Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

In fact, it is not quite correct to say that Li Yuan has nothing to do with Xue Ju, because according to historical records, when Li Yuan led an army into Chang'an, Xue Ju was just about to launch an attack on Chang'an.When he walked to Fufeng (Baoji, Shaanxi), Li Yuan settled in Chang'an. Maybe you don't have a very specific understanding of the distance between Fufeng and Chang'an. I have seen the map and the distance between the two places is only more than 350 miles.Therefore, for Chang'an, which is equivalent to an empty city, Xue Jugang was about to snatch it, but watched Li Yuan snatch it away.

He couldn't help being angry, it wasn't his style not to be angry. Seeing that the plan to capture Chang'an failed, Xue Ju returned angrily.Just a few months later, when Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, Xue Ju was furious again and sent troops to invade Jingzhou (Jingchuan, Gansu).In fact, Xue Ju was not afraid of anything. He sent his son Xue Renguo to make a surprise attack not long after Li Yuan settled in Chang'an.Unfortunately, Xue Renguo didn't know where Xue Renguo met, but the other party involuntarily beat the elite army of the little overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty to the ground, and even chased and wiped out hundreds of miles to the capital of the Western Qin Dynasty.

The whole country was shocked, and only after questioning did they know that what the Western Qin army encountered was the army of Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin. Heaven saved Xue Ju's life, and because Li Yuan was eager to besiege Hedong, he dispatched Li Shimin as the main force, and West Qin survived.Xue Ju's family had a big problem, the scars were healed and they forgot to hurt.Now that Li Yuan ascended the throne, Xue Ju was really disgusted. After thinking about it for a while, Xue Ju was going to make troubles in Jingzhou.Li Yuan calmly dispatched Li Shimin to attack the Western Qin army. Everyone knew that this boy once led a strange army to the capital of the Western Qin Dynasty.

At the end of June, Li Shimin led a mighty army into the western battlefield. As soon as he was stationed, he issued an order not to use violence, which made everyone feel puzzled.Li Shimin said, we just need to stick to the camp and leave the rest alone.Time will test a person's wisdom, and so is Li Shimin.He knew that if the army fought against Xi Qin recklessly, they would not be able to fight no matter what.However, a talent like Xue Renguo only needs to use a little trick to get it done. Sure enough, after the Tang army had defended it firmly for more than ten days, Xue Renguo was about to go crazy.

He had to go crazy because he was running out of food.The Xuan army went deep into the Tang Dynasty and ran out of food, so there was no supply.According to the requirements of the plot, as long as the Tang army stands firm and does not move, after seventy-seven forty-nine days, a surprise attack on Xue Renguo will be launched, and the enemy will be defeated.However, fate seemed to test the young Li Shimin early, and in this autumn, Li Shimin fell ill. I think Li Shimin is suffering from malaria, I checked the information: Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites infected by mosquito bites.Clinically, it is characterized by periodic chills, fever, headache, sweating, anemia, and splenomegaly.When the body temperature is high, it can reach 40 degrees, and it can occur many times a day.Children have a high incidence rate and are mostly popular in summer and autumn.

The sophisticated military staff Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan seemed dissatisfied with Li Shimin's actions. An eighteen or nineteen-year-old child commanding a general who was the same age as his father would feel uncomfortable on anyone.Now that Li Shimin is sick in bed, they can fight according to their own ideas. But although he is a general, he is not the coach. The coach belongs to Li Shimin.So, the two found Li Shimin and told him their thoughts.Li Shimin had only one reaction: When I recover from illness, I will take everyone to fight with them.Yin Kaishan was obviously not satisfied with Li Shimin's answer. After retreating, he said to Liu Wenjing: "King Qin is sick and cannot go out to fight. We should keep calm, but we must not let the enemy underestimate us. We set up a formation to deter the enemy. How about ?”

Liu Wenjing agreed to this bold suggestion. The plan was proceeding smoothly according to the arrangement of the two elders, and the Tang soldiers were displayed in the southwest of Gaoqian, looking like a mighty army.This was clearly for Xue Renguo to see, and it was impossible for Xue Renguo not to see it.He didn't expect that Li Shimin, who used to chase him to the point of crying, and who used soldiers like a god, would make such a low-level mistake. In the southwest of Gaoqian, Tang Jun arranged an army of eight generals in unison, deliberately making a loud noise, so as to scare Xue Renguo.No one knows that Xue Renguo is just like Xue Ju, he forgets the pain when his scar heals, or in other words, he is never afraid of new challenges, and whenever he has the opportunity, he will put all his eggs in one basket.

