Li Shimin and Xia Yu returned westward and passed by Luokoucang, Gongyi, and Yanshi. Instead of taking a detour, they directly besieged the city.
After the siege of the city, they did not attack. They just pulled out Dou Jiande and other Daxia monarchs and made a display under the city.
As a result, the advertising effect is remarkable.
Seeing that Daxia, the only hope, was over, and even the boss was captured alive, Luokou and other three cities were completely desperate and opened their cities to surrender.
The Tang army captured three lands without any bloodshed.
…
The ninth day of December.
afternoon.
The army returning to the west was approaching Luoyang, and was only more than ten miles away from returning to Luocang. Suddenly, a probing horse from the front flew to report.
"Report, Your Highness, there is a fierce battle going back to the southwest of Luocang."
Um!?
Li Shimin and Xia Yu looked at each other in astonishment: By the way, Wang Shichong has been hungry for more than a month, how can he still have the strength to fight?
Li Er quickly asked: "What is the specific situation?"
"Back to Your Highness, Wang Xuanying, the false prince of Zheng, personally led Yang Gongqing, Wang Renze, Zheng Tai and other generals with more than 20,000 troops to attack Luocang."
"General Qu Tutong is dispatching troops with the King of Qi to fight, and the two sides are in a stalemate."
"Hey!"
"Haha!" Li Shimin sneered: "In his spring and Autumn dream, I won't be able to grab a grain of food. The military advisor will lead the army slowly, and I will lead the Xuanjia soldiers to reinforce."
"Why bother Your Highness?" Xia Yu smiled and shook her head: "Zheng's army has no cavalry and is still half-dead from hunger. Old General Qu Tutong is enough to repel them."
"No!" Li Shimin said flatly: "It's too cheap for them. It's hard for them to come and go."
At this time, after hearing the military report, Li Daoxuan, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong and other generals came over.
"Yes, yes," Li Daoxuan heard this and quickly raised his hands in agreement: "We must fight! Second brother, I will go with you."
"Your Highness, let's do it." Yuchi Gong and others were also gearing up.
As this Eastern Expedition is about to come to an end, who doesn’t want to get more credit? Otherwise, in the future, when rewards are given based on merit, wouldn’t we lag behind others?
Yes, a group of wolves!
Xia Yu shook her head and didn't bother to care about them: "Okay, then your highness will go. However, the county prince must stay to protect the prison car."
Without his own men, only 10,000 Xia troops were left to surrender. If there was a sudden riot, he would be dead.
A gentleman should not stand behind a dangerous wall. This is Xia Yu's life purpose.
"Okay, Daoxuan stays."
"Xuanjia soldiers, follow the attack."
Li Shimin immediately led the Xuanjia soldiers in person, with iron hooves like thunder, and rushed down to Huiluocang.
Li Daoxuan could only watch others go away, looking at Xia Yu with a look of resentment.
"..."
Xia Yu was too lazy to pay attention to this guy. He just turned his head, thought for a while and said: "Send the order, the army will move slowly. Let's wait for news from the front."
There is a battlefield ahead, so it is better to walk slowly, caution first, long live safety!
"Zheng Guo is also finished!" Someone suddenly sighed leisurely on the side.
When Xia Yu turned around, she saw a prison car rolling past, with a haggard-looking scribe in blue sitting in it, feeling very emotional.
It was none other than Ling Jing.
Seeing the former Great Xia's number one adviser in such a state of decline, Xia Yu also felt a little sad. However, it has always been the case since ancient times that a king becomes a king and a bandit loses.
Think about history, after the Battle of Hulao Pass, Ling Jing's life and death were unknown and his whereabouts were unknown.
Now, although he is a prisoner, at least he is still alive.
"Mr. Ling should know that since ancient times, those who follow the trend prosper, and those who go against the trend perish. Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande do not understand the general trend, and their defeat will be a matter of time."
Ling Jing glanced at Xia Yu and snorted coldly: "The so-called general trend is that the winner is king. If Hulao Pass is closed and King Xia can listen to my good advice, my husband and I may have to change places today."
Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
There is no doubt that this Lingda counselor was very unconvinced by his defeat, and he still feels grudges about it.
Indeed, in the battle of Hulao Pass, Xia Jun lost in a confused manner. It seemed that every loophole was perfectly caught by the opponent. This is simply incredible!
Therefore, it is understandable that Ling Jing thinks that Tang Jun won by luck.
However, Xia Yu didn't bother to brag to a defeated general. He shook his head and didn't intend to pay attention to this person anymore.
But some people quit.
"Humph, what do you know?"
"My family's military advisor has a plan that is beyond the comprehension of mortals!"
"In the past, before you could go south, military advisors had already sent people to capture Hulao Pass and set it as the place where you would be destroyed."
"Afterwards, every move you make is as expected by the military advisor."
"In the final decisive battle, our army made a miraculous and precise cut-in, like boiling water and snow. Do you think it was a fluke? No, this is a matter of course and we are confident."
"It's ridiculous that you are being manipulated like chess pieces in the palm of your hand, but you are so stupid that you don't know it."
"Now, why are you so unconvinced by the loss!?"
A general came to the side, but it was Hussar General Wang Huaiwen. He was originally one of the generals of the Xuanjia soldiers, and was now transferred out to temporarily lead the Xia army to surrender.
