First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 63 Fengling Ferry
61. Fengling Ferry
Hearing Gao Chong's words, Yao Junsu was stunned.

Li Shimin also asked in surprise: "Youzhi, what's going on at this time?"

Gao Chong thought to himself that this was not a secret worth hiding. Telling the truth would also wash away his father and son's infamy against the Sui Dynasty. After all, Gao Junya was indeed "used" by Yang Guang on the bright side, so he will briefly describe the cause and effect immediately. over again.

After hearing this, Li Shimin was furious, "The foolish king, the tyrant, and the good general of the country are harmed. He really deserves to die."

Yao Junsu also came to his senses, but he still didn't believe it, "You must have made it up, if it was a saint who harmed your grandfather, then why do you trust Gao Junya so much?"

"This is the evil taste of the emperor's mind." Gao Chong gritted his teeth and said angrily. It has to be said that Yang Guang was really cruel to Gao Junya.

Seeing that Yao Junsu was still determined, Gao Chong also lost his patience, "Yao Juncheng, I will ask you one last time, are you really going to die for this stupid king? Don't you care about the eternal infamy behind you?"

After hearing this, Jun Yao laughed and said: "A man should know how to repay his kindness. I, Yao Jun, have been able to have today's high-ranking officials and generous salary, all thanks to the gifts of saints, how can I send down bandits?"

Gao Chong looked at Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin's expression was indifferent, "Gao's father and son are the confidantes of my Li family, based on your vicious words just now, I can't keep you", he turned around decisively and "released the arrow".

Behind him, Tang Jun quickly drew his bow and set up an arrow. After a round of arrow rain, Yao Junsu was hit by several arrows and fell to the ground dead.

Gao Chong twitched his face, Li Er's face was thick enough, it was obviously Yao Jun Su who would rather die than surrender before killing him, okay?

In Yongji City, the Tang army took over the city defense, and Li Shimin did not stop, and immediately sent people to recruit the rest of the counties.

At this time, Li Yuan had already led the main force of the Tang army to approach Chang'an City, and Sun Hua, the largest uprising force in the pass, was also recruited by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan ordered Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing to lead the soldiers and horses of the left leading army to capture Yongfeng warehouse, obtain tens of thousands of money, food and luggage, and then marched into Tongguan.Li Yuan personally led the Chinese army to capture the north bank of the Wei River and other places, forming a siege attack on Chang'an.

Qu Tutong never expected that Yao Junsu was defeated and killed in just one night after he led the army out of Hedong.

As soon as the soldiers and horses of the army arrived in Tongguan, they ran into Li Jiancheng, Liu Wenjing and others head-on. An encounter was caught off guard. Li Jiancheng's commander Jiang Baoyi, Wang Changxie and others were very brave and gave the veteran Qu Tutong a head-on blow.

In Tongguan, Liu Gang, the defender of the Sui army, stared anxiously, but Li Jiancheng's army was stationed outside the pass, and it was difficult for Qu Tutong's troops to join Liu Gang's troops, so the three sides faced each other outside Tongguan.

Li Jiancheng has a calm personality and is very sober about the overall battle situation. While sending people to inform Hedong Li Shimin of the news that Qu Tutong has sneaked back to Guanzhong, he is on guard against Qu Tutong and Liu Gang.

Both the enemy and us know that the current Tang army is sure to win, and the Tang army will bloom more. It can be said that there are Tang troops everywhere in Guanzhong.

Chang'an, Tongguan, and Hedong, which are still under the control of the Sui army, have been separated one by one by the Tang army. At this time, everyone did not know that Li Shimin had captured Hedong overnight.

Here, Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing leisurely stood still, but Qu Tutong just couldn't sit still, he couldn't wait, he knew very well that he had a heavy responsibility, and whether this dead game in Guanzhong could be revived all depended on the ten thousand Sui in his hands. Army, but it is easy to say, but how difficult it is to realize it.

The first thing to bear the brunt is to deal with the [-] Tang troops under Li Jiancheng.

