The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 537 Confrontation in Luoyang
"Second brother, if our army focuses on raiding the rear of Wang Shichong's old thief."

"Then what if Wang Shichong sees the clue and finds out that the main force of the Tang Dynasty is not there, so he takes the opportunity to attack?"

"In this way, even if I, Datang, succeed in raiding the military ration area, it will inevitably lead to defeat."

"I also hope that the second brother can take the overall situation as the most important thing, and don't take things lightly, and lose the big because of the small!"

At this time, it was Li Shimin's fourth younger brother Qi Wang Li Yuanji who spoke.

This time, the emperor Li Yuan personally appointed the supervising army of the Eastern Expedition Army, and was responsible for regularly reporting the situation to the court.

Obviously, even if he is as close as father and son, Li Yuan is extremely afraid of Li Shimin's methods.

In the past few years since Li Tang established it, Li Shimin's Qin Palace has grown stronger and stronger.

Almost every adviser and general in his mansion was traced by him personally and recruited into the mansion as generals.

Not only that, even Wagang generals Xu Shiji and Xie Yingdeng were valued by Li Shimin, and Li Shimin recruited them with his own personality charm.

Therefore, it was precisely because of all kinds of things that Li Yuan felt jealous, and at the same time that Li Shimin was appointed as the commander, Li Yuanji was appointed as the supervisor of the army.

The name of the contract is to report information regularly, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is Li Yuan's fear of Li Shimin.

A large factor of Li Yuanji's purpose in the army is to monitor Li Shimin and guard against his self-respect!

However, Li Yuanji was like an idiot, obstructing Li Shimin from giving orders and commanding the soldiers to meet the enemy.

Hearing this, Li Shimin secretly said: "This idiot is also worthy of being a general in the army?"

"However, having said that, it's because of my father's distrust of me, otherwise I wouldn't have sent this idiot to the army to monitor me."

"No, I, Li Shimin, must create my own team."

"Only in this way can we get rid of the control of those people in Chang'an. Luoyang belongs to my Li Shimin's Longxing land."

"If anyone robs Luoyang with me, don't blame me, hehe..."

For a moment, Li Shimin's heart was full of thoughts, and his eyes were facing the camp where Wang Shichong was, and he didn't realize it for a long time!
However, Li Shimin's city mansion is so deep, how can it be seen by everyone after some thinking?

Following Li Yuanji's words, the generals became more aware of his ability.

People are so stupid that there are no words to describe them.

As long as the commander is not stupid, he will not send the main force in a large-scale raid. Could it be that he is sending the elite of the army.

Therefore, when Li Shimin heard about it, he didn't talk to Li Yuanji directly, but took the position of the coach directly, "Arbitrarily act."

Li Shimin was unable to complain, and was explaining to Li Yuanji.

Now that the plan was finalized, Xu Shiji stepped forward slowly, cupped his hands and said, "King Qin, which general do you think should be sent around to attack?"

"Yiyang is an important place for Zheng Jun's military supplies. With Wang Shichong's treachery, he must defend here with heavy troops."

"If something goes wrong in the raid, I'm afraid not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but our army will never return!"

"Therefore, this battle is no small matter, we must send a calm general to go."

It's just that following Xu Shiji's words, the generals were alerted.

That's right, this time it's a surprise attack from behind, deep into the enemy's territory, and it must be accompanied by many dangers.

A little carelessness will lead to the annihilation of the entire army of the elite raiders!
Therefore, following Xu Shiji's reminder, Li Shimin also began to think about who should be sent as the main general.

But after thinking about it, thinking about it, he didn't find a general who could be alone.

Seeing that there was no answer for a while, Hou Junji, who was dressed in golden armor, was eight feet long, stood up to challenge, and said, "King Qin, the final general is willing to lead the army!"

"This time we must fulfill our mission, go deep into the enemy's territory, and burn down Zheng Jun's supply road."

Hou Junji's ability should not be underestimated, all the generals thought that Li Shimin would definitely agree to follow him to the battle.

But after thinking about it for a moment, Li Shimin waved his hand to reject his request. Just when the generals were doubtful, he opened his mouth to explain.

At this time, Li Shimin was dressed in military uniform, with a sword on his hips, and said in a majestic voice: "Everyone, this king will personally lead the raid!"

"As for the elite sergeants, the black armored cavalry under the king's command are the main ones, and they will detour east of the river and quietly go deep into the enemy's territory."

"This king has decided on this matter, don't discuss it again, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law!"

I saw that after Li Shimin made his own decision, he made the decision in a tone that would not be violated, and no one could refute it.

At this moment, although he wanted to refute, but because of the military order here, he couldn't say it.

Immediately, Li Shimin added: "As for the king's departure, Xu Shiji will temporarily take over as the commander of the army, and continue to lead the army to confront the main force of the Zheng army."

As soon as this remark came out, Li Yuanji secretly slandered, it could be said that he cursed Li Shimin wantonly.

"Okay, Li Shimin, you actually gave the command to outsiders, not to this king."

"This king is your own younger brother. In your eyes, this king is not as good as a foreign general."

"However, if you are ruthless, don't blame me for being ruthless. You should not have any reason to be caught as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, above the court, you will suffer!"

At this moment, Li Yuanji thought that Li Shimin would personally lead the raid, and that the position of commander would surely fall to him.

However, he never expected that Li Shimin would let the surrendered general lead the army.

