Dou Jiande was wearing heavy armor, majestic, sitting on the head of the handsome tent, and the generals under the tent were on both sides.

A general said: "A few days ago, the Tang army broke through Hangu Pass, and the main army has now arrived in Xin'an County to camp, and not long ago sent an envoy to Luoyang City to recruit surrender, if the negotiations break down, I believe it will not be long before Luoyang City will be attacked." ”

Dou Jiande frowned: "Wang Shichong, this pustule, thinks that everything will be fine if he breaks the Wagang Army, but he doesn't know that Xingyang and Liyang have become the Li family's bag, and the king will now have to spend a lot of effort to capture the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

A general named Gao Yaxian under his seat asked with some puzzlement: "King Xia knows that the Tiger Prison Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it is attacked, it may not be able to relieve the siege of Luoyang, why do you still have to agree to Wang Shichong's request for help?" ”

Dou Jiande smiled proudly: "You all think that this king wants to save Wang Shichong, in fact, where do you know, this king is to save himself, you think about it, if Luoyang is captured by the Tang army, with the two heroic cities of Chang'an and Luoyang, plus the land of Bashu that was recently captured, Li Tang is a well-deserved king of the world, and all the heroes of the world are under the command of Li Tang. ”

All the generals praised the wisdom of King Xia.

At this time, a notice came from outside the door, "The prince of the country sacrifices wine Ling Jing to see King Xia." ”

Dou Jiande was slightly stunned, since he sent Ling Jing to Luoyang to form an alliance with Wang Shichong, there has been no news of him for a long time, and he thought that he had voted for Wang Shichong's account. is secretly pity for such a talent, "Pass him in!" ”

Ling Jing, who hasn't seen him for nearly half a year, has become a much stronger figure. With a steady step, he strode in from outside the tent.

Dou Jiande glanced at the guards on both sides, and the two guards immediately rushed forward, Ling Jing only glanced at them slightly, and did not resist, allowing them to tie his hands behind his back and escort him to the tent.

Dou Jiande shouted: "Okay, you Ling Jing." You still have the courage to come to see this king! Aren't you afraid that this king will behead you? ”

Ling Jing's face was fearless, and he smiled slightly: "The minister really angered King Xia somewhere, and asked King Xia to make it clear." ”

"This king has sent you to form an alliance with Wang Shichong. You escaped without permission, and there is no news of you, and this king thought you had defected, and now you suddenly appeared. What do you have to say? I can't tell why. This king can't spare you! ”

Ling Jing said proudly: "The minister is lurking in Luoyang, just to find out the information of Luoyang and explore the way for King Xia, but there is no news, just because the road is far away, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, which is not only troublesome but also timeless." King Xia should know the situation in Luoyang. Ever-changing, delayed intelligence is more terrible than being uninformed. This is not reported for a long time, the minister calculated that Wang Shichong and King Xia formed an alliance, just for today, so he has been waiting quietly in Luoyang, and it is expected that he will come to King Xia today. ”

Dou Jiande saw that he was telling the truth, there was no fear on his face, obviously he had a clear conscience, he couldn't help but turn his anger into joy, smiled and asked the guards to loosen his ties, let him arrange a seat for him, poured good wine, and apologized to him for suppressing his shock.

He didn't mean to punish him, this Ling Jing has always been arrogant and uninhibited, he already knew it, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much effort to invite him to come out, not to mention that Ling Jing could be regarded as giving advice to Great Xia and making a lot of contributions, now that Xia Jun is really preparing to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, he needs such a talent, it is too late for him to welcome it, how can he be willing to be punished.

After Ling Jing sat down, he couldn't wait to ask him for advice on how to break the enemy.

After Ling Jing, who was addicted to alcohol, sat down, he didn't drink a sip of wine, which made the people present feel a little strange, secretly thinking that this Ling Jing had quit drinking, and his figure seemed to have become thicker than before.

Ling Jing didn't notice the eyes of the generals around him, and slowly said what he had seen and heard in Luoyang in the past six months, and gave Dou Jiande a way to surround Wei and save Zhao.

The more Dou Jiande listened, the tighter his brows furrowed, and finally couldn't help but interrupt him: "What does Mr. Ling mean to let this king give up rescuing Wang Shichong, wave his army north to Jinyang, and attack the Li family's lair?" ”

Ling Jing nodded: "According to the minister's opinion, Luoyang has become a big fire pit, obviously there are Tang soldiers coming to the city, and there is secretly Zhen Ming's bitter assassination of the Wang family, who helps Wang Shichong, is to offend Li Tang Army and the Dark Guard at the same time, Li Tang Army is acceptable, offended the Secret Guard who is good at assassination and seizing the head of the enemy army, it is really unwise, so the minister thinks that although Luoyang is important, Wang Shichong is not worthy of King Xia's nest to save, and it is wise to enter Luoyang City and enter the fire pit and stay away from Luoyang. ”

Dou Jiande pondered for a moment and asked, "Didn't Zhen Mingku already die in Luoyang?" What else can his Dark Guard do? ”

Ling Jing said: "As far as the minister knows, Zhen Mingku is not dead, these days, the princes of the Wang clan in Luoyang City have died inexplicably, it is Zhen Mingku's doing, he has lost his mind in order to avenge the killing of his wife, and anyone who hinders him, he will not hesitate to annihilate." ”

