First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 189
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The next day, Liu Gan led hundreds of "remnant soldiers and defeated generals" back to Anding City in embarrassment under Xue Rengao's supervision.

Liu Gan looked at the Tang character banner at the top of the city and smiled sadly. The general of the Western Qin Dynasty who was pretending to be a defeated army behind him felt bad, and immediately urged in a low voice: "Get out of Kaicheng quickly."

Liu Gan glanced at the man, his eyes were full of sneer, and then looked towards the top of the city, "Your Majesty, the last general is lying in ambush, losing his teacher and humiliating the country, and has no face to live on. King Qin's army will arrive soon, and I hope that the king will stick to the city and show his loyalty."

After the words fell, the faces of both sides were stunned. Liu Gan pulled out his waist knife and wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by the Xiqin general beside him. Several people detained Liu Gan and hurriedly retreated.

"This..." Li Shuliang's face was pale and he was on the verge of falling.

People around hurriedly supported him, "Your Majesty, we are alone, what should we do?"

Hearing the words, Li Shuliang only felt that the sky was dark and the earth was dark. He naturally understood what Liu Gan meant by "stick to the city and be loyal."

Now that Liu Gan has been defeated and captured, Li Shuliang is trapped in a stable and isolated city. If he is not firm in his thinking, he is very likely to open the city and surrender, but others can surrender. How can he surrender as Li Tang's clan.

At this moment, Xue Rengao was furious when he heard the news, and he carried Liu Gan to the city, "Listen, Tang dog in the city, if you don't surrender, you will end up like this."

Then he ordered the soldiers to tie Liu Gan tightly, and dug a hole in the ground, buried Liu Gan's feet up to his knees, and then ordered the guards beside him: "Go forward, shoot ten arrows each, Hit and die".

All the guards were terrified when they heard the words, and hurriedly stepped forward to draw their bows and set up arrows, aiming at Liu Gan and shooting.

When Liu Gan saw this, he looked up to the sky and roared angrily: "The thief Xue has run out of food, and his defeat is only a matter of time. Your Majesty stands firm and waits for help. With the festival of all loyalty...".

Until his death, Liu Gan yelled these words sharply, and the Tang soldiers in the city were all in tears when they saw it.

Li Shuliang burst into tears, drew his sword and cut off the corner of his clothes, "I swear here that I would rather die than surrender."

Tang Jun on the city shouted, "I would rather die than surrender."

Then Li Shuliang ordered people to take all the treasury, reward all the gold and silk to the soldiers, and guard the city.

The furious Xue Rengao attacked the city immediately, but his brutal killing of Liu Gan did not scare the Tang army. On the contrary, it aroused the resistance of the Tang army defending the city.

First, Liu Gan was born in a famous family. His grandfather Liu Feng was the Northern Wei Situ Liu Feng, and his father was the former Sui general Liu Long, who ranked third rank. Liu Gan joined the army when he was more than ten years old. .

Second, Tang Jun saw with his own eyes that Xue Rengao was so tyrannical, whether he was defeated or surrendered, he would never end well under Xue Rengao's command.

It was Xue Rengao who mobilized his troops out of anger and stormed the city, but the whole-hearted Tang army guarded Anding City until it was dark, and Xue Rengao returned without success.

The next day, Xue Rengao ordered to continue the fierce attack. Hao Yuan was in a hurry, pulled Xue Rengao's reins, and tried hard to persuade him: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin's reinforcements will arrive soon, and Li Gui in Hexi is in trouble, and Jincheng is in danger. In order to avoid being attacked by the enemy, our army should shrink. On the front line, it is of no benefit to the overall situation to spend time here to stabilize the small town."

"If you don't break the stability, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart." Xue Rengao had a violent face.

"It's unwise to care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, and ignore the overall situation." Hao Yuan coughed violently, pointed at Xue Rengao's hatred of iron and steel, and said angrily: "When the late emperor was here, he often told him not to be angry and to raise troops. Why does Your Majesty refuse to listen? Now that the army has lost morale and is facing enemies, if the battle continues, the foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty will not be long."

Hearing this, Xue Rengao not only did not wake up, but became even more enraged. He flicked the reins and threw Hao Yuan to the ground, "It's unnecessary for you to bring out the former emperor to suppress me. Today I will break the stability." Then he rode his horse and raised his whip , Take Anding City straight.

Hao Yuan was lying on the ground, his face was ashen, looking at the blue sky, his eyes were full of sadness.

Xue Rengao stormed for a day yesterday, but did not besiege the city. Li Shuliang sent several groups of messengers to ask for help from Li Shimin. Lu was immediately overjoyed.

It's just that Li Shimin vaguely felt something wrong with Li Shuliang leaving Yilu without permission. Yilu City is a city bordering Binzhou and Jingzhou. If the Western Qin Army were allowed to enter Yilu, it would really enter the Gyeonggi area of ​​the Tang Dynasty , this impact is no less than the defeat of Gaochao City.

That night, on the first day Li Shimin was stationed in Yilu City, he received an urgent report from Jingzhou, Xiqin feigned surrender, Liu Gan was defeated and killed, and Li Shuliang was trapped in the isolated city of Anding.

Not daring to delay, Li Shimin ordered General Qiu Xinggong to lead [-] elite cavalry to help Anding in the starry night that night.

After all, the importance of Anding City is self-evident. Anding City is in the west, Gaochai City is in the middle, and Yilu City is in the east. With Anding City, it is a nail driven into the back of Gaochai City.

On the other hand, Li Shuliang, the king of Changping County, is the eldest son of Li Yuan's sixth uncle Xun Wang Li Yi. He is Li Yuan's cousin and Li Shimin's cousin. Or captured, the impact is also great.

And Li Shuliang did not embarrass Li Tang's clan, he put on his armor and went to the city, and held on for another day.

When Xue Rengao was furious in the tent, a soldier rushed to report, "Your Majesty, the military adviser, the military adviser is dead."

Xue Rengao was stunned, the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, and then rushed towards Hao Yuan's camp, opened the tent door, and saw Hao Yuan's staring eyes fixed on the door.

Seeing Xue Rengao's arrival, Hao Yuan held his last breath and hissed: "Withdraw, withdraw, unite with the Turks, resist, resist Er Li", and died.

Xue Rengao didn't even have time to say a word. Seeing that Hao Yuan was planning for Daqin at the end of his life, even Xue Rengao, who was as hard-hearted as Xue Rengao, was a little moved, and then grabbed the doctor, "Military divisions are always in good health, how could they suddenly become seriously ill?"

The doctor was shivering, Hao Yuan's guards beside him had red eyes, they boldly said: "The military master just sits outside the late emperor's tent every night, sick with worry."

Xue Rengao was silent for a long time when he heard the words, and then sighed: "Decree that the troops will be withdrawn early tomorrow morning. In addition, the military adviser Hao Yuanwei will be named after him, the king of Jincheng, the prime minister, and he will be posthumously loyal and buried in the tomb of the former emperor."

That night, with the news of the death of the military advisor Hao Yuan, the Western Qin camp was in mourning. Yuan remonstrated, I don't know how many people will be killed, in the West Qin army, only Hao Yuan can save people from Xue's father and son's knife.

Just when the morale of the West Qin camp was low, a cavalry soldier quietly sneaked into the loess ravine not far away.

　Although there are only a few descriptions of Liu Gan in the history books, I really admire this kind of person.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)