Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Fifth

The soldiers looked at the empty black earth outside Bingzhou City, and there was no light, no fire, and no one on the opposite side.Obviously, Liu Wuzhou didn't pay attention to Tang Jun's actions at all.When they lined up and prepared to fight, Comrade Li Yuanji gave an order not to move rashly.Li Yuanji began to preach, he said: "Comrades, now is the time to fight to the death. Everyone must be ready, psychologically and physically. I, Li Yuanji, will definitely tide over the difficulties with everyone. Everyone must take care of themselves." Good spirits, stay put!"

Li Yuanji put on a busy look, put his horse in front of a group of women. If Li Yuanji was really lustful, he would have nothing to say.But what makes people feel itchy is that Li Yuanji is not just lustful now, he has an ulterior purpose.Comrade Li Yuanji brought beautiful women, not to use beauty tricks, not to use bitter tricks, and not to attract the attention of the enemy.The group of beauties in front of him are his wives and concubines.So, are they here to say goodbye?Still here to ask for love?Did you come to comfort me?Or come over for a kiss? neither. But Li Yuanji didn't say anything, picked up the whip and slapped the horse's buttocks, the horse roared and rushed forward.Sixteen-year-old Li Yuanji, his wife and concubines and the comfort group women, a total of more than a hundred people Qi Qi ran away with King Qi.That guy has all sorts of noises, shouting, shouting, messing around, wait for me, Martinon, Your Highness!They galloped through the vast expanse of wilderness with their soft jewels - and fled back to Chang'an.Dou Dan and Yu Wenxin, who were in Taiyuan, were in pain and trembling all over.

Li Yuanji left the soldiers outside the city and ran back to Chang'an by himself.Now everyone understands. What is this? When Liu Wuzhou's army arrived, he found that Li Yuanji was even more lonely than Pei He. Before the battle started, everyone ran away.Just because Li Yuanji escaped and the Tang army had no leader, the local tyrants of Taiyuan dedicated the entire city to Liu Wuzhou, and Liu Wuzhou took Taiyuan into his pocket without any effort.When Li Yuan heard about this the first time, he was so angry that he slapped the table.He said to Li Gang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites: "Yuanji is young and ignorant, so I asked Dou Dan to assist, and Yu Wenxin was in charge of planning. Yu Wenxin is fully responsible for today's matter, and I will kill him!" Li Gang said: " The king of Qi was young and mad, and Dou Dan not only did not dissuade him, but went too far than the king of Qi, making the soldiers resentful and the people cursed. Yu Wenxin tried his best to persuade him, but the king of Qi refused to listen, and said that if he persuaded him again, he would kill him. Yu Wenxin Still neither humble nor overbearing. How can His Majesty kill such a loyal minister?"

Li Yuan looked at Li Gang and stopped talking. Li Gang was born in 547. By 619, he was already seventy-two years old. He was neither humble nor overbearing, honest and selfless. He was framed by the jester Yang Su several times, but he still did not change his indestructible integrity.Li Yuan knows that honesty is a luxury in the face of power.As for a brave man like Li Gang who is not afraid of power, Datang really needs it too much. The next day, go to court.Li Yuan recruited Li Gang to sit on the throne with him, with good etiquette.He said to the officials: "Since I used Li Gang, I have never committed excessive punishment. The fall of Taiyuan is Yuanji's own fault, and it has nothing to do with Dou Dan and Yu Wenxin! Don't discuss it any more." It stands to reason that Li Yuan is a wise king. But if you carefully observe Li Yuan's speech in court, you will find something unreasonable: why do you eat Dou Dan?Why not kill him?

Li Yuan is not confused. Dou Dan, male, Li Yuanji's best friend.He has another identity, that is, the husband of Princess Xiangyang and the son-in-law of Li Yuan.Li Gang also knew how difficult it was for the emperor to get rid of a cancer that was connected to his own flesh and blood, so he didn't say any more.Li Gang has been depressed recently, because the emperor entrusted him with the task of training Prince Li Jiancheng.This Li Jiancheng made Li Gang very distressed. Before that, Li Jiancheng often called himself Mr., and said that he hoped that he would give more opinions all day long. His attitude was very reassuring.Fortunately now, Li Jiancheng has become close to the villain, and he puts it in front of his eyes all day long and speaks ill of himself.Li Jiancheng loves to drink, likes to play cool, raises a glass to invite the bright moon, and thinks about nothing.

