Taiyuan, the Governor's Mansion.

On the main hall, there is a lot of civil and military in Hedong.

Li Keyong's wife, Liu, sat in the middle, and next to her, stood Li Qionghua, who had just returned.

Wu Hui, who was ordered to assist the Liu family and guard Taiyuan, as well as Li Kening, Li Kegong, Li Yuanxian, Li Cunzhen and other generals of the Li family, all stood solemnly, obviously there was a big matter to discuss.

In addition, there were dozens of important members of Hedong, all of whom were present.

In the middle of the main hall, there was a general kneeling, looking at the door, only to see that his clothes were disheveled and dilapidated, and the round protection that was held behind the buttocks and used to protect the ministry was only half of it, which showed how fierce the battle this person had faced.

Standing on the high platform of the main hall and looking down, I saw that his face was slightly drunk and powerful, it was Xue Atan, the guard of Tianmen, but at the moment, his state did not seem to be good, like a death row prisoner before execution, drooping his head and his eyes were blank.

"Tianmen Pass fell, Heshuo general Zhou Dewei, commanded 40,000 elite soldiers to the city, you are all Alang old ministers, generals, at this critical time of survival, I hope you will work together to solve the danger of Jinyang." Liu's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at the Hedong civil and military forces in the main hall, and said in a deep voice.

It's just that her voice fell, and after a long time, there was still silence on the main hall, and none of the nearly 100 civil and military officers in Hedong stood up to respond.

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Liu's face was even more cold, even Wu Heng's face was very gloomy, just when Mrs. Liu was unwilling and wanted to speak again, a general with eagle eyes and a high nose and an iron armor stood up.

When Mrs. Liu and Wu Heng saw that someone was out of the ranks, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, after all, there are still people who are not afraid of danger and come forward.

At a glance, he immediately recognized the identity of this person, this person was An Jinjun, one of the thirteen Taibao, and Li Keyong Yunzhou veteran.

I saw the other party walk to the hall and said abruptly: "Madam, it's not that we are afraid of death and don't want to die to protect Taiyuan, but in the current situation, even if we have the heart, we are powerless." ”

As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately echoed by countless generals, and these Hedong generals obviously did not lose their fighting spirit, but it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

With the support of the generals, An Jinjun waved his hand to signal the others not to disturb, and then continued: "Taiyuan's troops are mainly concentrated in four places, Yangqu, Tianmen Pass, Jingcheng Pass, and Jinyang City. ”

"Now that Tianmen Pass has fallen, the remnants of the soldiers brought back by Xue Atan are only a few thousand; Jinyang's troops were sent by his wife and General Wu to suppress the bandits again. ”

"Zhou Dewei's troops are coming to the city, encircling three and missing one, cutting off the connection between Jinyang and Yangqu and Jingcheng, such a grim situation, we are really at a loss." Ahn Kim Joon's words are sincere and sincere.

When Mrs. Liu and Wu Heng heard this, they glanced at each other, their faces were full of bitterness, causing a situation where Jinyang was empty and there were no soldiers available, why didn't there be a reason for the two of them?

Who would have thought that bandits would suddenly appear in Yunzhong Mountain, and as soon as the other party appeared, he captured the two generals in Hedong alive and killed Kang Junli.

If it weren't for the bandits, Mrs. Liu and Wu Heng would not have angrily dispatched the elite of Jinyang to suppress the bandits, and they would not have caused such an embarrassing and severe situation now.

In the atmosphere where everyone was looking at each other and there was nothing to be done, a scribe in green clothes came out and said: "Madam, according to the calculations of his subordinates, the current situation in Jinyang is actually

It was caused by Zhu Li's plan to peel off the cocoon. ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly erupted into an uproar, followed by a commotion.

Li Ke used three strategists, the chief strategist was Gai Yu who was with him, and the other two were Li Shaohong and Zhang Qian, and now it is determined that the person who is the one who is in charge of everyone is Li Shaohong.

Li Shaohong's words caused everyone's shock, and all the eyes in the hall were drawn to himself, and then he continued to analyze: "What kind of bandit dares to capture the imperial court general alive?" What kind of bandit has the ability to kill General Kang? ”

Throwing out the question, Li Shaohong's face was full of pain, as if he was sad that he had been kept in the dark for everyone, and then said categorically: "These thieves must be pretended to be the general of Heshuo." ”

"The purpose is to draw up the forces of Jinyang and Yangqu little by little, so as to facilitate them to take advantage of the weakness and succeed in the first battle."

Li Shaohong is not an ordinary person, his status in Hedong is very high, among the civil officials in Hedong, except for Gai Hong, he is almost counted, and his conclusion, everyone will never dare to question it easily.

Hedong Wenwu, even including Mrs. Liu, Wu Heng and others, all had gloomy faces and were furious when they heard this assertion.

When a white-robed scholar heard this, he hurriedly stepped out and echoed: "What Brother Shaohong said is extremely true, so it seems that everything makes sense." ”

This scribe is Zhang Qian, another strategist used by Li Ke.

With him coming forward to echo Li Shaohong, everyone was even more convinced, only to hear Zhang Qian continue: "We are now in Hedong, fighting Meng Fangli in the east, Li Changfu and Zhu Mei in the south, and fighting on two fronts, the troops will inevitably be stretched, if Zhu Li does not grasp this opportunity, he will be a famous general in vain." ”

"Zhu Li thief, if you want to plot against my Hedong, naturally you won't be without a plan."

