The Sui army's campaign to merge with the state, as scattered and low-key as usual, had been deployed as early as a month ago, when Yecheng was still busy with the selection of 'three pavilions and one pavilion' bachelor, the battle of the state had been quietly launched.

If the battle of Bingzhou is compared to a game of chess, then, the capture of the Bird Mouse Valley is undoubtedly a crucial step in this game of chess, although a game of chess will not be completed within two or three steps, but the capture of the Bird Mouse Valley is like capturing a big dragon, the general trend has been achieved, and the whole chess game will be smooth.

Li Jing's task was to capture the three counties of Xihe, Longquan, and Linfen, which were empty of troops outside Taiyuan and south of the Bird Mouse Valley

Hedong County, Jiang County, and Wencheng were commanded by Yang Tong, and Pei Renji was responsible for Jiang County and Wencheng; The Tang army in Changping County and Shangdang County was contained by Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanshu, Wang Wei and others.

Another key chess eye is undoubtedly the only bloody battle of Hedong City, Hedong County.

In this battle, the Sui army killed as many as 30,000 enemies, captured more than 38,000 enemies, and captured the most important strategic city in the south of Bingzhou, Hedong City, and the defender of Hedong City, Li Shentong, was captured alive, and Shi Wanbao, the main general of the Guanzhong reinforcements, died at the hands of Shui Tianji. The Tang Army's fiasco in the First Battle of Hedong! So that the dust settles on the entire battle of annexing the state.

After the Battle of Hedong City, the Tang armies of Wencheng, Longquan, Changping, and Shangdang, who confronted the Sui army, surrendered one after another, and obediently accepted a ten-year labor reform!

Now, in addition to the lonely city of Taiyuan, which Pei Lin insisted on, the entire territory of Bingzhou was returned to the Northern Sui, and the time only took half a month.

Li Shuliang, the king of Changping County, Li Tang, and Li Deliang, the king of Shangdang County, were captured and sacrificed to the Sui army by their soldiers, Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an County, was captured alive under the city of Hedong, and Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, died in Taiyuan County

The Tang Army of Guanzhong, led by Li Xiuning, the princess of Pingyang, had just left Chang'an, and the Battle of Bingzhou was about to end.

Finally, she was stationed at Tongguan to defend against the Northern Sui army.

The Battle of Bingzhou is over!

But the impact has just begun, just half a month later, Yang Tong seized the state, unified Jizhou, Youzhou, and the news of the state quickly spread all over the world, for a time the heroes were shocked, the four seas were boiling, Yang Dong's prestige instantly reached the peak, and the momentum of the first prince has been achieved

Not too far from Hedong, the Taiji Hall of Daxing Palace in Chang'an, there was an angry roar:

"Incompetent, wretched, all of them are waste!"

On the high platform of the majestic and majestic hall, Li Yuan, who was wearing a gorgeous dragon robe and was extremely majestic, threw a piece of music from the high platform, and the terrifying killing intent spread.

Less than a few days after the loss of the state, the commander of the western expedition Xue Ju Li Shimin returned with bad news, in the battle of the shallow water plain, the eight commanders of the Tang Dynasty were defeated successively, the generals Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji and others were captured, the 100,000 troops who went out to fight died six or seven tenths, the end of the battle, Xue Ju occupied the high jaw, collected the corpses of the Tang soldiers and piled them into Jingguan, in order to show his majesty.

The people in Guanzhong are panicked, and the whole territory is shaken!

"The saint is angry, although the incident happened suddenly, but fortunately, the king of Jin responded in time and contained Xue Ju to the west of the Dasan Pass, and the pass is still as stable as Mount Tai." Liu Wenjing hurriedly stood up and persuaded helplessly.

"Nonsense, Xue Ju only has 40,000 troops, and he actually made my 100,000 army suffer heavy losses, and many generals were captured alive, and you even told me that Guanzhong is as stable as Mount Tai? Where does stability come from? Li Yuan's eyes were filled with anger.

"Retreat!"

Li Yuan waved his sleeves and rushed to the Manna Hall in a rage!

……

East Palace!

The crown prince Li Jiancheng is discussing the current situation with the eldest grandson Wuji in a low voice.

Since Li Shimin divorced his wife and remarried, and assassinated his ex-wife, the eldest grandson Wuji, eldest grandson Shunde, Gao Shilian and others after the disappearance of the little sister have completely fallen to Li Jiancheng.

The eldest grandson Shunde is brave and good at fighting, and Gao Shilian is talented and virtuous, and Li Jiancheng is relied on as his arm, but what he values most is the resourceful eldest grandson Wuji.

"Mowgli, what do you think of the current trend?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"Your Highness! Xue Ju is domineering both inside and outside, and he can't hold it for long, so he can't be afraid. The key is the Northern Sui! Yang Tong ruled the king internally, conquered the foreign hegemony, and had the great prestige of pacifying the foreign clans, under his command Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda are all talents in governing the world, Li Jing, Li Jing, Deng Wei, Yang Shanhui, Pei Renji, Wei Yunqi and others are handsome talents with both civil and military skills, and there are countless young generals, of course, the most terrifying is himself. Now Jizhou and Bingzhou have been connected, and the general trend has become one! ”

"The Battle of Bingzhou broke out suddenly, without any warning in advance, and it was quickly resolved, and it only took twenty-five days from beginning to end to occupy the entire Bingzhou except for Taiyuan City!" When Li Jiancheng said this, he smiled bitterly: "This is the reason that everyone agrees, but I don't think so." What do you think? ”

"Nepotism, quick success." The eldest grandson Wuji said a word to break the sky.

