Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Why do these people join the Universalist Church?

Just to survive in this troubled world.

In order to survive, they can give up their dignity and their beliefs.

But if they say that after they have eaten and drank enough, they will join the Universal Religion in plundering the imperial court's grain transport team, and remain indifferent to the countless grains and grass, watching helplessly as they are burned by a fire. This makes Li Shimin no matter what I don't believe it no matter what.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately ordered Li Daozong to suspend the arrest of ordinary people and focus entirely on the true believers of the Universal Religion.

However, his order was issued a little late.

Li Daozong's atrocities have aroused fear and hatred among the local people.

The night before the message was delivered, a mysterious force appeared again like a ghost, attacked Li Daozong's rear area and the warehouse where grain and grass were stored, and burned all the grain and grass inside again.

When Li Daozong received the news that the granary was attacked and needed rescue, he immediately sent 5000 elite troops to pursue the enemy.

However, not long after leaving the camp, these 5000 people were ambushed.

Since the battle was only a few miles away from his main camp, Li Daozong did not even think about it and led 15000 people to rescue him.

When he arrived at the battle site, not only were most of the 5000 men he sent lost, but even the people who had attacked them had fled long ago.

Just when he was about to order another team to go to the granary for rescue, there was a sudden earth-shaking explosion in the base camp behind, and then, a soaring fire, accompanied by a large amount of thick smoke, rose from the ground.

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain", this thought flashed through Li Daozong's mind instantly.

Just when he was about to turn back for help, another cry of killing came from the front.

It seems that the rebels who had retreated and attacked their own troops came back after hearing the noise.

Because the night was dark and the wind was high, we didn't know the situation ahead, nor how many enemies were coming, or whether there were other ambushes around.

Therefore, Li Daozong immediately ordered the entire army to be on alert, waiting for the enemy to approach.

However, after waiting for a stick of incense, not only did they not wait for the enemy's attack, but the charging and killing sounds around them stopped long ago.

Feeling that something was not going well, Li Daozong didn't even think about it. He got on his horse and ordered the large troops to retreat to the rescue camp.

However, as soon as he made a move, there was a banging sound from all directions, and countless fire points flashed around him.

This is a firecracker.

As soon as the thought came to my mind, I heard the miserable howls of the soldiers all around me.

"No, it's a hit!"

Li Daozong shouted loudly, and without caring about anything else, he directly ordered the soldiers to charge around.

However, as soon as the order was given, the enemies in the darkness disappeared without a trace again like mice.

The other party is stalling for time.

Such a thought flashed through his mind again, and then Li Daozong looked at the base camp with flames soaring behind him, feeling extremely anxious.

"Everyone listens to the order and immediately returns to support the big tent. No one is allowed to stay here."

With that said, he urged the war horse on his crotch and rushed towards the camp.

However, before he could rush out very far, he heard a rumble from ahead.

The aftermath of the explosion knocked Li Daozong off his horse and fell to the ground.

And those soldiers who were at the forefront were all blown to pieces.

Looking at the explosions coming from time to time in front of him, Li Daozong only felt weak.

After he finally gathered his troops, he survived until dawn and escaped the thunder array ahead. After returning to the camp, he found that there were no civilians in the camp, let alone those who were captured.

Even the 8000 troops he left behind to guard him had disappeared.

In addition to countless broken limbs and corpses left on the ground, there were tents that were burned to charcoal.

Looking at the devastation on the ground, a deep sense of powerlessness could not help but surge into my heart.

After counting the number of people, he found that in last night's attack, all the 8000 infantry he had left behind had been wiped out. The 5000 people sent out to support the granary now had less than 1000 people left, and the 15000 he had brought out behind him We also lost 3000 people, leaving 12000 people.

As for the 2000 people stationed at the granary, you know without asking that they must have been wiped out.

Li Daozong felt dizzy when he thought that of the 30000 people on hand, there were only less than 13000 left overnight, and more than half were lost.

At this moment, a messenger came galloping from a distance on a war horse.

He rushed straight to Li Daozong:

"Master Li, your Majesty has an urgent order."

Li Daozong took the bamboo tube handed over by the messenger, checked the sealing paint, and found no abnormalities before opening it.

When he saw that Li Shimin had asked him to handle the issue of Universalism with caution and not allow him to continue to torture the local people with his words and deeds, Li Daozong vomited out a mouthful of old blood and fainted.

That night, Li Daozong's camp was attacked again by the unknown army.

Although Li Daozong was on guard, his soldiers were still defeated steadily under the attack of the opponent's guns and explosives.

Seeing that he could not withstand the opponent's attack, Li Daozong had no choice but to abandon the camp and escape from the pass with his remaining army of less than 5000 people.

After this battle, there was no longer a single soldier of the Tang Dynasty in the realm of Guan Nei.

When the news of Li Daozong's defeat spread back to Chang'an, Li Shimin, who originally thought he had seen through the Universal Religion's conspiracy in advance, was so angry that he vomited blood again.

Then they urgently met with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other capable ministers to enter the palace to discuss matters within the pass.

Although Guan Nei has not clearly stated that it wants to break away from the control of the Tang Dynasty, and no one has stood up and raised an anti-Tang banner.

But now there is no official from the Tang Dynasty there, and there is not even an official army there. How can this not make everyone anxious?How is this different from leaving the Tang Dynasty?

After some discussions, Li Shimin decided to restart Li Jing and let him quell the unrest in the customs.

Now he finally understood why Li Jing stayed there and refused to sign after arriving in the pass.

According to what happened to Li Daozong later, it can be seen that Guan Nei at that time had long been firmly controlled by the forces in darkness.

Li Daozong can already explain everything about the consequences of entering directly when he doesn't know the truth.

However, what made Li Shimin Miao learn from the Party was that before his imperial edict was issued, news came from the Imperial Hospital that Li Jing was seriously ill and bedridden.

Li Shimin's first reaction was that the other party was jealous of him and wanted to find any excuse to excuse him.