Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Looking at Xu Shiji in front of him ordering to retreat, Li Jiancheng was also full of disappointment.However, he also understood at this time that continuous attacks were fruitless, and when the soldiers were frustrated, it would be useless to fight again.

At this moment, Dong Gonglang turned Er Zhuhuan off his horse, ran to Li Jiancheng sweating profusely, bowed his body, put his hands over his shoulders, and handed over a thin bamboo tube.

"Report to His Royal Highness, Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, hastened to report!"

Li Jiancheng took the bamboo tube and pulled it out, and pulled out a paper roll from inside. After unfolding it, he took a quick glance, and a look of joy appeared on his face.Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng and asked curiously: "His Royal Highness, is there a good news from Gyeongju?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "It's not the good news from Gyeongju, but the good news from Lingzhou."

"Lingzhou?" Wei Zheng said: "Director Chen repelled the Turkic attack? Feng, the pressure will not be less than that of Hedong!"

Li Jiancheng handed the note to Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng took a look: "My minister Wei Zheng congratulates His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

It just so happened that Xu Shiji returned to the big tent with a dejected look on his face, looked at Wei Zheng with a happy face, and asked, "Did Guanzhong send reinforcements?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "It wasn't the reinforcements from Guanzhong, but General Chen Ying, the governor of Lingzhou, captured Shuozhou, Liu Wuzhou's lair!"

"What? Shuozhou has been captured?"

Xu Shiji said in disbelief, "How is this possible?"

Liu Wuzhou was originally the captain of Yingyang in Mayi County. Taking advantage of the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he killed Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi, opened a warehouse to help the poor, and rushed to the territory. He won more than ten thousand soldiers and called himself the prefect.Later, Mayi County (Shuozhou) can be said to be the birthplace of Liu Wuzhou, with a very strong foundation of popular support.

Not only Xu Shiji couldn't figure it out, even Li Jiancheng was surprised.

In fact, instead of saying that Shuozhou was captured by Chen Ying, it is better to say that Liu Wuzhou surrendered Shuozhou.In order to please the Turks, Liu Wuzhou allowed the Turks to come and go to Shuozhou.These Turkic people are not a good thing. When they see money, their eyes shine golden, and when they see women, their eyes shine red.The people of Shuozhou, no matter how rich or poor, were basically affected by the Turkic man-made disasters.The officials appointed by Liu Wuzhou not only failed to uphold justice for the people of Shuozhou, but instead helped the tyrant to abuse and work for the tiger.

When Chen Ying led his army into Shuozhou, not only did not a single citizen of Shuozhou work for Liu Wuzhou, but the people Liu Wuzhou recruited were all grasshoppers who had milk or mothers. Seeing that Chen Ying was powerful, they either surrendered or As soon as he took off his armor, he transformed into a citizen.

Li Jiancheng didn't care if Liu Wuzhou handed it over or not, anyway, Shuozhou was won, and Liu Wuzhou's lair was also lost.Datang lost Taiyuan, Liu Wuzhou lost Shuozhou, and now it's even.

Thousands of miles away, Shuozhou lost it as soon as it said it was lost, without any warning in advance.Many people couldn't even believe it when they heard it!It wasn't until Li Jiancheng ordered the three armies to be rewarded, saying that tonight would last all night to celebrate the victory, that the officers and men of the Hedong Army confirmed that the news was true!

"Taking Shuozhou, taking Shuozhou."

This unbelievable news spread throughout the entire Hedong Army in an instant, as if he had grown feet.The whole army is boiling up!Originally, Xu Shiji led everyone to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty lost Taiyuan here, and the situation in Hedong took a turn for the worse.Datang even lost the last foothold in Huizhou.At this time, it would be absolutely false for the soldiers of the whole army to say that they have no complaints.

Now, their complaints are gone.On the contrary, they are all glad that they did not follow the wrong person. Datang is really powerful. He took Liu Wuzhou's capital without making a sound. Liu Wuzhou even lost his country. Can Liu Wuzhou be far from being defeated like a mountain?

From Xu Shiji down, the pride of the former Wagang Army officers and soldiers has increased unprecedentedly!