At this moment, Li Yuanji almost completely hated Li Shimin, and it could be said that he was burning with anger.

Originally, the relationship between Li Er and him was very bad since he was a child, but now it is adding fuel to the fire and making the situation worse!

Although Li Yuanji is reckless and inflexible, he always has the heart to do meritorious service in battle.

After all, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin had a lot of prestige and achievements in the army because he was in charge of the army all the year round.

Even Li Jiancheng has the merits of stabilizing the political situation internally and taking charge of the inner court.

But Li Yuanji was the only one who hadn't made any achievements since he suffered a big defeat in Northern Xinjiang.

Obviously, if Li Yuanji didn't have any military exploits, he might not have a place for him in the future.

Therefore, this is exactly the purpose of Li Yuanji's willingness to agree to Li Yuan's supervision.

It's a pity that now Li Shimin has directly cut off his path to meritorious service, how can he not hate him to the bone?

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After the military discussion was over and everyone left, Sun Wuji, Li Er's close conspirator, could not help but quietly arrive at his military tent.

Later, Changsun Wuji asked him to lead the dark guards into Luoyang City, causing chaos.

Create opportunities for your own army to attack the city on the front line.

Following Changsun Wuji's suggestion, Li Shimin thought about it and agreed.

In fact, Li Shimin had considered this carefully. Although Luoyang is the capital of Zheng State, its guards must be strict.

However, since Li Tang's strategic goal is to seize the land of Henan, Li Shimin, who guards the Eastern Front, formed a spy organization a few years ago.

With the development of time, its espionage organization has become stronger and stronger. Although it has not yet been compared with the shadow of Qi, it should not be underestimated!
Wang Shichong has always been Li Tang's confidant and enemy, and his Luoyang city can be said to be full of Li Tang spies.

Even if Changsun Wuji's plan fails at that time, he can safely withdraw from the city with the assistance of the spies without any harm!

It was precisely because of this that Li Shimin agreed to Changsun Wuji's plan.

Three days later, in the middle of the night, the Tang army camp was silent, and all the soldiers in the army fell asleep.

There is only one wearing a black robe and armor, holding a spear and a halberd, and the horse under his crotch is all heavily armored.

This heavy cavalry is the Xuanjia Army, the trump card army that Li Shimin is proud of.

Historically, the Xuanjia Army followed Li Shimin in the South and North Wars, defeated countless enemies, and made great military exploits.

In this life, Li Shimin will also lead the Xuanjia iron cavalry to make great achievements again, raid the enemy's rear, burn down the Zheng army's food road, and make it collapse without a fight!

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin put on his armor himself, and with Hou Junji and Liu Hongji as generals, he quickly left the camp and galloped away into the night.

In the dark night, Xu Shiji was standing on the barracks, staring at Li Shimin's back.

After a long time, he sighed secretly: "His Royal Highness King Qin acts vigorously and resolutely, as long as there is a chance of fighting, he will never let it go."

"From this point of view, it is quite similar to Qi Guo Gao Qi's behavior style."

"Someone has a hunch that by then the world will be a battle between two heroes!"

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In the next few days, Xu Shiji ascended to the position of head coach, temporarily acting as head general.

Xu Shiji knew in his heart that he had to cover for the Xuanjia army at this time, and Wang Shichong could not let Wang Shichong see the clues, which would lead to the failure of the plan.

Therefore, Xu Shiji took the initiative to lead the sergeants to attack, called for battle under Changyuan City, and insisted on fighting Wang Shichong to the death!

Although Zheng Jun's generals, such as Pei Xingyan and Wang Yanzhang, all raised their heads to fight, but Wang Shichong issued a military order prohibiting them from fighting.

As Zheng Jun stayed behind closed doors, Tang Jun's arrogance became more and more arrogant, and he provoked under the city every day.

This is the general Zheng Jun, all the generals took a deep breath and wanted to fight all the time, but they were helpless because of Wang Shichong's military order!
After a few days, because of Xu Shiji's ability to lead the army, Zheng Jun was stupefied, and Wang Shichong didn't find any clues.

As for Changsun Wuji at this time, he had already pretended to be a businessman and successfully sneaked into Luoyang City.

Luoyang City, during the Sui Dynasty, was originally the eastern capital, and its prosperity can be seen!
The streets and alleys are filled with the yelling of vendors, as well as the chanting of poems by scholars in major taverns.

It is only said that Changsun Wuji, who had sneaked into the city, also used his former friends in Luoyang to spread rumors everywhere that Zheng Jun was defeated in the battle against Li Tang on the front line.

His son Wang Shichong's whereabouts are unknown, and news of his life and death is unknown.

The reason why it spread like this is that Changsun Wuji wanted to cause turmoil in Luoyang, thereby creating opportunities for the main force of the Tang army.

During the three days, the spreading of rumors went extremely smoothly, which also gave Changsun Wuji an illusion.

Since he thought that the Luoyang court was nothing more than a group of short-sighted people, then Changsun Wuji unconsciously relaxed a little vigilance.

But it was Changsun Wuji's self-confidence that almost killed him!

Because Wang Mang, who stayed behind in Luoyang, was waiting for this moment.

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At this time, the opportunity has come, and Wang Mang has discovered Changsun Wuji's attempt.

It can be said that today's Changsun Wuji is in an extremely critical situation.

But I don't know, how does Changsun Wuji plan to escape?

(End of this chapter)