Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 189 Du ​​Ruhui and Pei Shiqing

As the end of the year approaches, this should be a happy day for the people, but it is not the case for the people in Hedong.Because Song Jingang and the Turks went south this year and plundered most of the Hedong area, the common people suffered indiscriminate disasters, and they did not have the slightest mood to welcome the New Year.

Although Wenxi was not tortured, the people of Wenxi also lived in fear, for fear that the city would be full of Turkic dogs when they woke up.

Song Jingang had a clear goal, to enter Wenxi and take down Wenxi's Pei clan.Therefore, he hurriedly marched all the way, finally arrived at Wenxi, and launched a fierce attack on Wenxi.

The county magistrate Wenxi learned that Song Jingang was attacking the city, so he summoned the young and strong in the city to resist desperately, and held on tenaciously for a day and a night.

Song Jingang looked at Tang Jun who was killing him at a high speed, and his heart was chilled.

"Kill!"

In the icy world, the Tang army launched an attack on this group of remnants and defeated generals.The war lasted only half an hour, and Song Jingang continued to flee south with hundreds of people.

This time, Xie Shufang didn't give him a chance, and directly led his army to hunt him down, wholeheartedly wanting to take Song Jingang's head.

The two sides fled and chased, approaching Meiliangchuan.

When Li Zhiyun led the army to Wenxi, he ran into Li Junxian who came back to report.

"Your Highness, General Xie has led an army to besiege Song Jingang in Meiliangchuan, waiting for His Highness to deal with it."

Miragawa?
Li Zhiyun was taken aback. After going around half a circle, he still couldn't let go of this place.But this time, there is no record of the "first decisive battle between the two gate gods".

He already knew that Qin Qiong defeated Yu Chigong at Taiping Pass.

"Is Yu Chigong also in Meiliangchuan?" Li Zhiyun asked.

Li Junxian nodded, "Yes."

"Tell Xie Shufang to continue the siege and send someone to persuade him to surrender."

Du Ru asked with a dark smile: "Does Your Highness want to subdue Yu Chigong?"

"This man is brave, so it's a pity to die like this. If he understands the overall situation, I don't mind giving him a chance to survive."

Second only to Qin Qiong's peak combat power, once he is subdued and loyal, how can Li Zhiyun not be moved.

Li Junxian said: "Yu Chigong is indeed brave, his subordinates and General Luo besieged this person, and they couldn't take him down for a while."

After speaking, Li Junxian was ordered to leave.

At this time, under Wenxi City, the county magistrate is gathering people to clean up the corpses.Li Zhiyun summoned the county magistrate to encourage him, and then led the guards to Peibai village where Wenxi Pei's family lived.

That's right, most of Wenxi's Pei family members are not in Wenxi County at all, but in Peibai Village outside the city.

"You said, if Song Jingang had known in advance that all the children of the Pei family were in Peibai Village, would he have succeeded by now?" Li Zhiyun asked with a smile while riding a horse.

It's funny to think about it, if the real purpose of Song Jingang's trip is the Wenxi Pei clan, then when he learned that the Wenxi Pei clan is not in Wenxi County, but in Peibai Village, would he vomit blood in anger?
"It should be possible." Xue Shou said, "Peibai Village can't defend against Song Jingang's onslaught."

After speaking, the three of them laughed out loud.

Approaching Peibai Village, Pei Shiqing, the acting head of the Pei family who had met once, personally greeted Li Zhiyun at the entrance of the village.He already knew about Song Jingang's attack on Wenxi, so he welcomed Li Zhiyun very much.

To be honest, Pei Shiqing had a problem with Li Yuan.Because Li Yuan once wanted to make the head of the family the Duke of Anyi, depriving the head of the family of his status.Although he didn't succeed in the end, it still made him feel uncomfortable.

However, this was only aimed at Li Yuan, and Pei Shiqing was very polite to Li Zhiyun.Because Li Zhiyun has been kind to Pei Shi three times.She rescued Pei Shuang for the first time, rescued Patriarch Pei Ju for the second time, defeated Song Jingang for the third time, and kept Wenxi safe.

This is enough to make Pei Shiqing treat Li Zhiyun solemnly.

Li Zhiyun did not enter the village, but exchanged pleasantries with Pei Shiqing at the entrance of the village.

"Song Jingang is at the end of his rope. He is currently trapped by our army in Meiliangchuan. You don't have to worry about him coming to Wenxi again."

