The two generals have followed the old man for many years, and they have spent a long time in Tongguan like the old man. The old man had just received a letter from his nephew, His Royal Highness King Jin, in which he said that the kings of the Central Plains were going to rebel because they were dissatisfied with his canal opening. Why did the old man take you to garrison this pass, just to prevent the kings of the Central Plains from rebelling. The letter said that the kings and horses were estimated to be as many as 500,000, and it would take at most half a month for the rebels to reach the city of Tongguan. ”

"Huh?" When the two generals heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked.

"Lord Wang, if there are 500,000 rebels, I only have 50,000 in Tongguan, this disparity is too big, and this pass is difficult to defend!" Master Shang shouted first.

"Yes! Lord, immediately ask the court for help. Xin Wenli also exclaimed.

"Don't panic the two generals, reinforcements will definitely come. Besides, my Tongguan is a natural danger, even if he has 500,000 horses, what is there to fear? Now that the court has been controlled by the princelings, the saint has been ill for a long time, and rarely goes to the court, I am afraid that he has been hollowed out by Yang Su and other traitorous villains, and it is impractical to rely on the court to help. My imperial nephew has already said in the letter that there is no need to ask the court for help this time, he will send troops to Hedong to help me guard the pass, as for the number of troops to help, we will know in a few days. ”

"In that case, we will have no worries! When you are here to fight with the anti-kings, hehe! Xin Wenli listened, put his heart at ease and said with a smile.

"Lord, you can go to His Royal Highness the King of Shujin, I will drag the anti-king soldiers and horses here, and he will be able to free up his hands to do something. Why not let His Highness send troops from Zezhou to attack Luoyang? So the army against the king will retreat. Master Shang offered advice.

"In the eyes of the king, my nephew is not just trying to force the king's army back this time! Maybe these 500,000 rebel soldiers will all be buried under my Tongguan City, which is also known! Hehe! Yang Lin stroked his beard and smiled.

After laughing, Yang Lin continued: "From today onwards, those who have cleared the customs are allowed to enter but not to leave, don't let the customs pass to send my customs information out of the customs." Then send a scout horse to listen to the news of the anti-king for hundreds of miles outside the pass. ”

"Yes, the last will obey." The second general stood up and replied.

"General Shang, you personally take a team of people to the nearby Huayin City to take a look, I have a little shortage of food here, if you see General Hua Gongming, mention it to him. Say something nice, you know? ”

"Huh! Several times, the last general went to General Hua to ask for food and things, but the last general was already thick-skinned, and he didn't care about asking for it again this time. The prince didn't say it, the last general was also trying to go to Huayin City! ”

Master Shang said that, and the three of them all laughed.

On that day, the momentum of the entire Tongguan garrison changed, martial law was imposed in Guanzhong, and the atmosphere of war suddenly became stronger, and the people in the pass were panicked.

Jizhou Hejian Province.

Jizhou Muyu Culture and received an urgent letter from Yang Er to him, and after reading it, Yu Culture and Yang Tian laughed.

"Hehehehehe! There are a few flies buzzing in the world, and they can't help themselves! The herald ordered the generals to listen to the order. Yu Wenhua and an order, the flag officer in the house immediately went everywhere to inform the civil and military forces of Jizhou.

"Lord Governor, but the lord has a letter here?" Hejian Mansion Assassin Shi Ling Jing hurriedly walked into the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion and asked.

"Lord Ling came just in time, the lord has a letter here, you can take a look." After speaking, Yu Wenhua handed the letter in his hand to Shi Lingjing.

"Huh? The situation in the Central Plains is so erosive. If the adults send troops according to the order, how should Yongji Canal still have some finishing touches? Ling Jing was taken aback after reading the letter.

"The finishing matters are all trivial, so please ask Lord Ling to preside over the follow-up matters. This official is entrusted by the lord and will personally take command of the two prefectures of Jinan and Luoyang. ”

"In this case, it is incumbent upon this official to shirk, please feel at ease to use troops to the south." Ling Jing listened to Yu's culture and arrangement, and knew that he had a heavy responsibility, but there was no way out but to come down. Fortunately, the follow-up is not difficult, and the amount of work is not large.

