People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1656: Wu Sansi is a bad teammate, so leave it to the Queen
Under the blazing sun, Pei Shaoye did not feel a trace of warmth, only endless coldness.

Standing on a high hill, he watched countless black-armored cavalrymen rushing in from the Lianchang River after the water was released, and then cut his soldiers in half and slaughtered them indiscriminately.

Pei Shaoye's gaze fell on the hill further south. On the black banner, among the countless black cavalrymen, a black cavalryman dressed in the same manner stood in the front.

King Peng, King Peng who charged forward with the soldiers.

Pei Shaoye's gaze fell on the entire battlefield. In addition to the black-armored cavalry, there were more cavalry in blue and silver armor tied with white silk rushing across the river and charging and slaughtering his men.

The Right Guard, the Right Guard under Cheng Wuting, and the one leading them was the Right Guard General Liu Dingyuan.

Seeing Liu Dingyuan fighting hard with a white silk tied on his head, Pei Shaoye knew that his plan to temporarily stabilize Liu Dingyuan in order to reassure the army had completely failed.

Damn Lou Shide, not only did you fail to defend Yanling Pass, you also let Liu Dingyuan surrender to King Peng.

While Pei Shaoye was gritting his teeth, he also felt a little confused.

Why, why was it that in just one day, King Peng was able to directly subdue Liu Dingyuan.

How can this be.

How dare he trust him, how dare he believe him.

In just one day, this matter of life and death, two people who had never met each other gave each other the greatest trust in a very short time.

This was something Pei Shaoye couldn't understand.

However, no matter whether he figured it out or not, the battle continued.

All 20,000 men under Pei Shaoye have been put into battle.

However, his opponent was 40,000.

Forty thousand versus twenty thousand.

Among them were 30,000 absolutely elite troops from border states, who faced off against mediocre soldiers who had only participated in a few battles.

The outcome of the battle soon became apparent.

Pei Shaoye's men were quickly cut off and slaughtered step by step, leaving them with little room to fight back.

……

Pei Shaoye turned around, grabbed the flag, and waved it quickly.

Under his command, several thousand soldiers at the edge began to gather quickly and then retreated quickly to the edge of the battlefield.

And in the center of the battlefield, the fighting suddenly became intense.

Pei Shaoye knew clearly that Xin Siye was buying him time to escape.

A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and Pei Shaoye turned around without any hesitation to reunite with the thousands of soldiers, and then quickly headed towards the direction of Hancheng River.

As long as he crossed the Hancheng River and joined up with his soldiers, he could use Mianchi as a garrison.

In this way, even if King Peng could cross Mianchi and head towards Luoyang, Luoyang would be unable to do anything to him.

Because once King Peng's troops appear outside the city of Luoyang, the court's attention will no longer be on him.

This is the only thing Pei Shaoye can be thankful for.

Cheng Wuting's fate will not happen to him again...

With a loud "boom", Pei Shaoye, who had just walked to the river, subconsciously looked up and saw an endless flood rushing down from upstream.

No, when did the upstream fall?

"Charge! Charge!" Pei Shaoye shouted suddenly and immediately led his soldiers to the river bank.

But, it's too late.

Thousands of black-armored cavalrymen were chasing him from behind, and their crossbow arrows fell into the river first.

……

Pei Shaoye, who was soaked all over, was carried by two black-armored soldiers and climbed up the hill, passing through countless cold gazes.

In the distance, the war was coming to an end.

With a "thump", Pei Shaoye was thrown directly to the ground.

Two chuckles were heard in the wind around them.

Under the black banner, Li Xuan moved sideways and the sound stopped immediately.

Pei Shaoye struggled to stand up. Although he was over sixty years old, he looked well-maintained and only in his early fifties.

Children of aristocratic families have always been like this.

Pei Shaoye subconsciously adjusted his armor, only to find that all his weapons had been completely taken away.

