Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Dou Jiande forms an alliance with Wang Shichong Xuanjia Army laughs proudly at Beimang Mountain

Manager Huo is so powerful on the battlefield that many male compatriots can hardly match him, so she doesn't cry easily.When you cry, it means that something big is about to happen.It could be seen that she wanted to tell Li Shiji the truth this time.Huo wept, held Li Shiji's hand and said: "Dou Jiande has no way (revolted), how can you follow him?" Li Shiji replied: "Mother, don't worry. Within a month, I will kill Dou Jiande, and we will submit to the Tang Dynasty together." In fact, the Huo family also knew why Li Shiji didn't dare to throw face at Dou Jiande. Everyone has their own difficulties .Manager Huo just wanted to hear what Li Shiji could do. No matter what the solution was, procrastination was not a solution anyway, it was life or death, and it was only two or three days.

Li Shiji talked for a long time, but he still had no choice but to wait. After the farewell, Manager Huo said to Li Shanghu: "Don't wait any longer, the night has long dreams." Reminded by his mother, Li Shanghu decided to act that night.Thus, a more joyful little story began. First of all, Comrade Li Shanghu found the twenty-three generals (partial generals, deputy generals) of Comrade Cao Dan under Dou Jiande's command, and invited them to drink.Then, during the banquet, Li Shanghu fully carried forward the excellent Chinese style of persuading people to drink to death, got twenty-three people drunk, took out a machete and cut the drunks into meat and vegetables.

This is not enough. Since the twenty-three people are not all of Dou Jiande's generals, there are several generals stationed in the north of the Yellow River, not in the Cao Dan camp in the south.Early the next morning, Li Shanghu sent four huge ships to pick up these people, plus cooks, sentries, etc., a total of more than 300 people came over.When the boat drifted halfway, Li Shanghu led the navy and killed all the people on board.It is well said in the book that there is no absolutely pure thing, and the so-called pure light is not pure either. Among the more than 300 people, there is one who can breathe.Not only did he not lose his breath, he swam to the south bank smoothly, and ran to Cao Dan's barracks to report the letter.Cao Dan saw it, hey, isn't this a veterinarian from our army? After hearing this, he yelled that it was not good, so he reported it to Dou Jiande.

Li Shanghu felt that he had done a perfect job, so he wrote a letter of success to Li Shiji.Li Shiji panicked after receiving the notice.He knew that if he failed this time, his father's life would be gone.However, this is the end of the matter, and if you don’t do it, you have to do it.As soon as Li Shiji was about to send troops to attack Cao Dan, he heard a very unpleasant news: Comrade Cao Dan had received internal information and was fully prepared for battle. Li Shiji was stunned, there was an inner ghost!I can no longer find out who is the inner ghost. With my little soldiers and horses, trying to be serious with Cao Dan is tantamount to touching a steel ball with a soft persimmon and bleeding a lot.what to do?

What else can I do?Everything is done! Li Shanghu didn't know that someone on the big ship had narrowly escaped death, and he didn't know that Cao Dan was preparing an army to kill Li Shiji.At this time, he was leading his 2,000 elite soldiers to chase and kill Dou Jiande's general Ruan Junming.Ruan Junming is indeed biased enough, he fought Li Shanghu, only to be beaten to the head.Ruan Junming's colleague Gao Yaxian saw that the momentum was not right, so he immediately collected the remnant soldiers and fled all the way north. escaped?Li Shanghu was excited, his favorite game was chasing deserters.So excitedly chased him for tens of miles, helplessly, the old Ruan was weak and weak, and he escaped faster than Tuzki.Li Shanghu chased for a long time, but in the end he couldn't catch up, so he led the troops back to the station.

