After getting the wake up of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong didn't know who to believe, and immediately scouted closely to monitor the movements of the Tang army, and the conclusion he came to made him break out in a cold sweat.

Quickly rectify the soldiers and horses, recruit troops on a large scale, how can his territory be small, among the five counties, only Henan and Hongnong counties obey his orders, but the loss of the people has come and gone, the population is seriously insufficient, coupled with his urgent conscription, finally aroused the panic of the people, and a large number of people fled to Shangluo and Xingyang counties.

Tension shrouded the streets and alleys of Luoyang, although the official tightly sealed the news, but the news still spread to all corners of Luoyang, making Luoyang people panic, the price vane represented by the price of rice began to rise rapidly, and the people of Luoyang set off a wave of stockpiling various materials.

The most representative is that the price of rice has soared from 120 yuan to 400 yuan of rice, and only five baht of the emperor or Yanhuang Tongbao of the Sui Dynasty is accepted, and the five baht of Daye or the copper coin minted by Wang Shichong is rejected by the merchants.

On this morning, a shocking news spread throughout Luoyang, the city of Wuchuan in Shuyang was breached by Li Daozong, the officials of the whole county surrendered, and Li Daozong attacked Luyang Pass day and night. Once Luyang Pass is lost, Xiangcheng County will also fall completely, and Li Tang's army will directly threaten the southern part of Henan County. This news brought more panic to the people of Luoyang, the price of rice soared again, and various prices began to get out of control.

Luoyang Ziwei Palace, Yun Dingxing walked quickly through the Wensi Palace Square, and walked to the imperial study, Yun Dingxing has been very prosperous in Wang Shichong's court in the past two years, he betrayed Yang Qi, and after a Zen ceremonial with a fake mess, he won Wang Shichong's infinite trust, making him soar, and he was promoted to the position of Taiwei in just two years, and his status was only under the Wang clan.

Yun Dingxing has a despicable character, but he has a high talent, and he takes care of everything in an orderly manner, and the crown prince Wang Xuan should trust him very much, and discuss important government affairs with him.

However, Yun Dingxing also understood that Wang Shichong was not a long-term king, he had to find another way for himself, he knew that Yang Tong would not spare himself, so he did not think of surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, so he secretly submitted a letter of surrender to Li Yuan, and received a letter from Li Yuan himself, in which he appreciated his abandonment of darkness and surrender to the light.

This made Yun Dingxing feel like he had taken a reassuring pill, full of confidence in the future, but he was not so conscientious about Zheng Guo.

"Captain Yun!"

Yun Dingxing just walked up the steps, he heard someone call him, he turned around, but saw the prince Wang Xuanying hurrying over, he hurriedly stopped and waited, today Wang Shichong urgently summoned important ministers to discuss military affairs, Yun Dingxing thought he was late, but he didn't expect the prince to be behind him.

Yun Dingxing likes the crown prince Wang Xuanying very much, modest, low-key, approachable, and gentle, without the arrogance and fierceness of his Laozi Wang Shichong, this kind of person is generally the favorite emperor of these 'civilian' officials, but unfortunately he is the son of Wang Shichong.

"Why did the prince only come now, Weichen thought he was late." Yun Dingxing stepped forward

"Father sent someone to inform him to postpone it for half an hour, doesn't Taiwei Yun know?"

Yun Dingxing shook his head in astonishment and said, "Weichen doesn't know!" ”

"I guess the person who reported the news didn't find the captain!" Wang Xuanying said in a low voice: "I have something I want to communicate with the Taiwei, is it convenient?" ”

"It's okay!"

Yun Dingxing and Wang Xuanying came to a corner, and Wang Xuanying said worriedly: "I just got the news that the price of rice in Luoyang has skyrocketed to 600 yuan of doumi, even if it is invested in the regular closing position, is there any way to deal with it?" ”

A few days ago, when the price of rice rose to 300 Wen of Doumi, Wang Xuan should immediately start the regular closing position to suppress the price of rice, put down 100,000 stone of parity rice, and sell it with Doumi Baiwen, trying to pull down the price of rice, but it just drifted without any effect, the price of rice is still rising, and today it has risen to an amazing height of 600 Wen of Doumi, Wang Xuanying does not know how to deal with it, if his father asks about this matter today, he must have a response plan, so he can only ask Yun Dingxing for advice.

Yun Dingxing shook his head and said: "When the Wagang army approached Luoyang, the price of rice in Luoyang rose sharply to the point where there was no market, and Yang Tong invested 150,000 stone of grain to stabilize the price of grain, but it had no effect. Later, he defeated the Wagang army in Xingyang, and the price of grain suddenly returned to normal. The current situation is exactly the same as back then, because the panic caused by the war is not the same as the panic caused by rumors, if you want to lower the price of food, the only way is for the Zheng army to defeat the Tang army, as long as there is no threat of war, the people's hearts will settle down, and those who have surplus grain will not be robbed, now we can't see hope, every household stores grain for the needs of the siege, not to mention, but each household must ensure at least three or five months of rations, so how much grain is sold out of the regular position, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a good idea, but his method was wrong. ”

Wang Xuanying frowned, "Then how should I deal with it?" ”

"The solution is very simple, the prince can change the grain from the Changping warehouse to porridge, so that the people who are poor and have no money to buy food also have a way to live, as long as there is food to eat, the people will not be chaotic, this is the only way at present."