"He took the lead in sending the general to pretend to be a bandit, calculating my good general in Hedong, if the general had an accident, his wife and General Wu naturally couldn't ignore it, and it was inevitable to send troops to suppress the thieves, and when the elite of Jinyang and Yangqu all went north to Yunzhongshan, he could go straight to Huanglong and attack Taiyuan, which was really insidious."

After the analysis of the two strategists, everyone realized that they had fallen into a game since the thieves appeared in Yunzhong Mountain.

But is that really the case?

It can only be said that this is an accidental necessity, after all, when Zhao Zilong designed it, he didn't think of it that much at all, his purpose was just to trap and kill General Yangqu, so that Huo Qing could send troops, even if he couldn't capture Yangqu, he could take Yu Chijin back, that's all.

Why is it inevitable?

Here we have to talk about Guo Qizuo and Guo Chongtao, the two of them have been planning Taiyuan for a long time, but Zhu Li insisted on going his own way, and strongly advocated putting Heshuo's troops in northern Xinjiang, which made them very helpless.

Er Guo took advantage of Li Keyong's southern trip to Guanzhong, and with the help of Zhu Li's personal affection for Wei Chijian, he induced Zhu Li to send troops to Taiyuan, and only then did he have the current scene.

Zhao Zilong's design is accidental, and Erguo's planning is inevitable, so the entire military operation is an inevitability under accident.

fell for Zhu Li's tricks, this news is indeed not trivial, Mrs. Liu stood up "rubbing", and said in a deep voice: "Things can be certain, it must be so." ”

"Heshuo has been planning for a long time, and I don't realize until now, what should the current situation be?" Mrs. Liu: No

It's idle, although it's pretending to be delicate, but in fact, it's already a fixed opinion.

"I think it's better to run, run to Guanzhong to find the eldest brother." An abrupt suggestion sounded, and following the voice, everyone saw a person, this person was none other than Li Kegong, the third brother of Li Keyong, who sent the bandit name "Li Demon King".

In history, Li Kegong is tyrannical and lawless, reckless, mediocre, and likes to bully others, and he is really a master who is personally hated by others.

Seeing that it was him who spoke, Mrs. Liu frowned slightly.

Even Wu Heng, after taking a look at him, quickly turned his head and looked away.

It can be seen that his suggestion is not much stronger than a loud fart, except for making people sneer, the rest is disgust.

However, just when everyone didn't think so, and even frowned slightly, Li Shaohong suddenly echoed: "The third general is right, we can only retreat now and withdraw from Taiyuan." ”

Li Shaohong's voice did not fall, and An Jinjun also hurriedly echoed: "What Mr. Li said is right, his subordinates also support retreat, but not to Guanzhong, but to Jinzhou." ”

Seeing the two heavyweights advocating retreat, Mrs. Liu also had to think carefully, then she looked at An Jinjun and said in a deep voice: "The general also supports retreat?" ”

Seeing the inquiry, An Jinjun calmly agreed, looked directly at Mrs. Liu and said, "Yes, madam, the subordinates also support the retreat, not for themselves, but for the future of the governor." ”

Mrs. Liu was noncommittal when she heard this, but stared at him and waited for the following.

An Jinjun naturally had his reasoning, looked at Mrs. Liu calmly, and said: "Hedong relies on to deal with Zhu Li, only the chief is the chief manager, even if he is a general Cunxiao, he has the invincible courage of the world, if he is against Zhu Li, it is not necessarily his opponent, after all, attacking the city and plundering the land is not a war. ”

"Zhu Li planned my Hedong first, we detected it later, in terms of timing, we have already missed the best opportunity to deal with him, which is the first reason for subordinates to support retreat."

"If the civil and military are compared to the five fingers of the various feudal towns, then my fist in Hedong is the governor, and Zhu Li is the fist of Heshuo; Zhu Li's visit to Tianmen Pass in person represents Heshuo's fist, which has been swung towards my Hedong with all his might, but we have no heavy fists to fight against it, a desperate battle will only make my Hedong greatly injured, without the governor of Taiyuan, can not gather the full strength of Hedong at all, defeat is a matter of time, this is the second reason. ”

"As for the third reason, the subordinates want to be the general manager to protect the Hedong civil and military, as well as their families and relatives, which is also the capital for our comeback in the future, with these three points, the subordinates believe that we should retreat immediately while Zhu Li has not yet arrived in Jinyang." An Jinjun was reasonable, and his words were heartfelt, so that Mrs. Liu and Wu Heng couldn't help but nod secretly.

Of the three reasons stated by An Jinjun, two of them moved Mrs. Liu.

The first point is that An Jinjun said that Zhu Li is Heshuo's fist, and Zhu Li's visit to Taiyuan must mean that Heshuo will go all out to support Zhu Li's attack.

The second point is naturally to preserve vitality, which is also the first consideration of Mrs. Liu, and she naturally agrees.

With a decision in her heart, Mrs. Liu immediately turned her head to look at the Flying Crow, and said in a deep voice: "Flying Crow, you immediately try to contact Li Cunxin in Fenzhou, and ask him to lead his troops north to meet our evacuation." ”

"No" Flying Crow received the order and immediately carried it out.