Book 23 - Chapter 12 – The Worlds Situation (1/2)
Book 23 Chapter 12 – The World’s Situation
Tipsy and huai Ar defeat to the Tang Army, Xue Ju suddenly became ill to the point of death As a result, his son Xue RenGao ascended the throne and beca his troops at Zheshu”
Everybody was emotionally moved
Chen Laomou asked in disbelief, “Xue Ju had a very deep power; unless he suffered fire deviation, how could he suddenly fall ill and die?”
Kou Zhong was concerned over another proble Army was defeated?”
Luo Qifei responded, “His death is still a ru Two o, Xue Ju personally led histhe way, his troops robbed, took prisoners, and killed, all the way to the vicinity of Binchuan and Qizhou, shaking Guanzhong Thereupon Li Yuan sent Qin wang Li shi+min as the Marshall of the Military Expedition to the West, with Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan as his deputies, leading his troops tohappened; Li shi+ only Liu and Yin, two men, to lead their main forces Xue Ju’s elite cavalry caht fiercely fro, not sure if this is a place’s na Arenerals, as well as Gaoshu Li shi+ his army, this was the first time Li shi+min lost a battle”
Greatly astonished, Bu Tianzhi said, “That is surely a fantastic story How did Li shi+ said, “If I a correctly, Yin Gui Pai definitely has a part in thisthe task was Wan Yaonu Li shi+ as well, unexpectedly he did not die Ha! I get it! shi+ Feixuan chasing this yaonu all the way to Hefei, maybe it was because of thisto that, everybody else was co briefly explained his thought, and then asked Luo Qifei, “What other ru Xue Ju’s death?”
Luo Qifei replied, “Some say that Xue Ju was assassinated, because several sichen before his death, he was still patrolling the aron and ferocious tiger”
Slapping the table, Kou Zhong said, “Must be that kid Yang Xuyan Only he has the ability to take the enenificent ar in his pocket and taking it out Good kid!”
“But didn’t Yang Xuyan suffered big loss under Shao Shuai’s hands?” Luo Qifei asked
Chen Changlin said, “Xue Ju’s son, Xue RenGao’s ; it even surpasses his father’s Moreover, his great general Zong Luohou is both intelligent and brave Although Xue Ju is dead, I aain any benefit”
Luo Qifei shook hid head in disagree that Xue RenGao could achieve Xue RenGao’s greatest shortco ith various generals Xue Ju’s death most likely will be the pivotal point where the Western Qin Arrave expression, Kou Zhong said, “Do you have any news fro his head, Luo Qifei replied, “There seeto have an acri-out with Li Yuan Without the Tujues’ support, Liu Wuzhou and Song JinGang would never dare to ood opportunity’”
Luo Qifei said, “But I heard that the reason Xue Ju was so bold and powerful and unstoppable in his advance to Guanzhong in the east is because the Tujue are supplying equipment and warhorses in secret”
Chen Lao, two men, are afraid that if they led their troops to the south, they ht benefit Xue Ju, father and son? Because they would never have anticipated that Xue Ju would suddenly ht that Xue Ju, father and son, could greatly weaken the Li Clan’s strength, therefore, it would be best to let the each other until both sides suffer At that tier down to the south”
Chen Changlin shook his head and said, “If they had that thought, then they did not understand the art of war If I had to guess, I’d say that the reason Liu Wuzhou still did not dare to rashly go southhis movement This man would never showoff his debt toward the Tujue, not at all like Guo Zihe, Liang shi+du, and the others, who have to look at the Tujue’s countenance to conduct thelin had served under wang shi+chong, naturally he was fa deeply, Kou Zhong said, “Behind his back, Xue RenGao still has Li Gui If the entire Western Qin Army came out of their nest and invaded the east, and Xue Ju lost his life along the hat could Li Gui do?”
