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"Cousin, you are the only one who may be able to help right now, and you are the only one who has the ability to help! If you don't come to your rescue, your cousin and I will only die! Xiao Yan knelt down at this time and said with a crying voice.

"Cousin! Don't do this...... The stakes are so high that even if I am willing to agree immediately, it will take a certain amount of time from raising food and grass, mobilizing troops, and setting off for the army. Go to your room and take a rest, and I'll gather the generals to discuss the matter right away!" Yu Ming was startled and hurriedly helped him up.

Xiao Yan also knew that Yu Ming couldn't give him an accurate answer right away, so he had to nod, got up and said, "It's all up to my cousin this time, if you don't rescue, we Xiliang will only die!" ”

After that, he left the room accompanied by Zhang Zhongjian.

Yuming was silent for a moment, and Fang said to Red Sleeves: "Sister Red Sleeves, help me summon all the senior generals in Luoyang and discuss how to send troops!" ”

"Husband, do you really plan to help Xiao Miao? Is it really because he's your cousin? When Red Sleeves heard this, he asked in some surprise.

Because what Yuming said to her was not "whether to send troops", but directly "how to send troops".

"If you don't help, you can't do it!" Yu Ming also sighed and said, "It's not because of any kinship. To be honest, in the matter of dominating the world, to worry about what is a relative or not is purely self-defeating. Li Yuan is Yang Guang's cousin, and he still created his cousin's rebellion. And Yang Jian usurped the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the emperor at that time was his grandson......"

"I rescued Xiao Mo because now Li Yuan and Du Fuwei have formed a de facto alliance and jointly launched an attack on Xiao Miao. If we don't come to the rescue of Xiao Miao, within two months at most, Xiao Mi will perish, and the land south of the Yangtze River will be divided between Li Yuan and Du Fuwei. At this time, our army will face pressure from the Tang Army in the west and the Jianghuai Army in the south. ”

Yu Ming said calmly: "As the saying goes: two fists are hard to beat four hands, and there are not many heroes to fight." If we don't rescue Xiao Mo and let him drag down Li Yuan and Du Fuwei's army, then this unfavorable situation of being caught between two sides will be encountered by us very quickly. ”

"Hmmm! Husband, the concubine understands! I'm going to inform you to discuss! Redsleeves nodded.

"That's right! Call Wang Shichong and Lu Chu as well! I am not familiar with the situation in Jiangnan, Wang Shichong has been the Jiangdu guard for a long time, and he has been fighting with Du Fuwei for many years, so he should understand the characteristics of the Jianghuai army. Yu Ming thought for a moment and then added.

Red Sleeves is naturally full of promises.

About half an hour later, all the high-ranking generals in Luoyang City came. In addition to Li Jing, Hongfu Nu, Zhang Zhongjian, and Lin Mo, Wang Shichong and Lu Chu were also invited to participate.

After everyone sat down, Yu Mingfang explained the current situation facing his army and the necessity of rescuing Xiao Miao.

Everyone originally didn't care much about rescuing Xiao Miao, but after hearing the news that Li Yuan and Du Fuwei had formed an alliance, they also felt a pang in their hearts, knowing that in this case, they had to give Xiao Mi the confidence to persist no matter what, and they couldn't let him just step over.

"At present, we have a total of 70,000 troops in Luoyang, and in the past half a month, with the help of King Zheng, we have recruited more than 10,000 new soldiers from the surnames of Luoyang City and several nearby counties, with a total of about 100,000 troops. This king wants to pull out 50,000 troops from it, and then requisition 50,000 troops from the defenders of Tiger Pass, a total of 100,000 troops, and go south to rescue Xiao Miao, I don't know what everyone thinks? Yu Ming asked in a loud voice.

"King Zhou, if you transfer 50,000 troops from the Tiger Prison, the Tiger Prison will almost be empty. But this pass is the eastern gateway of Luoyang, and it can't be guarded without heavy troops! After Lin Mo heard this, he was a little worried.

"Hehe, Mo, I said before that I would mobilize people from Tiger Prison Pass because it was close to each other. If you mobilize people from Hedong, Hebei or Shandong, I am afraid that it will be a little too late. Yu Ming smiled slightly: "Moreover, the pressure on Tiger Prison Pass is different from the past. After the land of Huaixi fell into our hands, the Tiger Prison Pass was more than five miles away from Du Fuwei's territory, and it was not a big ...... to keep heavy troops here."

"Besides, now that 50,000 soldiers and horses have been transferred from Tiger Prison Pass, it's not that it won't be replenished. I will immediately revise a letter and order a group of new soldiers from Beiping to be stationed on the front line of Luoyang, Yanshi, and Tiger Prison to strengthen the defense of this place. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the defense of Luoyang and Tiger Prison Pass! "Yu Ming is colorful.

"That being the case, the subordinates have no opinion!" After Lin Mo heard this, Fang relieved his heart.

"Do anyone else have any opinions?" Yuming asked after looking around.

"No more comments!" The crowd replied in unison.

"Good! Now it's time to talk about who is the main commander and who is the lieutenant! Yu Ming said loudly.

Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt that the responsibility of this trip was heavy, and from the information obtained so far, Li Yuan and Du Fuwei had invested a total of 150,000 troops, and there may be more troops in the future. Xiao Mo nominally has 100,000 troops, but until now, how many are left, and whether the combat effectiveness is still as strong as it was at the beginning, it is difficult to say. I'm afraid that when the time comes, I will have to rely on the Zhou army to deal with the Tang army and the Jianghuai army. This can be a high demand on the manager's ability.

"The last general thinks that it is most suitable for General Li Jing to be the commander of this rescue army!" Lin Mo proposed at this time.

Li Jing's martial arts and command and combat ability were recognized as the strongest in the Zhou army. Moreover, he is also the master of King Zhou, and his prestige in the army is high, and there is not much controversy about him as the commander. It's just that whether or not to use such a heavy general in the battle to rescue Xiao Mo is a matter that needs to be carefully considered.

Sure enough, Red Sleeves immediately objected: "The concubine doesn't approve of letting the master fight." In addition, it is enough to send a general, why send Shi Gong, the number one general in our army, to kill chickens with a knife? ”

"However, if you don't let General Li go, I'm afraid that I won't be able to deal with Li Yuan and Du Fuwei's army by then!" Lin Mo said with some concern.

Red Sleeves glanced at Lin Mo, thinking that this little one was also dead-eyed, Xiao Mo was also a separatist force, if he was not destroyed this time, he might become the enemy of his husband in the future, why should he help him so hard?

And Li Jing and the red whisk girl glanced at each other, and they also felt a little embarrassed. From the bottom of their hearts, they don't want to wade into the troubled waters. Because Li Jing and his wife are only good at commanding operations, but they are not good at political strategy, otherwise they would not have been promoted in the Sui army at the beginning. But this time he went south to rescue Xiao Miao, and he not only faced battles, but also dealt with Fang forces. Military-political parallel, so to speak. This kind of complicated situation may not be something that Li Jing can handle.

Just when everyone was a little arguing, the soldiers outside the door hurriedly came in and reported: "King Qizhou, a messenger from Beiping has arrived, saying that there is an urgent military intelligence report!" ”

"What? Urgent military situation? Let him in! After hearing this, Yu Ming was also stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand.

A moment later, a middle-aged man in his teens walked into the room.

When everyone saw it, this person turned out to be Fang Xuanzao. As a high-ranking official of the Yuming Beiping Imperial Court, he actually came to Luoyang in person, which shows that the situation must be very urgent.

"Xuanzao, what's wrong? I even want you to report in person from Beiping. Yu Ming asked in a deep voice.

Fang Xuanzao also said with a solemn face at this time: "King Qiyu, the Turkic army is going south!" ”

"What?" When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked, compared to Xiao Miao's crisis, the southward movement of the Turkic army was what made them more concerned.

"When did the Turkic army go south? How many people are there? Where is my Big Week under attack right now? After hearing this, Yuming also took a deep breath, and then asked calmly.

"The Turkic army went south half a month ago, and Dingxiang, Mayi, and Yanmen were all attacked. But if you want to talk about the cause of this matter, it was caused by Liang Shidu...... "Fang Xuanzao told the ins and outs of the southward movement of the Turkic army in detail at this time.

It turned out that after the Liang division returned from Luoyang, he immediately led his army to launch an attack on the northeastern part of the river under the control of the Zhou army. Yulin County, which is closest to the Hetao area, was naturally attacked on the brunt of it.

At this time, the general of the Zhou army guarding Yulin was Tian Hao's younger brother Tian Yong. He didn't take Liang Shidu's attack seriously, because Liang Shidu had had many conflicts with him before, but Liang Shidu's army and the Zhou army were quite different in combat effectiveness, so they didn't take advantage of him.

Therefore, Tian Yong still led his army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with him nonchalantly.

But this time, he didn't expect that the so-called Liang Shidu army was just a decoy, and the real enemy was the Turkic army lying in ambush around.

Soon after Tian Yong left the city, he was led into a mountain basin by the fleeing Liang army.

Not long after he pursued into the basin, a large Turkic army appeared from all sides and launched a fierce attack on him.

Due to the flat terrain, there is no danger to defend. And the strength of the Turkic army was more than five times that of his. And all of them are cavalry, and they have strong combat effectiveness.

After a bloody battle, Tian Yong was killed on the spot, and the Zhou army, which had 5,000 people fighting outside the city, was also annihilated.

Immediately, Liang Shidu, together with the Turkic army, took advantage of the victory to capture Yulin County, and then divided the troops into two, one to attack Dingxiang and the other to attack Mayi.

After receiving the report, Beiping hurriedly took Wei Chi Jingde as the main general and Luo Cheng as the deputy general, and led an army of 100,000 to reinforce it. But unexpectedly, when he arrived at Yanmen Pass, he found that Dingxiang and Mayi had been lost. The reason why the Turkic army advanced so quickly was because they dispatched more than 200,000 troops, and they were guided by the Liang division, who was familiar with the situation in Hedong.

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