In the room, Ji Chuan and Li Chongjiu talked with each other, and they were open and honest with each other.

Ji Chuan heard Li Chongjiu say that Yang Guang was precisely because he supported the Jiangnan Shi clan, but he was counterattacked by the Guanlongmen valve, and after the defeat, he thought carefully for a while, but then said: "Your Majesty, Weichen does have a thoughtful place, but you can take a step back and don't rush to kill everything." ”

Li Chongjiu immediately said: "Ji Aiqing is from the bottom of my heart, why don't I know." If I were more relaxed, and those scholars would be open, they would not be so desperate to support Li Shimin, and it would be easier to pacify Guanzhong. But do you think that at the moment, my Da Zhao can still tolerate the effect of closing the Longmen valve? ”

Ji Chuan listened and fell into deep thought.

Li Chongjiu continued: "Although the world is vast and the people are numerous, there are only those people who are high. If I allow the Guanlongmen valve to be effective in the future, then the interests of the Hedong Shi clan, as well as the newly supported Hanmen and Shang lords, will be damaged. In fact, the seizure of the world is a process of redistribution of interests. I have taken the name of the era as innovation, and what is innovation is, of course, to reform the old and cloth the new. Just as the broken flesh is not removed, how can new flesh grow. ”

"Look at those Guanlongmen valves that used to be high up, at first glance they were in their prime, but in my eyes, they were already in the twilight. In the future, it will not be these people who will lead me Da Zhao and lead me in Huaxia. Therefore, this time, I will take the opportunity of the Tang Dynasty to completely dig up these rotten flesh and blood, and after conquering the entire Tang Dynasty in the future, all the benefits will be decided by me and handed over to the people of Da Zhao to divide. At the same time, it is also a warning to those scholars not to think about the left and right. Anything that is wet with rain and dew, everything that is the enemy of my Da Zhao. That's the end. ”

Ji Chuan listened to Li Chongjiu's words, and finally said after a long silence: "Your Majesty." Wechen understood, just like tearing down the old house and building a new one. This is a smashed jar, a jar, a high-rise building. ”

Li Chongjiu laughed when he heard this, looked into the distance and said: "Yes, it is to smash a qiē altar jar, Yang Jian is because he was born in the Guanlongmen valve, so after seizing the world, he compromised the Guanlongmen valve too much, and finally led his son to conquer Goguryeo." What is the use of such a gate valve? Anyway, the Guanlongmen valve has ruled the Central Plains for a hundred years, and now is the time to replace it with new blood. ”

Li Chongjiu knew that the biggest difference between himself and Li Tang was that he was not born to close the Longmen valve. That's why Li Yuan didn't marry his daughter-in-law Li Zhiwan to him. But in another situation, if he really becomes Li Yuan's son-in-law, he will never be able to occupy a high position within Li Tang, this is an unbridgeable gap.

In fact, with Li Chongjiu's statement that he is either me or an enemy, it was passed on to Li Tang through the patriarchs of the three clans in Hedong. Within a day, Li Tang resigned from various places. There were as many as 100 people. For example, Li Tang's secretary Lang Xue Yuanjing, and Liu Zheng, a member of the Zhongshu House, all said goodbye without saying goodbye. As for the generals in the army, there were also a few deserters. hung the seal and left, and some people even pulled their own people away. Until Li Shimin ordered rectification and killed a few people. The wind of flight has improved. When Li Tang attacked Zheng, the officials under Wang Shichong rebelled against Zheng and surrendered to Tang. It was almost repeated in Li Tang.

Li Chongjiu also left a little leeway for the Guanlongmen valve, and did not rush to kill them all. If the attack area is expanded from Li Shimin alone to the entire Guanlongmen valve, then this battle against the Tang Dynasty may have to be fought for a few more years, and finally completely eliminate the influence of the Guanlongmen valve in Guanzhong.

Just when Li Chongjiu received the patriarchs of the three clans in Hedong, the vanguard army of Zhao State had already arrived at Tiesha Pass, an important town on the road.

Su Dingfang's column cavalry probed the iron brake to close the garrison of the Tang army, but once the cavalry broke through, it was shot back by a random arrow.

Su Dingfang frowned when he saw this, he came as the vanguard of Zhao State, and along the way, he won successive battles and broke the seven cities of the Tang Army. But it was difficult to make a mistake in front of this iron brake, which is very difficult and dangerous, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a husband and a man.

There is a bad mouth in front of the pass, I heard the guide of the army say that this bad mouth is very narrow, and when walking the road on weekdays, there are often chariots and horses fighting here, and the result falls into a desperate ravine.

The Iron Brake Pass is so difficult to attack, but it has to be attacked, because this level holds the only way on the road. If this pass is not captured, then the army of Zhao will not be able to pass Guò.