"General Chen is really powerful. It can be said that the power of one person has reversed the entire situation of the battle!"

Later, Li Yuan in Chang'an City also got the news that Chen Ying had taken Shuozhou lightly and forced Yanmen Pass.Li Yuan was stunned for a long time, and he decided again and again that he did not have auditory hallucinations. After confirming the news again and again, Li Yuan laughed heartily, and he was out of breath from laughing all of a sudden.

Li Yuan couldn't help secretly rejoicing that he didn't really listen to Ashina Mohe's opinion and traded Chen Ying's head for the Turks to retreat from Hedong.

Li Yuan was happy for a while and said: "I rule the world with literature, and fight chaos with martial arts. I praise virtue and reward talents. Supervisor Pei, tell me, Chen Ying has made such great achievements now, how should he be rewarded?"

"Your Majesty" Pei Ji said: "The matter of the marriage must be stepped up."

"Marriage?" Li Yuan hesitated at the mention of this matter.Li Yuan was born in a powerful family, one of the Eight Great Pillars of Guanlong, and now he is a super royal family, while Chen Ying is just a commoner with a humble background.Although Li Daozong's younger sister is not a princess, she is also his niece, a majestic girl who deserves Chen Ying. Li Daozhen is really wronged.

In ancient China, the concept of "the right family" is very important.There are two pairs of households on the lintel, corresponding to officials of the fifth to seventh ranks, four pairs of households on the lintel, corresponding to officials of the fourth rank and above, as for the twelve households, they can only be ranked above the prince. In other words, even the relatives of the emperor, who are not kings, dare not build three doors and embed twelve household pairs.

But there is a problem, that is, the right family is not only based on one generation, but on the parents and grandparents.There are no outstanding figures in Chen Yingzu, and he belongs to the common people who don't even have a single household.But Li Daozhen's father is also the county king of the eight households.Even if Li Daozhen marries, she should marry the son of a Duke or County Duke, and then marry the son of a marquis, it is absolutely impossible to marry a white son.

Seeing Li Yuan's hesitation, how could Pei Ji not know what Li Yuan was thinking, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, Hou Mochen should be matched with Baicheng County Lord, and he is a good match!"

"Hou Mo Chen?" Li Yuan was slightly taken aback, and said in surprise, "You mean that Chen Ying is the successor of Hou Mo and Chen Chong?"

"To be precise, it should be the grandson of Hou Mo Chen Chong!" Pei Ji twisted his beard and smiled, "According to the information obtained by the veteran, this Chen Ying is the eldest son of the Northern Zhou Dynasty's Great Sima, Zhu Guo's General, and Liang Guogong Hou Mo Chen Chong's eldest son." Former Sui Shangzhu Kingdom, the fifth son of Grand Sima Hou Mo Chen Rui..."

Chapter 50 The Enlightened Ones Can Help

"So that's the case, no wonder!" Li Yuan suddenly realized.At the beginning, he doubted Chen Ying's identity.When the imperial examination system was not fully promoted, the channels for dissemination of knowledge were very limited.

In particular, the techniques of managing soldiers, training soldiers, and using soldiers are all secrets that are not handed down by each school.Chen Ying is just a boy who serves ink, how could he be able to practice military skills, how could he have such profound attainments in the art of war, everything can be explained now.

Chen Ying is the descendant of the Hou Mo Chen family, then everything can be explained.As one of the Eight Great Pillar Kingdoms of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Hou Mochen family was the Marquis of Hou Mochen Taigudu, the fifth ancestor of Hou Mochen Chong.From Taigudu Hou, Hou Mo and Chen Chong's family have served as tribal leaders for generations.Grandfather Hou Mo Chen Yun (Hou Mo Chen Yun in "Northern History") guarded Wuchuan as a child of a good family and settled down in Wuchuan.His father, Hou Mo Chen Xing, was a general in the palace and a supervisor of Yulin.

The Hou Mo Chen family began to make a fortune in the Hou Mo Chen Chong era.When Hou Mo and Chen Chong were 15 years old, he accompanied He Bayue and Er Zhurong to conquer Ge Rong.Follow Yuantian Muping to settle Xing Gao.Then follow He Bayue to defeat Yuan Hao and Chishui Shu.After defeating Wanqi Chounu, he served as General Anbei, Taizhong Doctor, and Governor due to his meritorious service, and was granted the title of Marquis of Linjing County.

