However, even after dealing with these Turkic rebels, the battle of Hulao Pass, which Li Hongyun personally commanded, was still difficult.

It can even be said to be a fancy failure.

The first failure was when Wang Shichong accidentally broke through the encirclement and Liang Jun failed in the encirclement and suppression. He lost a battle and was forced to retreat.

Although Li Hongyun quickly organized his troops to kill him after retreating, he later laid a trap when he went to Hulao Pass to defend Dou Jiande.

The King of Qin and the King of Qi went to Hulao Pass to defend Dou Jiande. Historically, Wang Shichong was frightened and did not dare to fight again.

Unexpectedly, this time, perhaps because of Liang Jun's previous defeat, Wang Shichong did not completely become a frightened bird. Instead, after King Qin and King Qi left, he forcibly organized his hungry soldiers to kill them.

Liang Jun was caught off guard.

Although Liang Jun's losses were not too heavy in this battle, Wang Shichong's morale was greatly boosted and he also grabbed a lot of supplies.

This paved the way for Wang Shichong's next attack.

During the period when the King of Qi and the King of Qin were confronting Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass, Wang Shichong continued to lead his troops into battle and won consecutive battles, causing heavy losses to the Liang army that besieged Luoyang.

Li Hongyun was very angry, so he started over again.

There are two ways to solve this problem. The first way is to be on strict guard when besieging Luoyang. Whenever Wang Shichong dares to leave the city, he will be beaten up. The beating will make him so scared that he will not dare to leave the city again.

The second way is to simply leave King Qin behind and continue to attack Luoyang.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Hongyun chose the latter.

Because the first method requires him to continue fighting the siege of Luoyang, which is a waste of time.

Keeping the King of Qin here will not only ensure that nothing goes wrong, but also prevent the King of Qin from going to Hulao Pass to grab his own credit.

Although it is a bit overkill, for Li Hongyun, his only goal at this time is to successfully pass the level and win the Xuanwu Gate Change.

The second failure was because Dou Jiande inexplicably arrived at Hulao Pass three days early and occupied the city first.

Li Hongyun was instantly dumbfounded and all the original scripts were cancelled.

Under Dou Jiande's superior strength, although Liang Jun fought bravely, it was still difficult to prevent the enemy from coming to Luoyang City to join forces with Wang Shichong.

Li Hongyun had to start over again.

He reviewed the reasons and found out that it was not because Dou Jiande was early, but because he was late.

According to the original history, the generals guarding Hulao Pass surrendered to the Liang Dynasty one step ahead, so the King of Qin traveled day and night to organize elite cavalry as quickly as possible to take over Hulao Pass.

But this time for some unknown reason, the general hesitated and did not make up his mind to surrender to the Liang Dynasty until three days later.

So by the time King Qi, played by Li Hongyun, received the news and rushed over, it was already too late.

Li Hongyun was very angry. He analyzed the reasons and believed that there were two possible reasons.

The first possibility is that his prestige is still not as good as that of the real King of Qin in history, especially his reputation for courtesy and clear distinction between rewards and punishments.

That's why the garrison general at Hulao Pass hesitated, probably because he felt that he might not receive enough preferential treatment after coming to King Qi's service.

The second possibility is that he did not actively send people to lobby and instigate rebellion, but waited passively.

Historical materials record the sacrifice of the guard general of Hulao Pass, but they do not say anything about the guard’s mental journey.

Li Hongyun had subconsciously thought that he was here to take the initiative to serve, but when he thought about it now, he felt that things might not be that simple. Behind this, it was probably also a reflection of King Qin's strong intelligence ability.

So this time, he sent people to persuade them to surrender with a heavy sum of money. His troops were very quick and he finally took the first step to occupy Hulao Pass.

For the third time, Li Hongyun got his wish and confronted Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the confrontation, Tan Ma suddenly came to report that Dou Jiande ran away!

Li Hongyun was shocked and led troops to pursue him. Only then did he discover that Dou Jiande had really abandoned Wang Shichong in Luoyang and instead adopted Ling Jing's strategy of "crossing Taihang and joining the Shangdang" and attacked Hedong instead.

Taking advantage of the entanglement between Liang Jun and Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande decided to take the first step to seize the territory.

Li Hongyun was a little confused, that’s not right! That’s not what the script said!

When he played Dou Jiande before, he knew the situation there very well.

Logically speaking, weren't all the generals under Dou Jiande bribed by Wang Shichong? Aren't they strongly opposed to this plan?

Did Dou Jiande mistakenly believe that his men were high-spirited to fight, so he did not adopt this plan and instead continued to storm Hulao Pass?

Why has the script changed again this time?

After thinking hard, Li Hongyun realized that maybe... those generals who were bribed by Wang Shichong may not necessarily have the shadow of King Qin behind them!

Obviously, this kind of intelligence and rebellion work relies entirely on others and is extremely uncontrollable.

