The book continues from the above, saying that Li Shimin and Wei Chi Jingde went to the area of Wei Xuanwuling to play and were pursued by Wang Shichong's people, all relying on Wei Chi Jingde desperately delaying time, Li Shimin was able to return to the camp to transfer troops and send generals, thus killing Wang Shichong with a return rifle.

Everyone walked in the direction of the camp, and along the way, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were expressionless, and their minds kept thinking about Shan Xiongxin.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng on the side did not say anything to persuade him, but slowly shook his head and let out a helpless laugh. After everyone returned to the camp, Li Shimin ordered the Huotou army to bury the pot and cook, and he returned to the camp tent to wash up in a hurry.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng dismissed the Tiance Army and walked towards his camp alone, before he entered the camp tent, he heard someone behind him greet him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin who came together, Chu Mofeng already knew the intention of these two people at the moment.

Welcoming the two into the camp tent, Chu Mofeng sat straight on the chair and looked at Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin with interest. The two of them were a little embarrassed to be stared at by Chu Mofeng, and Qin Qiong said slowly: "Grandpa Guo, the two of them came here today to ask for something, and I hope that Grandpa Guo will be fulfilled." ”

"Do you two want to say that if you capture your fifth brother Shan Xiongxin in the future, let your own country spare his life?" As soon as he saw Qin Qiong speak, Chu Mofeng knew that Qin Qiong was a righteous and heroic person, and he would never plead with others for his own affairs, so in order to avoid feeling embarrassed because he didn't agree after he said it, Chu Mofeng took the lead in breaking the intention of the two.

As soon as they heard Chu Mofeng say the intention of himself and Cheng Biting Jin, the two hurriedly knelt down in front of Chu Mofeng and said: "I hope that Grandpa Guo will try his best to mediate in this matter, and the general will definitely do his best to repay Grandpa Guo." ”

I saw Chu Mofeng step forward and help the two of them up one by one, and said with a solemn face: "I have already told Shan Xiongxin about this matter on the battlefield today, I gave him a three-day deadline, if he comes to surrender within three days, even if His Royal Highness the King of Qin wants to kill him, the prince of the country will definitely protect his life in front of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, but ......"

Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng paused, and then said sharply: "If he still refuses to surrender after three days, then don't blame the prince for not being merciful." ”

Hearing this, the two hurriedly got up and thanked Chu Mofeng, only to see Qin Qiong think for a moment and say: "In this case, the last general wants to sneak into the eastern capital to meet Fifth Brother Shan, maybe the last general will talk to him in person, and he can contribute to this matter, I don't know what Grandpa Guo wants?"

"No, what are you going to do in Dongdu? Do you send it to the door yourself? There are some things you don't know, it depends on whether Shan Xiongxin can pass the hurdle in his heart. As soon as Qin Qiong's voice changed, Chu Mofeng hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it, and then said to Cheng Yanjin: "From today on, you have shown me a good look at Qin Qiong, if Qin Qiong sneaks into the Eastern Capital without permission, the Duke of China will ask for you, as for what General Qin said, the Duke of China can find someone to do it for him, and the two of you can step down." ”

After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Qin Qiong wanted to say something more, but was dragged away from Chu Mofeng's tent by Cheng Yanjin on the side, and when he came to the outside of the tent, Qin Qiong broke free of Cheng Yanjin's hand and said angrily: "Why did you just pull me away, I will go in and talk to Grandpa Guo again, maybe Grandpa Guo will agree." After speaking, he turned over and entered Chu Mofeng's camp again.

Seeing this, Cheng Yanjin on the side grabbed Qin Qiong and walked desperately in the direction of the camp tent of the two, panting as he walked: "I said, second brother, why are you always so brainless?

"Then what do you say? Fifth Brother's life, should we ignore it?" Qin Qiong stopped the momentum of progress when he heard this, and sat down angrily as soon as Cheng Yanjin returned to his camp tent.

