Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 695 Li Shimin Returns to Chang'an
The first strong enemy Li Chong encountered was Guo Wuti, the magistrate of Wushui (now Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province).

The old man heard that King Langya was coming to seek death, so he quickly fortified the city and sent people to the nearest Weizhou (now Daming County, Handan City, Hebei Province) for help.Ma Xuansu, magistrate of Shen County (now Shen County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province), led 700 troops to intercept Li Chong on the way. After failing, he led his army back into Wushui County and defended with Guo Wuti.

Li Chong was not stupid, he didn't want to attack the city with crowd tactics.He arranged for a batch of cars filled with dry firewood, and then blocked the south gate of Wushui County. When the south wind was howling, he set fire to the city tower.Everything went smoothly, and the city gate could be breached in a few more minutes, but at this moment, the wind direction suddenly reversed.

The tragedy happened like this. The soldiers who charged ahead were immediately surrounded by fire, and many people were burned to death. The rear soldiers retreated in fright when they saw their comrades burning in the fire.The "heart" died before leaving the army, and the fiasco of Wushui County cast a shadow on the hearts of the soldiers of the whole army.

However, any army that wins a battle during the day will drink and eat meat at night to sum up the experience of victory.If you lose a battle during the day, you will chat around the fire at night, complaining about the coach.

As night fell, the soldiers gathered together to talk nonsense, and a general named Dong Xuanji said: "King Langya's confrontation with the court is a naked rebellion, so he can't get the protection of heaven, so there will be a disastrous defeat!"

Think about it, how stupid an army of 5000 people wants to overthrow Wu Zetian's rule.If the soldiers still had a glimmer of hope when they set off, the fiasco in Wushui County made them completely sober.

Li Chong executed Dong Xuanji, but the price was that the soldiers in the army fled in all directions, and only dozens of slaves from the Li family followed Li Chong.Li Chong was full of grief and indignation, and fled back to Bozhou with the remnant of his troops, preparing to make a comeback, but just as he stepped into the city gate, the gate stabbed him from behind.At this time, it was only seven days before Li Chong raised his troops.

Li Chong is a lonely dancer, a naive prince.

If five thousand mobs can seize the country, I am afraid that anyone can be the emperor.After Li Chong was defeated and killed, none of the princes who had been in contact with him before moved. Li Chong's father, King Li Zhen of Yue, raised troops to respond almost on the day of Li Chong's defeat. This kind of tacit cooperation gave Wu Zetian great encouragement.

On August 688rd in the fourth year of Chuigong (23), Qiu Shenji arrived in Bozhou City.

According to historical records, Bozhou officials cheered Qiu Shenji's arrival, as if nothing had happened, and welcomed Qiu Shenji to the government office with a smile.However, Qiu Shenji's interest was not too high. When he was half drunk, Qiu Shenji waved his hand, and the imperial guards who followed him took down all the officials of the city.

A cruel official who dared to kill even the prince, what else would he not dare to do?Without asking Wu Zetian for an order, Qiu Shenji ransacked the homes of more than 1000 official households in Bozhou City, and then executed them all.

At the same time, Yue Wang Li Zhen announced his army in Yuzhou.In terms of seniority, Li Zhen is the eighth son of Li Shimin, the uncle of Tang Ruizong Li Dan, and the degree of threat is not the same.

On the first day of September in the fourth year of Chuigong (688), Empress Wu Zetian issued an imperial edict: Appoint Zuo Baotao General Qu Chongyu as the chief of the Chinese army, Cen Changqian as the chief of the rear army, lead [-] troops to attack Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and appoint Zhang Guangfu as the commander of the army Spend.

However, Wu Zetian seems to have overestimated Li Zhen.This old man has money and land, but he has very few troops. When the mobilization order was sent to Yuzhou City, only a few thousand mobs were recruited in the end.This is not even a drop in the bucket for Li Tang's rebellion cause.When the news of his son Li Chong's defeat came, Li Zhen understood that the situation was over. At this time, the imperial court's [-] troops were already on their way to Yuzhou.Li Zhen thought for a long time, and finally decided to go to Luoyang to plead guilty.

