First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 190 Longzhou Changda
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On the night of the full moon, on a hill, Qiu Xinggong stared at the West Qin camp with a look of suspicion, and the lieutenant beside him scratched his head and said, "General, why do I feel that the soldiers of the West Qin are so lifeless? Look at the camp. There were not a few torches lit at the door."

Qiu Xinggong frowned. Although he was brave, he was definitely not a man of no plan. He immediately summoned two scouts, "Now I want you two to dismount and sneak to the enemy camp to find out the situation. Do you dare to go? "

Get off your horse to investigate, and if you are found, you will be close to death. The scouts are all bold and careful elites. They immediately looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Half an hour later, the two scouts came back together, both of them looked happy, "General, the enemy army is defenseless, with white flags and silk hanging everywhere, they should be attending the funeral."

When Qiu Xinggong heard that it was only for Xue Ju's funeral, he was overjoyed immediately and summoned two lieutenants, "I will lead a thousand people to make a surprise attack from the main gate later, and you two will enter from both sides, one from the left and one from the right, and enter the camp. Converge, and then quickly evacuate, remember, the intention is to create chaos, let the Xue thief know that our Datang Heavenly Army is coming, so don't love to fight."

The two lieutenants responded immediately.

These three thousand elite cavalry are Li Shimin's trump card elite, whether it is combat power or execution ability, they are all top-notch, and they will act immediately when the military order is issued.

Qiu Xinggong slowed down his horse and approached the camp gate step by step until the sleeping guard of the camp gate was not aware of it. At this time, he needed to charge ahead of time. Qiu Xinggong held his horse high and shouted: "Charge", Immediately, it rushed towards the gate of the camp like an arrow leaving the string.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes awakened the guards at the gate of the camp. Before they could shout, they were shot down by the crossbow.

At the same time, the fine cavalry of the Tang army on the left and right also launched a charge. For a while, there was chaos in the West Qin camp.

Tang Qi rushed to the camp and kept Qiu Xinggong's order in mind, creating chaos and not wanting to fight. When he saw the fire, he turned over the torches, lit the camp tent, and then walked away quickly.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army has robbed the camp." The general of Xiqin hurriedly found Xue Rengao to report.

The disheveled Xue Rengao got up in a hurry, and shouted: "Beat the drums and gather the soldiers, take my soldiers."

After rushing to the camp, the three roads of Tang cavalry converged. Seeing that Xue Rengao's Chinese army tent was in front of him, the lieutenant shouted excitedly: "General, take Xue thief directly."

But hearing the rumble of drums, more and more Western Qin soldiers gathered, Qiu Xinggong made a decisive decision and "withdrew", then turned his horse's head and retreated towards the road that was hollowed out when he came.

When Xue Rengao put on his armor and got on his horse, Qiu Xinggong led Tang Qi and left quickly.

Seeing fireworks everywhere in the camp, soldiers running around with their heads in their hands, panicked, Xue Rengao's burly face was distorted immediately, the most hateful thing was that this scene seemed familiar, and he couldn't help but get angry.

The next day, Xue Rengao withdrew the soldiers and horses from Gaochai City, and the whole army retreated to Jingzhou Lingtai. Li Shimin led the army and quickly entered Jingzhou to take over Anding. He returned to Chang'an with the bones of Hussar General Liu Gan.

After returning to Beijing, Li Shuliang, the king of Changping County, read Liu Gan's last words in public at the court meeting. All civil and military officials were moved, and Li Yuan was also in tears. Posthumous title: Zhongzhuang, let his heirs inherit the title, and give him a field and a house.

After Li Shimin settled in Anding City, Xue Rengao retreated to Lingtai City. The offensive and defensive momentum was different, and the Tang army forced the Western Qin Dynasty.

Since the death of Xue Ju, the fortunes of the Western Qin Dynasty have retreated repeatedly. First, the mastermind Hao Yuan died of illness, and he lost the two cities of Gaochao and Anding in a row, and then suffered another defeat on the way to Lingtai City.

