Chapter 22 Heaven has no way to enter the earth and no door
In the end, Su Lie decided to surrender.
In fact, he had no feelings for Dou Jiande, and the person who really convinced him was Gao Yaxian. In history, after Gao Yaxian died, Su Lie would rather go home to farm than submit to Li Tang. This is enough to show that Su Lie has no feelings for Dou Jiande.
The emotions of this adoptive father.
But now that Gao Yaxian has surrendered without complaint, how can Su Lie return to his hometown to farm?
After receiving Su Lie's consent, Gao Yaxian was slightly relieved. After all, this was his first mission after becoming loyal to the King of Chu, and he didn't want to mess it up.
"Li Yuan... Emperor Tang, he probably won't kill the lord." Su Lie was still a little worried.
Gao Yaxian smiled bitterly and said: "Probably not. Mr. Dou is no threat to the Tang Dynasty now. He has lost the hearts of the people in Hebei and can no longer appeal to the people of Hebei. If the Emperor of Tang could let Xiao Mian go, he should also be able to let Mr. Dou go. In the end,
In the worst case, it should be house arrest."
He felt that he was worthy enough of his old master Dou Jiande. As for whether Dou Jiande wanted to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, that was not something he could interfere with.
Everyone has his own destiny.
Compared to that bastard Liu Heitai, Gao Yaxian feels that she is worthy of Dou Jiande.
After receiving the news of Su Lie's surrender, Li Zhiyun wanted to be reserved, but he still couldn't hold it back. He specially pulled Su Lie to the side tent and had a serious exchange of emotions. Afterwards, he arranged Gao Yaxian and Su Lie to work under Duan Zhixuan.
under.
All that had to be done was done, and Shibobi withdrew from Hebei. If the King of Qin had not been in danger in Bingzhou, Li Zhiyun's expedition to Hebei could be said to have been a complete victory.
Dou Jiande was eliminated and Shi Bobi was driven away.
Right now, Li Zhiyun has one last thing to worry about.
Luo Yi!
Inside the big tent, civil and military officials gathered together.
Li Zhiyun said in a deep voice: "Now Shibobi has withdrawn from Hebei, Dou Jiande's army has been destroyed, and we will take all the land south of Youzhou and Hebei. However, I am still worried about Luo Yi."
Although Luo Yi suffered heavy losses as an excuse to stop the Turks from moving south, it is still unclear whether he suffered heavy losses.
Li Zhiyun would not believe Luo Yi's words at all, and he would not even believe a single punctuation mark.
He is now waiting for the court's order to go to Bingzhou to support him. Before leaving, he must make arrangements for Luo Yi. Otherwise, if Luo Yi takes the opportunity to jump out and pick up the slack, it will not be good.
Du Ruhui knew that King Chu was worried, so he said tactfully: "Your Highness, no matter whether Luo Yi has second thoughts or not, it is not appropriate to break up with him now. After all, Jieli is invading Bingzhou in the south. Now in Chuping, Hebei, stability should be the priority
.”
Chu Suiliang suggested: "It is better to let Luo Yi come to meet His Highness, so that we can control Youzhou."
"That's inappropriate." Cen Wenwen shook his head and said, "If Luo Yi really has his heart, if we do this, we will force him to rebel."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Chu Suiliang asked.
Cen Wenwen said: "It is better to be still than to move. Ignore Luo Yi for the time being. Your Highness might as well ask the saint to pass on the edict and summon Luo Yi to Chang'an as an official. In this case, Luo Yi has no reason to refuse. If he refuses, the saint will definitely let His Highness punish him."
Luo Yi."
It has to be said that Cen Wenwen's move is very good. It can not only test Luo Yi, but also give him an excuse to attack Luo Yi.
If Luo Yi goes to Chang'an, everyone will be safe. If Luo Yi doesn't go, then he will be disobeying the decree and will be dead.
However, Li Zhiyun cannot adopt it now.
Among the civil and military officials in the tent, only Du Ruhui, Xue Shou, and Xue Yuanjing knew the true situation in Bingzhou. It was impossible for Li Zhiyun to stay in Hebei to deal with Luo Yi.
At the very least, Li Zhiyun cannot stay in Hebei and waste time with Luo Yi until he defeats Jie Li.
Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said: "Let's do this. Send people to Youzhou to appease Luo Yi and stabilize him for the time being. When King Qin resolves Jieli in Bingzhou, I will ask the saint for an order to transfer Luo Yi to Chang'an."
"Yes." Everyone clasped their fists.
In mid-June of the fifth year of Wude, he merged with the state.
Since the back road was cut off, Li Shimin fought and retreated all the way, suffering heavy losses of troops and horses, and was finally surrounded by the Turkic army in Huanghuadui, Shuozhou.
Yes, he can fight, but the problem is that he has no food!
Shanyang was lost and all the supplies were lost. His hundreds of thousands of troops had no source of food. Coupled with the huge pressure from external Turks, the morale of the army began to collapse.
Being able to persist until now is the limit of what Li Shimin can do.
Now, many Tang soldiers know that they have become a lonely army, and even know the bad news that there is insufficient food and grass. Therefore, the Tang Army camp is full of sighing, even desperate Tang Army soldiers.
There were hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops outside. They were surrounded from front to back and fought fiercely for several days, but they were still unable to escape the Turks' pursuit.
If the fight continues, I'm afraid they will be completely wiped out.
Inside the big tent.
Li Shimin was sitting on his knees, his hair disheveled, his face dark, his eyes bloodshot, and extremely exhausted. No one knew how he spent this time. This crisis could be called the most dangerous situation since he went on the battlefield.
Changsun Wuji walked into the tent and saw Li Shimin looking depressed.
He knew the current situation, so he didn't say any nonsense and went straight to the point with Li Shimin.
"King Qin, you have to live!"
alive?
Li Shimin looked up at him and said, "The Turkic army is outside. It will not be easy for me to survive."
"Easy!" Changsun Wuji said resolutely: "Although the Xuanjia Army failed to defeat Shan Yang's Zhiwansili, their troops and horses were not damaged. Your Highness, if you give up the army and use the Xuanjia Army as a shield, you will definitely be able to get out of danger!
"
At first, Li Shimin sent the Xuanjia Army back to Shanyang first to attack Zhihu Sili in an attempt to solve the problem on his back. However, due to the fierce Turkic offensive and the speed of Xuanjia's heavy cavalry, they were unable to escape and had to give up.
"Abandon the army?" Li Shimin asked: "Do you know that these hundreds of thousands of troops are my king's people?"
"But without the king, there would be no army of hundreds of thousands." Changsun Wuji said: "As long as the king is still alive, sooner or later there will be such an army. If you are good at it, king, everything will be over!"
"If I abandon my army and flee, how will I face my father? How will I face all the officials in the court?"
Changsun Wuji took a deep breath and said: "The fault of the fall of Shanyang is not with the king, but with the king of Qi. If it were not for the fall of Shanyang, how could the king be in danger and cause heavy losses to our army? Your Majesty, as long as you live
, everything has a chance to come back.
If, my king, you die, then there will be nothing!
There’s nothing left!”
Nothing is left!
Li Shimin's mind fluctuated violently.
Changsun Wuji continued: "The fall of Shanyang this time is too strange. Fang Xuanling didn't even send someone to send news. There must be something wrong with it. Your Majesty, we must find an opportunity to find out what happened!
With Fang Xuanling’s ability, he won’t lose the city so quickly!”
Inspiring and enlightening.
Li Shimin had been thinking about repelling the Turks and had never thought about the loss of Shan Yang. Now when he heard Changsun Wuji say this, he also became a little suspicious in his heart.
Is there really a problem with the loss of Shan Yang?
Thinking of the fact that no one from Shanyang had come to deliver the news until now, Li Shimin became suspicious.
"Gather all the generals together, I want to discuss something!"
Seeing this, Changsun Wuji was very happy.
As long as they are willing to escape wholeheartedly, Jieli will never be able to stop them. Changsun Wuji does not want the Tang army to continue to resist pointlessly. Without food support, they will die sooner or later. In this case, it is better to save the King of Qin.
"As you command!"
Soon, the generals of the Tang army passed a resolution to protect King Qin and prepare to retreat!
Chapter 21 Protecting King Qin and preparing to retreat