First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 196
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On the same day, Xue Rengao ordered Kaesong to surrender, and Li Shimin took control of Lingtai City. He rescued Chang Da, the governor of Longzhou, from a courtyard in the east of the city.

Li Shimin also led Gao Chong and others to lead the Tang army westward. With Xue Rengao's surrender, all the cities in the Western Qin counties surrendered.

After Li Yuan selected officials to take over the land of Western Qin, Li Shimin's troops returned to the court. Before the meritorious soldiers were rewarded, Li Yuan ordered Xue Rengao, Wu Shizheng and others to be taken to Chang'an downtown to beheaded for public display, in order to comfort the [-] heroes of the Tang army in Gaochai City.

As Xue Rengao's head fell to the ground, so far, Western Qin, which ruled Longyou, officially declared its demise. Since Xue Ju rose up to proclaim himself emperor in April of the 13th year of Daye, two emperors have been passed on, enjoying the country for one year and six months. Xue Qin.

And just when Li Shimin's class teacher returned to the court, the Kanto changed dramatically.

After Wei Guogong Li Mi of the Huangtai Dynasty defeated Yu Wenhuaji, Wang Shichong had already cleared Luoyang at this time, and Luoyang, the huge eastern capital, was respected by Zheng Guogong Wang Shichong.

Taking advantage of the exhaustion of the Wagang Army after the war, Wang Shichong actively organized the army to prepare for the war. He integrated [-] elite soldiers and [-] elite cavalry.

With such an obvious decisive battle situation, Xu Shiji, Pei Renji and others immediately advised Li Mi to prepare for the battle, but at this time Li Mi was proud and complacent, thinking that Yu Wenhua and more than [-] troops had been defeated by him, and no one in the world could do anything to the Wagang Army.

Even Li Mi changed the distribution rules of the Wagang Army and annexed all the trophies instead of awarding meritorious soldiers.

Until Wang Shichong was ready, the army crossed the river, and formally declared war on Wagang. The two tore their faces apart. Huangtai Emperor Yang Tong originally wanted to recruit Li Mi to restrain Wang Shichong, but now that Wang Shichong dominates Luoyang, the situation is already beyond Yang Tong's imagination.

Li Mi was furious and immediately sent Wang Bodang to guard Jinyong City, Bing Yuanzhen to guard Luokou Cang, and Li Mi personally led the army in Yanshi to prepare for a decisive battle with Wang Shichong.

Pei Renji suggested that Li Mi ignore Wang Shichong's army and take advantage of the emptiness of the eastern capital to directly attack the eastern capital. As long as the eastern capital Luoyang is broken, Wang Shichong will lose his foundation.

However, the arrogant Li Mi was angry with Wang Shichong's declaration of war, so regardless of it, he led his army to fight Wang Shichong at the foot of Mang Mountain for a decisive battle.

Li Mi ordered the flying general Shan Xiongxin to garrison Yanshi City, and then personally led the army to garrison on the northern mountain outside the city, forming a corner-like situation. Wang Shichong led the army to camp on the south bank of Luoshui River.

Wang Shichong is very good at guessing people's hearts. The battle is imminent, fearing that the army's morale will not be in harmony, he immediately found a wizard, opened the Zhougong Temple on the bank of Luoshui, and then set up an altar for divination. After some operations, the result of the divination spread throughout the army: At that time, Zaifu raised his troops to fight. This is a battle to quell chaos. Those who fail to achieve an inch of merit will die of plague.

When the "rumors" spread throughout the army, the soldiers were all eager to fight, and Wang Shichong's spirit was lifted up, and he immediately looked for an opportunity to fight decisively.

Wang Shichong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the arrogant Li Mi garrisoned on the North Mountain without repairing the barracks. He immediately sent hundreds of fine cavalry to sneak into the North Mountain and took the opportunity to attack the Wagang Army. Chaos.

Then Wang Shichong led the army to take advantage of the chaos to attack, Li Mi was defeated, Wagang soldiers fled everywhere, Wagang generals Zhang Tongren, Chen Zhilue and others led the army to surrender to Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong won the first battle.

Li Mi fled to Luokou, merged with Bing Yuanzhen, and guarded Cangcheng. However, Yanshi City, which had originally formed a corner, became an isolated city because of Li Mi's defeat. Wang Shichong stormed Yanshi City.

