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

Chapter 548 Chapter 540 Six Northern Expedition Central Plains
With the precipitation of five years, the people in Qi State have already been full of food, soldiers and food are sufficient, and the strength is strong.

At this moment, the Qi State has integrated the resources in the south and fulfilled the conditions for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

However, since the Northern Expedition is going to take place, the roadblocks must be removed first.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is dominating the land of Jianghuai and dying, is the first target of the Qi army's large-scale northern expedition.

After Gao Qi and the ministers made a plan, they immediately ordered Yue Fei and Li Jing to send troops to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

This time to destroy Zhu Yuanzhang, Gao Qi planned to use the power of Wuzhou and Luzhou to march together to destroy the so-called 'Daming'. '

Of course, within these five years, Zhu Yuanzhang had already established himself as emperor and established the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the situation in other places has also undergone tremendous changes!

Among them, Youyan Luoyi was overwhelmed by the attack of the Qing Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, and finally had to set himself on fire in the Peking Palace.

However, before he died, he handed over his family to his son Luo Cheng, and then let him take a sea boat at the ferry, cross the ocean, and join Qin Qiong.

This time, upon hearing that the Qi army was about to launch the Northern Expedition, Luo Cheng also asked to join the army in the Northern Expedition.

In this regard, Gao Qi also agreed, and appointed him under the Luzhou Army, and let him, together with Hua Xiong, be responsible for commanding the cavalry.

Following Dou Jiande's beheading in Chang'an, Hebei's civil and military forces almost unanimously elected Zhao Kuangyin as the new King Xia.

Not only that, Zhao Pu, his adviser, also personally planned the trick of adding a yellow robe, which successfully made Zhao Kuangyin the king of Xia.

It is only said that although both the civil and military officials of the Xia Dynasty agreed with Zhao Kuangyin, Liu Heita was resentful.

In the end, Liu Heita led his troops to fight against him, and Hebei battles broke out frequently, and he fell into chaos.

However, after Zhao Kuangyin obtained the support of Lian Po, a veteran in eastern Hebei, Liu Heitai lacked stamina and could not support him.

In the end, Zhao Kuangyin planned to divide Liu Heikai, and in panic, his guards were ready to defect to the desert and seek refuge with the Hu people.

However, Liu Heikai had an unfortunate fate. When he fled to the vicinity of Mayi, he met Huang Feihu who was chasing the Hu people.

In an instant, Liu Heita was beheaded in Mayi.

Then, after several years of development, Zhao Kuangyin quickly stabilized the situation in Hebei by his own means.

And its strength is still thriving, compared to Dou Jiande's period, it is even worse!

After Luo Yi's defeat, Zhao Kuangyin also saw the right time and sent Li Jilong as the main general, leading an army of [-] into the land of Youyan.

Taking advantage of the chaos in Youyan, he seized Zhuo County in one fell swoop, and then built a defense line around Jicheng to confront the Jinren and the Manchus.

For a while, the land of Youyan was also divided by the Jinren, Manchus, and Xia Jun, and the people of Youyan lived in dire straits.

People from almost all over the world fled to Zhuo County, asking for the protection of Xia Jun.

After Li Jilong saw this moment, he set up a very strict investigation to prevent any barbarians from getting in.

However, it is unlikely that Hu people fish in troubled waters, after all, there are still huge differences in faces!
Of course, great changes have also taken place in the Western Regions within a few years, and Genghis Khan set a big hand.

Yimu Huali continued to lead the army to confront the Xixia army, but Genghis Khan personally led the cavalry back to the desert and went straight into the northern Xinjiang area.

Since there are some indigenous soldiers in northern Xinjiang, they can't resist the wolf-like cavalry of the Yuan army at all.

Genghis Khan won consecutive battles all the way, made a big detour from northern Xinjiang, and went straight into southern Xinjiang.

After some detours and outflanking, Li Yuanhao was besieged in Qiemo County, and the Xixia Army almost existed in name only.

