Chapter 8: Recruiting Yuchi Gong

In late September of the second year of Wude, Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning's troops met in Taiyuan, and Wei Zheng offered Li Jiancheng the idea that Taiyuan could be taken away by wisdom.

Li Jiancheng adopted Wei Zheng's plan and shot arrows at the southern city gate tower of Taiyuan.

The captain of the Nancheng Gate Tower guarding the city was named Zhang Da, and was originally the general of chariots and cavalry under Li Yuanji. At that time, Liu Wuzhou led 5,000 cavalry to Huangsheling. Li Yuanji sent chariots and cavalry general Zhang Da to lead 100 infantry to test first. Zhang Da felt that there were too few people and insisted not to go. Li Yuanji forced to send him, but he was killed as soon as he arrived at Huangsheling. Zhang Da was angry and conquered Yuci County for Liu Wuzhou and advanced to Bingzhou.

An arrow was shot towards the city gate tower with an arrow book. When Zhang Da was about to remove the arrow book, Liu Wuzhou led his personal guards to inspect the south city gate tower.

Liu Wuzhou looked at the arrow book in Zhang Da's hand and asked: "What is Chong Xiu (Zhang Da's word)?"

In order to show his innocence, Zhang Da did not even take apart the book of arrows and handed it to Liu Wuzhou directly.

Liu Wuzhou opened the book of arrows and saw that it read: "Chun Xiu's brother is open, and I'm looking for a book to visit."

Liu Wuzhou did not open the arrow book in front of Zhang Da, but pretended to be indifferent and tore off the arrow book in front of him. However, Liu Wuzhou played a trick. He took out the paper from the letter when Zhang Da knelt on the ground and lowered his head, and hid it in his sleeve. All he tore off was the envelope.

When Liu Wuzhou left the Nancheng Gate Tower, he quietly opened the arrow book. The arrow book reads: Chong Xiu's brother, now serving the crown prince, and is currently in charge of the general of the direct bedroom (a fourth-rank military position, and he must not be appointed by his confidant). His Royal Highness already knew that his brother had to surrender, and as long as he gave his son out of the city gate at the age of today, his Royal Highness personally promised that he would not blame the past. His Royal Highness will still be restored to his original position..."

"Bang!"

Liu Wu slapped the table on Monday and shouted angrily: "Zhang Chongxiu is indeed unreliable!"

Wang Chongwei said in surprise: "Why should Zhang Da be wary of Qi Mingwei in this secret letter? Isn't Qi Mingwei Zhang Da's old subordinate? I heard that Qi Mingwei was still Zhang Da surrendered..."

Liu Wuzhou pondered: "It seems that the two of them are not harmonious. Xunxiang said in his letter that Qi Mingwei's wife and children have been killed in Chang'an. I'm afraid he will have a bad thing. I might as well take advantage of this matter."

Wang Chongwei said: "What the king means... means... to be absent?"

Liu Wuzhou nodded and said, "That's right, as long as you show Qi Mingwei a letter to find the face, this person will inevitably be furious, and will naturally die to me and defend Taiyuan to the death, and use the plan to come."

Liu Wu waved his hand on Monday and said, "Go and summon Qi Mingwei to come!"

Wang Chongwei bowed and clasped his fists and said, "No."

...

Wei Zheng looked at Yuchi Gong who was eating voraciously, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. Wei Zheng thought to himself: "A good general of tigers and wolfs. If His Highness the Crown Prince gets the help of this person, he will be like a tiger with wings."

At this moment, Ma Sanbao looked at Wei Zheng with bright eyes and said, "Just just a letter, can you conquer Taiyuan City?"

Li Xiuning raised her eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Can this plan work?"

Wei Zheng said lightly, "This plan can only deceive His Highness the Crown Prince, nor can it deceive His Highness the Princess. However, Liu Wuzhou must have fallen into the trap."

...

In the south gate tower of Taiyuan, Zhang Da was furious and cursed: "Bastard... the goddamn... the search for the sky is so bad... I didn't dig your ancestral grave, and I didn't sleep with your daughter. I have no grudges with you, why did I harm me?... I killed me."

Qi Mingwei said: "Seeking the Face is nothing. Didn't he put the general on the fire?"

The angry Zhang Da scolded for half an hour, stroked his beard and smiled bitterly: "I remember Mingwei, you haven't gotten married yet, right?"