At this moment, a junior colonel came to announce: "General Su, General Luo has arrived with his army!" ”

When Su Dingfang heard that Luo Shixin had arrived, he knew that he could not monopolize the work of breaking through the iron brake, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart, why didn't this Luo madman come sooner or later, but at this time. Fortunately, Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin are both generals of Xu Shijitun's guards, even if the city is broken, there is no need to worry about the other party snatching their credit, so Su Dingfang sent a horse and stationed in front of the pass.

Soon Luo Shixin led his men to arrive.

When Luo Shixin saw that the Iron Brake Pass had not yet been captured by Su Dingfang, he was very relieved, and immediately came to Su Dingfang and said, "General Su, I have finally caught up with you." I don't know what the military situation is at this Iron Brake Pass, how many men and horses are stationed in Li Tang? ”

Su Dingfang was not angry when he saw Luo Shixin, but it was related to the military situation, and he still said truthfully: "I still don't know anything about the military situation, and the Fengwen Division did not give us information, but I only knew that this iron brake pass was guarded by Li Daoxuan, a famous general of the Tang Army. ”

Luo Shixin listened and said, "Isn't Li Shimin very suspicious of the Li Tang clan? Why are you still willing to use Li Daoxuan as a general? ”

"I don't know, maybe the two of them have a good relationship with brothers." Su Dingfang guessed casually.

Luo Shixin laughed and said: "Yes, no matter what he does, if he breaks this level, he can attack Wenxi, brothers, ready to eat meat!" ”

Luo Shixin shouted like this, and the light cavalry behind him all raised their weapons in response, obviously their morale was very high.

"How can the cavalry attack the city? Look at the road. ”

Luo Shixin said disapprerovantly: "What's wrong with the cavalry, can't the cavalry fight on foot?" Look at mine. ”

"How many men are you going to mobilize?"

"Three hundred elites are enough."

"Are you sure, I don't know how many Tang troops there are in the city?"

Luo Shixin pointed to the mountain road and said: "This iron brake pass is a dangerous pass, you see that the terrain is like this, and it is inconvenient to transport military rations. What's more, this pass can't accommodate too many people, so three hundred people are enough. ”

Su Dingfang secretly admired. Luo Shixin observed carefully and said nothing at the moment.

Luo Shixin ordered three hundred soldiers. got off the war horse together, borrowed three hundred shields from Su Dingfang, and then said: "Don't worry, you will definitely have a share of the credit for laying the iron brake!" But I'm going to take the lion's share. ”

"Then I'll wait," Su Dingfang suddenly stepped forward and said, "General Luo, please take care." ”

Although Su Dingfang advised, Luo Shixin didn't care at all.

At the moment, Luo Shixin's men and horses raised their starting shields. Cloth into a tortoiseshell formation towards the city gate. Su Dingfang said: "I'll wait for the crossbowmen to prepare, ready to respond." ”

The adjutant general on the side said: "General Luo is so proud, let him attack the city, it's not better to have a disgraced face." ”

Su Dingfang said: "Where do you get so much thought, if you lose, the loss will be the military strength of my Zhao State." ”

The adjutant general immediately ordered to go down and arrange.

When the Tang army on the gate saw Su Dingfang coming to attack the city, the arrows and stones were immediately knocked down.

Luo Shixin was surrounded by soldiers, holding a shield in one hand and an iron spear in the other. Keep your head down. The arrows above the Tang army were very dense, and the Zhao army couldn't raise his head for a while. The mountain pass is very narrow, allowing only five or six people to stand in front of it.

Luo Shixin shouted at this time: "Brothers, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road. Kill me with me! ”

After Luo Shixin shouted urgently, the three hundred soldiers agreed together, but saw Luo Shixin leading the men and horses to accelerate forward. The soldiers arrived under the city. At that moment, more than a dozen soldiers thought that they were on the steps, and jumped up to the pass with their robes below.

And the soldiers who rushed to the city. Use the robe and hands and shoulders as stepping stones to kill the city plate.

There wasn't much room in the city. Only a few dozen people could turn around, and the crowd crowded into narrow places to fight. However, the Tang army still had the advantage of the geographical advantage, blocking the low city plate and preventing the Zhao army from climbing the city wall from other places.

Sergeant Zhao was picked out of the city one after another, and when Luo Shixin saw this scene, he roared and went to the wall with an iron gun in his hand. The Tang army on the city wall roared for Luo Shixin's earth-shattering roar, and before the battle was engaged, half of the three souls and seven spirits were lost.

