Chapter 1976 Li Shimin is cowardly


    Chapter 1974: Li Shimin is cowardly


    For Liu, Sima''s private raising of the emperor''s son is naturally not a crime, after all, this saved Liu Ping.


    But for Qin, this is a serious crime.


    As a veteran of the Jin Dynasty, you Sima Fang has always regarded yourself as loyal, but you have a prince in your family and have been hiding it and not reporting it. What do you mean by?


    Therefore, even if Sima Yi did not rebel against Qin, he would just rely on private raising the prince to conceal and not report it, it would be enough to destroy the Sima family.


    In fact, as long as Sima Fang informed Liu Ping of his existence in advance, the Sima family would have nothing to do, but I don’t know what Sima Fang was thinking, and he did something as irrational as Sima Yi.


    Sima Fang had already defected to Qin Wen, but he was still thinking about the Han Dynasty and his political stance was not firm. He just swayed left and right between the Qin and Han Dynasties, but he still thought about the decades of friendship with Yang Jun and did something like raising an emperor''s son privately.


    This is simply a bet on the lives of nearly a hundred people in the family.


    Sima Fang clearly has a good hand, but he was beaten to pieces by himself. Now the truth is finally impossible to hide, and the end of the Sima family is coming.


    Although no one can prove Liu Ping''s identity as an emperor, it is obviously impossible to completely hide it from Hei Bingtai and Jia Xu.


    Jia Xu doesn’t even need evidence. If he only needs to know about this, the Sima family will be in a catastrophe.


    Sima Fang, who has come to this point, may not be able to gambling Jia Xu anymore. He can only take all the blame on himself and use his own death to exchange for the rest of the Sima family''s vitality.


    I have to say that no matter how selfish, timid, people have a selfless and brave side.


    Although Sima Fang is a timid and afraid of death, he really fought to save his family. Not only did he commit suicide, he also completely abandoned his beloved second son Sima Yi.


    Sima Fang not only denounced Sima Yi''s unfaithfulness and filial piety in his suicide note, but directly cut off the father-son relationship with him, but also cut off Sima Yi''s name from the genealogy and completely expelled him from the Sima family.


    In addition, Sima Fang also wrote in his suicide note: In the future, Sima Yi will be the mortal enemy of the Sima family, and whoever kills Sima Yi will be the next head of the Sima family.


    Sima Fang’s suicide note did not mention Liu Ping. Liu Ping was a taboo existence. He dared not write it out explicitly. Jia Xu knew it and he knew it too. If he really wrote it out, it would break the tacit understanding.


    Sima Fang''s extreme behavior has indeed gained a glimmer of hope for the unreasonable Sima family, but he did something stupid before he died.


    Although Sima Yi was in Tangying, his wife and young were at home.


    Sima Fang wanted to protect the Sima family, but he couldn''t bear to leave his young grandson.


    This young grandson is naturally not Sima Shi, after all, Sima Shi was born in 208.


    Sima Fang secretly sent away his daughter-in-law Zhang Chunhua and young grandson. He thought he was doing something without knowing it, but he didn''t know that this matter could not be hidden from Jia Xu. His extravagance also greatly reduced the effect of committing suicide and eliminating the Sima family''s future again filled with uncertainty.


    After Jia Xu captured Sima Yi''s wife and children, he naturally went to death, and the only way to die was to wait for the mother and son.


    Whether it was Qin Gao and Qin Lu''s suicide or Sima Fang''s suicide, it was irrelevant to the overall situation.


    After suppressing the rebellion of the Imperial Party, the Qin army completely lost internal troubles. The situation should have been unprecedentedly good, but due to the excessive casualties, it became less optimistic.


    If the strong men who participated in defending the city were not included, the total strength of the Qin army in Luoyang was only 40,000, of which 3,000 soldiers from the family were also involved in the rebellion, which means that the Qin army only had 37,000 troops.


    The suppression of the rebellion of the imperial party lost 1,000, and the north gate was opened by Hu Hai and another 8,000 were lost, totaling 9,000 troops.