Wang Xuanying nodded, and then asked, "What about profiteers and people who make a fortune?" Do you want to strike? ”

Yun Dingxing smiled: "Prince, you should know who is standing behind the so-called profiteers. ”

Wang Xuanying suddenly realized, isn't Luoyang's grain all controlled by the uncle? He was immediately deflated, nodded and said, "Thank you for your advice, let's go to Wensi Hall first." ”

"What Yang Tong said about disaster relief just now, the prince must not mention it in front of the saint!" Yun Dingxing instructed.

"I understand this, and I will never mention it."

The two of them walked quickly towards the Wensi Hall as they spoke

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The news of the Tang army's attack made Wang Shichong panic, he only had a total of 150,000 troops, and the 50,000 Shuyang army was defeated to less than 20,000 troops in Xiangcheng Luyang Pass, and 50,000 troops were stationed in Hongnong, and the other 30,000 troops were stationed in Xiangcheng and Xingyang counties. There are only 40,000 troops left in Henan County, including 20,000 Imperial Forest Army, and these 40,000 troops each have 5,000 troops stationed in Hangu Pass, Tiger Prison Pass, and Yique Pass, and the army that really guards Luoyang City is only 5,000 people, even if the 20,000 Imperial Forest Army City is only 25,000 people.

There were more than a dozen important ministers and generals standing in the wide Wensi Palace, Wang Shichong's face was gloomy and said to everyone: "I just got the news, Xiangcheng County has surrendered to Li Tang, Li Daozong's 40,000 troops have been killed outside Yique Pass, and are killing Luoyang, but the speed has slowed down, and the situation on Hongnong's side is also very grim, although our army resists stubbornly, but 50,000 defenders can't stop Li Shimin's 200,000 army from attacking in turn, our army has lost three battles and three times, and suffered heavy losses, Wang Honglie, King of Wei, and Wang Xingben, King of Jing, died in Zhuyang Pass, King Cai Wang Qianshou led the remnants to retreat to Danshan in Lushi County, and summoned the defenders of Changyuan, Zhuyang and other counties to form camps to block the Tang army's eastward advance along Luoshui. It is said that after the Tang army broke through the Lu family, the main force attacked Gongyang County and Hongnong County in the north, and the target was directly aimed at Ruxiang and Taolin counties in Henan. Let's talk about how to deal with it! ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was silent.

After a while, Yun Dingxing bowed down and said: "Shengshang, I still can't see the true intentions of the Tang army, whether they really want to capture Luoyang or confuse the Sui army." Judging from the current situation, Weichen believes that it is very likely that Li Tang wants to enter the customs from Wuguan and Tongguan. ”

"Then how to understand Li Tang's capture of Hongnong, Shuyang and Xiangcheng?" Wang Shichong asked again.

"Holy Lord, Li Shimin's 200,000 army is the main force, Li Daozong only has 40,000 troops, with these 40,000 troops he will not be able to capture Luoyang, he should contain our army to the south, otherwise it is impossible to explain why his army suddenly slowed down."

At this time, Situ Duan Da also said: "Shengshang, Weichen also supports the opinion of the Tai Lieutenant, thinking that the goal of the Tang Army is still Guanzhong, which can be seen from a detail. ”

"What details?" Wang Shichong asked.

Duan Da walked to the map and pointed to Lu's county in Hongnong with a wooden pole: "If the target of the Tang army is us, then Li Shimin, after taking Lushi County, should divide his troops all the way east into Xiong'er County in Henan County, and directly surround Luoyang City, instead of giving King Cai a chance to rest and prepare for us, but Li Shimin did not do this, and still attacked Kanyang County and Hongnong County in the north, which is obviously the direction of Tongguan, and Weichen can conclude from this that the target of the Tang army is still Guanzhong, not us." ”

Yun Dingxing nodded and said: "Duan Situ said that the Sui Dynasty has always been the number one enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and they dare not face the main force of the Sui army, so we are weak to cover people's eyes. To put it mildly, only the two groups of Henan and Xingyang are left, and the war potential is too weak, Li Tang can fight whenever he wants, and there is no need to use so many troops. ”

Yun Dingxing and Duan Da's analysis made Wang Shichong feel a little at ease, and he asked the crown prince Wang Xuanying, "Does the prince have any other opinions?" ”

Wang Xuanying thought that his father had convened everyone to discuss the skyrocketing food prices, but his father was bent on considering the deployment of the army, which made Wang Xuanying relieved, but also had some loss, the military is important, but the people's hearts in Luoyang are also very important, if the people's hearts are not dealt with, Luoyang is in danger of rioting, but his father doesn't care at all.

Wang Xuanying thought about Yun Dingxing and Duan Da's words, and finally bowed down and said: "Erchen thinks that it doesn't matter whether the Tang army's goal is the Sui Dynasty or our Luoyang, the important thing is that our Luoyang City's troops are too small, if the Tang army attacks in a big way, our troops will not be able to hold for long at all, Erchen suggests increasing the defenders, and at the same time strengthening the defense of Hangu Pass, and transporting the grain from Luokoucang back to Luoyang City, so as to prepare for long-term consumption with the enemy!" Erchen did not believe that the Sui Dynasty would not react. ”

Wang Shichong nodded, Wang Xuanying's suggestion went up to his heart, he pondered for a moment and said: "The prince is right, the defenders of Luoyang are indeed too few, I plan to transfer the defenders of Xingyang County back to Luoyang, leaving only the 5,000 troops in the Tiger Prison, and at the same time transporting the millions of stone grain from Luokou Warehouse back to Luoyang, what do you Aiqing think?" ”

Yun Dingxing immediately praised: "Holy Lord! ”

Everyone expressed their support, and Wang Shichong nodded, "Then it's decided!" Loosen control over Xingyang County and concentrate forces to defend Luoyang. ”

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