First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 318 Luo Shixin enters the city

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Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong are from the same hometown, both are from Licheng, Qizhou, and they have known each other very well since childhood.

The two have practiced martial arts together since they were young. Qin Qiong is several years older and has always existed as an elder brother.

After Qin Qiong joined the army, he first went to protect his son, and then belonged to the former Sui famous general Zhang Xutuo. At this time, Luo Shixin was 14 years old. After hearing the news, he went to join him.

Although they are not real brothers, they have a deep friendship, far better than real brothers.

Regarding Qin Qiong's ability to charge into the formation, Luo Shixin was very confident. General Hu was blindly defending and did not know how to take the initiative to attack to slow down Qin Qiong's horse speed. As long as Qin Qiong led the army to break through a gap, the Eastern Han Army would be defeated.

In Qin Qiong's view, Wang Hu'er was the breakthrough point, and he couldn't hide his face and hid in the formation. Seeing Qin Qiong rushing, Wang Hu Er'er raised his spear and shouted: "Stab!" The soldiers stab forward together.

Qin Qiong didn't change his face, and when he waved the horse lance heavily, Zhang Bama lance swept aside the several spears in front of him with the help of the impact force of the horse.

"Hu'er is going to die", Qin Qiong yelled sharply, the horse speed did not slow down, straightened the horse lance, and stabbed Wang Hu'er straight.

Wang Huer, as a general of the Eastern Han Army, was not mediocre either. After being terrified, he hurriedly used his spear to resist. Qin Qiong didn't stop, and turned sideways. arm, and gripped his spear.

Wang Hu'er's eyes widened, terrified, seeing the sharp edge of the horse approaching, but the spear in his hand was clamped tightly.

Between the lightning and the flint, the spear slashed across the neck, cutting off the head with great force.

Qin Qiong exerted a huge force of a hundred catties, picked up the headless corpse, and shouted: "General Hu is dead, surrender and not kill."

"Wan Sheng", the morale of the Tang army was high, and when the Eastern Han army was in a panic, it broke its formation.

"Quick retreat", Wang Hu'er's lieutenant watched Wang Hu'er's stone head parting, horrified in his heart, how dare he fight again, Dang even shouted to retreat, and hid in the deepest part of the formation, for fear of the eight feet long Ma Qian will take him to the head again.

Qin Qiong defeated the Eastern Han army who came to stop them in one fell swoop, and saw that they were defeated and did not disperse. Qin Qiong knew that it would be difficult to expand the results of the battle, so he ignored it and rushed straight to the northeast of Mingshui City, "Brothers, destroy the tunnel."

Tang Jun roared forward, killing the auxiliary soldiers of the Eastern Han Army who were transporting bricks, stones and soil, and fled in all directions.

On the top of the city, Wang Junkuo saw Qin Qiong coming to help, covered his arms and shouted: "There are few soldiers in the city, please quickly rescue the king of Qin."

Qin Qiong raised his head and took a closer look, only to see that Wang Junkuo's face was flustered, his clutched arm must have been shot by an arrow, and his heart sank, "King Qin's army has arrived, Duke Peng pays attention to the northeast corner, don't let the bandits build a tunnel."

Although Qin Qiong is a fierce general who is not good at using soldiers, he also knows that Wang Junkuo is so flustered that it is extremely unfavorable for defending the city. If the general is like this, let alone soldiers?
After the words fell, Wang Junkuo pointed to one side and shouted: "Shubao be careful, the bandits are coming from the east."

Qin Qiong didn't think too much, and even ordered: "Withdraw", his task was to destroy the tunnel and disperse the Handong auxiliary soldiers who built the tunnel. Now that the task has been completed, Qin Qiong will naturally not go to fight again.

On the high slope on the other side of the river bank, seeing Qin Qiong being so brave, three moves and two moves were to plunder the enemy generals and successfully prevent him from building a tunnel.

Luo Shixin smiled, quite proudly, "That's natural", showing honesty.

