Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

"Hiss—" the horse let out a long cry, but it couldn't resist the fatigue, its front hooves slightly bent, almost throwing the rider off the horse's back.

"Luo Cheng—" Li Yuanji was startled, he quickly reined in, stopped and turned around.

With great difficulty, Luo Cheng got off his mount, looked up at Li Yuanji and said, "I'm fine, I'm afraid the white dragon horse won't be able to walk anymore." Luo Cheng turned over and got off the horse, but the horse couldn't hold it anymore, and knelt down on the ground, Rubbing his head obediently against his palm, he was extremely aggrieved.

"We are traveling day and night. I have changed three horses. It is not easy for it to persist until now. You should change horses."

Luo Cheng frowned and thought for a while, then turned to look at the side general beside him, and asked, "Where is Yuwen Chengdu's five-spot horse?"

Pianjiang immediately called the man in charge of the stable, and after a while, the man led the horse out, and saw that the horse's mane was smooth and smooth, and its figure was strong and vigorous, obviously it had escaped from the previous anorexia.At that moment, Luo Cheng seemed to see the vigorous demeanor of Sailong Wubanju when Yuwen Chengdu was still there.

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand to caress Sailong's five-spotted horse, and said to himself: "This horse is really well-raised."

The steward of the stable said flatteringly: "That's not true. This horse has a stubborn temper. It used to be very awkward, and it was common for people to be thrown off the horse. No, I just hired a horse breeder a while ago, hey... ...It’s true that one thing is subdued by one thing, don’t look at the groom’s appearance, but the more he raises the horse, the better he is, and he understands the rules.”

Something flashed through Luo Cheng's head, but he didn't catch it.

"Luo Cheng, let's go quickly. I think we should be able to reach the outside of Bingzhou City before night."

Luo Cheng stopped thinking about it, got on his horse, and rode straight to Bingzhou City.

Before reaching the city of Bingzhou, I heard a report from my subordinates, saying that the vanguard of the Luo family found movement when they passed a mountain depression, and arrested hundreds of people lying in the bushes silently. , these hundreds of people are really useless, how many people are there in Luo Cheng's vanguard, at most, there are no more than a hundred people, and these people who are hiding are several times as many, but they didn't resist and surrendered directly up.

At this moment, the vanguard troops are waiting for Luo Cheng to check and verify the authenticity.

What is true and false?Because there is also an old man who claims to be the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty among this group of people, which is really strange. How did this literati far away in Chang'an city come to the battlefield?And so embarrassing.

The vanguard officer couldn't tell the truth from the fake for a while, so he could only control this group of people first, and then ordered someone to notify Luo Cheng immediately.

In fact, this matter has to start with Liu Wuzhou's attack on Shanxi Jie.As soon as the war started, it was out of control, and Chang'an City was in chaos. First, Li Yuan heard that Liu Wuzhou was attacking Chang'an City, and he laughed at him for not knowing what he could do. He had 15 troops stationed in Bingzhou City. , He also dared to come to seek death, who would have thought that Bingzhou City had long been an empty city, and all the strong men were called by Li Yuanji to Luoyang to support Luo Cheng.

Therefore, without Li Yuan's knowledge, Liu Wuzhou's army drove straight into Shanxi, breaking through Yuci, Pingyao, Jiexiu, and approaching Bingzhou.

When half of the river and mountains in the east of the river were about to be handed over to others, Li Yuan learned that Li Yuanji, a brat, was not guarding Bingzhou for some reason, and even the 15 soldiers did not know where he was. faint.

Immediately he asked: "Who is willing to lead the army to stop and relieve the siege of Chang'an?"

No, one person stepped forward and recommended himself. Who is this person?

It was Pei Ji who played an indispensable role in Li Yuan's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty and proclaiming himself emperor.

Speaking of Pei Ji, because Li Yuan has his share in any major event, his status in Li Yuan's heart is definitely very high.Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, Pei Ji skyrocketed, and became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, which can be described as a high position and authority.Not only that, when Li Yuan came to the court, he even invited him to sit with him, and after the court was over, he often chatted with him.

Hearing that Liu Wuzhou's army approached Chang'an City and Bingzhou fell, Pei Ji thought, now is the time to show his loyalty.Pei Ji immediately appealed to Li Yuan, requesting to lead an army to conquer Liu Wuzhou, and Li Yuan was immediately appointed as the general manager of the Jinzhou Road to resist Liu Wuzhou's army.

Before Pei Ji went out, he was full of energy, but after all, fighting is not just talking on paper, a few words are enough.At the critical moment, the weakness of a literati in Pei Ji's bones is undoubtedly revealed, and he has no general talent.

