In fact, no matter what Li Po thinks, he has taken advantage of it.
Wang Shichong and Li Jiancheng undoubtedly made a loss-making business, Shan Xiongxin defected, and Zhang Shigui disappeared. This war that started as a test started suddenly and ended inexplicably.
But the course of the war would not change, but Li Jiancheng seemed to have seen his father's ugly face after receiving the news, and King Qin's gloating face, so he became more cautious, and his idea of not seeking merit but seeking no fault was finally completed
Gained the upper hand.
Therefore, the Tang army in the direction of Tongguan suddenly became quiet, and it seemed that I would not move despite the wind and rain.
Wang Shichong was the complete opposite of Li Jiancheng. He acted very violently after being severely stimulated.
Of course, there is no need to expect him to play any new tricks, just kill you.
Wang Shiwei, the king of Chu, was naturally fine, but the generals who escaped were unlucky. One by one, their heads fell to the ground amidst Wang Shichong's roar.
That is to say, Shan Xiongxin runs fast, otherwise, his head will definitely fall much faster than others.
It didn't take long before dozens of human heads were bloody and impaled on several high poles of the Chinese army, and kept moving with the emperor's carriage. The horrific scene looked in the eyes of the soldiers, as if there was a demon king from hell living here.
generally.
The black flames of hell are gathering and burning above the head of Emperor Zheng. It can burn others to ashes, but is also roasting himself. Only Wang Shichong himself thinks that this is the aura of a serious emperor.
He didn't pay attention to the whispers of the generals, he just enjoyed the fearful eyes they looked at him. He was still swimming in a sweet dream. There was only one emperor here. If they didn't follow him, who else could they follow?
At this point, he actually understood. He felt that he could still bear the loss of 50,000 troops. Sooner or later, the bandit Shan Xiongxin would be captured and skinned and boned like Li Mi. Those Wagang surrendered generals would also be honest.
Already.
This descendant of the Hu people from the Western Regions is undoubtedly a little crazy. In essence, he is no different from Yang Guang nine years after the great cause. They fell into paranoia and refused to admit any failure, so failures followed one after another.
There was no shortage of cruel and crazy guys in the wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Wang Shichong could undoubtedly be called the leader among them.
But some people were still irritating him one after another. That night, Wang Shichong's army was stationed in Hongnong. The killings during the day frightened everyone in the army. Even people like Chen Guogong Duan Da were unwilling to approach the bloody Central Palace again.
The military tent is closed.
In the night, the army was silent. Some figures pulled the horses that had already wrapped their hooves and gagged their mouths and quietly left the military camp. They didn't get on their horses until they were far away from the army and galloped away to the west.
It was not until dawn that Wang Shichong was carefully woken up from his sleep by his attendants, who told him stammeringly that Duke Ji, General Cheng Zhijie, Duke Li, and General Longxiang Qin Qiong were missing.
Wang Shichong, who was a little confused, was still thinking, how could these two generals whom he always respected disappear? Did they go to inspect the military camp and bother him with such a trivial matter, making him impatient?
The attendant tried hard to control his fear and handed over a letter. It was a letter left by Cheng Zhijie and Qin Qiong.
The main idea of the letter is that we two have been humbled by the prince, and you have treated us well. We are grateful, but we are also heroes. We originally planned to help the virtuous lord and make great achievements, but look at what you are like now, so cruel and frantic.
Who dares to continue to follow you?
As the old saying goes, if you come together and don't come together, you go, so we'll take our leave first, so you don't have to send them off.
Well, the two Shandong thieves escaped quietly. What's even more detestable than Shan Xiongxin is that these two guys made no mistakes at all and escaped just when they were about to be reused.
Wang Shichong, who was naturally angry, tore the letter into pieces and then drew his sword to kill the attendant. Fortunately, Duan Da arrived in time, otherwise the furious Wang Shichong might have washed the Chinese army's tent with blood.
In fact, what Wang Shichong didn't know was that Qin Qiong and Qin Qiong were harmed by Shan Xiongxin. Fortunately for them, Shan Xiongxin's letter happened to fall into the hands of Qin Qiong's confidant, leaving the two of them with the initiative.
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The friendship between Cheng Zhijie and Qin Qiong has always been "good", mainly because they are fellow townsmen in Shandong and have known each other many years ago.
The experiences of the two men were very different. Cheng Zhijie was a private salt dealer, and later he led a group of veterans who had returned from the Liaodong expedition to start a rebellion in his hometown.
But Qin Qiong was already with Zhang Xutuo at that time, so the two were considered enemies at that time, but Cheng Zhijie made too little noise to let Zhang Xutuo come to his door.
Later, both of them defected to Li Mi, and finally came together. Under the "sympathy", their friendship became relatively close. When they came to Wang Shichong's command, the two of them stood together and jointly resisted the attacks from the Luoyang clan and the old Wagang tribe.
Exclusion and attack.