Unavoidable that Yanshi City was lost, Li Mi, who was already defeated, immediately sent Pei Xingyan to lead Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie and others to rescue Yanshi, and the scheming Wang Shichong had expected it, and personally led elite soldiers to set up an ambush in the road. The Wagang Army was worried about Yanshi Shan Xiongxin He plunged headlong into an ambush, slamming Pei Xingyan with arrows in his body, and fell off his horse.

Cheng Zhijie was so frightened that he galloped to the rescue. The horse in his hand was brave and invincible, killing dozens of people in a row. Pei Xingyan picked him up and rushed straight out of the battle circle.

Wang Shichong, who was watching the battle on the hillside not far away, was shocked and angry when he saw this, "Who is this? How brave?"

The general behind him, Fei Yao, heard the words and replied: "This is Cheng Zhijie, one of the four hussars of Wagang, from Jeju."

"You can't let the tiger go back to the mountain, go and chase it quickly," Wang Shichong ordered with a stern look in his eyes.

Fei Yao immediately led the fine cavalry down the mountain to intercept. Cheng Zhijie was so focused on getting rid of the ambushes that he didn't want to flank the cavalry.

Fei Yao rushed down from a high place, his horse was extremely fast, and he stabbed Cheng Zhijie straight with his spear.

"Yizhen be careful," Pei Xingyan yelled when he saw this.

Cheng Zhijie turned around and looked, only heard a stabbing sound, the tip of the lance pierced through the gap in the armor, and pierced Cheng Zhijie through the ribs.

"Ah... the pain hurts me too", Cheng Zhijie yelled up to the sky, the severe pain made him almost fall off the horse, Pei Xingyan, who was shot by the arrow, hugged him tightly, "I killed you".

Cheng Zhi's canthus was shattered, his eyes were red, he turned around forcibly, his left hand held the lance that pierced through his body, and he swung the lance with his right hand, and with a bang, he broke the horse lance in Fei Yao's hand, Fei Yao's face was terrified , before he could react, he was decapitated by Cheng Zhijie's Ma Lixiao.

"Bite the gold", Qin Qiong, who was fighting hard in the distance, heard Cheng Zhijie's roar, and was shocked immediately, and rode his horse to help.

Wang Shichong's face was sullen, and he waved his hand heavily, "Don't let anyone get away."

The soldiers and horses were exhausted, but the Wagang Army fought less and less, and more and more people fled. Both Pei Xingyan and Cheng Zhijie were seriously injured.

Shan Xiongxin, who was trapped in Yanshi City, panicked when he heard the news. He had always been friends with Qin Qiong and others, but now Qin Cheng and others were all captured, which made Shan Xiongxin even more anxious.

Although Li Mi was born in a famous family, he was extremely greedy for money and took the loot all by himself. He gradually alienated Xu Shiji, Jia Runfu and others who were loyal and admonishing, which made Shan Xiongxin, who was loyal to the sky, very dissatisfied.

What's more, Shan Xiongxin was originally Zhai Rang's former general. At first, he was highly valued for his bravery, but as Li Mi's power increased and he continued to recruit direct line generals, he was very cold towards Zhai Rang's former general.

Shan Xiongxin complained a lot about correcting Wu Fu, but now that Wang Shichong captured Cheng Qin and others alive, and came to the city, Shan Xiongxin hesitated a little, and asked to surrender.

"The criminal general Shan Xiongxin is willing to open the city and surrender. There is only one request, and I hope Zheng Gong will agree."

"But it's okay to talk about it," Wang Shichong said, looking very heroic, stretching out his hand.

"I also ask Zheng Gong to forgive the three brothers Qin Shubao, Cheng Yizhen, and Pei Shoujing, and the sin will try to persuade them to surrender," Shan Xiongxin cupped his hands.

Wang Shichong laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Even if General Shan didn't mention it, I didn't intend to harm the three generals."

Shan Xiongxin was overjoyed, he immediately threw down his horse and captured him without a fight.

So far, in the first battle of Yanshi, Li Mi was defeated, Jiangjun Duke Pei Xingyan, Zuowuhou General Shan Xiongxin, Hussar General Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie and other brave generals all surrendered to Wang Shichong.

(End of this chapter)