Li Gang was Li Jiancheng's shogunate. In order to persuade Li Jiancheng to change his ways, he took great pains, but unfortunately the effect was not very obvious.Li Jiancheng should go hunting and drinking, and he didn't listen to old man Li Gang's protest at all. Li Gang tried hard to persuade, but Li Jiancheng remained the same. In a rage, Li Gang retired and returned home. When Li Yuan finished reading the letter of resignation, he was trembling with anger. He scolded Li Gang and said, "You can be He Panren's long history, but you don't want to be my minister. You want to leave as soon as I asked you to assist in building it. What do you mean?" Li Gang said: "It's boring." Li Yuan was puzzled and even more annoyed.Li Gang went on to say: "He Panren is not benevolent. I try my best to persuade him. He can listen. I have no regrets. The emperor is holy, but what I say often disappears. He asked me to serve the prince. I advised the prince, but the prince would not listen. I think It must be because I can’t do it personally, and it’s best not to appear in a clear place for a fool. I am a fool, I must go, otherwise it will destroy the relationship between you and your son.”

Li Yuan's expression was solemn, he just wanted to scare Li Gang, the purpose was to keep him.Listening to Li Gang's explanation, Li Yuan wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. He said with a serious face: "No, you have to stay and assist Jiancheng. It's useless to say anything else." The official positions of Zhan Shi and Shangshu were also retained.When Li Gang returned to Li Jiancheng, the first thing he did was brilliant.He suggested to Li Yuan: "The crown prince drinks heavily and is close to villains." However, Li Jiancheng not only refused to listen, but also looked at him coldly, as if "the old man should die".Li Gang felt very depressed at such an old age, and asked to resign again.Li Yuan refused, but only removed the position of Shangshu, but still let him serve as the prince Shaobao.The affairs of the inner court are the same as those of the outer court, some cannot be seen clearly, and some can be seen clearly.When a battle is defeated, everyone can see it, and it is useless to say anything else.

Pei Ji got into a fight with Song Jingang again. The name Song Jingang may sound reminiscent of a gorilla now, but in fact Song Jingang is a pretty good name. King Kong, Sanskrit, a sharp weapon in mythology, translated into modern names is like "Song Siming" and "Song Shijie". Good name. In October, with a cold wind, Song Jingang led an army to capture Huizhou in one fell swoop, threatening Yuzhou and Taizhou.These places are important places in the Hedong area, but they are not so important.The terrible place is called Puban, today's Yongji City, the intersection of Qin, Jin, and Henan, and the center of the Golden Triangle of the Yellow River.This place should be regarded as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately, there is a soul of a god who wanders here, occupying it, it is an invisible and perverted force.If Pei Ji can't keep Hedong, and this place can't be conquered, half of the Tang Dynasty's territory will be completely over.

I don't know if you still remember Wang Xingben, the general of Yao Junsu.He returned to Hedong and killed the rebellious generals, and then occupied Puban.It's been almost a year since Dugu Huai'en hasn't brought down Puban.After Song Jingang captured Huizhou, Wang Xingben expressed his willingness to join Liu Wuzhou.In this way, Puban, Huizhou and other places are equivalent to all falling.The Tang Dynasty fought from this land back then, but it was swallowed up by people, just like people digging their ancestors' graves. As an excellent special minister of Hedong, Pei Ji believes that the people in Yuzhou and Taizhou must be well protected, and the other party must not be left with any chance.So he made the second major decision of his military career:

Collect all the people in the city and gather in one place.Burn all the stored grain and don't give Liu Wuzhou food. Pei Ji believed that strengthening the walls and clearing the country was the best way to deal with Liu Wuzhou's aggression, and it was the fastest to execute without any mistakes.Indeed, the food was burned, they couldn't go home, and there was nothing to eat when they captured the city. No matter how stupid Song Jingang was, he wouldn't bother to fight such a city.Unfortunately, this is Pei Ji's judgment, and Song Jingang doesn't think so.A city without food is still an important military location.