"Fart! This is impossible!"
Ling Jing was furiously sprayed by Wang Huaiwen, his face turned red with anger, and he roared like a madman.
As the first counselor of the Xia army, he has always regarded himself very highly.
He could accept losing to Xia Yu, a Guigu disciple, but he could never accept the humiliation of being toyed with and applauded!
In his mind, any disciple of Guigu, no matter how clever he is, is still a human being, not a god!
At this time, Li Daoxuan also came over and looked disdainful when he heard this.
"Poor guy, he really can't afford to lose."
"How can you ordinary people understand the horror represented by the words 'Guigu Disciple'? To be honest, you did not lose unjustly."
"Don't think we're lying to you. It's already like this. Is it necessary?"
Li Daoxuan was in a rage, so he caught Ling Jing and started to burst into rage.
"This is impossible!"
"This is impossible!"
Ling Jing seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, with a decadent look on his face, as if all his pride and self-esteem had been trampled to pieces.
"Mr. Ling, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Winning or losing at the moment doesn't mean anything."
"You are considered a wise man. You should know that the Tang Dynasty is now sweeping the world."
"It is said that those who know the current affairs are heroes. If you are willing to surrender, I will recommend it to His Highness the King of Qin so that you can have a chance to show your ambition."
"I wonder what you think, sir?"
Xia Yu didn't laugh at Ling Jing. He won the beauty because of his golden finger. Otherwise, he might not be able to compete with him.
Therefore, he wanted to recruit such an outstanding talent to Li Shimin to enrich his wings.
Of course, in addition to Ling Jing, Wei Zheng, an eternal enemy, must also be won over. Anyway, he cannot leave it to Li Jiancheng.
As for other people, he just cares about who he loves.
Who would have thought that Ling Jing's face was dull and unresponsive.
Obviously, this poor man who was confident that he had just suffered a critical injury of 10,000 points was still unable to accept the cruel reality and needed time to heal.
Xia Yu shook her head speechlessly: Forget it, let's find some time. As soon as she drove her horse, she headed forward.
Li Daoxuan and Wang Huaiwen quickly followed. They glanced at Ling Jing unhappily and felt that this guy was very disrespectful.
The army continued to move forward, and after more than half an hour, it was already in sight to return to Luocang.
At this time, it was almost evening, and since winter had already begun, the north wind was already a bit bleak. Anyway, it was so cold that the summer rain was shrinking.
Looking at this situation, it's only a matter of time before it snows.
At this moment, a knight came flying from the front, stopped not far in front of Xia Yu, and loudly reported back: "Inform the military advisor, Your Highness has defeated the Zheng army, killed the enemy general Zheng Tai, and captured the puppet king of Tang.
Wang Renze."
"More than half of the enemy troops suffered casualties and have now fled back to Luoyang."
Xia Yu was not surprised. With Zheng Jun's current appearance, it would be unbelievable to win. What's more, Li Shimin also rushed back.
I guess this will be Zheng Jun's last struggle.
Once Dou Jiande and his gang of Daxia monarchs and ministers were placed under Luoyang City and given a free tour, Wang Shichong would have surrendered obediently.
"Very well, Your Highness, can you wait for me in front?"
"No." Ku Kun shook his head: "His Royal Highness has led the Xuanjia soldiers and rushed back to Qingcheng Palace. I asked you to inform the military advisor."
"..."
Xia Yu was sad: What's going on? Could it be that after being together for a long time, Xiao Tiantian turned into Mrs. Niu?
Cui Kun said hurriedly: "Military advisor, it's not that Your Highness didn't wait for you, but there was an accident. General Zhai Changsun was shot in the left eye by a stray arrow and was seriously injured and fell off his horse. Your Highness quickly sent him back to Qingcheng Palace for first aid."
When Xia Yu heard this, she was shocked. She was looking at the end of the Eastern Expedition. Unexpectedly, Zhai Changsun had an accident. It was really difficult to prevent it!
Is this historical inertia really that great!?
"Damn it!" Xia Yu was so angry that she yelled and turned around and said, "Quickly, order the three armies to hurry back to Qingcheng Palace."
"promise."
Li Daoxuan and Wang Huaiwen did not dare to neglect, and quickly mobilized the army, rushing all the way.
…
When night fell completely, Xia Yu finally rushed back to Qingcheng Palace.
He directly left the matter of setting up camp and arranging the prisoners to Li Daoxuan and Wang Huaiwen, and asked them to take over with the old general Qu Tutong.
Xia Yu himself went to see Zhai Changsun anxiously.
As a result, the news was mixed.
The good news is that although Zhai Changsun was seriously injured, his life was not affected.
The bad news is that Zhai Changsun's left eye cannot be saved, and a dignified general has become an unlucky one-eyed monster!
For a moment, Xia Yu, Li Shimin and others looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Zhai Changsun did not escape this calamity after all, but he managed to survive. It was a blessing among misfortunes.
Therefore, everyone really didn't know whether to be happy or sad for Zhai Changsun.
However, Xia Yu's prophecy made everyone more and more awe of this 'Guigu disciple'. He can predict the future and predict people's good or bad luck. Isn't this terrifying!?
