On the city wall, Li Hongyun's arrows were all fired.
Under the city wall, corpses of Liu Wuzhou's army were scattered everywhere.
Encouraged by Li Hongyun's archer-level performance, Liang Jun all fought bravely to take the lead and decisively repelled the attack of Liu Wuzhou's army.
So Liu Wuzhou was furious, and after a short rest, he continued to strictly order his soldiers to attack the city.
As a result, Jinyang was still impregnable and impossible to conquer.
Liu Wuzhou is autistic.
In his opinion, there is absolutely no problem with his strategy. First, cut off the various states and counties around Jinyang and make Jinyang an isolated city. By then, the King of Qi will naturally panic and the morale in the city will inevitably collapse.
At that time, as long as the siege lasts for a period of time, Jinyang will naturally be able to conquer it in one go.
Unexpectedly, the intelligence was wrong. This King of Qi was not an economical person, and his archery skills were really good. Moreover, he was not the playboy in the rumors. The people of Jinyang were filled with resentment and the soldiers had no desire to fight. Instead, he looked like
Like his second brother, he is also very popular with the people.
But having reached this point, Liu Wuzhou had no other choice.
"Unite the Turks, enter Jinyang, and go south to fight for the world" is Liu Wuzhou's strategy at this time. Now the counties around Jinyang have been cleared, and the Liang army who came to help has been defeated by him, and Prime Minister Pei Ji was even beaten.
I had to spare my life.
There's only one lonely city left in Jinyang, so we can't just let it go, right?
He cannot skip the battle, otherwise when he leads his troops south, Jinyang will be a nail in the rear, and he can go out of the city indefinitely to harass his logistics and food routes.
It is impossible to besiege without attacking. The army consumes a lot of food and grass every day. Moreover, if the army has been stationed here and waited for Liang Jun's reinforcements to arrive again, the situation will be very difficult.
So, Liu Wu gritted his teeth on Monday and ordered to continue the offensive!
But Jinyang is a fortified city after all. There are tens of thousands of soldiers left by Liang Gaozu here, as well as abundant grain reserves that can last for several years.
Li Hongyun was no longer the naughty boy of King Qi. He compensated the people as much as possible, used his treasury and his own personal treasures to reward the soldiers, and personally went to the city to fight, trying his best to repair the damaged people's hearts.
As a result, the Liang Dynasty's image here gradually improved.
As an invader, Liu Wuzhou could not gain any advantage in the hearts of the people.
The two sides faced off like this for three months.
At the beginning, Li Hongyun was a little nervous, and he went all out in every battle, but soon he found that Liu Wuzhou's troops were simply not enough to capture Jinyang.
His troops defending the city were actually larger than Liu Wuzhou's attacking troops.
However, Li Hongyun still suppressed the idea of taking the initiative to go out of the city to fight Liu Wuzhou. After all, at this time, he also knew that his field combat ability was not strong yet, and he should play it safe.
Three months later, in November, the situation finally took a turn for the better.
King Qin is here!
Sure enough, just like the original historical development, after the Liang troops sent out were defeated one after another, Liang Gaozu could not sit still.
Originally, if the King of Qi lost Jinyang, Liang Gaozu had the idea of giving up the entire land east of Hedong and retreated to Guanzhong. It was the King of Qin who strongly requested an expedition, which finally defeated Liu Wuzhou.
But this time, Jinyang was not lost yet, and the King of Qi was still defending, so Liang Gaozu naturally had no intention of giving up the land east of Hedong.
Instead, he even more eagerly sacrificed his great weapon, the King of Qin, to rescue the King of Qi.
From a historical perspective, although King Qi was abandoned by Queen Dou because of his ugly appearance, Liang Gaozu particularly loved this younger son and doted on him even more than the prince and King Qin.
Otherwise, King Qi most likely would not have become such an arrogant and domineering character.
Anyway, King Qin is here.
Liu Wuzhou was forced to divide his troops to fight the King of Qin. This time he would lose faster without the fortified city of Jinyang as a stronghold.
After the King of Qin had a stalemate with Liu Wuzhou in Baibi for a period of time, he soon discovered that Liu Wuzhou was weaker than expected. After all, the losses in the attack on Jinyang were huge.
Therefore, the King of Qin attacked decisively, first defeating Yuchi Jingde at Meiliangchuan, and then defeated Song Jingang at Queshu Valley. Liu Wuzhou could only lead 500 cavalry to flee north to the Turks.
