Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Lu Chongmao, who guards Xia County, is just a grassroots man after all, and he has never fought a war before. Although he has read sage books for several years, he is far from being comparable to Li Yuanji, who has been fighting with his father since he was 14 years old.

No, he played three times and lost three times in a row, which made Lu Chongmao droop his head and was extremely depressed.

But winning Lu Chongmao does not mean taking Xia County, which is a tough nut to crack.It is mainly related to Xia County's common hatred and concerted efforts.The blame can only be blamed on the unreliable generals of the Tang army who guarded Xia County before. The people of Xia County have been squeezed for too long, and they don't want to go back to the old days. Therefore, no matter how Li Yuanji made his promises, he would not listen.Only obeying Lu Chongmao's orders, the whole people resisted desperately, which made Li Yuanji's teeth itchy with anger.

In the camp outside the city, Li Yuanji heard that there were a few fewer soldiers in the barracks last night, and that he found a corpse in the haystack today, so he threw away the topographic map in his hand in anger.

Li An lowered his head slightly, and said respectfully: "Wu Zuo has already investigated, and it is said that he drank poisonous wine and died of poison."

Li Yuanji glared: "Where did the wine come from in this barracks?"

"Last evening, a small group of people from Xia county escaped from the city, saying that they came to join our Tang army, and the soldiers picked them up. When those people came to surrender, they brought a lot of dry food with them. There is still some wine..." Li An said, hesitating a little, "My lord, you also know that the soldiers have not taken a break these days, and they are already tired. It is rare to see any wine, maybe... they are greedy, That’s why people have the opportunity to take advantage of…”

"What about those who surrendered?"

"The subordinate was arrested immediately, but...there was no trace." Li An lowered his head in shame.

Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief, and said with an angry face: "I see that Xia county is full of thugs! Order the soldiers not to accept any food from the common people, and be careful of those thugs. Once there are defectors, first arrange them in one place, and let me guard them strictly."

"Yes."

At this time, a report came from outside, saying that General Luo Chengluo had brought the Luo family army to help.

Only then did Li An see that his master's brows were finally loosened. Li An welcomed Luo Cheng into the tent, then ordered his subordinates to go down, and then quietly retreated, leaving Li Yuanji and Luo Cheng alone.

Li Yuanji looked at Luo Cheng who came rushing to him, he was really not good-looking, he was disheveled, he had tossed and tossed a lot along the way, he felt a little sorry, he wanted to see him terribly, but he murmured: "Why are you here?"

"Thanks to your reinforcements, Dou Jiande was captured. At this moment, I have entrusted Hulao Pass to Brother Shan Wu. His Royal Highness King Qin is in Luoyang. Wang Shichong has no reinforcements, and there is not enough food and grass in the city. It is a matter of time before Kaesong surrenders." , So, I came to you. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have withdrawn your troops and merged with the state. Now I will join you in retreating Liu Wuzhou's troops and breaking the siege of Chang'an City." Luo Cheng grinned, "We advance and retreat together. "

Li Yuanji felt itchy when Luo Cheng said "advance and retreat together". He lowered his head and waved his hands in embarrassment. The dazzling red on the sleeve quickly stepped forward two steps, grabbed his arm, and asked, "What's going on, are you injured?"

Luo Cheng was taken aback, then smiled indifferently: "It's okay, it's not my blood, it's Dou Jiande's. I stabbed his arm and knocked him off the horse. It may have been infected at that time. I was on the road, but I didn't die. Watch out for these."

"Oh, oh, that's good." Li Yuanji said that's good. He dragged Luo Cheng's arm but didn't let go. Instead, he hesitated and held his hand, which felt warm. , Li Yuanji's heart skipped a beat and he clenched even tighter.

Luo Cheng's body froze slightly, he lost his reaction for a moment, and the smile on his face froze in place.

"Luo Cheng, what I told you before I left was true. Have you ever thought about it later?" Li Yuanji twitched his lips and said, a little nervous, but he was unwilling to give up this opportunity, and his expression twitched uncommonly, "I It wasn’t like this before. I thought I liked women. But I don’t know why. The more I look at you, the more different I am. The more I look at you, the more I like you. Even if you scold me and beat me, I’m happy. I won’t bully others, and if you don’t like me hunting, I won’t hunt.”

