"Your Highness, something happened in Liangzhou."

Back at the Martial God Palace, when Yang Tong and Xiao Wu walked to a palace, Du Ruhui ran over quickly from afar, with a look of urgency.

Yang Tong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Wu apologetically, and said with some embarrassment: "Xiao Wu, I'll take a walk with you another day."

"Husband, you have something to do." Xiao Wu smiled slightly.

"Good!" Yang Tong immediately took Du Ruhui and walked quickly towards the Chaoyang Palace.

"Niangniang, Your Highness has not only recovered the vast territory, but now even Liaodong has been taken back. You will definitely be able to recover Liangzhou and dominate the world. Yin Mingyue saw that Xiao Wu was worried, and said comfortingly: "Your Highness is so powerful, and the generals under your command are also very powerful, maybe Liangzhou has been recovered, and when the world is unified, Niangniang is the queen who is the only one." ”

"These words can't be said nonsense, the world has not yet been unified, and the husband still needs to cross the river by feeling the stones, and he can't be optimistic! As a wife, I must not be self-righteous, lest I affect my husband and make him slack. The husband has a good saying: 'Sorrow and hard work can rejuvenate the country, and Yiyu can die', this sentence is not only applicable to the king of the country, but also suitable for a family. Captain Yin will also become the housewife of the family, so you can keep it in mind. Speaking of her husband, Xiao Wu is full of energy.

"No!" The cloudy moon answered.

"Let's go to Sister Xiuning now, I heard that she has been a little uncomfortable recently, and Sister Wuzhi and Sister Tianji have sent more supplements, and usually send more guards, and the three sisters can't have any problems."

"No!"

And after Yang Tong and Du Ruhui arrived at the Chaoyang Palace, Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao, Wei Yunqi and other Shangshu were all there, and immediately sat on the main seat and asked, "What happened?" ”

"His Royal Highness Qiqi, the Liang division couldn't hold on, and was ready to defect to Li Rail, but was killed by General Duan Decao in Pipa Gorge, and after the rest of the troops surrendered, they continued to confront Li Shimin in Hualong County, Xiping, in the name of the Liang army. Governor Li Jing of Yongbei thought this was an opportunity and prepared to attack Guanzhong. Wei Yunqi, the secretary of the military department, said.

Yang Tong was noncommittal and asked, "Tell me about Li Yuan's troops." ”

Li Yuan had a total of 350,000 troops in Guanzhong, including 200,000 elite soldiers, and the other 150,000 were reduced to the Tuntian army. In order to take down Liang Shidu and Xue Rengao brothers, Li Yuan gave Li Shimin 100,000 elites, one of which confronted the 'Liang army' in Hualong County, Xiping County, and the other was led by Chai Shao to fight against the Xue brothers in Xihai. Another 100,000 elite soldiers sat in various places in Guanzhong, and as for the 150,000 Tuntian troops, they were mainly in Tianshui, Longxi, Lintao, Jincheng, and Caohan and other areas. Therefore, once Li Shimin encounters a problem in Liangzhou, he will immediately have an army of 250,000. Wei Yunqi said carefully.

"250,000 troops, that's a lot!" Yang Tong couldn't help frowning.

"It's a lot!" Wei Yunqi nodded, and said: "According to our analysis from the population of Guanzhong, if our army attacks on a large scale, the desperate Guanlong magnates can support Li Yuan with another five or six hundred thousand young men, as well as a steady stream of money and food. And this is still a conservative estimate. ”

"Guan Long's magnates are so strong!" When Yang Tong said this, he was also frightened, no wonder the Second Emperor of the Great Sui Wenwu worked tirelessly to fight Guan Long, this strength is too amazing.

"After the great development of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Great Sui dynasties, the Guanlong aristocracy is indeed unimaginably powerful." Wei Yunqi nodded, and then said: "Guanzhong is the core place of the Guanlong nobles led by Li Yuan, our army is attacking on a large scale, in order to protect their core interests, these people will inevitably go up and down. With the strength and strength of our army, if we fight head-on, we will naturally be able to achieve victory, but it is estimated that it will also be a disastrous victory, and the final winner will be Wang Shichong, Li Mi and others in the Central Plains. ”

"So, this battle is half the battle!" Yang Tong's brows furrowed even deeper.