Most of the Western Regions have been completely controlled by Temujin.

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Jiangdong
With the arrival of the decree, Li Jing and Yue Fei did not dare to neglect. After the army was prepared for war and everything was in order, they agreed on a date to launch a large-scale attack on the Ming army.

In the summer of 626 A.D., Li Jing, the governor of Luzhou, and the governor of Wuzhou each dispatched 20 troops.

A total of 40, the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, its military might is like wild beasts.

Due to the accumulation of several years, the Qi State has become rich and its people are well-off, and its military strength has naturally become stronger and stronger.

Hearing about the conquest by the army of Qi State, the Ming court immediately went into chaos.

At the critical moment, Zhu Yuanzhang remained calm in the face of danger, and gave orders in an orderly manner.

First of all, Xu Da was ordered to send [-] troops to defend the center line, Husu area, to resist the breakthrough of Li Jing's army.

He then ordered Chang Yuchun to guard the border of Liyang to guard against Su Lie's advance.

As for the Jiangdu area on the eastern front, Zhu Yuanzhang personally led an army of [-] to defend Yue Fei.

It seems that the Ming army is well prepared, but there are many dangers in it. At this moment, Gao Qi has made up his mind to sweep away Zhu Yuanzhang from the Jianghuai River and break through the obstacles to marching into the Central Plains.

In the meantime, Cao Cao, who is dominant in the Central Plains, after hearing that the Qi army launched a campaign to destroy the Ming Dynasty, he also established a country and proclaimed himself king under the advice of his advisers.

The name of the country is Wei, and it is called the Southern Wei Dynasty. Cao Cao is the king of Wei, and the capital is Yucheng, Liangjun.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cao Cao also received information about Zhu Yuanzhang's request for help. After discussing with his advisers, Cao Cao decided to send troops to help under the threat of dying lips and cold teeth.

Unfortunately, just when Cao Cao was preparing to send troops, the Tang army frequently mobilized in the pass, eyeing the Yingchuan army.

It turned out that before the Northern Expedition, Gao Qi sent envoys to Chang'an to discuss an alliance with Li Tang.

Since Li Tang's power was under the control of Li Shimin at this time, Li Shimin made a decision after careful consideration.

The promise established Gao Qi's proposal to jointly wipe out the world's anti-kings, and then the two countries engaged in a decisive battle to determine the ownership of the world.

Not only that, but Xue Rengui, the governor of Nanyang, was also eyeing him and marching towards Runan County.

Due to external threats, the plan to rescue Zhu Yuanzhang ran aground, and he had to lead the army to resist the siege of the Qi and Tang armies.

However, at this moment, the situation changed again, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Cao Cao, Zhu Wen, and Liu Bei formed an alliance.

For a while, the world presented a delicate situation, the alliance of Qi and Tang against Erzhu, and the alliance of Cao and Liu.

With the alliance, Cao Cao also ordered to open a road in Xuzhou for Zhu Wen and Liu Bei to send troops to rescue.

In the past few years, Huang Chao was defeated by Liu Bei and Zhu Wen, and committed suicide in the army.

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The Jianghuai war was going on closely at this time. With Zhu Yuanzhang's reasonable resistance, the Qi army's offensive was temporarily contained.

Just when Zhu and Liu's reinforcements passed through Xuzhou and marched towards the Jianghai area with all their strength, the Qi army deployed its trump card at this time.

It's just that in the eastern battlefield where Yue Fei and Zhu Yuanzhang faced each other, the killing was inextricably linked.

Zhou Yu's navy took the opportunity to set sail from the port of Changshu and head towards Yancheng, the port of Jiangdu.

Logically speaking, it would take at least a long time to travel from Wu County to Jiangdu by boat.

But the fact is that Zhou Yu's navy arrived in Jiangdu in about five days, which almost killed the Ming army by surprise.

