Time has entered July, although the weather is still quite hot, it is much better than June. Especially at night when there is a cool breeze blowing, it is not like being in a steamer at night.
Especially in late July, the heat subsided even more.
As for Guazhou City, Du Qi has now completely controlled it. However, although Du Qi occupied Guazhou City, he did not send troops to attack the rest of Guazhou. Du Qi won Guazhou, on the one hand, to beat Li Shimin, and on the other hand, to win more benefits for Xia Guo. As for the others, Du Qi had no idea.
He seems to be quite powerful now that he has taken down the states in the Western Regions. But if Du Qi really wants to go to war with Datang, he doesn't have the strength for the time being. When it comes to background, he is much worse than Datang.
While Du Qi was waiting quietly, there was a letter from Gaochang.
It is a letter from Du Ruhui.
The content of Du Ruhui's letter is very simple, urging Du Qi not to conflict with Datang. Du Ruhui's starting point is not to say how about himself, nor how Du Ruhui has any feelings for Datang, but just to discuss the matter, saying that the foundation of the Xia Kingdom is now established, and the foundation of the Western Regions is not stable. In Datang, the strength is still slightly insufficient.
Du Ruhui persuaded Du Qi to accept as soon as he was good. As for the rest, Du Ruhui didn't say much.
After reading the letter, Du Qi didn't care about anything, he knew what Du Ruhui was thinking. Du Ruhui used to be Li Shimin's subject, not only the relationship between the monarch and the minister, but also the friendship of more than ten years. Moreover, Datang is Du Ruhui's root after all, so Du Ruhui still has some complicated emotions in his heart when he conflicts with Datang.
Du Qi immediately replied with a letter.
The content of the letter is also simple, that is to say, Du Qi will not occupy Guazhou and will eventually return to Xiaguo.
With this, it is enough!
After Du Qi arranged for someone to send the message, he arranged for someone to call Shangguanyi, told about Du Ruhui's delivery of the letter, and said, "Mr. Shangguan, my father sent someone to deliver the letter. Based on what I know about him, he wouldn't take the initiative to persuade him." I'm going to stop and advise me not to take the initiative to go to war. There must be spies from Datang in Gaochang, Xiaguo. With the help of my war with Datang right now, there must be someone who intends to contact my father. These are spies from Datang. You arrange to inform Liu Zhengxi, Let him stare at these people one by one and bring them into surveillance."
Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty, don't you just cut off the eyeliner of these Tang Dynasty?"
"no need!"
Du Qi shook his head and said: "After cutting off this group of eyeliners, there will be others. Instead of this, it is better to keep these people under our control."
Shangguanyi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Du Qi said: "My father has passed on the letter, and it is estimated that the army of the Tang Dynasty will arrive in Guazhou soon. A few days ago, we got the news that the Tang Dynasty sent troops, and now we think it should be soon. In terms of city defense, everyone It's all arranged."
Shangguanyi said: "Everything is well arranged."
Du Qi said: "That's good."
"Report!"
At this moment, Guan Zhilan entered. He came to Du Qi's side and reported: "Your Majesty, I have the latest news to send back, it's about the Tang army."
Du Qi took the letter and opened it to check. After reading it, he smiled and said, "It's true that Cao Cao is here. The latest news is that Tang Jun is less than twenty miles away from Guazhou City. At the latest in the afternoon, Li Shimin will arrive at the county seat. It's just that I was surprised by the news. The content of the above is nothing more than Li Shimin's personal conquest. The Supreme Emperor Li Yuan has also come."
Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty, Li Yuan is here. Could it be that he is going to see you. After all, in the early years, the relationship between Your Majesty and Li Yuan was quite harmonious, and he treated you like a junior."
Shangguanyi and others also knew about the relationship between Du Qi and Li Yuan.
Du Qi thought for a while and said: "Maybe Li Yuan came to see me, but what's going on is still unclear right now. Let's take a step and watch, and eventually we will know the other party's intentions. Now that Tang Jun is approaching, I am looking forward to this One battle. The last time we met Li Shimin, our strength was not so strong. This time we met Li Shimin, and we are stronger."
Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty is wise, wise, and martial, and he works hard to govern. Our country of Xia is developing rapidly."
Du Qi simply stood up and said, "Go, go to the city tower and take a look at the situation of the city defense."
"yes!"
Shangguanyi responded immediately.
The two of them left the room, went up to the gate tower, patrolled around the gate tower, and in a blink of an eye they were already close to Shen Shi. At this time, another sentry came back to convey the news that Tang Jun was about to arrive outside the east city.
Du Qi arrived in Dongcheng, waiting quietly.??.
Not long after, Datang's army appeared outside the city. The mighty Tang army was densely packed, giving people great pressure. The appearance of such an army immediately created great pressure.
After Du Qi saw it, he looked very relaxed.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
All of this was already in his expectation.
Du Qi waited quietly. It didn't take long. The Tang army was already in formation. Herod the horses neighed, the banners flew in the air, and the soldiers held their heads high and their chests high. Li Shimin was wearing armor, and he rode his horse forward. He looked up at the top of Guazhou City, and shouted: "Where is Du Qi?"
Du Qi said: "This king is here."
After a pause, Du Qi said: "Your Majesty came here from Chang'an. Don't you want to take a rest to reorganize the army, so you can't wait to attack Guazhou City? It's just that the army under your command is quite tired, and I'm afraid it won't be able to fight! "
Li Shimin said: "My generals and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Zheng Erlang, are all masters of a hundred battles. It is not worth mentioning that we are rushing. Du Qi, I want to see Su Dingfang and let him come out and answer."
After hearing this, Du Qi looked at Su Dingfang and asked Su Dingfang's opinion. Tang Jun came, and Su Dingfang also went to the tower to join the battle. He is now working for Du Qi, and his family has been sent to Guazhou City. After Su Dingfang met his relatives, his family members went to settle in Gaochang City again.
Earlier Du Qi asked Su Dingfang whether he would participate in this battle. In Du Qi's plan, he didn't want Su Dingfang to come forward, because Su Dingfang would be embarrassed.
It's just that Su Dingfang said that since he surrendered, he has nothing to fear.
Su Dingfang took a deep breath, stepped forward and put his hands on the city wall, looked at Li Shimin outside the city, and said with a sigh of relief: "Su Dingfang, I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin's cheeks twitched, and there was anger in his eyes. He almost gritted his teeth and said: "Su Dingfang, I promoted you to be the governor of Guazhou, have you ever treated you badly?"
"Never treated badly!"
Su Dingfang answered directly.
Li Shimin continued: "You, Su Dingfang, are a general in the army. It stands to reason that you can only stay in the army. It is almost impossible to guard one side. But I entrust you with a heavy responsibility. Even if you are young, I still let you You are in a high position. Before the war in Guazhou, you, Su Dingfang, did not handle things well, and I never dealt with you. Now you have betrayed Datang and me. Su Dingfang, you have let me down so much."
These are words of sarcasm.
At this point, Li Shimin knew that it was impossible for Su Dingfang to return to Datang. As long as you are a smart person, you will know that after surrendering, you can no longer shake your mind. It is a fool to have other thoughts at this time. It is even more impossible for a wise general like Su Dingfang to make such a low-level mistake. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com