Chapter 38: Discord

This dead body is no one else, but Lu Xiaoliu, a disciple of Huashan, Huang Xiaoqiang has been thinking about the days in the Tibetan Scripture Building, and Lu Xiaoliu has come to deliver food every day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The weather is getting colder, and Lu Xiaoliu comes to deliver coats and bedding by himself. Lu Xiaoliu, who didn't understand martial arts, also came to ask Huang Xiaoqiang, and the two were also teachers and friends, so the relationship between the two brothers was very good. Now that he sees that it is Lu Xiaoliu who died, and he was still killed by himself, how can Huang Xiaoqiang bear this blow in his heart.

Huang Xiaoqiang ordered the soldiers to open all the white cloths, and these ten black-clothed people were actually Huashan disciples. "Why? Why are they, why don't they know me. Huang Xiaoqiang was full of grief and indignation, plus he was exhausted from treating Li Shimin's injuries, his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

After more than an hour, Huang Xiaoqiang only heard the earth-shattering sound of shouting and killing outside, and woke up instantly, surrounded by Ximen Xue, "Snow girl, is it Liu Yi and they attacked? Who is commanding now?"

Ximen Xue nodded and returned, "Brother Li's younger brother Li Daozong commanded the battle above the city. ”

"Oh, the situation is urgent, why don't you wake me up?" Huang Xiaoqiang was a little dissatisfied in his heart, and said anxiously, suddenly he was really out of breath, and couldn't help coughing a few times.

"Brother Huang, you spent too much true qi yesterday, and now you definitely haven't recovered, so you have to rest a lot, so I... I selfishly don't want to wake you up. ”

When Huang Xiaoqiang heard this, he immediately became angry, and said in his heart, "She is also for my good." Looking at Ximen Xue, whose face was slightly red, I was moved in my heart, and I really wanted to hug Ximen Xue and kiss her, but now is not the time. He said, "Snow Maiden, I just consumed some true qi and didn't get in the way, if the military situation is delayed, the plain is breached, and thousands of civilians are in crisis, will I not regret it for the rest of my life?" Huang Xiaoqiang said as he got up and put on his clothes, and was about to go out.

"Brother Huang. Ximen Xue suddenly stopped Huang Xiaoqiang.

Huang Xiaoqiang looked back and found that Ximen Xue presented the Tiangang Sword. Huang Xiaoqiang smiled, immediately understood, and stepped forward to take the sword.

"Be careful. ”

"Hmm. ”

Huang Xiaoqiang is really angry, and it is not convenient to perform light skills, so he can only run on the city gate with running. Running all the way, he wondered why there were so few defenders in the city, 8,000 defenders, and after estimating, there were only about 3,000 left. Xin said, "In addition to the spies in this city, there are also deserters who are greedy for life and afraid of death? But there are too many deserters." ”

Climbing the city, Huang Xiaoqiang was surprised to find that Li Shimin was also above the city gate at the moment, and he was still personally directing the battle, but many generals did not know where to go. Li Shimin walked leisurely back and forth above the city gates, and every time he walked behind a soldier, the soldier became extremely brave, as if Li Shimin had given them a stimulant to make each of them one against ten.

In this way, the 3,000 defenders stubbornly resisted the attack of more than 20,000 troops for an hour. After more than an hour, an army was killed in the dense forest on the left under the city gate, and an army was killed on the hillside on the right, so that the three sides formed a trapping situation. Liu Yi's army suddenly became completely chaotic.

I only heard the soldiers on the city wall shouting while killing the enemy, "Reinforcements have arrived, capture Liu Yi alive." Reinforcements arrived, and Liu Yi was captured alive. Liu Yi's attack this time was to hear the news that Li Shimin was going to be critically ill, but now he saw Li Shimin commanding the battle unharmed, and his heart was already a lot weaker. Of the two, how could Liu Yi think that 3,000 troops could resist the onslaught of his 30,000 army for an hour. Of the three, there were no ambushes on either side of the attack the day before, and these troops today must be reinforcements. Liu Yi just thought of this, and had no choice but to withdraw his troops again, and wait for the supplies to fight again after resting.

Li Shimin saw the enemy retreat and looked at Huang Xiaoqiang. Huang Xiaoqiang already knew what he meant, so he pretended to be happy and went up to hug him, but in fact, he held Li Shimin to prevent him from falling. Huang Xiaoqiang hugged Li Shimin slightly, and he smelled the thick smell of blood on his body, knowing that Li Shimin's command must have involved the wound again. He praised softly, "Brother Shimin, what a hero." Then he quickly helped him back to his room to rest.