Dou Jiande said with a smile: "Mr. Ling is too timid, just a Zhen life is hard, even if his dark guard is powerful, how to compete with Wang Shichong's 100,000 Weifu army, Mr. Ling's proposal, this king thinks that there is some meaning of reluctance to seek far, Luoyang is in front of him, just capture the Tiger Prison Pass, the army enters Luoyang City, the Zheng army plus the Xia army, and there is a Xiongcheng to defend, Li Tangjun can do nothing, wait for Li Tangjun to retreat, Luoyang City is the king's bag." ”

A cold light flashed in Ling Jing's eyes, and he asked coldly, "Does King Xia really want to go his own way?" ”

Dou Jiande was stunned, he felt that Ling Jing's momentum suddenly seemed to have changed as if he had changed a person, he had lost his previous calmness and composure, and became a little aggressive.

He didn't know why Ling Jing would stop him from aiding Luoyang, he felt more like he had an unanimous hatred with Wang Shichong, so he hated all those who had anything to do with Wang Shichong.

"Mr. Ling, does he have any holiday with Wang Shichong? The alliance between this king and Wang Shichong was originally Mr. Ling's idea, why is he uncharacteristically opposed to this king's rescue of Luoyang today? Is there something unspeakable? ”

Ling Jing took a deep breath, returned to normal, and barely squeezed out a smile, "What the minister meant at the beginning was that he felt that Yang Tong, the lord of the Imperial Tai, was young and promising, and he was a trustworthy ally, so that the King of Xia and the Imperial Thai Dynasty would form an alliance, firstly, to erect a barrier for Great Xia and contain Li Tang, and secondly, he felt that Wang Shichong was capricious and untrustworthy. ”

Dou Jiande sighed: "This king doesn't know, it's a pity that the emperor still can't fight Wang Shichong, otherwise this king will not personally wave the army to help, as the so-called lips and teeth are cold, if Li Tang captures Luoyang, the next target is Shandong Qizhou, this king can't take this risk, not to mention, this is also a godsend for my Great Xia Dynasty." ”

Ling Jing stood up and said: "Since the King of Xia is bent on going his own way, Ling is unwilling to sit back and watch the Great Xia Army fall into a land of no return, and I implore the King of Xia to allow the contemptible people to resign from the post of sacrificing wine to the prince of the country and return to the mountains and forests. ”

Dou Jiande's face was helpless, trying to stay, Ling Jing insisted on going, so he had to approve his resignation and reward him with a thousand taels of silver, but Ling Jing refused and left the Xia Wang military camp alone.

……

After leaving the military camp of the Xia Army, Zhen Mingku rode all the way to the outside of the Tiger Prison Pass, found a remote place, tore off the mask of Ling Jing on his face, changed into the armor of the Secret Guard General, and went all the way to the Tiger Prison Pass, the guard of the Tiger Prison Pass Tower was Ma Sanbao, seeing that it was him, he hurriedly switched on and off to welcome him into the pass.

After listening to Zhen Mingku's explanation, Ma Sanbao hurriedly repaired a book and passed it to Ling Shuang, who even he didn't know where he was, with a carrier pigeon.

"General Ma, soon Dou Jiande will attack the Tiger Pass, I hope General Ma can hold on for ten days, after ten days, I will personally lead the army to help, and General Ma will defend it."

Ma Sanbao nodded and agreed, took the best horse in the army and gave it to him, Zhen Ming refused politely, and went to one of the camps alone, where there was already a motorized off-road motorcycle he had hidden.

Ma Sanbao looked at Zhen Ming's back and muttered to himself: "Did Dou Jiande offend him?" ”

……

Outside Luoyang City, a thousand Tang troops arrayed one kilometer outside the west gate of Luoyang, shouting for battle, and the defenders of Luoyang City closed their doors and did not respond, allowing them to laugh at them.

In the handsome camp a kilometer behind them, Li Shimin sat on the top and discussed the siege strategy with more than a dozen lieutenants.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

A herald ran into the tent camp, "Report to King Qin, there are two people outside the formation who claim to be the third lady and come to serve." ”

"What's it called?"

"One Cheng Biting Jin, one Qin Shubao."

Li Shimin was overjoyed and stood up from his seat, "Hurry up, please!" ”

Cheng Yanjin and Qin Shubao walked into the tent, and after introducing themselves, Li Shimin stepped down from the handsome seat and walked in front of Cheng Yanjin, looking at the strong man in front of him like a treasure, Cheng Yanjin was wearing the military uniform of the Dark Guard at this time, wearing silver armor, and the bandages still wrapped around his arms.

He asked with some concern: "General Cheng, your hand?" ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled: "King Qin, please rest assured, even if the two hands are broken, the last general can use a good tooth to kill the enemy." ”

Li Shimin laughed, shouted hello three times, and exchanged politeness with Qin Shubao, and then his eyes fell on a scholar-like man behind them.

I don't know why, compared to Cheng Yanjin and Qin Shubao, he is more interested in this scholar, and vaguely feels that this person is not simple.

The scholar who followed behind the two saw Shimin looking at him, stepped forward from behind the two, and startled the guards beside Li Shimin, thinking that the other party was going to be unfavorable to Li Shimin, so he drew his knife one after another. (To be continued......)