At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 684 Convinced?
In Xiuwu County, Hanoi County, the Tang Army and the Qi Army faced each other across the canal, but the barracks on both sides were heavily fortified, with flags flying, and the defenses were extremely tight.Originally, in terms of military strength, the Qi army was at a disadvantage, but after Xu Shiji arrived, the two sides were evenly matched in terms of military strength, both around [-].

At this time, in the tent of the Tang army's central army, the atmosphere was solemn and low. Li Xiaogong, Hou Junji, Yin Kaishan, Liu Hongji, Wang Junkuo.

These are quite famous figures in history, and they can be regarded as a strong lineup. However, everyone has serious expressions right now, as if they are facing a big enemy.

Because the main goal of this military operation has failed, Luoyang fell into the hands of Gao Qi, and Heyang warehouse was also occupied by Wang Shichong. The Tang army fell into a very passive situation. If the response is not careful, the entire army may be wiped out. possible.

Li Shimin's mood at the moment is really mixed, bitterness, depression, regret, unwillingness, and jealousy. It took a long time before he sighed and said: "This defeat is all the fault of this king. All the responsibilities shall be borne by this king, and later this king will submit a petition to the emperor to plead guilty."

Changsun Shunde shook his head and said: "King Qin is not at fault, it's all due to the carelessness of his subordinates, which allowed Gao Changqing to take advantage of the gap, and I should ask the emperor for my sin."

Li Xiaogong remained silent, the biggest mistake this time was indeed on Changsun Shunde, the responsibility cannot be shirked.

Fang Xuanling sighed secretly, could this Gao Changqing really be Erlang's nemesis?This time he actually took the lead again, Erlang lost his wife and lost his army, smoothed his beard and smoothed things over and said: "Gao Changqing's son is too bold, he sneaked into Luoyang city to do things himself, it is really unexpected, And this son's luck is a little bit better. Your Highness King Qin, this subordinate thinks that the most urgent thing to do is to discuss how to get rid of the passive situation, rather than hold anyone accountable."

Zhang Gongjin echoed: "What the head of the house said is very true. The most urgent thing is how to break the situation. Luoyang has already fallen into the hands of Gao Qi. If we want to gain a foothold in Hanoi County, we must take back Heyang warehouse from Wang Shichong."

Hearing this, Li Shimin felt even more bitter. He originally used the Heyang warehouse as a bait to divert Wang Shichong from the vicinity of Luoyang to facilitate Li Xiaogong and Changsun Shunde's actions. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaogong and Changsun Shunde are such a strong pair The combination failed. Not only failed to win Luoyang City, but also ruined all [-] troops. They almost lost without any pants left. Now Luoyang is not in hand, and Heyang warehouse is gone. It is really not an ordinary tragedy. destroy!

Hou Junji saw that Li Shimin's mood was a little depressed, so he comforted him: "Luoyang is the foundation of Wang Shichong, and now it is occupied by Gao Changqing. Wang Shichong should be the most panicked. It is estimated that his subordinates are also panicked. In the end, the general is willing to lead a team to lead the battle. , take back the Heyang warehouse, as long as we take back the Heyang warehouse, we are still sure to have a showdown with Gao Qi in Hanoi County."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he shook his head and said, "No, the wisest thing we can do now is to withdraw our troops immediately and go back to Taiping County!"

Hou Junji was stunned for a moment, Erlang just gave in, this is not like his character, he hurriedly asked: "Why, is Erlang worried that Li Jing will attack Taiyuan?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Now that Gao Qi and Li Tang have met each other, even if Li Jing doesn't attack Jinyang, I, Li Tang, will send troops to Yanmen County."

"Then why did Erlang withdraw his troops?"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I avoided the front. Wang Junkuo listened to the order. You are responsible for leading the rear army into the front army and withdrawing to Hanoi city."

"The last general has orders!" Wang Junkuo said awe-inspiringly.

"Hou Jun gathers Yin Kaishan, and you are responsible for leading an army to break the queen!"

"Li Xiaogong and Liu Hongji, each of you is responsible for leading an army to respond!"

The generals immediately obeyed orders, and in the afternoon, Tang Jun began to retreat in an orderly manner.On the other side of the canal, at the camp of the Qi army, Xu Shiji, Lu Sheng and others went out to observe the news and found that the Tang army was indeed setting up camp. Mr. Xu is in charge."

Xu Shiji shook his head thoughtfully and said, "That's not the case, maybe King Qi has already captured Luoyang City."

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals present could not help but beam with joy. Luoyang is the heart of the Central Plains and the capital of the emperors. Taking Luoyang is basically equivalent to setting the Central Plains. It can be seen that King Qi is indeed the destiny of heaven.