"I didn't say it, if we really don't care about it, why do we still have to ask Grandpa Guo today?" Cheng Yanjin poured a bowl of water and handed it to Qin Qiong, then sat aside and said slowly: "Most of the brothers we married in Jiajialou that day are now serving under the command of the Tang Dynasty, such as the eldest brother Wei Zheng has entered the dynasty as the prime minister, the eleventh brother Shi Danai Gui is the father-in-law of the country, and the fourteenth brother Qu Tutong has become the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, do you think these people have not sent an invitation to the fifth brother?"

"Then why didn't the fifth brother come to join him?" After listening to Cheng Yanjin's words, Qin Qiong raised his head and looked at him in a daze, and said with a puzzled face: "Could it be that there are still things that Grandpa Guo said that we don't know about?"

Cheng Yanjin nodded and said: "Anyway, this matter is over, you don't have to embarrass Grandpa Guo anymore, since we defected, Grandpa Guo has always been sincere to us, as for whether the fifth brother is willing to surrender, everything depends on him." ”

"Okay, it's me Meng Lang in this matter, I hope Grandpa Guo won't be angry. Qin Qiong nodded when she heard this.

And just when Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were racking their brains for Shan Xiongxin's matter, Shan Xiongxin, who escorted Wang Shichong to flee back to the Eastern Capital in a hurry, also returned to his mansion, and sat in the hall, Shan Xiongxin called a medical officer to check his wrist, and the medical officer bandaged his wrist and then hurriedly retreated.

At this time, Shan Xiongxin looked at the wrist wrapped in gauze in a daze, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes, but he was also one of the most prestigious heroes in the area of Hebei in Shandong and Hebei back then, and he could not be said to be unmatched in martial arts, at least he could be ranked on the top, who knew that today he was defeated in the hands of a young man within ten moves, which made Shan Xiongxin deeply unconfident.

Recalling the opponent's exquisite set of melee kombat, Shan Xiongxin thought that if he fought again, he would still not be an opponent, and when he heard that this person was also good at dart kung fu, he suddenly felt a sense of fear, if this person didn't say a word today and shot him with a dart in the dark, it was estimated that he would have died thoroughly at this moment.

At this moment, Shan Xiongxin picked up the teapot in his hand and poured two sips, and remembered what this person said today, his once firm heart couldn't help but loosen a little, and when he was thinking about it, he only heard someone shouting outside the door: "Is General Shan at home? Your Majesty has a decree to invite General Shan to enter the palace to face the saint." ”

Shan Xiongxin, who came back to his senses, hurriedly got up and opened the door, and said to the people outside the door: "Wait for a while, and enter the palace as soon as the general washes up." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the inner room, and after some washing, Shan Xiongxin followed the visitor into the Luoyang Palace.

As soon as he saw Shan Xiongxin coming, Wang Shichong strode down from above, took Shan Xiongxin's hand and said: "Today it is all thanks to General Shan's desperate rescue, so that I can get out of danger, General Shan's contribution is indispensable, as for today's loss, I am a little anxious, so I fell into the trap of that hairy child." ”

"Why did Your Majesty say this, if it weren't for Weichen not quickly taking down Li Shimin today, how could Your Majesty return to the division in a hurry. I saw Shan Xiongxin kneeling down to Wang Shichong and said, "I hope Your Majesty will punish you." ”

Seeing this, Wang Shichong's eyes rolled, and he stretched out his hand to help Shan Xiongxin up and said with a smile: "The general doesn't have to blame himself, today's matter will be revealed, and we will regroup in the coming day, and then compete with that hairy child." ”

At this moment, Shan Xiong's confidence is like a mixed taste, thinking that when Yanshi was besieged, he led his troops to take refuge under Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong did not abandon him because he was a general, but promoted one after another, and then married the princess Wang Yufeng to himself, and when the righteous brother Wei Zheng and others wrote a letter inviting him to go to the Tang Dynasty, due to the dislike with Li Yuan's father and son, and his unwillingness to be a capricious villain, Shan Xiongxin repeatedly rejected the kindness of Wei Zheng and others.

