The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 445 Li Shimin Advances Westward

There was a moment of silence on the noisy battlefield. No matter whether it was the Sui army or the Zheng army, they did not expect that they were so majestic just now, killing Li Zhengbao and throwing away his armor. He couldn't hold it together, so he was cut off from the horse!

People who don't face the top generals will never experience the terrifying oppressive power of the top generals. In fact, Wei Lu still had the courage to charge Luo Shixin after his own energy and spirit had weakened, which is already a rare performance of bravery.

After a moment of silence, the Sui army broke out into earth-shattering cheers. Even Li Zhengbao got out of the crowd, looked at Wei Lu's body, spat viciously, and drew out the saber at his waist to slash at Wei Lu's head.

"Boom~"

With a crisp sound, a cold spear suddenly protruded from the slanting stab, and swung Li Zhengbao's sword into the air.

"General, you..." Li Zhengbao looked up, and was facing Luo Shixin with a serious expression.

"Although this man is an enemy, he is also a good man, he can be killed but not humiliated!" Luo Shixin glanced at him indifferently: "Let the other side's soldiers bring his body back."

"Here!"

Before Li Zhengbao could say anything more, Luo Shixin's personal guards had already stepped forward, carried Wei Lu's body to the front of the enemy's formation, and retreated silently.

"General, what are you doing..." Li Zhengbao wanted to say more, but he saw Luo Shixin approaching a group of Zheng Jun soldiers.

Looking at the pair of eyes that implied anger, Luo Shi said, "What is the name of this person?"

An accompanying general said loudly: "My general is Wei Lu, the prefect of Xingyang!"

"Wei Lu?" Luo Shixin glanced at the opponent's hand holding the weapon tightly, nodded and said, "He is a hero. I, Luo Shixin, don't respect him for martial arts, but respect that he is still willing to fight for your safety when he is in danger. It was a righteous act of selflessness. Although he failed to stop me, but in order to let the hero rest in peace, you should return to Luoyang immediately! I can't guarantee that you will be so lucky next time, I hope you don't meet my Great Sui Tiejun."

"General!" Hearing what Luo Shixin said, all the soldiers who followed Wei Lu out of the camp immediately cried and knelt down in front of Wei Lu's body.

After Luo Shixin finished speaking, he steered his horse back to the army, and met Li Zhengbao who looked puzzled.

"General, just let them go like this, how will you explain to your majesty?" Li Zhengbao was very worried for Luo Shixin.The enemy general is dead, now is the best opportunity to destroy the army, but Luo Shixin missed it!

"A good opportunity?" Luo Shixin laughed, and pointed his spear at Zheng Jun who was collecting Wei Lu's body: "General Li, look at their eyes!"

Li Zhengbao looked back and saw hundreds of soldiers looking at him fiercely, like a pack of wounded wolves.

"This is..." Li Zhengbao swallowed subconsciously. Although he didn't pay attention to these soldiers, the eyes full of desire for destruction made Li Zhengbao feel an unspeakable chill.

"The trend of mourning soldiers!" Luo Shixin took a deep breath and sighed: "Just look at the heroic deeds of this man who would rather die than preserve the soldiers when he is in danger, you can know that this man is very popular. If you insulted his body before, It is inevitable that the opponent will resist desperately. Although our army is not afraid, if we lose too much here, how can we fight Li Daozong? Our enemy is the puppet Tang Dynasty. The stronger Wang Shichong is in Luoyang, the more difficult it will be for the Tang army to attack the city , the greater the benefit to our army, this is to use strength to fight."

"You will be taught!" Li Zhengbao smiled wryly. Since Luo Cheng was born, not only has Luo Shixin's martial arts improved and become more stable, but even his military strategy has improved a lot.

"It's just that our army confronts him like this?" Li Zhengbao looked at Luo Shixin, they are pioneers!Wouldn't it be ridiculous to confront a remnant soldier who lost his general for a long time?More importantly, their task is also very heavy, to stop the Tang army in the south of Henan County.

"The situation of mourning soldiers cannot last long. If the war started before, the enemy might fight to the death, but after this stagnation, the morale will be exhausted. It is very easy to be shattered when we fight again." Luo Shixin's eyes were calm, as if in this world. Everything seems to be unable to make him have the slightest mood swing.

The reason why Wei Lu's body was sent back before was that he admired him as a human being, but he still hoped that he would retreat so as not to become a dagger stabbing him.

"The general is wise!" Li Zhengbao said with shame.

"It's not that I'm wise. It's just that you, as generals, don't think about making progress on weekdays, so there is such a gap." Luo Shixin said proudly. He Lao Luo has written marching notes for so many years, and now he can finally train others. He took a look. Enemy camp: "Wait for half an hour, if they don't leave in an hour, launch an attack and annihilate them!"

"Here!" Li Zhengbao replied, they were not tired, even if they rested for half an hour, they didn't have to worry about major changes in the south.

