At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 592 Rapid Progress

After Li Yuan formally declared his army to "Kuangfu the Sui Dynasty", he dispatched two brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, to take the lead in breaking through Xihe County, which borders the southwest of Taiyuan County, and beheaded Gao Deru, the prefect of the county. Duke, the second son Li Shimin is the Duke of Dunhuang, officially leading an army of [-] troops into Guanzhong.

Li Yuan's movements were very fast, and he led the army from the Fenhe Valley Road straight to Hedong County, which is Pei Xingyan's hometown, but Li Yuan's luck was a bit unlucky, and it rained continuously at this time, and it lasted for nearly a month, God It seems that all the rain that did not fall during the drought in the first half of the year should be made up for the world.

This is broken, the road is muddy and slippery, the marching speed is seriously hindered, and the luggage cannot be transported. But at this time, there are rumors that Liu Wuzhou is colluding with the Turks and preparing to attack Jinyang, Li Yuan's old nest. Li Yuan panicked when he heard about it. , ready to withdraw the army to rescue Jinyang, but Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin disagreed, and the latter knelt down in front of the Chinese army's tent and cried bitterly.

The rain was still falling, and Li Shimin was turned into a chicken. He had been kneeling for a day and a night, his face was pale, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted.Li Shimin is always in high spirits, full of enthusiasm in everything he does, and never gives up until he reaches his goal. This is his advantage.

The heavy rain was pouring down, and the rain blurred Li Shimin's vision. He suddenly felt a little cold, and couldn't help shaking, feeling that he was going to be unable to bear it any longer. Just as he bit his tongue to cheer himself up, he realized that the rain had stopped, no, and It wasn't that the rain stopped, but someone held an umbrella for him to block the rain.

Li Shimin looked up slowly, and saw his father Li Yuan holding an umbrella, looking down at him with pity, and couldn't help crying with joy: "Father, I knew you would come out."

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Shimin, why are you so stubborn!"

Li Shimin cried and said: "It's not that the child is stubborn. It's really a matter of life and death. There is no turning back when you shoot the bow. My father vowed to raise an army to capture Guanzhong. Now when he encounters some difficulties when he first sends out troops, he has to retreat. The morale of the three armies must be lost. What's the use of Yang? It's just to sleep overnight. Once this good opportunity is missed, there will be no possibility of advancing in Guanzhong. After a long time, people's hearts will inevitably be scattered. Yea!"

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard the words, gritted his teeth secretly, leaned over to help Li Shimin up and said: "Shimin, you are right, it is because father is confused, let it be, we father and son will continue to enter the military pass, life or death depends on the destiny Bar!"

Li Shimin was overjoyed and wept with joy!

It was a coincidence, after Li Yuan agreed to continue to march into Guanzhong, the next day the weather cleared, and the army rations and supplies were transported from Jinyang one after another. Liu Wenjing, who was an envoy to the Turks, also rushed back. Support, but also brought back two thousand horses.

Li Yuan couldn't help being elated, with the support of Turkic Shibi Khan, he no longer had to worry about the future, and immediately continued to march westward, heading straight to Huoyi!
Some people may ask, didn't the Turks support Liu Wuzhou?Why support Li Yuan again?

In fact, this is not a conflict. The purpose of Shibi Khan is to subvert the Sui Dynasty. Whether it is Liu Wuzhou or Li Yuan, they are all against the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, Shibi Khan strongly supports it, and even sends people to help.

Of course, Shibi Khan is not profitable, and Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan must have promised him certain benefits. Moreover, since Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan both rely on the support of Shibi Khan, Shibi Khan can influence Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan. Li Yuan gets his own benefits.

What's more, a warlord separatist regime and a divided Sui Dynasty must be better controlled than a unified Sui Dynasty. Shibi Khan supported Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan at the same time, and his idea was to split the Sui Dynasty. This is the "great powers" The usual trick.

Let's say that when Li Yuan marched to Huoyi, he encountered the tenacious resistance of Song Laosheng, the Huyalang general of the Sui Dynasty. The outcome was determined, and Song Laosheng still had the upper hand.

At this time, Song Laosheng began to underestimate the enemy and rushed forward, only thinking that Li Yuan was nothing more than that, but Li Yuan had been conserving his strength. On this day, Li Yuan suddenly launched an attack. Lead a cavalry to go around Song Laosheng's rear army and cut off the retreat.

Under the attack from several sides, Song Laosheng was defeated and beheaded on the spot by Xuanjia iron cavalry. Thirty thousand Sui soldiers died or surrendered!

The Tang army marched into Linfen and Kejiang prefectures with great victories, and went straight to Longmen County. Yanhe prefectures and counties surrendered one after another. Tong had no choice but to stick to Yingcheng.

