Gong Yi was unmoved and said: "Second son, don't worry, Yang Chong will never use assassination, otherwise he can make a move when he sees that Gongzi is a genius in the world when he is eleven or twelve years old; Daoist Qihui will lead a large number of masters to arrive tomorrow, and I will not leave until I have met him. ”

Louguan Daoist Sect Leader Qi Hui has announced to the world that standing on Li Yuan's side will not only bring a large number of masters, but also bring astonishing money. Liu Wenjing said with a smile: "Yang Chong should be a person who does not break the destiny of heaven, and the reason for not killing the second prince must be the same as the reason for agreeing to Tang Gong this time." ”

Li Jiancheng was immediately displeased, what is this called, my father has a mandate of heaven, my second brother has a mandate of heaven, you Liu Wenjing and I don't exist, right?

Gong Yi said slowly: "Gong Mou is going to see Yang Chong, some things are discussed, Wang Yuan knows that the elder has said that Yang Chongcheng is also in love with the world, and defeat is also in love with the world, Yang Chong's biggest weakness is in his attitude towards foreign races, many things are reluctant." Just like this Eastern Crusade, according to Gong's opinion, Yang Chong would have the ability to conquer Taiyuan if he went all out, but he gave up; If Yang Chong is really a person who admits the destiny of heaven, why doesn't he marry Li Xiuning, presumably Tang Gong will not object. ”

The tent is so quiet that even the needle falling on the ground can be heard, as long as Yang Chong is willing to take refuge in Li Yuan, Yang Chong is the king, and Li Xiuning is a concubine as a princess, it will not be a problem, and now I am afraid that he will be under Chang'an City. Li Shimin said with understanding: "Yang Chong wants to verify whether his conjecture is correct. I understand, the world is loved, Wang Yuanzhi old immortal means that Yang Chong will do things according to the standards of the Mo family, for a belief, the result in a short period of time is not the most important, so it is also Yang Chong's weakness. ”

Li Yuan was stunned, Wang Yuanzhi's words were actually a very high evaluation of Yang Chong, for faith, fighting for the world is a relatively simple matter; Gong Yi floated out of the big tent, leaving a tent of contemplative people.

After Yuan and Liang De met, they immediately talked about exchanging 3,000 war horses and 5,000 sets of armor for 4,700 stone of grain; For Liang De, if he is defeated, what do he want food for, and if he wins, Taiyuan City will have food. Liang De gave the granary of Xicheng County, and Liu Yun, Meng Zhen and others took turns to be responsible for transporting grain, and on this day, two hundred stones of grain were robbed; Liu Yun and Meng Zhen immediately dispatched two thousand horsemen to search, and soon found that it was a group of horse thieves who had surrendered to Taiyuan.

The two led the cavalry to pursue for a day and a night, but the horse thieves were annihilated, the grain and grass were burned, and it became a headless case; Han Shige believed in Liu Yun's information, and immediately sent a fast horse to deliver the news to Shangxian, and Yang Chong summoned Jiang Duo, Yuan Wei and others to discuss. Fang Yanzao said a situation, Zhang Shilong refused to send troops to reinforce Guanzhong in the name of resisting Xiazhou, and Yuan Wei said meaningfully: "Chief, as soon as Li Jing is injured, everything will happen." ”

Of course, the balance of victory was reversed in favor of Li Yuan again, and many people would have new ideas, Yang Chong took a sip of tea, looked at Jiang Duo and said, "Are you ready?" ”

Jiang Duo smiled: "Just wait for your words, if the time drags on a little longer, it really can't be kept secret." ”

Yang Chong nodded and said, "It's time to do it." Let Cheng Yuan go and discuss with Liang De, we can help him hold Xihe County, and provide another thousand war horses and five hundred giant crossbows, so that he can draw all his troops out to attack Taiyuan; Arrange for Yang Hao to go to Taiyuan, and be sure to ensure Yang Hao's safety. ”

The two of them had no beginning or end to what they said, but Yuan Wei and the others heard that Yang Hao had an unknown force in his hands, and he was looking for an opportunity that could work best. However, Yang Chong and Jiang Duo did not elaborate, and Yuan Wei and others did not ask, this is a rule that subordinates should know, curiosity kills cats, the more information you know, the more you are implicated when something happens; Yang Chong didn't talk about it, it was for confidentiality, and it was also a kind of protection for Yuan Wei and others.

Liang De has already broken the boat, with the idea of dying with Li Yuanji, he fought hard in Taiyuan for a long time, and the posture was not ready to ask for Xihe and Longquan counties at all. As soon as he heard what Cheng Yuan said, Liang De immediately agreed to hand over the granary and other important areas to the Hexi Army for trusteeship, anyway, if the Hexi Army wants to transport food and materials, it must send troops; The Hexi Army successfully took over the three counties of Xicheng, Yong'an, and Jiexiu, and let Liu Yun and Meng Jian pretend to be Liang De's Sui army and rob the Tang army of three teams of grain and grass transported between Pingyao and Mianshang.

Liang De transferred all the more than 2,000 soldiers gathered in the three counties to the front line, took out a lot of money from the treasury, and in addition to boosting morale, invited more than 6,000 miscellaneous soldiers to participate in the war through Han Shige; Li Yuanji recaptured Jiaocheng County and was in a tug-of-war with Liang De, but because of Liang De's continuous reinforcements, he had to retreat. After Liang De stabilized his foothold in Jiaocheng County, the soldiers approached Jinyang County, and the scouts scattered horses haunted the Shili Changting in Jinyang County, and Taiyuan County was in a loud voice.

What caught Li Yuanji off guard was that Yang Shiluo, a native of Taiyuan, raised troops in Qi County to respond to Liang De, gathered tens of thousands of people at once, and successfully occupied Qi County and Taigu County, cutting off the Tang army's grain transportation road from Taiyuan to Pingyao, and threatening Jinyang County from the flank. Pingyao's fast horse sent a message to Li Jiancheng in Hedong and Li Yuan, who was close to Tongguan, Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's suggestion and sent a message to Taiyuan and Pingyao to hold on, Li Jiancheng raised food on the spot, and his army continued to Tongguan.

When Yang Chong got the news, he could only praise the determination and vision of the Li family's father and son, and the bet was that he would not take the initiative to turn his face, the situation was better than in history, but it was not optimistic. Li Jing is said to have been unable to talk for a long time, let alone lead the army to fight; Qu Tutong and Zhang Jin retreated to Chang'an step by step under the pressure of Li Yuan and Xue Ju respectively, and the Tang army on the eastern front began to attack Tongguan, and Xue Ju on the western front had already killed Li Hong and collected the two counties of Fufeng and Longxi.

Yu Juluo sent a letter, thinking that Li Hong's death showed that the Longyou Li family could not control Xue Ju, and there was an opportunity in front of him. Jiang Duo asked: "Chief, you give us a thorough understanding, why are you unwilling to control Chang'an, you must know that now rumors are spreading, Li Yuan is making a fuss about this matter, saying that it is because you believe that he is the person of destiny, so you dare not fight for Chang'an." ”

Yang Chong flicked his finger on the table and said, "I don't want to be Cao Cao, and I don't want a bunch of people who don't know anything to point fingers at me, so I can only give this cheap to Li Yuan." ”

Yuan Wei and the others understood, Yang Chong hated that kind of false set, Yuan Wei said: "The manager is reasonable, but if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, and it is not a transaction for us to stay like this." Although the people will be grateful to us for keeping one side safe, most ordinary people choose to remain silent in the face of power, rather than defend their homes and wealth. ”

(End of chapter)