Unofficial History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 21

On the same day, all heroes were transformed and recruited. A total of civil and military officials sent the righteous ministers to Ling Jing's mansion, and hosted a banquet to treat them as guests.Yichen said: "What can I do, dare to thank Your Majesty for such a generous gift! You should give up this useless body and repay the king." Jiande said: "You are more strict than Shu." The sun has sunk to the west, A group of people sent Jiande back to the court.

The next day, Jiande issued an edict, that is to say, the soldiers who poured out the country will be conquered.He ordered Liu Heita to be the general and bear the seal of marshal.Fan Yuan was the vanguard, Gao Yaxian was the front army, Cao Dan was the rear army, Ling Jing was Nayan for joining the army, Pei Ju was Nayan for transporting grain, Song Zhengben was the supervising army servant, Qi Shanxing stayed behind at Leshou, and Empress Cao supervised the country.Leading a hundred thousand soldiers, the imperial conquest.The eunuch Yang Yichen followed Jiande in the tent, drawing up strategies and making plans.When it's time to set off, let people write a letter first, and gather soldiers from all walks of life to advance at the same time.But seeing banners and flags covering the field, swords and halberds like forests, mighty and mighty, killing and rushing all the way to Liaocheng.

But it is said that Qin Wang Shimin and Huai'an Wang Shentong led troops to Liaocheng. When they heard the cry of killing, they saw the dust head rising and reported that Xia Bing had arrived.When the troops were urgently brought in, Xia Bing had already left and could not meet, so he stationed troops in Hanchuan.On that day, the king of Qin and the people led the army and were on their way. Suddenly, it was reported that the emperor of Tang sent an envoy to come with a hand order. I don't know what the meaning is.The people of the world opened it and read it, and the imperial edict said: "Today, Dingyang Khan Liu Wuzhou led troops into the crown and attacked Bingzhou. Luoyang Wang Shichong invaded Yizhou, and Liangzhi Xiao Mi plundered Xiazhou. The three fronts are very sharp.Today, the people of the world are enshrined as the grand platforms of all roads, and the troops and horses of all roads are also subject to restraint.Then the officers and troops of the department were handed over to Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, to lead them. He joined the princes, cut off Yuwen Wenji, and led Jing's deputy.Don't delay, it will mislead the military situation.

The king of Qin read the edict of stopping hands, saying that the left and right said: "Father's order must not be violated. Since there are three places where people and horses are so powerful, you can stay here and don't attract troops to attack them." .The king of Qin was overjoyed, and called him to the tent to ask about it. Wen Jing said: "I was ordered to go to all countries, and only Wei Gong and Li Mi led the troops to the meeting. Wang Shichong was hesitant and had no intention of going north. Xia Wang Jiande paid homage to the king. He didn't have to work far away for the holy body, but only spent two years. The lieutenant general will come here with the army to eliminate the rebels and thank the world." Qin Wang said: "It is exactly what I want.

"So he handed over the military seal to Shentong and Li Jing, and ordered them to work together to manage the government and sort out the military situation.

The next day, King Qin and Wen Jing went back to Chang'an.Li Shentong received the seal of the soldiers and led the troops straight to the east.

But it is said that Yu Wenhuaji met scholars in Liaocheng and voted for the Tang Dynasty, and Tang soldiers followed.Jiande and Li Mi raised troops, and they all stationed in Qingzhou, and all the family members of the soldiers were in Chang'an. Fearing a change, they became more and more worried. Conquering us, the army is very powerful, what kind of tricks can we use to meet the enemy?" Zhiji said: "The soldiers of the three routes are as powerful as Mount Tai, and our army is less than one hundred thousand. There are so many and we are few, how can we meet the enemy? Why not? Recruit heroes, build deep ditches and high forts, to form horns. The princes come from far away, the interests are in quick battles, the hearts of the people are different, and the power will not be long. Hit them, and they will surely win." Huaji said: "Good." He will reward the three armies with treasury treasures, gold, silver, satin and silk, and recruit pirates to repel the armies of the princes.

However, Li Mi said that Xu Shiji was guarding Cangcheng. When he saw soldiers from all walks of life gathered in Qingzhou, people reported and sent people to lure Jinbao to the pirates, and refused to the princes. This is a great achievement." So he secretly summoned one of his confidants, surnamed Wang and Bo, to the tent and said: "I know that you are a loyal man who will serve the country wholeheartedly. Now I give you a secret plan to lead 3000 men and horses. More than [-] catties of poison and more than [-] taels of silver were given to Liaocheng. According to my plan, I can spend it at any time, but this is the case... If you make great achievements, you will be rewarded; if you make a big mistake, you will be punished." Wang Bo was tricked, and led his men and horses to bid farewell and head east.There is a poem from later generations that says: Returning to Wei and Tang Dynasty Xu Maogong, among them is the magical power of ghosts and supernatural powers.

Before looking at assisting the Qing Dynasty, let's look at Liaocheng's first merit first.

It turned out that Yu Wenhuaji was in Wei County, knowing that the soldiers from the three routes were coming, and they were sharp and hard to fight, so they ordered the recruitment of troops. In less than ten days, more than [-] people gathered.While practicing, I suddenly saw a group of pirates galloping towards the northwest corner. The leader was nine feet long, with thick brows, protruding eyes, black face and yellow beard, heroic, ugly and shocking.Huaji asked his name, and the man replied: "My surname is Yin, and my name is Dayong, and I am from Hedong. Because the tyrants in this place bully others, I killed him with a knife and fled to sea for five or six years. Now I heard the call. He recruited heroes and defeated the soldiers of the princes from all walks of life, so he led more than [-] subordinates to vote, and begged to stay and use them, all of which will be rewarded by dogs and horses." Hua Ji was overjoyed, and he named Dayong the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the front palace, and his men came with him. Everyone will be rewarded heavily.