While speaking, all the civil and military officers came to the Shuaifu to gather.

Yu Wenhua and everyone arrived, so he held Yang Er's letter and said sharply: "The lord has foreseen that the Central Plains will be chaotic this spring, and it is so!" At present, the feudal towns of the Central Plains have formed an alliance under the influence of Wang Shichong, the king of Luoyang, and there are more than 10 feudal towns and the kings of the alliance have rebelled, with a total of no less than 600,000 soldiers and horses. This official has a letter written by the lord himself, so that I can go south to destroy the forces of Jinan Tangbi and Luoyang Wang Shichong in one fell swoop. Yu Wenhua said coldly, and at the same time glanced at the civil and military forces in the house.

"My lord, now that the Yongji Canal has been connected to the Haihe River, even if it is basically completed, we are now using troops. The last general was originally the vanguard of the rebellion in the south. Yu Wenhua and the relied on general Sima Chaoban shouted. Sima Chao was originally the leader of the first martial arts students in Luzhou Martial Arts Hall, and he was able to write and martial arts, and he was a handsome talent, and he was reused for his culture, and he was now a general of the Jizhou Chinese Army.

"Good! This time, at the order of the lord to send troops south, Benzhou Mu Dangren did not let himself lead the post of marshal of the marching army, Sima Chao was the former army commander, Lei Ming was the deputy general, and the former army of 50,000 was sent south after three days, and the marshal led the army of 150,000 and then started. ”

"Order!" Sima Chao and Deputy General Lei Ming went out to respond.

"Order General Wu Tianxi, the general of Hejian Mansion, to lead 50,000 men and horses in the headquarters, and exterminate the Bohai traitor Li Zitong on the 5th, if there is a delay, he will not be spared!"

"The last general will be ordered, and he will immediately send troops to Bohai County later." Wu Tianxi replied loudly.

"The officials of Weicheng and Liyang will go to the book separately and ask them to prepare for the dispatch of troops. Do you have anything else to say? ”

"My lord, now that the Yellow River is mighty, I have exhausted the Jin army in the south, plus no less than 350,000 people and horses in Weicheng, Liyang and other places, how to cross the river? Let's settle the ferry first! Ling Jing came out of the class and recommended.

"Huh! This time, the lord of the army has already thought of crossing the river, and there is no need for you and me to worry, after I went south, hundreds of thousands of Jin troops arrived in Liyang City, and I had thousands of big boats to cross the river with our army. ”

As soon as Yu Wenhua and this remark came out, it caused everyone to be shocked. I don't know where Yu culture and the big ship in his mouth came from.

After the government meeting, the generals who received the task went to their respective armies to prepare.

Among all of them, Wu Tianxi has the heaviest responsibility and the greatest pressure. When he was still the general of Wei City, he often dealt with Li Zitong in the nearby Bohai Sea, and knew Li Zitong's tactics well. This person made good use of guerrilla warfare, and the Jin army of Weicheng and Hejian Fu repeatedly attacked and suppressed, but Li Zitong avoided it. Repeated dispatches of troops have been to no avail. This time, Yu Wenhua gave Wu Tianxi a 5-day time limit to destroy Li Zitong, and Wu Tianxi suddenly felt too much pressure on his body.

After returning to his marshal's mansion, he immediately called the people close to him to a place to think about how to enter the army.

"General, if you want to exterminate Li Zitong on the 5th, it is not difficult, as long as the general uses one person as a general, and his subordinates guarantee that this general will be able to present Li Zitong's head on the 5th." A close adjutant admonished.

"Oh? Who will be enabled? Speak quickly. Wu Tianxi opened his round eyes and asked anxiously.

"General, it is Su Lie, the current defender of Wei City, General Su Dingfang. The general can order him to lead 5,000 defenders of Weicheng to attack from the south of the Bohai Sea to the north immediately, and the general will lead the army to attack from the north to the south, and the two sides will attack, with General Su Lie as the mainstay, and he will definitely be able to kill Li Zitong in one fell swoop. ”

"Good! Ben will order you to go to Weicheng immediately, and inform Su Lie to send troops to Bohai County, and join forces with a certain north and south to encircle Li Zitong. ”

"Yes, General, the last general will go to Wei City."