After this battle outside the city, Chu Mofeng's words touched Shan Xiongxin a little, after all, this was not the time when the world was in turmoil, and the current situation was that either the eastern capital Luoyang would dominate the world, or Xijing Chang'an would complete the hegemony, and it would be good for Dou Jiande to be able to protect himself at this time.

But after thinking about it, the possibility of the unification of the eastern capital is very small, you don't see that the Tang army has not yet attacked on all fronts, and some cities under the rule of Zheng Guo will surrender to the city, which shows that the Tang Dynasty is bound to complete the so-called unification of the Duke of Qi, thinking of this and looking at Wang Shichong in front of him, Shan Xiongxin immediately gritted his teeth and muttered to himself in his heart: That's it, even if Zheng Guocheng dies in the end, I will follow him Wang Shichong to finish this last journey.

Immediately Shan Xiongxin wanted Wang Shichong to say goodbye and returned to his mansion, it was not long after Shan Xiongxin and his wife rested at night, suddenly there was a 'bang' sound from the courtyard, as if someone had lost something in, and Shan Xiongxin, who was awakened, hurriedly got up, put on his clothes, picked up his sword and walked out.

At this moment, a servant in the courtyard lit a torch to investigate, and saw a servant pick up a package and walk up to Shan Xiongxin and said, "General, I don't know who threw this thing in, do you want to throw it out in a small way." ”

Shan Xiongxin checked the package and it was quite heavy, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, just give it to me, you all go down, the person who comes out tonight will go to the housekeeper tomorrow to receive the reward." After speaking, he took the package and turned around and walked towards the study.

After coming to the study, Shan Xiongxin opened the package and looked at it, only to see that there were two pieces of money in the package, as well as a little broken silver and a small gold ingot, and most importantly, there was a letter.

After burning the letterhead in front of the candle, Shan Xiongxin wrapped the package untouched, found a hidden corner in the study and stuffed it, then blew out the candle and returned to the bedroom.

Shan Xiongxin, who was lying on the bed, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, who knew that Wang Yufeng on the side also woke up, only to see Wang Yufeng staring at Shan Xiongxin beside him with a pair of bright eyes for a long time, and then said slowly: "Husband has something on his mind today, right?"

"Hmm" Shan Xiongxin nodded, his eyes staring at the roof with an absent-minded look.

"Did your previous righteous brothers let you defect to them again?" Wang Yufeng thought for a moment, shrunk into Shan Xiongxin's arms, and said quietly: "If you really want to go, the concubine will not stop you and will not tell your father, I just hope you don't forget the concubine." ”

Taking Wang Yufeng into his arms, Shan Xiongxin sighed and told the story of today's battlefield, after listening to Shan Xiongxin's narration, Wang Yufeng said in surprise: "This so-called Duke of Qi is so domineering that he doesn't leave people room to turn around." ”

"Who said no, on the bank of the Luoshui River that day, when he spoke to His Majesty on behalf of Li Shimin, he was so arrogant and unreasonable, and His Majesty was limited to open the city gate and surrender in three days, which shows that this person is also a person who says nothing but in the Tang Dynasty. Shan Xiongxin nodded, and said slowly: "Lady, I have thought about it for my husband, since I am appreciated by Your Majesty, I will definitely not take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, I have a common enmity with Li Yuan's father and son, how can I do things under the enemy." ”

"It's okay, you just have to think about it, it's not too early, you go out of the city to fight today, you must be tired, rest quickly." Wang Yufeng nodded, and the whole person shrank into Shan Xiongxin's arms again, and the husband and wife fell asleep like this.

At this time, some people must have doubts, Chu Mofeng should be in the camp at this time, how can he throw a handwritten letter into the Shan Mansion? It turned out that after Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin left, Chu Mofeng immediately wrote a note, explaining the matter briefly, and then released the carrier pigeon into Luoyang City, and Liu Feiyan, who was lurking in Luoyang City, quickly wrote a letter in Chu Mofeng's tone after receiving the message from Chu Mofeng, and threw it to the Shan Mansion along with the silver money taking advantage of the dark night and high wind.

