Unofficial History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 40

Wang Xingben, who broke the world records, said that Liu Jun's deputy generals Mu Yong and Ruan Zan left the village at dusk and went in a meandering way.On the left side of the second shift, looking at the faint movement of soldiers and horses in front of the mountain, Ruan Zan thought to himself that Murong Weiguo had a fortune teller, guessing it was Tang soldiers, so he urged them.When entering Tangzhai, after about three o'clock, Ruan Zan was the first to enter the village when he saw the sheds in Tangzhai.But seeing that there was no one there, he retreated the army because he expected to be in the middle of the road.There was a fire in the village, but when the soldiers arrived, they covered each other and the army and horses were in chaos.Outside the village, four generals, Qiu Shili, Xiang Shanzhi, Tao Wuqin, and Samurai abused four soldiers from all directions, but Ruan Zan concealed them, but joined forces and rushed along the main road.When the first army arrived, the leading general was Ma Sanbao.Ruan Zan and other soldiers rushed away.When the first army arrived, the leading general was Ma Sanbao.Ruan Zan and other soldiers rushed away, Yin Kaishan stopped them in front, and killed for a while, most of the soldiers broke down, their shouts moved the ground, and they killed Liuzhai.At that time, only the soldiers from the Liu village came to rob the village and set off a trumpet fire, but the phase search started from the left, and Murong Wei came from the right.In the center are Yin Kaishan and other soldiers. Shi Yue's soldiers on the left and Wang Chang's soldiers on the right arrive, shouting and killing.Liu Bing was defeated and retreated for dozens of miles. Qin Wangfang began to withdraw his troops, killed a lot of Liu Bing, and won a big victory.But it is said that looking for the relative broke the left and right armguards of Murong Sheng and Ye Shiguang, and he was alone and poor.

Immediately, the king of Qin sent someone to ask Li Shiji to discuss: "Now that the Xiangxiang army is defeated and will perish, if you can take advantage of the situation to pursue him, then Liu Bing will lose his spirit and dare not resist the enemy." Shiji said: "Although Xiangxiang is defeated, Song Jingang, Yuchi Jingde's army never wavered halfway, and if he chased him, the other army would come out from behind and cut off the way back, and the soldiers would be in chaos." Qin Wang said: "I respect the name of virtue, and I have never met. I am about to go to the battle to watch them Movement and stillness make things easy to do, so why not enter?" Shiji: "King Kong and Jingde are bound to come by themselves, and they should stick to their walls and not fight with them.

"Qin Wang said: "Our soldiers have won a complete victory today, and the thieves have fled.Then show weakness. "

Shiji said: "No way. Wu Zhou's army is still powerful, and it is difficult to destroy it in a short time. I am happy that the northern Turkic soldiers have retreated now, and only Wang Xingben has returned to Wu Zhou. Li Jing and I will lead the army to attack Puban in the starry night. We must kill them. The head of the book is presented to Your Highness. First go to Wuzhou Yuyi to isolate his strength, and then enter the army, and he will be exhausted without fighting." King Qin was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Shiji and Li Jing to lead [-] troops.After the two left, the king of Qin dug deep into the ditches, put his troops on hold, appeased the residents, and made them return to farming.

He sent Yin Kaishan and Li Junshi to lead the two towns to patrol Chuo in turn, going between Fen and Shi, rushing to his confidants, attacking left and right, to exhaust his soldiers.He also sent Cheng Zhijie, the general manager of Chang'an Road, to lead the people from Dazhen to plunder Liu Bing's grain transportation and burn it.Since then, Wu Zhou's food has been exhausted, and his army has gradually declined.

But it is said that Dugu Huai'en, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was held by Jingde, and he went to Wuzhou. He fled back in ten days and came to see the king of Qin.King Qin was overjoyed and sent Huai En and Li Jing to attack Wang Xingben.The soldiers arrived at Puban.On that day, the pawn flew the report, and the book was shocked. At the same time, he sent someone to send a letter to Wu Zhou to ask for help. He panicked the people from the headquarters to go out of the city to meet Tang soldiers.Shiji himself rode in front of the battle, and said: "Why do you betray the court and attach yourself to the thief?" Xingben said: "You are also a person who betrayed the master, how dare you blame him?" , the disciples of Jiande and Qiangkou, both of them are not established, so I abandon them, not like you, a fussy dog ​​slave." Then he looked back to the left and right, and said: "Who will catch this thief with me?" Before he finished speaking, Dugu Huai'en suddenly stepped out with a gun and took the copy.After several battles, Li Jing saw that Huai En could not stop him, so he galloped out and attacked Huai En.The book was defeated, and he walked into the city, but he couldn't get out.Shiji ordered the soldiers to besiege the city and attack from all sides.Xingben said: "I see that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are in great danger, and my life should be destroyed. I can't escape! You should bind yourself to the Tang camp, let them be cut and cut, and save the lives of the people in Puban County."