Pei Ji made a wrong decision at the beginning, when he first arrived in Shanxi, he was stationed in Dusuoyuan (under the Jieshan Mountain in the southeast of Shanxi Jiexiu), while Song Jingang's troops were guarding Jiexiu City.Relying on the advantage of the terrain, Song Jingang intercepted Pei Ji's water source upstream. He was still hungry for two days, so he had to drink the water. Pei Ji was thinking about moving before he had a firm foothold in Dusuoyuan.This hit Song Jingang's arms, Song Jingang ambushed Pei Ji's army halfway, Tang Jun was defenseless, not to mention, due to lack of water, people were extremely sleepy, this attack, the army was defeated like a mountain.

No, Pei Ji hadn't formally fought against Liu Wu's Zhou, but was beaten by Song Jingang and fled, taking tens of thousands of people with him, only more than ten thousand people fled with him.

When they fled to Jinzhou again, Liu Wuzhou had already stationed there, and there was a lot of slaughter head-on. The Tang army was like a frightened bird, panicking all day long.Pei Ji is not good at fighting, but his eyesight is not bad, so he can't care about anything now, he just yells at the soldiers to protect him from fleeing.

Once the second battle is fought, there are only a few thousand people left from the original ten thousand people, plus those who got lost all the way, there are only a few hundred people left around Pei Ji, that is, Luo Cheng's vanguard army is here The hundreds of people arrested at the col.

As soon as Pei Ji saw Li Yuanji, he burst into tears. He wished he could grab Li Yuanji's calf and cry bitterly. The latter kicked him away in distaste. .

Li Yuanji shook his robe, and with a cold face, he said impatiently, "Talk to me."

On weekdays, Pei Ji decided to look down on Li Yuanji, what's wrong with this kid?Those who want wisdom have no wisdom, and those who want schemes have no schemes.He is not as good as the prince in derby, not as wise as the king of Qin, and not as powerful as Li Yuanba. He, Pei Ji, is a celebrity in front of the emperor. Even if the prince and others see him, they have to be polite.

But right now, Pei Ji couldn't control these things. If Li Yuanji hadn't come, he might have died here.I thought I was going to die, but I never expected to see the reinforcements here, so I was so excited.

Pei Ji was well aware of Li Yuanji's temper. This man was so arrogant that he wouldn't give anyone face. He didn't dare to take it too seriously. He stood up tremblingly, wanting to take pity on him.

"It's endless, slow, can you stand up? If you can't stand up, it's the same when you lie down."

When Pei Ji heard Li Yuanji's words, he was afraid that he would beat him until he couldn't stand up, so his body trembled, and his skills really improved a lot.

Luo Cheng turned his head and glanced at Li Yuanji, who quickly changed his words: "The military situation is urgent, am I in a hurry."

"I didn't say anything about you." To be honest, Luo Cheng also felt that Pei Ji's acting was too heavy, but he didn't have the nerve to speak.Xin said, at least if you explain the matter clearly and pretend to be pitiful, do you still want to save Chang'an City?

Pei Ji saw that the two of them didn't care about him at all. Although they moved a lot faster, he felt annoyed in his heart, and pretended to be calm. He talked about the news of Liu Wuzhou's attack on Shanxi to Chang'an City, all the way to how he ended up. After telling the whole story of such a situation, he couldn't help but wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, speaking quite sadly.

It's just that the two of them don't sell him right now.

Luo Cheng was holding his breath, thinking about the layout of Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang's army that Pei Ji just said, how to break through, but Li Yuanji didn't take him seriously from the beginning to the end, it didn't matter whether he died or not, let alone expecting him to Poor Pei Ji.

Luo Cheng muttered to himself: "It's freezing cold today, Liu Wuzhou and others have traveled a long distance to attack Chang'an City, how will he deal with the food and grass?"

Before Pei Ji could react, he was pushed and shoved by Li Yuanji: "I'm asking you something."

Pei Ji replied: "Because of the cold weather and insufficient supply of food and grass, every time Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang went, they plundered and expropriated food and grass, which made the people complain, and they never saw me again. Living and working in peace and contentment, happy and harmonious, it is really pitiful..."

"Okay, okay, what time is it, and you're still chatting with me here." Li Yuanji gave him a blank look, and interrupted.

Luo Chengdao: "So, Liu Wuzhou is not popular among the people."

"Not only is it unpopular, but it offends the common people. Everywhere they go, they desperately search for food, grass, gold and silver. Now the common people can hide and escape as much as they can."

"We don't have much food and grass. Whether it's a quick battle or a long-term battle, at least we must ensure that our food and grass are sufficient. His Royal Highness is now besieging Luoyang Wang Shichong at a critical moment. We must not distract him. Since Liu Wuzhou has To the hearts of the people, can we first raise our arms and try to win the support of the people, and then raise food collection, drive Liu Wuzhou away, and restore the peace of the people, Mr. Pei, what do you think?"