At this time, with a shiny forehead, he still didn't know that something happened to Li Shiji. What these two people did was disgusting, and Dou Jiande was ready to respond. Some people in the court persuaded Dou Jiande to kill Li Shiji's father to relieve his hatred. Unexpectedly, Dou Jiande comforted everyone and said: "Li Shiji was originally a Tang official and was captured by me. He did not forget the court and was a loyal minister. What is his father's crime?" ?” So he ordered Xu Gai to be released, and Li Shiji was pardoned for all his crimes.Li Shiji just left.Someone asked, this guy is too dishonest, the brother is still fighting the enemy, but he ran away first.Okay, please don't get excited.The actual situation is that Li Shiji did not run away. He returned to Chang'an with Guo Xiaoke only after Dou Jiande announced his pardon for his crimes and released Xu Gai.As for Comrade Li Shanghu, he is really not a good comrade. He agreed to go to the Tang Dynasty together, but after more than two weeks, he has not seen any movement to the west. I really don't know what the hell he is doing.

Later, I heard in history books that Li Shanghu did not believe in evil, and had trouble with Dou Jiande, and finally he died. The escape of Li Shiji and the old father was not a fluke, because Dou Jiande let them go on purpose.Under the illumination of Confucius, Comrade Dou Jiande's benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness are indeed impressive.Between the end of the Sui Dynasty and the rule of Zhenguan, the country under Dou Jiande's governance was the best.According to the historical records, where Dou Jiande lives, "encouraging farming and mulberry, no robbers in the territory, business travel and camping".This shows that Dou Jiande is indeed an excellent insurgent comparable to Li Yuan.However, the environment at that time determined his fate.Li Yuan was born well and united with others. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty, these scholar-bureaucrat classes accounted for the vast majority of social influence.And many people, including Li Shiji, refused to recognize Dou Jiande's due status as a farmer.

Even if you are excellent, even if you are virtuous, even if you are Dou Jiande, you have no status and are useless! Well, it's time for everything to come back. Li Yuan was so benevolent and righteous, and what he got was a fat Tang Dynasty; Dou Jiande was so benevolent and righteous, but he couldn't get a fair treatment in society.When Li Yuan attacked Wang Shichong fiercely, many people were anxious.It was not easy for Dou Jiande to develop his strength in Hebei and Henan. Just like Wang Bo who sang "The Song of Death in the Waves of No Direction in Liaodong" back then, those who joined their camp were always peasant brothers, and no scholar-officials wanted to be with them.You must know that scholar-bureaucrats were the pillars of society at that time, they were ideas, guidance, and direction.

Now, Dou Jiande has made an alliance with Turkic and Khitan. Turkic and Khitan found Dou Jiande and asked him to talk about his attitude.Since it's an attitude, let's make a hypocritical appearance.Dou Jiande believes that he must unite with Wang Shichong to resist Li Yuan, so as to have a chance of survival.Knowing this, Chu Luo (he was the one who led the troops to the south at that time) was very happy.That's right, Chu Luo is waiting for Dou Jiande's words. In this way, the Turks can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight again. Dou Jiande has a grudge against Wang Shichong.

Dou Jiande hated Wang Shichong very much. He had no grievances with Wang Shichong in the past, but Wang Shichong captured his Liyang City a few months ago.In order to retaliate against this guy, Dou Jiande led his troops to capture Wang Shichong's Yinzhou City.As the saying goes, if you hit me once, I will kick you. If you hit me, kick me, then things will get serious.The two kings, Dou and Wang, have formed a bridge.Now, Wang Shichong is about to die, but Dou Jiande, who should be excited, can't be happy at all.To live together or die together, Dou Jiande has to make a choice.Things are dramatic and bullshit.However, a real warrior dares to face the life of nonsense.Come on, Dou Jiande!

