Taiyuan.

Jinyang Palace.

At this time, outside the city of Taiyuan, 300,000 Qinwang troops had gathered.

Except for a few soldiers from Lingnan, Annan, Yunnan and Jiannan, who did not arrive, the feudal officials from all over the country came with the army of King Qin.

"Your Majesty, Luo Cheng played a victory, stopped Shibi at the Shenhe Pass, and annihilated 30,000 Turkic troops. Shibi couldn't attack it, but turned south, and is currently trapped under Yunnei City by Luo Siye and Li Jing. ”

Pei Shiju excitedly reported the good news to the emperor.

After these days of rest, the emperor's complexion was much better.

"Oh."

However, the emperor did not seem too happy about this good news.

"Your Majesty, Luo Chengzuo asks Your Majesty to transfer Wang's army to the north, encircle and annihilate Shibi Mayi together, and prevent him from returning to the grassland with a single soldier." Pei Shiju felt that this opportunity was good, he suffered such a big loss in Yanmen this time, if he could annihilate Shibi, then it would be a blessing in disguise.

"It's cold."

The emperor looked at the sky and said inexplicably.

"Your Majesty, Taiyuan to Yunnei, only a few hundred miles, now Taiyuan City under the 300,000 Qinwang army, Ma Yi and Luo Cheng's nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, enough to encircle and annihilate the beginning."

The emperor said, "Pei Qing, yesterday Yu Shiji reported to me that 300,000 Qinwang troops gathered in Taiyuan City, Taiyuan grain and grass supply was not enough, and the weather was cold, when the soldiers came, they were still wearing single clothes, and there were no warm clothes. ”

"Your Majesty, this is a rare opportunity." Pei Shiju persuaded the emperor, "If you let Shibi go, it will undoubtedly be a return to the mountain." ”

But the emperor looked at Pei Shiju, "Before, you persuaded me to establish Shibi's brother as the southern khan, and persuaded me to kill Shi Shu Huxi, I listened to it, but as a result, I provoked Shibi to rebel, led 300,000 horsemen south, and surrounded me in Yanmen." I was almost captured, and although the siege was lifted, the Xiaoguo army was gone. ”

The Emperor's eyes were unfriendly.

Pei Shiju was stunned.

"Your Majesty, the minister made a mistake in his decision, and he should be guilty, but now is a great opportunity to encircle and annihilate the beginning, don't miss it."

The Emperor shook his head.

Shibi still has nearly 200,000 horsemen in hand, how easy it is to encircle and annihilate him, he is doing the battle of trapped beasts, and he doesn't know what will happen.

Besides, after the First Battle of Yanmen, the emperor did not have the heart to finish the beginning, or his ambition was greatly frustrated.

"This morning, Henan pacified Zhang Xutuo and asked to see him, saying that Meng Rang and Li Mi were making trouble in Henan, breaking several counties in a row, Meng Rang entered Huaixi, and Li Mi broke through Xingyang, and even the Tiger Prison Pass has been breached, and even captured Xingluocang."

When the emperor said this, his face was very ugly.

Li Mi broke Xingyang and seized Xingluocang, these news are really amazing.

Xingyang is the gateway to the eastern capital, the last time Yang Xuangan's rebellion was so big, it never shook Xingyang, but now Li Mi broke through Xingyang City, Xiahu Prison, and occupied Xingluocang.

Xingluocang is the largest granary in the Great Sui, with a maximum storage capacity of 24 million stones, even if the grain in the warehouse is not full now, there are still millions of stone grains, and now this granary is occupied by Li Mi.

Zhang Xutuo would never dare to lie about such a thing, that can only show that it is true.

According to Zhang Zuobao, Li Mi broke the tiger prison in Xingyang and occupied Xingluocang, and then opened the warehouse to release grain, and called for the Central Plains to meet with thieves and bandits to Luoyang, so the Central Plains anti-thieves arrived, and Li Mi had gathered two or three hundred thousand people in a short period of time.

"I have already issued an order to Zhang Xutuo, asking him to immediately return with the Henan soldiers, and order Fan Zigai to also go south together."

"Later, I'll go south, too."

"Luoyang cannot afford to lose."

Pei Shiju was stunned.

"Your Majesty, but ······· over there"

"There are Luo Cheng and Luo Siye, Wang Rengong, and Yun Dingxing over there in Mayi."

"Your Majesty, Luo Cheng and the other four commanders have less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they may not be able to encircle and annihilate the beginning."

"If you can't encircle it, forget it."

Pei Shiju knelt on the ground, "Please think carefully about it, Your Majesty." ”

"I've made up my mind, don't think about it anymore."

In the emperor's view, Luoyang is the national capital, and there is no room for loss. And now the Central Plains soldiers and horses are all in Taiyuan, which leads to the emptiness of the Central Plains, which makes a thief like Li Mi jump out again, and he makes such a big noise that it must be extinguished immediately.

Otherwise, there will be even worse effects.

As for the beginning, he didn't get a good deal this time, and Luo Cheng beheaded him another 30,000 people. Even if he can escape back to the grassland in the end, his vitality will be greatly damaged, and it will be difficult to become any threat in a short period of time.

The key is still the Central Plains.

These thieves are becoming more and more popular.

There is another one, as Pei Yun and Yu Shiji said, now 300,000 horses are gathered in Taiyuan, Taiyuan simply can't supply so much grain and grass, and it's cold again, and many soldiers and horses who rushed to King Qin don't have warm clothes.

And the departure of soldiers and horses from various places to the garrison Qinwang led to more serious rebellions in the localities.

In the eyes of the emperor, external enemies and internal thieves, then the internal thieves must be the most threatening to the imperial power, especially the former nobles like Li Mi, who are even more threatening.

It must be guarded against.

When Pei Shiju withdrew from Jinyang Palace, his face was extremely pale.

Outside Taiyuan City, all the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang began to pack up.

Those who were still halfway had already sent people to deliver a decree that they should return to their stations immediately and make every effort to quell the local rebellion.

The next day.

The emperor summoned several prime ministers to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, when the Turks besieged Yanmen City, Your Majesty promised to reward the soldiers who defended the city, and now many soldiers are asking Your Majesty to fulfill it."

In order to be able to defend Yanmen, Yang Guang constantly promised rewards to the soldiers, and also sealed and rewarded those soldiers who desperately defended the city.

However, because there was not so much money in the city at that time, it was said that it would be rewarded after the siege was lifted.

On the other hand, the emperor summoned the world's soldiers and horses to the king, and also promised to reward the soldiers of the king.

Now the emperor has asked all the soldiers and horses to return, so everyone goes, of course, hoping to get some reward money to go, but they can't come in vain.

"How much money is left in Taiyuan City?" The emperor asked.

Su Wei honestly reported, "There is not much money and silk in Taiyuan City and Jinyang Palace, and there are only a lot of armor and armor stored in the palace. ”

If the reward is promised before, it will be a huge number, especially since no less than 100,000 Sui soldiers were killed in the battle this time, and this pension is not a small number.

As for the 300,000 Qin Wang Army, it is not easy to reward.

Even if each person gives it consistently, it will cost 300,000 yuan.

And Taiyuan City and Jinyang Palace, where to get so many rewards, this Turkic invasion, dozens of cities in Mayi and Yanmen counties were almost in ruins, the people and livestock were plundered, and they didn't know how much food it would cost to recover.

The emperor was a little irritated.

"Take 10,000 pieces of money and 30,000 horses of silk from Jinyang Palace, and give them to the soldiers of King Qin, and then reward them with some wine and meat, and then order them to return."