The Tang army had been attacking Hedong County for a long time, but Li Yuan discussed with a group of advisers and felt that he should not continue to waste time in Hedong, so he left only one army to continue to besiege Hedong, and then led the main force of the Tang army to continue westward and go straight to Chang'an.

Li Yuan's move is undoubtedly very wise. At the beginning of July in the 13th year of Daye, a group of troops led by Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing took the lead in conquering Yongfeng warehouse and guarding Tongguan. Immediately afterwards, another group of troops led by Li Shimin and Liu Hongji plundered the north bank of the Weishui River. A pincer offensive was formed against Chang'an.

Li Yuan was originally an aristocrat in Guanzhong. At this time, relatives in Guanzhong also raised troops to respond to Li Yuan. First of all, Li Yuan's third daughter Li Xiuning (Princess Pingyang) is married to Chai Shao. Man, he spent all his wealth and recruited desperadoes in E County, and pulled up an army of 70,000 people like a snowball, which is really awesome.

Next was Li Yuan's younger brother, Li Shentong, who also raised troops in E County, pulling nearly ten thousand horses.Thirdly, Duan Lun, Li Yuan's son-in-law, raised troops in Lantian County to respond to the Tang army.

In October of the 13th year of Daye, Li Yuan led his army to the outside of Chang'an City. All parties joined forces to besiege Chang'an with 200,000 troops, overhauled their war equipment, and prepared to take Chang'an in one fell swoop.

But at this time, Yang Guang was trapped in Jiangdu, and Luoyang was besieged by the Wagang Army. It is impossible to fight outside the city of Chang'an in just a few months. The rapid progress is really shocking, and now only the last trembling is left.

Li Mi, who was besieging the Eastern Capital, couldn't help vomiting blood when he learned that Li Yuan had already attacked the city of Chang'an.

It is said that Li Mi was originally a nobleman of Guanlong. He originally wanted to bypass Dongdu and take Guanzhong first, but most of the soldiers under his command were from the Central Plains or Shandong, and they were not willing to give up the land he had acquired to go to Guanzhong. Moreover, Li Mi was also worried that he would lead his troops to attack In Guanzhong, the generals in charge of staying behind would break away from his control and take the opportunity to stand on the top of the mountain by themselves. After such a hesitation, Guanzhong was handed over to Li Yuan.

However, Li Yuan is also very good at being a man. He was afraid that Li Mi would take the opportunity to send troops to attack, so he wrote a letter to Li Mi. The general meaning is that my surname is Li, and your surname is also Li. We are all of the same family in Guanzhong. I, Li Yuan, respect you, Li Mi, as the eldest brother. , please be respected by the younger brother!
Li Mi read Li Yuan's letter and found that the other party admitted that he was pretending to be a grandson. He felt relieved, so he gave up the idea of ​​sending troops to stab Li Yuan's chrysanthemum, and planned to take Luoyang first, and then slowly settle accounts with Li Yuan.

In this way, Li Mi gained face but lost his reputation, while Li Yuan pretended to be a grandson but gained his reputation, and he could storm Chang'an City without any worries.

While Li Yuan was scrambling to grab the territory, Gao Bufan was naturally not idle. Li Jing, the general of the right guard, led his army to capture Hengshan County and Zhao County successively, extending Qi's power to the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains.

Originally, Li Jing took the positions of Sima You and General Youwei as soon as he came. Many people were quite critical, especially Cheng Yaojin, who was also a newcomer. He was most unconvinced. Everyone was new here. Why is Li Jing's position higher than my old Cheng?But now that Li Jing went down to two counties as soon as he made a move, everyone was finally convinced, Cheng Yaojin didn't dare to fart anymore.

Ever since Li Jing captured Hengshan County and Zhao County, Dou Jiande was also in a hurry, fearing that this "pervert" Li Jing would take Xiangguo County as well, because in this way, Xindu County would be in danger of being surrounded by the Qi army, so Dou Jiande sent troops to attack Xiangguo County first, and wrote a letter to Li Jing, warning Li Jing not to lead troops south again. Xiangguo County is my favorite. According to the treaty of alliance between the two parties, the Qi army can no longer attack Xiangguo County.

The two sides have an alliance treaty, and Dou Jiande is Gao Bufan's father-in-law, Li Jing naturally had to give face, so he had to give up the idea of ​​continuing to go south to capture Xiang County, but Hengshan County and Zhao County have been digested for a while, so Li Jing simply Withdraw the troops and rest, while stepping up training.

Now heroes from all walks of life are stepping up their efforts to grab the territory, time is not waiting for us, Li Jing is over [-] years old, his talents are underappreciated, he has just started warming up, and is about to show his talents, how can he let go of such a good opportunity?
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