Chapter 158 Who is the number one military god in the Tang Dynasty?

In March of the third year of Wude, Li Shimin had almost never experienced any tragic battles since the three months of his expedition. The entire Luoyang was full of all, and almost all surrendered. In late February, Shi Derui surrendered to Li Shimin with his seven prefectures. In early March, Zhang Zhenzhou, the general under Wang Shichong surrendered to Li Shimin with Guanzhou, Wei Lu surrendered to Xingyang, and Wang wanted the Han to surrender to Bianzhou. In just three months, all the counties and counties around Luoyang fell into the hands of Li Shimin, and Luoyang became an isolated city.

The call for the Central Plains to be decided by the first battle became louder and louder in the army. It seemed that in everyone's eyes, they also believed that the war to compete for the Central Plains was coming to an end. In particular, the former generals of Wagang, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng and Zhang Shixiang politely declined Wei Zheng's recruitment and directly surrendered to Li Shimin, which made Li Shimin think that Luoyang City was already ripe and was only about to reach out to pick it.

Only Chen Ying knew that this war was not so easy to end, but instead became even more bloodthirsty.

Hou Mo and Chenxu left Xin'an in great disappointment. Not only did Chen Ying not agree to give him a batch of equipment, but even paid a lot of money to buy it, Chen Ying was unwilling to sell it. Moreover, Chen Ying also told him with confidence that there was no way out to resist the Tang army and that he was a hero in his knowledge of practice.

Looking at Hou Mo Chenxu's back as he left, a trace of worry appeared on Chen Ying's face. Guo Luo looked at Chen Ying in confusion and said, "Master, they are all family!"

"You don't understand. The stronger the strength at this time, the less good it is!" Chen Ying said worriedly: "Lingnan is too far away, hanging out. If he had destroyed Lin Shihong and Feng Ang and occupied the entire Jiangnan in the 13th year of Daye, even if he fought for this life, he could still fight. It's a pity that the time has been lost. As the saying goes, the times create heroes, Hou Mo Chen's luck is too bad."

Guo Luo didn't understand, and Chen Ying didn't explain it to him. Anyway, he really didn't understand it. In fact, during the Wude period, Li Tang also made a series of tricks. For example, Li Yuanji lost the entire Hedong, Li Gui rebelled against Tang, and half of Hexi were lost, and Bashu were beheaded in half. There were also killing Dou Jiande and Liu Heita rebelled. However, Li Tang was like a cheating, soaring all the way. Perhaps this was really the fate of heaven.

If Dou Jiande is more powerful or Du Fu is awesome, in fact, whether Li Tang can unify is unknown. It’s a pity that Dou Jiande is too arrogant. If he hadn’t been determined to be glorious and sent Liu Heita to fight, Li Shimin would probably not be able to take advantage of it.

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Li Yuan was very happy about Chen Ying's tact. What he liked was a clever minister like Chen Ying, who knew the general and advanced and retreated together. If his son became the leader of the army, he would not worry, but once Chen Ying became a flag in the army, he would worry.

But now, Chen used his practical actions to dispel his doubts. The so-called siege secret technique is nothing more than poisonous smoke. In this way, the secret weapon monitoring has been mastered and samples have been made.

Li Yuan even used more than a dozen pigs, sheep, and ten death row prisoners to do an experiment. It only took a quarter of an hour. All ten death row prisoners were suffocated and died. They were extremely tragic, all of which were bleeding from seven orifices and their faces were blue and purple.

With this weapon surveillance, he has nervously created 320 poisonous smoke cartridges that can be fired by the catapult, and has been transported to the front line of Luoyang. Once these poisonous smoke cartridges are transported to Luoyang, it can be imagined that Wang Shichong will be smoked out of the hole like a rabbit.

Especially at this time, Chen Ying surrendered wholeheartedly to the work of reclaiming wasteland, as if he was a great marshal of reclaiming wasteland.

Li Yuan looked at Chen Shuda and said, "I heard that Chen Ying reclaimed wasteland in Henan, and this year he has reclaimed more than 750,000 mu of wasteland?"

Chen Shuda smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not only the case. It is said that Chen Anfu invented a method of planting fences and solidifying soil and building fields in Henan. Using fences to create terraced fields is not only low in cost, but also fast. Chen Anfu ordered the left and right guards of the East Palace, and the left and right guards to lead a total of more than 25,000 soldiers, all of whom participated in the reclaiming of wasteland and land. Xin'an County alone reclaimed 150,000 mu, more than 75,000 mu of peach forests and 200,000 mu of rope ponds, which is expected to exceed 1.3 million mu!"

"Haha..." Li Yuan's eyes smiled into a crack when he heard this: "One and three million mu of acres can be collected for an additional 2 million mu of grain. For the sake of this extra 2 million stone of grain, Erlang can send troops to Hebei at the end of the autumn."