Qi Mingwei shook his head and said, "My parents died since I was young, and no one has taken care of this matter for me. The general did not say that last year, but when he returned to Chang'an, he told me about Vice Captain Niu's daughter..."

Zhang Da was slightly stunned, his expression slowly calmed down, and he sighed and said, "Xiang Xiang is so damn... This is his subordinates' mercy..."

Qi Mingwei was stunned.

Zhang Da said: "Think about it carefully. If you really want the head of the Xiang Shang, who is the two of us, why both of you have to do this? He also wrote in the letter that I want me to beware of you? He clearly wanted Liu Wuzhou to show you this letter, so that you can tell me about this matter and let us prepare early!"

Qi Mingwei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's really easy to plot for searching for the picture. We were plotting hard all of a sudden. I should have thought of it for a long time. He said that my parents, wife and children were killed, and it felt inexplicable..."

Zhang Da sighed and said, "He is forcing us to rebel against the Liu family...!

Qi Mingwei stood up and whispered: "Mingwei is the general's leader and advance together and retreat together."

Zhang Da said: "Then let's go against it. The Liu family is mean and suspicious by nature, cruel and easy to kill, and shamelessly surrenders to the Turks. Now they are at their end and always serve them for a long time. Since they will rebel sooner or later, it is better to rebel sooner than later... Let's rebel tonight, give Liu Wuzhou a good-looking person and offer a great gift to Xunxiang and His Royal Highness the Prince!"

In the distance, in the middle of the night, a raging fire suddenly ignited in Taiyuan City.

From afar, the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of weapons fighting came.

From afar, the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of weapons fighting came.

Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning stood on the watchtower in the Tang army camp, and Li Jiancheng murmured to himself: "It worked... Zhang Da and the others moved!"

Li Xiuning looked at the fire in the distance: "Ma Sanbao, Xunxiang, Yuchi Gong, Qiu Shili, Bai Shansi is here. The whole army attacks!"

Li Jiancheng also ordered his subordinates to attack Taiyuan.

Li Jiancheng said: "Have you heard of it?"

Li Xiuning nodded and said, "I got the news last night."

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Xiuning's eyes and found that her emotions were not fluctuating at all. Chai Shao was dead. In theory, Li Xiuning would be sad. Even if there was no relationship between the couple, after all, she had been married for more than three years, and even the stone should be hot.

Judging from Li Xiuning's appearance, she seemed to not know Chai Shao.

Li Jiancheng said: "After Taiyuan is coming, I will return to Chang'an. What are your plans?"

"What are your plans? Just live by it."

Li Jiancheng sighed sadly and said, "It is the greatest death for people, Sanniang should not act irresistibly."

"Sanniang knows how to do it."

After saying that, Li Xiuning walked down the watchtower. Li Xiuning's personal guards had already begun to gather. Li Xiuning stepped onto the war horse, clamped the abdomen of the war horse with his legs, raised his front hooves, and ran away from a distance.

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Xiuning's back as he walked away, his face full of worry.

He always knew that Li Xiuning was not in harmony with Chai Shao. He was just worried that Li Xiuning would lose his mind.

In any case, she and Chai Shao are both husband and wife. Now that Chai Shao is dead, even if Li Xiuning pretends to be sad. If Li Xiuning is too proud, it is likely to be used by people with ulterior motives.

Chen Ying? For some reason, Chen Ying's face appeared inexplicably in Li Jiancheng's head. There was a very strange feeling that Chai Shao's death must be related to Chen Ying.

Li Jiancheng thought secretly that Chai Shao's death was not a good thing for Li Xiuning. Li Jiancheng knew that Sanniang liked to talk and laugh, but since he got married, he had never seen Li Xiuning smile. Now, everything is over, and from then on, Li Xiuning can live a more comfortable life.

There were bursts of cheers coming from the direction of Taiyuan City.

"Princess Pingyang is mighty."

"Your Highness the Princess is a thousand victories."

"The Tang Dynasty has thousands of victories."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Wan Sheng..." Just as Li Jiancheng was about to walk down the watchtower, he suddenly found Wei Zheng winked at Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly and said, "Wei Aiqing, if you have anything to say, it's okay."

"Your Highness, how about Yuchi Jingde?" Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng and smiled.

Li Jiancheng pondered: "He..."
Chapter completed!