It was a coincidence that at this moment, a fast horse galloped to the front of the Qi army's camp, and said loudly: "The king of Qi speaks!"

Xu Shiji and Lu Sheng looked at each other excitedly, and led the crowd to rush forward. At this time, the fast horse had already entered the gate of the camp, and went straight to Xu Shiji and others got off the saddle, and said loudly: "The King of Qi ordered that this King has already entered the camp. Conquer Luoyang City, Director Xu and Director Lu will clear Hanoi as soon as possible, and join forces with this king in Luoyang!"

With an instant coaxing sound, everyone cheered and raised their arms to shout. Lu Sheng shook his fist vigorously: "Great, King Qi has taken Luoyang!"

"I knew that the King of Qi would do it himself, and he was sure of it!" Cheng Yaojin smiled undisturbedly, and even the serious Qin Qiong was very happy. This is a great joy.

Xu Yuanlang and Meng Haigong couldn't help but laugh. At first they were defeated by Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and Fan Hu, and they had to surrender to Gao Qi. Now it seems that it is a good thing. Gao Changqing actually won Luoyang, the eastern capital. Dingding Central Plains is just around the corner up.

Du Ruhui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Shiji is as expected. King Qi took Luoyang, and Li Shimin lost the Heyang warehouse. It will be impossible if we don't withdraw our troops."

Lu Sheng said with a smile: "Li Shimin is decisive, it is really wise to withdraw troops."

Xu Shiji said cautiously: "Li Shimin is not easy to deal with, and his subordinates are also full of talents. It remains to be seen whether he will withdraw his troops or not. Don't take it lightly."

Du Ruhui nodded and said, "It's right to be cautious."

Qin Qiong cupped his hands and said: "Whether Li Shimin really retreats or pretends to retreat, this is the time for us to win him. In the end, please lead a cavalry to catch up and disturb the enemy."

This proposal was exactly what Xu Shiji wanted. He immediately sent four men, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yaojin, and Shan Xiongxin, each leading [-] cavalry to chase after him and harass them. Follow up without delay, and if there is a chance, the whole army will cover up and kill Tang Jun in one fell swoop.

However, when the Tang army retreated in an orderly manner, looking at each other from head to toe, they guarded very tightly. Even Qin Qiong and others continued to harass them, but they failed to interrupt the rhythm of the Tang army. military.

Tang Jun retreated to Hanoi County, but did not enter the city to hold on, but continued to retreat northward, heading towards Wanzi City, the entrance where Taihang Xing was located, to see that this posture was really about to withdraw to Changping County in the north.

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Just as Xu Shiji and Lu Sheng followed the Tang army and retreated, pretending to be Gao Bufan, Yang Qingruo, who was stationed outside the Liyang warehouse, jumped up for joy, and pushed Qingfeng and Mingyue away from her arms.

"King Qi, you..." Qingfeng and Mingyue were surprised, they didn't understand how the gentle and affectionate Prince Qi could suddenly become so rude.

Yang Qingruo had really had enough of these two "sluts" who always wanted to sleep with her these days, and now she finally didn't have to bear it any longer. She grabbed the two girls' ears and twisted them hard, cursing: "Shameless!" Hu Meizi!"

The two girls let out a miserable cry, and they covered their hot ears by coincidence, and they were about to cry: "King Qi is so angry, but is there something that the servants are not serving well?"

It wasn't that the service was not good enough, but that the service was too thoughtful, Yang Qingruo was full of jealousy at the thought of the villain hugging these two shameless hoofs and making trouble, and shouted: "Come on!"

Two personal guards flashed in: "What orders does King Qi have?"

Yang Qingruo waved his hand in disgust and said, "Put these two vixens down and lock them up!"

"Locked up?" The guard asked in amazement.

Yang Qingruo's face darkened and said: "Shut it up, don't you understand?"

The two guards shrank their necks, and immediately pushed Qingfeng and Mingyue out with wit. The two women's pretty faces were pale.
Men really aren't good things, one second they were affectionate, but the next second they immediately turn their faces and deny them, life is miserable!

Changsun Wuji just came to the tent, seeing Qingfeng and Mingyue being dragged out crying, he frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

The two guards said with strange expressions: "King Qi ordered to lock up these two foxes."

Changsun Wuji suddenly realized when he heard the words, and he was secretly funny. It is a miracle that this aunt's temper can endure for so many days, but it also reflects that this woman is indeed hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and she is not the kind of cold and ruthless woman. Ordered to kill Qingfeng Mingyue instead of locking her up.