In fact, Li Yuan's appetite was also amazing. When Li Shimin took it away with almost no effort, Bianzhou (now Kaifeng), Xingyang, Guanzhou, Ruzhou, Bianzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Caizhou, Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Yingzhou and other eleven states, Tian Zan, the general manager of Xianzhou, surrendered to his 25 states.

The twenty-five prefectures, almost the entire Jingzhou area, suddenly expanded Li Tang's territory to nearly one-fifth. Of course, this also gave Li Yuan great confidence. At this time, Luoyang was just an isolated city, and no matter how Wang Shichong could fight, he would not last long.

Before Luoyang was defeated, Li Yuan's eyes were already on Dou Jiande's Hebei. Dou Jiande's territory was much larger than Wang Shichong. Besides, unlike Wang Shichong, most of Wang Shichong's subordinates were made by him, and Wang Shichong could not control the place at all. For example, Tian Zan was nominally the general manager of Wang Shichong's Xianzhou, but in fact, Tian Zan was the real King of Jingxiang.

Wang Shichong's land of tens of thousands of square kilometers did not satisfy Li Yuan's appetite at all. The twenty-four prefectures in Hebei could only be regarded as an appetizer at most.

Pei Ji smiled and said, "Your Majesty's account is not calculated like this. The output of this one. Three million mu of new land is limited, and it is estimated that it can produce two million stones of grain. Excluding the consumption of the 25,000 troops under Chen Anfu, and then removing the food for the people, it would be good to have 300,000 stones left."

"Bianzhou (now Kaifeng), Xingyang, Guanzhou, Ruzhou, Bianzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Caizhou, Zhengzhou, Huazhou, and Yingzhou have all surrendered!" Li Yuan thought for a while and said, "What if we hand over these eleven prefectures and Henan Prefecture to Chen Yingjingluo together?"

If you want to say that you understand Li Yuan the most, Pei Ji must be Pei Ji. In the past, Li Yuan was not relieved of Chen Ying, and only gave Chen Yingxu's official position, but not given real position. Now Chen Ying is the right servant of Shangtai Shangtai of Shaanxi, the deputy marshal of the marching, and the appeasement of Henan. If Chen Ying's official position is generally temporary, he has a high rank.

If this rank is returned to the center, it will be at least six ministers or three ministers. That is, all the officials in the court, and the actual positions of Chen Ying will not exceed twenty.

Pei Ji didn't know how Li Yuan's mind changed, and he didn't know whether Li Yuan meant or was sincere. Pei Ji had to tentatively say: "I'm afraid it doesn't match the system?"

"The country was first established, so there were so many restrictions!" Li Yuan said resolutely: "Chen Ying was granted the title of Duke of Liang, the General of the Left Imperial Guard, and the General of the Henan Dao Military Affairs."

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Just as Li Yuan was about to catch Chen Ying, a living treasure, and was urging to death, Wang Shichong was also preparing to continue his physical strength and struggle to death. At this time, Wang Shichong's situation was worse than in history. In history, as the generals turned against each other, Wang Shichong had at least one champion general Shan Xiongxin.

However, in this time and space, Shan Xiongxin was also fooled by Chen Ying.

However, this does not mean that Li Shimin can easily win. Wang Shichong's territory shrank sharply, and his generals also turned against each other and surrendered. However, what Wang Shichong lost was only the vassal force on the periphery, and it was not his true direct line. In fact, except for Wang Renze who lost more than 20,000 troops at Hangu Pass, Wang Shichong's direct line troops did not lose.

When he found that Chen Ying's part turned around and reclaimed wasteland in Henan Prefecture, Wang Shichong hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss matters. In fact, Wang Shichong's situation was very tragic at this time. In addition to his nephew, he only had two or three kittens under his command. Even if he was promoted to the dynasty, he had to take eunuchs to make up the numbers, otherwise he would be dissatisfied in the hall.

Wang Shichong actually didn't expect his nephews to come up with any clever ideas. He was just conveying his orders. Wang Shichong said lightly: "Li Shimin's son has been careless recently, and Chen Ying's son has also been careless. They really think I can let him slaughter? Now is the critical moment for the life and death of our Great Zheng Kingdom. You bastards!"

As he said that, Wang Shichong pointed at Wang Renze without any politeness. Wang Xuan was angry and shouted: "Take the little ones in their hearts aside, either win, sit in the Central Plains, or die. You all know that after becoming a royal family, there is no good ending after the country is destroyed. They can surrender, but we cannot. They surrender to Li Tang, it doesn't matter whether they are high or small officials, and they can still be an official, but we don't even have a chance to survive!"

If Chen Ying heard this, he would definitely give Wang Shichong a thumbs up. At least Wang Shichong had a foresight. Wang Shichong was exempted from death because of surrendering to Tang and saying that Li Shimin did not kill him, and was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Shu with his brothers and nephews. Wang Shichong was killed by Dugu Xiude, the son of his enemy Dugu Ji, the governor of Dingzhou, and his sons and nephews, were also killed for plotting against him on the way to exile.

