First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 222 Liu Wu Zhou Destroyed
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Hearing Yuan Junzhang's words, Liu Wuzhou was furious immediately, and scolded: "Even if I am a guest in the grassland, I will never surrender to old man Li Yuan."

Yuan Junzhang exclaimed when he heard the words: "How could Your Majesty say such ominous words?"

"Hmph, since I raised my army, I have fought against that old man Li Yuan many times. If I surrender to that granny's face, I will be reduced to a laughingstock." Liu Wuzhou snorted coldly.

Then he said very confidently: "Luo Khan, the new Turkic Khan, is my old acquaintance, and he will definitely help me restore the country."

Seeing that Liu Wuzhou had made up his mind, Yuan Junzhang had no choice but to dissuade him, so he had to follow him to the Turks.

When he fled all the way north to Mayi, Liu Wuzhou suddenly felt a little reluctant, so he gave Yuan Junzhang [-] soldiers and horses, and ordered him to stay in Mayi, while Liu Wuzhou continued to defect to the Turks.

Yuan Junzhang was very angry, and said bluntly: "If your majesty leads troops and horses to go to defect, the Turks may not dare to act rashly. Now that only the remaining troops are left in Mayi, and your majesty goes to defect alone, the Turks will only despise your majesty even more. It is useless to defend Mayi, so please think twice, Your Majesty."

However, at this time Liu Wuzhou was already in a state of confusion, how could he listen to dissuasion, and strictly ordered Yuan Junzhang to stay in Mayi, and then defected to the Turks.

When he drove to Turkic, Liu Wuzhou was dumbfounded. At this time, Chu Luo Khan was already dying of illness. After a few days, Chu Luo Khan died of illness. For Jieli Khan.

Jieli Khan is the third son of Qimin Khan. The eldest brother is Shibi Khan, and the second brother is Chuluo Khan.

Seeing that Liu Wu had no territory on Monday, no troops, and no use value, how could Jieli Khan pay attention to it, and kept Liu Wuzhou aside.

However, after Song Jingang's defeat, all the followers dispersed. After hearing that Liu Wuzhou had defected to the Turks, he immediately led more than a hundred remnants of the army to flee to the Turks.

Unsurprisingly, Song Jingang was not taken seriously after defecting to the Turks. Feeling humiliated, Song Jingang had to bid farewell to Liu Wuzhou and fled overnight, thinking of returning to Shanggu County, which had been occupied since the beginning of the army, in order to regroup.

Jieli Khan was furious when he heard the news, and immediately dispatched elite cavalry to hunt down along the way.

Song Jingang was overtaken by Turkic cavalry and was captured with all his strength.

Jieli Khan immediately ordered Song Jingang to be cut in half. Seeing that Song Jingang, the former number one general under his command, was now cut into two pieces, Liu Wuzhou was terrified and wanted to flee back to Mayi County. When the news leaked, Jieli Khan beheaded him. kill.

So far, the Tianxing Emperor Liu Wuzhou of the Han Dynasty who ruled several counties in Daibei perished, and the Tang Dynasty conquered Hedong and Bingzhou, further consolidated Guanzhong, and completely eliminated the threat from Daibei.

Liu Wuzhou was completely defeated. At this time, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong were still fighting in Henan.

After Dou Jiande captured Xu Shiji, he appointed Li Shiji as the governor of Liyang to guard Lizhou. However, Li Shiji returned his official seal to Li Tang and fled back to Guanzhong.

Some officials asked Li Shiji's father Li Gai to be executed, but Dou Jiande shook his head and sighed: "Li Shiji was originally a courtier of Li Tang, and he did not betray his monarch after being captured. This is a loyal minister. What crime does the father of a loyal minister have?"

Then Dou Jiande ordered that Princess Anchang, Huaian Wang Li Shentong, Li Gai and others be placed in the post house and treat each other with courtesy.