As a result, many people gathered around them, and their official positions gradually increased, and finally they felt a little bit successful.
But the good times didn't last long. Shan Xiong Xin, who had been suppressed the most by the two of them, gave them a hard blow when he defected, which made the two of them feel frightened.
Of course, in fact, the two of them had already wanted to leave. Wang Shichong, who had no food and grass, and was very cunning and violent, seemed to be in danger. They didn't want to be an egg that overturned the nest. It was just the glory and wealth that they had been reluctant to part with.
It has been delayed until today.
Otherwise, according to their official titles and the unstoppable state of running rampant in Luoyang, escaping from Luoyang would be much easier than others.
At this moment, they can no longer think so much. Who the hell knows if Shan Xiongxin, that bitch, just wrote a letter and sent it back?
If the letter falls into Wang Shichong's hands, both of them know what the result will be. Wang Shichong is already crazy, and they don't want to risk their own lives to see if Wang Shichong's madness is complete.
So the two of them discussed briefly and defected with their confidants, not caring about the lives of those who followed them. People who came out of Shandong had experienced the war in Henan. This kind of xinxing was simply a necessary quality.
Worth the fuss.
A very strange thing happened. His generals defected one after another. Before they reached Tongguan, Wang Shichong's army was already on the verge of falling apart.
Because whether it is Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Zhijie, or Qin Qiong, they all have words and labels such as Wagang surrendered general and Li Mi's old department. This does not refer to one or two people, but a relatively large group of generals in Henan.
It is a group that can compete with the Henan Shi Clan.
They fled one after another, which was like a stick hitting Wang Shichong's head, making him dizzy and at a loss.
The usual methods gradually lost their effect in the face of the achieved results, and even played a role in fueling the flames. The indiscriminate killing left a terrible impression on people.
The rewards and punishments were unfair and the generals in Henan were crazy about killing. Once the Henan generals who were full of different ideas made a mistake, the first thing they thought of was not to stretch their necks and wait for the emperor to chop them down, but to turn around and run away, or to resist on the spot.
Wang Shichong, who wanted to kill again, was finally persuaded by Duan Da. Li Mi's old army had many elite leaders, and they were scattered throughout the army, making it difficult to remove them.
In fact, this is where Duan Da's resentment lies. Forget about those descendants of Luoyang's noble family, it's nothing for us to fight with them, but a group of thieves are running rampant in Luoyang. What's the reason for this?
Of course, a smart person like Duan Da would not fail to understand that the culprit for this situation is none other than the Supreme Emperor.
Therefore, Duan Da, who had been holding a grudge for a long time, came up with a rather sinister idea. Since these Li Mi's old troops were unstable, why not send them to attack Tongguan and consume them under the strong city? Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
The prerequisite is to conceal the defection of Cheng Zhijie and Qin Shubao. It is a very simple and effective suggestion. Speaking of Duan Da's calmness at this time, it is much better than the emperor Wang Shichong.
Wang Shichong suppressed his anger and adopted Duan Da's suggestion. When he convened everyone for discussion, he informed his ministers that he had sent Cheng Zhijie and two people to collect food and grass.
Reluctantly maintaining the integrity of the army, Wang Shichong finally remembered that someone seemed to have said that someone could give him some ordnance by the river and would contain Li Shenfu's army by the Yellow River.
Wang Shichong had always had his own ambitions, so he was forced to marry Li Ding'an, which he regarded as a great shame and humiliation. In his imagination, after occupying Chang'an, Li Ding'an would be the first to attack.
Coupled with the fact that he has hundreds of thousands of strong Henan troops and high ambitions, the "good news" has been hidden until now.
But now, his rhetoric changed again. He told his ministers that Li Ding'an in Jin Dynasty had already expressed his intention to become a minister. As long as Tongguan was captured, Li Ding'an would become my subordinate.
This is why Wang Shichong has a reputation for being treacherous. He often deceives people and goes back on his words. It is probably a fault he suffered while serving Yang Guang, or it may be the nature of the barbarians in the Western Regions. Who knows.
Anyway, since he killed a large number of rebels in Huang Tingjian, this kind of character has been out of control. When he deceives you about big things, it can be classified as a strategy, but when he deceives you about small things, it is a bit unreasonable.
For example, Duan Da suffered greatly. For example, Wang Shichong once entertained Duan Da for a drink in the palace. When the wine was in full swing, he said that he wanted to reward him with two palace ladies that Duan Da had long coveted.
But a few days later, Duan Da didn't receive the fragrant gift. When he entered the palace and asked about it, he became angry and the two palace maids were given away.
This kind of thing happened endlessly. Maybe Wang Shichong himself thought that this was the emperor's method, but in the eyes of others, the emperor's words could not be believed at all.
So when he told the good news, everyone was dubious, but they still pretended to be excited. In the midst of the smog, the army finally passed through Hongnong and entered Tongguan.