I'm a marquis in Datang

The two of them left the room, went up to the gate tower, patrolled around the gate tower, and in a blink of an eye they were already close to Shen Shi.At this time, another sentry came back to convey the news that Tang Jun was about to arrive outside the east city.

Du Qi arrived in Dongcheng and waited quietly.

Not long after, Datang's army appeared outside the city.The mighty Tang army was so dark that it gave people great pressure. When such an army appeared, the situation immediately became overwhelming.

became a great pressure.

After Du Qi saw it, he looked very relaxed.

There is nothing to be afraid of.

All of this was already in his expectation.

Du Qi waited quietly. It didn't take long. The Tang army was already in formation. Herod horses were neighing, and the banners were flying in the air.Li Shimin was wearing armor, and he rode his horse forward.He looked up at the top of Guazhou City, and shouted: "Where is Du Qi?"

Du Qi said: "This king is here."

After a pause, Du Qi said: "Your Majesty came here from Chang'an. Don't you want to take a break to reorganize the army, so you can't wait to attack this Guazhou City? It's just that your army is quite tired, and I'm afraid it won't be able to fight! "

Li Shimin said: "My generals and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Zheng Erlang, are all masters of a hundred battles. It is not worth mentioning that we are on the road. Du Qi, I want to see Su Dingfang and let him come out and answer."

Du Qi looked at Su Dingfang who was on the side after hearing this, and asked Su Dingfang's opinion.Tang Jun came, and Su Dingfang also went to the tower to join the battle.He is now working for Du Qi, and his family has been sent to Guazhou City.After Su Dingfang met his relatives, his family members went to settle in Gaochang City again.

Before this, Du Qi had asked Su Dingfang whether he would participate in this battle.In Du Qi's plan, he didn't want Su Dingfang to come forward, because Su Dingfang would be embarrassed.

It's just that Su Dingfang said that since he surrendered, he has nothing to fear.

Su Dingfang took a deep breath, stepped forward and put his hands on the city wall, looked at Li Shimin outside the city, and said with a sigh of relief: "Su Dingfang, I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin's cheeks twitched, and there was anger in his eyes. He almost gritted his teeth and said: "Su Dingfang, I promoted you to be the governor of Guazhou, have you ever treated you badly?"

"Never treated badly!"

Su Dingfang answered directly.

Li Shimin continued: "You, Su Dingfang, are a general in the army. It stands to reason that you can only stay in the army. It is almost impossible to guard one side. But I entrust you with a heavy responsibility. Even if you are young, I still let you You are in a high position. Before the war in Guazhou, you, Su Dingfang, did not handle things well, and I never dealt with you. Now you have betrayed Datang and me. Su Dingfang, you have let me down so much."

This is specifically sarcastic words.

At this point, Li Shimin knew that it was impossible for Su Dingfang to return to Datang.As long as you are a smart person, you will know that after surrendering, you can no longer shake your mind.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.It is even more impossible for a wise general like Su Dingfang to make such a low-level mistake.

Chapter 951

The strategy of dividing troops

Su Dingfang said: "Your Majesty, I submit to King Xia. The reasons are very simple. One is that King Xia is thirsty for talents, and the other is that His Majesty has improperly employed people. As the governor of Guazhou, I have the military power. But from the beginning to the end, His Majesty let Hou Junji sit in Guazhou .”

"What kind of idiot Hou Junji is, what kind of disposition, doesn't His Majesty know?"

"There is no war at the border, and it is clear that Tang and Xia are safe and sound, but Hou Junji sent people to assassinate King Xia and provoke disputes between the two countries. I wrote a letter to His Majesty, but Hou Junji dared to send people to rob and kill the messenger. "

"When Hou Junji learned that I had arranged two groups of messengers, and that His Majesty had not dealt with him, he openly led people into my governor's mansion and asked me to give him an explanation. Your Majesty, I am the governor of Guazhou, Hou Jun Ji is just a general in the garrison, but he dares to attack openly."

"It's Your Majesty, why did you arrange for Hou Junji to be here? If I don't command the army, it's fine if there is Hou Junji. The problem is, I also command the army. But Your Majesty arranged for Hou Junji to hinder me everywhere."

