Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Lu Chengqing heaved a sigh of relief, jumped up excitedly, and said, "I knew I would be able to win! Hmph, those mobs can only run amok in the countryside for a while, and the army will be wiped out as soon as they arrive! Let's go and see!"

Lu Chengqing was surrounded by a group of entourages like stars holding the moon and came to the city gate tower. Standing on the city gate tower and looking out, I saw a forest of swords and guns outside the city gate, and more than a thousand officers and soldiers held their heads high and their fighting spirit was high. Hundreds of skinny captives were tied into long strings with ropes, their heads downcast.

Dai Yuanxiang rode that passable war horse, and shouted at the man on the top of the wall: "What do you mean? I fought life and death, and finally came back from victory, yet I am not allowed to enter the city?"

He Zhi, a soldier of the defending Tang army, didn't know Dai Yuanxiang, and was yelled at by his own captain like a grandson, but they really didn't dare to fight back.As the governor of Mingzhou, or the direct son of Fan Yang's Lu family, and the son of Lu Chisong, who led the leadership of the Eastern Palace, no matter what their identities, they could not afford to offend Lu Chengqing.

But in the same way, they couldn't afford to offend Captain Zhechong of Mingzhou.In the army, a Zhechong captain wants to take care of a school lieutenant or ordinary soldier, and if he doesn't make you shit, you're done.

At this time, the guards and soldiers of the city were like mice in the bellows, suffering from the splint gas.Fortunately, Lu Chengqing is here. Seeing so many captives, he is very happy. This is a great achievement. As long as he has a clever pen and clears up the relationship, not only can the disaster of the Mingzhou rebellion be covered up, but the court may There are also many rewards!He excitedly called: "Captain Dai is back?"

Dai Yuanxiang arched his hands towards the city gate and said: "Thanks to the envoy Tolu, Lieutenant Ben led a large army to fight, and encountered the main force of the rebel army at the foot of Chuxiu Mountain. After a fierce battle, the rebel army was defeated and more than 300 people were captured. prisoners, including their leader, Liu Shishan!"

After Dai Yuanxiang finished speaking, he waved his hand, and several soldiers escorted a tall and thin young man in black to him.The young man's clothes were torn, his face was covered with blood, he was very embarrassed, but his head was still held high, and he looked at Lu Chengqing coldly.Lu Chengqing said happily: "Open the city gate and let General Dai bring the prisoners in!"

The school lieutenant guarding the city found that apart from Dai Yuanxiang, including his own soldiers, they were all unfamiliar faces.The captain guarding the city felt that something was wrong, and said cautiously: "Mr. Lu, be careful of fraud!"

Lu Chengqing waved his hand and said with a disapproving smile: "What kind of fraud can there be? Can so many captives still cheat? Open the city gate!"

The guard guard had no choice but to carry out the order.Amid heavy creaking sounds, the city gate slowly opened, and Dai Yuanxiang led his men to escort the prisoners in one file at a time.

Lu Chengqing danced with his hands and feet, and said incoherently: "Thank God, the ancestors bless you, this disaster has finally been settled, and this test has finally passed...Let's go, let's go and see that rebel leader together!"

Before the words fell, there was a sudden killing sound at the gate of the city, and the ropes binding the captives were broken like hell. The listless captives conjured up a dagger and rushed at the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate. The poor officers and soldiers did not know what happened. Something happened, and he fell into a pool of blood.The more than 1000 "Tang army soldiers" roared in unison: "Kill Tang dog, revenge!"

All the rebel soldiers poured into the city like a flood that broke a bank, and the city suddenly became chaotic!

The loss of the Mingzhou city gate directly caused Mingzhou city to be like a big girl with her clothes ripped off, letting everyone ravage her.Liu Shishan was already very brave, he took the lead, and all the rebel soldiers followed Liu Shishan into the city.

On June 29th in the sixth year of Wude, the city of Mingzhou was broken.

At the same time, Liu Shishan, who had great political foresight, set up an altar outside the Wanchun Palace of Xiaguo in Mingzhou to pay homage to Dou Jiande, and told the people in Shandong and Hebei that the reason for his rebellion was to avenge the death of King Xia. The general, the Turks in the north, connected with the former Ministry of King Xia, and at the same time contacted other forces that rebelled against Li and Tang, preparing to launch a larger-scale military operation against the Tang Dynasty.

Cui Yuanxun, the former general manager of Dou Jiande's Shenzhou, also immediately responded to Liu Shishan. Cui Yuanxun, who had abandoned his official position, secretly summoned more than a dozen dead men, hid them in a fruit and vegetable cart, and directly entered the camp of the Tunwei Army General Wang Xingmin in Liting Tunwei .Originally, Cui Yuanxun was planning to take the opportunity to burn Wang Xingmin's food and grass, or take the opportunity to poison and kill the soldiers of the Tang Army Tunwei Army.

