Chapter 255: The Battle Between the Two Armies Defeats Its Edge

The book continues from the above, the last book said that Chu Mofeng returned to Chang'an, Li Shimin praised the court, the two brothers of the Imperial Garden were full of emotion, Xiao Yu of the servant shooting mansion told the whole story, Chu Mofeng of the Xianwang Mansion sought clues, and the princess hid a cloth bag in the secret room, which led to Li Xiaochang's dangerous conspiracy and rebellion, and Chu Mofeng planned to capture the traitor.

After leaving the mansion, Chu Mofeng went all the way to the Vermilion Bird Gate, thinking about going to mobilize Jin Wuwei first, but after thinking about it, he should have told Li Shimin first, and after making a plan in his heart, Chu Mofeng walked all the way along the Vermilion Bird Street, and when he came to the Taiji Palace, he remembered that the Wu Dynasty had already ended for a long time, and the last time he saw Li Shimin was in the garden behind the Liangyi Palace.

Immediately, Chu Mofeng walked straight towards the apse, and when he passed by Zhu Mingmen, a small yellow door came to him, Chu Mofeng immediately grabbed him and asked, "Dare to ask this father-in-law, can you tell Wang De where the father-in-law is now?"

Originally walking leisurely with his head down, he was suddenly dragged by someone, Xiao Huangmen was so frightened that his face turned pale, thinking that he had encountered a robbery, and he was about to shout, but he heard the other party asking, and then he came back to his senses to see the other party's face, and when he saw that the other party was His Royal Highness King Xian, Xiao Huangmen immediately saluted Chu Mofeng and said: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Xian, our family thought that we had encountered a robbery, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Xian asked? ”

Looking at the pale little yellow door in front of him, Chu Mofeng smiled and took out two hangs of money from his arms and stuffed them into the other party's hands, and then said softly: "Father-in-law, don't panic, this king is abrupt, I wonder if my father-in-law knows where Wang De's father-in-law is now?"

Seeing that the other party was rewarding him, Xiao Huangmen immediately took it with a smile, and then thought for a moment and said, "His Royal Highness King Qixian, the prince should accompany His Majesty to the East Palace at this time." ”

"Thank you father-in-law, farewell. After inquiring about the information he wanted to know, Chu Mofeng immediately said goodbye to this little yellow door and turned around and walked in the direction of the East Palace.

At this time, in the Zuochun Fang of the East Palace, the prince Li Chengqian and the son of the Xianwang family, Chu Xuanhuang, were listening to the teacher's teaching, both of them were diligent and studious at the moment, for no other reason, just because Li Shimin in the Jiade Hall was waiting for the teacher to ask questions after class, and on the other hand, Chu Mofeng turned around and entered the Zhu Ming Gate, through the Taiji Gate, the East Pavilion Gate, the Tongxun Gate, the Right Yongfu Gate, Jiademen came to the Jiade Palace, seeing Chu Mofeng coming, Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little surprised, the two had only spoken separately not long ago, at this time Chu Mofeng arrived, there must be something big happening, seeing this scene Li Shimin immediately retreated, pulled Chu Mofeng to a side room in the Jiade Palace, and then closed the door and asked in a low voice: "This time I went and returned, didn't something happen?"

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng reported the information he got to Li Shimin in detail, and then said in a low voice: "Now there is a question, whether there are any rebellious people in the forbidden army, this is not known to the younger brother for the time being, and it will take some time to screen, but what the younger brother is worried about is that if the other party takes action during this time, once the screening work is not completed, it will inevitably have an impact." ”

"Li Xiaochang!" silently reciting this name in his mouth, Li Shimin's face showed a trace of resentment. Co-opting all forces, Li Yuan rewarded without restraint, although this move instantly won the hearts of the people and strengthened the power of the Tang Dynasty, but the drawbacks gradually became prominent in the future, these so-called county kings, relying on the Tang Dynasty's Yulu, do not talk about production, often do evil, and live a luxurious life, all these costs are to be borne by the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, but over time there is a big tail.

Since he succeeded to the throne, under the advice of Chu Mofeng, the imperial court began to implement the policy of reducing the county kings little by little, and it was also clearly stipulated that if the princes and nobles and their servants and heirs violate the law, the criminal law will be more severe, and Li Xiaochang's son Li Yizong was killed for robbery and violating the laws of the Tang Dynasty, which inevitably made Li Xiaochang jealous, and he repeatedly expressed his grievances, all of which were rejected by Li Shimin.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin whispered: "Then what good advice do you have for this matter?"