Wei Yunqi smiled and said: "Your Highness is too worried, our army's chance of victory is actually more than seven or eighty percent. ”

"How so?"

"Five or six hundred thousand young people seem to be strong, but in fact they are the domestic slaves of the Guanlong nobles, not a regular army, and their combat power is similar to that of Wagang during the Zhai Rang period, and they pose little threat to our army, which is one of them; Second, five or six hundred thousand people, distributed in the counties of Guanzhong, if we quickly take one or two counties in Guanzhong, and take some of the large estates of the Guanlong nobles, they will not be able to concentrate; Third, and most crucially, this is the most important point. ”

"A domestic slave is a slave for one day, a slave for life, and a slave for generations. And slaves are the most lowly people, and their fate and future are in the hands of the master. Their lives are the lives of the Lord's family, and the lives of their descendants are still the Lord's family, and according to the old law, the lord's family can execute slaves at will, and they only need to compensate their families for some losses, and they do not have to bear the responsibility of the law at all. In other words, servitude is the property of the master's family, no different from an animal... In the past, slaves could only use words such as 'top door, glorious ancestors, glorious lintel' only when they broke away from slavery and became commoners...... In the past, in order to avoid taxes, military service, and conscription, commoners voluntarily became slaves under the families of the clans, and would rather accept the exploitation of the clans, which gave rise to a large number of slave groups that were not in the official register, and the clans hid the population and embezzled the taxes and servitude that should have been due to the state as their own, so as to accumulate for several generations and gradually develop. And the tax system of my Great Sui is based on the abundance of taxes on the fields, and there are no other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which has a fatal attraction to the slave group, because as long as they are normal people, they do not want to be slaves for generations. Moreover, our Great Sui also has a fair and just compulsory education and the imperial examination system, which are all policies that the slave group yearns for and dreams of. As long as our army kills the evil leaders, promises to divide the land equally, and gives them official status, the long-suffering slave group will not only not resist, but will also support it. Therefore, the huge group of slaves in Guanzhong not only does not pose much threat to our army, but may become an arm of our army. In the end, Wei Yunqi was already a face of reverence, many princes only considered the family family, and only reused the children of the family, Yang Tong went the opposite way, with a variety of people-friendly and pro-people policies, won the heart of the low-level people who built the foundation of the country, once these people burst out into the pent-up anger for hundreds of years, the family family is simply a mantis arm as a car.

"Haha!" Yang Tong was worried, laughed and said: "Open the door to welcome the King of Sui and Qin, the King of Qin will not grab grain when he comes, fight the local tyrants and divide the land equally, and the serfs will turn over and sing." Ling Jing's eyes lit up and said, "Let the slogan of fine work be introduced into Guanzhong." ”

Yang Tong smiled and nodded: "That's what I mean, Ling Shangshu is operating." ”

The first two sentences led to the Ming Dynasty being played to death by Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng's 'not paying food' also brought trouble to the later policy, after all, a court needs to operate normally, and it is not okay not to accept it, but if it is collected, it will leave a backsliding criticism and lose the hearts of the people, so Yang Tong changed a word, although the power has been reduced a lot, but there are still the last two sentences. The latter two sentences made the great people create a great power, and now they are one, Yang Tong does not believe that he cannot attract the people of Guanzhong and the huge slave group.

"Whoa!" Ling Jing saluted and hurried away.

"It's about a temporary solution to a big problem. In other words, our enemy is only Li Yuan's army of 350,000, or even less, right? Yang Tong asked Wei Yunqi.

"Exactly!" Wei Yunqi said with a smile: "Now the main force of the Tang army is in the Yongliang area, so it is recommended to divide it into three parts to fight, and let General Li Jing fight in the Yongliang area, command the Yongbei army and the Huining slaves, concentrate the absolute superior forces, and be responsible for eliminating the main force of the Tang army outside the Great Earthquake Pass; With Pei Xingyan, the commander of Honghua County, as the commander of the Middle Route Army, it was a great achievement to attack Beidi County and drag the Tang Army in Guanzhong; At the same time, let Yan'an County Shousu Dingfang enter Fengyi County with thunder, take Pujin Pass, and lead the Hedong Army into Guanzhong; The Eastern Route Army sent troops from the east of the river to cross the Yellow River. Once Pujin Pass is lost and the pass is shaken, Li Yuan will inevitably send Li Shimin back to help, if Li Shimin's troops are annihilated on the way, Chang'an will be self-defeating! ”

After listening to this, Yang Tong nodded with satisfaction, Wei Yunqi's multi-way tactics to contain the enemy army are all to win with superior forces, and to minimize the casualties of his own army as much as possible, which is a tactic he admires very much.