Longzhou is located in the southwest of Jingzhou and Binzhou, and the three states border. When the news of Xue Rengao's withdrawal from Gaochai City reached Longzhou, Chang Da, the governor of Longzhou, was immediately moved.

Although Chang Da was an official assassin, he was a former Sui Yingyang Lang general who started his family. He was an old minister of Taiyuan. After following Li Yuan in the army, he went on several expeditions. He was a proper military general. .

Xue Rengao didn't expect an attack from Longzhou at all, so he was caught in an ambush again and lost more than a thousand. Chang Da's troops were few, so he had to withdraw to Longzhou.

But Chang Da's move unsurprisingly angered Xue Rengao. Xue Rengao immediately decided to attack Longzhou. With the military order, the Western Qin soldiers complained, and there were many fugitives day and night.

Chang Da was born as a military general, and he was firmly guarding the city. Xue Rengao attacked the city several times but failed.

"Tomorrow you will pretend to surrender to Changda, and you will say that I, Xue Rengao, is tyrannical and innocent. I want to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and then wait for the opportunity to seize the city." Xue Rengao stared at Wu Shizheng and said.

Wu Shizheng is an old minister of Jincheng, loyal, and immediately agreed.

In the early morning of the next day, he led hundreds of people to rush to the city of Qianyuan, the governor of Longzhou, and repeated the words Xue Rengao had given him. He has an open-minded personality, no doubt about him, so he opened the city immediately and accepted Wu Shizheng.

Wu Shizheng is also a brave general, Chang Da admired it very much, and hosted a banquet to treat him generously. On the same day, he played Li Yuan and asked for Wu Shizheng's title. Unexpectedly, during the banquet the next day, Wu Shizheng suddenly rioted and kidnapped Chang Da.

Siyuan City was originally the land of the Western Qin Dynasty. It was only after Xue Ju was defeated in the 13th year of the great cause that Siyuan City and other places were ceded to the Tang Dynasty. There are still people in the city who are interested in the Western Qin Dynasty.

After Wu Shizheng hijacked Chang Da, he united nearly [-] people in the city who were interested in the Western Qin Dynasty, and led Xue Rengao into the city.

In Siyuan County Office, Xue Rengao took the high position and used a little trick to seize the city and capture the general. Xue Rengao suddenly felt relieved, and looked at Chang Da who was tightly bound in the hall. Xue Rengao was actually a rare persuasion.

"General Chang is brave enough to surrender, I will reward you generously," Xue Rengao stared at Chang Da and smiled.

Unexpectedly, Chang Da glared at him angrily, "I am the governor of Tangzhou, the governor of the country. Now that the army has lost ground, I just want to die. How can I bring down the bandits?"

Xue Rengao frowned, but Zhang Gui, the general of the Western Qin Dynasty, looked angry, "Chang Da, do you still know a certain family?"

Zhang Gui was originally a general of the Sui Dynasty, and he followed Song Laosheng to defend Huoyi. When Chang Da accompanied the army to attack Huoyi, he was defeated by Song Laosheng. Zhang Gui had fought against Chang Da at that time.

"I'm a majestic governor, how did I know a fugitive slave?" Chang Da woke up and said in a clanging voice.

Zhang Gui was furious when he heard the words, he drew his sword and wanted to kill him, but Chang Da stared straight at him without any fear.

At the side, Shi Zheng hurriedly stopped Zhang Gui, and looked at Chang Da, a little afraid to look directly, "Brother Chang, I have a hundred thousand warriors in the Great Qin Dynasty, and your majesty is the enemy of ten thousand people in this world. Why are you so loyal to old man Li Yuan?"

"Shut up", Chang Da was furious when he heard the words, "I only hate that the official is blind, and mistook the traitor as a brother by mistake. You should kill me quickly, and don't say more."

After Wu Shizheng feigned surrender, Chang Da treated him very kindly. Hearing this, Wu Shizheng also backed away in embarrassment, not daring to speak.

(End of this chapter)