Yang Qingruo's jealousy is a bit big, probably inherited from her mother's jealous temperament, so Changsun Wuji has always been a little worried, if Changqing marry this girl into the harem, it will eventually lead to discord in the harem, the key point is that this girl's martial arts are also extremely high Really, if you really move your hands, Wugou, Concubine Cui and Concubine Dou combined are not enough for her to move her fingers, wouldn't she be bullied to death by her.

But now it seems that this woman is jealous, but her heart is not bad, and she does things properly. She just locked up Qingfengmingyue, and she probably wants to keep it for Changqing to deal with.

As mentioned earlier, Yang Qingruo’s father was Qin Wang Yang Jun. Because he loved the new and disliked the old, he neglected the princess, that is, Yang Qingruo’s biological mother, who was later poisoned by the princess to death. Ji is really worried about the safety of his sister Wugou, but fortunately, Yang Qingruo is obviously not so ruthless.

"My lord Changsun, the servants and servants offended the King of Qi for some reason, I beg your lord Changsun to take pity on you, and please speak kindly for the servants and servants!" Seeing the eldest grandson Wuji, Qingfeng and Mingyue immediately acted as if they had grasped the life-saving straw. While wiping tears, while begging.

These two women are both stunning beauties, plus they have received special training, so they pretend to be pear blossoms and rain. I feel pity when I see them, but men will probably feel soft-hearted when they see them.

"You two spies, if you don't kill you, it will be considered cheap for you!" Changsun Wuji thought to himself, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead!"

Although the two guards couldn't bear it, they escorted them away.

At this time, Yang Qingruo walked out from the sleeping tent, Changsun Wuji hurriedly saluted and said, "See Your Highness King Qi!"

Yang Qingruo frowned and said, "That guy... Hasn't your King Qi already taken Luoyang, and I don't have to pretend anymore, right?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "I'm afraid I have to trouble Miss Qingruo!"

"Why?" Yang Qingruo asked in puzzlement.

"Bing Yuanzheng agreed to give up the Liyang Cang and surrender. If the King of Qi is not here, I'm afraid the other party will change his mind." Changsun Wuji explained.

Yang Qingruo suddenly said: "So that's the case, when will Bing Yuanzhen leave the city to surrender?"

"afternoon!"

Yang Qingruo nodded and said: "Okay, but this Bing Yuan is really hateful, and he is willing to surrender at this time. I heard that he also took a lot of our property. He is really a money-grubbing guy. If you keep this kind of person, you will be rewarded in the future." I'm afraid he is also a big corrupt official who fishes the common people!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "This Bing Yuan is really greedy for money, but he is also a bit capable, and the other party just donated the Liyang warehouse, how can we add swords and swords? This will definitely damage the reputation of King Qi. I'm afraid that no one will dare to rely on us, Gao Qi."

Yang Qingruo nodded and said: "That's true, but if this person becomes corrupt and perverts the law in the future, what will the fish and meat people say?"

"The king of his own country ruled him by law." Changsun Wuji said awe-inspiringly.

In the afternoon, Bing Yuanzhen led people out of the city to surrender. Yang Qingruo accepted his surrender as Gao Bufan, and gave him a few verbal commendations, but he didn't give him a reward.

However, Bing Yuanzhen didn't get a reward after surrendering, and he felt uneasy. He only thought that he delayed surrendering until now, and asked for several times of property, so Gao Bufan was unhappy.

Changsun Wuji obviously saw Bing Yuan's true intentions, so in order to avoid any accidents, he comforted him: "Our army has captured Luoyang a few days ago, King Qi is planning to rush to Luoyang, so General Bing will go together, when the time comes The King of Qi will definitely have a reward!"

Bing Yuanzhen was relieved when he heard the words, and at the same time his heart was full of joy. It turned out that Gao Qi had already won Luoyang. Niu, Duke Wei failed to win Luoyang after fighting for several years. Gao Qi managed it without needing a few months. Coming to Gaoqi is indeed destiny, I have chosen the right person this time, hehe!
In this way, the Liyang Cang was obtained, Changsun Wuji sent someone to take over the Liyang Cang, and then he and "Gao Bufan" set off for Luoyang, and Bing Yuandian, who had just defected to Luoyang, also went with him.

It is worth mentioning here that there were originally 20,000 Wei troops in the Liyang Cang, but now they all surrendered to Gao Qi. After they were broken up, they officially became Gao Qi’s army. More than [-] troops crossed the Yellow River mightily. Enter Xingyang County, then pass Hulao Pass, and drive in the direction of Luoyang City.

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