Luo Cheng's words of "Master Pei" made Pei Ji regain some face, and his face warmed up, but he was also worried: "Nowadays, the common people are all soldiers, so I'm afraid it's not easy to trust us. If they don't trust us, then don't mention food collection."

Li Yuanji scratched his head: "If they don't believe it, then we will grab the food."

Luo Cheng glared at him: "What's the difference between you and Liu Wuzhou? Since Liu Wuzhou can't find it, we don't want to find it either. Who doesn't have a backup, and the common people are willing to take out the food."

"Then what do you think we should do? Those unscrupulous people, getting them to hand over their food is even more difficult than going to heaven." After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he found Luo Cheng staring at him without blinking, which made him happy. Could it be that Luo Cheng finally found out what happened to him?

Suddenly, I heard the other person say: "That's not necessarily true, it depends on who gets it. I think you can do it."

Li Yuanji was confused: "Me?"

"To be precise, it's His Royal Highness King Qin." Luo Cheng laughed.

The next day, Li Yuanji sat on a tall horse, dressed in white, with a modified face that was much softer, but not lacking in heroism, and appeared in a county outside Jinzhou City.

Luo Cheng stared at him sideways and said in a daze: "Looking at it this way, you two brothers are somewhat similar."

"Whoever is similar to him, in terms of fighting, he can't beat me." Li Yuanji said indignantly.

"Whoever wants to fight with you, today you will play the role of His Highness King Qin. If there are people approaching, remember to have a soft expression and a smile from the heart."

Li Yuanji muttered: "Why should I play him? His smile looks fake, and I'll give him a good name?"

Luo Cheng said patiently: "I explained to you that the name of His Royal Highness King Qin's benevolence and righteousness has long been spread all over the world, and he never disturbs the people wherever he goes. On the contrary, he will try his best to protect the people and is deeply loved by the people. This reputation is incredible. Not everyone has it." Luo Cheng raised his eyebrows jokingly and said to Li Yuanji, "Guess, if I said that His Royal Highness Li Yuanji led the army to attack Liu Wuzhou, would the common people dare to come out? "

Li Yuanji was dumbfounded, this analogy was too embarrassing.

However, there were still some people who did not know how to live and die, and spoke triumphantly, as if they were themselves: "General Luo, what you said is correct, the reputation of His Royal Highness King Qin is well known, and wherever he goes, the people are eager to support him. .”

"I want you to talk nonsense? You know a lot, and you know a lot and you are chased and beaten to hide in a mountain depression." Li Yuanji dismissed Pei Ji, "Hiding your head and not hiding your buttocks, look at your ability."

Pei Ji was taunted by Li Yuanji, and his face was flushed. He was dragged out because he was lying on the ground with his head hidden while Luo Cheng's vanguard looked at his ass.

Luo Cheng suppressed a smile and said: "Okay, Mr. Pei is right, remember those words, and show yourself well."

Li Yuanji really cleared his throat and shouted.

In fact, it is to declare your family name first, and then make a promise to reassure the people in the city that Tang Jun will protect the safety of the people.

Not to mention, when Li Yuanji called out Li Shimin's name, quite a few people opened the door to greet him and responded one after another. If you say that the two brothers don't look alike, how can people admit their mistakes?Where the common people had the opportunity to meet Li Shimin and others face to face at close range, they mostly just heard about it, and some of them saw it from afar, and it was only a hasty glance.Although Li Yuanji and Li Shimin don't look alike, at least they are brothers of the same father and mother. From a rough look, no matter their body shape or general outline, they are somewhat similar.

In just two days, many people came to surrender. Tang Jun naturally treated each other with courtesy. When the time was almost right, Li Shimin, played by Li Yuanji, began to talk about "difficulties". Compared with tyranny, the common people naturally responded positively to Tang Jun.

No, Tang Jun's food and grass are not worrying for the time being.

Now, you can attack Jinzhou City with peace of mind.

Song Jingang, who was in Jinzhou City, also heard about Li Shimin's coming. Standing on the city wall and looking at it from a distance, he couldn't see clearly, but the clothes were quite similar.

At this moment, "Li Shimin" called for the battle in person, Song Jingang naturally wanted to capture him, and went to Liu Wuzhou to ask for a reward.

Who would have imagined that just as soon as a group of generals led by him came out of the city gate, a small army that had already ambushed in the grass on both sides sprang up behind them and surrounded them.

Li Yuanji's army kept approaching before, and Luo Cheng outflanked and chased after him. Song Jingang couldn't resist at all, leaving Jinzhou City alone, defeated and fled.

Luo Cheng, Li Yuanji and their party worked hard to take down Jinzhou City, and within three or two days, they defeated several cities occupied by Liu Wuzhou's subordinates, all the way to Bingzhou.

The person stationed in Bingzhou is none other than Liu Wuzhou himself who intends to use this as a base to attack Chang'an City!