After Li Yuan's army defeated Song Laosheng and captured Huoyi, he replenished grain and grass here, opened a warehouse to release grain, and once again recruited the surrounding warriors and strong men to join the army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, Li Yuan sent Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong, Dou Yi and others to attack other Chengyi and county towns in Linfen County.

Further south along Fenshui, there is Jiangxian.

The Sui army defenders there were only 30,000, and they could not stop the advance of Li Tang's army at all.

Moreover, Jiangjun Tong guarded Renhuan and had a good relationship with Li Yuan, so he secretly mutinied, hijacked Taishou and Fu Binglang Generals, and directly surrendered.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, and the army from Jinyang to Jiangxian County was almost smooth, and there was not much loss of men and horses, and the number of ordinary people was expanded, and the number of troops reached 150,000.

The next pass is Hedong County, which is a strategic location, like the gateway to Guanzhong.

During the Warring States Period, the Qin State and the Wei State fought for a hundred years around Hexi and Hedong.

From Kannai to Hedong, Hebei and other places, half of them have to pass through the ferries and routes here.

After passing Hedong County, Fenglingdu and Mengjindu are also crossed, and the opposite bank is Feng Yi and Tongguan.

However, at present, the defender of Hedong County is the great general Qu Tutong, a person who is upright, loyal and patriotic, and knows how to lead troops to fight.

Qu Tutong made early preparations, retracted the direction, and concentrated heavy troops to defend Hedong, with 60,000 or 70,000 people, it was somewhat difficult to completely defeat the Tang army, but there was absolutely no problem in holding on.

Li Yuan led his troops to Longmen Town, sent the vanguard to test, but was carried by Qu Tutong's army, and suffered a lot of casualties, therefore, Tang Guogong hesitated, wanted to cross the river from Longmen, go to the land of Luochuan, and then march to Guannei, although the road was rough, but there was no such a strong defensive line, so he asked the advice of the military generals.

Pei Lin believes that it is the right thing to solve Qu Tutong first and then enter the customs, and persuades: "This Qu Tutong is a fierce general of the Great Sui, and knows how to lead the troops, when he was a general under Yang Su's account, he has also made many military exploits, and now occupies Puguan and Hedong Fortress, the geographical situation is important, and our army should be pacified at all costs, otherwise there is a defense of the capital in front, and then Qu Tu's aid, this is a lone army going deep, the belly and back are subject to the enemy, and the soldiers are taboo." ”

Many people nodded in response, feeling that what Pei Lin said made a lot of sense, if they didn't conquer Qu Tutong, they would go directly around to attack the capital, once Qu Tutong was outflanked behind, they would be attacked by the enemy on their backs, and if they were in a desperate situation, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Shimin stood up at this time, he had received Ye Junyao's secret confession, analyzing Tang Gong's hesitant personality, cautious and cautious, looking forward and backward, not decisive enough, once he reached a point of disagreement, he always had to be safe, and he would delay the fighter, so he specially informed that once he arrived at Longmen, when a strategist suggested a hard encounter with Qu Tutong, he needed to refute and correct it in time.

At that time, Li Shimin wrote it down, but he didn't expect it to be predicted today, he said: "Father, the child thinks that when the soldiers are fast, take the opportunity to cross early, in order to settle the people's hearts, if our army stays here, and Qu Tutong is consumed, it will be wasted in vain, and the casualties are huge, it is not easy to overcome, no one is sure that we will be able to defeat the steady and brave Qu Tutong, if we can cross the Yellow River from the Longmen Ferry, take Xijing one day earlier, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, when the time comes, a holy decree will go down, and Qu Tutong can abandon the city and surrender, That's the best way to go. ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he felt that although the second son was extreme, what he said was also reasonable, and if he had a hard encounter with Qu Tutong, the 100,000 army would have to be buried here, and when the time came, he would win Hedong in a tragic victory, and he would no longer be able to attack Tongguan.

In contrast, the land of Luochuan and Feng Yi is easy to conquer, and in the end, it will be easy to go down to Jingyang, bypass Hangu Tianxian, and take Xijing.

However, this was too risky and not in line with Li Yuan's character, so he hesitated.

The strategists and generals had their own opinions and argued with each other.

In the end, Li Shimin retreated and proposed to divide the troops into two routes, one part of the soldiers and horses fought fiercely with Qu Tutong and dragged his team, and the other part of the soldiers and horses crossed the river directly from Longmen, entered Luochuan County, and then marched south.

Li Yuan heard such a two-sided strategy, so he agreed, and Li Jiancheng, Li Shentong, Dou Rail and others led the left army to fight against Qu Tutong, Li Shimin and Liu Hongji led the right army to cross the river from Longmen first, and attacked Daxing City by detour, while Li Yuan himself had 30,000 troops and waited for news in Longmen.

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Just when Li Yuan's army was about to attack Xijing, Liu Wuzhou had already sent Song Jingang to bring an army of 50,000 from Yanmen County to attack Loufu and Taiyuan County.

The current head of Jinyang City is Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, this son is just fourteen years old, stubborn by nature, and finally has no father and brother at home, he has been under the jurisdiction, he can be the master himself. This son has little education, and he has no talent for leading troops to fight and governing the country and the people, but he likes to hunt and have fun, is narrow-minded, specializes in treachery, and is ruthless and vicious, without any sympathy.

At the beginning, Li Yuan knew the importance of Jinyang, regarded it as the base camp of soldiers and grain and grass, and sent others to garrison, but in the troubled times, he was not at ease with anyone, worried that he would support the army and be self-respecting, either self-established as the king, or take refuge in others, so he left his youngest son to nominally guard the town, assisting his cronies Dou Dan, Sima Liu Dewei, and the right guard general Yu Wenxin.

At this time, Li Yuanji learned the news that Song Jingang led his troops to call, and he didn't care at all, and sent Zhang Da, a general of chariots and cavalry, to lead 30,000 foot soldiers to resist, and continued to do mischief in Jinyang City, which gradually led to the people's voice.

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After Wang Shichong and Li Mi clashed, he lost more than 30,000 horses, and he also knew that the fierce generals in the Wagang army were like clouds, and the generals under his command could not resist the five tiger generals of Wagang alone, so he did not dare to fight with the Wagang army in formation, and he had to outwit him.

Although it was a tie, Li Mi was very annoyed, because he was famous, and it was the most prosperous time, but he was almost defeated by Wang Shichong, a minister who usually only slapped horses, with Hu blood, and his ancestors were slaves, and he naturally felt breathless.

It's like a national chess player who was forced to draw by someone who played stinky chess, not to mention how depressed he was.

Moreover, Chai Xiaohe, a strategist of the Wagang Army, fell into the river and drowned because of Wang Shichong's ambush during the river crossing that night, which was a powerful adviser of Li Mi.

But what made him hate the most was because of this defeat, those old Wagang people, such as Zhai Kuan, Zhai Hong, Huang Junhan and others, were constantly laughing in private, deliberately ridiculing that Li Mi was defeated, suffered heavy losses, and was defeated by a person like Wang Shichong, which is enough to show the comical of the 'Li family should have the world' Mandate of Heaven, which confirms the falsity of that proverb, and also wants to persuade Zhai Rang to be the boss of the Wagang Army again.

This kind of rumor came into Li Mi's ears, causing him to feel strong uneasiness and a strong killing intent.