Pei Ji's actions angered the people, and in order to oppose Pei Ji's burning of food, they revolted one after another.Lu Chongmao, a giant thief from Xia County, was the most powerful of the uprising army.He saw the current affairs, and led the crowd to seek refuge with Liu Wuzhou.Therefore, Mr. Pei Ji, who was in a state of desperation, made the third major decision in his military career: Fight Lu Chongmao first. Wrong the first time, then the second time, and now the third time. Pei Ji led the army to Xia County.The effect was obvious. A few hours later, the army of the Tang Dynasty was destroyed by the rebels in Xia County, and the situation was very embarrassing.As for why so many Tang troops were defeated by a gang of thieves, you need to ask Pei Ji. I don't know the specific strategy, but it should all be his own idea.Pei Ji was very embarrassed and called to Li Yuan for help. Immediately, Li Yuan sent four generals to assist Pei Ji. These four generals are: Wang Xiaoji of Yong'an, Dugu Huai'en, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Yun, the governor of Shanzhou, and Tang Jian, the minister of internal history.Dugu Huai'en, who was in charge of fighting Wang Xingben, came, and Li Xiaoji also came, and everyone came.With the help of these generals, Pei Ji believed that Xia County would be captured soon.Li Yuan knew that the main problem now was not a small Xia County, but the entire area east of the Yellow River.Liu Wuzhou's army was too strong and strong, and Tang Jun could not fight Liu Wuzhou head-on.So, what about Hedong? To, or not to? This is a problem. So, the hundreds of officials in Chang'an City had a discussion. Liu Wuzhou and Wang Xingben's offensive is too fierce, if they fight hard, it is impossible to win.Most officials believed that Liu Wuzhou's strength was not much different from that of the Tang Dynasty, and the position he occupied was very favorable. Whether to cross the river to drive them away should be carefully considered.Li Yuan also fell into deep thought, Yuanji was defeated in Taiyuan, Jian Pei failed to keep Jiexiu, Song Jingang broke Huizhou, Wang Xingben occupied Puban, overall, nothing was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. It takes countless energy to fight. If you don't fight, you will lose many areas east of the Yellow River.The current situation is that Liu Wuzhou's strength can indeed cross the Yellow River and threaten Chang'an. Unless he mobilizes all his forces to deal with it, it will be difficult to succeed.Some students muttered that there are not enough troops, so they should be mobilized. Question: Do you think Xiao Mian, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong are all idiots? After careful consideration, finally, Li Yuan issued such an edict (sound: Chi): The thieves are so powerful that it is difficult to compete with them. It is better to abandon the east of the Dahe River and stick to the Guanxi. All the officials agreed, reluctantly agreeing.Li Shimin disagreed. In his mind, the reason why Hedong couldn't win the battle was entirely because of some people's poor leadership.In fact, Liu Wuzhou is not that scary! Li Shimin didn't seem to want to criticize Pei Ji, who couldn't do anything and said nothing.He said to Li Yuan: "Taiyuan is the beginning of the king's career and the foundation of the country; Hedong is rich in products and is the country's treasury. If you give up so easily, I will be unwilling." Li Yuan asked: "What do you want?" Li Shimin said: "We need soldiers." Li Yuan asked: "How much?" Li Shimin stretched out three fingers and said: "30,000 is enough. Give me 30,000 elite soldiers, and I will destroy Liu Wuzhou, restore the land of Fen and Jin, and the Tang Dynasty Prosperity is just around the corner!" The officials sighed for a while, thirty thousand?joke. Li Yuan just waited for someone to stand up and take up the burden and make an impassioned speech, denouncing the incompetence of all officials and taking up the big responsibility himself.At this time, Li Shimin stood up.Not reconciled, Li Yuan ordered all the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong to belong to Li Shimin Jiedu, and let him face the mighty Liu Wuzhou alone. On October 12th of the second year of Wude (December 1, 619), Li Shimin set off from his residence, Changchun Palace, and led an army to Hedong. Li Yuan personally saw him off.Over the years, what Li Shimin had to face was Liu Wuzhou's cities one after another, and one strong general after another. Song Jingang, Xunxiang, Wang Xingben, Yuchi Jingde... Pei Ji: Brother is not fighting a war, but loneliness. Song Xiaogang: My dad's name is Li Gang! Song Jingang: Are you going to die? Song Xiaogang: Oh...my dad's name is King Kong.