Luo Cheng was frightened by this long passage. When Li Yuanji said that when he left last time, he had thought that there was something wrong with Li Yuanji's feelings for him, and he also guessed that with Li Yuanji's straightforward temperament, he was afraid It wasn't long before I would tell myself clearly, but I didn't expect it to be so soon, and I still chose this stall, and I didn't know how to respond for a while.Besides, Li Yuanji, who speaks so nicely and softly, is really uncomfortable!Shouldn't it be possessed by something?

Seeing Luo Cheng blinking cutely, Li Yuanji was obviously frightened, but he didn't refuse, but gave him courage: "Look...you are always worried that my temper will hurt Chi Yu, otherwise, for the sake of Bingzhou The common people can live and work in peace and contentment, you urge me, if you can look at me inseparably, I guarantee that I will not do any bad things. If I do bad things, you can beat me how you want, anyway, even if I want to resist, I will I can't beat you."

Squeezing out such a long paragraph, Li Yuanji blushed from holding back.

Li Yuanji peeked at Luo Cheng and remained silent (actually he was dumbfounded) and said: "Luo Cheng, you can be my Princess Qi."

Luo Cheng: "..."

"I'll count to three. If you don't deny it, I'll take it as your acquiescence. One, two, three."

"Hey——" This is not a joke, Luo Cheng just opened his mouth, Li Yuanji's counting "one, two, three" quickly fell behind, and he didn't even give him a chance to refute.

Li Yuanji grinned, showing his bright white teeth, his eyes were almost squeezed out: "Then it's settled."

"Li Yuanji, stop making trouble. We don't even—" Luo Cheng was about to say something when he heard noises coming from outside the tent, and then Li Yuanji, who was close to the curtain, took a few steps forward, opened the curtain and asked, "Why?" What happened? What happened? Noisy."

Li Yuanji said in his heart that this accident happened so well. If Luo Cheng refused later, he might have said it out loud.Originally, he didn't want to confess to Luo Cheng so quickly. Anyway, Yu Wencheng is dead, and he still has a lifetime to spend with Luo Cheng until he gets used to being by his side, but now he might not be able to, who I once thought that Yu Wencheng is not dead... Why should I fight with Yu Wencheng? He once left an indelible impression in Luo Cheng's heart.

Li Yuanji looked down at the empty palm, which was covered with thin sweat.

Li An ordered people to stop a group of people behind him, and he went up to Li Yuanji and said, "Your Majesty, these are the people from Xia County who came to surrender and refused to obey the discipline, so they didn't want to go to the dungeon."

"Why do you want us to go to the dungeon? We are here to join Tang Jun, we are not prisoners!"

"Yes, we are not criminals! Since this is the case, we might as well defend Xia County together with Mr. Lu..."

As soon as Li An finished speaking, he saw a group of people who looked like ordinary people making noise.

When Luo Cheng heard this, he frowned slightly, and walked out of the tent, looked at Li An and said, "Since they are the people who came to surrender, why should they be imprisoned?"

Li An hesitated to speak, and approached him and said, "You don't know, General Luo, this Xia county is a land of troublemakers. These days, there are people who come to surrender every day. At first, we also ate and drank I offered them up, but these people didn't come to surrender sincerely at all. They were all spies sent by Lu Chongmao. After killing a few of our soldiers, they all fled back to the city. No, His Royal Highness King Qi ordered us... "

"But people can't be locked up forcibly. If this spreads to the city, how can anyone dare to surrender? It's forcing the people to tie Lu Chongmao to a rope."

Li Anxin said that the people of Xia County had already been deceived by Lu Chongmao, and they bound Lu Chongmao tightly.

"The former officials have become corrupt and seek the people's anointing. They have long been hated by the people of Xia County. Lu Chongmao is a good person in the local area. He raised his arms and responded with a crowd. This is the main reason why I have not been able to win Xia County these days. .” Li Yuanji frowned.

Luo Cheng pondered for a moment: "According to what you say, this Lu Chongmao can be said to be the core figure in Xia County, and the people only look up to him."

"Exactly."

"Then how about this—" Luo Cheng leaned close to Li Yuanji's ear and told him his plan one by one. Who knew that after finishing speaking, Li Yuanji didn't see any reaction, so he stretched out his hand and pushed him, "Do you think this method is feasible?" Is it?"

The warm breath in his ears dissipated, and Li Yuanji seemed to wake up, and suddenly said: "What did you say? I didn't hear clearly just now... Come closer and say it again."

Luo Cheng knew what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, annoyed and ashamed, he gave him a hard look, and said in a cold voice: "Do you want to listen or not." He turned around and wanted to leave.

