Man Tanghong

Chapter 80 Li Shimin's Shock
After Li Yuanji left the wounded barracks, he wandered aimlessly around Mingshui City until it was completely dark, and then moved into the house that Qu Tutong had prepared for him.

It was a not-so-luxurious mansion, the main house and the back house were smashed by boulders, only the wing rooms on the left and right sides were still intact.

Li Yuanji lived in the left wing.

The furnishings inside are also very simple, only a bed and a long table.

After Li Yuanji washed up briefly, he fell asleep.

……

Just when Li Yuanji fell asleep, the people sent by Qin Qiong rushed to the place where Li Shimin was temporarily stationed.

After chasing and beating Liu Heitai for a day, Li Shimin temporarily settled on the bank of Zhangshui, still some distance away from Qu Zhou where Liu Heitai was.

The reason why they were stationed by the Zhangshui River was also to avoid forcing Liu Heitai to jump over the wall and fight him to the death.

Li Shimin doesn't care about Liu Heitai's life or death.

But Li Shimin cared very much about the lives of those rebels under Liu Heitai.

Those rebellious troops under Liu Heita's hands were rebels, and under his hands, they were the people of Datang.

As long as those rebels are willing to lay down their weapons obediently, then he will let them go, let them go back to their hometowns, bring them back into Datang's rule, and let them contribute to Datang's population and taxes.

Datang is currently short of food and people, every mouth is very important to Datang, Li Shimin is not willing to kill unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Has the person who went to negotiate with Liu Heita come back?"

Li Shimin was wearing a suit of armor, sitting in the temporary handsome tent, and asked his eldest grandson Wuji beside him.

The war in Hebei had already come to an end when Liu Heita was cornered.

Under such circumstances, there is no need to rush to exterminate the enemies. If you can persuade them to surrender, you must persuade them to surrender.

If the battle can be ended without bloodshed, it will be a good thing for both parties.

Therefore, after Li Shimin drove Liu Heitai into a desperate situation, he was not in a hurry to send troops again, but sent his important officials to persuade him to surrender.

Changsun Wuji sat on the lower head of Li Shimin, sighed a long time, and said: "I came back, but it didn't work out."

Li Shimin frowned slightly, "Why didn't the deal go through? Could it be that he, Liu Heitai, thought that he still had a chance to turn around? Or did he think that the Turkic people would come to rescue him now?"

He, Li Yi, and Du Fuwei surrounded a small Quzhou with tens of thousands of people, and Liu Heita had less than [-] remnants and defeated generals.

What did Liu Heita use to turn around?
Liu Heitai is not Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. He has unstoppable courage and can lead 50,000 people to fight against more than [-] people.

A small group of Turkic soldiers broke through Li Shentong and Li Shiji's defense line and appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but the large group of Turkic soldiers was still blocked outside the Tang Dynasty.

Even if the Turkic broke through the defense of the Tang Dynasty and appeared in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it was too late to rush to Qu Zhou to save Liu Heita's life.

Liu Heitai doesn't even have room for a dying struggle now, why doesn't he surrender?

Changsun Wuji smiled wryly and said, "Liu Heita's request was too much, so the negotiation failed."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, looked at Changsun Wuji puzzled and said, "What request can he make?"

Changsun Wuji hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "Liu Heita said that as long as the Tang Dynasty recognizes the identity of the Eastern King of Han and grants him ten prefectures in Hebei Province, he is willing to surrender."

Li Shimin's face turned dark all of a sudden.

Liu Heitai was making a request, and Liu Heitai was wishful thinking.

Let Datang recognize his identity as the Eastern King of Han Dynasty, and assign ten prefectures in Hebei to him as fiefdoms?
Then what is the Tang Dynasty conscripting him for? When he takes over the entire Hebei Province, he should be canonized directly.

"He is not willing to surrender, so he is playing us with this wishful thinking request!"

Li Shimin said angrily.

Li Yi and Du Fuwei brought a large area of ​​land and tens of thousands of elite soldiers to the Tang Dynasty, and neither dared to make such a request.

Liu Heitai was beaten into a remnant and defeated, how dare he make such a request? !
"Pass down the order. After dawn tomorrow, all the ministries will gather in Quzhou! I want to see where Liu Heitai has the courage to make such a request with Da Tang."

After Li Shimin knew that Liu Heita could not surrender, he lost the idea of ​​continuing to persuade Liu Heita to surrender, and immediately ordered the entire army to gather in Quzhou to give Liu Heita a final blow.

Changsun Wuji agreed, and ordered a messenger to go out to deliver the order. After the messenger left, Changsun Wuji said with emotion: "Liu Heitai is really not willing to give up until the last moment."

At this time, there is no such sentence as "don't cry until you see the coffin, and don't give up until you reach the Yellow River", otherwise Changsun Wuji would definitely say that.

"Then send him to the last minute."

Li Shimin said without emotion.

Since Liu Heitai insisted on courting death, he could only send Liu Heitai to die.

He will never be polite to those enemies who would rather die than bow their heads.

"marshal……"

At this moment, the guard guarding the door suddenly appeared in the tent and bowed to report.

