At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 828 Megatron inside and outside the Yellow River
The sand in the desert is like snow, and the moon in the overcast mountains is like a hook.The temperature in the desert in the winter month has dropped below zero, especially at night, when the weather is more than ten degrees below zero, which makes people suspicious of life. Li Shimin's men and horses have frostbite, but they still marched all night, and finally crossed the Yellow River and entered Hetao on this day. area.

This was originally Wuyuan County in the Sui Dynasty, but it has been occupied by Turkic people and still belongs to the Turkic sphere of influence, so Li Shimin did not dare to stay too long, and continued to rush south.

A few days later, the group finally crossed the desert and approached Lingwu County. Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief, because Lingwu County is the territory of Datang, as long as they enter Lingwu County, they will be safe, and the east of Lingwu County is Yanchuan County and Shuofang County are the territory of Liang Shidu.

However, Lingwu County was in sight, but Li Shimin suddenly stopped the team and camped next to Nayuanchuan to rest.Nayuanchuan is a tributary of the Yellow River, which is frozen at this moment. Li Shimin and others lit a bonfire here and dug ice to get water for drinking.

Li Shimin only brought a total of 1000 troops to the Turkic mission this time, but they were all veterans of the Tang army with extraordinary combat power.

At this moment, Li Shimin, Hou Junji and Shi Danei were sitting by the campfire to keep warm, chatting secretly in low voices.

"Does King Qin think Master Liang will do anything?" Hou Junji asked in a low voice.

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he pondered: "I'm sure that Ke Dun has already plotted to kill me, but this woman is unlikely to do it herself, and it is very likely that she will use Liang Shidu's hands."

Hou Junji said grimly: "Liang Shidu, the lackey of the Turks, if he really dares to come this time, I will cut off his dog's head." After speaking, he glanced at Shi Danei next to him.

Shi Danei is the dowry general of the Turkic Princess He Min. Although he is of Turkic blood, he followed Li Shimin to fight against Li Gui in Xiliang and took over the four counties in the Western Regions. He has made great contributions and is loyal to Li Shimin , so Li Shimin also trusts him very much.

Shi Danai seemed to be a guy who was not good at words, he kept silent all the time, just adding firewood to the fire, even though Hou Junji scolded the Turkic people, he didn't seem to hear it.

When Li Shimin and others were eating, there was billowing dust in the southeast direction, obviously there was a large group of people rushing this way, Hou Junji immediately jumped up, put his hands on the awning to look over, and said with a sneer, "It really is here!"

Without Li Shimin's instructions, a thousand soldiers of the Tang army immediately got on their horses and drew their swords to form a formation, and their murderous aura was full in an instant. The whole cavalry was like a giant knife out of its sheath, exuding terrifying determination, and like a wall of copper and iron.

Shi Danei drove his horse forward, and the horizontal knife was immediately at the front of the team, and it was carved into the tip of this giant blade. This man must be at the forefront in every battle, take the lead, and win the three armies bravely!
At this time, the dust was getting closer and closer. Finally, a cavalry appeared in Li Shimin's sight. The rumbling horseshoes were like thunder. Looking at the posture of flooding all over the mountains and plains, the number of troops would not be less than two thousand. However, all Tang troops Without fear, he didn't even frown.

The incoming enemy seemed to be intimidated by the momentum of the Tang army, and stopped tens of meters away. Li Shimin recognized the leader at a glance, and it was Liang Luoren, the cousin of Liang Shidu.

"Liang Luoren, what is your intention to lead the crowd to attack?" Li Shimin asked coldly.

Liang Luoren was still a little hesitant at first, but when he suddenly saw dust heads rising from the north, he felt relieved and said with a smile: "Of course I will take your head, Li Shimin, will you hand it over yourself? Or should I trouble the general to do it himself?"

A trace of sarcasm flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he said loudly, "I'm afraid you don't have the ability."

At this time, a cavalry force came rushing from the north, with a strength of about 1000. The leader had a particularly big head, was dressed in a robe, had a long beard flowing under his jaw, and wore a beam crown. He was indeed Liang Shidu.