Li Hongyun also took advantage of the fierce battle between the two sides in Queshu Valley to send troops, made a little sneak attack, and achieved some results.
The entire area around Jinyang was recovered.
The gates of Jinyang City were opened wide to welcome King Qin into the city.
"Fourth brother!"
At this time, King Qin was tired and looked haggard, but he was in high spirits.
In the battle with Song Jingang in Queshu Valley, King Qin held a sword and marched 200 miles day and night. He chased Song Jingang's troops and fought dozens of battles, all of which won a complete victory.
Then, he was still chasing after him.
His subordinates advised him that his life might be in danger if his soldiers were exhausted and pursued him any longer. The King of Qin said angrily, "How can I care about my own life if I serve my country with all my loyalty?"
So I continued chasing.
He did not eat for two days and did not disarm for three days. He fought eight battles in one day and was completely defeated. He captured and killed tens of thousands of enemy troops and captured and surrendered Yuchi Jingde.
The two brothers hugged each other warmly.
Strictly speaking, King Qi is the fourth brother of King Qin. There was also a third brother who died in infancy, which is the outrageous character in the romance novel who killed a million soldiers with a pair of golden hammers.
At this time, the relationship between the three brothers was still good.
After all, the Liang Dynasty was still in its infancy, and everyone was busy opening up new territories, so there were not so many conflicts of interest.
King Qin looked at the situation in Jinyang City and nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, he had heard about what his brother was doing. He wanted to persuade him, but Liang Gaozu was so conniving, so naturally he, the elder brother, was not very easy to talk to.
But after seeing a big battle, this young brother seemed to have a tendency to change his ways, and King Qin was naturally very happy.
After pacifying Liu Wuzhou, Liang Gaozu was overjoyed and gave both brothers heavy rewards.
As expected by Li Hongyun, he did not need to fight those tough battles like King Qin.
The real King of Qi is either the best sixth man or a bastard. In this way, he can still receive rewards along the way and his power continues to expand. What's more, at this time, he has played at the level of a normal leader.
Therefore, Li Hongyun communicated with the King of Qin, and reported to Liang Gaozu that he wanted to go with the army, and he soon got the permission.
Apparently after this battle, Liang Gaozu was also surprised to find that the young King Qi seemed to be a military wizard.
Liang Gaozu always spared no effort to support the clan, and he had no concept of "clear rewards and punishments" for his son.
There is basically no punishment for making mistakes, and unlimited rewards for meritorious deeds.
Obviously, Liang Gaozu also hoped that King Qi and King Qin would each lead an army and make military exploits respectively.
If the military success is not concentrated on one person, then he and the prince will be able to better balance the power of the court, so that the King of Qin will not be dominated by one person.
According to Liang Gaozu's plan, he must have been inclined to let King Qi gradually lead the army independently, but the tense situation did not give him this opportunity after all.
Because in just five months, Liang Jun will use all his troops to defeat Wang Shichong.
This battle lasted from July of the third year of Wude to June of the fourth year of Wude. After Wang Shichong could not stand it anymore and was forced to ask Dou Jiande for help, it became the Battle of Hulao Pass that Li Hongyun knew well.
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Soon after, Li Hongyun came to Hulao Pass again.
But when he came to Hulao Pass this time, he had a lot of emotions.
Last time he played Dou Jiande, where he defeated the King of Qin, repulsed the Liang army, and successfully entered Hulao Pass.
Of course, it relied on the unpredictable strategy of setting up a car formation in his own camp.
And now, he plays the role of King Qi and will fight side by side with King Qin.
In the process of conquering Wang Shichong, the King of Qi played by Li Hongyun has made many military exploits and has a strong sense of presence.
Adhering to the concept of "I am where the King of Qin is", Li Hongyun followed the King of Qin to survey the enemy's situation, and also experienced many fierce battles.
The King of Qin led his light cavalry to conduct a reconnaissance, and was surrounded by Wang Shichong's cavalry. The King of Qin asked his men to return to camp first, and stayed behind alone.
When Shan Xiongxin led hundreds of cavalry to pursue him, the King of Qin fired his bows from left and right, and all the enemies fell down.
Li Hongyun, on the other hand, followed the King of Qin and drew his bow and arrows, and the number of those who fell in response to the bow doubled again.
When Dou Jiande came to rescue Wang Shichong, Li Hongyun and the King of Qin made a decision together, and against all opinions, decided to go to Hulao Pass to defend Dou Jiande.
But this time, the King of Qin did not leave him to besiege Luoyang, but took him with him.