After this battle, Li Shimin still had about 6,000 soldiers and horses left, Liu Yi's army still had 20,000, and reinforcements were still coming one after another, estimating that there would be about 40,000 in the next attack.

Although he won two battles by a small margin, there was still a huge disparity in strength, and Li Shimin naturally couldn't sit still. Li Shimin woke up in a coma on the third day after the armistice, and on this day, Li Shimin wrote two letters in his room. A letter for help was quickly sent to Bingzhou, asking Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and others to capture Yecheng and besiege Wei to save Zhao. The second letter is a letter of discord, Liu Yi's current number one general is named Liao Ji, who was originally a general in the border and a proud protΓ©gΓ© of the previous prime minister Zhao Yin. After Zhao Yin was knocked down, Liao Ji was naturally implicated, so Liao Ji took his own soldiers to take refuge in Liu Yi. But after all, Liao Ji used to be a hero, and although he sincerely took refuge, he could not be fully trusted. Li Shimin's letter is to further separate the relationship between the two.

Seeing Li Shimin writing a letter of discord and all kinds of alterations, especially the serious alteration of important information, Huang Xiaoqiang had a sense of dΓ©jΓ  vu and asked, "Can this letter of yours be useful?" ”

Li Shimin smiled knowingly, "Brother Huang has good eyesight, when Cao Cao fought against Xiliang, it was with such a altered letter that Han Sui and Ma Chao separated Liangzhou to return to Wei. Now I'm going to do it again, and I'm going to get rid of that Liao halberd. ”

Huang Xiaoqiang still had doubts in his heart, "Then Liu Yi is not stupid, he should be able to see that this is a divisive plan." ”

Li Shimin blew slightly, almost dried the ink, and returned, "It is because there are such examples in ancient times that Liu Yi will be even more suspicious of Liao Ji." Li Shimin finished the letter and gave Huang Xiaoqiang a confident smile, "Let's wait and see." ”

Liu Yi's military camp, Liu Yi heard that Liao Ji had received a letter from Li Shimin, and he was suspicious and rushed to Liao Ji's camp.

Liu Yi saw the altered letter, the content of the letter was not restrained, and the handwriting was quite sloppy, and he sneered, "General Liao, is this the letter sent by Li Shimin?" Su asked Li Shimin Wen Taowuluo, this letter is so vulgar, it is really ridiculous. ”

Liao Ji heard what Liu Yi meant, and returned, "Lord, this letter sent by Li Shimin is like this, and I have nothing to do." ”

Liu Yi snorted, "None of the dead soldiers I sent have returned, so naturally I don't know if Li Shimin was really injured or fake." And the person you sent said that Li Shimin was critically ill, and then we went to attack the plains, but we were besieged on three sides, and finally lost our troops and lost our troops. What benefits did Li Shimin promise you to make you want to secretly murder me?"

Liao Ji laughed, "Lord, can't you see such a simple divisive scheme? This is the plan used by Cao Cao to separate Ma Chao and Han Sui back then." ”

Liu Yi snorted, "I naturally know about this play back then, but what kind of person Li Shimin is, how can he draw gourds the same?

Liao Ji knew that Liu Yi was suspicious, and now it was useless for him to explain it, so he simply didn't say anything.

Liu Yi's voice became heavier and heavier, as if he was about to be so angry that he drew his sword and slashed Liao Ji in the next moment, and Liu Yi's strategist Gao Xin naturally had to come forward to mediate. "Lord, rest your anger, rest your anger. How could General Liao be that treacherous person, we will call that Li Shimin out tomorrow to confront him, and everything will be revealed. ”

Liao Ji also nodded and said, "If the lord doesn't believe it, Li Shimin will come out of the city tomorrow, and I will directly behead him if I go up." ”

"Okay, then let's go to the battle tomorrow and see what Li Shimin says. ”

On the second day, Liao Ji rode forward to call for battle.

Li Shimin sat peacefully in the city, and then gave the first order, Li Daozong stepped forward to meet the battle, and told him to fight three rounds and leave, and the more embarrassed the escape, the better. After Li Daozong came back, Li Shimin gave the second order and sent three generals to fight Liao Ji together, which would be five rounds of fighting, and then fled in embarrassment. The third military order ordered Huang Xiaoqiang to fight, fight decently, and abandon the sword and flee after holding on for ten rounds.

