Chapter four hundred and ninety seventh: Under the city of Huayin
Li Yuan had five sons in total. The youngest son Li Zhiyun was still very young. Before Li Yuan caused trouble, Li Jiancheng escaped from Hedong and escaped. However, Li Zhiyun was caught and sent to Chang'an to be beheaded. The eldest son Li Jiancheng had a good relationship with his fourth son Li Yuanji. But Li Shimin had a close relationship with Li Xuanba. Therefore, there was not much deep brotherhood between Li Jiancheng and Li Xuanba. Of course, this does not mean that Li Jiancheng was not sad about Li Xuanba's death. It is just that he would not be like Li Yuan. He resented Wan He blindly like that. But it is impossible to say that Li Jiancheng did not hate Wan He at all.
Although Wan He only controls one city of Luoyang now, his strength is no worse than that of Li Tang. Now that the rear is not stable, it is really not suitable for him to antagonize Wan He anymore. It can be said that Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji's approach is correct. If it were Li Jiancheng in this matter, he would do the same thing. Thinking like this, Li Jiancheng became a little jealous of Li Shimin. Why should all the talents go to Li Shimin?
Jealousy is jealousy. Li Jiancheng also knew that business was important this time. He nodded repeatedly and said to Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji: "Okay. I already know about this matter. You can leave first."
Seeing that Li Jiancheng asked him to step back, Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji did not dare to stay. They immediately stood up and bowed to Li Jiancheng. They said in unison: "I will say goodbye." After that, the two of them walked backwards and left the hall.
After the two left, Li Jiancheng shouted to a screen behind him: "Brother Wei, come out."
As Li Jiancheng shouted, a person immediately jumped out from behind the screen. It was Li Jiancheng's confidant Wei Ting. Wei Ting walked quickly to Li Jiancheng and saluted Li Jiancheng. Then Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said to Wei Ting : "Brother Wei, please think about how to deal with this matter."
Wei Ting frowned and lowered his head to think. In fact, before setting off from Chang'an, Wei Ting predicted that Wan He would not be willing to let Li Tang occupy Hongnong and Shangluo. However, Wei Ting did not expect that Wan He's counterattack would come. So fast. And so ruthless. At present, Li Jiancheng has not made any achievements. If he returns to Chang'an like this, Li Jiancheng's reputation will be greatly reduced. Then Li Jiancheng's action of leading the army this time will be more than the gain. But if he does not retreat, he will just stay here. In Huayin, that's not a problem. Wei Ting is not good at marching formations. He is more suitable for government affairs. Now this matter is really difficult for Wei Ting to handle.
Just when Wei Ting felt embarrassed, suddenly there was a shout from outside the hall. Immediately afterwards, a sergeant ran into the hall quickly. He bowed directly to Li Jiancheng and shouted: "Your Majesty. Unidentified soldiers and horses appeared outside the south of the city. They are approaching the city gate."
"What." Hearing this, Li Jiancheng and Wei Ting were also startled. How could an unknown troop appear out of nowhere? Li Jiancheng didn't even bother to ask carefully. He just hurried outside. Go. Wei Ting also waved and followed closely with a group of personal guards.
When Li Jiancheng and his party just arrived at the south of the city, they happened to run into Li Shimin and a group of generals. Compared with the strong soldiers and horses behind Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng only had a thin Wei Ting beside him. He was really alone. Especially... Thinking of Li Shimin's previous tricks, Li Jiancheng felt particularly uncomfortable.
But after seeing Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin acted as if nothing was wrong. He came forward with a smile, clasped his fists at Li Jiancheng and said, "Brother, you are here too."
"Yes." Li Jiancheng responded and ignored Li Shimin. Instead, he led Wei Ting and others directly to the top of the city. Seeing that Li Jiancheng was so rude, Hou Junji and other generals behind Li Shimin glared at him. A few people even wanted to rush forward, but were stopped by Li Shimin raising his hand. Li Shimin himself looked closely at Li Jiancheng's back, with a slight smile on his lips.
After Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and others climbed to the top of the city, they looked outside the city. They saw more than 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the city forming a square formation. The neat formation showed that this army was passing by. Strictly trained soldiers and horses. Li Jiancheng frowned. He had already seen the big military flag with the word "Liang" erected in the army. Needless to say, the soldiers and horses in front of him were the soldiers and horses of Liang Wang Wanhe. Sure enough, Li Jiancheng turned around. I turned my head and saw Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji's expressions changing drastically. They rushed to Li Shimin's side almost at the same time and whispered a few words into Li Shimin's ear.
After listening to what Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji said, Li Shimin's face didn't look very good. He turned his head and said to Li Jiancheng: "Brother, General Duan and General Liu just recognized them. This is the same army that stopped me at Shidi Mountain before. The soldiers and horses of King Liang of the army. That general is Luo Shixin, the counter-rebellion general who wounded General Feng." Li Shimin said as he raised his hand and pointed towards the outside of the city.
