Chapter 103: Luo Yi is against Tang
Just as Gao Buer was intensively preparing for the establishment of Qingbei College, Luo Yi, who had been entrenched in Youzhou, suddenly rebelled.
Luo Yi surrendered in the early Tang Dynasty and swore an oath with Li Yuan, Li Yuan named him the King of Yan and asked him to guard the clouds.
At the beginning, Luo Yi also kept his promise, although he played the role of listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement, and most of the Youyun soldiers and horses under his command were people who could recruit good soldiers, but as long as Li Yuan transferred troops, Luo Yi often personally led elite soldiers and strong generals to help, and the cooperation between the two sides was quite tacit.
In the previous war when Li Er attacked Liu Heimin, Luo Yi also sent troops to help in the war, but for some reason, after the First World War, Luo Yi's elite lost most of them, and he and Li Er made a feud.
Later, Li Jiancheng also received Luo Yi's help in the war to destroy Liu Heimin, and formed a deep friendship with Luo Yi. At that time, Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, and Li Yuan strongly supported him, Luo Yi had a gap with Li Er, so he naturally stood on Li Jiancheng's side.
Originally, Luo Yi thought that he had his own support, and this Li Jiancheng's position was nine out of ten, but who knew that Li Er, who did not play cards according to common sense, jumped out of a hallway, and after a Xuanwumen incident, his investment was lost. And Li Er and he also looked at each other unpleasantly, and when he heard that Li Er had ascended the throne as emperor, Luo Yi knew that his good days were over.
Who knew that Li Er, who did not play cards according to common sense, gave Luo Yi an official at the beginning of his accession to the throne, and comforted him a lot, this operation made Luo Yihu hesitate, but he knew that Li Er was a careful master, and he could die in the battle array for his subordinate soldiers, not to mention that Li Er, who is now respected by the four seas, it is a matter of time before he cleans himself up, so Luo Yi is ready to oppose Tang and stand on his own, and Luo Yi is silently waiting for an opportunity.
Soon, the opportunity that Luo Yi wanted came, after the death of the old Turkic Khan, Jieli Khan became a new generation of Great Khan, he inherited everything from the old Turkic Khan, and he was ambitious. After he unified the tribes of the grassland, he turned his attention to the rich and newly established Tang Dynasty.
Li Er and Jieli Khan, an overlord who wants to dominate the four seas, a hero of the grassland, the history of the early Tang Dynasty was full of ups and downs in the confrontation between the two of them.
Luo Yi, who had been secretly plotting rebellion in Youzhou, heard that the Turks were preparing to go south to Koubian, so he sent people to envoy the Turks to prepare for a joint attack on the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, he monopolized Youzhou and declared martial law and cut off all contacts with the imperial court.
Luo Yi's wife Meng was born in a famous family, and when she heard that Luo Yi was going to raise an army against the Tang Dynasty, she persuaded bitterly despite being pregnant: "My husband is deeply favored by the Tang Emperor, not only named you king, but also let you guard the hometown of Youzhou, and never treated you badly, how can you ignore morality and rebellion because of speculation?" ”
Luo Yi said: "He Li Er and I have long had a grudge, and I stood on the side of Prince Yin in the struggle for the throne later, now that Li Er is the emperor, how can he let me go, if I don't take advantage of the opportunity of the Turks going south now, when he Li Er frees up his hand, I will be the fish and meat on his board, and it will be too late to regret it." ”
Meng Shi saw that Luo Yi's heart was very firm in betraying the Tang Dynasty, and he cried and scolded: "I married you because you were a great hero, a righteous person, and a great national righteousness, but now you have rebelled in spite of the righteousness of the monarch and ministers for the sake of suspicion, so I will move out of the Luo family, and I will affect my unborn child at the same time." ”
"Madam, now I still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in my hands, as long as the Turks send troops south, we can occupy Youzhou and stand on our own, don't be angry, this is something I have been planning for a long time, and there will be no difference. Your peace of mind is that you can't do anything, and your husband has his own arrangements. ”
It took a long time to persuade Meng Shi to stop.
Li Er, who was in Chang'an, heard the secret report that this Luo Yi actually rebelled in Youzhou, and he was secretly happy that he could finally get rid of this thorn in his side, so he immediately ordered Changsun Wuji and Wei Chigong to lead 100,000 troops to quell the rebellion.
Here, the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chigong have not yet reached the boundary of Youzhou, and the Turks in the north have been pressed by large troops, and Jieli Khan personally led 200,000 elites across the Great Wall to enter the pass, threatening Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. But Chang'an's army was taken away by Changsun Wuji and Wei Chigong, and Chang'an left more than 20,000 people, and Li Er couldn't laugh anymore.
Li Shimin ordered Changsun Wuji and Wei Chigong to lead troops back to help, and on the other hand, he mobilized Li Jing and Hou Jun to gather 120,000 horses from two legions to outflank the Turkic army from the left and right, and he himself personally went into battle and led 20,000 horses to confront Jieli across the Weishui.
When he came to the Weishui River, Li Er only had 5,000 people in front of him, and the rest of the men and horses were distributed on the left and right flanks of the Turks, using branches and other hula ground dust, creating the illusion of countless military horses.
Tuli Khan said to Jieli Khan: "Great Khan, there is only one bridge above this Weishui, and the Tang Emperor on the opposite side only brought 5,000 men and horses, and there seem to be a lot of ambushes around, so be careful and deceitful." ”
The sergeants who followed Li Er and confronted the Turks, looked at the black and oppressive military formation on the opposite side, and couldn't see their heads at a glance, and their hearts were stunned, but fortunately, the armor on their bodies, the steel knives in their hands, and the artillery hidden in the military formation gave them courage, and Li Er's calmness gave the soldiers great confidence.
Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, what if the other party attacks?" ”
Li Er said confidently: "Don't worry, at present, Jieli doesn't know the reality of my Datang, this time the army is just a temptation, otherwise he would have rushed over a long time ago." You calm down, I promise that you will go back intact, Jieli is suspicious by nature, the more calm we are, the less he dares to attack. ”
On the other side, Jieli hit the horse and said: "Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I heard that you killed your brother and killed your father to get the throne, but I am afraid that many people in your Central Plains will not accept you, and now I am leading a large army to come at the invitation of your subordinate Luo Yi." ”
Li Erye rode forward alone and rebuked loudly: "Jieli, you Turks have always been friendly with my Datang, and my Datang has never owed you anything, how can you listen to a treacherous guy like Luo Yi, do you also want to tear up the alliance and meet my Datang soldiers?" ”
Li Er's righteous words made Jieli not sure what he meant. Jieli also killed his father and brother and just inherited the throne, and now the Turks are also in crisis, this time Jieli mainly wants to give Li Er, the little emperor, a dismount, and at the same time declare military authority to the Turkic ministries, he is not ready to fully start a war with the Tang Dynasty.
Jieli said: "Emperor Tang don't misunderstand, I came here to renew the covenant with you, you have not unified the Central Plains before, and the number of coins set at that time is now a drop in the bucket for you, so I want you to triple the amount of coins you pay tribute, and at the same time you want beautiful women." ”
"Jieli, back then, your Wang Khan and my Tang Dynasty made an alliance and became brothers, how could you abandon it at will, now you listen to the words of the rebellious ministers and thieves, and go south across the Great Wall under the guise of renewing the alliance, just to test the truth of my Datang, let me tell you, don't say that you are only 200,000 horses, that is, another 200,000, what am I afraid of! You don't want to get a penny from me. ”
Jieli looked at how this worked, and said it well, the New Year's coin did not grow, and it was canceled with your words. Hurriedly said: "Don't be angry with the Tang Emperor, what I say is true, if not, we will be on the shore of this Weishui, blood alliance, how about becoming brothers again?" ”
Li Er saw that Jieli was soft, but he didn't want to let it be slaughtered, but in order not to delay the change, he finally agreed to triple the year's coin, the beauty didn't, Jieli saw that Li Er was so tough, and heard that there were more than 200,000 horses and horses in the surrounding area, and there were more than 200,000 horses and horses in the surrounding area, and they were killing Ben'er in three directions.
Li Er looked at the treasury that had been looted by Jieli, pulled out his waist knife and slashed it on the wall, gritted his teeth and said, "Jieli Xiaoer, I will take the head of the master." ”
Angrily turned around, and said as he walked: "Order Li Jing and Hou Junji to lead the army to strengthen the protection of Chang'an, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chigong continue to lead the troops to eliminate Luo Yi's traitors, and I want to use Luo Yi's head to sacrifice the flag." ”
Luo Yi, who was in Youzhou, heard that the Turkic army of 200,000 was about to besiege Chang'an, and he was determined to make plans to occupy Youzhou for a long time.
"Report to the king, Jieli Khan made a bloody alliance with the Tang Dynasty on the shore of Weishui, re-established the alliance and became brothers, the Turkic army has withdrawn to the north of the Great Wall, and now the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chigong have led an army of 100,000 to kill me."
"Got it." Luo Yi asked the scouts to go down and said to his subordinates: "Now that the Turkic army has retreated, we can't deal with the Tang army with one Youzhou, so it's better for us to retreat north first and rely on the Turks." ”
Most of Luo Yi's subordinates are from Youzhou, and they have always been deeply brutalized by the Turks, how could they be willing to surrender to the enemy, so the subordinate generals discussed the uprising, captured Luo Yi alive, and asked the eldest grandson Wuji for credit.
Luo Yi's wife Meng Shi heard that Luo Yi was going to take refuge in the Turks, and scolded Luo Yi for not being a man, and then no matter how Luo Yi persuaded him, Wu took people to leave, and before the fire in the backyard was extinguished, there was a guard front report: "Wang, my subordinates have found out the accurate news, Zhao Cihao, Yang and the two generals have entangled a large group of people and are ready to rebel." ”
Luo Yi was taken aback when he heard this, so he immediately Zhao Cihao hunted and killed, Yang He found that there was a change in the city outside the city, and immediately rebelled, and actually defeated Luo Yi, occupied Youzhou, and then sent someone to surrender to the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Er's evil was only Luo Yi, and greatly appreciated Yang Ji's behavior of being able to get lost in time, and awarded him a high-ranking official.
Luo Yi was defeated, with hundreds of remnants of the defeated generals all the way to the north, Wei Chigong led the troops to chase after him, and then there was no way out, Luo Yi was cut off by his subordinates in his sleep, and asked the Tang army for merit and survival.
After Luo Yi was killed, Wei Chigong sent his head to Chang'an, and Li Er ordered it to be hung at the city gate to show everyone. Luo Yi's younger brother Luo Shou was the governor of Lizhou at the time, and he was also killed because he also raised troops to respond to Luo Yi's opposition to the Tang Dynasty. However, for Luo Yi's wife Meng, Li Er heard that in order to persuade Luo Yi not to rebel, she actually took Luo Yi off while pregnant, Li Er felt her righteousness, so she issued an edict not to pursue it.
Li Er not only did not hold Meng accountable, but also rewarded her heavily. Li Er's practice of ignoring previous suspicions has won wide acclaim, and now that the enemy is no longer there, Li Er's vanity has been greatly satisfied. In the next step, he will lie down and prepare to settle the feud of the Huns.