On the same day, the sentinel came to report that the army and horses of the Tang Dynasty had arrived. It is now very close, only four [five]

In the land of Li, set up a camp, first let people come here to fight.It is the book of Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, to transform and see it.Huaji was furious, and immediately criticized "a decisive battle in the future." Huaji said to the generals: "Li Shentong deceived me too much! Hearing that Xia and Wei soldiers are coming, special envoys will fight. In the future, there is no need for new troops to go to the enemy, just guard the camp and watch. I made great achievements in the first battle." That is to say, Zhiji was the general marshal, Yang Shilan was the vanguard, the eldest son Chengji was the Zuo Gong army, the second son Cheng Zhi was the right general, and Yin Dayong led [-] troops as the rear hall. Stay in the city.It was ordered that the sergeants at the fifth watch should have enough food and go out of the stronghold with their clothes on.

It's on the left side of the Richen card. Halfway through the army, the Tang soldiers have arrived, and they are all in formation.Put on a golden helmet and gold armor, put on the horse, Du Rong on the left, Ma Hua on the right, and the two generals hold Fang Tian's painting pole and halberd, guarding both sides.After the three-way drum is over, the goal flags are opened twice, and the three players put their gold belts on their horses: Li Shentong in the center, Li Jing on the left, and Liu Hongji on the right.Li Shentong was on the horse and single-handedly turned and fought, turned and asked for a gun, and wanted to fight on his own, a general in the formation had already raised his gun and rode out on his horse.Shentong came to meet him with a knife, and the two generals fought eighty times, regardless of the outcome.Li Jing and Liu Hongji, under the banner of the gate, said: "The man wearing the golden helmet on the opposite side will be able to catch him. If he catches him well, he will be able to avenge the two emperors." Liu Hongji rode a horse and stabbed him diagonally with a knife. Transformation, like a flash of lightning, flowed to the front, the hand raised the knife and fell.

The two painting halberds of Du Rong and Ma Hua are separated, and the two halberds are cut off at the point where the sword is raised, and they only hit the painting pole on the horse's head.Hongji came back, and Du Rong came with a sergeant with a gun in his hand.Li Jing set up the arrow, looked at Du Rong's heart and shot it, and fell off the horse in response.Yang Shilan saw that someone fell from his horse behind him, so he abandoned his supernatural powers, and returned to his formation.

The supernatural power saw Huaji, and suddenly the horse came to catch up. After catching up, he knocked out an army with his head sideways.The supernatural powers return by themselves, and the army returns to the village.

In addition, Chengji Baohua returned to Dazhai, and the defeated army returned to the camp one after another. In order to see Du Rong defeated, Huaji burst into tears.The second son, Chengzhi, remonstrated and said: "Father and king rely on the spirit of grandeur, and suddenly become brave. The three armies are all chilled. Although cutting the general's flag and suppressing the enemy's field with power, this is the responsibility of the partial general, not the chief general. It's appropriate. I hope that the courage of Ben Yu's cultivation will be broken, and that he has the strategy of being a king. Today, Du Rong died under Feng Dy, because my father underestimated the enemy. You must take care of yourself." Huaji said: "The fault of solitude, change from now on. That." Shi Lan said: "I think that the city of Wei County is not strong, and the food and grass are not accumulated, so it is not a place to live for a long time. Only Liaocheng city is strong, and there is a lot of grain storage in it. It is better to move the family members to Liaocheng day and night. The enemy advances and stops, wins and returns west, loses and defends.

"Huaji approved its proposals, cleaned up day and night, after Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the Xiao family, the palace concubines, Cainu, Chuanguoxi, treasures, and silk ran around Liaocheng.

Transformation and running, by the time Tang Bing realized it, he had already entered Liaocheng.Li Jing said: "Yesterday we were victorious for a while. Although we went to Liaocheng, the bandits are still powerful and hard to destroy. I want to watch their movements, find out their reality, slow down the situation, use it as a surprise, and then march in." Shentong said: "It's just right. My opinion." Li Jingnai led his two cavalry, twenty miles away from the camp, and immediately looked at Gaofu. How can we be defeated?" Jing said: "I see that Liaocheng's spirit is gone, and it can't die. However, the spirit of the Tang and Wei camps is not a sign of victory, but I don't know who killed this thief." Before the words were finished, I saw a burst of murderous aura coming from the north, and it rose in depression, rushing across the bullfighting space, directly connecting with the sky, and the wind blowing south, like a big smoke.Jing Xinran said: "It turns out that the thief was captured by the soldiers of Zhengbei."

It was already dusk on the left side, and the crows took shelter, and the magpies swarmed. Jingxin secretly rejoiced: "My plan has succeeded, and it is only on this group of magpies that I want to destroy it."So he reined in his horse and went back to the camp.The king of Huai'an received him and asked Jing how things were going. Jing said: "Although the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty won a small victory, I can see that there is no such thing as a complete victory. It's better to stop for a few days and watch the changes. Now I have a trick, and I can capture it." A thief." Shentong asked him about his plan, and let's see how it goes.

General batch: The soldiers of the three routes are as powerful as Mount Tai, and the danger of turning into danger is as if it is exposed in the morning.Although Zhiji has a plan to recruit heroes, and although the second son has said to move to Liaocheng, I fear it will be of no use in the end.

Kuang Tang generals are like Li Wenjing who observes astronomy and observes his complexion. Is this thief hard to catch?
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