If you want to make your opponent always act according to your plan as much as possible, the safest way is to build a strong intelligence network yourself.

Snooping, instigating rebellion, planning... Only by taking all these matters into your own hands can you ensure that every step is within your plan.

So Li Hongyun started again.

This time he began to focus on setting up an intelligence network and personally investigated the placement of spies in Dou Jiande's army. During the confrontation, he not only focused on cavalry raids, but also on intelligence work.

For the fourth time, everything originally went smoothly, but when they attacked Wang Shichong's main formation, the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

As a result, during the fighting, an army suddenly mutinied. Liang Jun, who was in a good situation, was suddenly betrayed, and Li Hongyun himself died in the rebel army.

Liang Jun collapsed completely.

Li Hongyun once again reviewed the situation angrily, only to realize that this collapse was actually due to a very small thing.

It's because he failed to distinguish rewards and punishments.

In the previous battles against Xue Ju and against Liu Wu, Zhou, Song and Jingang, although he fought bravely and took the lead, establishing authority to a certain extent and firmly holding the military power in his own hands, he did not give any post-war rewards.

Too many questions.

After accepting the reward from Liang Gaozu, he just briefly looked at the list of rewards handed over by his subordinates, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he went ahead with it.

But he didn't know that there were actually many unreasonable things on this award list.

During the war, many grassroots officers fought hard, but did not receive adequate rewards; while some related officers seemed to be very useful, but in fact their achievements were exaggerated, and they received more rewards.

Sometimes, there were not many results after fighting hard battles, and the court did not have so many rewards. Li Hongyun did not choose to make up for the rewards himself, but just made do with the rewards given by the court.

When he first started leading the army, this problem had not yet appeared.

Because the soldiers still have expectations for the future. After all, they are still winning battles at this time, and they feel that there will be opportunities for rewards in the future.

However, after successively defeating the two powerful enemies of Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou, the issue of rewards still existed, so many soldiers had deep grudges.

In addition, Li Hongyun did not disband the organization and still let many demoted generals lead the old troops, which further aggravated this risk.

This time, Li Hongyun corrected these problems, and the rewards and punishments were clear.

Not only did he always pay attention to the specific tasks and execution of each middle-level and grass-roots general during the battle, but he also strictly inquired about subsequent rewards.

Those who have made meritorious deeds will be rewarded heavily, and those who have made mistakes will be severely punished. Rewards and punishments should be clearly defined, and both kindness and power should be given.

And for those who have their own little ideas when submitting military merits, they will be punished lightly and beaten severely.

If the soldiers have outstanding achievements in battle, but the spoils of war are not large enough, and the rewards from the court are not enough, then the soldiers will be rewarded out of their own pockets.

Only in this way can the three armies be guaranteed to use their lives and fight to the death.

Otherwise, at the critical moment of the battle, it is very likely that a sudden mutiny of a certain unit will cause the whole battle to fail.

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Trying again and again, Li Hongyun could find a new shortcoming every time he tried.

He constantly made up for these shortcomings by changing his natural skills or taking advantage of his familiarity with history and the ability to repeat it infinitely.

Finally, he relied on various talents and skills and his continuous learning to build the King of Qi in this world into an all-around polygonal warrior.

Can strategize, calculate every move of the opponent, and formulate a perfect battle plan;

You can lead Yuchi Jingde and other powerful generals to charge into battle, and your arrow skills are as good as the gods, and the arrows are not missed;

Can build a powerful intelligence network and even instigate opposing generals;

Rewards and punishments are clear, kindness and power are given simultaneously, and the soldiers admire him extremely.

Relying on absolute hard power, Li Hongyun finally won the battle of Hulao Pass and captured two kings in one battle, achieving great military exploits.

Liang Gaozu was overjoyed and named him General Tiance, commanding Tiance Mansion.

But when Liu Heitao's rebellion followed, Liang Gaozu did not let King Qi lead the army, but asked King Qin to put it down.

As a result, the prince, the king of Qin, and the king of Qi also emerged in the court.

There is no doubt about the status of the prince. Even if Liang Gaozu forced him to lift him up, he would still lift him to the highest position.

Although the King of Qin did not make such great military exploits as in real history, he participated in several battles, and he was not just a soy sauce like the King of Qi in history, but also played an important role.

He is deeply loved in the military.

Under Liang Gaozu's deliberate balance, King Qin captured Liu Heita and pacified Hebei. Although his military exploits were slightly inferior to King Qi's, he was still quite powerful.

Not to mention the King of Qi played by Li Hongyun. He captured two kings in one battle and won no title. In addition, he strategized and clearly rewarded and punished. The civil servants and generals under his command were enough to compete with the King of Qin.

Then, the Turks began to invade.

The King of Qin and the King of Qi each led a group of troops to attack, but the Turks fled in the face of the wind.
To be continued...