"General Qin's part please see me."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, "A man from Shubao?"

Li Shimin muttered puzzledly, "What did Shubao send someone to see me for? Could it be that something changed in the battle in Mingshui City?"

From Li Shimin's point of view, there are Qu Tutong, Luo Shixin, and a group of soldiers from the Qi Palace in Mingshui City. It should be more than enough to point enemies, and there will be no variables.

"Call him in!"

Li Shimin gave instructions while thinking about what would happen in Mingshui City.

The guard agreed and stepped out of the temporary tent.

The next moment, Qin Qiong's trilogy appeared in the tent, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Shimin, and saluted Li Shimin.

After the ceremony, Qin Qiong told Li Shimin exactly what happened outside Mingshui City in a deep voice.

When Li Shimin heard that Yu Chigong ran to compete with Li Yuanji's people, he couldn't laugh or cry.

He understood Yu Chigong's temperament, this kind of thing, Yu Chigong could do it.

Hearing that Yu Chigong made a move against Su Dingfang, Li Shimin frowned slightly.

In his opinion, it was a bit embarrassing for Yu Chigong to fight against the generals of Prince Qi's mansion.

No matter how you say it, Yu Chigong is still a general, and if he ran to fight with the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Prince Qi's mansion, he would not only lose face, but also lose his identity.

When he heard that Su Dingfang was holding a horse spear and was able to do two moves with Yu Chigong who was on the horse, Li Shimin stared in astonishment.

In his impression, there were very few people who could fight Yuchi Gong for a few rounds on Ma Chan's side.

It is even more rare for Su Dingfang to be able to deal with Yuchi Gong with a horse on the ground, and to fight two moves with Yu Chigong.

You must know that the horse lance is a weapon on horseback, and it can only show its full power when it is on the horse. If it is on the ground, no matter how strong the lance technique is, it will be useless by half.

Su Dingfang was able to fight Yuchi Gong twice on the ground, but he might be able to fight Yuchi Gong for a long time on the horse.

"When did Yuan Ji have such a powerful person?"

Li Shimin blurted out.

In his impression, Xie Shufang and Yu Wenbao were barely able to use Li Yuanji's subordinates.

Uncle Xie is capable of writing and martial arts, and he can be independent by training.

Although Yu Wenbao is not good at writing, he is not stingy, and can help Li Yuanji solve many things that Li Yuanji is inconvenient to come forward.

He had never heard of Su Dingfang.

If it was someone else, there would be no way to answer Li Shimin's question, but Qin Qiong's trilogy knew some inside information.

Because when Li Yuanji took Su Dingfang and Gao Yaxian away by name in Feixiang, he was also there.

"Returning to Your Highness, Su Dingfang was captured by His Royal Highness King Qi when he was in Feixiang. Before that, he was Gao Yaxian's general under Liu Heitai's command, and now he serves as the brigade commander under His Royal Highness Qi."

"..."

Li Shimin sighed with regret.

Such a person should have been taken under his command, but was cut off by Li Yuanji.

For such a character, who can abandon the dark and turn to the bright, at least he has to be awarded a deputy commander and a brigade commander, which is a bit stingy.

Li Yuanji is wasting talent.

If he wasn't worried about Li Yuanji getting mad, he would definitely poach people.

"Your Highness, after Su Dingfang fought with General Yuchi for several rounds, His Royal Highness King Qi ordered General Yuchi to stop, but General Yuchi didn't listen..."

Qin Qiong's trilogy didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking, so he continued to talk.

Li Shimin's eyes widened when he heard this, and his heart also rose.

Yuchi Gong didn't pay attention to Li Yuanji at all.

With Yu Chigong's arrogant temperament, it is reasonable not to pay attention to the defeated subordinates.

The problem is, the current Li Yuanji is not easy to mess with.

If you get angry, you will go crazy.

"General Niu and General Wu tried to persuade him from the sidelines, but General Yuchi still ignored it. His move angered His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness ordered people to prepare war horses, and personally went off to compete with General Yuchi..."

"Yuanji wasn't injured, right? That idiot Jingde won't take Yuanji's horse again?"

Li Shimin asked nervously.

If Yu Chigong hurt Li Yuanji, then he must be punished instead of Yu Chigong.

If Yu Chigong took Li Yuanji's horse again and cut Li Yuanji's face, Li Yuanji would go crazy, and he didn't know what he would burn.

Qin Qiong shook his head slightly, and said with a complicated expression: "No... His Royal Highness Qi Wang..."

What?
Lost in one shot?

Li Shimin stared nervously and anxiously at Qin Qiong's trilogy.

Changsun Wuji couldn't help urging: "You should tell me quickly, what's wrong with Yiqiang?"

Qin Qiong gritted his teeth and said, "A general, General Yuchi, got off the horse. General Yuchi suffered three broken ribs. General Yuchi's horse was killed on the spot..."

The reason why Qin Qiong hesitated to talk about this part is because he still can't believe that Li Yuanji, who was easily teased by Yu Chigong in the past, can beat Yu Chigong so easily today that he has no power to fight back.

"bass!"

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