Pei Shiqing said with a smile: "In this way, we can have a good year in peace."

"That's natural, not only Wenxi, this king will definitely win Song Jingang within the year, and the people in Hedong will have a good year."

At this time, Du Ruhui suddenly coughed lightly, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, Pei Xiangguo ordered you to deal with Song Jingang as soon as possible, so there must be no delay."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Before this king came to Wenxi, he complained a lot, but now Song Jingang is already a bird in a cage and a fish in a net, why delay for a while."

Pei Shiqing narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had discovered something, but he did not say anything, but said: "Since Your Highness has business to do, I will not delay His Highness. However, I ask His Highness to leave some people to protect Wen Xi." , otherwise Wenxi people will feel uneasy."

"That's natural. This king intends to let Keming stay. It will be better if he comforts Wenxi."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for showing mercy to Wenxi people." Pei Shiqing cupped his hands.

Li Zhiyun nodded, winked at Li Zhen who was at the side, and said, "Go and tell Pei Xiangguo that this king will go to Meiliangchuan immediately."

"Obey." Li Zhen cupped her fists.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhiyun chatted with Pei Shiqing again, and then left with Xue Shou.

Du Ruhui stayed in Wenxi, and Pei Shiqing assisted him to appease the local people.

After a busy day, Pei Shiqing forced Du Ruhui to drink.

After three rounds of drinking, Du Ruhui was already a little tipsy, he pointed at Pei Shiqing and blamed him, "That's all right, if the king knows that I drank alcohol during official duties, he will definitely punish me."

Pei Shiqing laughed and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is generous, so it should not be so."

Speaking of this, Du Ruhui hiccupped and said with emotion: "You are right, Your Highness is really the most generous person I have ever met. Xiangyi County King and Pei Xiangguo lost the battle, but he still treats each other with courtesy. .”

Speaking of this, Pei Shiqing tentatively said: "Why didn't Pei Xiangguo come with His Highness this time, and arrest Song Jingang himself?"

"Pei Xiangguo came earlier, but he went directly to Meiliangchuan. Damn, you don't know, when His Highness knew that Wenxi was in trouble, he was ready to lead the army to rescue, but Pei Xiangguo blamed His Highness for delaying the battle." Speaking of this, Du Ruhui was startled suddenly, and immediately stopped talking.

"Don't drink, don't drink, I'm drunk."

After waving his hands again and again, Du Ruhui got up and left.Pei Shiqing hurriedly called someone to help Du Ruhui go down to rest.

Pei Shiqing gently put down the wine cup, his face was not very good-looking.Although what Du Ruhui and Li Zhiyun said were ambiguous, he still found some clues.

Rescue Wenxi, Pei Ji has many obstacles in it.

What does he want to do?
Thinking of this, Pei Shiqing thought of the letter from the Patriarch a few days ago, and then thought of the merger of the two Peis planned by the Sangquan Pei family.

"What a thief!" Pei Shiqing gritted his teeth angrily.

They didn't do anything, Pei Ji was so aggressive, it's really abominable!
Thinking of this, Pei Shiqing couldn't sit still any longer, hurriedly went to the study, prepared a letter to send to Chang'an, and told the Patriarch Pei Ju all the things here.

As night fell, Li Zhen circled around, not looking for Pei Xiangguo, but catching up with Li Zhiyun's large army.

"Tell me, is there any point in doing this?" Li Zhiyun was riding on a horse and asked Xue Shou beside him.

Xue Shou said: "His Royal Highness, there are some things that should not be rushed, and can only be effective if you take your time."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. The East Palace is the stove, and the Prince Chu's Mansion is just a cold stove. I'm afraid the Pei family will not like it." Li Zhiyun pursed his lips silently.

Xue Shou smiled slightly, and comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, after inquiring by your subordinates, I learned that Donggong has not yet recruited Mrs. Pei."

"Oh? Why is that?" Li Zhiyun was puzzled.Logically speaking, the power of the Pei family should have been taken down by the prince long ago.

What's more, the East Palace is full of people from Shandong gentry.

Xue Shou analyzed: "There are only two possibilities, one is that Mrs. Pei refuses to agree, and the other is that the crown prince has not been successfully wooed."

In the middle, there is no saying that the prince does not win over the Pei family.Because Pei's influence in Hedong is here, unless the prince is mentally retarded, he will never let it go.

Li Zhiyun smiled, "Hmph, interesting."

(End of this chapter)