of Wude, Li Shimin led the army to cross the Yellow River into Hedong, and then Li Shimin swept Hedong and Shanxi returned to Chang'an, which lasted only half a year.
The lost lands of Li Yuanji and Pei Lin were all recovered by Li Shimin.
After Pei Lin returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan immediately sent him to prison and prepared to ask him for his guilt, but Li Yuan finally forgot the old relationship and finally released him.
Li Yuan not only did not alienate Pei Lian, but became more kind to him. As for why Li Yuan did this, this is still a mystery for the ages.
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Li Shimin's return to Chang'an can be said to be very happy.
Not only did he take back Hedong and Shanxi and return triumphantly, but Guanyin gave birth to a son to him, and Yang Jing and Yin Yue'e each gave birth to a daughter.
After his comeback, Li Shimin won a big battle beautifully, it can be said that he was proud of the spring breeze and full of ambition, and after returning to the palace, he wanted to take a good look at Guanyin.
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The Guanyin maid in the Chengqing Hall has been missing Li Shimin for a spring, and now she is waiting for summer.
At this time, her excitement was already irrepressible.
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