Zhu Yuanzhang arranged on the coastline to supervise all the soldiers at sea, but it was completely useless.

Before the news reached Jiangdu camp, Zhou Yu's troops killed Jiangdu, and then attacked the city all the way.

Frequent responses from all over the world, almost depends on the call!

Afterwards, Zhou Yu continued to lead the army towards Liyang without stopping. When the Ming army reacted, he captured the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Liyang City.

All of a sudden, the civil and military families of the Ming Dynasty, soldiers and their relatives all fell into Zhou Yu's hands.

This time, the reason why Zhou Yu was able to achieve such brilliant results was related to the newly equipped treasure ship.

The new type of sea-going ship was exactly what Zheng He led to improve under Gao Qi's instructions.

During the past few years, Zheng He has completely improved the sea ship, making the sea ship's defense capability stronger.

Its speed is faster and it can sail deep into the sea!

Therefore, Gao Qi also named the ship Zheng He's Treasure Ship after Zheng He.

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After the fall of Liyang, the morale of the Ming army was greatly frustrated, and other Qi armies immediately seized the opportunity to make a breakthrough.

When the battle lasted only one month, the Ming army broke through the entire line of defense. Among them, Su Lie took the lead with Qin Qiong and Luo as the vanguard, breaking through Chang Yuchun's defense.

After a fierce battle, Chang Yuchun was unable to resist, and the line of defense was pierced.

On the way to retreat, they were surrounded by Zhou Yu's troops, and Chang Yuchun was captured.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu and Su Lie joined forces and marched towards Xu Da's troops on the center line to meet Li Jing.

Because Xu Da received the news in advance, he cast a blind eye in advance and led the army to evacuate urgently.

Immediately following, the main force of the Qi army converged and chased after Xu Da!

However, with the breakthrough of the center line and the west line, Zhu Yuanzhang could not stick to the east line, so he had to get rid of Yue Fei's attack and lead the army to retreat.

Immediately afterwards, Yue Fei also sent his troops to pursue, and finally the Qi army surrounded the Ming army on the wild plain of Gaoyou.

Immediately afterwards, the Qi army's nearly 50 troops launched a strong attack on the Ming army, and the influence of the Ming army's family members.

The combat power of the soldiers of the Ming army was greatly reduced, and under several days of attacks, the Ming army completely collapsed!

In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to submit a surrender form.

At this moment, with Zhu Yuanzhang accepting surrender, the Ming Dynasty officially perished!

It is only said that the Zhu Wen and Liu Bei coalition forces, who were galloping to support the Ming army at this time, were still on the way.

After hearing that the Ming Dynasty had been destroyed and the Jianghuai area was completely under the control of the Qi State, the Zhu Liu coalition army made a decisive decision and withdrew their troops urgently.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang has already been destroyed. If he continues to advance, he will definitely meet the main force of the Qi army.

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Following Zhu Yuanzhang's surrender, Gao Qi ordered Yue Fei to send Zhu Yuanzhang and his family to Jiangling after receiving the news.

As for the civil and military personnel who surrendered under his command, such as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and other generals, as well as Zuo Shanchang, Zhu Sheng and other advisers.

Gao Qi was also given an official position, still governing the Jianghuai area, and continued to assist Yue Fei and Li Jing.

After resting for a month, Gao Qi and Li Tang reached an agreement, and the two sides sent troops at the same time to wipe out Cao Cao, Zhu Wen, Liu Bei and other forces in one fell swoop, and carve up Henan.

The agreement was reached, and Gao Qi decreed that Yue Fei would be the general of the Peking University, Xu Da would be the deputy, and lead an army of 20 to attack Xu Si.

Later, Li Jing was appointed as the right leader, the governor of the capital, and Su Lie as the deputy. He led 20 troops and marched towards Huaishui and Huaiyang.

Then, after appointing Xue Rengui to lead an army of [-] to attack Runan, join forces with Li Jing, and must defeat Wei State in one fell swoop!
At this time, Li Shimin also took Xu Shiji as the commander-in-chief, leading an army of 20 eastward expeditions out of the pass, and went straight to Yingchuan.