Luo Shixin jumped on the city plate, and the iron gun in his hand was like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, rolling it at random, but he saw that the city bricks on the city plate were like rice noodles pinched, and under the sweep of his iron gun, they were torn apart. Dozens of red-headed bricks flew in all directions, smashing their heads and faces on the heads and faces of the current seven or eight Tang soldiers.

A puff of smoke and dust rolled up, and in that moment, but seeing Luo Shixin's spear picked up one after another, he swung his gun and collected it so fast that he couldn't see it clearly. In the blink of an eye, the red tassels on the iron spear in his hand were stained with blood, and the iron spear pierced the bodies of several Tang army soldiers like piercing tofu. The iron armor on their bodies had no ability to cover up in front of the spears.

Luo Shixin rose up to kill, and he was even more unstoppable,

Luo Shixin's courage was so great that both the enemy and our armies in the city and under the city couldn't help but marvel.

Li Daoxuan, the general of the Tang Army, couldn't help but change color when he saw Luo Shixin being so brave, but when he saw that Luo Shixin and the three Tang Army soldiers were fighting, his heart moved, and he suddenly approached Luo Shixin's side with a short sword, and killed Luo Shixin with a sword.

And Luo Shixin had already killed the current two Tang soldiers, and the remaining one person saw this scene, and he rushed towards Luo Shixin desperately.

Luo Shixin's iron spear easily pierced the other party, but this Tang sergeant was desperate, holding the spear stuck in his chest, and even Luo Shixin, who was called a divine power, could not pull out the spear.

Luo Shixin saw Li Daoxuan sneak attack on him, and at this moment he had to throw his gun and retreat to avoid the sword that stabbed him. But after throwing the gun, he didn't have an iron gun, so how could he resist the Tang army surging from left and right.

But Luo Shixin didn't have time to think about it, and now he could only break his wrist.

However, at the moment when Luo Shixin was about to throw the gun, Li Daoxuan snorted, and it turned out that an arrow suddenly hit his right arm. The short sword in Li Daoxuan's hand was suddenly thrown to the ground.

At this time, Dan listened to the applause of the city.

"General Su is good at archery, and there are no missed arrows two hundred steps away!"

"Yes, this sneak attack dog thief, where can we General Su let you hurt our General Luo?"

Luo Shixin knew that Su Dingfang had saved his life, and he couldn't help but be ashamed at the moment, so he struggled to pull out the spear and shot away at Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan was caught off guard and was killed by Luo Shixin with one shot at the moment! Li Tang and his generals were killed like this.

"The enemy general Li Daoxuan has been killed by me, so don't you surrender quickly!" Luo Shixin killed Li Daoxuan, raised his spear and shouted in all directions.

When the Tang sergeant saw the scene of Li Daoxuan being killed, he had no fighting spirit at all. It's all about surrendering. The Zhao army above and below the city all cheered!

After the iron brake was broken, Luo Shixin immediately went to Su Ding and said, "General Su." If you hadn't saved my life, I would have died a long time ago. I was arrogant before, please forgive me. ”

Su Dingfang said: "They are all serving under General Xu's account, you don't have to be polite, it's just that this city-breaking battle is ......."

"Other things are easy to discuss, and there is no need to talk about military achievements!" Luo Shixin decisively refused.

Su Dingfang laughed and said, "Okay, then you and I will be one and a half." ”

Luo Shixin thought for a while and said, "Cheng, just do it!" But he still said in a tone that clearly distinguishes between public and private.

In the evening, Li Chongjiu had already learned the news of the fall of Tiesha Pass in front of him.

The good news has also reached his hands, and Li Daoxuan, the general of the Tang Army, was killed by Luo Shixin with a shot. All the 300 Tang troops in the city surrendered, and the Iron Brake Pass only held out for less than half an hour under the attack of the fierce general Luo Shixin.

Li Chongjiu did not doubt Luo Shixin's strength at all, but it was another record in another good news sent back by the military supervisor.

Li Chongjiu knew that Luo Shixin was in distress during the siege of the city, but fortunately he was saved in the end, and he was not injured. But for Li Chongjiu, he couldn't help but be afraid, it was ten iron brakes. In Li Chongjiu's eyes, he can't be compared with a tiger general like Luo Shixin.

In history, Luo Shixin was too fierce and stubbornly defended the city of Lishui, and finally the dignified tiger died in the city.

But what's interesting is that it saved his life. It was actually Su Dingfang. Li Chongjiu remembered that in the Tang novel, Luo Cheng, the prototype of Luo Shixin, died at the hands of Su Dingfang. But in another scene now, Su Dingfang actually saved Luo Shixin's life. Because of this, the two formed a friendship. This is a good thing for Li Chongjiu.

"Get out of the car!"

Li Chongjiu tapped on the window, and the carriage slowly stopped.