"Pass on an order, immediately organize the army and send troops to Bohai early tomorrow morning."

An unprecedented war, not only Wang Shichong and other rebel kings of the Central Plains are preparing, but the entire Jin army forces north of the Yellow River have also completed preparations for sending troops in several directions. I saw that on the vast land north of the Yellow River, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Jin army wearing dark green combat uniforms in Luzhou, Taihang County, and Jizhou in Hedong were divided into countless units and moved towards the south. At the beginning, the Jin army had more than 800,000 troops, which no one could surpass among the feudal kings of the Great Sui.

Jinyang.

The news that the kings of the Central Plains rebelled against the alliance and sent troops had already been reported to Li Yuan's ears by Jinyang Xizuo. Subsequently, the news of the positive response of the Jin King's side to mobilize troops also came one after another. At this time, Li Yuan looked at the several secret reports in his hand, his hands and feet trembled with excitement, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Quick, quickly spread the news that the civil and military will enter the mansion to discuss matters, go quickly!"

Soon a group of civil and military officials who got the news came to the palace hall one after another, and many people were secretly discussing and listening, Tang Gong was eager to recruit everyone into the palace, and even the chief minister Pei Lin was indifferent.

"Lord Wang, the ministers of civil and military affairs are all here, and you can start." A close attendant whispered to Li Yuan.

"Hmm!" Li Yuan waved his hand and retreated.

raised his eyes and looked at the civil and military forces under the steps, and then said: "Today, I urgently recruit all the lords and generals to the mansion, and there is a reason for it. ”

Seeing that Tang Gong Li Yuan on the seat opened his mouth to speak, all the civil and military officers under the steps did not discuss in private and listened quietly.

"This duke got the news from the Central Plains that Wang Shichong, the king of Luoyang, and more than a dozen large and small feudal towns such as Tang Bi and Shen Faxing would join forces with Luoyang to raise troops against the Sui and try their best to prevent the king of Jin from digging new canals in his territory. Within a few days, the kings will gather their troops to attack Tongguan. There are also reports that Yang Guang, the king of Jin, is also mobilizing troops and sending generals, wanting to resist the anti-king soldiers with his own strength. It can be said that the Central Plains is in chaos, and the world is in chaos! This duke has summoned all the dukes here to discuss this matter. ”

"Tang Gong, this is a godsend! I, Jinyang, can echo the north and south of the kings of the Central Plains. University scholar Wen Daya was the first to propose.

"Hmmm! What does Mr. Hyun Jin think? Li Yuan asked Xiang Nei Shi Ling Pei Lonely.

"Tang Gong, if my Jinyang also sends troops south to attack Hedong, if the Turks also take the opportunity to invade my Jinyang, how should I deal with it? The lowly duty should be cautious in this matter. Pei Lin was not as optimistic as Li Yuan, Wen Daya and others, on the contrary, as Han Chen, when he saw the chaos in the Central Plains rising again, the first thing he thought of was the possible movement of the northern alien race.

"Tang Gong, what Pei Shangshu said is reasonable! The previous Central Plains turmoil has been used by the northern Tatars, this time is also inevitable, although I Jinyang and the Turkic Shabalu Khan have a mutual non-aggression agreement, but the Turkic Tartars were originally forgetful of profit, although there is an agreement, it is still necessary to guard. Tang Jian, the squire of the military department, said calmly, and Li Jing, the squire standing next to him, also nodded secretly, his eyebrows furrowed.

"The words of Yanbo (Wen Daya) and Maoyo (Tang Jian) have their own truths, what if they unite with the Turks to move south?" Li Yuan hesitated and asked again.

"No! The five nonsense things have not gone away, how can we do that kind of painful and hateful thing again! ”

A broken cry exploded in the temple like a thunderbolt in the clear sky! Li Yuan and the other officials were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly looked at the person who spoke, and it turned out that the person who urgently called out this was Li Jing and Li Yaoshi, the officials of the Ministry of War.

