The second year of Qin Kaiyuan and the second year of Tang Wude.

The fifteenth day of the first month.

Shangzhou, by the Danshui River outside Wuguan.

Wang Shichong's 3,000 men and horses are stationed here, on the Yuan Festival, the camp also has a few lanterns, although the camp is simple, but the Qi Wang Yuanji in Wuguan also sent people to send some wine and meat rewards, but it is barely a little festive atmosphere.

Wang Shichong sat in the tent and drank wine, very frustrated.

The tent wind is cold in spring, the north wind is howling, and although the brazier is burning in the tent, it is still difficult to hide the cold.

"Gong Zheng, King Qi sent someone to reward the soldiers." Pro-soldier report.

Wang Shichong just sighed.

"Zheng Gong?"

"Got it, I'll be right away." Wang Shichong said impatiently.

Put on a coat and go out, Wang Shichong's face when he came back was even darker. On the Shangyuan Festival, Li Yuanji only gave two cold pork and a few leg of mutton, what kind of reward is this?

He has 3,000 people here, and everyone eats and chews, but Li Yuanji only sends three or five days' worth of grain at a time, and he will never send more. Now for the New Year, do you only give so much to send a meal?

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became.

Many generals under Wang Shichong were also very dissatisfied, "If I knew this, I might as well go to Qin." ”

Some people say that Li Mi seems to be not bad in the Qin Dynasty now, as if he has been crowned a county duke, and he has been awarded the official position of Taichangqing. Many generals and colonels then said that Li Mi can have such a good treatment, and if we go over, we will definitely not be any worse.

"Lord, why don't we lead these three thousand brothers to the Qin Dynasty."

Wang Shichong's face was gloomy, "It's okay to vote, but we can't go empty-handed like this, otherwise there won't be any good treatment." He knew that the reason why Li Mi was able to be knighted and conferred was because he surrendered early, and most of Henan was still in the hands of his generals at that time. But what does he Wang Shichong have now, is it just these 3,000 defeated soldiers?

"Since Li Yuan is unkind to me, then don't blame me Wang Shichong for being unjust to him."

Wuguan, in front of the city.

Wang Shichong came to Guanxia with dozens of people.

"Wang Moute led his troops to thank King Qi for his reward in person in the future, and I heard that there are also lanterns in the city during the Shangyuan Festival today, so I took my brothers into the city to visit."

Wang Shichong smiled and said to the sergeant guarding the door.

As he spoke, he also stuffed a piece of pig kidney silver, which was worth several dollars, and the officer didn't expect Wang Shichong to be so generous, so he couldn't help but be moved at the moment, and quietly accepted the silver, "Let me go and say hello to King Qi?" ”

"Of course, we'll just wait here."

When the man saw Wang Shichong talking like this, he became more and more satisfied.

At this time, Guo Shiheng, a general of Wang Shichong, said on the side, "This ghost is so cold, and the wind is too strong outside, or we will go in and wait inside the city gate, and we will avoid the wind." As he spoke, he directly took out a piece of gold, which was worth at least ten yuan.

The officer's eyes widened.

Being a soldier and eating food is also precarious in this troubled era, and I want to get some money when I have the opportunity, and if I have a life to survive in the future, I can also go home and buy some land to build a house. Therefore, the military discipline of the Tang Army has never been good, and looting after the war is a common thing.

Anyway, let them come in and wait, after all, Wang Shichong and they have already belonged to Datang's own family.

"It's okay, you guys come here first to take shelter from the wind, but don't go into the city yet, lest King Qi blame me for a while."

"I know, I won't make it difficult for my brother, don't worry." Saying that, Wang Shichong handed over another piece of pork kidney silver, "Go back and invite the brothers to have some wine." ”

If the officers at this city gate were a little smarter, they would be able to see the abnormality of Wang Shichong and his party, even if they wanted to go into the city to visit, they would not be so generous and desperately stuff money.

