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Although the road was strictly blocked, and Wang Shichong's messenger could not communicate with Dou Jiande, the number of Tang troops was significantly reduced, and a normal person could analyze that Li Shimin had divided his troops.

"Father, Li Shimin suddenly divided his troops, it should be the reinforcements of the Xia army that have arrived." The crown prince Wang Xuanying happily found Wang Shichong and said.

"Where are the reinforcements, it is clearly the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind! Dou Jiande is a dull villain, and sooner or later he will be defeated in the hands of the Tang Army! Wang Shi said angrily.

Wang Shichong is worthy of being a warlord, this sentence is very far-sighted, but Dou Jiande's character is really unflattering to him, resentment blinds reason, and in the end he misses many opportunities.

"Father, feng shui takes turns, and at this time it's so chaotic that I'm waiting last!" Wang Xuanying said excitedly.

Dou Jiande raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do I mean, could it be that I want my father to open the city to attack Li Shimin?" ”

"Exactly!"

Ay! Wang Shichong sighed heavily and said: "The day before yesterday, the big defeat, most of the losses were the Xiaoguo guards in the previous palace, only ordinary soldiers remained, and most of them were recruits who had just been recruited in recent years, what to do to fight with Li Shimin." ”

"Father, having said that, there is a chance of winning a desperate battle, sit back and wait to die, you will definitely die!" Wang Xuanying said a little anxiously.

"Don't be in a hurry, let's see how the battle between the two armies of Tang and Xia is, and then make plans then!" Wang Shichong said impatiently, thinking, Lao Tzu has fought all his life, and he has fought an emperor, and it is your turn to guide!

"However, the grain and grass materials in Luoyang City are really not enough!"

"It's not you yet. lost the grain truck, otherwise how could Luoyang be in today's predicament, and I would not have taken risks. Take Xiao Guowei's team and fight against Li Shimin! Wang Shichong finally couldn't bear it anymore and taught his son a lesson.

Wang Xuanying was helpless, so he could only bow his head and be trained, not daring to fight back.

Wang Xuan should belong to the gang of gentlemen, who are proficient in eating, drinking, and having fun, but he is also used to being unaccustomed to Wang Shichong. After Wang Shi acted as the emperor, he appointed Wang Xuanying as the crown prince. Originally, it was still a good situation of father's love and filial piety, but the relationship between father and son was also quietly mixed with the distinction between monarchs and ministers from the previous nothing.

Wang Xuanying was afraid of his father's majesty, and subconsciously he was also afraid of offending his father. lost his position as the crown prince, so he withdrew from Wang Shichong's dormitory and did not insist on his own views.

Wang Xuanying's departure from the city to face the battle seemed to be a bit risky. But it's not entirely undesirable. Luoyang City was trapped all around. It is even more difficult to break through, and if it is also dead, it is better to fight with Li Tang again.

Everything is ruined by the fact that Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong are separated from each other, and they are by no means true friends, but a relationship that uses each other. Therefore, at a critical time, no one will think about the other. In the end, it is also their own interests that are lost.

This also left enough space for Li Shimin to have patience and then grind with Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande is cautious. Because he is used to being thrifty, he is also extremely stingy in the use of troops, and he has been with Li Shimin for almost a month, and there is no decent army, every time it is a temptation of thousands of people, at most 10,000 people.

Dou Jiande also tried to take a detour, planning to lead Wang Shichong to open the gate of Luoyang City first, and then attack Li Shimin in turn after occupying the base area himself.

However, Tiger Prison Pass occupies a dangerous position, and several attempts were unsuccessful, but it encountered several ambushes, and sporadically lost thousands of soldiers and horses.

Although the number of people was small, Li Shimin's light cavalry attack on the camp and the successive small defeats still caused a great psychological burden to the Xia army, and most of the soldiers became unconfident and their morale was low.

Dou Jiande was anxious in his eyes, his hair fell off one after another, and within a few days, he became alopecia areata, but fortunately, there was a crown on top of his head to cover his ugliness.

"How do you think you should overcome the Tiger Prison Pass at the moment?" Dou Jiande asked in a deep voice.

There are different opinions, some say that they will attack, because Li Shimin's troops are not much, and some will go back to their nest first, and wait until the opportunity to talk about it, why do they put their own foundation into it for Wang Shichong.

chattered and gossiped, and in the end he didn't come up with an exact plan, but the two sides quarreled about it, which made Dou Jiande's head hurt.

Dou Jiande looked around the hall, his eyes lit up, and he saw a person. This person was brought over by Yu Wenhua and from Jiangdu at the beginning, and then Dou Jiande treated him as a guest, but Xu Shu entered Cao Ying without saying a word, and just stood like this every day.

This person is Pei Ju, Yang Guang's loyal minister, because he once solved the problem of turmoil in the Jiangdu army for Yang Guang and married a daughter-in-law to Xiaoguoweidu, so he was deeply valued by Yang Guang and later Yu culture.

After Yang Guang's death, Pei Ju was discouraged, and he felt that he was as painful as a walking corpse. Fortunately, Yu Wenhua is still not bad to him, but because Pei Ju never gives advice to this guy who kills kings and seizes power, Pei Ju has always been responsible for the piecemeal work behind the scenes.

