6. Tongguan or Mukden

"Who are you?" Genxiu scoffed.

Li Yuanping was not to be outdone, so he introduced himself as a son of the Ruzhou Sect and the clan.

"It turned out to be Li Yuanping, who had been sticking to Ruzhou City for an hour." As soon as Yuan Xiu's words came out, Bai Huadian was full of laughter.

Li Yuanping's face was suddenly flushed, and his tongue was knotted.

At this time, it was Li Xilie who spoke for Yuan Ping: "Yuan Ping is now the secretary of the Huaining Army, since his plan is different from Yuan Guanglu's, you might as well listen to his reasoning." ”

With Li Xilie's encouragement, Li Yuanping continued to show his abacus in public:

Since ancient times, Chang'an has been known as the land of four stops, which four stops? Xiaoguan (northwest), Sanguan (southwest), Tongguan (east), Wuguan (southeast) are also, and now Xiaoguan and Sanguan in the west are not in our hands, and our Huaining army previously killed Shangzhou Assassin Shi Xie Liangfu and mastered Wuguan, so now the top priority is to fight for Tongguan again, collect Tongzhou and Hua Erzhou, and prevent the official army from coming from the east. As long as Tongguan can be closed, Gyeonggi will be able to be fully collected in our hands.

Next, let the Huaining army leave 3,000 elite soldiers to guard Wuguan, and Li Xilie led the remaining 12,000 people to build a fortress in the old city of Xianyang according to the Xiwei Bridge in Chang'an City, and fought and made peace with Fengtian City, confusing the emperor who was walking inside, Zhu Zhu continued to send secret agents and messengers to incite the troops in Fengxiang and Jingyuan, and divided the relationship between him and the emperor, so that the emperor could not collect the soldiers in these two places for his own use.

6,000 Jingyuan soldiers who defected to Zhu Zhu, combined with Li Huaiguang's main force, marched eastward rapidly, cut off the Cao Yun from the Yellow River and Weishui into Beijing according to the danger of Tongguan, and blocked the return of Xing Junya, Liu Dexin and other divine generals in Dugi Province (Luoyang).

After everything was arranged, Li Fu shot Huaiguang to lead 20,000 main forces, plus the collected forbidden troops in the capital, and then crossed the Pujin Pass, entered the river, and originally left behind in Jin, Jiang, Xi, Ci four states of the troops to rendezvous, contact Heshuo Lulong, Weibo, Hengji three towns, concentrate troops to destroy Hedong Taiyuan Ma Sui, and then cross the Taihang Mountain, attack and destroy Zhang Xiaozhong and Li Sheng in Yi and Ding, as long as these two places are destroyed, Li Shi can no longer do anything, and immediately return to the west to attack Fengtian City - then Li Shi will not be destroyed, most of them will flee to Xifan to shelter.

"What about military spending?" Lee Hee-yeol, who has always been adventurous, agrees with this plan, but is worried about the cost of war.

Li Yuanping said loudly Don't worry, please abolish the many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the Tang family, collect the hearts of the people in the counties of Gyeonggi, the land in Guanzhong is fertile, the canals are complete, and there is no problem in raising tens of thousands of troops.

In fact, Li Yuanping's strategy and Gao Yue's previous statement to Li Shi in Fengtian City can be said to be completely implicit, but the position is reversed.

As soon as Li Yuanping's words fell, Li Xilie must have applauded.

Li Huaiguang also agreed with most of them in his heart, and in his heart, he actually didn't want to be completely rebellious, according to Yuan Ping's line, as long as he could occupy Hezhong and Hedong, and hack to death Ma Sui and Li Sheng, the bastards who framed him, so it didn't matter whether he was a traitor or a loyal minister to Li Tang, because at that time the emperor couldn't move him at all, and he didn't dare to touch him.

But Zhu Jun and Li Zhongchen didn't do it.