Looking in the direction of Li Shimin's finger, Li Jiancheng happened to see a general holding a big gun upside down and standing at the front of the army. It was indeed majestic. When he saw this general and heard Li Shimin's words, Li Jiancheng's face There was also a trace of anger on the scene. He hummed: "This person is Luo Shixin. Hum. The person who injured me still dares to be so arrogant."
Li Shimin's face also showed an angry look. However, Li Shimin was not as happy and angry as Li Jiancheng. Instead, he turned to Li Jiancheng expressionlessly and said: "Brother, calm down. Since Luo Shixin dares to send troops here, maybe he has something. Picture: We must not act rashly. Otherwise, we may very well fall into Wanhe’s scheme.”
Li Shimin's words also convinced Li Jiancheng. In addition, Wei Ting next to him also persuaded him in the same way. Li Jiancheng took a deep breath, turned his head, and said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, your generals Duan and Liu are both close to Luo Shixin." After the explanation, let the two generals go and find out what Luo Shixin wants to do."
Li Shimin had no intention of rejecting Li Jiancheng's request. He nodded to Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji. Duan Zhixuan immediately stepped forward, stood by the female wall, and shouted loudly to the army outside the city: "General Luo. Why did you lead the troops to invade Huayin?"
The general outside the city was none other than Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin had already thought about withdrawing his troops back to Hongnong. But suddenly he thought about it. Just staying in Hongnong and being beaten passively was too frustrating. The feeling of not being able to fight back was really frustrating. So Luo Shixin thought that instead of being too defensive, it would be better to take the initiative and scare the Tang army so that they would not dare to take a step further. Wouldn't it be better? It was with this idea that he came up with it. Now here.
Hearing the shouts of Zhixuan on the top of the city, Luo Shixin also laughed. He immediately took a step forward and shouted loudly: "I have been ordered by King Liang to inspect the surrounding areas of Hongnong to see if there are any unscrupulous people. I want to peek at Hongnong. This Huayin is right next to Hongnong. I came here to inspect. What's wrong?"
During the inspection, Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji felt dumbfounded when they heard Luo Shixin's blunt explanation. Looking at Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin with gloomy faces behind them, Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji secretly took a breath of air. This Luo Shixin was indeed It is a man of great skill who is so bold that he dares to chase Huayin to demonstrate with only 10,000 troops. Isn't he afraid that Li Jiancheng will be angry and send troops to attack? This place is not as good as Shidi Mountain. Here. Even if Li Jiancheng killed him, it would be justified.
Duan Zhixuan felt uneasy, but he continued to shout outside the city: "General Luo, don't joke around. This Huayin territory is under the rule of King Tang. General, since he is a general under King Liang, please lead your troops and leave. Otherwise, .That means the King of Liang intends to start a war with the King of Tang." Duan Zhixuan put on the hat of starting a war, just to force Luo Shixin away.
But Luo Shixin didn't care at all. He looked up to the sky and laughed. Then he shouted: "This is a big joke. As the saying goes, the whole world is not the king's land. This Huayin is obviously the city of the Sui Dynasty. When will it change? It was under the rule of King Cheng Tang. But I don’t know which emperor entrusted Huayin to King Tang.”
Even though Luo Shixin was usually clumsy-tongued, when he got into this nonsense, no one in the city could answer the question. Although Yang Guang was stupid and ignorant, making the people of the world miserable, but no matter what, in this world The world was still dominated by the Sui Dynasty. Even Li Yuan now had to kowtow to a teenage child. Duan Zhixuan made a slip of the tongue, but unexpectedly, Luo Shixin caught him. Duan Zhixuan was stunned and almost didn't react. Come on. Even Li Shimin behind him immediately turned gloomy.
Li Jiancheng, who was standing next to him, laughed secretly when he saw it. He could see that Li Shimin was embarrassed. Li Jiancheng was still very happy. But at this time, Wei Ting, who was behind Li Jiancheng, suddenly stepped forward and whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear. Li Gulu talked a lot. After listening to Wei Ting's words, Li Jiancheng's eyes lit up. He turned to Li Shimin and said: "Second brother, this Luo Shixin is so rampant. How can we not teach him a lesson? But I don't have many generals. .The only one was defeated by Naroshi Xin. He was seriously injured and unable to go out to fight. So I asked my second brother to send his troops out of the city to fight and capture this man."
Hearing what Li Jiancheng said, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown. But before Li Shimin could reply, Hou Junji, who was behind Li Shimin, couldn't help it. He immediately jumped up and shouted: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao Guogong .Let the last general go into battle. The last general will definitely take down that arrogant boy in one fell swoop."
Li Jiancheng didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Hou Junji actually took the initiative himself. Immediately, Li Jiancheng was afraid that Li Shimin would regret it. He immediately shouted: "Okay, okay, okay. General Hou's courage is extraordinary. I really admire you. All of this It all depends on General Hou."