Chapter 263 Beheading Li Jiancheng, Concubine Xuan Lobbyist
In March of the first year of Dakun, Shenwu Li, Taizu Yujia personally went on an expedition. He met the rebel Li Yuan's eldest son Jiancheng at Maojin Ferry and led an army to attack the emperor. The emperor was furious and raised his whip to attack him. He defeated the rebel Li Jiancheng's tribe and the emperor's Shenwu was invincible.
, killed the rebels in the chaotic battlefield and built it in the camp, making the sound shocked all over the world!
This is a document that accompanied the army. It was a manuscript that was revised several times to be recorded in the history books. Finally, after Ye Chen read it, the history was recorded in the history books for future generations to know.
To put it simply, it is the story of Ye Chen's army encountering Li Jiancheng's army at Maojin Ferry. The two armies fought, killing Li Jiancheng at the center, and defeating Li Jiancheng's army.
In fact, it is not much different from this, but there are slight differences. The war did not go smoothly at the beginning. Li Jiancheng was the eldest son of Li Yuan, and his ability was not weak. At least Ye Chen would not be worse than Li Shimin in his eyes. It is normal to think about it.
If his ability was too poor, why would Li Yuan let him lead an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Wang Shichong? It was not like the strong wind blew these soldiers and horses.
In fact, even in the official history, Li Jiancheng's ability is extremely outstanding, no less than that of Li Shimin. Before the Xuanwumen Revolution, Li Shimin had been cornered by the then crown prince Li Jiancheng, otherwise he would not have made a desperate rebellion in the end.
Mutiny is always the choice of the weak. It is the last choice of gamblers. If Li Shimin really has the strength to crush the prince Li Jiancheng, the choice should be an honest coup to force Li Yuan to depose the prince, rather than the mutiny of killing his brother and forcing his father.
That was Li Shimin's last ditch effort, and he succeeded by luck. Only then could Tang Taizong be ruled by Zhenguan in later generations. Otherwise, he would have been a traitorous son who killed his brother and his father.
There are countless princes who rebelled in history, but the one who succeeded was Liao Liao Wuji, and Li Shimin was considered one of the most successful.
The two armies fought with more than 300,000 troops at Maojin Ferry. Li Jiancheng was on the defensive at first and fought steadily. Ye Chen did not take action at first. After all, he was already the emperor. It would not be good to charge into battle without any trouble, but the result was really not good.
To his satisfaction, the two armies fought back and forth more than a dozen times and failed to defeat their opponents for five days. Finally, he couldn't help but take action himself. He led his army to forcefully drill through Li Jiancheng's central army and cut off his commander's flag before defeating Li Jiancheng's troops.
, and Li Jiancheng himself did not kill him immediately, but was blocked by Zhang Ling and his army in a valley between Maojin Ferry and Hangu Pass during the pursuit and defeat, and surrounded him until he arrived.
Then let him kill him.
After Li Jiancheng was killed, some of the remaining Tang troops surrendered and some retreated to Hongnong. General Zhang Ling led an army of 50,000 to besiege Hongnong, and Dugu Zhan led an army of 30,000 to attack Taolin.
When Ye Chen led the main army to arrive, Hongnong Taolin was captured one after another. The army was divided again. General Zhang Ling led an army of 100,000 people along the Maojin Ferry to the north, and Ye Chen personally led the remaining 120,000 troops along the Tongguan and Weishui Rivers.
Going up, the troops pointed directly at Chang'an.
That's right, after defeating Li Jiancheng's army of hundreds of thousands, he immediately changed his plan and attacked Li Yuan instead of Wang Shichong.
The defenders of the county towns along the way surrendered one after another under his powerful front. In less than half a month, they had already reached Chang'an and set up camp ten miles away.
After setting up camp, he did not order an immediate attack, but instead greeted Li Tang's special envoy Shi Fei Xuan in the tent. This contemporary descendant of Cihang Jingzhai saw that he was unstoppable in attacking all the way to Chang'an, and finally couldn't sit still and came to see him.