After this battle, the direction of the eastern capital seems to have been blinded by Li Shimin and others, and they have not made any moves, and during this time, there have been generals under Wang Shichong who either led troops or moved cities to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Bing Yuanzhen, who had been in trouble in Wagang for a while, was appointed by Wang Shichong as a servant of Huazhou Xingtai since he defected to Wang Shichong. And Wang Shichong's Puzhou Assassin Shi Du is Li Mi's old department, because he hated Bing Yuanzhen for betraying Li Mi, he pretended to lead the crowd to surrender Bing Yuanzhen.

However, the incompetent Bing Yuanzhen relied on his official power and went to Puzhou in person to comfort, Du Cai went out to greet Bing Yuanzhen, and invited Bing Yuanzhen to sit inside, and then caught Bing Yuanzhen and reprimanded: "You were originally a mediocre talent, Duke Wei gave you a very high position, you have not established a little credit, but it constitutes a monstrous disaster, and now you are here to die, it is the end you deserve!"

Only then did Bing Yuanzhen know that he had fallen into a trap, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and spit out lotus flowers to make a wish to be a high-ranking official, but Du Cai was bent on killing Bing Yuanzhen, and turned a deaf ear to Bing Yuanzhen's words of begging for mercy, so he beheaded Bing Yuanzhen on the same day, and sent someone to take Bing Yuanzhen's head to Liyang to pay tribute to Li Mi's tomb. On the afternoon of Renwu (22nd), Du Cai surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with Puzhou.

And Wang Shichong, who was in Luoyang, received the news of Du Cai's surrender to the Tang Dynasty a few days ago, but there was the bad news that Tian Zan had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

It turned out that in June of the third year of Wude (620), Tian Zan killed Yang Shilin and defected to Wang Shichong, and Wang Shichong worshiped him as the governor of Xianzhou. Because of the shame of Wang Shichong's personality, Tian Zan led the 25 states to surrender to the Tang Dynasty on the Bingxu Day (26th). Due to Tian Zhan's surrender to the Tang Dynasty, Xiangyang, which Wang Shichong sent Wang Honglie to guard, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, were cut off. Li Yuan, who learned of this news, immediately ordered the appointment of Tian Zan as the assassin of Xianzhou and the title of Duke Cai Guo.

Perhaps it was Du Cai and Tian Zan who brought a wave of surrender, and on the first day of October (the fifth day of the first lunar month), Zhang Zhenzhou, a general under Wang Shichong, came to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

On the 15th of Jiachen, Luo Shixin, the commander of the Tang marching army, attacked and conquered Wang Shichong's Kip Stone Fort. Later, Luo Shixin took advantage of the news to quickly lead troops to surround Qianjin Fort, and the people in the fort scolded Luo Shixin.

Because Qianjin Fort is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the fort is all loyal to Wang Shichong, Luo Shixin sent more than 100 people to carry dozens of babies to Qianjin Fort overnight, let the babies cry and cry, falsely claiming that "from the eastern capital to go to Luo's manager", and then said to each other: "This is Qianjin Fort, we are mistaken." "Get out of here.

The people in the fort didn't know what to do, thinking that Luo Shixin had left, and the people who came were fleeing from Luoyang, so they immediately sent troops out of the fort to chase after them.

As everyone knows, Luo Shixin has already sent someone to send the baby back first, and left the soldiers to set up an ambush on the way, and when the door of Qianjin Fort was opened, a group of Datang soldiers rushed in, and after a fight, they conquered Qianjin Fort, and killed more than 1,000 enemy soldiers in the whole battle, and did not capture a single person in the whole battle.

On the 21st of Gengxu (21st), Guo Qing came to the Tang Dynasty, and then restored his surname Yang, and Li Yuan ordered him to be named Shangzhu State and knighted the Duke of Xunguo.

