Will Ming

Chapter 580 The second thing that knows everything about the world

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the sun showed its face in the morning and then pulled a gloomy cloud to cover itself. This pulling seemed to pull the whole curtain, and the whole sky became darker and darker after a while.The cloud layer is very low, giving people the illusion that the sky is about to fall.Before lunch, the snow fluttered and fell, covering the ground with a layer of silver in a short time.

The defenders of Zheng State on the city wall of the eastern capital burst into cheers when they saw the snowflakes falling. They even danced happily on the city wall with tired faces and even more tired bodies.The cheers came out of nowhere, and they got out of control, and gradually boiled on the city wall like boiling water.When it snowed, the Yan Yun Army and Tang Army surrounding outside would not be able to attack the city, so they were as happy as children who received candy.

The general standing on duty on the city wall is Shan Xiongxin, the former second head of Wagang Village. He stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake and watched it melt in the palm of his hand. His eyes moved away from the palm of his hand and slowly moved outside the city. It is an endless barracks, the inner layer belongs to Yan Yun Army, and the outer layer belongs to Tang Army. They can't see the edge at a glance, and they are as thick as dark clouds pressing down from the sky.

The cheers from the soldiers annoyed him for no reason. He turned around and told his soldiers: "Who dares to shout indiscriminately, everyone will be hit with twenty army sticks!"

I don't know what happened to the general, but the soldiers were surprised and immediately turned around to convey Shan Xiongxin's order.But unexpectedly, the soldiers completely ignored this completely unreasonable military order.The cheerers were still cheering, and the voices were still rising and falling on the city wall as they were blown far away by the wind.Shan Xiongxin was furious, but he could only smile wryly when he saw the soldiers shouting happily all over the city wall.

Almost all the defenders were shouting and laughing, how could he still hit everyone with twenty army sticks?

"These idiots... It's just a snowfall, it seems like they won a battle!"

The lieutenant beside him cursed in a low voice, apparently in an extremely bad mood.Shan Xiongxin glanced at him sideways, knowing that he was thinking of the glorious past just like himself, so it was not pleasing to see Zheng Jun cheering happily because he could relax for a day. It was clearly not pleasing to the eye.The reason why his lieutenant general had the same emotions as him was because both of them were from Wagang Village.

This man was Wang Dangren, who was sent by Li Mi to guard Liyang before the defeat.But later, Li Xian extorted a large amount of food and grass from Liyang. After all, Li Mi found out that this matter could not be covered with paper. Li Mi thought that he was his confidant and did not punish him. He just transferred him back to Wagang Village. Send Wang Bodang to lead the army to guard Liyang.Wang Dangren was wronged to the extreme at first, but after knowing that Wang Bodang was killed by Li Xian after Li Yang, he felt a little fortunate in his heart.

After Wagangzhai was defeated, he and Shan Xiongxin surrendered to Wang Shichong.

"There is no way to go on like this!"

Wang Dangren glanced at Shan Xiongxin and said in a very low voice.

Shan Xiongxin's complexion changed, and then he gave a wry smile: "It's good to be alive. I thought we all had to die when King Wei was defeated, but since His Majesty took us in regardless of past suspicions, we have to come up with something to do." The appearance of the courtiers. The eastern capital is tall and strong, even if the Yanyun army has a catapult, it will never be able to open it. Therefore, there is no problem in sticking to it. Hasn’t your majesty sent someone to ask for help from Dou Jiande in Hebei? Dou Jiande should I know that Dazheng's Great Xia will be next, so I won't just sit idly by. His lips are dead and his teeth are cold... Even if he doesn't think about His Majesty, he must think about himself."

"Putting hope on others is not something that makes people feel at ease."

Wang Dangren said with a sigh.

"It's all Duan Da's fault!"

Shan Xiongxin spat and cursed: "If he hadn't buried [-] elites in the north, the defense of Dongdu would not be stretched in terms of strength. Dongdu has been fighting fiercely for years, and the middle-aged men in the city can't be found even if they search all over the city. This is too much. Even stronger women are required to go to the city to help defend the city, if Duan Dan's [-] soldiers are still there, why is this so?"

"too fast……"

Wang Dangren shook his head and said, "At first I didn't think he could defeat Li Xian, but I never thought that he would lose so quickly. According to the rout soldiers who fled back, it only took three days from camping to defeat. !"

"The broken soldiers... shouldn't let them enter the city!"

Shan Xiongxin scolded fiercely: "Let them in, but the result is that the Tang army does not take prisoners of war, and they will either surrender early or not surrender to death, causing the soldiers to panic!"

"It's not necessarily a bad thing."

Wang Dangren said: "With such rumors, the soldiers will give up. At that time, there will be no other way to choose but to go all out. It is absolutely impossible to go out of the city and surrender. When the Tang army comes over, they will even It's too late to surrender. Now that they know they must die, they might not use all the ruthlessness in their bones when defending the city."