The main reason why King Qi was left to besiege Luoyang before was because King Qi was of no use, and it would probably be a hindrance if he had him with him.
Wang Shichong had been beaten to a frightened state and did not dare to leave the city at all, and Liang Jun actually could not capture Luoyang. Therefore, King Qi was sitting there, and his nature was similar to that of a mascot.
But this time, King Qin had realized that King Qi was his right-hand man and right-hand man, so he took him with him.
The Battle of Hulao Pass is staged again.
The King of Qin once again brought his elite cavalry to conduct personal reconnaissance, and as usual placed the few cavalrymen at various places along the way.
When they arrived in front of Dou Jiande's camp, only King Qin, King Qi, Yuchi Jingde and a few others were left.
When Dou Jiande's soldiers saw these scattered Liang Jun troops, they thought they were rangers who came to conduct reconnaissance, so they didn't pay much attention.
But the King of Qin shouted directly: "I am the King of Qin!"
Launched taunting skills on all soldiers in the enemy camp.
And Li Hongyun also shouted at the right time: "I am the King of Qi!"
Taunt effect doubled.
As expected, Dou Jiande's cavalry came out to pursue them, but naturally the King of Qin and King Qi flew kites together. Yuchi Jingde held on to his hatred and led Dou Jiande's cavalry to the place of ambush, killing the opponent and defeating them.
The King of Qin couldn't help laughing, and said to Yuchi Jingde: "My two brothers lost their bows, and the Duke followed each other with his spear. Although millions of people can do nothing to me!"
Li Hongyun said excitedly: King Qin is right!
After more than twenty days of confrontation, the King of Qin once again attacked according to the original historical trajectory. In the first battle, he directly penetrated Dou Jiande's Chinese army camp and captured him.
In the Battle of Hulao Pass, two kings were captured in one battle again. Both the King of Qin and the King of Qi were greatly rewarded for their military merits.
However, Li Hongyun was not satisfied with this. He went to Liang Gaozu and asked him to guard Hebei.
This request was exactly what Liang Gaozu wanted.
The prince was in Chang'an and could not move. After the King of Qin captured the two kings in a battle, he was already a general with no title. Liang Gaozu was already more inclined to let him stay in Chang'an.
On the one hand, it told him not to make any more military exploits, and to distribute the final military exploits to the prince and others to pick peaches. On the other hand, it also ensured that if there was a rebellion anywhere, the King of Qin could immediately put down the King of Qin with Tiger Balm.
Since the King of Qi also performed well in previous wars, it was logical to guard Qi and Hebei.
After waiting in Hebei, Li Hongyun first found Liu Heitai, who had returned home to work in farming. He treated him with great respect, promised him a high official and a generous salary, and a brand-new pie he had just painted, and hugged him tightly.
This thigh.
When Dou Jiande lost the battle, Liu Heitai was still not well-known, so he didn't expect Liang Jun to discover and reuse him, so he went back to farming.
Now that the King of Qi was treating him with such courtesy, Liu Heita was immediately flattered and willing to serve him.
According to the original historical line of development, the Liang Dynasty's Hebei land policy had big problems.
Dou Jiande was already very popular in Hebei, and Hebei was extremely powerful. After King Qin defeated Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande's army was only scattered. It was impossible for King Qin to kill all these people, so he could only let them go.
go back.
And Liang Gaozu was very devoid of political acumen and immediately executed Dou Jiande in the downtown area, and forcibly summoned Dou Jiande's old generals to Chang'an. As a result, everyone in Dou Jiande's old tribe in Hebei was in danger, thinking that Liang Gaozu was going to kill them, so he recommended Liu Heitai.
Raise an army to resist.
Li Hongyun opened his God's perspective and naturally knew how to deal with this situation.
First, he went to Liang Gaozu and asked him to have the right to engage in land in Hebei at an advantageous rate. Liang Gaozu agreed.
Liang Gaozu had always had great trust in these sons, even to the point of blind faith.
Before taking Luoyang, Liang Gaozu had promised the King of Qin that he could make his own decisions on all matters in Luoyang.
Although he later regretted it and asked the concubine to go to the treasury to choose the treasure, the general style of his behavior can be roughly determined.
What's more, Hebei is different from Luoyang.
Luoyang was prosperous and prosperous, and those in the palace were all looking to get a share of the pie. However, the land of Hebei was relatively bitter, and there were not many valuable things. No matter Liang Gaozu, the prince or the concubines, they basically had no interest in this place.
