Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, but in the face of the threat of the Turks and the stubborn resistance of the Northern Sui, Li Xuanba firmly believed that before the Tang Dynasty took Luoyang, it would definitely not use troops to invade Xu Shiji, so he ordered Xu Shiji to assist Zhang Xutuo to pacify the rebels in the land of Qilu. The loss of www.biquge.info East County and Jiyin County is completely the responsibility of Li Xuanba, and he will naturally be extremely annoyed!

Li Xuanba entered the palace overnight, discussed with Yang Tong, and decided to let Wang Fubao lead his soldiers to stay in Dongping County and join forces with Xu Shiji to resist the Tang army, while Zhang Xutuo continued to attack Donglai to ensure stability in the territory of Southern Sui.

At the same time, Yang Dong ordered Li Jingqin to lead a large army to besiege Wu County, divide part of the troops, led by the Xue brothers, and join Du Fuwei's army, with Du Fuwei as the head of the march, and then attack Lin Shihong.

In addition, with Li Mian as the hussar general, he led a total of 30,000 soldiers in Danyang, Liyang and other places, with Yuwen Chengdu as the left military guard, and personally led 100,000 troops in Liangdi to jointly attack Lin Shihong, and sent Jia Yanfu and Fang Xuanling out to assist Li Mian and Yuwen Chengdu respectively as a supervisor.

When Jia Yanfu and Fang Xuanling left Jiangdu, they not only took the edict of the imperial court, but also Li Xuanba's words: The generals are outside, the military order is not affected, you can act at the opportunity, but you must let Lin Shihong appear in Jiangdu within half a year, regardless of life or death!

The surprise attack of the Tang Dynasty disrupted Li Xuanba's plan to move step by step, but it also allowed Li Xuanba to let go of his hands and feet and not have to worry about the Turks, because he believed that since Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin dared to attack Xu Shiji, they must have something to rely on to confirm that the Turks would not take the opportunity to go south.

The incident happened suddenly, and the court's response was also very reasonable, but as several urgent reports were transmitted back to Jiangdu, Li Xuanba realized that he had despised the Tang Dynasty too much.

"Chuluo Khan died suddenly, Luoyang has become an isolated city, no wonder the Tang Dynasty dared to lead troops to attack Dongjun." In the imperial study of the palace, Yang Tong sat on the dragon chair, Li Xuanba and the eldest grandson Wuji sat not far in front of the dragon case, Yang Tong sighed with emotion: "Brother Dade, what are you going to do?" ”

"The Turkic royal family is busy competing for the position of Khan, and it will not invade the Central Plains in a short time, which is a good thing for the people of the Central Plains." Li Xuanba had a trace of tiredness between his eyebrows, sighed, and said: "The Tang Dynasty wants to fight, what is the court afraid of?" It's just that some things haven't been clarified yet, and Xuanba is uneasy. ”

"Can King Zhou refer to Luo Yi?" Eldest Sun Wuji asked softly.

One month after the eldest grandson Wuji and Yang Yuan got married, he left Jiangdu and went to Lingnan, because his uncle Gao Shilian still lived there, and he went there for nearly four months, and only returned to Jiangdu a few days ago, and brought Gao Shilian back.

"At the beginning, Xia Guogong attacked Zhuojun, Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao stuck to the city, and they couldn't shrink, but now they took the initiative to send troops to attack Hejian, is this really just a coincidence?" Li Xuanba frowned and replied: "The elite divisions under the command of the Duke of Xia were all brought to the land of Qi and Lu by Wang Fubao, and they were stationed in Dongping County not long ago. ”

According to Li Xuanba's idea, Xu Shiji and Wang Fubao jointly guarded Dongping County, which was enough to resist the Tang army's siege, but due to the inconvenience of document transmission, the response of the imperial court could not keep up with the changes in the situation, Zhang Xutuo had already led the army to leave, but because Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao suddenly invaded Hejian, they had to return to Dongping County, and then let Wang Fubao lead the army back to Hejian to aid Dou Jiande.

If it weren't for Zhang Xutuo's quick decision, shelving the imperial edict, and giving up attacking Donglai County, Dongping and Hejian, one of the two would have been broken.

"With the strength of Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao, as long as General Wang leads the army back to arrive, the crisis between the rivers will no longer exist, and Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao will definitely withdraw their troops." The eldest grandson Wuji pondered for a moment and said calmly: "At present, it seems that this is also their purpose. ”

"Brother Wuji is saying that Luo Yi and they went to great lengths just to let General Wang lead the army back to Hejian?" Yang Tong was puzzled for a moment and wondered, "What is the benefit of this for them?" ”

Dongping is far away from Hejian, and when Wang Fubao led the army back to Hejian, he was already a tired army, and he definitely needed to rest for a while before he could go out of the city to fight with Luo Yi and them, this time was enough for Luo Yi and them to withdraw to Zhuo County, so Luo Yi and they were not worried about their own safety. But that still doesn't explain why Luo Yi and the others want to attack Hejian.

"If Luo Yi and the others have returned to Datang, everything will be explained clearly." Li Xuanba smiled coldly and said, "The Tang Dynasty doesn't want Xia Guogong's army to help General Xu defend the city, so he will naturally try to transfer them away. ”

"King Zhou's guess should be correct, otherwise how would Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao have the courage to attack Hejian, aren't they afraid of Xia Guogong's revenge afterwards?" The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, and then said: "This trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain is indeed clever. ”

"Fortunately, Brother Sutuo is good at weighing the pros and cons, otherwise General Xu is really in danger!" Yang Tong reacted, said fearfully, and immediately saw that Li Xuanba was still worried, and said with a smile: "Now that you have seen through the strategy of the Tang Dynasty, Dongping County is safe and sound, and the land of Qilu is basically peaceful except for Donglai County, why is Brother Dade still sad?" ”

"Your Majesty, Donglai County is already in the pocket of the imperial court, and Xuanba is not worried that there will be variables in this matter." Li Xuanba looked at Yang Tong, and suddenly felt that Yang Tong stayed in the palace all day, and finally saw things too simply: "The Tang Dynasty and the imperial court have always been at peace, this time they captured Dongjun and Jiyin County, have Your Majesty ever thought about why they would do this?" More importantly, why do they dare to do so? ”

"This ......" Yang Tong scratched his head, unable to answer for a while, in fact, Li Xuanba himself couldn't figure out this question, so his face was full of worry.

"Your Majesty, King Zhou, this matter is actually not difficult to think." Seeing that Yang Tong was also starting to make trouble, the eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile: "The Tang Dynasty attacked the Northern Sui Dynasty with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin as the commanders, according to what King Zhou said before, the two of them should know that General Xu is an official of the imperial court, and they should also know that Dongjun and Jiyin County are the lands of the imperial court. ”

"That's nature, and they're not stupid." Yang Tong nodded and said, "That's exactly the case, I can't understand even more, since they know, why do they still do this?" ”

"Although they know, the people of the world don't know, everyone thinks that Datang is just exterminating the remnants of Wagang!" The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Li Xuanba meaningfully, and said in a deep voice: "So if the imperial court is at war with the Tang Dynasty, the people of the world will think that the imperial court is a soldier who took advantage of the Tang Dynasty to exterminate the rebels." ”

Li Xuanba felt the gaze of the eldest grandson Wuji, and also understood what the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to express, he lowered his head and thought about it seriously, and decided not to hide his thoughts anymore, he believed that Yang Tong and the eldest grandson Wuji would not spread their purpose, let alone let the people they were targeting know. (To be continued.) )