Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve: Sang Xian and Points of Resentment against the Society

Qu Tutong sat and waited for a long time, and led the troops to attack overnight. At this time, Liu Wenjing's 100,000 troops were sleeping by the river. The general in charge of the raid was named Sang Xianhe.Taking advantage of the darkness, they touched the side of Liu Wenjing's camp and launched a surprise attack on the camp.At this time, everyone just woke up, rubbed their eyes, picked up their weapons and rushed out.Halfway through the charge, they suddenly came to their senses, so they slowed down. After playing for fifteen minutes, the strength of both sides began to really show.

The commando team led by Sang Xianhe was only a few tenths of Liu Wenjing's.Liu Wenjing and Duan Zhixuan led the troops to outflank, the Sui army was terrified, and retreated together.Then, something more exciting came.The Tang soldiers surrounded the Sui soldiers into glutinous rice balls, and their hearts became smaller and smaller. In the end, only Sang Xianhe and a few brave soldiers were left. After a two-five ping-pong meal, Sang Xianhe and the others fought their way out and escaped.He saw Qu Tutong, in front of Qu Tutong, everyone would appear a little weak.The reason why he sent Sang Xianhe to test the enemy was to estimate the probability of defeating Liu Wenjing.Now he's figured it out, and it's zero.After this time, people in the army continued to persuade him to surrender, but Qu Tutong only had one answer:

"The two monarchs of the Sui Dynasty have raised us for decades, and now they want to betray them. I will not do such a thing!" Then, he would touch his neck and say, "You should take this knife for the country." In fact, this action should be very familiar to people in the Sui Dynasty.Because not long ago, Comrade Yang Guang also liked to touch his neck and say this sentence.When he was with Empress Xiao, he liked to speak in Wu Nong's soft language. So, once when he talked about his ideals, he said this: There are many people outside, but Nong can still be the Lord of the Great Wall (Chen Empress), and Qing can be regarded as the Queen of Shen, and we will have fun together!

Yang Guang, who grew up in Jiangdu, loved to talk about Nong in his life. He used Nong when he talked to Yang Su, Nong when he talked to Yu Wenshu, and Nong when he talked to Empress Xiao.In the end, I did not forget to drink and have fun. In the end, the whole country was bleeding.He would not know that the soldiers who guarded the country for him were fighting bloody battles in Guanzhong, and one of these soldiers was Qu Tutong. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, China Mobile, China Unicom, and PHS did not exist, so the news of Li Yuan's attack on Chang'an never reached Qu Tutong's ears.In order to let Qu Tutong understand the situation, Li Yuan sent his own servants to persuade Qu Tutong to surrender.The servants came to the east of the river in a hurry and brought a few words to Qu Tutong.

First, Chang'an has been restored; second, I've got an official for you! Qu Tutong's expression froze, he couldn't believe that Chang'an just fell into the hands of thieves.Then, in a panic, he killed the envoy who came to persuade him to surrender.Kill those who persuaded them to surrender, and there is no way to retreat.However, Qu Tutong said that we still have a retreat, Xijing fell, and Tokyo. Tokyo is not the capital of Japan, but the city of Luoyang.Yes, there is also Luoyang City.From the moment Qu Tutong decided to go to Luoyang, he planned to completely break with Li Yuan. For the sake of the Sui Dynasty, he could die.Among those who heard the news, Sang Xianhe was the happiest, but after half a minute, he became the saddest.

"Are we going to Luoyang?" "yes." "Great, when are you leaving?" "Of course I will leave immediately." "Great, now I'm going to inform the brothers!" "You don't have to go, you are responsible for blocking the Tang army for me, and I will lead the army to Luoyang alone." Sang Xianhe almost didn't cry. After a long time, his job was still to be beaten.However, since the chief general spoke, he had to obey the military orders.He had no choice but to stay in Tongguan, and Qu Tutong led an army of tens of thousands to Luoyang in a hurry.The fault still has to be attributed to the fact that there was no SMS service at that time. If there was, the general in charge of staying in Luoyang would definitely not let Qu Tutong join in the fun.Because the Eastern Capital at this time is not what Qu Tutong imagined, and now it has become a dead city.

With a glimmer of hope, Qu Tutong headed east. Just halfway through, he heard bad news: as soon as he arranged for Sang Xianhe to garrison Tongguan, Sang Xianhe led the group of people to surrender. Liu Wenjing was responsible for receiving Comrade Sang Xianhe. After seeing Sang Xianhe, he first asked about Qu Tutong's condition. "Uh, General Sang is working hard, General Sang is frightened, General Sang drinks tea!" So, Sang Xianhe took a sip of tea. "Uh, brother Sang, where is the general?" "Ran." "Where did you go?" "Luoyang."

