In the imperial study room of Xiangyang Taiji Palace, Li Yuan is discussing military aircraft matters with a cadre of Xiangguo, since the outbreak of the Battle of Luoyang, Li Yuan's mind has been put on this battle, and all government affairs have been thrown to the crown prince Li Jiancheng to deal with.

He spent most of his time in the imperial study thinking about military affairs, not that he was too careful, but that this Central Plains War was very important. If he can take the Western Central Plains, then he will occupy three points in ten points, Yang Tong will occupy four points, and other forces will share three points. If the war fails, then Li Tang will be two points of the world with a great loss of national strength, but Yang Tong may expand to five or six points, and when the time comes, the pattern of three points of the world will definitely reappear, which is a result that Li Yuan never wants to see.

Li Yuan said worriedly: "Pei Qing, it is only a matter of time before Yang Tong sends troops to Luoyang, according to our intelligence, in addition to Yang Tong's deployment of more than 200,000 troops east of Luoyang, Yang Tong has also deployed about 100,000 troops in Hanoi County, in addition, he also moves frequently in the land of Qilu, I feel that he wants not only Luoyang, but the entire Central Plains, this battle is of great significance to my Tang Dynasty, it is a big battle that can only be won and not defeated." ”

"Could it be that Yang Tong also knows that Li Mi is preparing to Nantu Jianghuai?" The death of the eldest son, as well as the loss of family members scattered all over the world, made Pei Lin a lot older, and he seemed to be much more low-key than before.

"Li Mi's move to move southward, but Yang Tong's omnipresent spies. Li Mi's center of gravity has shifted southward, and there will be a gap in power in many places in the Central Plains, and it is impossible for Yang Tong not to seize the opportunity to occupy it. "Li Yuan also had a big headache for the spies of the Sui Dynasty, although Li Tang was also vigorously purging under his rule, but Bashu and Jingxiang are full of mountains and rivers, and the hoeing and rape operations in the past year or so have had little effect, and the more powerful Li Tang's side is clearing, the more sophisticated the other party's hidden methods have become, making it impossible to check.

Pei Lin hesitated for a moment and said, "Holy Lord, the king of Huai'an County led an army of 80,000 to the north. The Jingxiang army is empty, and the minister is very worried that Xiao Mo will take the opportunity to counterattack, should we let Yizhou Dou Liang lead the army eastward to fill the Jingxiang army? ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "Xiao Miao, this person is extremely suspicious, this time is a great opportunity for him to rectify the interior, he has no intention of Jingxiang, and his territory is thousands of miles away from north to south, and the vast territory makes his foundation not strong, so we don't have to worry about him." ”

Pei Lin said: "Saint, Xiangyang only has 30,000 cavalry under His Royal Highness King Qi, in case an army is killed under Xiangyang City, it will be a heavy blow to the people's hearts and the morale of the front-line soldiers." After all, Yang Tong likes to do this kind of stealing chickens and dogs the most. ”

Li Yuan's expression changed slightly, didn't Yang Tong just enter the customs with light troops and burn down Daxing Daxing Palace? If this play is staged in Xiangyang again, Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong may have to return in vain, in case Xiangyang is lost, he will not even have a place to stay.

He said solemnly with sweat dripping in sweat: "Pei Qing is reasonable, I am indeed careless." Then the troops of Tongchuan and Padang immediately entered Beijing. And this is a protracted war, in order to be able to have a large army available at any time, let Dou Rail recruit 100,000 Yizhou young men and send them to Xiangyang for training. ”

At this moment, a eunuch reported outside the door, "Qi Shengshang, Xiao Xiangguo and the hussar general Yu Wenshi rushed back from Luoyang, saying that there is an urgent military report." ”

Li Yuan immediately said: "Announce that the two of them are here!" ”

A while!

Xiao Yu and Yu Wenshi, who were in the dust, hurriedly walked into the imperial study and bowed deeply, "Weichen see the saint!" ”

"No need to be polite!"

Li Yuan motioned for the two to sit down, and asked anxiously: "Erqing came from Luoyang, but something important happened?" ”

"Holy Lord, Yang Tong has launched an attack on my Datang, and the situation is very urgent!" Xiao Yu said solemnly.