Qu Tutong, who was eager to advance, fought three times a day, but Li Jiancheng never came out of the camp.

After several days like this, the news of Hedong's breach finally came, and Qu Tutong's face was ashamed.

The news spread like wildfire, and all the [-] Sui soldiers were panicked, and their morale was greatly reduced.

That night, Li Jiancheng immediately discussed with Liu Wenjing, Jiang Baoyi and others to attack Qu Tutong's camp at night.

Sure enough, as expected by Li Jiancheng and others, Qu Tutong's troops had no fighting spirit. Jiang Baoyi, Wang Changxie and others advanced bravely, and soon broke through the gate of the camp and went straight to the camp of the Chinese army.

Qu Tutong was also extremely decisive, seeing that he was unable to hold on, he made a decisive decision and led the remnant army all the way east, intending to defect to the Yue King Yang Yu in Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Jiang Baoyi and others chased until the horses were exhausted, and finally let Qu Tutong escape. Li Jiancheng could not help but order the commander Jiang Baoyi to continue to lead the pursuit along the way, and he personally led the army to attack Tongguan.

After Li Shimin arranged for Zhang Lun, the commanding army under his command, to be stationed in Yongji, Hedong, he personally led the troops from the right leader's mansion to Tongguan, and couldn't wait to participate in the battle in Guanzhong.

Fenglingdu is adjacent to Yongji in Hedong County in the north and Tongguan in Jingzhao County in the south.

Li Shimin's army wanted to cross the river and enter the pass, so Fenglingdu was undoubtedly the best choice. This place is an important transportation point between the north and the south of the river.

Coincidentally, as soon as he crossed the river, he happened to bump into Qu Tutong's men who came in a hurry.

After Qu Tutong got rid of the pursuit of Li Jiancheng's troops, he thought that if he marched eastward by land, the defeated soldiers under his command would flee all the way. When they reached Luoyang, the eastern capital, there might not be one out of ten. Fenglingdu happened not far away. Tutong thought about collecting ships, and then went down the river to Luoyang.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin eagerly wanted to join the battle in Guanzhong and personally participate in the war to "liberate" Chang'an. After handing Hedong over to the commander Zhang Lun overnight, he led the army westward. The two sides met on the bank of the river.

Qu Tutong reacted quickly, and immediately ordered to form a formation to defend himself, but at this time the Sui army had fled overnight, and now they could not cross the river. Instead, they were blocked and their morale disappeared.

At this time, Jiang Baoyi, who had been chasing all night along the way, also caught up, and Qu Tutong fell into a siege instantly.

Qu Tutong looked up to the sky and sighed, with tears streaming down his face, the left and right generals also encouraged him to persuade him: "General, now there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, why don't you come down?"

"I, Qu Tutong, have received great kindness from the country. I have served as two masters, and I have been full of Sui Lu. Now that the country is in decline, I am in need of soldiers who fight to the death. How can I betray, and I can only repay him with death."Qu Tutong's hair was disheveled, his gray beard and hair fluttered by the river wind, he looked extraordinarily tragic, it could be called the end of a hero.

"Is the old general Qu Tu in front?" Li Shimin asked loudly as he stepped forward on his horse.

"Don't talk too much, son of the Li family. The old man is nothing but death, but please be kind to the descendants." Qu Tu's voice was like a bell, and his momentum did not diminish.

"Great General...", the soldiers under his command couldn't help but feel great grief when they heard this.

Hearing that Qu Tutong was determined to die, Li Shimin and others were shocked, Gao Chong hurriedly shouted: "Old General Qu Tutong will not die, stop him quickly."

As soon as the words fell, Qu Tutong drew his sword and was about to kill himself. The guards around him were shocked and threw him to the ground, "Great General".

"Back down", Qu Tutong was furious, and shouted: "How dare you disobey the military order?"

Seeing this, Gao Chong rushed forward on his horse, but the Sui army didn't dare to move, and kicked Qu Tutong's saber scattered on the ground.

(End of this chapter)