Great Sui Dynasty

Chapter 234 The Battle of Chang'an, Li Shimin's Death

In the autumn of the first year of Emperor Wudi, Li Jing, the marshal of the empire, broke through Tongguan, and only a few counties in Jingzhao were left in the puppet Tang Dynasty to struggle hard.In the same season, Pei Renji broke through Jiangling and captured the puppet Liang emperor Xiao Mian. The puppet Liang was destroyed dramatically within half a year after its establishment. Xiao Mian committed suicide by jumping into the river while being escorted to Luoyang.

Xinfeng, the two armies have been facing each other for a whole day. Except for the battle in the morning, the Tang army has been unable to shrink back. No matter how provocative Cheng Yaojin was, there was no movement, and the soldiers on the gate found a way to plug their ears. Come and listen to me.

"General, His Royal Highness, please withdraw the troops!" A messenger came from Hou Jun's account.

"Why, once the troops are withdrawn, won't the enemy go straight to Chang'an?" Hou Junji shouted, is the prince crazy?

"The crown prince asked me to tell the general that an enemy cavalry force of tens of thousands of horses came from the north, and the front had reached Liquan. The crown prince asked the general to return to defend! The crown prince also ordered the general not to spread the matter!" The envoy said in Hou Junji He whispered in his ear.

"What!" Hou Junji was taken aback. When did the enemy go to the north again?Although surprised, Hou Junji knew that the news was true, and Chang'an was definitely in a state of emptiness at this time, and it might not be as simple as a defense to send them back, maybe someone secretly caused trouble.Taking advantage of the darkness, Hou Junji quietly withdrew his troops.

On the second day, when Cheng Yaojin went to scold again, he found that the enemy had long since disappeared. Due to the agreement with Yang Hao, he could only wait in Xinfeng.

"Okay! General Zhang really lived up to my expectations. He has already arrived at Liquan, directly threatening Chang'an. The puppet Tang has withdrawn all his troops to defend Chang'an. It's time to launch the final blow!" Yang Hao was in a good mood when he received the information. , this chaotic era is finally coming to an end, and a new era will be opened by him.

"Order the troops from all walks of life to gather in Daxing! I want to take back everything that belongs to me in the Sui Dynasty!" Yang Wei gave the order, and the army immediately moved out. After Xinfeng and Cheng Yaojin joined forces, more than [-] people marched toward Chang'an. At that time, Chang'an was already in chaos. People who opposed the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty prayed that the army would not come in, and some even prepared to run away. However, those who have always regarded themselves as relics of the Sui Dynasty were rejoicing, waiting for the recovery of the Sui army. In Chang'an, thanks to the efforts of Qianqiu and Feihong's latent personnel, many ministers and big families secretly loyal to the Sui Dynasty and prepared to respond internally when the army attacked the city.And all of this was seen by Li Shimin, but he was powerless.

"His Royal Highness, Tongguan has fallen, King Yuan has been martyred; the soldiers and horses of the counties have retreated, and now there are only 30 troops left in the city plus the newly recruited reserve troops, and I am afraid that the [-] reserve troops will fight back. !" Zhang Liang's face was full of worry, Tang was powerless, anyone could see it.

"Gu knows, let's go!" Li Shimin pinched his forehead and said, but he was shouting in his heart, since Shengmin, He Shengyu!Thinking that his ambition of governing the world has not been realized but he has no chance, and all this is Yang Hao's fault!Since I can't get it, then you can't get it either!Li Shimin clenched his fists tightly!

"Daxing, I'm back, you're haggard!" The first words Yang Hao said after seeing Chang'an City made countless soldiers cry.Who would have imagined that Chang'an would wither into such a state in just a few years. The once tall and strong city wall is now like an old man in his dying years, as if a section of his back would fall off when the wind blows.

"Please don't worry, I will definitely return your youth and immortality when I come back this time!" He didn't have deep feelings for Daxing, but seeing how dilapidated Daxing is today, and not seeing what the world's largest city looked like back then, he deeply loved it. Sorry and heartbroken, how long will it take to recover?And if he doesn't move the capital back to Daxing in the future, then Daxing will never be able to recover its prosperity.

"Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Cheng Yaojin, each of you will lead 5 troops to surround the other three gates of Daxing, and you must not attack without my order!" Yang Hao ordered, since Li Shimin has transferred all his troops to Daxing, then It also saves him from having to solve them one by one. Of course, it is best to be able to do it once and for all.

"Li Shimin, I know you are at the top of the city, why, you dare not see me? Your Li family has the guts to steal my land in the Great Sui Dynasty, don't you have the guts to come out and see me?! I look down on you!" Yang Hao knew that Li Shimin would Looking at him from the top of the city, he once recruited Fang and Du together with Li Shimin. After all, Li Shimin is young, and although he has just made his debut, he is nothing compared to him. I thought he could grow up in a few years, but I didn't expect that now Not even daring to see him.It is true that Li Shimin is capable, both reality and history have proven it, but he is not the kind of person who can be tamed, because he is also a born king, but he was born at an untimely time, so he is destined not to Surrender to anyone, so he never had the idea of ​​recruiting Li Shimin or the Li family from the beginning.