Luo Qifei said, “All along Li Gui covets the Qin’s Longyou [short name for Gansu] territory occupied by the Xue Clan, father and son But as for what he is going to do, we don’t have any news yet Our so-called latest intelligence is, at best, already two hed and said, “Just like Xiaodi, Li kid is lucky Based on the bits and pieces that I gathered, this kid Xue RenGao is adept at ey, which is enerals and valiant soldiers The praise of ‘soldiers and weapons acute and nificent’ is definitely well deserved Unfortunately, his adversary is Li shi+th is ‘stable defense’, tords [wen shou], which is precisely Xue Ren Gao’s bane My speculation is that Xue RenGao would enjoy s defeat later Once Li kid captured Longyou territory, Li Gui will have no choice but to surrender, and then it will be the various hegemons outside the pass’ turn Ay! We should have deployed our forces a bit sooner”
Shaking his head, Chen Changlin said, “If the Li Family, father and son, really pulled their troops out of Guanzhong, they would potentially becoet of a multitude of arrows of the whole world While ad and Dou Jiande would definitely not allow theht also seize the opportunity to go up north and go down south Apparently, the situation is not that si it was so The probley, he is adept in buying the people’s heart, and the worst thing is that this kid has shi+ Feixuan’s support behind his back, who is spreading benevolence and righteousness i too hard, he is able to receive the ene soldiers He must not be underestimated”
And then he asked, “I have not had the opportunity to ask Changlin Xiong about the struggle betang shi+chong and Li Mi!”
Chen Changlin replied, “When I left the Eastern Capital, wang shi+chong was still occupying the upper hand position; he is unceasingly expanding his territory, as well as recruiting a large nupractices nepotis severe internal conflicts, with various factions fighting and schehly unpopular; especially after the news that he wanted to kill Shao Shuai was spreading, even , it would be difficult for hi”
Bu Tianzhi asked, “Froenerals throw their lot to wang shi+chong?”
Chen Changlin replied, “TheZhijie, and Luo shi+xin, threeshi+chong to retain their service”
At long last Kou Zhong heard the news about Qin Shubao Emotionally moved, he said, “Turns out Qin Shubao attaches hi This eneral that even Shen Luoyan was nearly defeated in his hands, only too bad for hi Shao and I messed up his situation”
Bu Tianzhi said, “I hear Cheng Zhijie is also known as Cheng Yaojin [589-665, a fa dynasty] In Wulin, he has quite a reputation He is also a valiant general that can’t be ignored”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “The na Zhijie is too bookish and sounds old! [Yaojin – biting gold/ festival/holiday] How’s Li Mi, that kid’s current situation?”
Chen Changlin replied, “According to the intelligence that wang shi+chong received, Li shi+ ic adviser Wei Zheng [(580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty] This Wei Zheng then persuaded Li Mi to surrender to the Li Clan If this affair is acco one soldier one troop, the Li Clan would obtain a large tract of land, which extended to the ocean on the east, to the River on the south, reaching Ruzhou to the west, and Kongwei County to the north, which currently under Wagang Army’s control But I heard that Xu shi+ji and Shen Luoyan are strongly opposing the proposal, assu the heroic attitude of ‘better be a broken jade than surviving as a roof tile’ These two have great influence on Li Mi, hence wang shi+chong is still very at ease over this hed and said, “Li kid is really forht about this At least he only sent one person to speak a feords, Li Mi’s army is immediately split into two factions: those ant to surrender and those ant to fight Very cost effective We should study it well”
Bu Tianzhi said, “While ad, Liu Wuzhou and Dou Jiande are Li Yuan, father and son’s most formidable opponents, Xiao Xian and Du Fuwei are not adversaries without substantial threat either They only need to remove some obstacles, and then they could move north at any moment If I were Li Yuan, under these circumstance, I would definitely not , Kou Zhong said, “Can Xiao Xian join hands with Du Fuwei? Under the same circumstances, this certainly cannot happen But if Li Yuan, father and son, really take their troops out of Guanzhong, what is impossible will become possible”
Chen Laomou said, “If the Li Family wanted to deal with either Xiao Xian or Du Fuwei first, they could only take the Jinchuan via the Bashu [Sichuan] route Then ling first, and then following the river, go east to attack Du Fuwei However, this route is tiring to the troops, definitely not so’s countenance changed, he exclai to the southwest!”