Li Yuan's face couldn't help but sink when he heard this, and his face turned pale. Li Jing's words were like a slap in the face to him in public, and his face was hot.

"Li Jing, don't talk nonsense. It has been known since ancient times to obtain benefits with the help of external forces, so how can we say that we are bitter and hateful? Say no more! Wen Daya scolded the young Li Jing loudly. Li Jing knew that he was speechless, so he hurriedly lowered his head and remained silent, hiding behind Tang Jian.

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law has a word." Chai Shao saw that his friend was scolded by Jinyang's important ministers in court, and his father-in-law also had an ugly face, so he hurriedly stepped forward to talk, so as not to target Li Jing even more.

"Speak!" There was still some resentment in Li Yuan's tone.

"Uncle Yue, whether I, Jinyang, send troops alone or go south with the Turks, I should face several people from the king of Hedong Jin. What the son-in-law has seen in Hedong all times, whether it is the Central Plains or Jizhou or Tugu chaos, there has been no change in several places to prevent me from Jinyang. Roughly calculated, the total number of soldiers and horses in several Jin soldiers is not less than 200,000, and there are several generals Yang Guang's most trusted to lead the troops to defend my Jinyang. ”

"Tang Gong, the old minister thinks that Chai Sichang's words are reasonable. What's more, the land of the Hetao is across the river from my Jinyang, and there are still 100,000 Yuwen Chengdu troops there! My Jinyang is actually surrounded by the Jin army in Hedong on three sides, and if it moves lightly, it will attract 300,000 Jin troops to attack, how much more than worth the loss! Shang Shu Ling Pei Lin said repeatedly.

The words of several people were like a basin of cold water, which drenched Li Yuan's originally restless heart. Calm down and ponder carefully, and suddenly deflated.

"Alas! I, Jinyang, have already been counted to death by Yang Guang. In the chaos, I can't get a trace of benefits, which makes this public angry! ”

"Yuezhang is actually not, I Jinyang first sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, if the Central Plains anti-kings win, then Yang Guang will inevitably transfer the troops of the Hetao into the customs, the Hetao will be empty, and then my Jinyang soldiers should take it. On the contrary, if Yang Guangsheng wins, I Jinyang will not move, so I am at ease! ”

After Chai Shao's words, all the officials in the house praised him, and even Li Jing couldn't help but nod when he heard it.

"Well, according to what Sichang said, I Jinyang will not move first, and wait for the show to be staged." Li Yuan's mood suddenly brightened up, and he said with a smile.

"Tang Gong, Jing has a word." Li Jing suddenly whispered again, and all the civil and military forces were curious.

"Say it! Whether it's right or wrong, this father is not to blame. "Li Yuan is Li Yuan after all! This is really open-minded, and he has long since ignored Li Jing's offensive actions before.

"Tang Gong, I, Jinyang, should take this opportunity to buy more good horses from the Turks, Jinyang is far away from the Central Plains, if you want to dominate the world, you need to travel a long way, if there are fewer horses, the combat power will be reduced."

"Hmmm! The pharmacist's words are reasonable. Sichang, the matter of buying a horse is handled by you, and my father came down to give a letter to Sha Bo Luo Khan, asking him to provide me with a good horse in Jinyang. ”

"Yes, father-in-law."

"Alas! That's the end of the discussion! Li Yuan sighed lightly and said.

Coming out of the mansion, Chai Shao grabbed Li Jing and said: "Senior Brother Yao, no matter what, the chaos in the Central Plains is true, will I really watch from the wall in Jinyang?" Brother Yao is talented, can he make a profit? ”

"Brother Sichang! Yang Guang, the king of Fang Jin, is full of wings, and his elite Jin army is only one million, and it is extremely well-equipped. Brother didn't hear about the defeat of Wang Shichong's 100,000 army attacking Wagang? Only today's plan should be the best to respond to all changes with the same. Brother should think about it! After Li Jing finished speaking, regardless of Chai Shao, who was already standing on the spot, he only walked to the side.