Liu Wen stood up abruptly, and immediately ordered Dou Cong to lead dozens of elite cavalry to chase after him.Qu Tutong's army was exhausted, and when they reached Chousang, Dou Cong just caught up with him.Qu Tutong was a frightened bird. When he saw Yiyan men and horses chasing him, he thought it was Li Yuan's army. He immediately occupied Chousang City to consolidate the city and ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle and fight to the death with the enemy. However, such a simple command cannot be executed. When Dou Cong led these dozens of Tang soldiers to confront Qu Tutong's tens of thousands of troops, Qu Tutong found that one of the leading men was his son Qu Tushou.Before he could figure it out, Qu Tushou tried to persuade him to surrender.It doesn't matter if this persuasion to surrender, Qu Tutong immediately became excited, pointed at Qu Tushou's nose and cursed: "You rebellious son, I was father and son with you before, but now we are enemies!"

Qu Tutong said this completely from the heart, because his next action proved it. He ordered the archers to shoot wildly at these dozens of people, but the strange thing is, these archers of Qu Tutong seemed to be hungry, and the arrows didn't even touch Dou Cong's hair.As it turns out, archers are very smart people, and in this case, you should never hurt someone you shouldn't hurt.More importantly, the Sui army at this time is no longer the Sui army that followed Yang Guang to recover Jiangnan, they are also ordinary people. "Now that the capital has fallen, we are all from Guanzhong. What are we going to do in Luoyang?"

In an instant, Qu Tutong's belief in serving the country to the death collapsed.Faced with such a disgusting era at the end of the Sui Dynasty, no one with a normal mind could bear this kind of pain.As a result, different voices began to appear in the army. "Yes, what are we going to Luoyang for?" "I want to go home!" A moment later, the miracle appeared. Facing Dou Cong's cavalry, tens of thousands of Sui soldiers put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.Qu Tutong had already burst into tears. Seeing that it was irreversible, he got off his horse, bowed three times facing the southeast direction, and cried bitterly:

"The servants have been bent so far, and they dare not betray the country. The gods of heaven and earth, we can all learn from each other!" After speaking, he led the army straight to Chang'an. Those who were waiting in Chang'an were Qu Tutong's family members and a prominent official position—Shangshu of the Ministry of War.Qu Tutong was loyal and unyielding by nature, he had no choice but to surrender to Li Yuan, but in this point, he was completely defeated by his subordinate Yao Junsu.You just need to remember that Lord Yao is not a human being, but a god. Yao Jun was good at running the army. Because of the strict management of the army, none of his men dared to betray him.He will never betray the imperial court, even if his whole family and the whole world die, he will not.His loyalty has reached a superb level, if he is governing the world, he is Su Wu; if the opponent is a foreigner, he is Yue Fei.However, now, his opponents are ordinary people oppressed by Sui Ting. As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, Qu Tutong was appointed by Li Yuan, with the purpose of plotting against Yao Junsu. Qu Tutong met his long-lost subordinate with a nervous mood. When they met, they hugged and cried for a while, and then began to talk about business.In fact, I also talked when I was crying, but because I was crying, it was difficult to hear what the other party was saying.Yao Junsu only knew that what Qu Tutong was muttering about was the capture of Chang'an, and he couldn't help but collapsed when he said this. After crying, get down to business. "Look, Jun Su, now that Sui Ting's strength is exhausted, the people's life is worse than death, you might as well follow me and make plans early." "You want me to surrender?" "yes." Yao Junsu suddenly pointed at the horse Qu Tutong was riding, and said furiously: "Look at the horse you ride, it was given to you by the emperor, how can you have the face to tell me of betrayal?" "But……" "It's nothing but, you betrayed the court, I will not forgive you, you go." In this way, Qu Tutong left. He once blamed himself, thinking that he was not as good as Yao Junsu, and felt very ashamed every time he talked about it.What he didn't know was that there was an essential difference between a loyal minister and a good minister.For a ruler who has been corrupted to the bone, Yao Junsu's loyalty is a crime. Qu Tutong made the right choice not to go to Luoyang. If he is lucky enough to come to Luoyang, he will be extremely disappointed.Because at this time, Dongdu has been out of food for several months, and now the price of rice here has risen to 3,000 yuan per catty (equivalent to RMB 10,000 per catty), and one-third of the people died of starvation.If Qu Tutong insisted on being loyal to Yang Guang, in case the troops were stationed there, he would have no other choice but starve to death. From this point of view, Qu Tutong did a good job. Qu Tutong: If I can't do your job well, I will do my own job well. Li Mi: Experts pointed out that "Li Mi was the prime minister of the emperor, and Zhai Rang committed suicide."