"Everyone knows that General Zhang is brave and good at fighting, or if he wants to go into battle, it is not bad to take General Zhang as the forerunner...... Oh, who made me and others cowardly? ”

There will be no one else who can ridicule Zhang Shigui in such a face-to-face yin and yang weirdness, it is the tiger Benlang general Lu Chengda, and the origin of the grievance between him and Zhang Shigui is not a day or two.

Just because at that time, Lu Chengda was a subordinate of Qu Tutong, who had marched into Henan to suppress bandits, and was defeated by Zhang Shigui's army in Yuzhou, Lu Chengda's two nephews and a son, all died in the service, and when he returned to Tongguan, Lu Chengda himself almost lost his head.

This kind of hatred is almost impossible to dissolve, now Zhang Shigui is a toothless tiger, he naturally wants to be a hero who fights tigers, in fact, if it weren't for Zhang Shigui's reputation in Henan, if the prince Li Jiancheng wants to enter Henan, he still needs Zhang Shigui, otherwise, he would have cut down this damn Henan thief a long time ago.

"A soldier, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked, how can he act recklessly with righteousness and courage? Which one are you, above the military discussion, who speaks wildly and wants to mislead the prince? Don't give me a ...... yet."

This time it was naturally Li Gang, a member of the East Palace, who had just arrived in Tongguan for two days, and had been serving in Chang'an before, Zhang Shigui's name could only be said to be a little heard, but he didn't recognize it at all.

At this time, Yizheng reprimanded Zhang Shigui severely, which is a matter of course, but people who are familiar with Li Gang's character understand that there is really a sense of protection in this, and they don't want the crowd to attack him.

Li Gang is a person with vision, and those who are rejected by everyone are not arrogant or cowardly, but they are talented people.

This is a serious way of employing people, and it can be said that it is not unreasonable for the emperors of the two dynasties to use Li Gang to teach the crown prince.

But Zhang Shigui didn't care about these, he only asked: "If you want to make special achievements, you must have courage, the Tongguan soldiers will wait for you, and you want to die for His Royal Highness, Wang Shichong has done many unrighteous acts, and everyone is centrifuged, now I am an elite army against the rabble, if I can collapse it in one fell swoop, I will be able to suppress Xiao Milling in the south, and Li Ding'an in the north, and the cause of this emperor will also ......."

"The so-called opportunity can not be lost, the time will not come, if you stick to wait for the enemy's food to run out, delay the time, there may be changes, Li Ding'an, Xiao Milling are all on the side, it is very easy for the two to take advantage of, even if Wang Shichong is defeated, most of them can retreat to Luoyang and me, but I can't attack it with all my strength, how can I make a full effort?"

"If Your Highness has any doubts, the last general is only willing to get 3,000 horsemen, to drive the army, not to behead Wang Shichong, Your Highness can behead Wu'an, and use the military law."

Speaking of which, many people were already moved, even if they didn't have a good impression of Zhang Shigui, they still secretly admired this person's courage...... Loyal.

Since ancient times, there have been many heroic people who fought for their lives and decided the world in World War I, will Zhang Shigui be one of them?

Zhang Shigui's efforts were not in vain, although the person who spoke was wrong, almost every word he said hit Li Jiancheng's heart.

The King of Qin broke the prestige of Xue Rengao and promoted the general of Tiance, almost standing side by side with the East Palace, and now if he can break the king and fill the Tongguan, it will inevitably make his crown prince position more unshakable, and his father and some people in the court ...... Nor will he think about King Qin every time he is in a critical situation.

This is indeed a good opportunity, as long as he leads his troops out of the customs at the right time......

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng hesitated again, he did not defend the dangerous pass, but he went out of the pass to fight with the enemy, the risk he took would be very large, what should he do if the war dragged on? What if you lose?

He really thought a lot, which made the choice more difficult, but in front of everyone, he would not show it, patted the table, and said with a smile: "General Zhang's loyalty is rare and his ambition is commendable...... Deputy Governor, how about leading 3,000 horsemen? ”

Zhang Shigui, who had benefited, beat his chest and thanked him in the eyes of everyone, but no one knew that his heart was already full of disappointment, and it was also the result of years of lessons, so that he could still put a smile on his face.

It can be said that what Li Jiancheng said disappointed him, he is not a standard martial artist, he has read a lot of books since he was a child, and it may not be easy to take the Jinshi exam, but if he is brought to the army, his talent is definitely first-class.

At this point, he, like Liu Wenjing, is arrogant and arrogant, not arrogance for no reason.

So obedient to his bosom friend, he understood that his words should have been in vain......

Up and down Tongguan, there are not many generals who can fight habitually, and what is even more ridiculous is that the generals in the room are all ranked as princes, but most of the people here were fugitives back then.

In other words, many of them were guys who evaded military service in Liaodong, and after joining Li Yuan, they were stationed at Tongguan with the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

However, Sang Xianhe, Lu Chengda and others had followed Qu Tutong to quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and fought with Li Yuan in Hedong when he went south, and most of his subordinates were officers and soldiers at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and they were very combative.

If you want to adopt Zhang Shigui's suggestion, you need a wise and resolute commander, and you yourself hesitate and dare not make a decision on the spot.