"Mowgli is right!"

Li Jiancheng looked out the window with his hands in his hands, and for a long time, he sighed: "My father disregarded his actual talent and let the Li clan take charge of the military power, which was vividly demonstrated in the Battle of Bingzhou!" Uncle Shenfu was killed in Taiyuan, and Uncle Shentong was defeated in Hedong, both of which failed in their judgment of the current situation! If Uncle Rune could reuse Li Zhongwen, Huo Yi would not be easily defeated. As for Uncle Shentong, it was his nature that led to the defeat of Hedong. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was puzzled: "What does Your Highness say this?" ”

Li Jiancheng said: "Uncle Shentong is very careful, any precious things must be placed around to feel at ease, a little farther away is restless, restless, as if he is afraid of being snatched away by others!" It was the same with his deployment of the army this time, in the case of the great change in the state, he should send a heavy army to recapture Huoyi, the Sui army at that time was actually not much, only 20,000 people could succeed, but how did he do it? He actually hoarded all the heavy troops in Hedong County, and when something big happened in various places, he squeezed out his troops little by little like a greedy little people. When Yang Dong's troops came to the city, there were not as many soldiers as others, their combat strength was weaker than that of the other party, and their morale was even worse, and their command and adaptability were not good...... If he doesn't fail, he is called unreasonable. ”

"Poof!"

Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but laugh when he heard him say something funny.

Li Jiancheng also laughed, and then said: "Besides, Uncle Rune, he is very outstanding in terms of ability, but he is too honest, so honest that he has no temper, and he is no different from a high-ranking monk!" Honestly watched Pei Lone, an old guy who didn't understand the military, take away the military power, and when he was desperate, he was deceived by Pei Lone again, and died in the first battle! The father reused Shu Liang and Shu Liang, and as a result, not only was the military power taken away, but even he was sacrificed to Yang Dong by his subordinates! reused the second brother, but the result was a fiasco, Xue Ju's hand was defeated, and he reused filial piety, but the result was in vain...... If my father doesn't get rid of the problem of nepotism, our Datang will be ruined sooner or later. ”

"As for quick success, let's not talk about quick success, if you listen to me and concentrate all your strength to fight Liang Shidu, Guannei Dao has already fallen into the hands of my Tang Dynasty, at that time, our army can completely cross the Yellow River eastward, and support Lishi Mengmen Pass, Longquan Yonghe Pass, Wencheng Jichang Pass at the fastest speed, if there are reinforcements, Yang Tong will not be able to beat the entire Bingzhou at all! It is precisely because our army fought in many ways that there were no troops to send in the eagerness, resulting in the loss of the entire line of Bingzhou, even if 20,000 cavalry were gathered in the eagerness, Hedong City would not be lost. Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng was very heartbroken and painful.

The eldest grandson Wuji was silent, the royal housework was not something he could ask, although he agreed with Li Jiancheng's statement, but he couldn't express his support, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Does Your Highness think Taiyuan can still be saved?" ”

"Absolutely impossible! There is no point in holding Taiyuan City, we don't have the strength to recapture the state at all! ”

Li Jiancheng first decisively defined, and then said: "Yang Tong monopolizes a quarter of the world's population, as long as he wants, he can form an army of three or four hundred thousand casually!" And we don't have the right time and place, the morale of the army is sluggish, even if we concentrate the strength of the whole country, we can't beat him, and Xue Ju, Liang Shidu, Zhu Cang and others have been offended by us, if they take advantage of the weakness, how can we stop it? At that time, the state did not get half an inch of land, and Guanzhong was completely lost. ”

"Your Highness is right! But how does His Highness think that the Ohara Army can be withdrawn? ”

"What is Mowgli's opinion?"

"Ransom!"

"Ransom?"

"Yes!" The eldest grandson Wuji nodded and said: "There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Taiyuan, and after the redemption, tens of thousands of troops will be added to the country, and tens of thousands of loyal people will be added to His Highness." ”

"Not only do you want to redeem the Taiyuan Army, but also the relatives outside the clan, Pei Lone's Pei family, and Taiyuan Wang's family must be ransomed! Even if the saint does not agree, or cannot redeem it, he must let the Manchu Dynasty civil and military know that His Royal Highness has mentioned it and insisted on it. ”

Li Jiancheng was silent.

Since Li Shimin married Dugu Mingxiu, Li Shimin Dugu, Dou, Wei's and other Guanlong families have been restless, what is the intention? Glance.

And in addition to the name of a prince, he Li Jiancheng only has the relationship between the Taiyuan Wang family, but the influence of the Wang family is in Taiyuan, even if someone serves in Guanzhong, it is only a civil official! If he advocates the redemption of the Taiyuan army, then he will definitely gain the allegiance of this lone army. At the same time, the clan, relatives, Pei, and Wang will also become his helpers.

Without waiting for Li Jiancheng to speak, a guard reported: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Holy Lord has summoned His Highness to go to the Ganlu Hall to discuss matters!" ”