Although it was a preparation for the war, but now that the Ming Dynasty has abundant materials and strong soldiers, it did not take much time.

It's just over a month later, and it's ready. Li Jing had already led his army north.

This 100,000-strong expedition to the west was the most important battle since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

So, before the pull-out, a grand military parade was held.

He also read out the article against Li Yuan in public, announcing several major charges against Li Yuan, and also expressed the determination of the Ming Dynasty to dominate the world.

According to the ministers' advice, a document was issued, and Li Yuan's sins were counted to show the justice of this battle.

Among them, Li Yuan's crimes include a series of crimes such as "using ministers to defeat the king", "colluding with the Hu people", "supporting the puppet emperor", "bullying the king with ministers", and "fornicating in the harem".

"Destroying the king with a minister" naturally refers to Li Yuan, as a Sui minister, who was in a high position, but acted against Sui.

"Collusion with the Hu people" refers to Li Tang's collusion with the Turks, which is also well known to the world.

"Supporting the puppet emperor" of course means that Li Tang had previously supported Yang Yu, the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, as the emperor.

Although everyone knew that Yang Yu, Emperor Gong of Sui, was a puppet emperor, he was soon in Li Yuan.

But in the eyes of those who maintain orthodoxy, this is naturally even more of a sin, which is the sin of "becoming a deceitful king".

However, after Li Yuan accepted the "Zen concession", he treated the descendants of the former dynasty quite preferentially.

He issued an edict to crown Emperor Gong of Sui as the Duke of Xu, and crowned the descendants of the Northern Zhou Dynasty as kings, further emphasizing the legitimacy of Li Tang's ascension to power.

It's just that in the face of the strong soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, these legitimacys are useless.

As for the "fornication harem", this does not of course mean that Li Yuan has a lot of flowers in his harem, but that he once defiled Yang Guang's concubines in Jinyang's palace.

Of course, that's actually just a palace maid in the palace.

It's just that even if she is just a palace maid, theoretically speaking, she is also Yang Guang's harem.

There are many anecdotes about Li Yuan's crime, and according to legend, Li Shimin committed it in order to force Li Yuan to oppose Sui, and even there are records in history books.

According to legend, Li Shimin knew that Sui was going to die, so he secretly befriended heroes, recruited fugitives, and recruited all kinds of talents.

After the strategy of raising troops to rebel was decided, Li Yuan did not know about it.

Li Shimin wanted to tell the truth, but he was worried that Li Yuan would not listen, so he privately found Pei Lin to discuss.

Pei Lin and Li Shimin conspired and set up a plan.

One day, Pei Lin invited Li Yuan to drink in Jinyang Palace, drunk him, and asked two palace maids to spend the night with him.

After Li Yuan woke up, he was half frightened to death.

The palace maid is the emperor's person, and raping the palace maid is a heinous crime.

Then, Pei Lin told Li Yuan about Li Shimin's plan, and Li Yuan was shocked.

Pei Lin took the opportunity to persuade: "If there is turmoil today, and the Quartet raises troops, the Sui Dynasty will be over."

Your second son, Shimin, wants to raise the banner of righteousness and create a great cause.

You have committed a great sin and there is no way to live, so it is better to do things together. ”

Li Shimin took the opportunity to report the entire plan to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan resolutely disagreed at first, and also said that he would send Li Shimin to report to the official.

After a while, Li Yuan sighed and said helplessly: "Since my son has already had this intention, I have no choice but to follow it."

Li Yuan also said to Li Shimin stupidly: "Today's matter, it is up to you to destroy the clan and the people, and it is also up to you to turn the family into a country, so you can do it yourself." ”

This story is recorded as the real thing, and it has even been passed down to the people.

But Zhao Mingyuan naturally understood that this was not the case, this was just Li Shimin whitewashing his father.

How could a person like Li Yuan, who could become big under Yang Guang, be a cowardly and incompetent person?

