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

Chapter 545 Japanese Invasion?

Xia Jun Camp
"Hey, why is there so much fire in the west, what happened?"

"what happened?"

It only said that the generals who had already discussed the withdrawal of troops couldn't help but gathered outside the tent to discuss after seeing the fire.

At this moment, none of them knew that the fire was exactly the one that was burning the Xiong Kuo Hai.

It wasn't until after watching for a long time, outside the camp that there were shouts of killing and drums, as if the earth was shaking, that the generals felt that something was wrong!
Immediately, Wang Fubao couldn't help shouting; "What happened...?"

But before he could finish his words, his Xia army scouts came rushing to report.

"Night attack by Tang army!"

As this news reached the ears of the generals, all the people outside the tent couldn't help but react for a while.

After a long time, Wang Fubao was worthy of the style of a general, and he was the first to react, and ordered: "Pass down the order and order all the ministries not to panic."

"Organize your own formation to resist the Tang army's attack."

After arranging the military order to resist the Tang army, Wang Fubao felt that something was wrong, so he couldn't help saying loudly: "Send the order quickly, let General Xiong Kuohai come quickly, and the two guards will go first."

"what?"

However, as soon as this remark came out, the scouts handed over their hands and reported that Xiong Kuohai was not in the camp, but it surprised Wang Fubao!
However, now that the war situation is chaotic, Wang Fubao has no time to take care of it too much.

After arranging for the sergeants to send Ling Jing and Song Zhengben away, he personally led the generals to meet the enemy.

Outside the camp, the dust was flying, and the dust and smoke raised by the war cavalry were billowing, but the infantry came galloping one after another.

For a while, roars rang out all around the camp, as if Tang troops were attacking all around.

At this time, Xia Jun had to divide his troops to meet the enemy, which greatly dispersed the army.

Under Tang Jun's roaring offensive, it was already the middle of the night, the moon had already been covered by clouds, and the ground was dark.

Just because they thought it was dark outside the camp, and they couldn't even see their fingers, Xia Jun's soldiers couldn't help but feel scared.

Seeing the dark road outside the camp, I thought of Tang Jun's shouts of killing from all around.

For a while, Xia's army couldn't help being in chaos, and their morale was completely lost!
This is the so-called chaos before the battle, but at this moment of panic, Tang Jun took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

Suddenly, a powerful sense of oppression galloped through. Because Xia Jun lost all morale, he couldn't resist the enemy's offensive at all.

After fighting for only a moment, Tang Jun broke through Xia Jun's camp and entered the camp.

Immediately, generals of the Tang army, such as Shi Wanbao, Wang Junkuo, etc. could not help but rush to kill, cut down the sergeants, and flew the army tents.

Tang Jun almost turned upside down in the camp, but Xia Jun's soldiers were powerless to resist!

At this time, seeing that his side was unable to fight back, Wang Fubao couldn't help but sighed, and gave the military order to retreat.

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The next morning, the sky shines

In the Xia army's camp, corpses were piled up like a mountain, bloodstained, but the tattered flag had already been broken and fell powerlessly to the ground.

Its gunpowder smoke filled the entire camp, and soldiers of the Tang army were patrolling one after another.

All the signs are showing off the Tang army's victory this time.

On the wall of the camp, the handsome Li Shimin stood there quietly, looking towards the direction of the Yellow River ferry.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Sima Yi stood beside him, one on the left and the other on the right.

After a long time, Li Shimin said slowly: "This time Xia's army was defeated and Dou Jiande was captured alive, but the trouble in Hebei is temporarily relieved!"

"Our army should quickly return to the division, continue to besiege the isolated city of Luoyang, and eliminate Wang Shichong as soon as possible."

"The land of Luoyang must be quickly controlled by the Tang Dynasty."

At this time, when Luoyang was mentioned, Li Shimin couldn't help trembling all over, excited, and the golden light in his eyes flashed.

Obviously, Li Shimin's inner ambition is about to move, and he wants to stay in Luoyang as soon as possible to cultivate his own team and influence.

In order to make sufficient preparations for the position of seizing the reserve in the future.

Immediately, Li Shimin turned his head and praised Sima Yi: "Zhongda, thanks to your ambush and deception scheme this time!"

"Otherwise, based on our army's current military strength, it would be difficult to eliminate Xia's army so easily."