Never thinking that man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, Tang Tunwei General Wang Xingmin took only a few dozen guards to the Huotou Army barracks to inspect the food provided by the Huotou Army to the soldiers.Cui Yuanxun was really kind, and he directly launched an attack, killed Wang Xingmin in the army, and created panic in the army.

The leaderless Tunwei Army was defeated by two thousand rebels led by Cao Zhan. Nearly half of the Tang Tunwei Army soldiers fled, and the rest surrendered.Xu Yuanlang, who had surrendered to the former Wang Shichong of the Li Tang Dynasty and was now worshiped as the governor of Yanzhou, also rebelled. Liu Shishan appointed Xu Yuanlang as the Marshal of Daxingtai.Liu Shishan transferred his letter to Zhao Wei and passed it on to the world. Most of Dou Jiande's old minions responded by killing officials. For a while, Yan, Yun, Chen, Qi, Yi, Luo, Cao, Dai and other eight prefectures responded.

When the news reached Chang'an, Li Yuan did not dare to be careless.On the one hand, he ordered Li Shentong, the king of Huainan, to send [-] soldiers from Guanzhong to attack Liu Shishan. Li Shijiyi attacked Liu Shishan from behind.At this time, the Turks also echoed Liu Shishan from afar, and marched to besiege Daizhou.

On July [-]th of the sixth year of Wude, Liu Shishan led his army to attack and capture Dingzhou, and captured Li Xuantong.Liu Shishan valued Li Xuantong's talent and wanted to appoint him as a general. Li Xuantong sighed and said: "I have received great favor from the imperial court. I was the commander-in-chief of a military mansion. I was isolated and helpless, so I was trapped in the court of thieves. Now I should maintain the integrity of my ministers and repay the country with loyalty. How can you suppress your ambition and accept the official position of a traitor?"

Liu Shishan took Li Xuantong into custody, but while the guards were not paying attention, Li Xuantong used his waistband to hang himself in the prison.

At this time, Liu Shishan connected Turks and Gao Kaidao to the north, echoed each other from afar, and the soldiers were very sharp.In August, Yimao and Liu Shishan attacked Jizhou (now Jizhou City, Hebei Province), an important town in Hebei Province, and assassinated Shi Quling.Gengshen, Tang Tunwei General Yi'an Wang Li Xiaochang sent troops to attack Liu Shishan.

Li Xiaochang fought Liu Shishan, Li Xiaochang lost to Liu Shishan, and then retreated to Xiangzhou!

Hebei Daoxingtai Shangshu Zuo Servant shot Li Shentong and led Xing, Xiang, Wei, Heng, Zhao and other states with a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses, intending to fight Liu Shishan decisively, but Liu Shishan keenly grasped Li Shentong's army. Opportunity, Liu Shishan's soldiers were few, he just leaned against the Raohe embankment, and also lined up a long line of individual soldiers to meet the Tang army.

At this time, it was catching up with the strong wind.Li Shentong took advantage of the wind to attack Liu Shishan. Unexpectedly, this guy was very unlucky. On the way of attack, the wind direction suddenly changed. It was the more than [-] elite cavalry of the Eastern Turks who suddenly broke out and defeated Li Shentong in one fell swoop. Li Shentong lost two-thirds of his army and horses.

The first eighty chapters can kill but not humiliate

The first eighty chapters can kill but not humiliate

When Chen Ying received the Liu Shishan Rebellion in Hebei, he smiled wryly.

Chen Ying tried his best to avoid it, and Li Yuan beheaded Dou Jiande.However, he was just a courtier, unable to resist the emperor Li Yuan, and Dou Jiande was killed in the end. In order to avoid the outbreak of the Hebei Rebellion in history, Chen Ying could only do his best and obey the destiny, and beheaded the chief culprit Liu Heita first.

History, however, has been enormously resilient.Although Liu Heikai died, Liu Shishan, a little guy who was originally unknown, stirred up the situation in Hebei.

Watching Chen Yingzi receive the lost battle report from Beizhou, the window that had already stood was silent.

Li Xiuning asked suspiciously: "Chen Lang, what are you doing?"

Chen Ying turned around and walked to the door, closing the door forcefully, as if trying to shut out these chaotic emotions.It's just a pity that some things are destined.He killed Liu Heita, but Liu Shishan came out.

For the first time, Chen Ying had doubts about the so-called "the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world". When it comes to benevolence, Dou Jiande is much more benevolent than Li Yuan. When it comes to simplicity and pragmatism, Dou Jiande is still higher than Li Yuan.He murmured and sighed: "You are a good person, but a good person cannot win this world!"