However, the crimes in this article are not false, and each of them is substantiated and without exaggeration.

In fact, it turned out that the courtiers had planned more than a few crimes.

According to the document they drafted, there are hundreds of Li Yuan's crimes, which can really be said to be a loss of conscience.

It's just like the Marquis of Haidusk did 1,127 ridiculous things in 27 days, it's ridiculous.

The sow of the old Wang's house next door screamed in the middle of the night and was counted on him, which was not taken by the wise.

In Zhao Mingyuan's opinion, what is this?

What good is it for such things to be made public?

What's more, the Sui Dynasty has only been ruling the world for a few decades, and Yang Guang has made the reputation of the Great Sui even more stinky. How many people still miss the Sui Dynasty now?

Isn't anti-Sui the right thing to do?

Don't you do such a thing yourself?

This kind of thing, it may be okay to deceive ordinary people. But who knows people in the world don't know what it is, and writing like that can't be laughed at by people all over the world.

Those closed door valves still won't laugh off their big teeth when they know it?

Shen Luoyan admonished: "This time the army was sent to destroy the Tang Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty only targeted the Li valve, not the Guanzhong family gate valve.

Therefore, Daming should try his best to win the hearts of the people and get the support of the gate valve.

The king is the first to unify the world.

As for what kind of policy to implement after the unification of the world, it will naturally be decided by the king when the time comes. ”

When Zhao Mingyuan heard it, it made sense!

Put aside the controversy first to gain the support of the gate valve, at least let them wait and see first, and don't end up supporting the Li valve. When Li Tang is defeated, he is in power, and he can slowly clean them up.

So, Zhao Mingyuan immediately humbly accepted the advice.

Of course, some things that went too far were deleted, and only some serious crimes that were really true were written, and they became today's texts.

As long as the people think that the Ming Dynasty is righteous, this is to hang the people and fight crimes.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the people believe it or not, and even the people don't care who is the emperor at all.

For ordinary people, as long as they can eat enough and live well, nothing else matters.

On the contrary, seeing the Ming army so mighty and majestic, the people were greatly relieved and full of confidence in this battle.

Such a public news naturally immediately reached Li Tang's ears and eyes.

In the court of the Tang Dynasty, when he learned that the Ming Dynasty really raised troops to attack, he even published a wide range of articles and counted his crimes, Li Yuan was shocked and angry.

Fortunately, thinking of the Hangu Pass in front of me, I put my mind at ease.

Li Yuan even said in front of the ministers: "There is a natural danger in Hangu, and Qiang Qin has become a hegemon because of it, which is enough to withstand the next year."

The Ming Dynasty led an army of 100,000 to attack, and people ate horses and chewed countless people every day.

If you are trapped in front of Hangu Pass and cannot enter an inch, the days will be long, and you will be exhausted and troubled.

When the time comes, Datang and Dou Jiande will send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will die! ”

The ministers all thought so.

Even if Li Shimin felt that Daming was not so easy to deal with, he was relieved when he thought of the Hangu Pass he had seen with his own eyes.

The march of the army is naturally different from that of ordinary people, and in order to maintain combat strength at all times, it is necessary to move slowly and cautiously.

Although Hangu Pass is only 300 miles away from Luoyang, the army walked for more than ten days before coming to Hangu Pass.

Hangu Pass is located in the middle of Luoyang to Chang'an old road from Kunshan to Tongguan section, mostly in the valley, deep danger such as Han, so it is called Hangu.

Hangu Guanxi is based on the plateau, east of the river, south of the Qinling Mountains, north of the Yellow River, is the earliest Xiongguan fortress built in China.

Founded in the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is the throat of Luoyang in the east and Chang'an in the west, known as "the Tiankai Hangu Zhuangguan, the ten thousand valleys are shocked to the north sky", "the twin peaks are towering beside the big river, and the Hangu is a battlefield since ancient times".