In fact, when Hou Mo and Chen Chong were 15 years old, they had already become senior officials at the level of Jiuqing in Qin and Han Dynasties.In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, according to the "Zhou Li", there were six officials, including senior officials, senior officials, and five orders. They were like Jiuqing, Shangshu and other officials after the Qin and Han Dynasties.From this point of view, Chen Ying is still not as good as his grandfather Hou Mo and Chen Chong.

Chen Ying's art of war should be passed down in his family.If Chen Ying is from a poor family, Li Yuan is not in the mood to marry him, not even his own cousin, but Chen Ying is the grandson of Hou Mo and Chen Chong, then there is no problem at all.With the current status of the Mohou Chen family, it is still the leading wealthy family in Lingnan.

Marriage with the Hou Mo Chen family will not only allow the Tang Dynasty to be a good general, but also give the Tang Dynasty a foreseeable dawn of Jinglue Lingnan.At this time, the second son of Hou Mo Chen Chong was the former general of the Sui Dynasty, the governor of Guizhou, and the military forces of the Seventeen Prefectures, and he was granted the title of Duke of Shengping.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan said: "Jian Pei, who is the person in charge of Hou Mochen's family in Chang'an?"

Pei Ji said: "It's the second son of Hou Mo Chen Ying, Duke of Shengping County Mo Chenqianhui."

Li Yuan thought for a while and said: "Chen Ying is now the official in charge of Lingzhou, and it may not be a good thing for him to be promoted again. In the former Sui Dynasty, a decree was decreed to deprive his father, Marquis Mo Chen Rui, of his official title. I think of Chen Ying's merits and give him a posthumous gift." For the Duke of Zhu Kingdom and Qinghe County!"

"Great kindness!" Pei Ji said; "Your Majesty, the matter of marriage!"

"Leave it to you to handle it!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

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Yanmen Pass, the night has gradually shrouded down.The heat of the day has also subsided a bit.

In Tianxing Emperor Liu Wuzhou's camp at Yanmen Pass, Liu Wuzhou was holding a bowl of sour plum soup, quietly staring at the soup bowl in a trance. "Jinzhang, I'm still not at ease. Chen Ying'er divides up 2 troops. If Loufan Pass is stormed, Loufan Pass may not be able to hold on. If Loufan is lost, Taiyuan City will have no danger to defend!"

Fan Junzhang hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, you want the minister to lead the army to support Loufan Pass?"

Liu Wuzhou was about to nod his head, but suddenly a flash of light flashed in his head, and Liu Wuzhou suddenly said: "I almost missed a big deal!"

Fan Junzhang said; "Your Majesty means..."

Liu Wuzhou said: "What if Chen Ying's division of troops is fake, and his real purpose is not Loufan Pass, but Yanmen Pass?"

"This..." Fan Junzhang said hesitantly: "It is not impossible. Chen Ying's troops are mostly cavalry, which is convenient for maneuvering. Even if the mountain road is more than three hundred miles away, it is not a day and a half. If you see the tower If the defense is insufficient, Fan will definitely attack Lou Fan, and if Lou Fan cannot break through, he will attack Yanmen Pass instead!"

While he was talking, a military officer rushed in with disheveled clothes. He knelt down in front of Liu Wuzhou and screamed repeatedly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is not good... Then... that Chen ...the city is under siege?"

Fan Junzhang seemed to have heard a big joke, and laughed loudly: "Yanmen Pass is more than ten miles around, and there is not an inch of wood. What kind of attack does Chen Ying use?"

Liu Wuzhou said: "What kind of attack is used, you will know if you don't see it!"

Fan Junzhang nodded and said, "Yes!"

Although Liu Wuzhou is just a straw king, he is not small in appearance.He also has the emperor's guard of honor. A large group of eunuchs and court maids walked up to Yanmen Pass with incense burners and barrier fans.

When he came to Guancheng, Liu Wuzhou was also taken aback.