With a solemn expression, Pei Shaoye raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and said with a bow, "General Pei Shaoye of the Left Guard greets Prince Peng."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, looked at Pei Shaoye, and said, "General Pei has been in Liaodong for many years, and it is rare to see him."

Pei Shaoye twitched slightly. He could not hide his true identity from Li Xuan at all.

Not to mention that Liu Rengui served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong for many years, he also had a lot of contact with Wenxi Pei, Pei Xingjian, Pei Yan, Pei Guangxiao and Li Xuan.

Not to mention, Pei Shitong is Li Xuan's concubine. Just ask the Pei family how capable Pei Shaoye is, and everything will become clear.

"As a defeated general, I dare not say much, but Your Majesty, please spare General Xin Siye's life. I... I am willing to surrender." Pei Shaoye bowed deeply to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded slightly and looked at the battlefield, where the last group of enemies were still resisting stubbornly.

He couldn't help but sighed softly and said, "If it were any other time, I would have let him go, but General, you shouldn't have killed General Cheng."

Pei Shaoye suddenly raised his head, staring at Liu Dingyuan who was standing beside Li Xuan, and said in a bitter voice: "So the prince wants to use the head of this humble official to appease General Liu."

"That's right and that's not right." Li Xuan raised his eyes and looked towards Luoyang, and said softly, "General, do you still remember what General Cheng said before he died? Many times, he was helpless, but he was still loyal to the late emperor, which was enough. So I promised General Liu that I would exchange his military merits for General Cheng's burial in Qianling Mausoleum."

Pei Shaoye was stunned and murmured, "Buried with Qianling Mausoleum, buried with Qianling Mausoleum, yes, yes, for them, only by being buried with Qianling Mausoleum can they clear themselves of everything."

Li Xuan fell silent.

Cheng Wuting eventually went to Yangzhou to hunt down Li Chongzhao. Although he did not kill Li Chongzhao, he eventually conquered Yangzhou.

Afterwards, Empress Wu regarded him as a traitor and ordered Pei Shaoye to kill him.

This means that Cheng Wuting is not a human being, both inside and outside. If Li Xuan wants Cheng Wuting to be buried with him in Qianling Mausoleum, the first person who will not agree is the Wei family.

However, the people of the Wei family will definitely be Li Xuan's opponents in the future.

Now pushing Liu Dingyuan to the front to attract the Wei family's attention and power will be of great benefit to Li Xuan in completely eliminating the entire Wei family in the future.

Therefore, Li Xuan easily put forward the condition of having Cheng Wuting buried in Qianling Mausoleum.

And this was also Cheng Wuting’s last hope before his death.

Once Li Xuan wins, although he is still a person with mixed merits and demerits, in Li Xuan's eyes, he is ultimately a meritorious person.

Moreover, in all the wars, he never gained any advantage from Li Xuan.

The only pity is that the person who replaced him was a complete idiot.

He actually thought that since Li Xuan launched the offensive in such a short time, he would not contact Liu Dingyuan, thus allowing him to control everything in his hands.

Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the entire battlefield.

Although there were many corpses on the battlefields around, most of them were soldiers of the Right Army Guard who laid down their weapons and surrendered at the last moment.

Especially after hearing that Li Xuan was willing to let Cheng Wuting be buried with him in Qianling Mausoleum, these old subordinates of Cheng Wuting finally had an excuse to surrender in a decent manner when they were in a disadvantageous and dangerous situation.

Among Pei Shaoye's soldiers, only 6,000 were killed or wounded. The rest, under the siege of 40,000 troops, eventually chose to surrender.

……

Li Xuan looked down at Pei Shaoye and said softly, "The Pei family has three branches and five divisions: the Western Branch Pei, the Central Branch Pei, the Eastern Branch Pei, the Horse Washer Pei, and the Southern Branch Wu Pei. Only the Western Branch has had little contact with Xuan, so after the general left, the Pei family and Xuan will not fall out."

"Haha!" Pei Shaoye laughed bitterly. He was born in Xijuan Pei family. He was able to serve as the deputy chief of Liaodong Road and the inspecting general of the Left Guard. In addition to Xijuan's own strength, he also had the support of the entire Wenxi Pei family.

But unfortunately, he was later implicated by Xue Rengui and demoted to the position of Right General of the Guard.

Not to mention the entire Wenxi Pei family, even within the Xijuan itself, there was much less support for him.

Even his true identity has been seen through by many people.

Although Pei Shaoye looked like a young talent, in fact, he relied more on Xin Siye, a loyal servant.

That's right, servants.

Xin Siye was brought up by him from the Pei family. When he was the General of the Central Army, Xin Siye became the General of the Imperial Guard. When he was the General, Xin Siye became the General of the Central Army.

The two have always been inseparable, and it is precisely because of this that in many occasions when Xin Siye is not around, Pei Shaoye is bound to make mistakes once he encounters a difficult problem.

There were even many times when the two had different opinions. Although Pei Shaoye's opinion was ultimately the dominant one, the consequences were borne by Pei Shaoye.

For example, the killing of Cheng Wuting this time.

Xin Siye firmly opposed the execution of Cheng Wuting, but Pei Shaoye, under pressure from Wu Sansi and the need to maintain his own foothold, finally chose to kill him.

So much so that now, his last path is blocked.

"Ah!" Suddenly a miserable howl sounded from afar. Pei Shaoye turned his head suddenly, and then saw that Xin Siye's body was full of arrows. Finally, he fell to the ground with a bang in the eyes of countless people. The last direction he looked was always Pei Shaoye's position.

In an instant, Pei Shaoye understood. The reason why Li Xuan said so much to him was because Xin Siye would not ignore him as long as he was around.

Once he died, Xin Siye would try his best to escape.

It will cause Li Xuan a lot of trouble in the future.

Therefore, as long as Xin Siye was alive, he would not die, but now that Xin Siye was dead, he could not survive.

Li Xuan sighed, looked at Liu Dingyuan, and said, "Give him some respect."

Liu Dingyuan nodded calmly, took out the long sword from his waist and threw it directly in front of Pei Shaoye.

The long sword is sharp and the blade is icy cold.

Only the blood is warm.

……

"Kill!" In the endless wilderness, countless black cavalry rushed over from all directions, chasing and killing the 5,000-man cavalry in the front.

Wu Sansi whipped his horse frantically and fled towards Luoyang in great fear.

He didn't understand why this happened suddenly.

It did take him a little more time to select soldiers from the army, but why, in such a short time, Pei Shaoye couldn't hold on?

The army of 25,000 people was not even able to stop Li Xuan's attack and passed through Mianchi.

Mianchi, Yima, Xin'an.

It is less than a hundred miles away from Luoyang.

The key point is that the army has been defeated, and the vast Heluo Plain is not defensible.

Wu Sansi could never figure out how Pei Shaoye was defeated.

The defeat was so quick and so complete.

At this moment, there were countless cavalrymen chasing him madly behind him, and people kept falling behind. Only Wu Sansi was desperately escaping.

Escape to Luoyang.

Under the great banner of the west, command flags were waving, and from time to time a team of cavalry would rush forward and tear Wu Sansi apart.

He could only flee madly, but he had no time to look back.

And the number of the 5,000 cavalrymen under his command was decreasing.

After a long time, until Wu Sansi completely disappeared from sight, Li Xuan calmly said: "Let's do this, let this Duke of Liang go back to Luoyang first. With him around, it will be easier for us to capture Luoyang in the future."

"Haha!" The generals around couldn't help but laugh.

It would be better to let Wu Sansi, a guy who is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything, to cause trouble in Luoyang.

This way they can take Luoyang more easily.

Luoyang, a thousand-year-old strong city!

It’s not that easy to download.

(End of this chapter)