Li Yuan's expression was solemn: "You tell me, how did Yang Tong send troops?" ”

Xiao Yu said in a hoarse voice: "The Sui Dynasty general Pei Xingyan commanded 100,000 troops, attacked Qi County from the south of Bohai, Liu Heimin retreated to Lu County, Qi County Licheng has now become the logistics center of the Eastern Sui Army, and Du Ruhui commanded the army of 30,000 to sit in the town, Pei Xingyan then occupied Jibei County, and the Wei army Meng let the 30,000 army annihilated, and then, Pei Xingyan occupied Dongping County almost bloodlessly, and attacked Lu County at any time; At the same time, Shen Guang led an army of 30,000 from Xingyang to the east, and has now occupied Dongjun and Jiyin, and the army is in Jiyin Danfu County, and the troops are directed at Yucheng County of Liang County and Feng County of Pengcheng County. These two men were combined to form the Eastern Route Army of the Sui Dynasty. ”

When Xiao Yu said this, he picked up the tea cup from the table who he didn't know, drank it all in one gulp, showing that he was extremely thirsty, and then said: "The middle route army is the part of the army of Xingyang County and Henan County led by Yang Tong, with as many as 200,000 people, and Yang Dong is dispatched in the center of the Yanshi, and Luo Shixin's department has occupied Yique Pass, and the 30,000 troops of the king of Rencheng, as well as the 10,000 elite cavalry of Wang Junkuo who went to the aid from Luoyang, have all been annihilated. The whereabouts of King Ren Cheng and Wang Junkuo are unknown. ”

Li Yuan hurriedly asked, "What is missing?" ”

"Yique Pass is Luoyang to the south, Xiangcheng to the north must pass, the king of Rencheng led 30,000 troops to sit in the town, but this pass is to defend the southern pass, can not defend Yingyang Luo Shixin's 50,000 army, if this pass is lost, it will cut off the connection between the two armies of the king of Jin and the king of Zhaojun." Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "The King of Jin was worried that the King of Rencheng would not be able to hold the Yique Pass, so he sent General Wang Junkuo to lead 10,000 elite cavalry to assist in the defense, General Wang was ambushed by the Sui army, and the King of Rencheng sent troops to rescue, Luo Shixin defeated the two in one fell swoop, and took the opportunity to occupy the Yique Pass, and none of the 40,000 troops fled north to the Luoyang camp, so the whereabouts of the King of Rencheng and General Wang are unknown. ”

Li Yuan sighed slightly, and said bitterly: "What a brave teacher!" I lost the Taoist Sect, and there are other sons and nephews, but I have lost 40,000 sons, but there is no such brave and loyal teacher, may God bless them all right. ”

In the war, accidents often occur that affect the war situation, resulting in a big change in the entire war situation, for example, Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, at that time there were only more than 20,000 people in the Green Forest Army who listened to his orders, these people came from all over the world, and the equipment was extremely poor, as soon as I heard that Wang Mang sent 400,000 troops to encircle and suppress them, many people were scared away, such a good and bad chaotic people, even if they were all possessed by killing gods, they could not kill Wang Mang's 400,000 troops, but on the eve of Liu Xiu's decisive battle, with the help of heaven, there was a meteorite smashed into Wang Mang's army camp. Liu Xiuruo's divine help, led the Green Forest Army that fought like chicken blood to kill the disheartened Wang Mang's army, and the last count of 400,000 troops was only 20,000 people.

There is also the battle of Chengzu Zhu Dijing, in the critical battle of Baigou River, the Yan army was defeated and retreated, Li Jinglong's army morale was high, it would not be long before the Yan army was afraid of a complete rout, and at the critical moment, a strong wind suddenly rose, Zhu Di took advantage of the wind to set fire to the counterattack, killed tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, and more than 100,000 people drowned, thus changing the situation of the war.

Today's Yique Pass is also very similar, but it is not the time of day, but artificial, and Li Shimin, who sent Wang Junkuo to do bad things with good intentions, has become the protagonist of this incident. The difference is that this incident was carefully planned by Luo Shixin, taking advantage of Li Daozong's heart of not being able to see death and not being saved, and using Wang Junkuo as a bait to lure Li Daozong out of the city to fight, which resulted in the annihilation of Li Daozong's entire army and the loss of Yique Pass.

Li Yuanneng also tried to blame the well-meaning Li Shimin, but he also knew that the strategic position of Yique Pass was extremely important.

Taking Yique Pass will allow the northern and southern armies to communicate smoothly and help each other at any time, which is also an important reason why Li Shimin wants to send Wang Junkuo to help Li Daozong: to divide the Sui army with the 'Yellow River-Luoyang-Yique Pass' defense line, stabilize the western Central Plains, and then map the Great Central Plains. Therefore, Li Yuan, who planned this big battle, must recapture this dangerous pass.