Guo Qing's original name was Yang Qing, and he was the son of Yang Hong, the king of Hejian, the clan of the Sui Dynasty, and attacked the king of Xun. Yang Qing is cunning and resourceful, and is good at acting at opportunities. At that time, Emperor Yang of Sui was suspicious of flesh and blood, and Yang Lun, the king of Teng, was deposed and exiled, and only Yang Qing was saved. Later, he was promoted to Xingyang Taishou, and he made great achievements during his tenure.

In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause (617), Li Mi occupied Luokoucang, and most of the counties in Xingyang responded to Li Mi, but Yang Qingwenzhi led the troops to refuse, and Li Mi frequently attacked but failed to attack for a long time.

In the first year of Wude (618), Li Mi sent people to persuade Yang Hong to surrender due to the embarrassment of food. At that time, the news of the murder of Emperor Yang of Sui came, and Yang Qing surrendered to Li Mi.

In the same year, Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, and Yang Qing returned to Luoyang. After Yang Tong, the king of Yue, ascended the throne, he was appointed as Zong Zhengqing. In the second year of Ran Wude (619), Wang Shichong usurped the throne and became the emperor, demoted Yang Qing to the Duke of Xun and appointed him as the assassin of Xingzhou, and married his niece to him in order to appease his emotions.

At this time, Li Shimin's army pressed the border, Yang Qing couldn't help but move his mind when he saw this, and after discussing with his wife to no avail, he went to the camp alone to meet Li Shimin, who knew that Chu Mofeng learned that this person rebelled one after another, and it was the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, so he immediately found a reason to send him to Li Yuan in Chang'an. When his wife learned that Yang Qing had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, she committed suicide in frustration.

On the day of Bingchen (27th), Xingzhou assassin Shi Wei Lu captured Zhang Zhi and other four generals alive, and came to surrender in Juzhou, and then Zhengyangcheng County ordered Wang Xiong to lead Zhubao to surrender to Tang. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, sent Li Shi to lead troops to respond and appointed Wang Xiong as the assassin of Songzhou, which opened the road south of Songshan.

At first, Wang Xuanying, the crown prince of Zheng State, guarded the Tiger Prison Pass, stationed between Xingze and Bianshui, and heard that Yang Qing led his troops to Guancheng after surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, but was repelled by Li Shi.

Wei Lu then asked Zhang Zhi to forge Wang Xuanying's letter, ordered Wang Xuanying's troops and horses on the east road to stop advancing, ordered the general Zhang Cibao to return to Bianzhou temporarily, and secretly notified Zheng Bianzhou to assassinate Wang Yaohan and let him kill Zhang Cibao, Wang Yaohan beheaded Zhang Cibao and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Xuanying learned that all the states had rebelled, and quickly fled back to Luoyang in panic. The Tang Dynasty then issued an edict appointing Wang Yaohan as the governor of Bianzhou and giving him the title of the duke.

According to the plan formulated by Wang Shichong at the beginning, Wang Honglie, the king of Wei, guarded Xiangyang, and after Tian Zan surrendered and cut off the road between Xiangyang and Luoyang, Li Yuan immediately ordered Li Daliang, a native of Sima Jingyang, the governor of Jinzhou, to pacify Fanzhou and Dengzhou, in order to wait for an opportunity to capture Xiangyang.

However, one day in October, Xingtai Zuo Servant Qu Tutong led the guards to inspect the military camps, and suddenly met Wang Shichong's team that came to attack the Tang military camp on the way. Because it was just dawn at that time, Qu Tutong was caught off guard by a sneak attack, and hurriedly led his guards to hide in a nearby military camp.

Who knew that Wang Shichong's team came prepared, and then rushed into the barracks, and the barracks was suddenly in danger, and it was about to be breached.