On a certain day, Dou Jiande sent a messenger to Luoyang City to find Wang Shichong and promised to give him fire support. united. Dou Jiande's move is reasonable in principle, but the analysis of the situation is never better than reality.Just after sending the messenger to Luoyang, Dou Jiande sent Master Li (not Li Ao), the servant of the Ministry of Rites, to Li Shimin's barracks.Master Li shouldered the important task of persuading the Tang army to stop and rest.What Dou Jiande meant was that he wanted Tang Jun to stop attacking Luoyang, and everyone had something to discuss.Master Li handed over the sincere letter and asked someone to give it to Li Shimin. A truce, to discuss? Li Shimin laughed secretly.I am not Xiang Yu, and you are not Liu Bang. I will not give you any chance.After Master Li delivered the letter, he was treated with delicious food and drink by Li Shimin.Wait, wait until King Qin himself says to stop.Master Li waited and waited until his intestines turned green and jumped up and down, but Li Shimin didn't reply, which made him very embarrassed.It's almost Chinese New Year, King Qin, are you so unreasonable? December, cold winter.Li Shimin did not reply, which proved that he did not agree. At the same time, in order to show his sincerity, Wang Shichong, who received a letter from Dou Jiande, sent his nephew Wang Wan and an important minister to apply for employment at Dou Jiande's office, asking for soldiers and horses. In the first month of the fourth year of Wude (February 621 AD), it was still cold winter. The battle has become very clear, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong are in charge of the main attack, while Turkic, Khitan, Xi and other troops are causing trouble for Li Yuan.Together, we must annoy Li Yuan to death.As for finishing Li Yuan, everyone will be assigned again, everyone understands, and no one needs to talk nonsense.Now that everyone is standing together, it's easy to talk about anything.Before, Wang Shichong surrendered dozens of prefectures and counties to Li Yuan, so there was a big difference between adding and subtracting.However, with the addition of Dou Jiande and others, Wang Shichong saw the hope of bringing the dead back to life. With an army of one million, Li Shimin can't be killed?Look around the world, full of hope! Li Shimin will not give them hope. In order to add another touch of color to his glittering life, Li Shimin personally selected more than a thousand elites from the army, and set up the famous "Xuanjia Army" of the Tang Dynasty.In order to prove the bravery of this army, here is a list of the four generals of Xuanjia's left and right armies: Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, and Zhai Changsun. Take a closer look, the first three people know each other well, they are very good, but the last hero seems not so powerful!In fact, the Xuanjia Army is a trusted army of Li Shimin, extremely elite, and would not choose an incompetent general to be one of the four heavenly kings.In the history books, the introduction of Comrade Zhai Changsun is very limited. He was originally a fierce general under Xue Renguo, and he was a colleague of Comrade Zong Luohu.He saw that Xue Renguo was not good a long time ago, which shows that he has a good political vision.After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, Zhai Changsun's generals were fully utilized. There are only two places where Zhai Changsun is mentioned in the "New Book of Tang", and they are all just names. There are many places in the "Old Book of Tang", and there is no substantive description.For this mysterious figure, I really can't restore it, but in view of the fame of the other three, I still want to give a shout out to Comrade Zhai Changsun.Zhai Changsun, one of the top four elite generals of the "Xuanjia Army" under the command of Qin Wang Li Shimin. This is a team that sees everyone cry and ghosts howl. According to my estimation, the Xuanjia Army should have been called the most unconscionable elite in history by Wang Shichong. Wherever they went, there was a massacre.Because of the small number of people, they have the advantage of maneuverability; because of their strong combat effectiveness, they can enter the crowd of thousands of troops as if they are no one.Their combat effectiveness has long been recorded in history, as follows: The troops led by Qu Tutong and Dou Gui met Wang Shichong unexpectedly. The armies on both sides fought fiercely, and the Tang army was defeated.At this time, it is estimated that Wang Shichong led at least 10,000 troops.When Li Shimin learned that Qu Tutong was defeated, he immediately led the Xuanjia army into Brother Shichong's army.After a pass of swords, lights and swords, and the red flags, Wang Shichong's army was beheaded by the Xuanjia army