Just when Li Yuan was thinking about how to recapture Yique Pass, Xiao Yu said: "Shengshang, there is also the Sui Army on the Western Road!" ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he hurriedly said, "Aiqing, please speak!" ”

"Shengshang, the Western Route Army of the Sui Army totals about 100,000 people, commanded by Yang Shanhui, and they are preparing to cross the river from Shaanxi County"

"What!" Li Yuan was taken aback, if Yang Shan would successfully cross the river, Li Shimin, who had fallen into two cloves, would be in danger. However, although he was shocked, he also knew that he needed to calm down now, Xiao Yu and Yu Wenshi came from Luoyang, it was not just as simple as reporting, the two of them must have other important matters, otherwise, Li Shimin would not have sent these two back, he took a deep breath and said, "Aiqing continued. ”

"Shengshang, if the Sui army of Hanoi County crosses the river, plus the Yang Dong army of the Yan Division, and the tens of thousands of troops of Wang Shichong of Luoyang, the Jin King's side will fall into a three-sided encirclement, and if the back road is cut off by the Sui cavalry, the consequences will be unimaginable." Xiao Yu said with a sad face.

The worry in Li Yuan's eyes became more and more intense, and he also saw Yang Dong's strategic deployment, Luo Shixin seized Yique Pass, and cut off the connection between the two kings.

Secondly, the Sui army of Hanoi County landed in Shaanxi County, which could cooperate with Yang Dong to fight, and could also enter Hongnong to cut off the grain route of the main force of the Tang army, and on the other hand, it could cut off the retreat of the main force of the Tang army.

In the end, Yang Dong's 100,000 or 200,000 cavalry and Wang Shimin's Li Yingwai attacked the Tang army camp and annihilated Li Shimin's army under Luoyang City.

Li Yuan, who had straightened out the cause and effect, gasped and hurriedly asked, "What about King Jin's response plan?" ”

Xiao Yu said: "The King of Jin has two plans, one is to give up Luoyang, retreat to Hongnong County to ensure that the army is not lost, and then choose the opportunity to capture Luoyang; The second is to hope that the imperial court will quickly increase the number of troops by 100,000, and fight the Sui army in Luoyang to the death, and the winner will be the king and the loser will be Kou. ”

Li Yuan and Pei Lian, Chen Shuda, Dugu Quan, and Dou Wei looked at each other, everyone was speechless about Li Shimin's second plan, except for the 80,000 army in the hands of Li Shentong, Xiangyang only had 30,000 troops, Li Shimin actually asked for 100,000 reinforcements, which was tantamount to a battle against the water, and the victory would curb the crazy growth momentum of the Sui army, and then the two sides spent a few years precipitating, and then decided life and death, but what if they were defeated?

Defeat means that Li Tang has no army to use, Yang Tong is like a bamboo to destroy the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's shocking gamble with the fortune of the country as a bet makes Li Yuan hesitate.

Dou Wei next to him said: "Shengshang, the consequences of the battle against the water are quite dangerous, if we win, Yang Tong can withdraw from the Central Plains safely, and it won't be long before he can get hundreds of thousands of slave soldiers; If Yang Dong wins, we will have no third choice but to retreat to Bashu. ”

"What does Dou Aiqing mean?"

"The minister thinks that it is not yet the time to gamble on the fortune of the country, now we occupy the two major grain-producing areas of Bashu and Jingxiang, and there are six or seven hundred people to arch the source of troops, and the national strength is recovering, and wait for another three or five years, the situation will be more favorable to us, and now the decisive battle will only fulfill Yang Dong's intentions."

Li Yuan was silent, if Li Shimin withdrew his army to Hongnong Lushi County, he would definitely not have completed his previous strategic intentions, but he would also harvest Xiangcheng County, Shuyang County and half of Hongnong County.

In particular, this half of Hongnong is extremely important, occupying this place is equivalent to opening the door to Luoyang, and Luoyang can be attacked at any time, and even pushed to the south bank of the Yellow River, and then threaten Bingzhou and Guanzhong.

If Li Xiaogong can defeat Yingchuan, Runan, and Huaiyang on the eastern front, it will be easy to capture Luoyang in the future.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yuan also felt that he should accept it as soon as he saw it, and resolutely decided: "I agree to withdraw the plan of Hongnong County, and first consolidate the results of this battle. ”

"Holy Wisdom!"

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone was worried that they, the emperor, were hot-headed and crazy with Li Shimin.

Xiao Yu and Yu Wenshi glanced at each other and smiled, Li Shimin didn't want to take the risk of destroying the country, the reason why he opened his mouth to ask for 100,000 troops was actually because he knew that his father didn't have the courage, so he retreated.

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