Li Yuanji stretched out his hand to grab his wrist, and heard it clearly: "I can really make the decision."

In the evening, Lu Chongmao in Xia County received the letter of surrender from the Tang army.

What did the letter say?The general meaning is as follows:

The purpose is clear, which is to recruit you, Lu Chongmao. If you surrender in Kaesong now, the Tang army will not blame the people of Xia County and what you have done.

Don't you look down on the mob in the Tang army?Okay, now I will hand over Xia County to your management, and you can manage it however you want.Don't question whether Tang Jun's words count, the seal of His Royal Highness Li Yuanji, King Qi of Tang Jun is clearly printed on it.

If you toast and don't eat or drink fine wine, and you persevere to the end, what will be waiting for you?

I have many soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, with strong soldiers and strong horses. It will be a matter of time before you take down your district of Xia County. If you are not stubborn, you have to fight me to the end?Then after I have gone through a lot of hardships and forcibly conquered Xia County, at that time, it doesn't matter if you, Lu Chongmao, die alone, and the people of Xia County will definitely not be able to please you. You suffer.

It really made Luo Cheng guess right, the person who can make the people of Xia county voluntarily follow——Lu Chongmao is really not a selfish person.Lu Chongmao hesitated immediately to spread the interest to the lives of the people in Xia County.

Just when Lu Chongmao was undecided and really planned to lead the people to open the city and surrender the next morning, another accident happened!

This change was brought about by a general under Song King Kong, who was appointed by Liu Wuzhou personally. Who is this general?It was a famous person in the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties - Wei Chigong, one of the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the later Tang Dynasty.

As mentioned in the previous article, this Lu Chongmao opposed the Tang army and actively responded to Liu Wuzhou.Although Liu Wuzhou had already reached Bingzhou City, he heard that Li Yuanji had returned and had already attacked Xia County. In order not to prevent him from attacking Chang'an City and capturing Li Yuan alive, he ordered his brother-in-law Song Jingang to send people to support Lu Chongmao. The person Song Jingang sent was General Wei Chigong.

When the battle started the next day, he saw a big man in a black-faced python robe beside Lu Chongmao. At first, Luo Cheng didn't recognize that man, but when Li Yuanji couldn't hold back and fought against him, Luo Cheng saw something. Second.

Li Yuanji fought countless battles all year round, especially good at using horses. When he fought Lu Chongmao before, he had forced Lu Chongmao to retreat, so he could only hide in the city with the gate closed, not daring to fight.Now, the other party came with a general, and he stepped forward without hesitation. When Luo Cheng wanted to stop him, he had already run out.Luo Cheng thought about it again, that's okay.I don't know who this black-faced man is. Seeing that Lu Chongmao is also in awe of him, he has some background, so he asked Li Yuanji to test him.

When the two sides reported their names, Luo Chengxin said badly, this Yu Chigong is not a small person, he is one of the best generals in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, let alone Li Yuanji, even if his cousin is here, I am afraid that he is not his opponent, let alone the reckless Li Yuanji. It's Yuanji.

I just thought of this, and as expected, I saw Li Yuanji stabbing the horse back and forth, but Yu Chigong dodged them one by one, Li Yuanji became very angry, and his subordinates worked harder.In this duel, the most taboo thing is to be restless and restless, and it is the easiest to show flaws. Sure enough, after a few strokes, Yu Chigong saw a gap, bent down, and stretched out his hand to snatch the horse from Li Yuanji's hand.槊, the two were at loggerheads.

Yuchigong raised his shoulders and gave Li Yuanji a chin. The latter was in pain, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the weapon was snatched away. , when the sharp blade was only one hand away from Li Yuanji's throat, Yu Chigong suddenly saw a feathered arrow shooting towards him from the corner of his eyes, he quickly stopped the attack, and leaned over to dodge.

Yu Chigong looked back, spat angrily, and said, "Hey, you Tang Jun is a sneaky villain, you can't beat me, so you come to attack me?"

Luo Cheng handed the bow and crossbow to Yan Lang who was beside him, held the spear in one hand, reined in his horse and stepped forward and said, "If I really want to sneak attack you, can you still stand here now?"

"That's because I have a lot of life and agility, otherwise I would have suffered a crime like you, a little kid." Yu Chigong saw Luo Cheng's appearance clearly, and was quite indifferent. Such a pretty face, how could he be marching and fighting? Unexpectedly, I don't know which high-ranking official's precious lump is sent to the military camp for training.