Su Dingfang said: "There was another Gao Shilian before, who was also holding me back. Your Majesty said that he would trust me and use me, but why, he had to arrange such a person in the Western Regions from beginning to end."

This is Su Dingfang's sincere words.

He actually didn't understand Li Shimin's arrangement, because Hou Junji was useless in the Western Regions, but a bad thing instead.

Su Dingfang continued: "Of course His Majesty arranged, as a courtier, there is nothing to say, I just perform the task. But I said back to Hou Junji, when he was stationed before, I had him stationed in the city. His reason was I am constrained in the city, and I don't like to garrison the city, so that I have become a lone army."

"Hou Junji was defeated, and I couldn't defend Guazhou City, so I lost in the end. I surrendered to King Xia, but my heart is worthy of heaven and earth, and even more worthy of Your Majesty. At least before the city is broken, I, Su Dingfang From the beginning to the end, I never thought of surrendering."

Su Dingfang said: "I, Su Dingfang, have never been ashamed of Your Majesty."

Li Shimin fell silent after listening.

He knew what Su Dingfang was like.

Su Dingfang said that the city was broken, and Su Dingfang had not betrayed beforehand, so that must be the case.

But Li Shimin would not give in. He sneered and said, "Su Dingfang, you are really my loyal minister. I should thank you."

Su Dingfang did not speak.

He just wanted to speak out what was in his heart, to say everything that was in his heart.

That's it.

Seeing that Su Dingfang didn't speak, Li Shimin felt even more depressed in his heart.he

Looking up at Du Qi, he said loudly, "Du Qi, I will give you a choice, release Hou Junji and withdraw from Guazhou, I will let the past go."

Du Qidao: "Your Majesty, the army of Xia Kingdom is not something that can be intimidated at will. Now that Your Majesty is here, let's fight a battle first. I am stationed here, just waiting for His Majesty's army to come. Don't tell me, Your Majesty doesn't want to take Guazhou Take it back? If we have anything to talk about, we have to fight first. After the battle, calm down, and then we can talk about things."

Li Shimin's eyes narrowed, Du Qi was determined to fight!He didn't say much anymore, turned around and retreated to the army formation.In fact, Li Shimin also wanted to fight. He looked at Li Jing and said, "Duke Wei, you arrange an army to attack. Even if Du Qi has powerful weapons, I want to see how powerful he can be."

"Yes!"

Li Jing responded immediately.

When speaking, Li Jing looked up at Su Dingfang's direction, and sighed in his heart, time and fate have created the current Su Dingfang.But from the bottom of his heart, Li Jing was actually happy for Su Dingfang.

The reason is very simple. Su Dingfang was in Datang, and it was not easy to really display his ambitions, because Datang had too many generals and capable ministers, and it was not Su Dingfang's turn to rank seniority.In the Xia Kingdom of the Western Regions, there were not many officials under Du Qi's command, and there were not many generals. Su Dingfang played for Du Qi, and he would definitely be able to show his strengths.

Without delay, Li Jing immediately dispatched and ordered the soldiers under his command to

attack.

Li Jing's arrangement was extremely well-organized.

Bows, arrows, and catapults aimed at the head of the city to launch a fierce attack, suppressing the power of Du Qi, the head of the city.Then, another car crashed into the city gate, intending to break the city gate.Supplemented by the soldiers in the army rushing forward, the soldiers can get close to the city wall in the shortest time and start climbing towards the city wall.

This offensive is extremely powerful.

Du Qi's defensive arrangement on the tower was also extremely sufficient.Even if there were bows and arrows, large stones projected, and even siege vehicles carrying Datang soldiers, the defense on the towers did not suffer in the slightest.Especially when the soldiers of the Tang army approached, wave after wave of grenades were thrown down, rumbling and blowing up the soldiers of the Tang army one by one.

In addition to the other city towers, gunpowder was also projected directly to the Tang army's catapult camp outside the city.The explosion of gunpowder not only killed the soldiers of the Tang army, but also caused countless losses to the catapults of the Tang army.

The two sides fought extremely fiercely on offense and defense.

Although some soldiers from the Tang army climbed the tower, the soldiers on the tower counterattacked and killed the soldiers who climbed the tower in a blink of an eye, so that the Tang army began to attack from Shenshi in the afternoon. No progress has been made.

Seeing this, Li Shimin frowned.