"Wei Shangshu said that even if Li Dudu has the heaviest task along the way, he can let General Qin Qiong, General Cheng Yanjin, and General Xie Yingdeng help, they are all unstoppable brave generals, and they will inevitably have miraculous effects, and it is best to capture and kill some of the main generals of the Tang Army." Fang Xuanling said.

"Okay, that's it. Immediately send an eagle message to Shubao and ask him to bring 30,000 Turkic soldiers to help in the battle. ”

"No!"

"Anything else to say?" Yang Tong asked, with Li Tang's current strength, he is by no means his opponent, but Li Yuan, who has the full support of Guan Long's magnates, has too strong a foundation, and it is completely a golden finger, if you can't kill him, even if he is disabled, he will soon be able to fly. Only by blasting him out of Guanzhong will he lose the opportunity to rise again, which is the meaning of this battle.

"No more!"

Everyone shook their heads.

"What about the siege equipment and crossbows built by the Ministry of Industry? Is there a pharmacist? Yang Tong thought for a moment and asked again.

Jiang Xingben said with a smile: "After the strategy of fighting Guanzhong was set at the beginning of the year, a large number of equipment has arrived secretly, and it will never hold back the army. ”

"Good!" Yang Tong stood up and said, "The army will leave tonight, and the big and small matters in the DPRK and China will be left to everyone." ”

"This is a matter of duty, I hope His Highness will return triumphantly!"

Yang Tong asked Wei Yunqi to arrange it on his behalf, and he ran to the harem, only to see Xiao Wu, Wuji, and Tianji comforting Li Xiuning, who was vomiting and tearful, and the palace maids around him were busy going in and out with clean bottles and towels.

"Why is Ning'er's reaction so serious?" Yang Tong frowned and asked.

"Your Highness, don't worry, this is a normal reaction of pregnant women, Concubine Li only needs to eat some gruel and light food, and after a few months, this reaction will disappear!" An old doctor reassured.

"Xiao Wu and Wuji, Tianji, they are not like this!" Yang Tong looked at Li Xiuning distressedly.

"Everyone's physique is different, and their reactions are different." The old doctor answered patiently.

Yang Tong nodded, looked at Li Xiuning, who had almost vomited clean, and said softly: "Ning'er, are you better?" ”

"Husband, I'm fine! Don't worry too much. Li Xiuning reluctantly showed a smile on her face.

"The four ladies must be on guard at all times, and if there is a problem, notify the imperial doctor immediately! The Department of the Imperial Medical Department must be manned within 12 hours every day to be on call. ”

"Your Highness, although rest assured, since the princess is pregnant, the Imperial Medical Department has always been like this." The old doctor said with a smile.

"Good!" Yang Tong nodded with satisfaction, looked at the four wives, and didn't know where to speak! The day when Xiao Wu is about to give birth is not far away, and the other two are only a month or two away! And Li Xiuning didn't know what to say, she reacted so much now, she couldn't tell her: I'm going to destroy your mother's family, right?

In the end, he could only say: "The Northwest has made it, and I need to deal with it." ”

"This!"

The four wives all stared at Yang Tong at once.

Xiao Wu was very reluctant, but still said: "How long will it take for my husband to go on this expedition?" ”

"Solve the battle in three months! Just in time for the baby to be born! After this battle, I will stay in Yecheng honestly and accompany you to have children! Yang Tong said confidently.

Xiao Wu said angrily: "I say this every year, but in a few days every year, I will go on the expedition." ”

"So! In order to be able to accompany my wife with peace of mind in the future, I want to end this damn troubled world as soon as possible! ”

Looking at Yang Tong's inexplicable high-spirited fighting intent, Xiao Wu, Wuji, Tianji and Xiuning smiled bitterly.

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