Luo Cheng pursed his lips and smiled, without denying it, he only cared about Li Yuanji who was beside him and said, "How are you, are you not hurt?"

Li Yuanji's face flushed with embarrassment, it's not that he can't afford to lose, victory or defeat is a common event in military affairs, but this time it's different.This time he lost in such a mess in front of Luo Cheng, he really couldn't hold his head up, glared at Wei Chigong angrily, and said: "You black-faced brat, just wait for me, I don't believe I can't take you down, If I take you down, I will cut you into pieces to avenge my weapons."

"Yo, you kid should be stubborn, you're defeated." Yu Chigong snorted, and glanced at Luo Cheng who was aside from the corner of his eyes, and his tone was not without contempt, "There is no one in the Tang army? I'll send you two little ones to accompany me Just for fun? Ah, that’s right, the city of Chang’an is in danger, and Li Yuan can’t take care of himself, if someone is capable, he will go to guard Chang’an city, and you two will be left to send your grandpa Yuchi to death.”

Li Yuanji was so angry: "Yu Chigong, if I don't chop off your head, I won't be called Li Yuanji."

When Yu Chigong heard Li Yuanji's name, his face straightened, he put away his joking expression, and became gloomy and cold: "So you are Li Yuanji. I thought I was living in Bingzhou and wanted to join the army, and I heard that the Tang army governed the army strictly. I wanted to vote for the Tang army, but I never wanted to go to the gate of Qi Wang's mansion, saying that Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, has a tyrannical temperament, and he always uses living people as targets. The recruits are used as targets for him. As a soldier, if you can't hide, your death will be in vain... I'm talking about you, a bad-hearted boy."

Li Yuanji blushed all over his face, looked at Luo Cheng beside him, and argued, "How long ago did that happen? It's all about that bastard Dou Dan, who always dragged me to hunt for nothing. Sure, I haven't done it since you said you didn't like it."

Fearing that Luo Cheng would get angry and not believe him, Li Yuanji patted his chest with one hand, wishing to show him his heart and lungs: "What he said was spread by the underworld. I really didn't lie to you, I have already changed it. If I lie to you, let me die badly."

Yuchi Gong also got some clues, although he didn't know who this white-faced young man was, but seeing Qi Wang Li Yuanji's anxious appearance, he also knew that this young man's identity was unusual, Yu Chi Gong was so happy that he added fuel to the fire: " What do you change? You can ask the people in Bingzhou. If you scare children on weekdays, is it better to just mention your Qi Wang Li Yuanji's name and keep it than "the tiger caught you and ate you"."

"Shut up!" Seeing that Luo Cheng was still silent, Li Yuanji turned around anxiously, venting all his anger on Yu Chigong in front of him.

Yu Chigong muttered, the voice just enough for them to hear: "You think I'm afraid of you, I don't know who just let me take all the weapons."

"The general is indeed brave. How about it? If you also take away the weapons in my hand, I will turn around and leave. If you don't stop you, whether you want to attack Chang'an City or defend Xia County, it's up to you."

Luo Cheng was silent for so long, saying that he was a little bit angry with Li Yuanji, secretly hating this kid for doing a lot of stupid things in the past.But thinking about it, Li Yuanji has changed a lot since getting along, he can't be beaten to death with a stick, right now, Yu Chigong is just trying to sow discord.Seeing Yu Chigong snatching Li Yuanji's weapons one by one, for some reason, he always felt uncomfortable, as if one of his own was being bullied, and he couldn't tolerate him talking, so he opened his mouth to speak.

Yu Chigong laughed so hard that his eyes nearly disappeared: "Hey, it's just you? I'm afraid that I might break your kid's leg if I strike."

Luo Cheng wasn't angry either, but when someone was angry, Luo Yong couldn't get angry: "You're really terrible, our general flattered you, you're really out of breath."

"Hey, little one, are you still a general? This Tang army really has no one to use, haha..." Yu Chigong laughed loudly, and the generals beside him also laughed.

Amidst the roar of laughter, Luo Cheng held a silver gun and a white battle robe, rode his horse forward, straightened his eyebrows, and said in a loud voice: "Tang Fuguo General Luo Cheng came to call for battle—"

The voice was clear and transparent, clean and pleasant, shaking everyone's eardrums. It turned out that he was the one who had already been rumored by the outside world. The boy who killed Wei Wentong, the Luo family, Luo Cheng!