Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 874
June.

The Emperor of Qin marched in person, bombarded the city of Xinkouguan with the red cannon, the artifact of the state, and Song Jingang was defeated and left.The Qin army took advantage of the situation and invaded Yanmen County in one fell swoop, and Loufan County was completely recovered by the Qin army within a few days.

Yanmen.

By the Hutuo River, Li Shimin came to the river under the guard of a group of Qin troops.

Looking at the river, he felt the corruption of the situation.Xinkou is broken, Loufan County is lost, and Qin Jun can go straight to Yanmen Pass along the Hutuo River. How can Liu Wuzhou stop Luo Cheng?

What's more, he has already witnessed the power of Luo Cheng's red cannon on the battlefield. A boulder weighing more than 100 kilograms is like a hill, and it can be thrown directly over 200 steps away.

I'm afraid that Yanmen City can't be defended at all.

Will Liu Wuzhou retreat to Mayi outside the pass?

Since Yanmen can't keep it, how can Mayi keep it?
This may be a repeat of the 12-year Yanmen Siege. The last time Luo Cheng galloped two thousand miles to rescue the Sui Emperor, but this time he came to recover Daibei. The soldiers are defeated and die, can they win if they change to Jieli?
At night, the army camped by the river.

"Second brother, Your Majesty has called you."

"Don't go."

Li Shimin was in a bad mood, he didn't want to see Luo Cheng's face at all, he must want to show off his martial arts again, so as to ridicule him.

"Second brother, I seem to have heard His Majesty talking about Chai Shao and his soldiers."

"What happened to Chai Shao?"

Li Shimin became Luo Cheng's captive in Hedong, and he was taken wherever he went, but although his freedom was restricted, he was not a prisoner in shackles. He could hear a lot of news, and even Luo Cheng often He was invited to a banquet, and sometimes he was asked to dance a sword and write a poem or something at the banquet.

Li Shimin felt that this was an insult to him, so he was extremely dissatisfied with Luo Cheng, and would not go if he could.

He also knew before that after his defeat, his father hurriedly transferred Chai Shao and Li Shuliang back to Guanzhong from Longyou, and then sent Chai Shao to lead an army of [-] to go north.

Li Shimin has been secretly looking forward to it, hoping that Chai Shao's army can play a surprising role in winning.When he came out of Luoyang, he was very excited, thinking that Luo Cheng would be defeated by the coalition forces this time.

But who would have expected that Liu Wuzhou would lose Xinkou and Loufan so quickly.

Hearing the news about Chai Shao now, he couldn't help but feel worried.

"Let's go."

Li Shimin got up and was domineering to his brother Xuan.

"Second brother, change your clothes."

Li Shimin looked down at his clothes, he was wearing a white robe, very plain and simple.

"That's good, let's go."

After he was captured, he also met Sanniang in Luoyang City. The third sister persuaded him to join him, but Li Shimin refused.But Luo Cheng publicly granted him the title of Marquis of Dunhuang, and also gave him the post of General Zuo Tunwei, which made him very dissatisfied. If the news spread to Chang'an, they would really think that he had surrendered.

Even so, Li Shimin resolutely refused to wear the official uniform of the Qin Dynasty, and only wore white clothes.

Seeing that his second elder brother looked the same as before, Xuan Ba ​​just sighed, and then accompanied him to the main camp of the Chinese army.

"The Marquis of Dunhuang is here, sit down and tell you good news."

As soon as Li Shimin entered the tent, he heard the emperor laughing and waving to him. When he saw the emperor like this, his heart sank.What was good news for the emperor must have been bad news for him.

"Previously, Jieli Choulu was extremely vicious. He smashed our two cities of Dingxiang and Dali, and slaughtered nearly 5 soldiers and civilians. But this revenge, we will soon take revenge. A few days ago we broke through Xinkou and regained Loufan , beheaded and killed more than [-] rebels from Liu Wuzhou who had been captured."

"Then today I got even better news. King Jin also fought a beautiful battle in the north. He lured Chai Shao into the city to capture him in Dali City, and defeated Chai Shao's [-] army. Chai Shao was surrendered, and the Tang army No way, beautiful!"

Li Shimin heard that the emperor was still bragging endlessly, but he only felt that there was nothing in front of him.

At the following celebration banquet, Li Shimin lowered his head and just drank the wine.

He thought of the necessity of death, of his father's trust in him, of his promise to his father, of their father and son's long-term tolerance, and of how hard it was to return to Guanzhong after the Jiangdu Revolution. , finally defeated Longyou Xue Ju.

He cried endlessly in his heart, I am guilty.

This crime can't be cleared even if he jumped into the Yellow River. He led a large army out of the customs, not only failed to stabilize the situation in Hedong, but also caused Datang to lose the land of Hedong overnight, not to mention that he also wiped out the power of Datang. The last elite.

He now regrets why he didn't die on the battlefield.

As a soldier, even if you can't return your body shrouded in horse leather, you should never be humiliated by being imprisoned.

The general didn't die on the battlefield, he should have died not far from the battlefield, and he must not become Luo Cheng's plaything clown as he is now.

Before, Li Shimin was still hoping that Datang would unite with Jieli, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and others to defeat Luo Cheng, not to mention destroying him in one fell swoop, but at least suppress Luo Cheng's arrogance, so that a new balance would be formed. Rather than his family alone.

At that time, he still thought that after Luo Cheng was defeated, he might be able to exchange prisoners with Luo Cheng and still be able to return to Datang.

But now, he only has despair and death.

That night, Qin's monarchs, ministers and generals were very happy and exchanged cups, but he didn't know how to persevere until the end.

Walking out of the big tent, dizzy.

The summer wind blew past, making him a little more awake.

It was still Li Xuanba who sent him back, and the two walked along the river bank.

Li Shimin listened to his brother's spitting in front of him, but it was nothing more than words persuading him to surrender.

He tugged at his collar, then gritted his teeth, turned around and rushed towards the river with big strides. With one leap, he jumped into the river.

With a plop, water splashed everywhere.

"Second brother!"

Xuan Ba ​​heard the sound, turned around, only to find that the second brother was gone, and the waves splashed high in the river.

He plunged into the water with a slam.

In summer, the water of the Hutuo River is very deep and swift.

Xuan Ba ​​jumped into the river, but he couldn't catch Li Shimin's men for a while.

"Come on, come on, the Marquis of Dunhuang was drunk and fell into the water, get someone quickly!" Xuan Ba ​​shouted.

One after another, Qin soldiers jumped into the river and looked around for the Marquis of Dunhuang.

Luo Cheng, who had just finished washing and was about to rest, was taken aback when he heard the urgent report.

"Drunk and fell into the water?" Luo Cheng shook his head, "He drank a lot tonight, but it's unlikely that he fell into the water?"

"According to the soldiers who followed Li Shimin, Li Shimin ran straight and jumped into the river at that time, and he was looking for death at all."

"Is it so unbearable? You're still looking for death, hey." Luo Cheng shook his head and sighed. Why can't young people turn around?
(End of this chapter)