On the way to Luoyang, Li Zhen met Fu Yanqing, the magistrate of Xincai County. This old man was a confidant sent by Li Zhen to recruit soldiers before, and he was very loyal to him.Fu Yanqing told Li Zhen that two thousand strong men had been recruited, together with thousands of Li Zhen's subordinates, the momentum was not small, and they might be able to wrestle with the imperial court.

With like-minded comrades in arms, although Li Zhen is timid, she is no longer so lonely.

In order to boost the morale of the army, Li Zhen took advantage of the lack of information to spread a rumor: "Langya King Li Chong has already conquered Weizhou and Xiangzhou, and has 20 troops under him, and he will come to join him soon!"

Subsequently, Li Zhen forcibly recruited [-] troops in the counties of Yuzhou and divided them into five battalions.In order to win over the powerful Prime Minister of Runan County, Pei Shoude, Li Zhen ordered him to be made a general, and even married a daughter!There were only a few thousand people fighting the war, but in the end, there were more than [-] officials above the ninth rank who were rewarded.

Obviously, this is a rabble with no fighting power.Except for Li Zhen himself, everyone else was tied to his self-immolation chariot because of threats and interests.Poor Li Zhen, who knew nothing about formations, even prayed for amulets from monks and Taoist priests in the face of menacing officers and soldiers, so that the soldiers would be invulnerable.

Li Zhen didn't want to die, so she could only rely on these illusory things for comfort.

When Qu Chongyu came, [-] units were displayed in the east of Yuzhou City. Li Zhen resisted symbolically for a while, and then brought his youngest son Li Gui, son-in-law Pei Shoude and Hefu family members to end the farce by committing suicide.

This fate is Li Zhen and Li Chong's fate, but it is also Li You and Li Ke's fate, and Li You and Li Ke's conditions are even worse. This is the reality, so Li You can only choose to endure, because he can't fight Li Shimin, Of course, if Li You and Li Ke were at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they would fight Li Shimin together, or even Li You would fight Li Shimin alone.

It is absolutely still unknown who will win the deer, but no, this is the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, and the people's hearts are determined. Even if Li You and Li Ke join forces, the end is already doomed.

Li You understood, and Li Ke also understood, this is why Li Ke did not choose to rebel, because he knew that there was no chance at all, and only fools would do such useless efforts.

Time is like an hourglass. On October 19th of the [-]th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an. All the officials in Chang'an City knelt down to welcome him, and the people were overjoyed. People in Goguryeo believed that the Tang Dynasty had failed, but the fact is that this time the Tang Dynasty's victories and harvests were great. loss, consumption.

The Tang army conquered Goguryeo this time, captured the ten cities of Xuantu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, and Houhuang, and moved 7 people from the three prefectures of Liao, Gai, and Yan. In the Tang Dynasty, Xincheng, Jian'an, and Zhuju fought in the three major battles. They wiped out a large number of Goguryeo troops, and captured more than 1 heads of the Goguryeo army (usually the number of enemies killed is far more than the number of beheads. For example, the Ming army beheaded [-] in the battle of Pyongyang, but Xiaoxi was the first. Army losses exceeded [-]).

Nearly 2000 Tang soldiers died, and [-] horses died.

When Li Shimin personally conquered Goguryeo, the Tang army won many victories. In the one that wiped out Goguryeo's Gao Yanshou Gao Huizhen's 15 troops, the Tang army also captured [-] horses, [-] cattle, armored collars, and a lot of other equipment.

So this time Li Shimin personally conquered Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty's achievements far outweighed the losses.

The people cheered unceasingly, and Li Shimin returned to Chang'an with a little pride, but the only thing that made Li Shimin feel bad was that his body began to have some crises.

(End of this chapter)