If you can't defeat Wang Shichong with one drum, then going out of the customs is to find death, what is the Henan army best at Zhang Shigui knows very well, the more it falls into a chaotic battle, the stronger the combat power of the Henan army, and then there is Li Ding'an, Xiao Mian is watching on the side......

Well, Zhang Shigui felt that people like Li Jiancheng were unreliable at a critical juncture, and in such a season, without the courage to make a desperate bet, what big thing could he achieve?

If there were no great army behind them, and they rushed forward together, would I lead these three thousand men to their deaths?

At this point, Zhang Shigui was disheartened and didn't want to say one more word.

After the military discussion, Zhang Shigui turned his head and left, no one cared about him, and they all thought that he could be summoned by the prince alone, so he could talk a lot about what he thought in his heart.

However, Li Gang still wanted to talk to the last general who was bold in his words, but he just looked around, but Zhang Shigui was nowhere to be seen, so he gave up, after all, he had just come to Tongguan not long ago, and the war was imminent, he needed to be familiar with the up and down of Tongguan, and if he was too close to a guy who was not welcome, it was easy to attract criticism.

And Li Jiancheng, who returned to the back house, unexpectedly held a small meeting in the study, and at this time he was surrounded by subordinates of the East Palace.

In addition to Li Gang, a member of the East Palace, there are also the left guard hussars of the East Palace, Wei Ting, the general of the cavalry, Xie Shufang, the general of the Tiger Benlang, and Wei Zheng, the horse of the East Palace.

Not at all as Zhang Shigui expected, under the lack of confidence of the henchmen of the East Palace, they preferred to defend the city, but it was Xie Shufang and Ren Can who advocated taking advantage of Wang Shichong's coming far away and gaining an unstable foothold, to fight first and test it.

No one has the intention of going out of the pass in a big way, although Li Jiancheng is unwilling, but he also feels that it is okay to do this, he will attack rashly, and the risk he will bear is too great, so if he chooses the opportunity to fight with Wang Shichong under Tongguan, he should be able to make contributions.

In fact, Wang Shichong is quite sad, thinking that he is the only one in the world, but today, others see him as no different from a lamb to be slaughtered, the difference is only in how to cut the knife appropriately.

And Zhang Shigui almost all of his thoughts are true, and the reasons why the henchmen of the East Palace persuaded Li Jiancheng are several, Wang Shichong has a strong army and cannot be taken lightly, and most of the defenders of Tongguan have not had many battle formations, and they are afraid that they will be at a loss when they are in battle, and the last one is afraid that Xiao Milling and Li Ding'an will take advantage of it.

What they said makes sense, but they all ignore one point intentionally or unintentionally, the messy Henan army, the army is not even-hearted, morale is low, food and grass are scarce, it is very likely to hit with one blow, and under the quick battle, how many opportunities do others have to take advantage of the fire to rob?

This is a God-given opportunity to open up the situation, and it can even be said to be the best opportunity to appear since Li Yuan became emperor, and it will also be a good medicine for Li Tang, who is gradually declining, and its significance is even more than the original Li Shimin's defeat of Xue Rengao.

With all these benefits, if you don't have the heart to fight, what can you talk about leveling the world? With Li Shimin and Li Po, the situation will definitely be very different.

But it is Li Jiancheng, who is good at accepting people's words, and he is completely different in strategy and tactics, he is more conservative and is a qualified successor to the throne, but he has no chance to be called a famous general, and he has never been involved in taking and daring to abandon him.

In mid-June, when Wang Shichong raised his troops, the strategy formulated by Tongguan was generally decided, and at this time, from Li Jiancheng downwards, they were still a little lucky, and they were well prepared, because Wang Shichong claimed to be 500,000 people when he raised his troops, but in fact, 500,000 people were certainly not so many, but there were still 200,000 or 300,000.

There were 50,000 men in the forward alone, which was about the same as the strength of the Tongguan garrison.

At this time, Xiao Milling has gathered a lot of soldiers and horses in Nanyang and other places, and the Jin land on the north bank of the Yellow River is even more unbelievable, and a large number of camps have been built since the beginning of June, and when the Tang army all retracted back to Tongguan, they built a pontoon bridge at the Fengling Ferry.

Fenglingdu is the most important and largest ferry on the Yellow River, and there is no one.

One water north and south, the Central Plains gas is self-contained. The clouds and mountains are connected to the Jin soil, and the smoke trees enter the Qinchuan River. This is the poem that later generations described the Fengling Ferry, which was very beautiful, but it could not change his position in the cruel war.

The Yellow River turns a corner here, the flow of water slows down, and the narrowest place on both banks, that is, where the Fengling ferry is located, is seven or eight hundred steps away, and there is still a period of ice period, which is the easiest place to cross the Yellow River.

It is not the same as Shangdang and Changping, connecting the north and south, and connecting the Qin and Jin dynasties, where serious soldiers must fight.

Not to mention that Li Po wanted to set up a camp on the north bank, Li Tang also had garrisons in Fenglingdu, but Wang Shichong came westward in a big way, and Fenglingdu opened his arms to Li Po for a while.

The opportunity is not very good, but it is rare, so the two pontoon bridges slowly appeared on the surface of the Yellow River, and they looked a little unreliable, so Li Po ordered people to step up shipbuilding.