Yang Hao's words made Li Shimin very angry. At the beginning, he also looked down on Yang Hao, the prince who fell out of favor. Not only him, but who in the entire court would know that a prince who had been out of favor for many years could finally be the master of this great river and mountain? It can only be said that they all lost their eyes.

Li Shimin still didn't come out in the end, he didn't want to say anything more to Yang Hao, they didn't know each other well, and Yang Hao wanted to attack the city, so he followed suit.

The war didn't happen as soon as people in Chang'an City thought. The Sui army surrounded Chang'an, but they didn't launch an attack. This made the people in the city feel more relaxed, and a news came out from nowhere that , the emperor wanted to resolve the matter of Chang'an peacefully. After all, this was the original capital, and he didn't want to see it destroyed by war.

The next day, Li Jing led the army to Chang'an, leaving the Tongguan matter to Yang Yichen. Anyway, Yang Yichen didn't want to claim such a little credit, and Tongguan had tens of thousands of soldiers, so it took one of them to handle it well. , I'm really worried about handing it over to others.Of course, there is another person accompanying Li Jing in front of Chang'an, and that is Yang Wei's brother-in-law, Changsun Wugou's elder brother, Changsun Wuji.Changsun Wuji was left in Hongnong Palace by Li Shimin to manage the logistics. After the city was broken, he was captured. However, after learning that he was the elder brother of Concubine Xian, Su Dingfang was very polite to him. This time when he heard that the army was going to Chang'an, he wrote a letter He told Li Jing that he was going too, and Li Jing sent someone to send him to Tongguan to go to Chang'an.

"Criminal Minister Changsun Wuji has seen His Majesty!" Changsun Wuji immediately knelt down and called himself a criminal minister after seeing Yang Hao. Indeed, he still decided to go after knowing that his sister was Yang Hao's concubine and Yang Hao threw olive branches at him. Following Li Shimin's side, this is indeed the status of a criminal minister.

"What's the purpose of the auxiliary machine? Hurry up and get down quickly. If Wugou finds out about this, why don't you blame me?" Yang Hao helped the eldest grandson Wuji up. It seems that Yang Hao only treated eldest grandson Wuji because of his eldest grandson Wugou's face. So polite, but everyone present knew that Yang Wei was a talented person.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Changsun Wuji knew that this was a different kind of solicitation by Yang Hao, but he was still very moved, at least it proved that Yang Hao really valued him.

"I don't want Daxing to suffer from the flames of war again, but Li Shimin has been hiding from me. I don't know what he is going to do. You have stayed by Li Shimin's side for a long time. I want you to try to persuade Li Shimin. If not, I will We can only use soldiers!" Yang Hao said to Changsun Wuji sincerely.

"Your Majesty has such a heart for the common people. It is a blessing for the common people. I am willing to give it a try!" Changsun Wuji bowed to Yang Hao. But it has already been implemented, and the effect is already there, but he can't see through what Li Shimin has become now, and he can't guarantee that he can persuade Li Shimin, so he can only try.

"Shimin, I know you are on top. The trend of the Sui Dynasty's reunification is irreversible. How long will you stop it? Have you forgotten that you said that you will fight for the common people in the world, but what you are doing now But put the people in Chang'an City in the flames of war, stop, Your Majesty has promised, as long as you give up resistance, Your Majesty will not blame the Li family for what they did in the past!" Changsun Wuji stood at the bottom of the city and shouted to the city .

"Changsun Wuji! How did Xianggu treat you back then? Who helped you when you were at your worst? But you didn't know how to repay your kindness, and instead turned to the enemy. What qualifications do you have to stand here and talk to Gu? !" Seeing Changsun Wuji Li Shimin was already very angry, but after hearing Changsun Wuji say so many things to make him surrender, he finally couldn't help jumping out.

"Shimin, don't be obsessed with your obsession anymore. You have changed. You have not been you since you lured Turks into Guanzhong. It's just that I had a glimmer of hope for you at the time, but I didn't expect you to really change. You don’t even know yourself anymore, if you really haven’t changed, then you should think about the hundreds of thousands of people behind you!” Changsun Wuji was still persuading.

"Stop talking, I'll kill you if you talk about it again! Archer, kill him!" Li Shimin couldn't stand what Changsun Wuji said, so he directly ordered the archers to shoot Changsun Wuji, but no one obeyed the order .

"What? Don't you all dare to disobey Gu's orders? Do you?" Li Shimin said to an archer beside him, and suddenly drew out his sword and stabbed the archer with his sword. Without knowing what happened, he had already lost consciousness. "Look! This is the fate of disobedience to Gu's orders. Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed without mercy!" Li Shimin's face was very ferocious, and his long sword pointed directly at the corpse lying on the ground.

Seeing Li Shimin's madness, Yang Hao immediately asked someone to bring Changsun Wuji back, otherwise Changsun Wuji would hate him to death if something happened to Changsun Wuji, and at this moment, there was a sudden commotion in Chang'an City It turned out that people in the city who wanted to respond to the Sui army outside the city were attacking the city gate, and Li Shimin led his people to suppress it.