It turned out that after Li Shimin left the Turkic Yazhang, Liang Shidu received Ke Dun's instruction and led his troops to chase after him. At the same time, he sent an urgent message back to Shuofang, ordering his cousin Liang Luoren to lead troops to intercept Li Shimin's return. , Stopped before Li Shimin was about to enter Lingwu County.

"Then, does Ben Khan have the ability?" Liang Shidu urged his horse forward, triumphantly.

Li Shimin said indifferently: "If there is a way to heaven, you don't go, and if there is no way to hell, you come to vote. Liang Shidu, are you addicted to being a dog of Ke Dun? You even came to give away the head!"

Liang Shidu's complexion changed slightly and he said, "It was Ben Khan's idea to kill you, what's the matter with Guan Kedun?"

Li Shimin laughed: "You really are Ketun's most loyal lackey!"

Master Liang was furious: "When Ben Khan cuts off your head, you can still laugh, kill, kill them, leave no one behind!"

Liang Shidu and Liang Luoren's cavalry immediately attacked from both sides. Li Shimin was unafraid. With a wave of his hand, the [-] cavalry under his command were divided into two.

It has to be said that the combat power of this Tang army is really strong, facing several times the enemy without any fear, rushing vertically and horizontally, slashing hard, not only did not fall behind, but had a faint advantage.

Seeing this, Master Liang looked a bit ugly, shot an arrow and killed a subordinate who was retreating, and shouted sharply: "The retreater dies!"

As a result, Liang Shidu's cavalry did not dare to retreat any longer, gritted their teeth and fought hard, and finally gradually reversed the situation and gained the upper hand.Master Liang heaved a sigh of relief, and laughed triumphantly: "Li Shimin, bastard, didn't you speak wild words? Show Ben Khan another crazy one."

Li Shimin raised his hand and shot an arrow to kill an enemy soldier, and shouted: "Junji, Da Nei, follow me to break out of the encirclement."

"Decree!" Shi Danei and Hou Junji shouted loudly, galloping their horses forward to charge, like two dragons going out to sea, invincible to those who stand in their way.

Li Shimin followed behind the two generals, with a carved bow in his hand and shot continuously, boom boom boom, every arrow shot must have a harvest, a group of personal soldiers guarded all around, formed a tight shield formation and galloped on horses, after a charge, finally stood out Passed the encirclement and ran towards Lingwu County.

Seeing this, Liang Shidu was in a hurry, and sternly shouted: "Stop him quickly, if Li Shimin is let go, you will all be executed."

Liang Luoren had no choice but to lead his men to chase after him, and it was about to surround Li Shimin and others again, but suddenly an iron cavalry came out from the southwest, although there were not many of them, about [-] cavalry, but they were Xuanjia iron cavalry. The cavalry under Liang Luoren's command were rushed to pieces, but at this time, Li Shimin stopped running, turned his horse's head and took the initiative to fight back, killing the Liang brothers.

Only then did Liang Shidu realize that he had been duped. Dare Li Shimin had already ambushed the Xuanjia iron cavalry nearby, and he was waiting for him to come to his door.

"Withdraw!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Liang Shidu immediately turned his horse's head and ran away. Fortunately, although the black armored cavalry was powerful, they couldn't run fast enough to catch up with him.

However, before Master Liang had time to rejoice, there was a sudden sound of killing in the direction facing him, and another three hundred black armored cavalry came to kill, and the sound of the rumbling horse's hooves shook the ground.

At this moment, Master Liang was finally scared out of his wits, turned his horse's head and ran sideways for his life.

— Peng!

When the Xuanjia iron cavalry arrived, Liang Bing, who was running slower, was beheaded in an instant, and trampled into meat paste, which was horrible.

Liang Shidu ran for more than 30 miles in one breath, and then he dared to slow down and rest for a while, but found that there were only about [-] riders left around him, and he couldn't help crying, hating and fearing, Li Shimin is really cruel It's insidious, he actually ambushed two black armored cavalry waiting for him to enter the pit.

