The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 385 Liu Wu Zhou's Defeat
After Yu Chigong was captured alive, at the behest of Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji persuaded him to surrender, but Yu Chigong refused to surrender.

Li Shimin was not in a hurry, and escorted Yu Chigong to the building. At this time, the flag of the Sui Dynasty was already flying above the city.

It turned out that all of this was a strategy discussed by Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, and Li Xiaogong. They had already figured out Yu Chigong's character and Lou Fan's defense in advance, and asked Li Yuanba to lead 2000 troops to ambush in the woods. They picked [-] old and weak soldiers to fight outside the city to provoke Yu Chigong to fight. When Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji led Yu Chigong away, Li Xiaogong led [-] elite soldiers and took the opportunity to attack Loufan.

Yu Chigong couldn't be convinced now, he was repeatedly defeated by the three children, his face was flushed, his head was bowed and he didn't say a word.

When they arrived in the city, Li Shimin raised the tent and brought Yuchigong to the front of the tent. Li Shimin shouted: "Yichigong, are you going to surrender or not?"

Yuchi Gong yelled and cursed, and only wanted to die quickly.All the generals were furious, and in the end even Changsun Wuji and Li Xiaogong lost their patience. Li Yuanba even advocated pushing Yu Chigong out immediately and beheading him.

However, Li Shimin was not angry, and said with a calm smile: "Well, since you want to die, this general will help you. But if you don't need this general to do anything, you have been defeated many times, lost troops, and lost the city. You just have ten heads. When you go back, It’s not enough for your puppet emperor and Song Jingang to kill you, so just be a ghost loyal to them!” Li Shimin bowed and left his seat behind Yu Chigong, untied him personally, and ordered his horse to be taken away. bring him.

Yu Chigong didn't believe that Li Shimin really let him go, so he got on his horse and slipped around, carefully tasted Li Shimin's words, and felt that Li Shimin was right, and he would definitely not survive after returning home. Then, comparing Li Shimin with Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, Yu Chigong finally worshiped Li Shimin. near.

Li Shimin was overjoyed and immediately promoted Yu Chigong to the rank of general in the army, and said that he would report to the two chief generals Chai Shen and Li Shentong in the future to formally promote him.Yu Chigong was grateful for his kindness, and from then on, he followed Li Shimin wholeheartedly.

Li Shimin took Yu Chigong back, rectified his troops and horses in the building, and collected the prisoners, and then left the general Li Xiaogong with [-] troops to guard the building. He took Li Yuanba, Changsun Wuji, and Yu Chigong with [-] troops to Fen Yang Jinfa, ready to take Liu Wuzhou's lair.Li Shimin's plan was that even if he couldn't win Fenyang in a short time, it would be enough to mess up Song Jingang's position and relieve the pressure on his sister Li Xiuning.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin's men and horses had just traveled halfway, and someone came to report that Li Xiuning was defeated by Song Jingang, and retreated to Bingzhou after losing troops. Chai Shen and Li Shentong ordered Li Shimin to return quickly.

Li Shimin was shocked. His sister and brother-in-law had been familiar with military books and war strategies since childhood, and they were both civil and military, especially their elder sister Li Xiuning, who was better than his elder brother Li Jiancheng. It was his father's arm. This duo actually suffered a defeat. Is this Song Jingang really so powerful?Li Shimin was surprised, and asked the police in detail to find out the reason.

It turned out that Li Xiuning and Song Jingang confronted each other in Wenshui, and Xue Renguo of Bingzhou asked the former enemy to support Li Xiuning after recovering from his injuries.

Li Xiuning was overjoyed to see Xue Renguo. At this time, the news of Li Shimin's successful ambush of Yu Chigong reached Li Xiuning. Li Xiuning thought that the opportunity was coming, and decided to attack Wenshui in three ways.Let Xue Renguo be the commander-in-chief of the left army, let Chai Shao be the commander-in-chief of the right army, and personally command the central army. The three-way army with 6 horses marched to the foot of Wenshui City from the south, east, and north in a semi-encircled manner. Gengtian aggressively attacked the city.

However, Song Jingang didn't give it in vain, he found out that the enemy general in the direction of the south gate was Xue Renguo, he was overjoyed, and immediately reported to Liu Wuzhou to lure Xue Renguo to surrender with a lot of money.Liu Wu Zhou Zhun played and drafted an edict and sent it to Song Jingang before the battle.

Song Jingang then sent his confidants as lobbyists to Xue Renguo's camp to lobby.Xue Renguo really treated each other with courtesy, when the lobbyists took out Liu Wuzhou's imperial edict and named him a one-word side-by-side king, not to mention gold, silver, treasures, beauties and good horses.

Xue Renguo readily agreed. It turned out that Xue Renguo had never forgotten his hatred. The people he hated the most were Yang Yong and the Li family father and son. Surrendering to Li Xiuning was just a joke. He was waiting for the opportunity, so when Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang threw him When the olive branch was opened, Xue Renguo thought that the opportunity to avenge his father had finally come.

He is the main general of the left army, with the military power in his hands, and it took only half a day to instigate ten thousand soldiers under him. A considerable part of these people are old subordinates who surrendered with him. They have illusions about Xue's father and son, and more importantly Yes, these generals hated the Great Sui Dynasty to the bone, and now they heard that Xue Renguo wanted to oppose the Great Sui, avenge his father, and revive the Western Qin regime, and they were all willing to serve him.

At the third watch of the night, Xue Renguo's left army stood still.Li Xiuning and Chai Shao attacked the city with 5 troops, but they entered the city without much effort.But when they arrived in the city, ambushes were everywhere, thousands of arrows were fired, and there were many traps waiting for them, such as horse pits, horse ropes and so on.

It turned out that Song Jingang planned an empty city for Li Xiuning. This time, Li Xiuning and Chai Shaoke suffered a big loss and were trapped in the city. After exhausting their bows and arrows and organs, Song Jingang and Xue Renguo led an army of tens of thousands from the four gates. The fierce battle started at midnight and lasted until the evening of the next day. Li Xiuning and Chai Shao fought desperately, fought bloody battles, and finally broke out of the encirclement.

When they reached a safe area, they counted the troops, and there were only 8000 left in the [-] army.

When Li Xiuning learned the main reason for the defeat, his heart was broken, and he wanted to lead his troops to seek revenge on Xue Renguo and Song Jingang overnight like crazy. After being persuaded by Chai Shen and Li Shentong, he rolled his eyes and was unconscious.Losing so many generals, suffering the blow of defeat, her husband's life hanging by a thread, and the exhaustion of fighting all night, this strong woman finally couldn't bear it, and fell ill in Bingzhou the next day.

This time, Chai Shen and Li Shentong were too busy. After discussing with each other, they transferred Li Shimin back halfway.

After Li Shimin returned to Bingzhou, he first reported his battle situation to Chai Shen and Li Shentong, and then recommended Yu Chigong to him. Of course I am happy, after reporting to the emperor for approval, Yu Chigong was formally appointed as a general.Chai Shen and Li Shentong sent Xue Renguo to the enemy again and informed them of the defeat of Li Xiuning and his wife.

When Li Shimin heard this, he was furious!
(End of this chapter)