"It seems that Li Shimin is going to fight to the end. There are still 30 troops in the city, and it will not be easy to win if they fight. Moreover, once the fight starts, the damage to the people in the city and the city will be immeasurable. Besides, we have to It’s not a small price to pay! The tunnel leading to the city has been blocked, otherwise it can be used, if it doesn’t work, we can only attack hard, it’s almost winter, and we can’t delay any longer.” Yang Hao firmly Said, since it cannot be solved perfectly, then it can only be broken and then erected.

"Your Majesty, I think you can wait another two days. Li Shimin will figure it out. He is not the kind of person who doesn't care about the lives of the people." Changsun Wuji said. Based on his understanding of Li Shimin, it is estimated that Li Shimin would not be able to accept that kind of failure. That's why he acted so crazy. It needs to give him time to think about it.

"Okay, I'll just wait two more days!" Yang Hao decided to trust his uncle.

"Yang Hao, you are alone!" Li Shimin yelled from the top of the city early the next morning.

"What? Did you finally dare to see me? Tell me, what exactly do you want to save Daxing from the flames of war!" Yang Hao heard the report from the soldiers that Li Shimin was looking for him, so he brought Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and others to the place. Under the city of Chang'an.

"What do you want? Can you give me your life? Don't talk nonsense, order your army to withdraw from Guanlong, or don't blame Gu for being rude! Bring people up!"

"Brother Huang, help me!" At this moment, a cry for help came from the city wall, and before he saw anyone, Yang Hao recognized who the owner of the voice was.

"Li Shimin! I warn you not to act recklessly. If Nanyang suffers a little bit of harm, then I will let everyone in your Li clan pay for their lives!" It was someone threatening him with his family.

"If you want to save her, then do as Gu said!" Li Shimin grabbed Princess Nanyang and put the sword on her neck.

"Okay, I will withdraw my troops now. If you dare to break my promise, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will do what I say! Withdraw my troops!" Yang Hao waved his hand and ordered the army to retreat.

"Your Majesty..." Seeing that Chang'an was the last isolated city, if they withdraw their troops now, it would be equivalent to wasting all previous efforts, and some generals were a little unwilling.

"This is an order!" Yang Hao said categorically that Princess Nanyang was the first person in this era who made him feel affectionate, and she was also his sister. He must save her life.

"Shimin, admit defeat!" Just as Yang Hao was about to withdraw his troops, there was another commotion at the top of Chang'an City. It turned out that Li Yuan came, of course he didn't want to come. He was put under house arrest by Li Shimin and couldn't come out. Hao led the people lurking in Chang'an to attack the place where Li Yuan was under house arrest and took Li Yuan out. He happened to meet Lai Jun, the guardian of the palace, so there was no confrontation. Instead, he helped escort Li Yuan to the city, otherwise someone would have come to give him Li Shimin reported.

"Losing? Gu didn't lose. No one can defeat Gu!" Looking at Li Yuan, Li Shimin didn't show any expression. After all, Li Yuan was under house arrest by him, and he didn't care whether he lived or died.

"We didn't lose to the Sui Dynasty, but we lost to the opportunity, and we also lost to ourselves. We didn't see the situation clearly and rashly rose up. Failure was already doomed, and we also lost to the desire for power in our hearts. , It was him who made us lose!" Li Yuan has already seen through that it was all the desire for power that caused his family to lose their way, and the flesh and blood of father and son killed each other. This cannot be blamed on others, but themselves.

"You're talking nonsense! I'm not wrong! I didn't lose. You said that I have the ability to govern the world and keep the people safe! But why did you give Li Jiancheng the crown prince and suppress me everywhere? Why!" Li Shimin danced wildly with his sword , Seeing that Yang Hao was so nervous that he was dying, he was afraid that Li Shimin would accidentally stab Nanyang.

"Bring my bow and arrow!" Li Shimin's mind was already in confusion, Yang Hao decided to take the risk of shooting Li Shimin.

Yang Hao's strength was once again displayed in front of all the soldiers, he pulled the six-stone iron bow to a full circle, aimed at Li Shimin, seized the opportunity and shot this arrow!

"Ding!" Li Shimin frantically swung the long sword in his hand to save his life, but the strength of the bow and arrow was too strong. Not only was the sword in Li Shimin's hand shot down, but he was also pushed back a few steps. The princess snatched the guard behind her.

"It's a pity!" Seeing that the arrow failed to kill Li Shimin, Yang Hao felt sorry.But this arrow made Li Shimin wake up.

"Hehe, Gu lost, Gu really lost, Yang Hao! You won, not only robbing my most beloved woman, but also robbing this country that originally belonged to Gu! If Gu loses in this life, Gu will definitely win in the next life." You!" Li Shimin picked up the saber that fell on the ground, and took a last look at the place where his dream was born and where it was buried.

"Gu, I didn't lose!" Li Shimin yelled, put the long sword on his neck and wiped it, blood spattered five steps!A generation of characters has thus fallen.The fake Ziwei star in the sky also dimmed and gradually disappeared.

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