In the hall of the county government, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Pei Renji, Wei Zheng, and Ling Jing sat under Yang Tong, looking at Pei Renji with a smile on his face, Yang Tong said, "What did Fang Xuanzao say?" ”

"Holy!" Pei Renji arched his hand and said: "Weichen and Fang Xuanzao talked in detail for one night, and the two sides basically reached a consensus. The belongings have arrived, and this is not to be said. ”

"What did you talk about on the territorial side?" Yang Tong asked.

"Li Mi doesn't agree either, but I just hope that my Great Sui will not attack the three counties of Liangjun, Yingchuan, and Huaiyang."

"The implication is that we can fight Jibei, Dongping, Dongjun, and Jiyin?" Yang Tong smiled knowingly.

Pei Renji nodded and said: "After all, this vast territory is a country that the soldiers of the Wei army have fought down with their blood and lives, and if they say that they will abandon it, they will not be able to explain it to the soldiers below, so Yang Tong feels that Li Mi will not be easy to agree." If we conquer these four counties with strength, Li Mi can also give an explanation to the soldiers, and if we can't defeat them, it will be our own problem. ”

"This so-called consultation is still based on strength, but this consultation is still very necessary, at least it can control the war within a certain range, and no full-scale war will break out."

When Yang Tong heard this, he said, "I think I can let Xing Yan occupy Dongjun first. To the south, he captured Dongping and Jiyin counties. Then let Shen Guang lead an army to recover Dongjun, so that it can be connected to Luoyang and connect our forces in Henan. ”

Pei Renji agreed: "Weichen also thinks that Li Mi will not give up Liang County for a while, and also suggests that the Holy Lord should not attack Liang County and Huaiyang for the time being. In this way, Bohai County can be used as a logistics center for attacking Dou Jiande, and Jibei, Dongping, and Jiyin can clamp Liu Heimin in Qilu County. Henan County and Hongnong County in the southwest are connected with Guanzhong and become the frontier positions of Jingxiang in the south. ”

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said: "Liang Jun contacts Jianghuai, Yingchuan contacts Jingxiang, the former I can let go, but Yingchuan must be taken, lest Li Mi let the pseudo-Tang Dynasty advance eastward from Runan under Yingzhou." ”

Now Li Mi has the ambition to abandon the Central Plains and move south to Jianghuai, and to seize the blank space left by Li Mi's retreat to the south is the top priority in front of Yang Tong. The reason why he continued to increase his troops was to cope with the changing situation of the war.

But for Li Mi, he still has the choice of Li Yuan, in order to curb the power of the Great Sui, he may sell Yingchuan Huai'an and Runan to Li Yuan, if Li Yuan obtains Yingchuan, he can threaten Xingyang accordingly, and even fight Qingzhou through Liang County.

And once Li Mi's plan to go south is frustrated, he will inevitably make a comeback, so collusion with Li Yuan will be imperative.

Er Li colluded with Yang Dong and didn't care, but they were absolutely not allowed to threaten their territory, and if there was Yingchuan, then Yang Tong could calmly deploy troops and deal with Er Li on both sides.

Pei Renji said: "I'm afraid that the battle line will be too long, resulting in the emptiness of the rear troops, and if Dou Jiande sneaks up on Hebei, it will be worth the loss." ”

Yang Tong said: "This is indeed a problem, Dou Jiande is a wolf king, although he is injured, he can't be careless, or we simply let the navy block the Yellow River." ”

"This is okay, even if Dou Jiande invades the two counties on the south bank of the Yellow River in Bohai County, the impact will not be great." Pei Renji agreed with Yang Tong's plan.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Qiqi Sheng, there is urgent information from Xiangyang County!" ”

"Bring it on!"

The soldier respectfully presented a tube of letterhead, and there was only one sentence in the letter, "Li Shentong commanded 80,000 troops out of Xiangyang and marched east to Zaoyang County, Chungling." ’

This news suddenly surprised Yang Tong very much, in addition to letting Li Shimin lead 180,000 main forces to attack Luoyang, Li Xiaogong and Daozong led 70,000 troops to garrison Xiangcheng, he actually asked Li Shentong to send 80,000 troops, and looking at Li Shentong's marching route, it was obvious that he was not helping Li Shimin, but rushing to the eastern Central Plains.

"Holy Lord, what's wrong?" Fang Xuanling saw that Yang Tong's face was different, and hurriedly asked

"See for yourselves!"

Yang Tong handed the information to Fang Xuanling and asked everyone to pass it on.

Fang Xuanling said: "Obviously, Li Yuan not only wants to seize Luoyang, but also wants to seize the counties of the Central Plains, and it seems that Li Yuan has no hope for Li Mi. ”

Yang Tong asked, "You mean, Li Yuan found out that Li Mi had the ambition to go south?" ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Weichen thinks that Li Mi deliberately revealed it. ”

"What's the point?"

Li Mi wanted to be the chess player of this big chess game, intending to use the territory he was about to give up as bait to promote the Sui and Tang dynasties to launch a full-scale war, so as to make profits. In other words, Li Mi made the same promise to us and Li Yuan," Fang Xuanling said.