Interested, not much attention at all.
It is precisely for this reason that Liu Heitao's rebellion went so smoothly.
Li Hongyun drained the firepower and found Liu Heitai before Dou Jiande's old subordinates, and roped him into his subordinates. Then he used both kindness and power to recruit Dou Jiande's old subordinates, promising high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and disintegrating them. He also decisively dealt with Fan Yuan and others who planned to take the lead in rebellion.
Attack and eradicate the roots.
When Liu Heitai first raised his army, there were only a few hundred people. Later, it snowballed and grew into an army of tens of thousands again.
Li Hongyun eliminated the hidden danger in time and recruited Dou Jiande's old troops as much as possible. Therefore, in history, all the credit for the crown prince's victory in Hebei was attributed to him.
Not only that, Dou Jiande's old subordinates also discovered that they had no other choice but to bet on King Qi.
They had been forced to rebel before, but they rebelled after they saw Liang Gaozu killing Dou Jiande and looking like he was going to kill them all.
But now that the King of Qi has sent them to Shu, they do not need to go to Chang'an, but can listen to orders under his own account. He does not hesitate to treasure, property and official positions and makes sincere friends with these surrendered generals, so most of them are down-to-earth.
He stayed under the command of King Qi.
However, in order to recruit talents from Hebei, Li Hongyun also missed something.
Starting from the fifth year of Wude, the Turks found that all the forces they supported were destroyed by the Liang Dynasty, so they began to move south frequently.
Originally, in history, the King of Qi and the King of Qin should have gone to deal with the Turks together, especially in Wulongban in the seventh year of Wude. If Li Hongyun had played the role of King Qi, there would have been another chance to follow the King of Qin and pretend to be a wave.
But at this time, he was still developing his own power in Hebei, so naturally he could not appear on the battlefield against the Turks.
It was not until the eighth year of Wude that Li Hongyun went to Liang Gaozu and asked to return to Chang'an from Hebei.
Liang Gaozu readily agreed.
The subsequent plot begins to develop towards the planned Xuanwumen Incident.
It is inevitable that the conflict between the prince and the King of Qin will continue to intensify. After all, both of them have demands for the throne.
It was inevitable that Liang Gaozu continued to favor the prince and began to weaken the power of King Qin.
The only difference is that King Qi's power has been significantly improved compared to before.
Whoever King Qi helps will most likely win.
At this time, Li Hongyun was actually very conflicted, because from his own heart, he wanted to be on the side of King Qin.
When Jinyang was besieged, it was the King of Qin who did not eat for two days and did not take off his armor for three days to chase and kill Song Jingang to save him. It was also the King of Qin who led the reconnaissance team with him to shoot Dou Jiande's cavalry in the battle of Hulao Pass.
In the process of conquering the South and the North, the King of Qin was his staunch comrade-in-arms, but what about the Crown Prince and Liang Gaozu?
Not familiar.
For Li Hongyun, it actually doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, but if he helps the prince to kill King Qin at this time, then the prince will probably kill him next.
The King of Qin had outstanding military exploits and was superior to his master, so now you, the King of Qi, have no military exploits?
Back then, you could follow King Qin and fight with him fiercely. Now that the prince has killed King Qin, how can he let you go?
And what if you help King Qin?
Launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident and kill the prince and Liang Gaozu. Then the King of Qin will rule the world, but he, the King of Qi, can sit back and relax.
Because the King of Qin himself is the most capable person, no matter who has troops outside, the King of Qin will not be afraid.
Therefore, King Qin will not be suspicious of him.
By then, whether Li Hongyun wants to eat, drink and have fun with the maids in the mansion every day and be a heartless royal clan member, or whether he wants to sit on one side and hold an important position in the court, it should be no problem.
There is a gap in ability between the prince and King Qin, as well as a gap in ambition, so from a hindsight perspective, helping King Qin is the only correct choice, and it is also the choice that Li Hongyun wants most subjectively.
It's a pity that the mission goal of each stage is to kill King Qin during the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
Li Hongyun had no choice but to choose to side with the prince.
As a result, the strength of the prince and King Qi expanded rapidly.
If history develops as before, then they will have a great advantage.
But what surprised Li Hongyun was that history had changed. This change did not come from King Qin, but from Liang Gaozu.
According to the original history, the prince actually made two very serious troubles: once, he asked the border army to send 500 cavalry, which was a serious crime in colluding with the border generals; the other time, he sent armor to Yang Wenqian, and Yang Wenqian also rebelled.