After Qin Qiong returned to the army and handed over the order, Qin Qiong hesitated to speak, but Li Shimin smiled and said: "Shubao has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Qin Qiong weighed his words carefully, and said directly: "Just now at the bottom of Mingshui City, Duke Peng called for help from a certain person, and he was quite flustered in his words, and he will be worried about him in the end...".

Speaking of this, Qin Qiong stopped abruptly, he believed that Li Shimin should understand what he meant.

Not only Li Shimin understood, but the rest of the generals also understood, and they all showed worried expressions.

Qin Qiong was upright in nature and never liked talking behind his back, but now he speaks out in public, not intending to criticize Wang Junkuo, but really worried about Mingshui City.

Li Shimin's face darkened when he heard it, and he said in a deep voice, "Maogong is right, Wang Junkuo is good at running with light horses, and defending the city is not his forte."

"Your Majesty, I'll replace Peng Guogong." Luo Shixin stepped forward, just now seeing Qin Shubao showing his power, Luo Shixin felt his blood was aching, he wished he could lead his army into the enemy's line and fight for [-] rounds.

Li Shimin frowned, "Is Shixin sure?"

Luo Shixin grinned, beating his chest with his huge fist, "With the iron gun in my hand, the city is alive."

"Okay, then tonight we will pretend to attack the enemy's camp and enter the city under cover of the nurse's letter." Li Shimin made a decision, then stepped down to Luo Shixin, and punched him in the chest, "Even if the city is not here, the people must be there."

Luo Shixin scratched his head and smiled, humming in response.

In the camp of the Eastern Han Army, wine and chips were mixed, Liu Heikai was very happy, he didn't seem to be worried about the battle situation in front of him, Nian Xu smiled and said: "Everyone and everything has their weaknesses.

Just like this Mingshui City, although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but its northeast corner is too close to the shore, and it is not high, once I build a corridor, Mingshui City will be my hall, and I can come and go freely."

All the generals laughed when they heard the words, and raised their glasses to compliment.

But soon, Liu Heitai's complexion changed, his face was quite sad, he filled a glass of wine, and slowly got up, all the generals got up together without knowing what to do.

I saw Liu Heikai spilling the wine on the ground, "Poor brother Wang, he came to defect to King Xia when he had an incident. It has been several years, and he never wanted to break here. It hurts me so much."

When the generals heard the words, they were also sad in their hearts, and they poured the wine on the ground.

"General Wang sacrificed his life for the country, and he deserved his death. My Majesty mourns." Cao Dan could only comfort him while sitting in Zaifu.

It has to be said that whether it is the Great Xia Kingdom led by Dou Jiande, or the Handong Kingdom led by Liu Heita, most of the generals have deep loyalty, otherwise they would not have responded to all calls and united to resist after Dou Jiande's death Datang is in full swing.

Seeing that all the generals were united and not shocked by Li Shimin's military might, Liu Heitai felt relieved and immediately returned to his seat.

"Li Shimin has seen through this king's strategy. If that's the case, then don't hide it anymore." Liu Heikai thought for a while and then ordered: "Tomorrow, we will intensify our efforts to build the tunnel. Brother Dong, you will personally lead our troops and horses to guard , to stop the Tang army who came to sabotage."

Dong Kangmai heard the words and agreed.

"Come, win a drink," Liu Heitai raised his glass and said loudly: "Overthrow the Tyrant Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, and share the wealth and honor."

"Success drink", all the generals shouted in unison.

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and we stayed in the middle of the night. When the Eastern Han Army was sleeping, Li Shimin gave an order, and Qin Qiong immediately raised his spear and shouted: "Wan Sheng", and immediately led more than [-] horses to rush straight to the main gate of the Eastern Han Army. camp.

Not far away, Cheng Mingzhen led his men to continue beating dozens of big drums, and suddenly, the sound of the drums shook the heavens and the earth.

(End of this chapter)