However, the bad luck is yet to come. When Liang Shi fled back to the vicinity of Yanchuan County, the Great Wall was already in sight. Suddenly, a drum rang, and a Tang army suddenly came out from behind a hill. Although they were not Xuanjia cavalry, they were also The cavalry, led by Tang General holding a big gun, shouted: "The Great Tang Qu Tutong is here, and Liang Shi will be killed!"

After Qu Tutong patted the horse, he raised his gun and stabbed. Master Liang was taken aback, and hurriedly lowered his head to avoid it. As a result, the beam crown on his head was picked up by the gun, and his hair was disheveled.

Qu Tutong was about to shoot Liang Shidu, but Liang Shidu's soldiers finally came to rescue him, and when Qu Tutong stabbed two of his soldiers to death, Liang Shidu had already fled several feet away. Besides, he can only give up temporarily and continue to fight with the soldiers who rushed forward.

Liang Shidu was so frightened that he lost his soul at this moment, and fled to Shuofang County, but met the elder Sun Shunde on the way, and was finally cut off by the latter with a sword, and died unexpectedly.

It turned out that after Li Shimin returned from the Western Expedition, he had already been planning Liang Shidu's idea, planning to take the opportunity of going to Turkic to seize Liang Shidu's territory, but Liang Shidu also went to Turkic to participate in Jieli Khan's enthronement The ceremony fell right into Li Shimin's arms.

Li Shimin secretly dispatched troops and dispatched generals. He planned to do it when he returned from the Turks. Unexpectedly, Liang Shidu got Ke Dun's instruction and sent them to his door on his own initiative. That would save trouble.

Let’s say Changsun Shunde killed Liang Shidu, cut off his head immediately, led his army to the foot of Shuofang City, hung his head on a flagpole to show off his might, the defenders in the city were terrified and panicked, and were soon broken by Tang troops. Well, Tang Jun also used firearms. Although the power is not as powerful as Qi Jun's, it is still quite impressive. It can be seen that the gunpowder researched by Tang Jun has already paid off, and it is like a tiger with wings added.

Li Shimin walked into Shuofang City with blood all over the ground, pointed to the head of Liang Shidu and said loudly: "This man Liang Shidu is a running dog of the Turkic people. Punish him, I, Li Shimin, kill the people today to eliminate harm for the people, as long as the rest of the people put down their weapons and surrender, change their ways and return to their righteousness, this king will spare them from death, if they continue to be stubborn and willing to serve as lackeys for the Turkic people, they will be killed!"

Liang Jun, who was still resisting in the city, dropped their weapons and knelt down on the ground tremblingly.

Obviously, Li Shimin also knows that linking with the Turks is unpopular, and now his words are tantamount to cutting off the seats with the Turks. Of course, if Ke Dun wants to kill him now, he can't do without cutting off the seats. Coupled with the domestic situation, he is also worried Betrayed by the prince Li Jiancheng, taking this opportunity to directly tear up the face with the Turkic, then the prince will not be able to mend the relationship with the Turkic.

As soon as Liang Shidu died, the four counties under his jurisdiction, Shuofang, Yanchuan, Honghua, and Diaoyin, all fell into the hands of Li Shimin. When the news spread back to Chang'an, the whole city erupted instantly. Praise of Li Shimin.

This time it was Yulin's Guo Zihe's turn to have trouble sleeping and eating, because Yulin was to the northeast of Liang Shidu's territory. Li Shimin destroyed Liang Shidu, and Guo Zihe must be his next target.

Sure enough, after the Tang army occupied the four counties of Liang Shidu, they immediately sent their troops northward to Yulin, and the army suppressed the border.

Guo Zihe's strength was much weaker than Master Liang's, and he was even inferior to Liu Wuzhou who was beaten by Li Jing until he was gasping for breath. He simply gritted his teeth, led his people to open the city gate, and knelt down in front of Li Shimin to beg for surrender.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, and immediately accepted Guo Zihe's request to surrender, and sent someone to send him to Chang'an to "enjoy Qingfu".

At the end of the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, General Tiance Li Shimin defeated the two warlords Liang Shidu and Guo Zihe in less than two months. He was so powerful inside and outside the Yellow River. Regional star Li Jing.

(End of this chapter)