Indeed, Sima Yi contributed a lot to the victory over Xia Jun this time!
When Li Shimin set up an ambush on the rocky mountain, Sima Yi couldn't help offering advice. After destroying the Xia army's rescue army.

Ji conveniently took advantage of the darkness without stopping to approach the camp unexpectedly.

Then each army was divided into dozens of teams, scattered all over the place and shouted loudly, so that Xia Jun could not tell the true strength of Tang Jun.

In this way, the Tang army can win more with less, and defeat the [-] Xia army with less than [-] troops.

At this moment, Xia Jun retreated back to Hebei with the remnants in disgrace.

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In 620 A.D., at the beginning of April, Qin Wang Li Shimin captured Xia Wang Dou Jiande in the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain by virtue of his own strategy and bravery.

Immediately afterwards, he set up an ambush on Luanshi Mountain and defeated Xia's army. Even the god general Xiong Kuohai fell under Luanshi Mountain and was buried under Li Yuanba's golden hammer.

Not only that, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, cleverly set up an ambush on all sides to confuse the Xia army with the trick of Sima Yi, his adviser.

In this battle, Xia's army lost troops and generals, captured [-] prisoners, and its military strength was greatly damaged.

In desperation, General Xia Jun Wang Fubao led the remnants back to Hebei in despair, losing the vigor to fight Li Tang.

After the great victory over Xia's army, Li Shimin led the army non-stop, escorted the prisoners and galloped towards Luoyang.

At the beginning of May, before Li Shimin returned to Luoyang, Wang Shichong in the city could not help planning the decision to attack Tangying.

Unfortunately, this was discovered by Du Ruhui, and then Li Yuanji won a small victory in Hanjiacang City, and Li Wang's army lost troops.

Afterwards, Xu Shiji rushed out from the flank with a large army, and the Wang army was caught off guard and was defeated!
If Wang Shichong hadn't evacuated his army in time to return to Luoyang and closed the city gates tightly, the Tang army might have seized Luoyang City.

Unfortunately, in this battle, Wang Renze was stabbed to death by Hou Junji, and Shan Xiongxin was wounded by Liu Hongji.

Not only that, even Wang Yanzhang, who is highly skilled in martial arts, was seriously injured in the battle with the surrendered general Pei Xingyan.

After this battle, the morale of the king's army became even more depressed, and its demise was a foregone conclusion.

However, with the relationship between lips and teeth cold, Cao Cao did not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight after receiving the news of the Zheng Guo envoy's request for help.

Instead, he discussed with his advisers and personally led an army of [-]. With Cao Ren, Shang and his disciples as generals and Xia Luqi as the vanguard, he led the army westward.

After Tang Jun received the news, Li Shimin also took decisive measures to ensure that the plan to destroy Zheng could be implemented safely.

With Hou Junji's [-] troops galloping eastward, he first seized the important town of Yangcheng and guarded the passage to Luoyang.

During this period, no matter how provocative Cao Jun was, Hou Junji could not stand firm!

In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to launch a strong attack. Unfortunately, after several attacks, he was unable to capture the important town of Yangcheng.

Over time, the two armies had to confront each other around Yangcheng, and Cao Jun was unable to enter for a long time.

In the blink of an eye, Luoyang has been besieged for several months, and the situation in the city is becoming more and more critical.

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In the autumn and August of 620, it was the season of scorching heat, and Qin Wang Li Shimin, as the coach, was still besieging Luoyang City.

Moreover, he also communicated letters all the time, telling the emperor Li Yuan to keep an eye on the military rations here to ensure the smooth flow of food roads.

Finally, after a long confrontation, in September, rebellions broke out again and again in the city due to lack of food.

Although he was brutally suppressed by Wang Shichong several times, there were many rebellions, and it was inevitable that he would be negligent.

At this time, the rebel army contacted the Tang army outside the city, and finally, under the internal and external difficulties, Luoyang City fell!

The Tang army entered Luoyang on a large scale, and the emperor Wang Shichong and all the officials were captured from top to bottom.

The state of Zheng was thus declared destroyed!

He only said that after hearing that the state of Zheng had been destroyed, Cao Cao knew that it would be useless to continue fighting.

A line of defense was established in the Xinzheng area, with Cao Ren as the main general, responsible for defending the Tang army in Luoyang.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao led the main force to slowly retreat into Yingchuan Xuchang to rest.