    After this turmoil, only 28,000 Qin troops were left in Luoyang City.


    With only 28,000 regular troops and tens of thousands of strong men, it is very difficult to withstand the attack of the Tang army and defend the huge Luoyang City. The serious shortage of troops made all the generals of the Qin army worried, but Jia Xu seemed to be not worried at all.


    Seeing that most people had no confidence in defending Luoyang, Jia Xu knew that if he didn''t inspire them, the morale of the defenders might be reduced again and again, so he made public the news that Qin Hao sent 200,000 reinforcements to Sizhou.


    The reason why Jia Xu didn''t say it before was that one was that the distance water could not relieve the near thirst, and it was useless to say it. The other was that the situation in Luoyang City was not yet at the point where it was impossible to defend it and needed to stimulate morale.


    Now Jia Xu’s time to announce the news is just right. It can strengthen his beliefs and stimulate morale. It can be said that it is the best of both worlds.


    Although the generals of the Qin army knew that the lord would not give up Luoyang and would send reinforcements to support him sooner or later, there was no definite news after all.


    When the news of 200,000 reinforcements coming was announced from Jia Xu, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.


    After all, that is a 200,000 army, which is more than the total number of Tang troops entering Sizhou.


    Not to mention that Luoyang has not yet been lost, even if it really falls, it can still be recaptured with these 200,000 troops.


    The news of reinforcements coming greatly boosted the morale of the Qin army''s defenders. Coupled with the strict defense of generals such as Mu Guiying, Qin Jian, Qin Ji, Di Qing, Sima Cuo, etc., the Tang army could not find any flaws at all and could only attack head-on. In this case, it would be almost impossible to break Luoyang in the short term.


    The reason why Li Shimin dared to go deeper alone was mainly because the imperial party was present in the city, which was essentially a risky and speculative behavior.


    Now that the imperial party has been destroyed, the inner support is gone, and the Qin army has not revealed any flaws. With his more than 60,000 troops, can he really capture Luoyang?


    Even if he really did it, he captured Luoyang before the Qin reinforcements arrived, with the remaining troops, can he defend Luoyang under the counterattack of 200,000 Hebei Qin troops?


    All of this is unknown, but as long as one step is wrong, not only will Li Shimin die, but Li Tang may also be destroyed, so he has no choice but to be cautious.


    "Lord, something is wrong. The Yang, Mahan and Han family''s 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces were almost wiped out under the attack of Meng Tian and Wang Meng."


    "What?"


    The generals of Li Tang were shocked, and they did not expect that the 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces would be defeated by the Qin army so quickly.


    Is this the Qin army too strong? Or is Liangzhou too weak?


    Unlike those weak princes, the Tang army and the Qin army had many battles, and they had wins and losses, and they did not feel that the Qin army was invincible.


    As for the three Liangzhou families, although the Han and Ma families have not fought with the Tang army, Sui and Yang are Li Tang''s old rivals.


    Is Sui Yang a soft persimmon? Obviously not, otherwise Li Tang would have unified Liangzhou long ago, and since the Mahan and Han families can compete with Sui Yang, it can be seen that their strength is not weak.


    Since the three Liangzhou families are not weak, they should be stronger when they unite. How could they be defeated by the Qin army so easily?


    The generals of Li Tang were puzzled and could only explain why the Liangzhou army was defeated so quickly because of the disagreement of the coalition forces.


    The three coalition forces in Liangzhou were undoubtedly huge in the first retreat.


    Losing the restraint of the Liangzhou coalition forces, the Qin army in Hetao was liberated, and they could not only go south to support Luoyang, but also send troops to Henoi to cut off the Tang army''s retreat.


    As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin suddenly had a bad premonition and it came true soon.


    "Report... Important information came from Guanzhong, Meng Tian ordered Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to lead 30,000 cavalry south, intending to cut off our army''s retreat."


    There are 200,000 Hebei Qin troops coming in front, and 30,000 Hetao Iron Cavalry behind.


    Li Shimin suddenly became a little cowardly.


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    (This chapter ends)