After Yu Wenhua died, Pei Ju was taken by Dou Jiande again, and he has always been by his side, still like that, a bitter gourd face, can shed bitter juice, and his words are very good.

Dou Jiande coughed twice, signaled everyone to be quiet, and asked in a harmonious voice: "Pei Gong, in the past, you once relieved the crisis in Jiangdu, and there was no lack of kindness among the sensitive, and Dou admired him very much. Today, Dou's great enemy is in front, and he is at a loss, so please give me advice. ”

Dou Jiande is good at attacking the heart, and he said it very politely, Pei Ju's eyelids twitched, and he slowly spoke: "The king, the ministers have already mentioned that they should either retreat or attack." Pei Ju is stupid, and he really can't solve the king's worries. ”

Hey, Dou Jiande let out a long sigh, slowly got up, came to Pei Ju, and suddenly, bowed his hand and saluted, and said sincerely: "Dou knows that he has no talent in the world, and what he is doing now is only because of the turmoil in the world, and he can't bear the suffering of the people." Now it seems that there is indeed a suspicion of being beyond his strength, how can Pei Gong sit idly by and ignore Dou's life and death? ”

Pei Ju was a little flustered, and the rest of the courtiers also cast dissatisfied looks, which means that Pei Ju, you are the oldest, and you can make our Xia King speak to you so politely.

Many generals still had a strong murderous aura in their eyes, Pei Ju was not stupid, he still knelt down on his knees and said: "Pei Ju How can he make the king so humble to his subordinates." ”

"Pei Gong, please hurry up, it's really Dou's heart is confused." Dou Jiande said pitifully.

Whether it is true or false, Dou Jiande is really good to Pei Ju, although Pei Ju has no contribution, he will still have some rewards every once in a while. Once Pei Ju was sick, and he was bedridden, and after treatment, he finally recovered, but the sequelae was extremely poor appetite.

After Dou Jiande learned about it, he asked the cook to make delicious food for Pei Ju in different ways, but Pei Ju was sick to his stomach when he saw it, and he was almost out of shape.

Once Pei Ju accidentally mentioned that he wanted to eat snacks from his hometown and cut noodles with knives. Dou Jiande knew some cooking skills, and after learning about it, he actually made noodles himself, made seasonings, and finally made a bowl of fragrant noodles.

After Pei Ju saw it, his appetite was really boosted, and he ate a big bowl in one go, and resumed his normal diet the next day. Dou Jiande instructed his subordinates not to tell Master Pei about this, but the news was still leaked intentionally or unintentionally, and Pei Ju finally learned about it.

The fact that the overlord of one side actually cooked food for his courtiers is really entangled when he hears it, and it feels really strange, I can't say it.

Since Dou Jiande didn't break it, Pei Ju didn't know it, and now that Dou Jiande sincerely asked for advice, Pei Ju felt that it was time for him to repay, and Zhengse said: "King, it is not a wise move to attack and lose troops and generals. Retreating will lead the Tang soldiers to pursue the victory, which is even more undesirable. ”

The ministers were disdainful for a while, could there be a third better way now?

"I want to hear about it!" Dou Jiande said happily.

"The elite of the Tang army are all in Luoyang or Tiger Pass, at this time, Daxing, uh, that is, Chang'an is now in a state of emptiness, if our army turns around at this time and goes straight to Chang'an, there may be some chance of victory." Pei Ju said slowly.

"Siege Wei to save Zhao!" Dou Jiande's eyes are full of little stars, this statement is indeed very novel and exciting.

"What Master Pei said lightly, how can our army not disturb Li Shimin if it moves like this, he will definitely withdraw his troops from Luoyang and rescue Chang'an." One said disdainfully.

"Taking care of this and losing the other, Li Shimin withdraws his troops, and we can take Luoyang directly. And if Li Shimin turns back and fights back, it will be really difficult to resist, and it will not be too late to retreat to the Xia Kingdom. Pei Ju said unhurriedly.

"Okay!" Dou Jiande slapped his palms a few times excitedly, eager to do it immediately. In contrast, Chang'an has more advantages than Luoyang, but it is completely possible to unite with Wang Shichong again and completely eliminate Li Tang.

It would be great if Wang Shichong's army could be annexed, even if it was unsuccessful, he could defend a national capital with him, which was better than Li Tang who was against him.

Pei Ju's idea was good, but after he left, the rest of the people gathered together privately to meet Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande complained that they excluded Pei Ju, what people said was a very good method, very feasible.

Some people cried directly, which roughly means, "My lord, who followed you to fight the world when you made your fortune?" Not yet!

What is Pei Ju, a literati, he doesn't know how to fight, he still came from home halfway, he never spoke before, but today he says a lot, everyone knows that he is a loyal minister of Yang Guang, and what he is most worried about is the restoration of the Sui Dynasty. Don't forget, the king, there are still descendants of Yang Guang in the Turks!

At the mention of this, Dou Jiande couldn't help but shudder, and he also had great doubts about Pei Ju's loyalty in his heart. There are many former ministers of the previous dynasty in Chang'an City, most of whom are also friendly with Pei Ju, if he secretly writes a letter with him and leaks his whereabouts, as long as the Tang army adjusts the battle plan slightly, Chang'an will not be easily threatened.

Maybe Pei Ju was in a hurry to return to Chang'an, so it was difficult to say what bad idea he deliberately gave himself. (To be continued......)