Yang Tong frowned and said, "What can he get for himself?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Li Mi's army is mostly from the Central Plains, if the whole army is forced to go south, it is very likely that a coup d'état similar to the Jiangdu Rebellion will occur, but the Sui and Tang dynasties will attack at the same time, and the soldiers will feel that it is reasonable to go south; second, take the opportunity to cut out disobedient factions; Third, lead the two tigers to eat to avoid the dominance of the Great Sui family. ”

"Li Mi is a good idea!" Yang Tong snorted coldly and sneered: "What's even more ridiculous is Li Yuan, I'm afraid he doesn't know that Shixin has already laid down Yique Pass." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Yique Pass was lost yesterday evening. And the Flying Eagle Biography is unique to my Great Sui, and others still rely on soldiers to transmit messages, and it is normal for Li Yuan not to know. ”

"Although Li Yuan is arrogant again, but this 80,000 army plus Li Xiaogong's 40,000 people, there are also 120,000 people, which is not easy to deal with!" Yang Tong tapped his finger on the table, although he transferred 200,000 troops to the south this time, but after dividing the troops one by one, there were actually very few troops that could be used as mobile troops.

"If the 120,000 army comes together, it will naturally be difficult to deal with!" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"Xuan Ling is talking about the time difference?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "What the Holy Lord said is not bad, it is precisely to fight this time difference, Li Shentong is still in Chungling County." As long as our army defeats Li Gongxiao's troops, then Li Yuan's forces can be driven out of Xiangcheng County, and at that time, only 20,000 troops need to be sent to Luyang Pass, and it will be difficult for Li Yuan to advance even if he has 200,000 troops. Our army can thus be kept in our hands and assembled. ”

Yang Tong nodded and said, "Then let Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin attack Xiangcheng at the same time today, and let go of the means to eat Li Xiaogong." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "The minister completely agrees. ”

Since Luo Shixin entered Yingyang, Qin Qiong's second army has all been collected in Xinzheng, in addition to 60,000 regular troops and 30,000 slave soldiers, if you add Luo Shixin's more than 40,000 people, the number is 90,000 more than Li Xiaogong.

This battle is not to say that it is a steady victory, but there is still a ninety percent certainty, Li Xiaogong, as a famous general in history, can be cleaned up by the imperial court with a group of fierce generals and a terrifying army, which can be regarded as his glory.

As for Li Shimin, he has Yang Tong watching from Yanshi's side, and in the case of Luoyang, if Li Shimin rashly starts a war against the Great Sui, he will face the danger of being attacked from both sides by the Great Sui and the Zheng army in Luoyang.

Ling Jing on the side suggested with a smile: "The Jingxiang Tang army marched north, and Xiangyang fell into emptiness. Chen thought it was necessary to remind Xiao Miao. Let him seize this opportunity to counterattack and recapture Jingxiang. ”

"It's good! I will leave this matter to you to handle, and immediately send a letter to Jiangling to let our people get in touch with Cen Wenwen. Yang Tong laughed, after all, Xiao Mo sent all the daughters he had and only had, and he, who was a son-in-law, should indeed return a gift, but I don't know if this new old man can defeat the old man who has no active troops.

"Whoa!" Ling Jing bowed and retreated.

Yang Tong and the rest continued to discuss.

Due to the unexpected appearance of the main force of the 80,000 Tang Army, which disrupted Yang Tong's previous plan, everyone immediately readjusted the previous plan after discussion.

The east road was divided into two, first Pei Xingyan led the Third Army and 50,000 slave soldiers, changed the front line from Bohai County to Qi County occupied by Liu Heimin, and then used this as a basis to recover the two counties of Jibei and Dongping, and then annihilated Liu Heimin in Lu County, or blasted him into Langxi to join Wang Xiaohu. On the other hand, Shen Guang led 10,000 Sui troops and 20,000 slave soldiers to recover Dongjun and Jiyin.

The middle road is also divided into two routes, one route is Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin into Xiangcheng, annihilating Li Xiaogong's 40,000 troops, recovering Xiangcheng, Yingchuan, and Shuyang, and then garrisoning in Wuchuan County, Huaiyang, Huaiyang, and Wuchuan County, which is at the intersection of Huaiyang, Nanyang, Huai'an, and Chungling, to deter the three northern counties of Xiangyang, and any of the counties in Nanyang and Chungling is lost, and the Sui army can directly hit Xiangyang City, so Li Yuan can not continue to be arrogant; On the other hand, Yang Tong continued to sit in charge of Yanshi, always putting pressure on Li Shimin.

On the west road, Yang Shanhui crossed the river from Shaanxi County to deter Li Shimin from the west, and as for when to march, it was subject to Yang Tong's order, and he marched too early, and Yang Tong was worried about scaring Li Shimin away.

Several armies acted at the same time, but Yang Tong did not send troops immediately, he still had to wait for Li Shimin and Wang Shichong to consume again, and intervening in the war too early was not conducive to weakening Wang Shichong.

In addition, he in order to weaken Xiao Milling. Let Guanzhong Li Jing sit and watch Li Yuan and Xiao Miao, and when the two decide the winner, they will stand by and move.

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