Li Chongjiu got out of the carriage. On the right and left were marching armies.

However, the first batch of grain transport teams from Heyang in the distance had already arrived at the rear army. Civilians push chicken carts. Walking on the road. In addition, there are thousands of ox carts full of grain and grass, which also follow from the back.

Li Chongjiu asked at the moment: "Which way is the guard grain and grass?" ”

After hearing this, the court guard immediately said: "It's Yi Weijun!" ”

Li Chongjiu nodded, and said immediately: "Transfer the cavalry of the Ting Guard Army out of the five regiments and integrate them into the Yi Guard Army to protect the army's rations." ”

After hearing this, the court guard officer hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the court guard army is the Praetorian Guard who guards His Majesty, if you transfer people and horses, in case you ......."

Li Chongjiu immediately reprimanded: "The grain road is fine, I can rest assured, otherwise there is no military rations, even if there is a million troops beside me, it will be useless." In this decisive battle with Li Tang, if our army protects the grain and grass, it will be half the success. Let's go, let Zhang Shilang and them come to see me. ”

"No!"

Soon Zhang Xuansu, Ji Chuan, Yu Shinan and other staff members arrived together.

Li Chongjiu ordered people to spread out the map and said: "As soon as the iron brake pass is broken, Jiangzhou is in no danger to defend, and the forward of our army can arrive at the city tomorrow, where are Wei Chi Jingde's men and horses?" ”

"Your Majesty is here," Zhang Xuansu skillfully pointed on the map, "and it is less than thirty miles away from Jiangzhou." ”

"Very good, how is the movement of the Tang Army in Jiangzhou?"

"Returning to His Majesty, there was no movement, since the iron brake pass was lost a day ago, Jiangzhou closed the city gate, and the people were not allowed to enter and exit. It seems that the Jiangzhou guards are worried that there will be spies entering the city. ”

Li Chongjiu said: "Garrisoned in Jiangzhou is Duan Zhixuan, the general of Li Tang, how is Yu Shinan?" ”

Yu Shinan said: "This person is a pawn under Li Shimin, who has been promoted all the way by virtue of his military exploits, and is very brave, this time he replaced Li Chen, the former governor of Jiangzhou, and was the general of Li Tang to guard Hedong. At present, Li Tanghe's eastern army is under his tent. ”

Ji Chuan added: "Hedong is the place where Li Yuan started, the Hedong Army has always been elite, and in the past, it has fought many times with the Xiaowei Army stationed in Taiyuan, and there have been victories and defeats with each other, but according to the news of the Wind and News Division, Li Shimin has transferred nearly 10,000 elites of the Hedong Army to train the new army, and now the combat strength of the Hedong Army should be not as good as in the past." ”

Li Chongjiu said: "In this way, there is also a shortage of troops in Jiangxian County, and it seems that Li Shimin really intends to give up Hedong." Shrink your forces and guard Chang'an. ”

Ji Chuan sneered: "In this way, Li Tang is not defeated faster. As soon as Jiangjun is broken, our army can drive straight in, and then break through Pujin Pass, and Chang'an will be separated by a river. ”

Li Chongjiu said: "Li Shimin is by no means a person who can be captured, and the smooth progress of our army shows that he must have a backhand." What happened to Wang Junkuo's Western Route Army? ”

Yu Shinan said: "It should be attacking the area of Longyou, Hexi, and at this time, it should be near the shallow water plain." The west of the Hexi and the east of the river are far apart, and many messages can only be conveyed in more than 20 days, and there were originally carrier pigeons that could transmit messages, but later Li Tang's intelligence department domesticated falcons and specialized in hunting and killing carrier pigeons, which made it inconvenient to transmit news. ”

Hearing Yu Shinan say this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little worried about Wang Junkuo's army in Hexi.

Li Chongjiu said: "Wang Junkuo is the general I have chosen, I believe in his ability, even if Li Shimin wants to target him, but his subordinates are all cavalry, and if you can't win, you can still retreat." ”

Hearing Li Chongjiu say this, the generals felt a little relieved.

Yu Shinan asked: "Then Your Majesty, are we going to attack Jiangjun tomorrow?" Or wait for news from the Western Route Army. ”

Li Chongjiu slapped his palm on the map and said categorically: "Of course you don't have to wait, tomorrow you will capture Jiangjun, and then go down to Pujin Pass, and after crossing the Yellow River, it will be Guanzhong." The first to enter the customs is king! ”

Hearing Li Chongjiu say so categorically, all the ministers immediately said yes.

Immediately Li Chongjiu's military order, Tong Guò fast horse was immediately passed to the hands of the front generals Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang.

The order is simple, the first to enter the customs is king! (To be continued......)