Li Shimin commanded the army out of Tongguan and came to conquer Wang Shichong.

Originally, King Zheng and Wang Shichong set off a political purge, which has implicated thousands of people. The rebellion of dozens of officials frightened Wang Shichong, and he was afraid that one day, when he woke up, someone else would already point a knife at him. Or maybe one night passes and the next day is confused.

Under the fear in his heart, Wang Shichong used killing to deter others, wanting to use killing to make those people afraid. But what he didn't know was that killing wouldn't solve the problem, it would only make those people more determined to abandon him.

As soon as the news of Li Tang's army leaving Tongguan reached Luoyang, some people went directly to surrender to Li Tang's army. Among them, Wang Shichong's palace supervisor Dou Luda was the first to run and surrender.

As the palace supervisor, he was the official responsible for maintaining order during the last dynasty, with the official position of Sanpin, and was in charge of a part of the forbidden army. is completely a close minister and confidant of the Son of Heaven. His surrender directly led to the surrender of a large number of officials and soldiers.

Li Shimin led the army out of Tongguan, and there were almost no battles fought, there were thousands of portraits, and several county towns were directly opened to offer cities.

Luoyang, Imperial Palace.

"Bang!"

An exquisitely carved white jade wine glass was smashed to the ground, and then shattered.

"Damn, they deserve to die!"

"High-ranking officials, good fields, beautiful wives, beautiful concubines, how can I treat them badly, they dare to betray me!" Wang Shichong's eyes were red, and his chest was panting violently like a bellows. To this day he did not understand why those people had betrayed him.

"Your Majesty." At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

Wang Shichong suppressed his anger and said, "What's the matter? ”

"The envoy to the Xia King of Hebei has returned." The waiter didn't dare to look up, and hurriedly said.

"Let him in."

Soon a messenger came to the main hall and explained all the conditions of Dou Jiande in Hebei. When he learned that Dou Jiande agreed to form an alliance and sent troops to help, Wang Shichong was overjoyed, and immediately laughed and said: "With the Xia King forming an alliance, what can Li Tang's army do if he comes!" ”

After Wang Shichong received Dou Jiande's support, he was very determined, and in order to prevent people from continuing to flee and surrender to Li Tang, he ordered to be controlled by severe punishment.

And in the pre-Huai period, the Qin State's law of joint sitting was taken out, stipulating that as long as one person in the family fled, the whole family, regardless of the age, would be killed, and the father, son, brother, and husband and wife could be exempted from the crime.

At the same time, he ordered five families to be one protector and supervise each other, one family fled, and the neighbors did not report it, and the neighbors around them were all executed.

The law is so fierce that the first Huai Qin State is not as good!

At that time, the Qin State also knew that the system of joint sitting was implemented in the army, and at the same time, there were a lot of rewards. In this way, the entire country's chariot can be pushed forward quickly, but the current Zheng State does not have such conditions at all, but implements laws that are stricter than the Qin law, how can the people be convinced?

Wang Shichong's implementation of draconian laws will only make people flee one or even several families together.

Wang Xuanjing left the army in Wagangzhai to hide, and he only led dozens of people to lurk near Luoyang. The terrain near Luoyang can be said to be well known to the Wang family, and the team of dozens of people is hidden in it, and Wang Shichong can't find it at all.

After learning about Wang Shichong's recent behavior in Luoyang, Wang Xuanjing sneered and said: "Although Wang Shichong is subordinate to Luoyang, he oppresses the people with cool methods, and now it seems that he is a dry bone in the grave, and sooner or later he will be captured by the King of Qin!" ”

"Xia King Dou Jiande is in the company of this person, and he will be defeated this time!"

The tall Luoyang City is still majestic, and the afterglow of the sun falls on the city wall, and the entire city wall is covered with a layer of golden light.

"Let's go, let's go see King Qin!" Wang Xuanjing got up, took another look at the national capital, which had been a great cadre for 400 years, and turned to leave.

Wang Shichong occupied a place in Luoyang, and originally occupied the Central Plains region after defeating Wagangzhai, but after the Tang Dynasty attacked Luoyang, these areas immediately began to stand on their own.

The nobles of the gate lords everywhere did not look down on Wang Shichong at all and felt that he was a sinister villain. As a result, Wang Shichong was left with only Luoyang.

After the Tang Dynasty left Tongguan in the west, Luoyang was soon surrounded, and Wang Shichong's army could only be trapped in the lonely city. Luoyang City has a large population, has been fighting wars all these years, and the food is not sufficient, and soon will face the dilemma of lack of food and grass.

It's just that this Luoyang City is high and Chijian, and Wang Shichong has another 100,000 troops stationed there, and the two sides are fighting, and the casualties of grain and grass and soldiers are very large.

Li Tang has been fighting for many years, even if it is about the fertile soil, there is a shortage of grain and grass, but he knows that the situation in Luoyang is more severe.

Li Shimin couldn't attack for a long time, which made Li Yuan a little worried and wanted to let Li Shimin retreat, but Li Shimin always insisted, and personally wrote to say:

Datang is short of food, Wang Shichong is even more scarce, at this time Luoyang has become a lonely city, and the surrounding counties have heard the wind and surrendered.

If you retreat now, you will only lose all your previous efforts, Wang Shichong will soon be able to make a comeback, and wait until the next time Datang attacks again, the surrounding counties will not surrender again, and it will be even more difficult to break through Luoyang at that time.

If the Tang Dynasty retreats, it is to give up the hearts of the people, if the hearts of the people do not go to the Tang, how to break through Luoyang?

Li Yuan was finally persuaded by Li Shimin, and then asked the wealthy clans from all over Guanzhong to donate grain and transport it to Luoyang.

Outside Luoyang City, the Tang Army camp.

Even if Li Yuan forced those wealthy clan lords to donate food, the army still lacked food and grass. Li Shimin can only choose to resist hard.

For Wang Shichong, Li Shimin does not pay attention to it, he is now worried about grain and grass.

At this time, a strong man hurriedly barged in: "King, great good things, great good things are coming!" ”

"Lao Cheng is quiet, this is a handsome tent, how can you shout!" Another yellow-faced man next to him hurriedly scolded.

Cheng Yanjin didn't care about Qin Qiong, he came directly to Li Shimin, and said eagerly: "King Qin, great joy, great joy"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "What's the big joy?" Could it be that Wang Shichong surrendered? ”

"No, it's the Wang family, the Wang family is here!" Cheng Yanjin hurriedly said.

When he heard that the Wang family was coming, Li Shimin suddenly got up, and then quickly rushed out of the tent, and the guards behind him, Cheng Biting Jin Qinqiong and others also hurriedly chased out.

When the group came to Yuanmen, Li Shimin recognized Wang Xuanjing at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Don't come to the prince, please come in." ”

"Xuanjing has seen King Qin." Wang Xuanjing saluted him.

King Qin hurriedly stepped forward, helped him up, and affectionately pulled him into the tent.

When he learned that Wang Xuanjing was coming to serve the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was overjoyed, and hurriedly wrote a letter and sent a fast horse to Chang'an.

Then he said apologetically: "The people of the world are very happy that the prince came to vote, but the prince still needs to be arranged by his father, and he asks the prince to wait a few days." ”

Wang Xuanjing said with a smile: "King Qin's words are serious, Jing came here this time to help King Qin break Wang Shichong. ”

"Does the prince have a strategy to break Luoyang?" Li Shimin said happily.

(End of chapter)