for more than 6,000 levels.The Xuanjia army ignored the casualties, patted their buttocks, and returned to the camp calmly. Wang Shichong has been able to mix so far, and his general talent and combat effectiveness are not weak, but when he encounters such a heartless army as the Xuanjia Army, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his throat.In addition to the fact that the leader is Li Shimin, why the Xuanjia Army is so fierce is also due to the fact that the soldiers are the best of the best, and the weapons are the best of the best.The Xuanjia Army wore the improved Mingguang armor, which is what we often call the Thirteen Armors of the Tang Dynasty. According to "Tang Liu Dian", the thirteenth armor of the Tang Dynasty is a new type of Mingguang armor. And so on thirteen styles.Although there are differences, they are always inseparable from the appearance of Mingguang armor.The Xuanjia Army of the Thirteenth Armored Armor of the Tang Dynasty was created by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and all of them were dressed in human body and war horses.Needless to say, even the neck, waist, buttocks, and head of the horse are all armored and protected, making them a veritable armored force. Thinking about the effect of the Tang Xuanjia tank crushing ordinary troops, it is not difficult to understand Wang Shichong's feelings. After several months of training such a team, it is natural for Li Shimin to be too happy to sleep, but at this time Wang Shichong is too depressed to sleep.Due to the fierce fighting in the past few days, there is not much food and grass in Luoyang City.In order to solve the problem of grain and grass in the future, Wang Shichong asked Prince Wang Xuanying to lead thousands of troops to transport grain from Hulao Pass in the east to Luoyang.Hulao can be regarded as Wang Shichong's territory, but I said yes, I didn't say it.Bad things always happen with bad luck one after another. Before Wang Xuanying went to fetch food, Li Shimin got the news immediately.The person responsible for copying Zheng Guo's grain was named Li Junxian. Wang Shichong was waiting in Luoyang, and when he finally arrived, what he was waiting for was not food and soldiers, but the embarrassed prince, and there were only a few people behind the prince.Thousands of grain transport teams were robbed by Li Shimin when half of the grain was transported, and the prince almost lost his life. There was no hope. To cut off the enemy's rations is to cut off their hope.A few days later, Li Shimin petitioned Li Yuan, saying that it was time to launch a general offensive. Li Yuan actually only meant one word: good. But Li Yuan is a meticulous person. He said to the messenger Yuwen Shiji: "Go back and tell your boss (Li Shimin) that there should be no chaos after the attack on the city. The chariots, sacrificial vessels and ancient books and equipment must be collected and protected. Collect it, and reward all the meritorious service to the soldiers." Li Shimin got the order and immediately moved his army to Qingcheng Palace.Due to the large number of soldiers and horses, moving troops could not set up a high fortress to stop Wang Shichong's army in a short period of time.Wang Shichong, who has a very keen military sense, took advantage of this gap and led 20,000 soldiers and horses outside the deep valley. Battles often change within 0.1 second, and Wang Shichong is keenly aware of this! Li Shimin's generals were all afraid. Without barriers and defenses, Tang soldiers were like eggs without shells, which could be broken with a poke.If Wang Shichong did this to himself suddenly, the soldiers would not have time to prepare. Li Shimin was silent. Li Shimin was observing. Wang Shichong pushed his troops into a dangerous situation and occupied a favorable position, which was a great challenge to the Tang army.However, Li Shimin didn't seem to be interested in Wang Shichong's threat. He cared more about his own offense than passive defense.For Li Shimin, as soon as the enemy's butt moves, he knows that a change is coming. When the enemy changes, he will definitely think that he will change in a good direction, and our army cannot let him figure it out! Soon, he had his own reaction. He stationed his Xuanjia army in Beimang, separated from Wang Shichong by a big ditch.I don't know what kind of medicine Li Shimin sells in the gourd. This move is really dangerous.20,000 troops against 1,000 elite soldiers, the large army stays in the unbuilt camp, without any defense at all, are you kidding?However, Li Shimin climbed to the high ground of Xuanwu Mausoleum indifferently, looked at Wang Shichong's army, and came to a disappointing conclusion. Wang Shichong: So far, the earth is still under my feet. Dou Jiande: I'll go, the dead duck has a hard mouth.