But at this time, this person only had the gold and silver in his eyes, and he didn't care about anything else, so he waved his hand and asked his brothers to drag away the horse, and let Wang Shichong and his party all come in.

He said a few words, got on his horse and proudly went to Guancheng to report to Li Yuanji.

After Wang Shichong and the others came in, they were really honest, just chatting with these gatekeepers and roasting the fire together.

Everything is very ordinary.

When Li Yuanji heard the report, he frowned, "This Wang Shichong, it's all this time, and he is still in the mood to go shopping and watch the lanterns?" ”

A general beside him said, "It is estimated that Wang Shichong saw that His Majesty did not confer a title on him after he ascended the throne, so he was a little breathless, and wanted to come to see His Highness, probe and ask for a favor or something." ”

"He is just a general of the defeated army, and he only has 3,000 remnants under his command, what face do you have to be rewarded? Hongnong's battle, if it weren't for the incompetence of this Wang Shichong, it would not have affected my eldest brother. ”

He said dissatisfiedly, "I have already suggested to Your Majesty that you simply find a reason to kill this Wang Shichong, and then swallow his three thousand men." ”

Although Li Yuan is very generous to other generals who come to vote, Wang Shichong is not an ordinary general after all, he used to be the leader, and this kind of person cannot be retained.

It's just that Li Yuan didn't make a move for a long time, and it was also considering that he had just ascended the throne, and it was not easy to kill him openly at this time, so he wanted to dry Wang Shichong first, and then find an opportunity to kill him quietly, so that the impact would be small.

"Since His Royal Highness doesn't want to keep Wang Shichong, then he can kill him, kill Wang Shichong, and he has to swallow his 3,000 men and horses, and there are still a few fierce generals under him, and then they will naturally be accepted by His Highness."

Li Yuanji smiled.

"Yes, it's indeed a little too boring to stay at this martial arts pass, killing Wang Shichong can be regarded as having some fun."

"Look, how to arrange it, how to kill it with less impact?"

"Since Wang Shichong has already sent him to the door himself, His Highness might as well invite him in, and then when he is shopping, arrange some people to pretend to conflict with him, and then kill him, it will be regarded as a private vendetta, so it is none of His Highness's business."

"Well, that's a good reason."

Li Yuanji laughed.

"Report!"

"Your Highness, it's no good, Wang Shichong's people are fighting with the sergeant guarding the gate at the gate."

"What's going on?" Li Yuanji suddenly became vigilant.

"It seems to be talking about the battle of Hongnong, and then I don't know why I quarreled, and now the two sides are fighting."

"Brawl?"

Li Yuanji felt that things were very strange, Wang Shichong had been very honest and low-key during this time, why did he still dare to beat his people now.

Wrong.

"Why did Wang Shichong come to Guancheng?"

"It seems that he said that he came in to take shelter from the wind and wait for His Highness's reply."

Li Yuanjiteng's face changed, "Are they all a bunch of pigs, Wang Shichong is the opposite, hurry up and blow the horn to gather troops, Wang Shichong is here to capture the city." ”

But before he could put on his armor, another personal soldier came, but this time his face was panicked, "Oh no, Wang Shichong has already reversed, he has already taken the gate, Zheng Jun is killing into the pass, killing people when they see them, setting fire everywhere, Wang Shichong is leading people to kill here." ”

Li Yuanji was furious, "Take my lance, I will take the order of the king." ”

Several personal soldiers grabbed him, "Your Highness, it's too late, the brothers were raided by him, and now they are scattered, and it is difficult to gather, so let's withdraw first." ”

Li Yuanji wanted to rush to kill, but there were not many soldiers around him, seeing that Wang Shichong led people to rush all the way over, and the small number of Tang troops gathered together kept falling in front of their bows and knives, Li Yuanji couldn't help but panic, and finally had to flee from Wuguan in a panic under the desperate cover of his own soldiers, and fled all the way to Shangluo City, Shangzhou.