"hope."

Shan Xiongxin looked outside the city and said, "Brother Zhai treated me well. I want to repay him. Brother Zhai is dead. King Wei treated me well. I want to repay him. King Wei lost. His Majesty treated me well... I can no longer stand by and watch Your Majesty fall. As long as the spear in my hand can tear open a person's throat, I will stand on this city wall."

While he was gritting his teeth and talking, in a dry ditch more than 50 miles outside the city, Duan Da tightened his felt blanket and leaned into the haystack, but he still couldn't stop the wind and snow from hurting his body. invasion.He trembled and looked around, there were less than [-] of his soldiers curled up and huddled together for warmth.Fortunately, the weeds in the ditch were deep enough, so they could escape the Tang cavalry's two consecutive searches.

It's really sad to say that the Taiwei of the majestic Zheng Kingdom has come down to this point.

"Marshal... can we go back to the city? Humble... Humble is freezing to death."

One of his personal soldiers shrank and asked in a trembling voice.

"go back?"

Duan Da smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's not impossible to go back, it depends on what capacity you go back with."

When he said this, his eyes suddenly froze, and his face said decisively: "Light the fire, keep warm!"

The soldier was taken aback, thinking that Duan Da was confused: "Marshal, light the fire? Why don't you recruit the Yanyun Army? It's not far from the Yanyun Army's camp, and the cavalry won't take half an hour." Time can rush over!"

"ignition!"

Duan Da sat up abruptly and said loudly: "You can't be so downcast even if you die, you have to die like this."

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The smoke from cooking in Li Shimin's Tang army camp drifted south along the wind and in the snow, and the soldiers were already burying pots for cooking.There is enough food and grass, and the cotton armor is thick enough. Speaking of it, the soldiers of the Tang army are much more comfortable than the Zheng army in the eastern capital, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it except that they feel aggrieved.

The guards walked into the big tent with hot meals, cleaned up the things on the table and put the meals away plate by plate.Li Shimin wiped his hands and sat down at the table, looked at the sumptuous food and said with some emotion: "There is no military affairs to worry about on this snowy day, come here, bring a jug of wine, I just want to have a few drinks with the pharmacist." cup."

The soldiers hurriedly responded and turned around to get the wine. Li Jing knew that Li Shimin's heart suddenly became brighter, so he seemed a little happy.He knelt down opposite Li Shimin and said, "In this weather, you should really drink some wine to warm your body."

"You can drink the wine however you want today, but there is one thing... After the wine wakes up, no matter whether the snow stops or not, you immediately take someone back to Chang'an City. No matter what method you use, just take the person you mentioned The next thing is. If I can really use this person to make Li Xian work for me, Pharmacist, you are the lonely Han Xin..."

Li Jing was stunned when he heard this sentence, feeling a little unhappy.I thought that His Highness was happy and confused or something, why did he think of using such a person as an example.The lonely Han Xin said how much trust he had, but the more Li Jing thought about it, the more awkward he became. No matter what, he felt that there was a certain taste of life and death, which was extremely ominous.But he didn't want to show anything, he just bowed his head and said: "I understand...how can I dare to be Han Xin if I have no talent or virtue, I am just a fan Kuaier, and I am willing to do my best for my lord."

Perhaps Li Shimin was really happy, so he didn't care about the inappropriateness of his words: "You are the commander of the army, and it is a felony to leave the camp without permission. Be careful not to let His Majesty know, otherwise I will not be able to protect you."

"I understand."

Li Jing sighed in his heart, and said in his heart, if I didn't put my whole future on you, why would I bother to commit such a dangerous thing?Speaking of which, now that I have official titles and titles, it is really not worth taking risks.But when I think about it, since I have the talent to govern the world, how can I not pursue the position of governing the world?

"Also, after you go back, find a way to find out if His Majesty knows about Changsun Shunde. Although the memorial has been submitted back, but His Majesty is nostalgic for Changsun Shunde after all, it is impossible to guarantee that no one will find out. See who His Majesty sent to the army, Gu Hao is ready to deal with it. Those who love money will give money, those who love sex will give sex, and those who love power will give power. You can't make His Majesty angry at Gu because of these little things."

"I understand!"

Li Jing responded again.

"Guyi's personal guards, soldiers of the Liehu Camp, and trustworthy generals in the army can be chosen at will, as long as Guyi agrees with you."

After Li Shimin said this, he looked back at Yu Chigong who was on duty outside the door, smiled and said: "Except for Jingde, anyone is up to you."

"Mo Li!"

Li Jing bowed his head and said: "Although the person in Chang'an City is a woman, she is very skilled in martial arts. I need someone who can fight. If I can't persuade her to come, I can only arrest her. There are many generals in the army who are good at fighting, but In terms of martial arts in close combat, no one is as good as His Highness's personal guards."

"Okay, let him choose some capable people for a while."