In the big tent, Ye Chen was sitting on a gorgeous couch. One of the two pretty palace maids beside him was peeling fruit and feeding it into his mouth. The other was rubbing his back, although he didn't feel the strength.
"The fairy came here to ask me to withdraw my troops?"
Ye Chen seemed to have heard something funny and asked without any politeness:
"I don't know why you have the confidence to ask me to give up?"
Concubine Xuan knelt down on the futon embroidered with thick silk, showing her beautiful figure. At this time, her confidence was no longer as strong as before. Li Jiancheng's defeat cost hundreds of thousands of troops, and Li Tang's vitality was greatly damaged.
, if they can still resist the forces of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, they themselves are pessimistic about Ye Chen's army, although even if Li Jiancheng is undefeated, they have no chance of winning.
Her beautiful face was still intact, her beautiful eyes were cast on Ye Chen's face, and she said in a deep voice:
"Feixuan came here today to tell His Majesty something important."
"you say."
After swallowing the peeled grapes handed to him by the palace maid, he opened his mouth.
"Feixuan received the news that the Khan of the Eastern Turks has united with the Western Turks, Tuyuhun and other countries in the Western Region to form a coalition, intending to go south to invade the Central Plains. This coalition is so powerful that it is rare in history, so Feixuan came here to ignore politics and not talk about it.
Concubine Xuan has no doubt that your Majesty's unification of the world is due to personal desires and ambitions, otherwise he would not be able to gather many capable ministers under his command."
"But just imagine, even if your majesty's martial arts is unrivaled, he can successfully capture Chang'an, but he will still lose his troops. Chang'an city is strong, and it may not be able to stop your majesty, but it will definitely cause heavy casualties to your majesty's warriors. Moreover, even if Li Shimin is defeated in Chang'an, he can still attack Guan Nei and Hetao
The remaining armies in the region will launch a full-scale counterattack. At the same time, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong will not continue to wait and see and send troops to support. By then, Your Majesty will be under the same coalition attack as Luoyang last time. This time there is no strong Luoyang City. Even if Your Majesty can win, it will be a narrow victory.
The remaining troops and horses may not be able to resist the Turkic coalition. Your Majesty can escape and return to Luoyang to defend, but other places in Guanzhong will fall under the iron heel of foreigners. I wonder if your Majesty foresees such consequences?"
Ye Chen had been watching her talk intently. When she finished speaking, he suddenly clapped his hands and said with a smile:
"Wonderful, Master Shixianzi's words are well-founded and I appreciate them very much. What next?"
Then what?
These three words made Shi Feixuan stunned for a moment, but she immediately reacted and continued:
"Fei Xuan would like to ask Your Majesty to consider the common people in the world and withdraw his troops back to Luoyang to fight against the Turkic coalition forces."
"hehe!"
These two words that contained the truth of heaven and earth made her look astonished. Although the times were different, the ice-snowy and intelligent Shi Feixuan understood it immediately and said:
"Your Majesty doesn't believe in concubines, do you think I'm lying to you?"
"No, I believe you."
Ye Chen stood up from the couch, waved his hand to order the two palace maids to retreat, walked up to Concubine Xuan with his tall and oppressive body, and said:
"It's a pity that Shi Xianzi's news is out of date. I have known about the Turks' movements for a long time, so I have already made preparations before sending out troops. I have sent people to Pegasus Ranch to pick up Xiu. Now he is expected to return to Luoyang soon.
, In addition, heavy troops have been stationed between Wagang and Liyang. The main force of the Turkic coalition must move south from Youzhou, Yanmen Pass and the northwest. Unfortunately, this is not my territory. Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande will help me block the wave first.
, when I am free to deal with Li Yuan and return to Luoyang, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande will probably be defeated by the Turkic coalition. By then I will come back to clean up the mess and expel the aliens, and the land and people will be in my hands. Wouldn't it be great!"
He looked at Shi Feixuan, whose face was changing back and forth, with a smile, and said with a smile:
"Shi Xianzi, take a look at my plan. Is there any room for improvement?"