This is not due to Dou Jiande's natural nature and kindness, but now that Li and Tang are victorious and their soldiers are the most prosperous in the world, and Dou Jiande failed to attack Luo Yi in the north, so he went south to fight for hegemony. The goal of going south is Wang Shichong. make friends.

It just so happened that the Li Tang court also thought so. Li Yuan sent envoys to Leshou, Hebei, intending to conclude a reconciliation with Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande was overjoyed, and immediately ordered people to respectfully send Princess Anchang, Huaian Wang Li Shentong and others back to Chang'an, and the two sides concluded an alliance .

Seeing Tang Xia's alliance, Wang Shichong was furious and immediately sent troops to attack Lizhou. After Li Shiji, the general manager of Lizhou, left, Liyang was empty, and Zheng Jun defeated Liyang in the first battle.

A few days later, Dou Jiande sent his troops to the south and broke through Yinzhou of Zheng State in one fell swoop. Then Dou Jiande actually slaughtered the people, burned the treasury, and did not seal the knife for three days, as revenge for Wang Shichong's first war.

Ling Jing, the son of the state, tried hard to advise: "The king's ambition is in the world, and he should unite the hearts of the people. The massacre of the city was actually done by the bandit army. I hope the king will take back his order."

Dou Jiande raised his eyebrows, "Yinzhou is Wang Shichong's inherent land, and its people are very tricky, and their hearts are with Wang Zheng, so what's the use of keeping it."

Ling Jing heard the words and said hastily: "Why don't you think about it, once the news spreads, what will the people in other regions think of my Great Xia? If you attack other counties, you will definitely encounter desperate resistance from the people. If the people's hearts are lost, Great Xia will be in danger." .

"Ling Jijiu's remarks are a bit alarmist." Kong Deshao, the servant of internal history, shook his head and laughed: "The common people only care about food and clothing for a day, so how could they think of those things? Because only one or two ordinary people can control it."

Hearing Kong Deshao's words, Dou Jiande's face softened a little, he got up and waved his hands directly: "The military order has been issued, don't talk about it again", then turned and left, Ling Jing looked sad, so he could only sigh, this sigh was for the people of Yinzhou , It is also a sigh for Daxia's foundation.

Wang Shichong broke through Lizhou, and Dou Jiande took revenge by breaking through Yinzhou. What is surprising is that both sides stopped fighting after breaking through one city each, because both sides were watching Li and Tang's movements.

Sure enough, after Li Shimin conquered Hedong and the Three Jin Dynasties, he rectified his troops and horses. Under Li Yuan's instruction, Li Shimin sent troops out of Tongguan and stationed in Guzhou, southeast of Luoyang, via Shang, Xi, Deng, Xian and other places. .

As soon as the Tang army moved, it immediately affected the situation in the world. Seeing this, Dou Jiande shrank the front line, silently retreated, and handed over the battlefield to Li Shimin.

Wang Shichong personally led [-] Zheng troops out of Luoyang and camped in Cijian.

Just as Wang Shichong led the army out of the city, Dou Luda, the supervisor in Luoyang's palace, and others fled out of the city and defected to Li Tang.

As long as one person in the family escapes, the whole family, regardless of gender, age or age, will be slaughtered. If the relative is reported as fleeing, he will be exempted from crime. Then, the five families in Luoyang will be appointed as one guarantor and supervise each other.

The domineering kings of the Wang family in Luoyang City intensified their torture. For a while, people in Luoyang City were panicked. Kings such as Wang Jundu, King of Yue, Wang Daoxun, King of Zhao, etc., took the opportunity to amass money, and brought disasters to the people of Luoyang City.

Anyone who hears about which family has rare treasures, or which family's girls are beautiful, will be charged with random crimes, and his whole family will be imprisoned. When the prisons in Luoyang City are filled, the vacant palace courtyard will be taken away. Come out as a prison to imprison innocent people.

And these domineering kings would not put food in, and hundreds of people died of hunger every day.

(End of this chapter)