Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Although the battle ahead was unclear, Qin Qiong still felt somewhat confident after taking over the 70000-strong army.

After all, Li Shimin and Li Ji relied on Shaanxi Guoguan to block the successive attacks of the Zhou army without letting the city fall, which is enough to show that the gap between the two sides is not very big.

And although he had been away from the court and the military camp these years, he had also heard that the Tang Dynasty had developed two new types of firearms.

A kind of fire blunderbuss with strong individual combat capabilities, its power is not inferior to that of a crossbow, but its endurance is far beyond that of a crossbow.

The other type, called artillery, is a siege crossbow with far greater power and range than ordinary siege crossbows.

And the first time he took over the military camp, he had people demonstrate it for him.

After seeing the power of the two firearms, Qin Qiong was even more shocked.

Although the inventory of these two firearms is limited, he is full of confidence in this rescue.

What he didn't know was that the weapons used by the two armies on the front line at this time, both inside and outside Guanguan City, Shaanxi, were all firearms that he said were like artifacts.

The reinforcements he brought and the firearms in his hands were just armaments that had been purchased by the previous army and put into stock by Li Shimin to deter Chang'an and just in case.

In this era of extremely underdeveloped communications, there was a lack of communication between Shaanxi Guoguan and Chang'an, and Changsun Wuji deliberately concealed it. Therefore, the real battle situation ahead was not effectively known to the ministers.

As for Qin Qiong, it was under these two circumstances that he accepted this important task and was pushed out by Changsun Wuji as a scapegoat.

What he didn't know was that under Changsun Wuji's deliberate arrangement and concealment, the 70000 troops he brought, including 20000 regular troops and 50000 auxiliary troops, became even more powerful after leaving Chang'an. The other person’s plate.

Under the arrangement and mobilization of Changsun Wuji, the few 20000 regular troops were transferred to Shannan East Road under various names and excuses, and secretly went to join Changsun Chong.

If this happened before, Qin Qiong would have noticed.

But at this time, he had been away from the court for many years, and his prestige in the military was even worse than before, and he didn't even have a single trusted person under his command.

All orders and instructions can only be implemented by Changsun Wuji's minions. Everything that happens in the army is not given by Changsun Wuji, and he has never even heard of it.

And at this time, he only wanted to rush to Shaanxi Guoguan to rescue him as soon as possible, and he never cared about what happened after his death, so he was held back by Changsun Wuji, and the foundation was dug out without even knowing it.

In this way, moving quickly all the way, gradually, the original 70000-strong army gradually became smaller and smaller.

From the original 7000 million people, it slowly became 65000, 60000, and 55000.

It wasn't until Changsun Wuji felt that he was almost done and could no longer deploy regular troops and could only find ways to manipulate the auxiliary troops, that Qin Qiong felt something was wrong.

After all, he could notice that there were so many people missing all of a sudden.

However, Changsun Wuji already had a way to deal with Qin Qiong's doubts.

He told Qin Qiong that when he set out, he received an urgent report from Shaanxi Guoguan, saying that there was no food in the city, and he hoped that the reinforcements could bring enough food and grass.

Previously, he saw that the other party was focused on the marching formation, so he did not dare to disturb him, so he sent troops privately to collect grain.

Now that the other party has discovered it, let's spread the matter out.

After hearing Changsun Wuji's explanation, Qin Qiong had no doubt that he was there.

After all, when Qin Qiong thought about it, his eldest son's family and Li Tang's lineage were already an inseparable part. No matter who was causing trouble in the entire Tang Dynasty, his eldest son Wuji would not be able to make mistakes.

There must be some legitimate reason for the other party to behave like this, and it is definitely not random.

In this way, Changsun Wuji successfully deceived Qin Qiong, drained the firepower of the reinforcements, and enriched his own family.

The reinforcements rushed slowly and hurriedly, and finally arrived at Shaanxi Guanxia half a month later.

Qin Qiong was shocked when he looked at the dilapidated city and the soldiers who were guarding the city with eyes full of indifference and no joy at all, just looking at them as if they were dead.

He didn't know what the soldiers in Shaanxi Temple had gone through, nor why they looked at him and the reinforcements behind them with such eyes.

Just as he was wondering, the city gate also opened at this time.

Li Shimin, who was covered in blood, was greeted by Li Ji, who was also covered in blood and looked disgraced.

The moment she saw Li Shimin, Qin Qiong couldn't even believe her eyes.

Is the man in front of me, with a sallow complexion and a haggard appearance, really the heroic and majestic Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

Changsun Wuji, who was on the side, had already seen Li Shimin's embarrassment when he faced Wu Xing Qiwang before.

Although Li Shimin in front of him was even more embarrassed than before, he could still barely accept it.

Immediately, he hurriedly jumped off his horse, knelt in front of Li Shimin, and cried bitterly:

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is late in coming to rescue me and has made your Majesty suffer. Please punish me."

As soon as these words came out, Qin Qiong reacted immediately, jumped off the horse in a hurry, knelt down in front of Li Shimin and saluted.

Looking at the barely uniform team in front of him, and looking at Changsun Wuji kneeling in front of him, Li Shimin almost killed him without drawing his sword.

He has heard about what the other party has done during this period, and he also knows that the other party let all the five surnames and seven looks go away.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was quite active in the rescue and invited Qin Qiong, a general, he would have been killed on the spot.

Ignoring Changsun Wuji who was kneeling beside him, Li Shimin took two steps forward and hurriedly helped Qin Qiong up.

"Uncle Bao, why are you here? Why don't you recuperate in Chang'an? How can I bother you to travel all the way to take care of my worries?"

Li Shimin helped Qin Qiong up, with a look of concern on his face.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Qin Qiong looked flattered and hurriedly raised his hands and said:

"I heard that the Great Zhou Dynasty was making a large-scale invasion, and His Majesty was driving the army to fight in person. How could I dare to stay at home? Therefore, I wanted to use this residual body to do my best for Your Majesty."

After hearing Qin Qiong's words, Changsun Wuji, who was still kneeling on the ground, kept twitching his face.

If I hadn't used all kinds of means to force you out of that turtle shell, I might have believed your lies.

However, when he remembered that the other party was here to die for him this time, Changsun Wuji's unhappiness that just arose disappeared in an instant.

He wanted to see how long the friendship between the two of them could be maintained.