This pass is 15 miles long from east to west, and the width only allows one car to pass, and it is known as the saying that "one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open".

There are winding roads at the bottom of the valley to communicate, rugged and narrow, the empty valley is deep, people walk among them, such as entering the letter, both sides of the pass, the cliff is steep, the peaks and rocks stand in a forest, the terrain is treacherous, and the landform is clear.

It is said in ancient books that "the cars are not divided into tracks, and the horses are not combined", and "a mud pill and the east seal Hangu".

Standing in front of Hangu Pass, looking at the towering Xiongguan and the steep cliffs on both sides, Zhao Mingyuan understood that the name of Hangu Pass was indeed worthy of its name.

And the white bones that loom in the soil in front of Hangu Pass seem to tell its indestructibility.

However, even so, Hangu Pass has naturally not been unconquered in history.

It's just that most of them are the enemy who took advantage of the emptiness inside the pass, and the army accumulated human lives, almost killed all the soldiers guarding the pass, or exhausted their food, grass and equipment, before breaking through the pass.

But now, Li Tang has been prepared.

The grain, grass and equipment in Hangu Pass were well prepared, and thousands of elite soldiers were already waiting for them, and the guards were replaced by Li Shentong.

Obviously, Hangu Pass is such an important place, and Li Yuan can only be at ease if Li Tang's clan guards it.

Li Shentong is Li Yuan's cousin and a famous general in the Li Tang clan, guarding this small Hangu Pass, but it is overkill.

But Li Shen informed the importance of this battle, so he had no sense of grievance, and took care of Hangu Pass in an orderly manner.

Rolling stones and sassalwoods have long been piled up on the wall, and the city gate has long been blocked.

This is to make up their minds that no matter what tactics the Ming army uses, they will never go out of the pass, but they will just blindly defend to the death, train the soldiers every day, and wait for the Ming army to attack.

"It's really flawless!"

After probing around the neighborhood, Zhao Mingyuan finally sighed.

Seeing this, the generals around him couldn't help frowning.

Although everyone knows that Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now it is really attracting troops to attack, and the defender is such a cautious old family like Li Shentong, but he feels that he has no way to start.

In ancient times, most of the attacks on Hangu Pass were based on human lives, and it was common to besiege them for months or even years when attacking the fortified city.

It can be said that it is a few years, even if the Ming army is blocked here for several months, I am afraid that the direction of the wind in the world will change again.

Maybe when the soldiers can't get tired after a long time, Dou Jiande will really lead his troops south, and the southern provinces may also be shaken and start fighting again.

When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty is in danger!

Of course, in such a martial arts world, in addition to filling with human lives, there is also a way.

That is, a commando team composed of masters, wearing heavy armor, took the lead in attacking the city.

This is also a unique siege method in the martial arts world.

However, the defenders of the city naturally have a way to deal with this kind of master.

Not to mention the conventional means of boulder sass, hot oil and gold juice, there are also strong bows, crossbows, marksmen and masters to deal with them.

Among the hosts, even the grandmasters are also in danger of their lives.

Perhaps only the Grand Master can truly guarantee his own safety.

It just so happened that there was a great master on their side.

It's just that no one opened their mouths, saying that Zhao Mingyuan stepped forward to attack the city.

The Lord humiliates his ministers to death!

If Zhao Mingyuan, the king, is allowed to step forward every time there is a war, then what do you want these generals to do?

It's just that, for a while, there is really no good strategy to capture Hangu Pass.

Perhaps, we can only attack and see first.

After a long time, Cheng Biting Jin asked for battle: "King, my old Cheng is willing to attack Hangu Pass with 3,000 elite soldiers." ”

This is a temptation.

But in fact, this is also a matter of human life.

Zhao Mingyuan naturally did not agree.

That's it, I was going to keep a hand.

In that case, let them open their eyes and see the power of technological crushing!

(End of chapter)