In the end, Wang Shichong, like Dou Jiande, had his body and head, and his family was destroyed.

After Wang Shichong's conspiracy, Wang Shichong mobilized elite soldiers and prepared to launch the attack after nightfall.

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Li Shimin, who was located in Beigang Camp, heard the news at the first time. The actions of tens of thousands of people were earth-shaking. Unless Li Shimin was deaf or blind, it was impossible for him not to know the news.

Li Shimin took the information and asked in confusion: "What is Wang Shichong doing?"

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "We have intercepted more than a dozen waves of cavalry before. Li Shimin must have wanted to rescue Dou Jiande. Luoyang City is too big, so the messenger we can catch will definitely not be all."

Li Shimin stared at Fang Xuanling and said, "So what?"

"So, Wang Shichong is nothing more than two possibilities!" Fang Xuanling said: "First, use the night to attack my Mount Camp in an attempt to turn the situation around. If His Highness of the Qin King accidentally defeated, Wang Shichong will not only get a breather, but also the newly surrendered Zheng army generals will repeat. Second, Wang Shichong is breaking through!"

"Breakthrough? Is Wang Shichong willing to give up?" Li Shimin said disdainfully: "Is he willing to give up Luoyang City that he had taken away in half his life? Although the world is big, is there still a place for him to live?"

Du Ruhui said: "It really is!"

"Oh!" Li Shimin originally felt that Du Ruhui's thoughts were very ridiculous, but when he thought about it, he suddenly realized.

Li Shimin suddenly rushed to the front of the map and hit the top of Nanyang City with his fist.

Du Ruhui said: "Your Highness of the King of Qin is wise, and Wang Shichong is not nowhere to go. He can still go to Nanyang."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "The terrain of Nanyang connects north and south, and there is both the danger of Funiu Mountain and the solidity of Wuguan in the north. If Wang Shichong leads elite troops to escape into Nanyang and leaves a partial division to defend Wuguan, it does not need to stick to it for long. Ten days will be enough to allow Wang Shichong to calmly clean up Jingxiang!"

Fang Xuanling said: "Then you have to make preparations, one is to prevent the night attack, and the other is to prepare for cavalry and pursue. Wang Shichong's few horses will definitely win many results if they pursue them all the way!"

Li Shimin nodded and shouted: "Zhai Changsun, Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan!"

Zhai Changsun, Hou Junji, and Duan Zhixuan went out and clasped their fists and said, "The last one is here!"

Li Shimin said: "You and the three of you will return to the camp immediately, have a meal and rest, and accumulate energy!"

"Abide by the order!"

Li Shimin said again: "Huang Junhan!"

"The last one will be here!"

"Your troops strictly guard against the Northern Camp and will not let Wang Shichong succeed!"

"Abide by the order!"

"Shi Wanbao!"

"Liu Dewei!"

"The last one will be here!"

"The last one will be here!"

Li Shimin issued an order in an orderly manner. The entire camp began to run quickly like a machine. When Li Shimin finished deploying the entire army, Fang Xuanling suddenly asked: "Do you want to notify General Chen?"

"Chen Ying?"

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "Send a team of cavalry to inform General Chen..."

At this moment, Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't inform him. Anyway, he is more than a hundred miles away from here, and there are many infantry under his command. When he arrives, the cucumbers and vegetables will be cold."

Qin Qiong looked at Li Shimin calmly and frowned secretly.

Li Shimin's selfishness is too strong.

In fact, this is true. Since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

The stinky habit of literati is very prominent, but the open and secret struggles between military generals are also in the same way as water and fire. If Chen Ying had not yet made a breakthrough, Li Shimin would be the well-deserved god of the Tang army and the only belief of the generals in the army.

However, since Chen Ying made his mark, Li Shimin's position in the army has been seriously threatened by Chen Ying. This time, Li Shimin's pressure was very great when he fought against Wang Shichong in the Eastern Expedition. After all, Chen Ying fought hard to reach Xin'an, and he has not fought a battle with casualties that can exceed a thousand people.

Even though Li Shimin occupied all the cities around Luoyang and surrounded Luoyang like an iron barrel, Li Shimin was not happy because of Chen Ying.

Li Shimin decided that he must win a big victory and let Chen Ying see who is the number one military god of the Tang Dynasty.

It was not until late at night that Li Shimin was awakened by a noise. Li Shimin wore armor and rushed out of the tent, stood on the Beimang Mountain, and looked at Luoyang City shrouded in the night. At this time, the Anxi Gate on the north wall of Luoyang City was wide open, and a fire dragon opened its teeth and claws and rushed towards the Beimang Camp.
Chapter completed!