Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 837 Ultimatum
Hedong, Xihe County.

Sparrow Valley.

Torrential rains continued, mountain torrents soared, and roads were submerged.

Even the birds and mice can't get through the already difficult and difficult Valley of the Rats.

The Tang army with red and white flags was trapped here, unable to go north.

Li Shimin has not yet recovered from the attack on Huo Yi, and his injuries are recovering slowly in this ghostly weather. After the slaughter of Huo Yi, Li Shimin actually regretted it. Although I relieved the anger in my heart and expressed my anger for the dead generals, but looking back, what did I get?

Among other things, because he slaughtered Huoyi, the nearby cities that originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty rejected the city one after another.Some cities that were close to each other even ran away from the whole city, fleeing into the mountains to avoid the Tang army.

It was originally intended to show kindness and benevolence, but unexpectedly it made everyone fear, and regarded the red and white flags as ghost flags.

The big trouble that followed was that his soldiers and horses were stuck here and it was difficult to move forward, and the grain and grass behind him could not keep up due to the heavy rain. He wanted to collect grain from nearby, but encountered the closure of the cities.

"King Zhao, if you want me to talk about these ignorant guys, you have to give them a good look, otherwise it will be the same, please give me five thousand soldiers and horses, King Zhao, and I will take down Fenxi City, and they will be obedient Raise food and grass and send it to the army."

Li Shimin shook his head.

Killing doesn't solve the problem.

"Wait a little longer, the rain will stop." Li Shimin picked up a pen and wrote another letter to the rear, asking them to find a way to send the food and grass, even if they send some of it first.

But this rain seems to be unable to stop, it never ends.

"Report, King Zhao, Lu Chongmao of Xia County in Hedong County has rebelled again. He took Xia County and captured Anyi. Not only that, he also robbed the grain and grass we sent, and killed many people who transported the grain."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

This Lu Chongmao was originally a horse thief. He was recruited by the imperial court before, and later surrendered to Liu Wuzhou, and was defeated by Fan Zigai, and surrendered to the imperial court.When Fan Zigai died of illness, he immediately turned against him again, and then Wang Shichong recruited him again, and not long after he surrendered Li Mi.

Li Mi was defeated, and he joined Yang Yichen again.

Who knows that this guy has made a mess again now, this time he directly raised troops to seize the city and rob food, and claimed to be the king of Wei.

When encountering such a shit-like character, Li Shimin sighed and regretted it. If he had known about it, he would have cleaned him up first.

It doesn't matter if he is making trouble in the rear now, but his food supply has been cut off and his food has been robbed.

"Do you know where Luo Cheng is?"

The rain disrupted Li Shimin's plan and made him restless.

"It's been three days since I received any news from Taiyuan. The last news is that Luo Cheng is definitely in Mount Heng."

There was no news for three days, and countless things may have happened in the meantime, the more Li Shimin thought about it, the more disturbed he became.

"Your Highness, Luo Cheng was still in Hengshan three days ago, and it is impossible to capture Weize Pass and Jingxing Pass one after another in just three days, let alone Taiyuan."

Another general also said, "Luo Cheng has been making frequent moves since years ago, saying that he wanted to fight Taiyuan, but it has been three months since he fought, and he is still at the foot of Taihang Mountain. I thought that if he was given another three months, he might not be able to arrive." It's under the city of Taiyuan."

"That is, with Lujiang King personally going to Jingxing to sit in town, Luo Chengfei can't fly too well."

Li Shimin was not so reassuring, he knew the ability of this cousin Li Yuan, he had never commanded a soldier and fought in a war, and he was sent to Jingxing just because he was from the Li family.

Li Yuan, who has no military experience, sits in Jingxing, facing Luo Cheng, who is like a god of soldiers. He always has a sense of unreliability, and there is no news for three consecutive days, which makes him even more uneasy.

"Your Highness, it is normal for days of heavy rain, floods, blocked roads, and lack of information."

Taiyuan.

Luo Cheng's decree was finally promulgated.

Even if brothers Xiao Yu and Wen Daya interceded for the Wang family, it was still useless after all.Luo Cheng only agreed not to implicate the two Wang families of Wang Gui and Wang Tong, while the other Qi County Wang families headed by Wang Yu, as well as the Jinyang Wang family, were all circled by the emperor.

Executed more than 30 Wang families including Wang Yu and his son who took the lead in resisting in Taiyuan, and then the rest of the Wang families, a total of more than a thousand men and women, were all exiled to North Korea as villagers. Except for their clothes, everything was confiscated. After they came to North Korea as tenant farmers, it was stipulated that they were not allowed to be officials for three generations, and they were not allowed to return to the Central Plains. If you choose government soldiers, you can become an official through the imperial examination and return to the Central Plains.

This was the hardest blow to the Wang family in Taiyuan, and the emperor also intended to use the chicken of the Wang family leader of the Hedong gentry to shock the gentry in the world.

"Your Majesty, the samurai seeks to see you."

"Xuan."

"The Commander of the Minister's Army Duwei's Mansion envoys the samurai Xun to pay homage to His Majesty!"

It was the first time for Luo Cheng to see the warrior Xun. He was not a high rank in the pro-military captain's mansion, only a sixth rank, but Luo Cheng had paid attention to him, knowing that Liu Wuzhou was able to join him back then, and he had made a lot of contributions.And this time the soldiers entered Taiyuan, he also had credit.

"I know that you are quite capable, courageous and insightful. I heard that you sold tofu from villages and villages earlier? Later, you did the timber business, but in the end you chose to join our army, and even used your wealth as a gift. Public utility, I am very pleased and very happy."

The samurai Xun did not expect to be summoned by the emperor, and he was so terrified that he didn't even dare to raise his head.

"I have always given rewards to those who have made meritorious deeds. Now I will confer on you the founding Viscount of Fenyang County, grant you a hundred households of real food, and grant you five hundred acres of land, and grant you a rank of five. Change into the Scarlet Robe Silver Talisman."

Samurai Xun really didn't expect that such a big good thing would happen to him, he was so excited that he didn't know what to do.

A small businessman started his business, and now he is quite old, he would be very satisfied to be promoted to the sixth-rank real position, but who would have expected that the emperor would grant him a solid title of founding viscount and give him the title of Crimson Clothes and Silver Tiger? Fifth rank.

"Samurai Yu, this is what you deserve. I will give you another task today. You go to Huoyi, take the heads of Wang Yu and his son, go to see Li Shimin, and tell him that his aunt and his cousin Li Yuan is in my hands now, and Taiyuan City is already in my hands. He can't win against me. Don't fight against Li Yuan anymore. Now is not the time for great cause. People's minds are chaotic, and they all want to resist change, but now, people's minds are settled. Wherever my Qin army goes, everyone will follow. This is the general trend and cannot be violated. I can still preserve the wealth of his family, but if he persists to the end, then Wang Yu and his son will be the fate of his Li family."

(End of this chapter)