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

Chapter 540 The Battle of Fate
The dark night gradually faded, and the moonlight that was originally blocked by the clouds also gradually appeared, shining on the boundless land.

With the arrival of this moment, it also means that the prelude to dawn is coming.

Just when the light of dawn turned white, the moonlight that hadn't dissipated swayed over the city, suddenly showing a different kind of scenery.

It's just that, under the last afterglow of the moonlight, the body that was already stained red with blood on the city was even more red!

Let people look at it with a special charm!
At this moment, the city was still filled with gunpowder smoke. Li Shimin slowly climbed to the top of the city with a sword in his hand, looking at the sky with fearless eyes.

At this moment, Li Shimin's mood for the past few days was finally released and relaxed.

Because, at this time, Yiyang City was successfully captured under the desperate struggle of the Xuanjia Army.

The city was piled up like a mountain, and the military rations that were going to be transported to the front line also fell into the hands of Tang Jun in an instant.

As long as there are no accidents, once the news leaks to the front line Changyuan, Wang Shichong will definitely panic.

With the successful implementation of the plan, Li Shimin's tense mood for the past few days was relieved at this time.

After a long time, Hou Junji, the general under his command, also rushed over and told Li Shimin: "King Qin, the general has successfully completed the task, and he is here to deliver the order!"

Before the battle, Li Shimin ordered Hou Junji to lead an army to block the defenders' retreat and prevent the defenders from escaping, exposing the situation here.

Therefore, after a night of searching and patrolling, almost no defenders escaped!

"it is good!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin immediately turned around and smiled happily.

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In the city, next Li Shimin summoned the generals in the army to discuss how to deal with the grain accumulated in the city.

Meanwhile, Liu Hongji said slowly, "King Qin, it is indeed a pity to say that so much food was burned."

"But King Qin, our army is full of knights, and we are deep in the enemy's territory. How can we transport the food back to the camp safely?"

"I mean, even if there is no enemy attack along the way, our soldiers are not enough!"

Hearing this, Hou Junji nodded in deep agreement.

Seeing that the two most powerful generals under his command both agreed to burn the army rations, Li Shimin couldn't help thinking carefully.

After all, this military ration is not a small amount. Although the Tang army is not short of military rations for the time being, it is such a large amount of wealth.

Whoever it is, wants to completely destroy it, there will be a kind of flesh pain!
The key is that Li Shimin's ambitions are not limited to this. After Wang Shichong is eliminated and Luoyang is integrated.

There are also forces such as Zhu Wen, Huang Chao, and Cao Cao in the Central Plains and Shandong, and even Xia Guo, who dominates Hebei.

If the army rations can be retained in this battle and transported back to the camp, then after the pacification of Luoyang, the Tang army can continue to fight non-stop.

Li Shimin can also directly lead the army out of the customs and continue to march.

However, the problem that caused Li Shimin a headache now was how to transport the general's food back in the enemy's territory?

Among them, the shortage of manpower is the most critical problem.

Although Li Shimin is smart and capable of commanding the army, the shortage of manpower cannot be solved with brains.

For a moment, the mansion was silent, and everyone was slowly thinking about the countermeasures, and couldn't help but feel dizzy!
Suddenly, when everyone was at a loss, the guards outside the mansion went straight into the mansion and saluted Li Shimin.

"His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson has sent a letter. He has already led the army and is about to join our army."

Following closely behind, the guards did not dare to neglect, and quickly reported to Li Shimin the words of the sergeant sent by Changsun Wuji.

After hearing this, Li Shimin was overjoyed, stood up immediately, and shouted: "Everyone, it seems that God is helping me now!"

"Originally, the king was still thinking about how to transport the military rations and return to the camp."

"But now Wuji's plan is like sending charcoal in a timely manner, solving this king's problem in a blink of an eye."

Immediately, Li Shimin looked resolute, and said slowly: "In that case, send an order to order Changsun Wuji to lead the army to join our army."

"Let the responding rebels from all over the country continue to drag down the defenders around Luoyang."

"This king promises them that as long as my Tang Dynasty annihilates Wang Shichong in this battle, the rebels who respond will be crowned princes."

After Li Shimin made a promise, the guards didn't stop there, and hurriedly withdrew!
Then he told Li Shimin's words to the sergeant, and asked him to return quickly and tell Zhangsun Wuji.

For a while, Li Shimin's plan also had ample opportunities as Changsun Wuji recruited many rebels.

This time, as long as there are enough people, Li Shimin has the strength to successfully keep the food and grass.

Once the grain and grass are transported back to the camp, as long as Luoyang, the eastern capital, can be captured, the shortened time can also be corrected.

During the time saved, Li Shimin could lead the army to continue eastward, or lead the army northward.

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It is only said that when Yiyang was attacked, Li Shimin cut off all retreat routes.

Therefore, in the few days after the incident, neither Luoyang nor Wang Shichong received the news.

It wasn't until a few days later that Yiyang had a relatively strong defense line compared to Changyuan, so Wang Shichong got wind of it under the scouts' prying.

However, this matter is of great importance, but it is not enough to believe the scout's one-sided words.

After getting the news, although Wang Shichong was nervous inside, he was still more than calm on the outside.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of soldiers were summoned to secretly go to Yiyang to inquire, to see if what the scouts said was true?
For Wang Shichong, his own field battle is not the opponent of Tang Jun, and the only one who can defeat him is Gou.

If you hold on, and drag it until the Tang army withdraws, it will be Zheng Jun's victory.

