Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 953
Two days ago, when Li Zhengbao fell to his knees, Suo Zhou really wanted to spare his life... It was not because he was merciful, but because there was no need to kill Li Zhengbao, and Li Zhengbao was no longer important.

But after the messenger from that city rushed over today, the furious Suo Zhou ordered Li Zhengbao's head to be beheaded without hesitation. He felt that Li Zhengbao's confession deliberately missed one thing.

Because just yesterday, the Tang army on the southwest side of Yuanzhou, which had not moved for three months, marched in a large scale. Conquer several passes within a few days, advance tens of miles north, and the front of the soldiers is directed at Guyuan County.

As early as three months ago, the Liang army stationed troops in the southwest of Yuanzhou, but they did not make a large-scale attack. They also knew that they would not be able to attack. Afterwards, the Turks fled to the north. The east side was captured, so the southwest side was empty of troops.

In the thinking of Liang Luoren and Suo Zhou, they had never considered that the Tang army who was holding on to the pass would abandon the pass. If they were prepared, this would be something they wished for. , which became Liang Jun's weakness.

In fact, Suo Zhou might not think that Li Zhengbao knew about this, but he immediately ordered the beheading, just to vent his anger, but he was not afraid either. Liang Luoren had already personally led the army to meet the enemy, and Longzhou troops wanted to attack so smoothly. Entering Guyuan County is not so easy.

Three quarters of an hour later, a hundred captives were released by the Tang army. Several captured Tang soldiers carried Li Zhengbao's body back to the formation. Su Dingfang glanced at it indifferently. He had almost guessed it. Before Gui and Wen Yanbo.

In fact, Su Dingfang had proposed another plan before. Li Shan personally led the army to storm the city, and he himself led the elite to detour through Baiquan County and even Longzhou to go out of Longshan Pass. It may be possible to defeat the enemy, but Li Shan still did not adopt it. The reason is also very simple. , It is difficult for the two sides to carry out the actions simultaneously. After all, communication is a big problem in this era, let alone in the complex terrain of Liupan Mountain, or under the premise that the marching speed is slow due to heavy snow.

In fact, it was a coincidence that Guo Xiaoke and Yang Ze sent troops at this time, and Li Shan did not give them specific requirements for the time of their march.

Su Dingfang didn't care about Li Zhengbao, he knew that Li Shan had never pinned his hopes on this person, so he thought about it for a while and ordered someone to send Li Zhengbao's body to the Central Army.

The battle at Luojiatuo lasted from morning to night. The Tang army attacked dozens of times. The Liang army did not retreat. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. It was not until dusk that the Tang army retreated to the camp. Looking at it, Huairen should be leaving in a few days.

At this moment, Zhu Ba, who was a member of the Chinese army tens of miles away from Luojiatuo, quietly walked into the prison camp and stabbed Liu Heier in the waist who was reinforcing the tent.

"Brother Zhu." Liu Heier's body stiffened at first, then he relaxed, turned around and saluted, no matter what, he saw with his own eyes that at least 20 clansmen were killed yesterday because of Zhu Ba.

"Follow me." Zhu Ba turned around and left without saying a few words of greeting.

Liu Heier hesitated for a while before following, thinking that the Handan king was deliberately soft, so he should have to surrender again... But his uncle is still in Lingzhou, how can he surrender to Tang?
The snowflakes were still dancing in the sky, Zhu Ba led Liu Heier through the camp, quietly entered a large tent, and stood still in the corner.

It seemed that no one paid attention to the two people who came in, Qian Jiulong shook his head and said: "Being so secretive that they were easily beheaded,"

"I'm afraid it may not be because of indiscretion." Zhang Shigui, governor of Yuanzhou, said coldly, "Huangfu Li can't get away with it."

"That's right." Duan Decao's voice was even colder, "I heard that Huangfu Li and his officials served Liang, but they are quite loyal to Master Liang!"

Huangfu Zhong, who was standing in the first place, seemed not to hear, just lowered his head and said nothing.

"Finally died because of loneliness." Li Shan sighed, looking rather regretful... That is, Wen Yanbo was in the rear army, otherwise he would inevitably cast a few blank glances, and who would he be pretending to be for!
The tall and tall Liu Heier could still see the corpse on the ground in the crowd even if he was standing in the corner, hesitating whether to take a few steps forward to see clearly... He did not act secretively until he died, and Huangfu Li This name made Liu Heier think of something.

But Liu Heier didn't need to squeeze over to see the real thing. Li Shan began to narrate in a sad tone, "A few months ago, the Liang army captured Pingliang County, but Li Gong was different from other Liang generals. People in Pingliang County have praised it a lot."

Zhang Shigui, the chief general who attacked Pingliang County, knew the truth of Li Shan's words too well, and he also knew Li Shan's behavior too well. He glanced at Liu Heier who was in the corner from the corner of his eyes, and said loudly: "Your Highness said nothing! Yes, that's why Li Zhengbao took the initiative to invite Ying, hoping that the world will be unified, that people will live and work in peace and contentment, and that the people will be healthy."

It was Li Zhengbao!

There was a smile on the corner of Liu Heier's mouth. He was not stupid. In fact, he was extremely quick-witted. He had already guessed that it was Li Zhengbao who was stationed behind the city when he was rejected by the Nanguan guards. has a problem.

Now that Li Zhengbao is actually dead, it means that the Tang army did not take the city, and may even suffer a defeat.

Zhang Shigui looked at the faint smile on Liu Heier's face speechlessly, and said, "This time Liang Jun set up an ambush in Luojiatuo, if Zhao Guogong hadn't been cautious, I'm afraid he would really lose the battle."

"That's right, Duke Zhao is a famous general." Qian Jiulong praised, "I heard that General Suo Zhou of the Liang Army led his troops to ambush. Duke Zhao was not chaotic in the face of danger, and unexpectedly defeated the Liang Army."

"Suo Zhou set up an ambush on the way to capture and kill Li Zhengbao, obviously he had noticed it long ago." Zhang Shigui shook his head and said, "It's really dangerous!"

Before Wang Junhao heard anything, he asked, "What's so dangerous?"

"Lang Jun often comes to the front line in person to charge forward." Zhang Zhongjian said in a deep voice, "Liang Luoren and Suo Zhou have long been aware that Li Zhengbao is a secret, maybe Huangfu Li also made a report, but they have not been attracted, and even abandoned Nanguan Town, I am afraid it is for Lang Jun. "

Everyone nodded, and Li Shan smiled wryly: "Fortunately, I returned to the Chinese army that day..."

Having said so much, Liu Hei'er still couldn't understand, the tent suddenly became quiet, only Liu Hei'er's heavy and rapid panting echoed.

Liu Heier knew very well that even if these were facts, they were deliberate means by King Handan, but he knew even better that what King Handan said would not be a lie.

The fall of Nanguan Town can only be caused by Li Zhengbao's surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Suozhou captured and killed Li Zhengbao the next day and set up an ambush in Luojiatuo. This was obviously prepared...but for the King of Handan and the defeat of the Tang army, Liang Luoren and Suozhou sacrificed their lives Nanguan Town and myself.

(End of this chapter)