The more Liu Yi's army looked behind Liao Ji, the more wrong it became, and he rode forward and said to Liao Ji, "General Liao is so good, it adds up to less than twenty rounds in total, and he defeated the enemy's five generals, and even the young general who captured General Wei Chi in those few moves can't go ten rounds under you, I have a general like you, it's really my Liu Yi's blessing." ”

Liao Ji heard that Liu Yi had something to say, but the matter had come to this point, and he couldn't tell it even if he had 10,000 mouths. Just when Liu Yi and Liao Ji were talking, Li Shimin climbed the mountain. Li Shimin shouted to the city, "General Liao, our side has been prepared, we just need you to give an order." ”

Liu Yi was secretly shocked, and said in his heart, "Now my 20,000 personal soldiers have not arrived, and there are many of Liao Ji's original subordinates in the current 20,000 army, if Liao Ji and Li Shimin take me at the same time, where can I run." Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ride my horse and secretly return to my cronies, the more I thought about it along the way, the more afraid I became, and the more I thought about things, the more mysterious I became. When he arrived at a safe place, he couldn't help but scold, "Liao thief, you are treacherous and traitorous for glory, I can't wait to eat your flesh and sleep in your skin." Someone, take down this thief quickly. ”

For a while, there was chaos in Liu Yi's army, and Li Shimin saw that the time was almost up, and shouted loudly above the city gate, "General Liao, don't panic, we are here to help you." After Li Shimin finished speaking, many archers shot in the direction of Liu Yi, but they crossed the Liao halberd that was closer. At the same time, four more troops outside the city surrounded Liu Yi's army. They all shouted, "General Liao, don't panic, we're here to help you." Seeing this situation, Liu Yi was even more furious, "Li Shimin helped you in person, what else do you have to say?"

Liao Ji knew that Liu Yi couldn't trust him at all, and he was very helpless. Liao Ji's personal soldiers saw that their leader was suspected, and naturally defected from Liu Yi. As a result, there was civil strife in Liu Yi's army, and there were countless casualties. In the end, Li Shimin reaped the profits and defeated Liu Yi. Liao Ji had no choice but to surrender to Li Shimin.

The Li family army took advantage of the victory to pursue, plus the army of Li Yuan in Bingzhou pressed the border and invaded the territory of Jizhou, and there was civil strife in Yecheng. Liu Yi was attacked everywhere, and in less than half a month, the army was defeated like a mountain, and finally there was no other way but to run to the capital and take refuge in Ling Jing. Everyone is rewarded for meritorious deeds, and Li Shimin naturally has the greatest credit, and he temporarily replaces Yecheng Taishou. Huang Xiaoqiang and Nangong Yunmeng Ximen Xue have no interest in the reward of this official position, as long as they have a big house for treasure hunting.

On the fifth day after Li Yuan seized Jizhou, Li Shimin and Huang Xiaoqiang were chatting about family life.

"Brother Huang, I remember that you and the two girls had important matters in Yecheng, but you spent a lot of time to help me defend the plain and finally conquer the entire Jizhou, and I really didn't want to go. Now I'm temporarily acting as the Taishou of Yecheng, if there is anything I need help with, please ask me, I can help. ”

Huang Xiaoqiang said in his heart, "We are helping King Qi and Uncle Nangong find treasure to repay their kindness, if we tell Li Shimin this secret, it will be a great righteousness for the people of the world." But for King Qi and Uncle Nangong, it was disloyal, so embarrassing. Thinking of the dilemma of loyalty and righteousness, Huang Xiaoqiang would have selfishly chosen loyalty. Huang Xiaoqiang replied, "Brother Shimin, I understand your kindness, but everyone always has a little secret, so don't ask more." ”

Li Shimin is naturally not the kind of person who is not interested, Huang Xiaoqiang doesn't want to say, he naturally won't ask again.

"General, someone from the court has come, saying that there is something important to find the general. Although Li Shimin temporarily became a taishou, the people below still called Li Shimin a general.

"Okay, I got it. Brother Huang, you can also go with me to have a look. ”

Huang Xiaoqiang shook his head and replied, "No need." ”

"Alas, let's go, the court hasn't come to send some silk and satin, pearl treasures, I don't like those, you see the good ones and give them to Miss Ximen and Miss Nangong, I think girls should like these the most." ”

Huang Xiaoqiang thought that Ximen Xue liked embroidery very much, and Nangong Yunmeng liked strange things, so he nodded. "It's also huh. ”

Huang Xiaoqiang followed Li Shimin to the Taishou Mansion, and when he saw the people from the court, Huang Xiaoqiang suddenly became furious and yelled, "Bastard, take your life." ”