But if Yiyang really fell, what if the military rations it hoarded were really destroyed?
Then all these favorable situations will undergo earth-shaking changes.

For this move, it is obviously not what Wang Shichong needs to see.

Changyuan City, on the tower

When night was approaching, Wang Shichong did not wait for the news from the scouts, but the soldiers sent by Wang Mang came.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the sergeant could not help but hastily clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the villain is here to see you under the order of King Qinghe."

After Wang Shichong became emperor, he also arbitrarily named the clan as princes, or held real power in the army, or dominated one side.

Among them, Wang Mang was named the King of Qinghe, but he did not leave the capital Luoyang to go to the fiefdom.

But under Wang Shichong's persuasion, he stayed in Luoyang to share the government affairs for him.

As time passed, the sergeant also truthfully reported to Wang Shichong the military situation around Luoyang.

It was said that Wang Shichong was almost unable to stand still. If he hadn't been wearing the battlements, he might have fallen down.

However, when Wang Shichong hadn't recovered from his breath, the scouts who were ordered to investigate returned together.

Afterwards, all the scouts reported one by one, proving that Yiyang's seizure was absolutely true.

Hearing this, suddenly, Wang Shichong couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Shichong's eyeliner gradually turned black, and then he fainted slowly and weakly.

Suddenly, Wang Jun went up and down, shocked, and Wang Shichong fainted under a series of blows.

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It was not until the next day, in Changyuan City, inside the mansion, that Wang Shichong woke up slowly.

Immediately, Wang Shichong recalled the current situation and couldn't help but feel dizzy.

A sense of crisis arises spontaneously, but after a while, there are tears!

After a long time, Wang Renze, a son of the clan, stood up and said slowly: "Brother Emperor, Li Tang is now attacking our army's grain depot."

"As a result, the surrounding area of ​​my capital city has been surrounded by smoke and smoke, and the situation has become complicated and confusing."

"Therefore, I invite you to fight, and I am willing to lead the army back first and defeat Li Tang's army."

"Brother Huang then stabilized the situation and slowly rushed to Luoyang for rescue."

However, following Wang Renze's words, it is true, and it is the only solution now.

After all, even if he wants to return to rescue places, Wang Shichong can't just walk away.

It is also necessary to stabilize the situation here first before returning to rescue after leading the army.

Otherwise, once Li Tangjun took the opportunity to occupy this place, it would add fuel to the already bad situation.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Shichong also made up his mind, and then led [-] Jianghuai troops to the battle with Wang Renze as the main general.

In view of the fact that it was Li Shimin who raided Yiyang this time, Wang Shichong did not dare to neglect, so when distributing troops, he dispatched the elite Jianghuai troops from the generals.

Later, because Li Yuanba blasted open the city gate with his flesh and blood with double hammers, all the generals of Zheng Jun were shocked!

Therefore, Wang Shichong also let Yu Wencheng, his son who had escaped, go with the army when Yu Wenhua was destroyed.

Although Yuwen Chengdu's strength may not be able to stop Li Yuanba.

But now Zheng Jun, only Yuwen Chengdu can compete with Li Yuanba.

According to Wang Shichong's thinking, even if he can't contend, it won't be a problem to hold on for a while, right?

Now that the plan is confirmed, Wang Renze will not procrastinate, and will gather his troops that day, leading Yuwen Chengdu, Shan Xiongxin and others to gallop towards Yiyang!

At this moment, Yuwen Chengdu was thinking sadly on the way: "Li Yuanba, the shame of Siming Mountain, I, Yuwen Chengdu, must take it back from you."

Before the thoughts were over, Yu Wencheng exuded a strong murderous aura from his whole body, which made people daunting!
Afterwards, Yuwen Chengdu continued to think back: "This time I, Yuwen Chengdu, took refuge in Wang Shichong, in order to wash away the shame of Siming Mountain."

"The second is to find an opportunity to go to Jiangling and kill Gao Qi, the father and enemy, to pieces!"

This was also when Yuwen Chengdu left and joined Wang Shichong, whom he looked down upon at the beginning.

After all, during the Battle of Siming Mountain, Yuwen Chengdu monopolized the three generals and stole the limelight.

But who would have thought that at the most critical moment, Li Yuanba turned out to be out of nowhere, shattering Yuwen Chengdu's prestige as the number one general in the world.

How can Yuwen Chengdu forget this battle, it can be said that he keeps it in his heart all the time.

It's just that Wang Renze may not know it, but at this moment Li Shimin has already laid out a precise deployment, and he is only waiting for Zheng Jun to go.

It can be said that Zheng Jun will lead the army this time, there must be more bad luck than good luck!
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After a day or two of recuperation, Wang Shichong regained his former style. After discussing with the generals, he led the army out of the city and attacked the Tang army's camp.

As for the reason, it must be the weakest moment in the Tang army when Li Shimin is not in the camp.

As long as one's own side seizes the right opportunity and attacks vigorously, it may be impossible to break through the Tang army's camp.

As long as the Tang army's camp is broken, the situation will be different again!

Wang Shichong can not only lead the main force to take Tongguan directly, but also break into the territory of Guanzhong.

You can also lead the army across the river, invade and occupy Hedong, and even approach Taiyuan with troops to surround Li Shimin.

At that time, even if Li Shimin has great bravery, he will fall into the sand!
At this time, under the personal command of Wang Shichong, Zheng Jun took his position and slowly left the city.

Facing the formation of the Tang army camp, the battle is imminent!
This battle, the battle between Wang and Li, has entered the most critical moment.

(End of this chapter)