Soon, it was convenient to leave with Wei Lu's body.Luo Shixin sent scouts to monitor and led the army to continue southward.

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Mianchi County is mottled. A few days ago, this military fortress has been dilapidated. The blood on the wall has dried up, and there is a stench. The armor of Zheng Jun on the wall is worn out. How tired they looked, fighting for a long time, even the most elite army, suffered heavy losses at this time.

The Tang army under the city wall suffered even more losses, and the atmosphere in the camp was dull, and screams could be heard everywhere, because it was outside the city, although there were soldiers accompanying the army, the number of doctors was still a little less.A large number of wounded soldiers could only lie on the ground and wailed.

In the big tent, Liu Hongji sat there quietly without speaking, but Qiu Xinggong's eyes were red and he cursed non-stop.

Three days ago, Wang Tai, the guard of Hangu Pass, led [-] soldiers to evacuate to the east. Qiu Xinggong led [-] soldiers to join Liu Hongji under the order of Li Shimin, intending to eat up this army. Who would have thought that this army was abnormal? Fierce, he just broke through the encirclement and arrived in Mianchi County victoriously. Although the army was disabled and the number was less than [-], Wang Taiyou firmly defended the city. With only [-] people, it was almost impossible for them to conquer this city.

Liu Hongji smiled wryly and said: "I didn't expect Zheng Jun to be so fierce. Wang Shichong's defeat is imminent, and the soldiers under his command are still working so hard. It seems that we have underestimated this Central Plains hero. It caused us to lose more than [-] people." Who is to blame!You can only blame yourself for not knowing enough about the enemy.

"No, we have not failed, and we must not fail. Within two days, we will definitely be able to capture Mianchi and capture Wang Tai alive." Compared with Liu Hongji's calmness, Qiu Xinggong was furious, like a mad tiger.

Qiu Xinggong was the son of Qiu He, a general of the Sui Dynasty. He was six feet four feet tall, with big arms and a round waist.

Qiu Xinggong is 36 years old this year. He is not very old, but compared to the Sui Dynasty, who was able to serve as a prefect or lead troops to fight in his teens, he is a 36-year-old man. There are still more than 50 years of official career, but for military generals, at the age of [-], they should become the commander of an army, or move to the court, or abdicate to give up the virtuous.

But Qiu Xinggong is still only a Hussar General under Li Shimin's command, Hou Junji is also a Hussar General, but Li Shimin's most trusted general, and Yuwen Shihe is also a Hussar General, but he also has the Shushi Yushi. The official position above the court has won the trust of Emperor Li Yuan.

Liu Hongji is also a general of hussars, but he is a veteran of the army and has the title of Duke; Duan Zhihong is also a general of hussars, but he is not only the Duke of the country, but also General Zuo Yiwei.

General Hussars looks majestic, but in fact he is a military official with little real power. As long as you throw a big stone into the army, you may hit a generals Hussars. This led to a flood of officials, and everyone was satisfied when they were appointed, but seeing that everyone was in such an official position, everyone became bored with their official positions, thinking that they were not much higher than ordinary soldiers.

The dozen or so hussar generals under Li Shimin's rule are all better than Qiu Xinggong's peers, and Hou Junji and Zhang Gongjin, who are younger than him, have a bright future. Only he, Qiu Xinggong, is still a 36-year-old big head soldier.

If a group of fierce generals in the world were really gathered together for a competition, it would be good for him to be ranked in the top [-]. He is really unreliable as the number one fierce general in the world.

The only thing he can show right now is martial arts, but he knows in his heart that in a year or two, he will go downhill.Therefore, young people cannot understand the pressure he is under. If he can't make it, he will never be able to make it in his life.

Another personal reason is that Qiu Xinggong was born to his father Qiu He's concubine, and his ability is stronger than that of his brother Qiu Shili. When his father died in the battle of Qianshuiyuan, he treated his brother very bad Be respectful, but Qiu Shili was reused by Yang Tong after he descended to the Sui Dynasty, and became the general and earl of the Sui Dynasty. These two official ranks were not high in the Sui Dynasty, but it depends on their high gold content, because the Sui Dynasty There were less than two hundred generals and earls in the dynasty, and if these earls were placed in Li Tang, in terms of their achievements, a county prince would not be able to escape. It's even more powerful. Compared with this, it is obviously ridiculous that the flood of titles under Li Tang Jungong was so suppressed by the Sui Dynasty.What made Qiu Xinggong even more unbearable was that his brother Qiu Shili, whom he regarded as a wimp, held [-] peacekeeping troops in the Western Regions, and was still doing well in the Western Regions. This was very difficult for Qiu Xinggong to accept.

Because of various reasons, Qiu Xinggong devoted all his passion to Li Tang's Northern Expedition, and finally won a chance to make meritorious service. Who would have thought that Mrs. Wang, a bastard, would actually ruin his plan.

As the saying goes, cutting off one's official career is like killing one's parents.

How does this make him not hate Wang Tai so much?

(End of this chapter)