After Li Shimin got the news, he didn't have time to send someone to inform Chu Mofeng, so he had to take out a dart and throw it into the air, and Chu Mofeng, who heard the sound, immediately led the Tiance Army to the rescue

In view of the fact that the Tiance army has always been dominated by cavalry, and the perennial immediate battle has already trained everyone's equestrian skills very exquisitely, I saw that the Tiance army was like a black arrow, under the leadership of Chu Mofeng, rushing towards Wang Shichong's team raging in the camp, and the speed of action was so fast that Wang Shichong was almost unable to react, so he directly broke his elite troops.

Seeing that Wang Shichong's army was scattered, Qu Tutong in the camp took advantage of the situation to wave his army to counterattack, Wang Shichong suffered another heavy defeat, the army was captured and killed more than 6,000 people, and the cavalry general Ge Yanzhang was also captured by the Tang army. Then Wang Shichong fled back in embarrassment under the desperate cover of the remnants of the guards, and since then he has been cowering in the city and not daring to act rashly.

On the first day of the first day of the Lunar New Year in November, Li Daliang led his troops to quickly raid Fancheng Town, and Wang Honglie's general Guo Daan was beheaded, and then Li Daliang broke through 14 city gates one after another with a great victory. On the 29th of this month, Li Daliang, the pacification ambassador, quickly conquered the two states of Fu and Hua under the rule of Wang Shichong.

Time entered the winter in a flash, in view of the many disadvantages of the winter battle, so both sides did not take the initiative to attack, but not attacking does not mean that the situation does not change, on December 3, Wang Shichong's Xu, Bo and other eleven states surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

On December 13, Xu Yi, Wang Shichong's governor of Suizhou, dedicated the state city to the Tang Dynasty. Soon after, Cheng Jiahui, the governor of Liangzhou, led his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

For a while, everyone in Luoyang City was in danger, and Chu Mofeng was worried about the safety of Liu Feiyan and others, so he ordered an all-out rescue and evacuated quickly regardless of success or failure. Liu Feiyan and the others, who received the news, decided to take advantage of the Chinese New Year's Eve to start their work, and immediately began to prepare according to the established plan.

And Wang Shichong in Luoyang City saw that his forces were almost dry, and he couldn't find a way out on the battlefield, so he was very frightened. In desperation, he had no choice but to send his nephew Wang Wan and his minister Sun Anshi to Dou Jiande's capital in Hebei Province to ask Dou Jiande to send troops to rescue the eastern capital.

At the beginning, Wang Shichong invaded Dou Jiande's Liyang, and Dou Jiande broke through Yinzhou to retaliate against Wang Shichong. Since then, relations between Zheng and Xia have deteriorated, and they no longer send envoys to communicate with each other. So when he heard that Wang Shichong's envoy was coming, Dou Jiande was bored for a while, and when he was about to refuse, he saw Liu Bin, the Chinese scholar, and walk out.

Liu Bin, the Chinese scholar, hugged his fist at Dou Jiande and said: "Your Majesty, when the world was in turmoil, Tang got Guanxi, Zheng got Henan, and Xia got Hebei, forming a three-legged trend. Now the Tang army attacked Zheng, from autumn to winter, the Tang army increased day by day, the territory of Zheng was shrinking day by day, Tang was strong and Zheng was weak, it was bound to be unable to support, Zheng perished, and Xia could not survive alone. It is better to give up the grudge, send troops to rescue Zheng, Xia attacks from the outside, and Zheng counterattacks from the inside, and he will definitely be able to defeat the Tang army. After the Tang army retreated, we would slowly observe the changes in the situation, and if Zheng was advisable, he would take Zheng, combine the forces of the two countries, and take advantage of the fatigue of the Tang army to seize the world, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Everyone present echoed the words when they heard this, but Dou Jiande nodded slowly after thinking for a long time, and then called Wang Shichong's envoy and said: "In this case, I will send someone to the Tang Dynasty to make peace first, and if it doesn't work, I will send troops to rescue." ”

On the same day, Dou Jiande sent people to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and secretly began to gather soldiers and horses to prepare for the expedition......

As the saying goes, the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and look at Wang Shichong sticking to and waiting for help, Dou Jiande praying mantis catching cicadas, Li Shimin waiting for work, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......