After entering Luoyang, the first thing Li Shimin did was to put up notices to stabilize people's hearts.

Later, Wang Shichong was forced to write a letter and write down the list, and spread it to all parts of Henan County.

For a time, all parts of Zheng State were photographed at the front of the Tang army, and it depends on the spread!

It's a pity that only in the south of Henan, Luhun, Yique and other places have not surrendered for a long time.

It wasn't until the battle report spread to Luoyang that Li Shimin knew that this place had already fallen into the hands of the Qi army.

It turned out that as early as when Wang Mang went to Nanyang to seek reinforcements, Yu Yunwen, Meng Gong and Xue Rengui analyzed.

At this moment, the collapse of Zheng State is inevitable. Instead of rescue, it is better to take the opportunity to carve up Henan and other places under the banner of reinforcements.

After deliberation, it was determined that Xue Rengui would personally lead the army, together with generals such as Zhang He, Gao Shun, and Gao Chong, and Yu Yunwen would join the army and lead [-] troops straight to the north.

As for Meng Gong, together with Zhang Xun, he continued to defend Nanyang and guard against Li Tang.

Then under the banner of support, he quickly entered Henan and other places, and drove straight all the way until Yique guarded the switch.

Xue Rengui turned his face in an instant and commanded the soldiers to rush into the pass and seize the southern gate of Luoyang, Yique Pass.

Almost within a few days, the southern part of Henan Province was completely returned to Qi State overnight.

In Luoyang, Li Shimin only said that after learning that the Qi army occupied Yique, an important town in the south, Li Shimin suddenly felt troubled.

After all, if the Qi army stabilizes the situation in the south of Henan County, it will always threaten Luoyang's safety in the future.

After some thought, Li Shimin decided to take advantage of the unstable situation of the Qi army to dispatch a large army, defeat the Qi army in one fell swoop, and expel him from the country.

Completely regain the land of Henan, stabilize Luoyang, and manage this place!

It's just that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and suddenly, the imperial decree came suddenly.

In desperation, Li Shimin had no choice but to lead the generals to accept the decree, which was strictly stated:
This time Qin Wang Li Shimin led an army out of the Guandong, pacified Wang Shichong, destroyed the rule of the Zheng family, and cut off the confidant of the Tang Dynasty.

Not only that, but he also captured Xia Wang Dou Jiande and defeated the Xia army, causing Hebei's strength to weaken instantly.

Based on this, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, made great contributions in destroying the state of Zheng and capturing Dou Jiande. I am very pleased!

I hereby confer the title of Qin Wang Li Shimin as General Tiance, allowing him to open a mansion in Luoyang, form a team, manage Luoyang, and stabilize the situation.

However, bad news appeared in the imperial decree.

Because Bai Qi, a general of the Qi army in the west, planned to defeat the Hexi army in Lintao, Lu Bu was defeated and fled.

Then Bai Qi led the army to take advantage of the victory to pursue and win the victory in Lintao!
However, Bai Qi did not rest and reorganize. Instead, he turned his guns and took the land of Li Tang Qinzhou with a victorious teacher.

Due to the great victory of the Qi army, the front of the army in Liangzhou was even worse, and the Liangzhou forces Ma Teng, Han Sui and others joined them one after another.

For a while, due to the strength of the Qi army, Li Guangbi, the general of Li Tang who was firmly defending the western frontier, suffered repeated defeats, so he had to stick to Xiangwu, the county city of Longxi.

In order to stabilize the situation in the western frontier, Emperor Li Yuan decreed to dispatch an army from the east, led by Li Yuanji to the western front to resist the Qi army.

As most of the army was transferred away, Li Shimin had no choice but to extinguish his plan to go south to destroy Xue Rengui.

After being awarded the title of General Tiance, Li Shimin ordered skilled craftsmen to build Tiance Mansion in Luoyang, began to form a team, and cultivated his own power.

At this time, Li Shimin began to manage Henan County with Luoyang as the center.

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Autumn 620 AD, October

Just as Tiance General Li Shimin was stabilizing Luoyang, General Qi had already led an army to pacify most of Jiangdong's states and counties.

However, Yue Fei sent the latest information to Jiangling at this time.

On the sea near the sea from Wu County, there were soldiers with short stature and different faces who were slowly landing in strange clothes.

What happened on the coast of Jiangdong?
ps: Continue today, and there will be another update in a while.

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