A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 638: Capturing Two Kings in One Battle
The sky gradually became brighter, and Luoyang City gradually returned to order.

Last night, the Tang army moved very quickly, without giving Wang Shichong any time to react. The army rushed into the city and captured him in a battle. After Li Shimin entered the city, he immediately sent people to maintain order.

After a night of killing, those who took the opportunity to cause trouble were all hanged, and Luoyang City did not suffer any major losses.

The army gained the city of Luoyang with almost no losses. Li Shimin was overjoyed. As for Wang Shichong, he was knocked off his horse by Yuchi Jingde last night and fell directly to serious injuries. Doctors have been sent to treat him and are ready to be sent back to Chang'an for Li Yuan to deal with.

At the same time, Li Shimin had also written a petition for meritorious service overnight and sent someone to quickly send it to Chang'an.

At this time, Li Yuan already knew that the Wang family had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. When he saw Li Shimin's memorial, Li Yuan almost came in person.

Fortunately, he was persuaded by others, and then ordered to send a lieutenant to invite Wang.

Li Yuan was very cautious about the Wang family. He could not trust Wang to follow Li Shimin. Since this period of time, Wang has done so many great things. If Wang continues to follow Li Shimin, Li Shimin will become even more powerful.

The prince was completely suppressed by him.

Although Li Yuan liked the second son, he never thought of deposing the eldest son and making the second son the prince.

He has always suppressed Li Shimin. For example, almost all civil and military officials in the court rarely interacted with the King of Qin.

The manpower given to Li Shimin were all surrendered generals and people of low origin.

He immediately led several brothers to drag Li Shimin to the side hall and said to Li Shimin: "Don't worry, King Qin. After Jing went to the capital, someone came to help His Highness. Three thousand feather forest guards were also handed over to His Highness. Jing is waiting in Chang'an. Make a triumphant return to His Highness."

If the Wang family is allowed to follow the second son again, the second son's prestige will definitely be higher, even higher than his father. How could Li Yuan let Wang follow his second son?
After learning that Wang had come to serve, he was excited at first, and then wanted to let Wang join the court and give high officials generous salaries.

The envoy rushed to the outside of Luoyang City. Before he could rest, he heard that Luoyang had been captured by the Tang army, and immediately rushed to the city.

After Li Shimin saw the imperial edict, his original happy mood suddenly sank.

The edict was very simple, which was to allow several members of the Wang family to serve as officials in the court. Li Yuan directly appointed Wang Xuanjing as Taifu, granted him the title of Marquis of Huai'an, and gave him a mansion in Chang'an to allow him to enter the capital as soon as possible.

Wang Xuanjing was mentally prepared for this edict. After receiving the edict, he said to the Zhongguan: "Please ask the Zhongguan to accompany you for a while. I can enter the capital after I have arranged the clan members."

As for the officials who came from wealthy families, they were all placed in the court and had good relations with the prince. It could be said that everyone in the court belonged to him and the prince.

As a result, his second son relied on these subordinate generals to win consecutive battles from a humble family without hesitation, and now he is the greatest commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty.

But his second son was so good that even if he suppressed him, he could not stop his rise. Even if he was partial, he couldn't go too far, and he was given all the official positions he deserved. Rewards for meritorious service may be small or partial, but they must be given.

After speaking, he asked the two brothers to assist the King of Qin, and then left with the remaining few people, following the Zhongguan to Chang'an.

Wang Xuanjing's departure made Li Shimin's heart a little heavy, but he felt relieved after seeing the other Wang family members and the Yulin Guards.

He understood what Wang Xuanjing meant and knew that the Wang family still supported him, so he immediately packed up and prepared to deal with Dou Jiande. When the Tang army besieged Luoyang, Dou Jiande stationed troops near Hulao Pass. He originally planned to wait until both the Tang army and Wang Shichong were defeated before sending out troops to decide the outcome, but he never expected that Wang Shichong would be defeated so quickly.

Overnight, Luoyang City fell, and before he could react, Li Tang's army arrived at Hulao Pass.

Seeing this situation, Dou Jiande sent troops to attack Hulao Pass, but several attacks were frustrated. Dou Jiande saw that Hulao Pass was as solid as a rock, and the morale of the Tang army was high. It was impossible to break through Hulao Pass.

However, if we retreat in this way, we are unwilling to retreat, so we are hesitant outside Hulao Pass.

But at this moment, Hulao Pass suddenly opened its doors and the Tang army came out of the city to invite a fight. Seeing the Tang army giving up its advantage at the pass, Dou Jiande suddenly felt that an opportunity had come. Sent forward to attack.

The results are self-evident. Although Dou Jiande has occupied Hebei and Shandong in recent years, he has not experienced any fierce battles. Hebei and Shandong were almost impoverished by Yang Guang.

Facing the elites of the Tang Dynasty, they failed to take advantage of several attacks. As time passed, Dou Jiande's soldiers could no longer hold on and began to retreat slowly.

Seeing Dou Jiande's army retreating, Li Shimin was overjoyed. He quickly got on his horse and personally commanded the Xuanjia Army and the Yulin Guard, a total of 6,000 fine cavalry, to charge against Dou Jiande.

Six thousand elite armored cavalry formed a huge cone-shaped military formation and rushed towards Dou Jiande's military formation. The armored cavalry, armed to the teeth, is the most powerful battlefield machine of this era.

Both men and horses are heavily armored and invulnerable. Once the cavalry, which weighs more than a thousand kilograms, is launched, it is like a wild beast. Any resistance in its path will be directly knocked away. Even the formation of elite infantry cannot stop the impact of the armored cavalry. , not to mention the Xia army, which was retreating due to low morale.

As soon as the six thousand troops rushed in, the Xia army's formation was completely torn apart without any resistance. Wherever the armored cavalry passed, the soldiers who could not dodge were directly knocked out and were trampled by the horse's hooves as big as the mouth of a bowl.

The road was smooth everywhere, and only the pieces of flesh and blood left on the ground silently told something.

Seeing the charge of six thousand cavalry, Dou Jiande's expression changed drastically and he kept sending people to stop them. However, they were quickly defeated under the charge of Xuanjia Army and Yulin Guards.

The Xuanjia Army and the Yulin Guards were very fast. They did not stop after breaking through the military formation and rushed directly towards Dou Jiande's Chinese Army.

All resistance seemed pale and powerless in front of the two armored cavalry. The charging armored cavalry carried unparalleled power and crushed the blockers.

Wang Xuanlie took the lead, and the war horse under his crotch was a carefully bred war horse from Tianma obtained by the Wang family from Tianzhu. Dou Jiande's army formed several formations, but he led the crowd to disperse them.

Soon, the original retreat of the Xia army turned into a rout. A large number of Xia troops fled in fear of being killed. The cavalry led by Wang Xuanlie cut a path through the Xia army's formation like a hot knife cutting butter, heading towards Dou Jiande's great banner. Rush away.

Seeing that the Tang army was invincible and charging straight towards them, and the distance was getting closer and closer, Dou Jiande's face changed drastically, and he turned around to escape without caring about anything else.

As a result, the Xia army had been in chaos for a long time, and a large number of soldiers blocked the road. Dou Jiande did not run far before he was caught up by Wang Xuanlie, and then an arrow shot his horse in the crotch.

Dou Jiande's horse lost control and fell down. Before he could get up, he was captured by the Tang army.

(End of this chapter)