Fighter! It is recorded in "Bingchaileiyao": "After the two formations are established, each will send its generals to fight, which is called a challenge."
However, since the end of the Warring States Period, this kind of battle between generals, which is similar to the battle between gentlemen, has been completely replaced by the saying "soldiers are deceitful", and it is difficult for future generations to see generals facing each other in front of the two armies.
For example, Xiao Han has never seen a fighting general since he came to the Tang Dynasty. Of course, he does not admire fighting generals.
Snake disease? They all chopped each other with big blades! Why do you care whether a gentleman is a gentleman or not?
On the battlefield, only those who survive can be a gentleman! Those who did not survive can only be collectively called dead ghosts...
However, Xiao Han, who was far away in Chang'an, didn't know that under the city of Qingzhou at this time, Cheng Yaojin, who was the least likely to be a gentleman, was locked in an inextricable fight with Tang Wu'an.
Yang Wenqian watched the two men fight on the city wall. He wanted to order the archers to release arrows several times, but he was worried that Tang Wu'an would also shoot them, so he had to wait and see.
However, fortunately, Tang Wu'an also kept up with the situation. When Cheng Yaojin's horse hoof slipped, he slapped Cheng Yaojin on the back, almost knocking him off the horse.
After being beaten, Cheng Yaojin finally managed to stabilize his body, and immediately ran away without looking back while cursing shamelessly, leaving Tang Wu'an laughing under the city.
Victory in the first battle!
Although it was just a duel between two generals, Tang Wuan's bravery gave reassurance to those anxious people in the city at this critical moment.
It turns out that the killing god, King Qin, is not invincible! Maybe, they can really tell Governor Yang to conquer Chang'an, establish a new master, and reach the pinnacle of life from then on...
After this day's fighting, the next thing seemed to go smoothly.
After Cheng Yaojin returned, Li Shimin immediately launched a banner to quell the rebellion for the king.
And Yang Wenqian of Qingzhou City, after raising the flag, also shouted the slogan "Qingjun side, support the prince."
Since then, the two sides have officially entered a state of war.
The term "Qing Jun Side" was first seen in the early Western Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.
Countries such as Wu and Chu launched a rebellion under the slogan of "Qing Dynasty", which was known as the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in history.
From then on, the word "Qingjunzi" became a euphemism for some rebels. They seemed to be loyal to the emperor, but in fact they were no different from rebelling.
Therefore, after Yang Wenqian shouted these six words, Li Shimin, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately added fuel to the flames!
These few words suddenly seemed to have wings, traveling directly through thousands of mountains and rivers and flying to Chang'an.
What followed was that the already unstable officialdom of the Tang Dynasty once again caused a huge shock!
Among them, there are those who are overjoyed.
There are those who beat their chests and stamp their feet.
Even those who are watching from the wall are like this!
However, no matter who it was, or whether they were on Li Shimin's side, no one thought highly of what Yang Wen had done.
joke! Years ago, even Luoyang, which was said to never be conquered, was defeated by Li Shimin. It was only a matter of time before this small Qingzhou was conquered.
Everyone in Chang'an was waiting for the news of Qingzhou's defeat.
Some gambling shops even boldly offered handicaps, allowing those gamblers who had nothing to do in the next few years to stay in Qingzhou for thirty days, or two months.
(Xun, when used in time, ten days is one tenday. When used in age, ten years is one tenday. Refer to "Shuowen Jiezi")
However, even the most whimsical gambler never expected that the stubborn Qingzhou could only hold out for less than three days before being breached by Li Shimin!
The sixth day of the lunar month.
Li Shimin's army, which has reached its destination, officially attacks the city!
The two sides started fighting at noon and did not withdraw their troops until Youshi. During this period, both sides suffered injuries.
The seventh day of the lunar month.
Li Shimin pretended to be defeated when he attacked the city, and led Yang Wenqian's men Jiazhuang out of the city to pursue them. Later, they laid an ambush and annihilated them all in one fell swoop.
At that time, Yang Wenqian, who was commanding at the top of the city, was horrified when he saw this, and hurriedly sent Tang Anwu, his most trusted figure in the past few days, to guard the city gate, and then repelled Li Shimin's strong attack.
At this point, Tang Muan, who has won consecutive battles, is already the top military commander in Gyeongju City!
In the evening of that day, Tang Wu'an, who was in full swing, proposed a plan for a night attack, which was confirmed by Yang Wenqian.
At night, Tang personally commanded ten thousand soldiers and horses to open the city gate. Unexpectedly, when the city gate was wide open, he suddenly rebelled and cooperated with Li Shimin's army, which had been ambushing outside, to attack the city in one fell swoop.
Gyeongju City was instantly declared destroyed!
This sudden change made many people dumbfounded and couldn't figure out what it was for.
Upstairs at the city gate, Yang Wenqian, who had just become ambitious, watched the troops pouring in, and in despair he drew his sword and killed himself.
Before he died, he happened to see Tang Wu'an leading his troops to kill him.
Seeing Tang Wuan rushing in side by side with Cheng Yaojin, Yang Wenqian suddenly had a flash of enlightenment!
No wonder Tang Wuanhui was so excited and tried his best to encourage them to rebel!
No wonder he, who was not good at martial arts, was able to defeat King Qin's general Cheng Yaojin! And why was he able to win consecutive battles against Li Shimin!
It turned out that he had been bribed long ago!
It turns out that these days, everything I think I am doing is just following the path planned by others!
Poor, hateful!
Just like that, with endless regret, Yang Wenqian slowly closed his eyes.
After his death, a raging fire broke out in the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion.
At this time, the city of Gyeongju, which had just been broken, was in chaos, and there was no one to put out the fire.
Xue Shou, who rushed to bring people over when asking for information, could only cry out in sorrow as he watched the fire getting bigger and bigger.
The fire burned all night and was not extinguished until the next morning.
At this time, only a piece of scorched earth was left in the overturned Dudu Mansion, and all the correspondence evidence Xue Shou wanted about Yang Wenqian and Li Jiancheng were reduced to ashes.
"Hey, I should have thought of it a long time ago! For such a big matter, it is impossible for the prince not to arrange close relatives around Yang Wenqian."
A wise man will surely make a mistake if he thinks a lot, but the thing has already happened, and it will not help if he regrets it.
They didn't want to find out the person who set the fire. After the city was broken, there were still many things in Qingzhou that needed his help to solve. In addition, the news coming from Chang'an City didn't seem to be too good for them.
Emperor Li Yuan has not spoken again for a long time. Even if Yang Wenqian shouted such treacherous words as Qing Junzhi, Li Yuan remained silent in response.
This kind of silence made Li Shimin and Xue Shou feel uneasy. At this time, even if Li Yuan was angry, it would be better than such blind silence, at least then they would still have something to follow.
(The real incident of Yang Wenqian's rebellion is ambiguous in historical records, but looking at the whole situation, this should indeed be a game made by Li Shimin, but the effect of this game did not reach what he expected.)
I really can’t finish writing. I’ve been too busy lately, no matter work or life. Sometimes I write like fragments, and I can’t even remember what I want to express. I’m really sorry, brothers.