Suddenly, nearly one million troops descended like a violent storm, sweeping towards the Central Plains.

Quite a kind of behavior that the mountain is eager to come!

At the critical moment of life and death, Wei Wang Cao Cao also convened all the people to resist the Qi and Tang coalition forces from all walks of life.

In the autumn of 626 A.D., the Qi and Tang coalition forces swept towards Wei.

After resisting for several months, Li Jing took the lead in breaking through Huaiyang and entered Qiaojun. Su Lie led the cavalry to attack Chenliu, Jiyin and other places.

For a while, Yucheng, the capital of Wei State, was besieged by the Qi army, and its soldiers pointed directly at Yucheng.

All of a sudden, people in Wei State were almost panicked!
Not only that, Xu Shiji's East Expeditionary Army also defeated Cao Ren in the Xuchang area, taught him his master and apprentice, and then entered the hinterland of Yingchuan.

At this time, with the fall of various places, Cao Cao became anxious and fainted, which made Wei Jun's army even more frustrated!

Immediately, Xue Rengui seized the opportunity and attacked with all his strength. The Wei army was defeated, and the Qi army took the land of Runan.

During the pursuit, Xia Luqi finally confronted Gao Chong in order to protect Cao Cao's safety.

It's a pity that Xia Luqi was slightly inferior, and was finally defeated by Gao Chong's gun, and was pierced by his gun.

As the Wei army was broken through, Cao Cao was besieged in Yucheng, the capital.

Afterwards, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops from the Qi army, Cao Cao became anxious and died of illness!

Immediately afterwards, the city of Yu was destroyed, and the state of Wei was destroyed!

It is only said that with the demise of the Wei State, Qiu Rui, who was stationed in Jibei County, also surrendered and surrendered to the Qi army.

At this moment, with the fall of Wei State, Zhu Wen and Liu Bei's coalition forces could not resist the offensive of Yue Fei's army.

In the end, Zhu Wen died in battle in Langya, and Liu Bei was overtaken by the Qi army when he fled, and died in the rebellion.

When Zhang Fei was also protecting Liu Bei, he fought hard and died!

In the end, only Guan Yu led the remnants across the Hebei River and took refuge in Zhao Kuangyin.

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For a while, the land of Henan fell completely under the alliance of Qi and Tang.

Later, Gao Qi and Li Shimin divided the area, the Central Plains area, Yingchuan, Xingyang and other places near Luoyang belonged to Li Tang.

As for the land near Shandong, it is the land of Qi State.

After the division was over, Gao Qi divided the land of Shandong for unified management and operation.

At this time, the general trend of the world has become extremely obvious!
Changan
It is only said that after this battle, the Tang army expanded its territory again, and Li Shimin's prestige increased greatly, reaching the point of increasing day by day.

In the end, after careful consideration, Li Yuan decided to summon all officials, abdicate, and let Prince Li Shimin ascend the throne as emperor!

After an abdication ceremony, Li Yuan officially abdicated, retired behind the scenes, and became the Supreme Emperor.

As for Li Shimin, he ascended the throne and changed his year to Zhenguan, taking the following year as the first year of Zhenguan.

In the winter of 627 A.D., Prince Li Shimin officially ascended the throne as emperor and divided the world.

At this moment, the young Li Shimin was full of ambitions, intending to calm down the world and end the troubled times.

Li Shimin, the emperor who has been dreaming of since the beginning, the supreme throne, has finally arrived!
Until the moment when he ascended the throne, Li Shimin's heart fluctuated, and he secretly said: "I, Li Shimin, have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"From now on, this world will be the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and I will definitely put down the troubled times and create a prosperous one!"

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Until this moment, Gao Qi, the former confidant, became Datang and the ultimate enemy of the new emperor Li Shimin.

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