The atmosphere froze suddenly, and Tang Jun felt that something was wrong. What about the people on the opposite side? After a few seconds, everyone understood, because Xue Renguo led the Xiqin tiger and wolf division to kill them from behind.After a commotion, Tang Jun's tail changed to the front, and the front was caught off guard by Xue Renguo, and they all dropped their helmets and armor and ran back.It doesn't matter if you run like this, the soldiers at the back see the people in front fleeing like seeing the king of Hades, they don't care about it, they drop their weapons and run away.

In an instant, the eight generals of the Tang Dynasty army were killed and turned into a rebellious army, and the dead accounted for more than half of the total number of the army.What is even more depressing is that the three main forces of the Tang army, Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, and Liu Hongji, were all killed in battle and suffered heavy losses.Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan finally paid the price for their narrow-minded decision. Now, they stand beside Li Shimin who is still on the hospital bed. The first thing they asked Li Shimin was, "King Qin, we have lost, what should we do now?"

"withdraw!" As a result, Gao Qi fell, and the Tang army withdrew to Chang'an. Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan were removed from their names and their official posts. I remember singing in a song: "The tail of July, you are a Leo; the prelude to August, you are a Leo." This is a very nice song. For Xue Ju, the end of July was indeed beautiful.But in early August, he went to see God. History books have not recorded the cause of Comrade Xue Ju's death, but according to speculation, Xue Ju was most likely infected by the epidemic at that time and died.Coupled with Li Shimin's symptoms, it is not hard to believe that Comrade Xue Ju, who once dared to fight against the sky, was unfortunately infected with malaria by Li Shimin.That is to say, although Li Shimin failed to win the battle, he still easily killed Xue Ju, who had never shown up.

Thank God. At the beginning of August, Xue Ju, who was still healthy, sent Xue Renguo to besiege Ningzhou in the Tang Dynasty.The intention is to divide the troops into many places to encroach on the Tang Dynasty, so that Li Yuan has nowhere to start.However, the battle situation in Ningzhou was not very good. As soon as Xue Renguo appeared in Ningzhou, he was aggrieved by the local governor and returned.Xue Ju was very annoyed, and wanted to continue sending people to bite the border of the Tang Dynasty.It's a pity that even for the fierce people of the Western Qin Dynasty, it is quite strenuous to eat the Tang Dynasty bite by bite. At this time, Comrade Hao Yuan, one of Xue Ju's advisers, spoke. He said: "I don't think we are suitable for encroaching now, but for swallowing. Chang'an is moved by the news, and people are panicked. If we don't take advantage of this to attack, when will we wait? I think that when Li Shimin chased us back then, it was because he didn't seize and attack the capital of our country. This opportunity gave us today's act of revenge. If Your Majesty invades Chang'an now and seizes the opportunity, wouldn't the world be yours!" It was exactly what he wanted, so Xue Ju said, "Okay." After Xue Ju said the word "good", he was ready to drive to the expedition.Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the bed, he became seriously ill.This disease killed Xue Ju, and he felt weak all over.After a few days, it turned out to be a life-threatening posture.Gotta find a doctor or something first!Xue Ju disagreed. He probably didn't believe in medicine very much. He didn't invite a doctor, but instead asked someone to invite a wizard. The wizard came to Xue Ju, glanced at his face, and suddenly turned pale with shock: "Your Majesty, you are bewitched!" Xue Ju was surprised and said, "No way?" The wizard said: "Really, it's the evil spirit that came from Tang Jun!" Xue Ju said, "What kind of evil method?" The wizard pretended to be mysterious and said: "This evil spirit is invisible to ordinary people, but I think it is sneaky. It was on Tang Jun before, and now it is on you." Xue Ju hated this conclusion and didn't believe it, so he died within a few hours. (When he was about to fall ill, he summoned the witch to watch him, and the witch said that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were troublesome. He acted evil and died soon.) Regarding Xue Ju's death, I don't know whether Xue Renguo was happy or happy. In short, he wailed loudly at first, then ascended to the throne of Western Qin Dynasty, and started his life of being a jerk. Xue Renguo: The weather has been getting colder these two days, and I always want to fart... Xue Ju: Well, farting is good. Farting can attack evil and promote righteousness.