come to the heavens

Chapter 263
In March of the first year of Dakun and Shenwu, Taizu Yujia went on a personal expedition. At Maojindu, he met the traitor Li Yuan's eldest son Jiancheng and led an army to attack the emperor. The emperor was furious and raised his whip to attack him. , Killing the traitors in the chaotic battlefield was built in the camp, and the sound shook the four fields!

This was recorded in the military documents, and was used to record in the history books after several revisions. In the end, Ye Chen read it to obtain the history recorded in the history books for future generations to know.

To put it simply, it is the story of Ye Chen's army meeting Li Jiancheng's army at Maojindu.

In fact, it is not much different from this, but there is a slight discrepancy. The war did not go very smoothly at the beginning. Li Jian became the eldest son of Li Yuan, and his ability is not weak. At least Ye Chen will never be worse than Li Shimin in his eyes. It is normal to think about it. If the ability is too poor, how could Li Yuan let him lead an army of 10,000+ to attack Wang Shichong?

In fact, even in the official history, Li Jiancheng's ability is extremely outstanding, not inferior to Li Shimin. Before the Xuanwu Gate change, Li Shimin had been forced to the end by the then prince Li Jiancheng, otherwise he would not have put all his eggs in one basket.

Mutiny is the choice of the weak at any time, the last choice of gamblers, if Li Shimin really has the strength to crush the prince Li Jiancheng, the choice should be an upright coup to force Li Yuan to abolish the prince, not a mutiny that kills his brother and forces his father.

It was Li Shimin's last fight, and he succeeded by luck. Only then did Emperor Taizong of Zhenguan rule in later generations, otherwise he would be a rebellious son who killed his brother and father.

I don't know how many princes rebelled in history, but it was Liao Liao Wuji who succeeded, and Li Shimin was one of the most successful.

More than 30 troops from the two armies fought at Maojindu. Li Jiancheng was on the defensive at the beginning and fought steadily. Ye Chen didn't make a move at the beginning. After all, he was already the emperor. He was satisfied. The two armies fought back and forth more than a dozen times, and failed to defeat their opponents for five whole days. In the end, he couldn't help but take action himself. He led the army to forcibly cut through Li Jiancheng's army and cut off his commander-in-chief's flag before defeating Li Jiancheng's troops. As for Li Jiancheng himself, he did not kill him immediately, but was blocked by Zhang Ling's army in a valley between Maojindu and Hangu Pass when he was chasing and killing the rout, and surrounded him until he arrived. Let him kill.

After killing Li Jiancheng, some of the remaining Tang troops surrendered and some retreated to Hongnong. General Zhang Ling led an army of [-] to besiege Hongnong, and Dugu Zhan led an army of [-] to attack Taolin.

When Ye Chen arrived with the main force, Hongnong Taolin captured one after another. Here, the army was divided again. General Zhang Ling led an army of 12 across Maojin and crossed Hebei. Up, the soldiers pointed directly at Chang'an.

That's right, after defeating Li Jiancheng's 10,000+ army, he immediately changed his plan to attack Li Yuan instead of Wang Shichong.

The defenders of the county towns along the way surrendered one after another under his powerful force, and within half a month they had attacked and set up camp ten miles away from Chang'an.

After setting up camp, he did not order an immediate attack. Instead, he greeted Li Tang's special envoy, Shi Feixuan, in the big tent. he.

In the big tent, Ye Chen was sitting on a gorgeous couch, one of the two pretty maids was peeling fruit and feeding it to him, and the other was rubbing his back, although he didn't feel the strength.

"The fairy came here to make me retreat?"

Ye Chen seemed to have heard something funny, and asked politely:
"I don't know why you have the confidence to let me give up?"

Concubine Shixuan was kneeling and sitting on the futon embroidered with thick forging and satin, showing a beautiful figure. At this time, she no longer had the confidence she had before. Li Jiancheng's defeat ruined the 10,000+ army, which seriously injured Li Tang's vitality. If facing Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's forces still have the strength to resist, facing Ye Chen's army, even they themselves are pessimistic, although even if Li Jiancheng is undefeated, there is no chance of winning.

Her beautiful face was calm in the ancient well, she cast her beautiful eyes on Ye Chen's face, and said in a deep voice:

"Feixuan came here today to tell His Majesty something important."

"You said."

Swallowing the grapes handed by the maid to peel, he nodded his head.

"Feixuan received the news that Eastern Turkic Khan Shibi has united with Western Turkic and Tuyuhun and other Western Regions to form a coalition force, intending to go south to invade the Central Plains. This coalition force is so powerful that it is rare in history, so Feixuan came here to ignore politics and talk Concubine Xuan never doubts that His Majesty unified the world because of his personal desires and ambitions, otherwise he would not be able to gather many capable ministers under his command."

"But think about it, even if your Majesty's martial arts is superb, even if you can successfully capture Chang'an, you will lose your troops. The city of Chang'an may not be able to stop your majesty, but it will definitely cause heavy casualties to the warriors under your majesty's command. Moreover, even if Li Shimin loses to Chang'an, he can still launch Guannei and Hetao The remaining troops in the area will counterattack in an all-round way. At the same time, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong will not continue to wait and see and send troops to support. At that time, His Majesty will be caught in the same coalition attack as Luoyang last time. This time there is no strong Luoyang City. Even if His Majesty can win, it will be a narrow victory. The remaining soldiers and horses may not be able to withstand the Turkic coalition forces. At that time, His Majesty can escape and return to Luoyang to stand firm, but other places in Guanzhong will fall under the iron heels of foreigners. I wonder if His Majesty foresees such consequences?"

Ye Chen has been watching her talk intently, and when she finished speaking, she suddenly clapped her hands and laughed:
"Wonderful, Master Fairy's words are well-founded, I appreciate them very much, and then?"

and then?
These three words made Concubine Shixuan stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, and continued:

"Feixuan would like to ask His Majesty to consider for the common people of the world, retreat back to Luoyang, and fight against the Turkic coalition forces together."

"Ha ha!"

These two words containing the truth of heaven and earth made her look stunned. Although the times were different, the intelligent Shi Feixuan understood immediately and said:
"Your Majesty doesn't believe in Feixuan, do you think I'm lying to you?"

"No, I believe you."

Ye Chen stood up from the bed, waved his hands to make the two court ladies retreat, walked up to Shi Feixuan with his extremely tall and oppressive body, and said:

"Unfortunately, the news about Shi Xianzi is outdated. I have known about Turkic movements for a long time, so I have already made preparations before dispatching troops. I have already sent people to Pegasus Ranch to pick up Xiuxun. Now I guess I will return to Luoyang soon. Besides, heavy troops have been stationed between Wagang and Liyang. The main force of the Turkic coalition forces must be going south from Youzhou, Yanmen Pass and the northwest. Unfortunately, this is not my territory. Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande will help me block it first Bo, when I free up my hands to deal with Li Yuan and return to Luoyang, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are estimated to have been defeated by the Turkic coalition forces. At that time, I will clean up the mess and expel the aliens, and the territory and people's hope will be in my hands. Wouldn't it be great!"

He looked at Shi Feixuan whose expression changed back and forth with a smile on his face, and said with a smile:
"Fairy Master, take a look at my plan, is there any room for improvement?"

(End of this chapter)