Wang Shichong learned that the two cities of Yiyang were easily lost, and when Pei Renji, Cheng Zhijie and other Wagang army generals defected, they were so angry that they scolded in the main hall, hating these generals for being unreliable.

The civil and military ministers in the palace also had their own thoughts, and some other Sui army generals were not happy, so they were also brought in, after all, many civil and military generals who surrendered later, who were not forced to submit, and who were willing to submit to Wang Shichong?

Yuan Wendu arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, it is imperative to hold those people accountable, and now Li Jing is leading two or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses, on the verge of outside the city, and is stationed fifty miles west of Luoyang City, sorting out the army formation, waiting for supplies, and then launching an attack on Luoyang." The Dahua regime is not Li Mi's Wagang army, it has a complete army and government system, regardless of the transfer of talents, the number of generals, weapons and equipment, etc., all have an advantage, how to fight, please decide your majesty. ”

When Wang Shichong heard this, his face was also a little gloomy, he still needed 150,000 troops, it stands to reason that the defense should be able to do, but how to defeat the Dahua army, he has no good way.

He heard that Li Jing knew the art of war very well, and in the Sui Dynasty, he was just a nine-rank official, and later went to be a county order, and he performed very little in the army, because he hooked up with the maids of the two Yang Su mansions, and he was even far away from the Turks and the Western Regions, and was used by Luo Zhaoyun to establish a great meritorious service in the northwest.

Wang Shichong muttered: "I heard that Li Jing is very powerful in using troops, we can't be careless, to deal with Li Mi's set, it is not easy to use it on Li Jing, when avoiding its edge, the wall does not come out, drag the Dahua army, and then wait for the soldiers and horses of other princes to come to help, outflank Dahua's back road, and then defeat, this is the safest way." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Duan Da patted his ass.

"Your Majesty, if you can hold off Dahua, wait for work, unite with other armies, and encircle and annihilate Dahua, that is the best strategy." Guo Wenyi echoed.

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise!" Some civil officials of the imperial court kept echoing the words.

Wang Shichong used to like to listen to this kind of compliment, but now that the enemy is current, he has no thoughts, and he stretched out his hand to stop and said: "Okay, now let's discuss how to defend it, Waiguo City is guarded by Wang Honglie, King of Wei, and the two camps outside the city are guarded by King Wang Xingben of Jing and Wang Su of Song, and the south city of Luoyang, Dongcheng, and Hanjia City are in charge of Wang Shihui, King of Qi, Prince Wang Xuanying, and King Xuanshu of Han, and the rest of the generals have their own allocations, leading the army on standby, and meeting the Dahua army at any time!" ”

"Yes—" The ministers stepped forward to receive the order.

Wang Shichong said again: "This time, I will also personally participate, from time to time to go to the cities, military camps to inspect, where there is a need, where to command the army, and Li Jing around, as long as we take Luoyang City as a barrier, Li Jing's army to cross this copper wall, it is not so easy, and so on to consume a certain number of troops, Xia, Chu, Liang, Tang and other princes and regimes will definitely not stand idly by, after all, they also understand this truth." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers shouted.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Duan Da and Yuan Wen both looked at each other, and then agreed on a time to gather in the courtyard of the former's mansion in the afternoon.

At the same time, Huangfu Wuyi, Lu Chu, and the seven nobles of Luoyang in the past are now gathered together and conspiring to discuss.

Yuan Wendu first opened his mouth and said: "Now the situation is very clear, Dahua is the regime that can unify the world in the future, we accompany Wang Shichong to destroy here, it is not worth coming, what measures should be taken, the inside and the outside should be combined, so that the guilty and meritorious service, in the future, if we return to Dahua, we can also have great merit, and continue to gain a foothold in the new court, otherwise we will not be core members in the past, and we will be marginalized in the future." ”

Lu Chu said: "That's the truth, but at the moment we can't get in touch with the military power, even the Huangfu general has been limited in power, we can't launch a mutiny and control the palace, and second, we can't cooperate with the outside and break through the city gate, so we still need to find other ways." ”

Duan Da analyzed: "We can contact other generals, the West City Gate Guard Dugu Wudu, the Tiger Benlang General Wang Bian, Yang Wei, these people can fight for it, as long as two people agree, control the city gate power, send someone to notify the Dahua army outside the city, when the time comes, the appointment time, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the city gate will be broken, then it will be a big grasp." ”

Huangfu Wuyi said calmly: "Now there is Waiguo, and there are two major military camps to echo with the southern city of Waiguo, forming a defensive area, blocked by trenches, wooden fences, tribulus terrestris, roadblocks, etc., and scouts and rangers are constantly patrolling, and it is too dangerous to send news to the outside, we must wait for the Dahua army to advance, clear the outer camps, approach Waiguo, and even attack Waiguo, and approach the main city of Luoyang, we have a chance." ”

Duan Dadao: "Well, in the near future, we will have more bad ideas, and remind this thief of important things less, so that Zheng Jun will be defeated faster, and we will be relieved one day earlier." ”

Yuan Wendu said: "It makes sense, now the four of us are no longer the confrontation when the court fought for power in the past, but to form allies, even if we succeed in Dahua, we have to join forces to squeeze to the core of the temple, we have fallen a few steps behind others, I heard that some of the former depressed Gao Shilian, Changsun Shunde and others have become high-ranking officials, and we will support each other at that time." ”

"That's as it should be!" The other three nodded, there are no eternal enemies, they used to fight each other openly and secretly, it was a conflict of interests, but now their interests are tied together, and they have become strategic close friends.

While they were discussing, by the corridor in the corner of the courtyard, where the guards had not paid attention, there was a figure lurking, in his thirties, with a Chinese face and a short beard, this person was not a spy or an assassin, but the son-in-law of the house, Duan Da's son-in-law Zhang Zhi.

Although his name has a will, but he has no ambition, but the family road is declining, to his generation of ancestors have been gone, he has a good appearance, was Duan Da's daughter in the picture, into the house, but Duan Da's daughter is rude and willful, commanding him at will, often scolding him not to say, and also learned that he has a good relationship with the Qinglou, and sent someone to beat him to death, which made Zhang Zhi hold a grudge. The official position outside is not big, and he has to be angry at home, and he has long been resentful of the Duan family's father and daughter, hearing that these people are plotting here, his eyes flickered, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth.