First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 203 Zheng Wang Shichong

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Seeing Cui Mingan's questioning in public, Li Shentong felt that his prestige was being compromised, and he was sullen in his heart, and said directly: "The army is fighting outside, and the soldiers are exhausted. Now Yuwenhua has no soldiers and no food. It only needs a strong attack to break the city.

At that time, after breaking the city, you can seize its property and reward the soldiers. If you accept his surrender, what will the king give to reward the soldiers.”

Li Shentong was upright and serious, and said in all seriousness that he wanted to seize the finances and reward the soldiers, but it is not known exactly what his intentions are.

Cui Mingan was very anxious when he heard the words, "Dou Jiande will come soon. If you don't break the city as soon as possible, then what can you do? It's a big deal for a soldier, how can he care about mere property and refuse to accept the surrender of the enemy?"

Li Shentong was furious. He arrested Cui Mingan on the spot and imprisoned him in the army. At the same time, he beheaded Yu Wenhuaji's envoy who asked to surrender.

However, Li Shentong shot himself in the foot this time. After learning that the Tang army refused to accept the surrender, Yu Wenhuaji and the thousands of remnants were filled with grief and indignation. Come back with success.

At this time, Yuwen Shiji, Yu Wenhuaji's younger brother, brought food and grass from Jibei, and thousands of soldiers and horses, and entered the city at night.

When he woke up, Yu Wenhuaji's troops in the city increased greatly, and there was enough food and grass. Yu Wenhuaji had soldiers and beams, and he was full of fighting spirit, so he ordered to defend the city.

Li Shentong was furious and personally supervised the battle and attacked the city. Under the fierce attack regardless of casualties, the Tang army took the lead. Zhao Junde, the governor of Beizhou, was brave and sturdy, and personally led his troops to attack the city wall. At this time, Li Shentong, who supervised the battle under the city, looked gloomy After a long silence, Ming Jin was actually ordered to withdraw his troops.

"Your Majesty, the city is about to be broken, why did you withdraw your troops?" The left and right generals asked in surprise.

"Retreat", Li Shentong scolded with a serious face, "those who disobey the order will be beheaded."

The left and right had no choice but to call for gold to withdraw the troops. On the top of the wall, Zhao Junde, who was struggling to kill, heard the voice, his face was frightened, and he cursed loudly, so he had to retreat.

Zhao Junde was originally a general of Wagang. After he came to the Tang Dynasty with Li Mi, he was named the governor of Beizhou. It was Zhao Junde who broke Wei County before. .

Li Shentong thought to himself that Zhao Junde could not be allowed to break Liaocheng again, so he called for gold and withdrew his troops.

Because of Li Shentong's own careful thinking, Yu Wenhuaji once again escaped unharmed.

Originally, when Yu Wenhua occupied Wei County, Dou Jiande sent troops to fight against him, thinking of killing two birds with one stone, but now Li Shentong seized Wei County, how could Dou Jiande bear it, and immediately stormed Wei County, broke the city in one day, and then led the army straight to Liaocheng.

Knowing that Dou Jiande was coming soon, Li Shentong withdrew back to Xiangzhou in a panic.

After Dou Jiande led the army to Liaocheng, he took over the Tang army and stormed the city. Yu Wenhuaji's soldiers had been consumed by the Tang army for several days. How could they resist? .

After reading the indictment, Dou Jiande set up an altar to pay homage to Yang Guang, and beheaded Yu Wenhua and others. This move was very satisfying, and won the hearts of many civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty, who came to vote for King Xia.

After beheading Yu Wenhuaji and others, Dou Jiande led the army in pursuit of Li Shentong and went straight to Xiangzhou. On the way, he captured Mingzhou and his army was greatly shocked. However, after Li Shentong inquired, he led his troops to abandon Xiangzhou and rushed to Liyang to join Li Shiji .

Li Shiji is Xu Shiji, who was originally a general of Wagang. He was ordered to guard Liyang.

"The land and soldiers here are all owned by the Duke of Wei. Now that the Duke of Wei belongs to the Tang Dynasty, if I donate the land to the Tang Dynasty in my own name, if I want to get rich, then I will take advantage of the failure of the lord and claim credit for myself. , It is very shameful, I will send the general and civilian household registers to Duke Wei's office, and let Duke Wei himself present it to the court, this is Duke Wei's own credit."

Then Xu Shiji sorted out the military and civilian household registers, and sent an envoy to Li Mi. Li Mi was greatly moved and reported directly to Li Yuan. The general manager of Li Yang was granted the title of Duke of Lai, and he was given the surname Li, and changed his name to Li Shiji.

Li Shiji guarded Liyang, and Dou Jiande raised his troops to attack. Originally, according to Li Shiji's ability, even if he couldn't defeat Dou Jiande, it would be no problem to stick to the city, but an unreliable leader came.

Li Shentong paid homage to the appeasement ambassador of Shandong Road, and restrained the soldiers and horses of the Shandong separatist regime. Li Shiji was also controlled by him. Under Li Shentong's wise command, Dou Jiande successfully broke through the city.

Li Shentong, Li Yuan's sister, Princess Anchang, and Li Shiji's father Li Gai were all captured. Li Shiji led the Jingqi to break through, but because his father Li Gai was captured, Li Shiji had to return and was captured without a fight.

So far, Xia Wang Dou Jiande's influence has extended to the Central Plains, bordering on Wang Shichong's territory.

When Dou Jiande established the country and proclaimed himself king, Wang Shichong also forced Huangtai Yang Tong to make him a prime minister, add nine tins, and rule over all officials.

Huan Fasi asked Wang Shichong with two ancient articles, "Zhuangzi Human World" and "Dechong Talisman", "The first article talks about the world, and the second article talks about Chong. "

Wang Shichong was overjoyed, and immediately speeded up, ordered people to capture birds of all colors, wrote their fate on silk, tied them around their necks and let them fly, and threatened that anyone who caught such birds would be awarded official positions.

Duan Da offered this kind of bird to Yang Tong, and said directly: "The world is in chaos, and Zheng Gong is not enough to calm the chaos. I also ask you to abdicate the throne, just like the stories of Tang Yao and Yu Shun."

Yang Tong was furious when he heard the words, and said with tears: "This world is the world of the Great Sui Dynasty. If Gao Zu protects and protects the Great Sui, don't mention the abdication again. If the strength is exhausted, God will change the dynasty. Then why give in, it's nothing more than self-deception."

Duan Da was quite ashamed, so he had to back down. Seeing that Duan Da hadn't accomplished anything, Wang Shichong confronted Yang Tong directly, "The world is in chaos, and we need an older and promising monarch. Your Majesty, you are still too young. Wait until the world is peaceful." , and then still in your position", after all, he snatched the jade seal, stamped it on the blank edict, and walked away.

The next day, Huangtai Emperor Yang Tong was unwell. In the future, Xiang Wang Shichong issued an edict, Huangtai Emperor Yang Tong abdicated, and Zen was located in Zhenggong Wang Shichong. To be enlightened.

After learning that Wang Shichong had usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Dou Jiande immediately announced the severance of diplomatic relations with him.However, Dou Jiande himself began to set up the emperor's banner and ceremonial guard, all trips were carried out in accordance with the emperor's etiquette, and the proclamations issued were all called imperial edicts.

　Going home today, I struggled to write these two chapters on the highway, and I still got motion sickness, so I'm about to give up.

　　
　
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