In history, Liang Gaozu only scolded him and gave him wheat rice, but there was no further punishment.
Not to mention deposing the crown prince, he didn't even take away much of his power.
This time, the prince still did these two things, but the situation changed.
Liang Gaozu was furious and punished many officials in the prince's palace, demoted them, or asked them to leave Chang'an and take up posts in local areas. At the same time, he also dismantled the prince's East Palace Guards and punished the generals who had colluded with the prince.
As for Li Hongyun, the Prince of Qi, because he was close to the prince, he was also implicated at this time, and the power of the Prince of Qi's Palace was dismantled and weakened.
"That's unreasonable!"
Li Hongyun was very angry, but after thinking about it carefully, he came to his senses.
There was nothing wrong with Liang Gaozu's behavior and it was very consistent with his character.
Liang Gaozu's character has never been partial to the prince, if he likes to strike a balance between his sons.
The King of Qin is too strong, so we should target the King of Qin and try to deflect the prince's side.
But at this time, the Crown Prince and the King of Qi united, and their power had obviously surpassed the King of Qin. So Liang Gaozu naturally wanted to weaken the power of the Crown Prince and the King of Qi, and support the King of Qin.
In the final analysis, Liang Gaozu's first request was to let his sons live in peace so that he could sit on the throne for a few more years.
After being forcibly balanced by Liang Gaozu, Li Hongyun was very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do.
After regrouping, Li Hongyun once again began to plan the Xuanwu Gate change.
He patiently waited for the "Taibai Jingtian" incident to occur.
This time is easy to calculate. As soon as the Taibai Jingtian incident comes out and the Taishi order reads "The King of Qin should rule the world", the King of Qin will go to the palace to report that the prince has an affair with the concubine in the harem. Liang Gaozu summons the prince and King Qi to the palace the next morning
Confrontation.
And when that time comes, it's time to take action.
Li Hongyun had already made up his mind. On that day, he and the prince would bring all the private soldiers, wear armor and stomach, and enter the Xuanwu Gate, and then directly have a head-on battle with the King of Qin.
At this time, although the power of the Crown Prince and King Qi was somewhat weakened, there were still 3,000 people.
As long as these three thousand people did not wait for the prince's death before attacking Xuanwu Gate, but broke through Xuanwu Gate from the beginning, then the dozens of riders who were ambushed by King Qin would in turn be killed by them.
When the time comes, no matter how unfaithful King Qin is, can he still defeat three thousand people with one person?
Having made up his mind, Li Hongyun began to plan patiently.
Sure enough, the Taibai Jingtian incident happened as planned.
Li Hongyun immediately went to lobby the prince.
In the previous session, he not only took the relevant talents needed for combat, but also took a talent called [Slick Tongue], which greatly enhanced his lobbying ability and ensured that the prince would act according to his own ideas.
So, the prince led everyone in the East Palace and attacked the Xuanwu Gate in a mighty manner.
The guard of Xuanwu Gate, Chang He, was from King Qin, so of course he would not let them in.
So Li Hongyun first sneaked into the Xuanwu Gate without wearing armor and took a few dead soldiers, and then took advantage of the city gate to open and immediately killed Chang He.
More than 3,000 private soldiers from the Crown Prince and King Qi immediately swarmed forward and captured the Xuanwu Gate.
Li Hongyun then put on his armor and led Liu Heitai and others into the Xuanwu Gate and arrived at Linhu Palace.
Everything went as planned.
However, just when Li Hongyun was searching for traces of King Qin around Linhu Palace, an embarrassing situation happened.
The King of Qin did appear, but with him were not only Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao and other generals, but also the imperial guards from the palace.
Li Hongyun was stunned.
Why...the imperial guards in the palace also stood behind King Qin?
Then, he heard Liang Gaozu's angry and trembling voice.
"You two traitors! How dare you rebel!
"If King Qin hadn't come to rescue me, I would have died at the hands of you two traitors!
"King Qin, cut all these rebellious ministers and traitors into pieces for me! When this happens, I will make you the crown prince!"
King Qin glanced at King Qi with a complicated expression.
Obviously, he has always hoped that this brother would be on his side. After all, the two of them fought together in the world, and they had a tacit cooperation and sympathy for each other.
But at this time, any brotherhood has disappeared.
King Qin's face became grim: "My son, I obey the decree!"
Li Hongyun instantly froze on the spot.
That’s not right! That’s not what the script says!