For Zhu Jun, now that the rebels from all walks of life are gathered in Chang'an City, discussing how to divide the "flax cake" left by Li Shi's escape, it is natural that the strong soldiers and strong horses do whatever they want - Li Huaiguang's strength is the strongest, there were originally 15,000 Changwu troops, and 4,000 troops were annexed to Yang and Zhang Shence, and thousands of forbidden troops were collected after the capture of Daming Palace; Li Xilie's army and horses followed, plus the men and horses collected and forcibly recruited along the road in Shangyu Wuguan Road, a total of about 20,000; As for his own side, there are only 6,000 Jingyuan soldiers who defected temporarily, and Li Zhongchen, who was expelled from Huaixi Town before, is just a bare-bones commander.

In that case, even if Li Yuanping's strategy is successful, what can he gain?

Not to mention, it is Zhu Tao who is now the king and hegemon in Youzhou, not himself.

After thinking about it, Zhu Jun spoke slowly: "Although Yuanping's strategy is good, it is too circuitous. According to my humble opinion, this moment is the time to reform the old and make the new, or according to what Yuan Guanglu and Wang Jingyin said, support the new emperor to calm the hearts of the people and the army. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the number of letters is passed, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left behind in Fengxiang and Jingyuan will inevitably echo, and the Fengtian City where the emperor is located will be trapped on all sides, and he can't go if he wants to go - and now in Fengtian City, the emperor's soldiers and horses are only three thousand, and we will join forces to march westward and capture it in one go, as the saying goes, capture the thief, no, it is the speed of the soldiers, and we must not let Li Shi become the climate, and we will die without a place to bury! ”

Before, Zhu Jun also vowed to negotiate peace with the emperor, but now he is going to kill him again.

As soon as Zhu Jun's words came out, Yuan Xiu, Wang Hong, Li Zhongchen, Hong Jinglun and others all echoed in unison.

"You should go east and fight for Tongguan!" Li Yuanping became anxious.

"You should go west and attack Fengtian!" Genxiu also fought fiercely.

Zhu Jun mediated in the middle and said that the two of them did not need to fight anymore, but let my 6,000 Jingyuan soldiers be handed over to Li Sikong (loyal minister) to be commanded, and fight for Tongguan in the east; The rest of the soldiers and horses were handed over to Li Huaiguang and Li Xilie, and they rushed west to attack Mukden, so that the two would not be delayed, wouldn't it be wonderful.

"What a fart!" Li Yuanping was furious in his heart, and continued to fight: "It is taboo to use troops in such a scattered manner, and besides, it is very likely that only 6,000 soldiers and horses are not the opponents of the Shence Army to return to help." ”

"Thou art a little despised child, dare to despise me!" Li Zhongchen, Fang Tingzhi, Jiao Bochen and others were furious, and immediately shouted, wanting to draw their swords and behead this short Li Yuanping.

Bai Huadian suddenly made a noise.

"Don't make any noise!" Li Huaiguang roared angrily, then he gritted his teeth and asked Zhu Zhu in a low voice: "If the Taiwei's strategy wants to succeed, the hope that the soldiers who pin their hopes on Jingyuan and Fengxiang will be opposed, Huaiguang dares to ask the Taiwei if he is sure?" ”

As soon as he asked these words, Zhu Jun's heart sank, and the first thing that came to mind was Gao Yue and Wei Gao.

If these two were on my side now, it wouldn't be a problem at all.

But the problem is that now Zhu Jun also understands that he was really tricked by these two: Wei Gao occupies Huangyang in Longzhou, and Gao Yue occupies Baili in Jingzhou, and each has some soldiers and horses in his hands, but his heart is not on his side, and he betrayed me.

Especially Gao Yue, the eighth lamb of the king, first asked me to enter the court to apologize, and in a blink of an eye I was placed under house arrest by the emperor in Zhaoguofang, and later said that it was a routine operation to camp and repair Fengtiancheng, but now it has become the emperor's destined refuge, and Wei Gao is wearing a pair of pants with him. Now I am in the capital as a traitor, but you have gone to Fengtian to be a loyal minister.

After conquering Fengtian and Baili, I have to crush you first, then tear you apart, and then burn your bones and ashes.

Now, we must be fast, we can't delay any longer, and before Wei Gao and Gao Yue make a move, let Niu Yunguang (Longzhou), Li Chulin (Fengxiang Mansion), Tian Xijian (Liangyuan) and Qiu Jingzhong (Jingzhou City) strike first! As long as these two are killed, even if Duan Xiushi comes forward, he won't be able to change the situation.