With the "assistance" of Bian Lingcheng, the former Anxi Army Supervisor, it became much easier for Sun Xiaozhe to investigate the disappearance of the group in Yiluohe. A large number of scouts were dispatched to the northwest in a careful manner.
, within a few days, the specific process came to light.
"This guy is really interesting!" After reading the military report compiled by his staff, Sun Xiaozhe had a smile on his face, and the expression on his face was very interesting.
Very close to Bian Lingcheng's speculation, Wang Xun had only a few dozen followers with him that day. He initially tried to escape disguised as a caravan, but unexpectedly, after the magistrate of Zhangquan County opened the door and surrendered, the Yiluohe people started to massacre the city.
In desperation, Wang Xuncai led Minzhuang, who was also desperate, to launch a counterattack and annihilated the Yiluo River. Then he opened the official treasury of Changquan County without permission, distributed the copper coins and grain inside to the local people, and ordered them to disperse to
Go to the countryside to avoid possible retaliation in the future.
As a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles, in Sun Xiaozhe's eyes, the battle itself was not commendable. Yiluohe's strength lies in field battles. Without taking any precautions, he rashly entered a city with a population of several thousand.
County town, and trying to drive out all the soldiers and civilians inside is an act of seeking death. It would not be difficult for any of Sun Xiaozhe's confidant generals to change places with Wang Xun and achieve the same results in street fighting. But it is interesting.
What’s interesting is the reason why Wang Xun joined the war and his actions after the war. Trying to leave as a caravan shows that this person’s loyalty to the Tang Dynasty was very limited. At least he put his personal safety first in order to protect the country for the imperial court.
He was responsible for the front line. And the evacuation of the people after the war showed that he had a very clear understanding of the weakness of the Yan Kingdom's insufficient military strength.
Nowadays, Liling County has become an abandoned city. If Sun Xiaozhe wants to avenge Yiluohe and others, he can only divide his troops into small groups and go to the countryside to conduct a search. However, there are too few people in each group.
Then it would be inevitable to repeat the same mistake as the Yiluo River that day. If each group sent a large number of people, it would be a fuss. After all, he only had 25,000 soldiers and horses in hand at the moment. If he sent more people, there would be fewer left behind in Chang'an.
Not long after Chang'an City was captured, people's hearts were not yet stable, and the loyalty of officials in several nearby counties and counties to the Yan Kingdom was also very doubtful. At this moment, there was no need for Sun Xiaozhe to risk his life in order to avenge a group of Yiluohe.
There is a risk that Chang'an City will be imprisoned. However, he cannot take no action at all, otherwise once Yequan City's example is followed by other counties, the entire Gyeonggi Province will never have peace.
"Send an order to Jiang Zhong, the General of the Western Expedition, and ask him to take five hundred brothers down, find a random fort on the ground in Liquan County, slaughter all the people inside, and come back to see me with their heads!" Prestige must be established!
, otherwise it would be impossible to deter the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty who had just surrendered. As for whether the massacred Baozhai were unjust, it was not within the scope of General Sun's consideration.
"Promise!" The confidants on the left and right agreed and immediately went down to deliver the order. After hesitating for a moment, Sun Xiaozhe continued to give the order: "Send the order to Yu Wende and ask him to go see Wang Mingyun in person and say that if Wang Mingyun can lead his troops to surrender,
I will make a speech before His Majesty and protect the position of General of the Hussars. If the Commander-in-Chief has other requirements, you can just put them forward. As long as I can do it, I will never be vague! Including
Tie up all the culprits who framed old General Feng Changqing and hand them over to him!"
"This...!" Several former Tang Dynasty officials who had just surrendered to Sun Xiaozhe to serve as civil servants raised their heads in surprise and wanted to stop him, but they couldn't muster any courage, so they had to secretly mourn for Bian Lingcheng.
"Send someone to check on Bian Lingcheng and the eunuchs in the palace. They are not allowed to go out without my order. By the way, I will write a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor, saying that I am in urgent need of troops here.
Add more, otherwise it will be difficult to attack the city to the west!" Sun Xiaozhe didn't care about the feelings of the demoted officials and continued to issue orders.
At present, there are basically no organized troops of the Tang Dynasty west of Chang'an. If Wang Xun, the envoy from Anxi, is willing to lead his troops to surrender, the Yan Kingdom can easily obtain the capital and Longyou Road, and even influence the
The force directly expanded to Hexi and Anxi. By then, only Guo Ziyi and Shuofang's army were left in the entire north. Several soldiers and horses from the Yan Kingdom attacked it from front to back and could crush it to pieces in an instant.
Compared with the benefits that will be obtained, Bian Lingcheng's personal sacrifice is simply insignificant. Moreover, Bian Lingcheng, an old eunuch, has no sense of shame. Today, he was forced to betray the Tang Dynasty due to the situation. There is no guarantee that one day he will not turn around and bite back.
A mouthful of the Kingdom of Yan.
Wishful thinking was carefully planned, but unfortunately the situation changed far beyond Sun Xiaozhe's expectation. Jiang Zhong, the general of the Western Expedition, rushed to Liquan. Before he could find a suitable target, he heard the news that the four states of Fen, Ning, Jing, and Qing had surrendered and revolted.
.The driving force behind all this was Wang Mingyun, the Anxi interviewer who Sun Xiaozhe believed was not very loyal to the Tang Dynasty. At present, the forward of the Anxi army has arrived in Yongshou, only half a step away from Liquan.
With a strong enemy on his side, Jiang Zhong, the general of the Western Expedition, of course could not care less about causing trouble for the common people. He immediately retreated his troops into Liquan, which had been abandoned for many days, and defended the city. At the same time, he sent a messenger to ask Sun Xiaozhe for help. As for the new Minister of Rites,
Yu Wende, who had no guts to act as a messenger, walked to Xianyang under Sun Xiaozhe's coercion. When he heard that the situation ahead was not good, he immediately ran back with his head in his hands.
"This guy...is bullying too much!" This time, Sun Xiaozhe couldn't laugh anymore. Wang Xun was so courageous, and he did things unexpectedly. With a mere handful of people,
You actually dare to stretch your paws to the edge of Chang'an. If the tiger doesn't show off its power, do you really think Mr. Sun is a sick cat?
Is it tolerable or not? Sun Xiaozhe became so angry that he immediately mobilized 15,000 soldiers and horses and personally led the army to attack Yongshou. In order to guard against changes behind him, he demoted Bian Lingcheng, Cui Guangyuan, Su Zhen and others.
He took him with him, and at the same time appointed his nephew Sun Hua to stay in Chang'an, commanding 10,000 troops to maintain local security.
Along the flat and wide official road, it only took half a day for the army to arrive at Liquan City. After resting for a night, they quickly rushed towards Yongshou. In order to prevent the enemy from making any strange or underhanded moves, Sun Xiaozhe sent out a large number of scouts.
, searching for all suspicious targets within a radius of fifty miles from front to back, left, right, left, and right. However, they were surprised to find that the stupid Qing Wang Xun had not thought about winning by surprise at all, and led all the soldiers and horses under his command to slowly greet them along the official road.
In a head-to-head confrontation, Sun Xiaozhe had never been afraid of anyone. He immediately wrote a letter of war and sent a dead soldier to Wang Xun. Wang Xun's answer once again showed his arrogance, actually doing so in front of a dead soldier.
In front of him, he wrote the words "Tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, Yongle Plain" at the end of the gauntlet, and threw the gauntlet back.
