"But Your Highness..."

Li Siyuan sighed when he heard this, and said: "The Luoyang area has gathered nearly half of the elite of my Datang, and once my Datang is destroyed, it will be even less powerful to compete with the Sui Dynasty!" ”

Gao Xianzhi said in agreement: "Yes, Your Highness, if we lose Luoyang, we will still have a chance to recapture it in the future, but if there is no army and the Sui army will drive straight into Guanzhong, what should we use to resist?" ”

"But have you ever thought that since Yang Gao'er can send troops to capture Hongnong, why didn't he send the sailors north to cut off our connection with Hedong and trap us in Luoyang?"

"This..."

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, Li Siyuan, Gao Xianzhi and other generals were all frozen on the spot, their brows tightly locked and they fell into contemplation.

"That's because Yang Gao Xiao'er sent troops to capture Hongnong just to force us to retreat, and he didn't dare to fight us at all!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "You are all afraid that our army will be greatly injured if it is completely annihilated by the Tang Dynasty, but if you think about it carefully, if you want to completely annihilate more than half of the elite of our Datang, what price will he Yang Gao'er pay?" ”

Gao Xianzhi, Li Siyuan, Bi Zaiyu and others are also elite figures in history, and when they heard Li Shimin say this, they immediately came back to their senses and nodded understandingly.

Li Shimin sneered and continued: "Lone can be sure that Yang Gao Xiao'er is waiting for our army to retreat now, while he gathers elite cavalry to take the opportunity to chase and kill, and eats away at the main force of our army step by step. Therefore, at this time, abandoning the pass and leaving is in the arms of Yang Gao's child, how can Lone let that little thief get his wish? ”

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Siyuan's brows first relaxed, but soon became full of sadness, and said: "But Your Highness, now that Hongnong is occupied, the grain and grass in Guanzhong cannot be directly transported to our army's camp. Although our army's food and grass can still support half a year, the last general also has to say a word of discouragement, the Sui army's combat strength is strong, and its strength is not below our army at all, and it is impossible to decide the winner with our current soldiers and horses even if it takes another half a year. ”

"Half a year is enough."

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth hooked, and he said: "Gu decided to write a letter of resignation to Zhu Yuanzhang in Hebei, asking him to send troops to the Central Plains to support my Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Siyuan frowned and said, "Zhu Yuanzhang, will he send troops?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Shimin's expression was firm, and he said: "The country of Guanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Zhu Yuanzhang is also a hero, he should know very well that if the Sui army wins a big victory in the Battle of Luoyang, the next target must be his Hebei. Hebei has been in war for a long time, although it is said that the vitality of Hebei has recovered after Zhu Yuanzhang led Hebei in the past two years, he still cannot face the Sui army independently, in order to keep his own foundation, he will definitely send troops.

It's just that there are many fierce generals in the Sui army outside the Guan, and ordinary messengers may not be able to go out, I don't know who of you is willing to go to Hebei to deliver a letter? ”

"Amitabha!"

Hearing this, Tan Zong said: "Your Highness, the poor monk is not talented, and I am willing to go to Hebei for His Highness!" ”

Li Shimin was immediately overjoyed when he heard this: "The master is highly respected, if there is a master to go, this time it will be smooth sailing!" ”

"Then thank Your Highness for your auspicious words!"

Tan Zong smiled slightly, immediately got up and retreated, went back to simply pack his bags, came back and took the handwritten letter that Li Shimin had just written, carried a stick and straddled the horse, and left the Tiger Prison Pass and went straight north.

The Sui and Tang armies confronted each other for a long time under the Tiger Pass, and the Tang army scouts had already made it clear which Sui generals were stationed on the main roads.

After Tanzong came out of the customs, he avoided the main roads guarded by brave generals such as Gao Chong, Chang Mao, and Shi Jingsi by virtue of his familiarity with the terrain, but only broke up a patrol and broke through.

Soon after Tan Zong left, the surviving patrol soldiers hurriedly reported the matter.

"Your Majesty, according to the soldier's description, this person who broke through to the north must be the evil monk Tan Zong who saved Li Shimin's life several times."

In the imperial tent, after Chen Ping listened to the dictation of the patrol soldiers, he immediately went out and said: "If Weichen's expectations are right, this evil monk must have been ordered by Li Shimin to go north to find Zhu Yuanzhang in Hebei for help!" ”

"Li Shimin sent someone to Zhu Yuanzhang for help at this time, presumably he should have received the news that the king of Changping County led his army to break through Hongnong."

Yang Gao smiled slightly and said: "I have to say that Li Shimin is much stronger than Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, if these two people are here, I am afraid that the army will be withdrawn long ago at this time, let alone find rescuers!" ”

"Zhu Yuanzhang is not simple, after Dou Jiande was captured by our army, he defeated Liu Heimin in a very short period of time and seized power in Hebei. After that, he took the opportunity of the war between my Great Sui and the Puppet Tang to develop his strength wholeheartedly.

As far as Weichen knows, in the past two years, Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses should have exceeded 150,000, and there are more fierce generals such as Li Wenzhong and Hua Yun under his command, and their strength should not be underestimated! ”

The person who spoke was thin, pale, and sick, and he was the drama talent recommended by Liu Bowen.

When the general Gao Chong heard this, his face suddenly showed disdain, and he said loudly: "But there is only 150,000 troops, what is there to fear?" At that time, Dou Jiande had an army of 400,000, but in the end, he was not defeated by us, and even he became our prisoner! ”

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "Zhu Yuanzhang is different from Dou Jiande, although Dou Jiande used to be known as an army of 400,000, but there are many mountains in the army, like Liu Heimin, Meng Haigong and others only superficially surrender to Dou Jiande, but in fact they are all independent small warlords. If they didn't nod, Dou Jiande wouldn't be able to command the army under their command at all. And now the 150,000 troops under Zhu Yuanzhang were all established by him, and they are loyal to him. ”

"Mr. Xi is right, the generals must not underestimate the enemy!"

Liu Bowen also said slowly: "At the beginning, the 400,000 soldiers and horses under Dou Jiande's hands were uneven, and many generals were all soldiers in order to expand their military strength, from sixty-year-old men to fifteen-year-old teenagers, all of whom were forcibly conscripted into the army, which not only greatly weakened the combat power of the army, but also led to the lack of labor in the rear, the fertile land was uncultivated, and the people's livelihood became more and more desolate.

And now Zhu Yuanzhang believes in the policy of elite soldiers. The 150,000 troops under his command were all strong, and all the old and weak who were forcibly recruited were sent back to their hometowns to farm. It is no exaggeration to say that the current Hebei, whether in terms of military strength or people's livelihood, is above the Dou Jiande period. ”

Xi Zhicai felt the same way, nodded slowly, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that an elite team should be sent to Xingyang to support Old General Yang at this time, beware of accidents!" ”