Before the words were finished, one person entered the preface and said: "The general has been in Puban for a long time, and the people are grateful. In this world, although Li Jing's army is large, they enter the city wall before they can reach it. The general and the people will not go out.

Although a certain person is not talented, he is willing to implement a small strategy to teach Shiji to wait for death without a place to bury him. "Everyone regards him as a native of the East China Sea. His surname is Xun, his name is Ci, and his style name is Tianyu.Even one person went to the North Turks for help, and the second route army and horses were attacking outside, and the Tang soldiers would retreat. "

The book was overjoyed, so I wrote two urgent letters, discussing who the Turkic could call to go, and one person came out and said: "A certain person is willing to go." Everyone regarded it as Duling, whose surname was Huo Mingxin, and the character could be established, and shared with Xun Ci He is a school lieutenant and serves as a copy of the book.Tasting and discussing military affairs is very quick.Xingben was delighted to hear the words, and sent Huo Xin to North Turkic, and then ordered Xun Ci to meet Liu Wuzhou.Xingben led his troops to guard the city in preparation for an attack.In a few days, Huo Xin reported that the North Turks and Wu Zhou had reconciled, and Guo Xiaoke used the plan to return to the army. Xun Ci had been killed by the Tang soldiers halfway, so Wu Zhou could not rescue the soldiers.

The achievements of the world make people attack day and night. In the end, the small town is difficult to defend, the money is exhausted, and the soldiers are exhausted, so they have to open the door and surrender.Shiji has the intention of caring for love, and wants to release it so that he will not die, and use it as a general.Li Jing and Huai En said: "No, wolf is ambitious and difficult to use. This man's eyes have edges and corners, and his face has slanted lines, which will turn back after a long time. Don't think about his official career in the Sui Dynasty to attach himself to thieves?" , Follow the crowd.Shiji, Li Jing, and Huai Enquan controlled the land, and sent people to see off the head to report to the King of Qin.

The King of Qin was overjoyed. Seeing that Wu Zhou's foreign aid had been cut off, food and grass were impassable, and people were eccentric, he asked around in the village and said, "I heard that the road at Baibi Pass is dangerous and easy. I want to go and visit the King Kong camp by myself to find out the truth." Qiu Shili Said: "No. Baibiguan is guarded by Yuchi Jingde. If there is an ambush, what can I do?" Qin Wang said: "God bless me, why should I be afraid." Shi Li, Xiang Shanzhi, Ma Sanbao, and warriors abused hundreds of people, and followed King Qin out of the stronghold by moonlight.After walking for ten miles, I saw lush forests and walled roads on both sides.The King of Qin suddenly thought that there might be an ambush, so he left Xiang Shanzhi and Qiu Shili on the way, leading [-] elite soldiers, and settling up to prepare for rescue.

After finishing the order, he reined in his horse and looked back at the generals, saying: "I want to go straight to the front of the pass." All the generals couldn't stop them, so they turned around the hillside and looked south together.In the woods, a small army of Fulu flew to report to King Kong: "Li Shimin personally led dozens of horses to the pass to view the stronghold." King Kong said: "This must be a trick of the people to lure the enemy, and it must not be pursued." Said: "What do you do if you don't capture it at this time?" So he led his soldiers to applaud the horse and wanted to capture the king of Qin.I don't know whether the king of Qin will still have it.

The general batch: Tang Bing came to fight in three directions, Liu Bing couldn't go away, and even lost two guards when he searched for the prime minister, he was alone and poor.The King of Qin wants to fight against Jingde together, so how can it be said that a strong wall will not fight?It's no wonder that Wang Xingben attached himself to Wu Zhou, thinking that he had wings, and he was defeated in one fell swoop. It's not too happy!
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