Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

As for the Northern Zhou Dynasty who sent 10000 troops to ambush his retreat, this matter naturally could not be hidden from the spies arranged by Li Shimin.

What surprised him was that at this juncture, he actually received a message from Lin Wan.

After he read the message that Lin Wan sent to him, a trace of ridicule appeared in the corner of his mouth involuntarily.

Li Shimin never expected that one of the masterminds of the riot in Chang'an City with Chu Mo would actually be a female general from the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Although Li Shimin didn't know the purpose of Lin Wan sending him such precious information, he understood the importance of this information.

Although this information was redundant to him, he was still very willing to plant an informant within the enemy.

Although I don’t know what the other party’s intentions are, hasn’t the other party not made any conditions yet?

Immediately, Li Shimin wrote a reply directly to Lin Wan. After making some innocuous promises, he wanted to inquire about Chu Xiang's plan, military strength and deployment situation.

Originally, Li Shimin just wanted to test the other party's reaction, but he never expected that the other party would agree to his request without hesitation.

Not only did she agree, but after Lin Wan informed Li Shimin of all the information he wanted to know, he also directly revealed a series of conflicts between Chu Xiang and Shaanzhou City.

Tell Li Shimin that Chu Xiang is now a rootless duckweed without reinforcements and supplies. As long as it can sustain the opponent's attack and find a way to burn the opponent's material reserves, Datang will win this war without a fight.

For this reason, Lin Wan even informed Li Shimin of the material reserve points on the Northern Zhou front line.

After seeing Lin Wan's reply, Li Shimin and Li Ji hesitated for a moment before readily accepting it.

In their view, it was already a matter of time before Shaanxi Guanguan lost. At this time, Chu Xiang, who was on the opposite side, only needed to play steadily to win the entire Shaanxi Guanguan with minimal losses.

Moreover, if he had not known about the trail and the ambush in advance, once Shaanxi Guoguan fell, he would have no way to retreat.

The other party not only told him about the ambush, but also told him about the opponent's defense and attack. He even told him about the location of the material storage and the conflict with Shaanzhou City. This great gift was beyond words. not heavy.

Even if the other party is deceiving himself, the most he will do is lose some men who went to sneak attack, which will basically not affect the overall situation.

There is absolutely no need for the other party to go to such great lengths to engage in these conspiracies.

After Li Shimin figured it out, he immediately took action and made a jaw-dropping decision.

First, he directly mobilized 20000 troops to encircle and suppress the ambush troops lurking in.

Then, Li Ji was asked to personally lead the team with 5000 troops, and according to the information provided by Lin Wan, they went to raid Chu Xiang's granary and baggage storage center.

After sending out 25000 people at once, there were less than 10000 remaining people in the entire Shaanxi Guanguan City.

If Chu Xiang takes the opportunity to make a sneak attack, Shaanxi and Guoguan will be in danger.

Li Shimin's move can be said to be a desperate move. If it doesn't succeed, it will be a disaster.

Although most of the generals felt uneasy about His Majesty the Emperor's order, they did not dare to refute it.

After all, we have now reached a critical moment of life and death. If we don't take risks, we probably won't last long.

Although some generals believe that the most important thing now is to hold Shaanxi Guoguan and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the rear.

With the garrison of Shaanxi Guoguan, it should not be a problem to hold on for two or three days.

As long as subsequent reinforcements can keep up, there is no need to take this risk.

Among everyone present, only Li Shimin knew clearly that there were no so-called reinforcements at all.

The previous pursuit of the fifth surnames Qiwang and Chu Mo had already mobilized the entire Chang'an City's soldiers.

The 20000 men in his hands can be said to be the last troops in Chang'an City.

At this time, the number of remaining soldiers in Chang'an City was not even known to exceed 10000.

If we mobilize military reinforcements from elsewhere, it won't take more than ten days and a half, so don't even think about it.

But according to the current situation in Shaanxi and Guoguan, let alone ten days and a half month.

Whether it can last three days is anyone's guess.

Immediately, he directly rejected all opinions and made a decision. When Chu Xiang did not react, he would surprise the granary and clear out the ambush behind him.

As soon as the order came out, the entire Shaanxi Temple started to move.

Chu Mo, who didn't know that after he left, Li Shimin, Chu Xiang and Lin Wan staged another big drama, after dawn, the gate of Shaanzhou City opened, and the officers and soldiers in the city began to give porridge, and immediately found the person on duty. The official told him that he wanted to go to the city and seek refuge with Zhou Dynasty.

Hearing that the other party was coming to defect to Da Zhou, the official on duty cast a sidelong glance at Chu Mo. Seeing that the other party was wearing extraordinary clothes, he slowly stretched out his hand and said:

"To join our Great Zhou Dynasty, each person needs to pay ten taels of silver."

"To join my Da Zhou humble status, each person needs to pay one tael of silver."

After saying that, he stood on tiptoes, looked at the people behind Chu Mo, and said with a smile:

"I wonder how many of you want to be admitted to good status and how many of you want to be admitted to humble status?"

Chu Mo didn't expect that the other party would open his mouth like this, and he immediately felt a little pain.

You know, there are more than 300 people in my profession. If they all become good citizens, it will cost more than 3000 taels of silver.

But he couldn't bear it if he didn't become a good citizen and became a lowly citizen.

You know, those behind you are all your brothers who have followed you through life and death.

After thinking about it, Chu Mo rolled his eyes, pulled the official aside, took out two banknotes from his arms, stuffed them into the other person's hands in a vague way and said:

"Brother, we all fled here. It's not easy. Please be accommodating."

The official shook the two banknotes in his hand, then looked at Chu Mo like a fool and said:

"Brother? Are you worthy? Also, you are fooling me here with two pieces of paper. Do you really think I have no temper?"

After saying that, he crumpled the two banknotes into a ball and threw them in Chu Mo's face.

"Sir, this is a silver note, a silver note that can be exchanged for real gold and silver."

Looking at the crumpled banknote, Chu Mo pretended to feel distressed, hurriedly caught it, and then carefully smoothed it out.

"Bah, what the hell, do you really think I'm an ignorant country bumpkin?"

"Of course I know about the banknotes. They were created by those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the Tang Dynasty to fool the people. Do you really think I don't know?"

"Let me tell you, in our great Zhou Dynasty, this thing is not easy to use. If you want to enter the city, then you have to come up with real money and silver."