"The matter involves Du Caigan, the governor of Huazhou, and the younger brother wants to ask His Majesty for a will, so he personally led the Longcheng army to Huazhou, first controlled Du Caiqian, and then quickly returned to Chang'an. Chu Mofeng pondered for a moment, raised his head and looked at Li Shimin and said: "At that time, Your Majesty can send someone to release the rumor, saying that the evidence of the intention of the governor of Huazhou, Du Caigan, has been detained, and the minister thinks that Li Xiaochang and the others must be unable to stop, and they will make a hasty decision. ”

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Shimin said slowly: "Go, I will give you a will, you have full authority to handle all matters in Henan Province, and temporarily stay in Henan Province after the New Year, and inspect for my good life, there are too many things in Henan this year, and my ears are calloused when I hear it." ”

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng saluted Li Shimin and said: "In order to prevent the other party from acting excessively, the younger brother will take away half of the Longcheng army, and the remaining half will be led by Xue Yun, who will temporarily be responsible for His Majesty's safety. ”

Li Shimin nodded, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, I still have Zhijie, Jingde and others by my side, and I have also carried swords and guns on the battlefield." Go for it, do it boldly, and don't have the slightest scruples. ”

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng said goodbye to Li Shimin, turned around and left the Jiade Palace, and rushed towards the Longcheng Army garrison. Soon after Chu Mofeng left, the crown prince Li Chengqian and the prince Chu Xuanhuang ended the day's lessons, followed the teacher to the Jiade Palace, seeing the arrival of the two, Li Shimin's face was warm and said to Chu Xuanhuang: "If your kid had come one step earlier, he would have been able to see your father, but he was sent by me to do things again, after a while, let you go back to meet your father and mother, I estimate that you will not go back for a long time." ”

"Your Majesty, the kid knows. Hearing this, Chu Xuanyu saluted Li Shimin excitedly, and then Li Shimin asked about the prince's recent study, and learned that the prince was doing well during this time, so he immediately patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yes, I am very pleased that you can study seriously." ”

"The son thanked his father for his praise, please rest assured that the son should study carefully and strive to be a good emperor praised by all the people in the future. Seeing this, the crown prince Li Chengqian immediately knelt down and bowed to Li Shimin.

When Chu Mofeng passed by his mansion here, he first went in to get his bags, and then turned over and went straight to the Longcheng Army garrison in Beijing.

When he came to the Longcheng army station, there was a burst of shouting and killing from inside, and the guard at the door saw that he was flying on, and he raised the spear in his hand and was about to step forward to stop it, and when the other party approached, he found that it was his chief officer, and immediately dodged to the side and saluted Chu Mofeng, who knew that Chu Mofeng rushed over without slowing down at all, leaving only a shout in the air, "Quickly go in and gather." Hearing this, the two hurriedly walked towards the station.

Coming to the station, what caught his eye was a scene of training, seeing this scene Chu Mofeng felt very relieved, even if there was no war, the Longcheng army was just like the Tiance army of the year, and he never slacked off on training, and then Chu Mofeng went straight to the Dianjiangtai, pulled out the drumstick and struck the jujiang drum, the drumming sound instantly spread throughout the entire station, and the Longcheng army who were training or resting, as soon as they heard the drums, they seemed to be stimulated by the temple, and they rushed towards the Dianjiangtai.

At this time, Xue Yun, who was going out of Gonggong, heard someone beat the drum of the general, and couldn't help cursing in his heart, and then exerted his whole body, only to hear the sound of 'bang', and then Xue Yun breathed a long sigh of relief, packed up and quickly put on his pants and ran out, meeting the soldiers of the Longcheng Army along the way, Xue Yun anxiously asked: "Do you know who is beating the drum?" I saw that the soldier shook his head blankly, but his feet never stopped and ran forward.