Of course, Chen Ying also thought of Li Jiancheng in history. Li Jiancheng was more benevolent than Li Shimin. In terms of governing the world, Li Jiancheng was more than ten times better than Li Shimin, but Li Jiancheng was not as good as Dou Jiande.

Li Xiuning hesitated for a moment, looked at Chen Ying and said, "Are you worried about the chaos in Hebei?"

Chen Ying nodded.

Li Xiuning smiled slightly and said, "Chen Lang doesn't have to worry, even if Liu Shishan succeeds in his plot for a while, it won't last long."

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Maybe!"

"Chen Lang, don't believe me, you are also the leader of the army!" Li Xiuning said, "Let's not talk about Liu Shishan, even if Dou Jiande is resurrected, he will not be able to disturb the situation. ...... Dou Jiande started from Caomang, a specially trained soldier in the army There are too few officers, and too few soldiers with combat experience, but Datang is different..."

Chen Ying nodded silently and did not refute.Li Tang's foundation has been stabilized, and the people of the world have long been tired of wars. They all want a peaceful and stable life. Whoever launches a conspiracy war will definitely be abandoned by the people.This is like Xiang Yu at the end of Qin Dynasty. Xiang Yu tried to be the emperor of Chu, enfeoff the princes, and command the world.However, the people who suffered hundreds of years of turmoil during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were already tired of wars. They believed that only by reunification could wars be eliminated and they could live in peace.

Therefore, Liu Bang can be defeated in every battle, and then he can make a comeback.However, as long as Liu Shishan maintains an absolute victory, he can still persist. Once the battle is frustrated, he will be at the end of his life and betray his relatives.

Li Xiuning said: "Our Tang Dynasty has the support of the nobles of Guanlong. Most of the senior generals in the army are from the nobles of Guanlong, military heirs, and the old background of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. These generals have been trained in the army since childhood. Battle formations, commanding troops and horses... To them, these things are as convenient and natural as eating and drinking water..."

Li Xiuning picked up the teacup, dipped his hand into the tea, and made gestures on the table: "The Battle of Qianshuiyuan, Xue Renguo's generals Zhai Changsun, Chu Liang and others surrendered to Tang, the Battle of Hedong, Liu Wuzhou's tent, Xunxiang, Yuchi Jingde Waiting for someone to descend to the Tang Dynasty... These people are warriors who have survived a hundred battles, about Zhang Xinbu's bravery!"

Chen Ying praised without hesitation: "Yuchi Jingde is indeed a rare general. Speaking of talents, King Qin's tent is ten times that of Donggong's army.

Chen Ying sneered almost desperately: "So, even though Liu Shishan is at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, let's really fight!"

Chen Ying stretched out his hand and gestured, and explained: "Such a large battlefield, 10,000+ people spread out... San Niang, you have fought for so many years, tell me, what will happen?

Li Xiuning said: "10,000+ troops spread out on the battlefield, and it was difficult to communicate with each other. At that time..."

Speaking of this, Li Xiuning's face changed greatly upon hearing the words: "Will Uncle Wang (Li Shentong) lose?"

"Of course it will. Fighting is not about fighting for numbers. If you can fight for numbers, you don't need to fight. You can pull out your own people and compare heads!" Chen Ying said with a wry smile: "Every time I fight, the troops I put in are average. They are all 3 to [-] people, because no matter how many people there are, it will be a situation of fighting on their own at that time... The test will be the individual command and resilience of each leading general, and the test will be the combat experience and fighting will of the soldiers. In this respect...does King Huai'an have an advantage over me?"

Li Xiuning was silent, what Chen Ying said was right.Although Li Shentong began to appease Hebei and Shandong when Li Yuan first established the Tang Dynasty, he had no experience in leading troops in battle.

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning, and said with a sarcasm, "Without unified command and mutual communication, what is this 10,000+ army in the eyes of the butcher who is sharpening his knife?

Li Xiuning had to show a wry smile and said, "That's 10,000+ pigs!"

Chen Ying then asked: "Does Datang still have an advantage??"

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On the edge of the Rao River embankment, Liu Shishan, who was riding on his horse, looked at the bodies of the Tang army in the river with no expression on his face. Under the sun, it looked red, and it was hard to distinguish whether the river water was the shadow of the setting sun reflected by the sunset glow, or the blood water.

Liu Shishan looked at Gao Yuan and asked, "Have the battle results been counted?"

Gao Yuan cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to the General, the statistics have been calculated. In this battle, our Xia army beheaded more than [-] ranks and captured more than [-] Tang troops!"