"Little sister is still alive? How is this possible? Li Jiancheng was a little stunned, shocked by this information, because there was no news that Li Xiuning was still alive.

"She's in the palace, what are you doing in the palace? You won't, forcibly occupy her? Li Jiancheng only thought of one possibility, that is, Li Xiuning had been accepted into the palace by him as a concubine.

After all, not all women of any status can enter the palace, except for palace eve, concubines, maid beauties, etc., obviously Li Xiuning's identity cannot be a palace maid, only a concubine.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled faintly and did not answer directly, he said this, temporarily stabilized Li Jiancheng, and gave him a glimmer of hope, feeling that it was good for him to be alive, and there was a certain possibility of returning to Dahua, and he could reunite his brother and sister.

As long as Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning survive, the rest of the Li family will be eliminated, and it will be possible to cover up some and stabilize some of the forces of Li Valve, Dou Valve, and other gate valves.

After all, Guanzhong Li Valve, Dou Valve, etc. are intricate, there are too many lineages and collateral lines, and there are a wide range of protégés, not all of them are officials here in Jinyang, Luo Zhaoyun wants to defeat the Li valve and other descendants here, but he can't kill them all, he still has to leave a little blood, but in order to appease the remaining gate valve people, in order to show a few princes in the south, Li Jiancheng's life needs to be saved.

What Luo Zhaoyun really cares about is the life and death of Li Yuan and the second prince, that is a person with a prestige in history and a destiny, he must be killed and leave no trouble.

Next, he can let go of his hands and feet, and he will not hesitate to completely destroy Jinyang, because the prince is in his hand, and he can block Youyou's mouth.

"Live well, return to Chang'an City, maybe you can meet Sister Ling!"

Li Jiancheng frowned, and then nodded slightly, if he didn't die, he didn't want to live a short life, but he was also worried about the safety of Jinyang City, as well as the fate of his father and family.

"Can you conquer Jinyang and bypass my family? Father, brother, mother? ”

"The sword is ruthless, I can't guarantee it, sometimes, their fate is not controlled by others, it depends on their own choice, it depends on what path Ling Zun chooses, if they insist on seeking death and sacrificing their lives, no one can stop them." Luo Zhaoyun took over the topic lightly, and did not say that he would kill them, nor did he promise to let them go, in fact, he had secretly given a subtle answer, judging that they would choose their own dead end.

Li Jiancheng looked helpless, he became a king and lost the king, he became a prisoner, he had no bargaining chips, and he knew that he could not persuade his father and second brother, so he could only keep silent.

After the crown prince of Tang was taken out, Luo Zhaoyun gathered some generals to discuss the next march.

The big camp here, there are more than 200 miles away from the front of Jinyang City, the long distance is not long, it is not short, in order to find out the truth, the scout camp has already been sent out to disperse, spread to the outside world, especially in the direction of Jinyang, to probe information, like a spider web, organized and planned to spread scouts, and then pass on signals and intelligence layer by layer.

The information that Luo Zhaoyun has is that between Jinyang City and Taigu City, all the households have been relocated to the city, no food is left, and many houses have been burned.

Seeing the arrival of late autumn and the weather getting colder and colder, either Jinyang City will be taken in a month, otherwise, the heavy snow will come in a month, and then the 200,000 army will be in the ice and snow, and the difficulty of attacking the city can be imagined.

Moreover, the weather in the Sui and Tang dynasties was colder than in later generations, with longer winters, more disasters in unstable periods, and great climate change, so it became the key to conquer Jinyang before the cold winter came.

However, in Jinyang City, there are 100,000 Tang troops, plus 100,000 households in the city, and more than 100,000 strong men can be transferred to join the army, and Luo Zhaoyun does not have a very good way and shortcut to start a war of attrition.

"Generals, our army's armor is strong, morale is like a rainbow, when it is the best time to take Jinyang, but, after all, Jinyang City has thick walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the city must be well prepared, there is enough food and grass, and there are a lot of armor, it is not a problem to be able to compete with me for a few months, even if the northeast is reinforced by troops, but after a long journey, our army's grain road is too long, and the risk is too great, do you have a good plan?"

Shi Danai, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing, Xue Wancheng, Niu Jinda and others, most of them are tiger generals, and their martial arts are good, but they have to make specific suggestions, the overall layout, and the command of the army is not particularly good at it, to put it bluntly, they are all from martial arts, and the strategic layout is slightly insufficient.

"Your Majesty, since the army is coming and the army is about to come to the city, no matter what, we must first storm it, explore the reality of Jinyang City, the strength of the troops, and then think of other methods." Cheng Zhijie saw that the generals were silent, and he took the first step to speak.

Luo Zhaoyun sighed lightly, there is no better way, you can only fight hard, after the conspiracy and conspiracy cannot be clever, only the strength to crush, the sea of tactics.

Fortunately, Dahua's armor and firearms were ahead of the Tang army, and the advantages could be reflected in the confrontation to make up for some geographical disadvantages.

At this time, there were guards outside the account to inform that Xu Shiji and Hou Junji, two generals, came to see His Majesty overnight.

"Xuan two generals."

Xu Shiji and Hou Junji entered the account, both of them were wearing helmets and armor, and of course the weapons had been handed over at the door.

The two young generals walked into the big tent, knelt down to Luo Zhaoyun and saluted, and after receiving permission, they got up and sat down.

"The two generals came just in time, what do you think about attacking Jinyang City?"

Xu Shiji pondered for a while, hugged his fists and said: "Jinyang City is the largest city in Taiyuan County, and it is also famous for being easy to defend and difficult to attack in the land of Hetao, the city wall is strong, and the Tang Kingdom will inevitably continue to thicken at this moment of life and death, strengthen the defense, and operate for many days, our army's strong attack will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, if it can outwit it, of course, it is the best, such as besieged and consumed with the Tang army, forcing them to surrender." ”

Luo Zhaoyun frowned and said: "If Li Tang doesn't surrender, don't forget, there are Turkic and Liu Wuzhou forces behind them, if our army is stationed outside the city for a year, the consumption of grain and grass for the 200,000 army will also be a huge amount, and it can't be delayed here for too long." ”

Xu Shiji said again: "The second way, our army can be south of Taigu City, consolidate the power of the counties in Hedong, recruit soldiers, collect grain and grass nearby, have strong reserves, and wait for the spring of the next year to fight again, it is more safe, at that time, after a winter of consumption in Jinyang City, 100,000 troops, 100,000 households, adding up to hundreds of thousands of people, the grain stock will definitely become more and more scarce, and when the time comes to fight again, their situation will be even more dangerous." ”

Luo Zhaoyun hesitated for a while, he also knew in his heart that now that the army was being used in late autumn, the weather was getting colder and colder, which was not conducive to attacking the city, and it was easy to fall into passivity after winter; But he didn't want to spend more here, after all, south of the Huai River, there were still several princes developing, and they also needed to be cleared.