In about half a pillar of incense, the entire 10,000 Longcheng troops were all assembled, and Xue Yun on the side saw the people beating the drums, and immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Qiqi Marshal, the Longcheng army has been assembled, 10,000 people are registered, and 10,000 people are present, please give instructions to the marshal." ”

Looking at the 10,000 dragon spirits and fierce men in front of him, Chu Mofeng nodded with satisfaction and said: "When this king came today, I saw that you were still training hard, and this king was very relieved in his heart, at least you didn't have the idea of putting knives and guns into Kuma and Nanshan, so this king decided to double this month's military salary." ”

When everyone heard this, they didn't show an excited look like those state soldiers, but still looked at Chu Mofeng without saying a word, and then Chu Mofeng nodded again and said: "Your performance today has made this king breathtaking, at least when this king said that he would increase his salary, no one jumped and cheered, and now this king has a task for you to do, take out half of the people, and immediately set off for Huazhou with this king." Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng said to Xue Yun in the audience: "Vice Marshal Xue, point out 5,000 people and hand them over to this king, and the remaining 5,000 people will be brought into the imperial city by you, this king has already agreed with Your Majesty that during this period of going out, Your Majesty's escort work will be done by you, and your Majesty's safety must be guaranteed." ”

I saw Xue Yun nodded, turned over and jumped on the platform, and shouted to the audience: "All the Longcheng Army obeyed the order, the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninety-five battalions turned back, broke out of the queue to continue training, and the remaining five battalions stayed in place and waited for the commander to give a lecture." Hearing only one order, the people in the queue quickly divided into five columns, and the collective backpass quickly ran away, while the rest of the people stood in place and looked at Chu Mofeng with excitement on their faces.

Standing on the platform, Chu Mofeng looked at the soldiers in the audience and said slowly: "Everyone, what are we sacrificing our lives to protect our family and defend the country?"

The crowd suddenly shouted in a mixed manner, "For everyone to live a good life", "For the sake of being able to completely drive out the Turkic dogs", "For the sake of future generations so that they will not be subjected to war......

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng slowly raised his hand and pressed down, and the field was silent for a moment, and then Chu Mofeng pointed to the direction of Huazhou and said: "We are fighting hard here, but someone does not let us have a good time, far away in the border of Huazhou, someone is waiting for an opportunity to plan a rebellion, according to His Majesty's will, this king will immediately set off to take you to quell the rebellion, in this battle except for the first evil, any resistance force will be killed, do you have confidence?"

The soldiers present all let out a heaven-shattering shout, Chu Mofeng nodded when he saw this, "I will give you half an hour to prepare, and after half an hour, I will see five thousand people here ready to go, if anyone is late, go to Vice Marshal Xue to receive fifty whips by himself, and quickly prepare." With an order, everyone quickly ran towards their barracks, and Chu Mofeng jumped off the platform, walked straight to his mount, carefully checked his bags, and then turned over and waited quietly for everyone to arrive.

About a quarter of an hour later, I saw a burst of dust in the direction of the barracks, mixed with the roar of horses, and saw an earth dragon flying quickly, and after the smoke and dust dissipated, I found that the five thousand Longcheng troops were already ready to go, quietly looking at Chu Mofeng who was standing on horseback.

Seeing this, the latter laughed, turned his horse's head and shouted: "Longcheng Army, go, target Huaxian." Then urging the horse forward, the five thousand dragon city army slowly followed, and the army left the city from the Chunming Gate and galloped all the way forward.

Huazhou, located in the middle and lower reaches of the ancient Yellow River, is the grain production center of the Central Plains Economic Zone, as the largest grain-producing county in Henan Province, and enjoys the title of "granary of northern Henan".

In Baima County, the seat of Huazhou Governance, Du Wengan, the governor of Huazhou, was sitting in the study at the moment, quietly listening to the report of his subordinates with a teacup, "Qiyu Governor, this time I can confirm that there are a total of 300 soldiers who are willing to work together, and the rest who are unwilling to work together, just in case, the subordinates use the safety of their families as bargaining chips and order them not to leak the news." ”

After taking a sip to his lips, Du Wengan coughed lightly and said: "Yes, you did a good job in this matter this time, go down to the housekeeper to receive the reward, remember to be ready, once there is news in the direction of Chang'an, we will set off immediately." Then he waved his hand and motioned for the other party to stand back.

And Li Xiaochang, who was missed by Du Wengan, was drinking freely in the mansion of Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Military Guard, and the other two people sitting together were Yuan Hongshan of the unified army and Sun Anye, the general of the prison gate, I saw Li Xiaochang holding a wine glass and said with a smile: "Everyone, in a few days, after the Huazhou side is ready, we will do a big job, and then the king will not be able to tear the ground." ”

Listening to Li Xiaochang's impassioned words, Liu Deyu did not show an excited look, but said with a worried face: "It's not that I have shaken your confidence, the sixteen generals of the Tang Dynasty, the four directors of the left guard, the right guard, the left tun guard, and the right tun guard are old people in the Taishang Emperor period; In addition to General Changsun's right guard, half of the remaining ten guards are His Majesty's people, and half are from that person's command, and I don't dare to guarantee that in addition to the personal soldiers below, how many people in the right guards will support us, I think the same is true for General Changsun's side, right?"

I saw the eldest grandson Anye sigh and said: "What General Liu said is too appropriate, this official is on the right prison guard, nominally a general, but he is too restrained by others, and the woman of the eldest grandson is so strong that she pushed me to this position in order to show outsiders, but her man seems to have a prejudice against me, and he doesn't give me any real power, and his subordinates are responsible for everything." ”

Seeing the two pouring bitter water, Li Xiaochang's face flashed with displeasure, but he was seen by Yuan Hongshan on the side, only to see Yuan Hongshan smile, pick up the wine glass and say: "Generals, please be relieved, this time I have already contacted some of the forbidden army, as long as we can lead our people to Li Shimin, the rest will be logical, and it will not matter what he cares about at that time." ”

Finally heard a little pleasant words, which made Li Xiaochang can't help but appreciate Yuan Hongshan more, immediately raised the wine glass and touched it, and then raised his head and drank it all, and then everyone began to discuss the detailed process of the incident.

Outside the door of the main hall, a little maid hurriedly passed through the corridor in front of the main hall, and suddenly saw a figure holding a tray, standing under the window in a daze, and immediately stepped forward and gently patted the other party and whispered: "Yuehong, why are you still here?" Come with me, the room has made a few more dishes, and is looking for someone to serve the dishes. ”

I saw that the maid named Yuehong said with a sad face: "Good sister, you go first, sister, I suddenly had a burst of abdominal pain, and I felt uncomfortable when I came out of the main hall, and I was relieved here for a long time before I felt a little more comfortable, so you will do it for your sister first, and next time you have a job, will my sister do it for you?"

"Come on, then you can hurry back to the house to rest, thinking that you owe me once. Seeing this, the little maid picked up the tray in Yuehong's hand and walked towards the room, and after the other party left, Yuehong covered her stomach and slowly leaned against the window again.

The army galloped for three days, and finally arrived outside the city of Baima County, looking at the towering city wall of the county, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but sneer, and then pointed forward with the burning sky in his hand, and the whole team slowly urged the horses to walk towards the city gate, seeing a team of cavalry with the banner of the Tang Dynasty coming from the opposite side, and the soldiers guarding the city stepped forward to block it while entering the city to report.

Du Wengan, who was waiting for news from Chang'an in the city, heard that a large group of cavalry was coming, and he was frightened, thinking that the matter was revealed that Chang'an sent someone to detain him, why did he call his subordinates to rush to the city gate with men and horses, thinking that the city gate could block the other party outside the city, who knew that Chu Mofeng showed his name, and the soldiers defending the city quickly let go of the gate, Chu Mofeng saw this and urged the horses, and walked towards the city, with five thousand soldiers behind him, like a rock that moved on its own, quietly following behind Chu Mofeng.

As soon as he entered the city, he saw Du Wengan leading a group of soldiers over, Chu Mofeng immediately sneered and shouted: "Du Wengan, you are planning to rebel against the rebellion, and now you can quickly arrest it, this king can also consider helping you apply in front of His Majesty, and strive to save your dog's life, if you resist stubbornly, don't blame the divine soldiers in the hands of this king for being ruthless." ”

At this moment, the pedestrians near the city gate have already scattered, only Chu Mofeng's cavalry and Du Wengan's miscellaneous soldiers are left on the field, looking at the black cavalry behind Chu Mofeng, Du Wengan couldn't help licking his dry lips, and said hideously in the back: "It's not conducive to cavalry charging here, his soldiers are nothing when they get off the horse, and they will all be killed by me." ”

Who knew that Chu Mofeng didn't show any reaction when he heard Du Wengan's words, but just shook his head a little helplessly, and then whispered to the Longcheng army behind him: "All dismount, kill all of them, Du Wengan and I will deal with it, charge." Hearing the commotion behind him, all the Longcheng soldiers turned over and dismounted, picked up the blades in their hands and rushed towards the miscellaneous soldiers opposite.

Seeing that his people were glued to each other with the people of Chang'an, Du Wengan immediately turned around and ran towards him, Chu Mofeng saw this and stepped on the stirrups with both feet, and the whole person jumped into the air, and then turned over on the roof on the side, and chased all the way to Du Wengan along the roof.

The soldiers under Du Wengan's command are the local garrison soldiers, and the combat power is not as good as the Longcheng army that came out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain anyway, and everyone listened to Du Wengan's lies, and they all thought that the other party was like a decoration after getting off the horse, which is armed with a longbow and crossbow arrows, and a sudden glance will take away a life.

Chu Mofeng, who was running on the roof repeatedly, saw that the corpses that had been killed below were all over the field, and immediately accelerated his speed to chase Du Wengan, and after Du Wengan escaped for a distance, he looked back and found that he had lost the trace of the other party's main general, and couldn't help but be puzzled.

Looking at Du Wengan, who fell to the ground and fell unconscious, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but spit and said: "Damn, in terms of the level, you are still the governor of Huazhou, if you go to the battlefield against the Turks in the future, you will have to die before you start fighting." After speaking, he picked up Du Wengan, who had fallen to the ground, and walked towards the city gate.

At this time, the battle at the city gate was over, the Longcheng army in charge of the attack was covered with blood, and on the opposite ground were countless corpses poured in a mess, after handing over Du Wengan to a Longcheng army, Chu Mofeng turned over and walked slowly towards the city gate, "Quickly clean up the battlefield, count all the corpses, count the number of records, and put the corpses on the side of the city gate, and then we are ready to return to Chang'an." ”

And the fight at the city gate has already alarmed the Huazhou assassin Shi Zhai Wenjie in the city, I saw that when Zhai Wenjie led the officials of Huazhou to the city gate, he couldn't help but gasp when he saw the blood stains everywhere, and then stepped forward and shouted to Chu Mofeng: "Dare to ask which general in the capital came to work on business?"

Chu Mo didn't return to the limelight, he took out the waist card from his arms and skimmed it in the direction of Zhai Wenjie, the other party saw a golden light coming, and immediately reached out to catch it, and after seeing the object in his hand clearly, he hurriedly ran to Chu Mofeng respectfully, raised the waist card with both hands and said: "I don't know if His Royal Highness King Xian has arrived, Zhai Wenjie, the assassin of Huazhou, has missed the distance, and I hope His Royal Highness will forgive his sins." ”

Turning over and dismounting to look at Zhai Wenjie, Chu Mofeng snorted coldly and said, "Zhai Tingshi, this king asked you, what are you going to do to explain to Your Majesty if such a big thing has happened under your rule?"

I saw Zhai Wenjie's eyes roll, and he arched his hand at Chu Mofeng and said, "Your Majesty is stupid, and I hope Your Highness will give you some guidance." ”

After a brief search of information about Zhai Wenjie in his mind, Chu Mofeng nodded and said: "Zhai Thorn History, speaking of which, you were also a member of His Majesty's line, and you were placed in Huazhou to be a Thorn History, don't you think that Your Majesty is just to reward you? Don't you know that Du Wengan was originally the person who was built by Prince Yin? Putting you in Huazhou is to let you spy on him secretly, if it weren't for the secret report that this king got a secret report, saying that this fang is the same as the governor of Lizhou, Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an County, plotted to rebel, and once something happened, His Majesty will definitely punish you for a crime of negligence, so Zhai Tingshi, let's have a long snack in case of trouble. ”

"His Royal Highness has taught him that the lower officials know what to do, and I hope that His Royal Highness will be able to say a few good words for the lower officials when he goes back this time. After listening to Chu Mofeng's reprimand, Zhai Wenjie was not angry but happy, and then hurriedly said compliments to Chu Mofeng.

I saw Chu Mofeng wave his hand and whistle at the Longcheng army, and when everyone heard this, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing, turned over and got on their horses, and followed Chu Mofeng out of the city gate and rushed in the direction of Chang'an......

As the saying goes, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, biasing towards Tiger Mountain to knock on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and watch Li Shimin pretend to be attacked to force the other party to act, and then watch Chu Mo catch the turtle in the wind urn and capture the first evil in one fell swoop, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......