Yu Wenhua stayed in Jiangdu City for more than a month, causing trouble in the harem beauties, and he was addicted to the emperor.

However, the generals jointly wrote a letter, asking Yu Wenhua to lead the people to return to the north, fight back to Luoyang, and even capture Chang'an City.

This made Yu Wenhua difficult, because he got reliable news that Luoyang had been controlled by Wang Shichong, and the periphery was surrounded by 300,000 Wagang troops, and if he wanted to attack Luoyang, how could he rely on his 100,000 soldiers and horses?

Daxing City was occupied by Li Yuan, established the Tang Dynasty, renamed Chang'an City, with 200,000 troops, and there was a natural danger in Hangu, how easy is it to attack Guanlong?

Therefore, returning to the north is an extremely difficult task for Yu Wenhua, and it is difficult to achieve.

What's more, whether it is Luoyang, Chang'an, or the Northwest Army, they all issued a document to kill Yu Wenhua and his family to avenge the first emperor.

"It's too dangerous to return to the north, so let's station in Jiangdu, sweep Li Zitong, Fugongtuo and other forces, and establish a new imperial court in Jiangnan, isn't it good?" Yu Wenhua felt that staying in Jiangdu honestly was the best way to evacuate.

100,000 male soldiers, plus local soldiers and horses, are enough to protect themselves.

Pei Ju said: "I'm afraid this won't work, at present, the generals who lead the troops have jointly written a letter, claiming that this is the will of lower-level officers and soldiers, they are far away from their hometowns in Luoyang and Guanlong, homesick, they are condensed, if the prime minister does not agree, they may have a large number of flights, or a new rebellion." ”

This Pei Ju turned out to be a waiter of the Yellow Gate, and after Yu Wenhua and the rebellion, he killed some ministers, but Pei Ju did not have much trouble with him, and the Yuwen family also knew Pei Ju's diplomatic skills, so they did not harm him and continued to appoint him as the Yellow Gate Servant.

In addition to this person, there are also Feng Deyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zheng Shanguo and others, who were also left alive by Yu Wenhua and continued to be officials, nominally assisting the puppet emperor Yang Hao, but in fact they all had to obey his orders.

"What do you think?" Although Yu Wenhua has black methods and treacherous scheming, he still lacks the overall situation, lacks strategy, and is difficult to do big things, so he needs to ask several ministers for advice on this matter.

Neishi Ling Feng Deyi said: "Prime Minister, these forbidden army Xiaoguo Wei Ke are recruited in Guanlong, Luoyang, they came to Jiangdu, they are not suitable for the climate, and they love their hometown and relatives, and they have no intention of staying, because there are too many people, once they get together to make trouble, the army of 100,000 is likely to cause another disaster." ”

Zheng Shanguo said: "Yang Guang refused to return north, only to cause the deserters to continue, the army complained, so that the dissatisfaction of the generals, united to mutiny, if the prime minister followed Yang Guang's example, refused to return north, nostalgic for the comfort of the south of the Yangtze River, it is likely to be replaced by others, so we must be cautious about it." ”

Yu Wenhua's face changed slightly when he heard this, because he would not forget that the reason why those generals got together and wanted to rebel was that Yang Guang was suspicious and refused to return north, and wanted to die in Jiangdu in a drunken dream, just waiting for the rebels outside Jiangdu to attack the city, and then die here.

This is an excuse for the generals to use, and it is also the problem that the low-level soldiers are most concerned about, Yu Wenhua and self-confidence think, feeling that if he does not return north, he is likely to be the next Yang Guang, and other generals will take advantage of the resentment in the army to launch a coup d'état again.

"What you said makes sense, this matter has to be taken seriously, if you return to the north, how do you think, how to march?" Yu culture and inquiry.

Pei Ju analyzed: "First of all, the outer counties are all controlled by the rebels, we should take advantage of the fact that the canal has not been completely blocked, immediately return north to Pengcheng, take Pengcheng, at least do enough to the officers and soldiers of the three armies, stabilize the morale of the army, and the soldiers will naturally reduce their grievances when they see that the prime minister has the determination to return north." Secondly, Pengcheng has been a key place since ancient times, and based on this, it is good to continue to go north, which can attack Qilu and Henan counties, expand strength, reserve grain and grass, and then compete with Wang Shichong and Li Mi. ”

Yu Wenhua thought about it and said: "Take Lantian and Wuguan, the road is rugged, the road is too far, and when you arrive at the pass, I don't know how many people and horses can be left, besides, Li Tang occupies Xiongguan and waits for work, our army has to fight for thousands of miles, grain and grass are problems, it is difficult to succeed, or continue to go north, it is more appropriate to target Luoyang." ”

Zheng Shanguo said: "At present, Wang Shichong and Li Mi of Luoyang are competing for power, they have been fighting for more than a year, the Wagang army is besieging Luoyang, and the momentum is violent, we can lead the army to stay in Pengcheng, stabilize the army's heart, reserve strength, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wait for Li Mi and Wang Shichong to be both defeated, and then sit back on the power of the fisherman!" ”

Yu Wenhua nodded, and said with a sneer: "This method is good, next, the prime minister will convene the generals to discuss and determine the date of returning to the north, so that they can rest assured and avoid extraneous branches." ”

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Li Jiancheng's troops were at the Great Earthquake Pass in Longshan, which was already the border of Fufeng County, and Tianshui County was opposite.

He brought tens of thousands of horses and horses to strengthen the guard here and block the invasion of the Northwest Army.

At present, the Li Tang regime has learned the news that Luo Cheng has established himself as emperor, established the Great China Kingdom, regarded itself as the orthodoxy of the Chinese nationality, and wanted to establish a country dominated by the Han nationality and supplemented by many ethnic minorities, peaceful coexistence, and light taxation.

Strategist Li Wengan: "His Royal Highness the Prince, at present, Dahua's army has been continuously gathering on the border, more than 60,000 people, with Hou Junji as the commander, there are signs of war at any time, and it is really difficult to predict whether our army's strength can withstand it." ”

General Yu Wenying said: "I heard that the two great generals of the Sui Dynasty, Laihu'er and Chen Liang, were also secretly led to the northwest, plus Qu Tutong, the Northwest Army has at least three famous generals of the Sui Dynasty, which is very unfavorable to me Li Tang." ”

Military Affairs Sima Xie Shufang: "This Luo Cheng, it seems that he has already rebelled, otherwise, why would he secretly network so many generals and heroes, and literati talents, all of whom were secretly picked up from Xijing, and many down-and-out children of famous and noble families were all co-opted by him." ”

Li Jiancheng said: "Fortunately, many gate valve families in Guanlong are still there, Li Valve, Dou Valve, Dugu Valve, Dou Valve, Yuan Valve, High Valve, etc., the foundation is still there, as long as I Li Tang stand firm in Guanzhong, talents will be gradually recommended and excavated, and when the time comes, who can compare with the forces of all parties?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, should we invite the imperial court and continue to send reinforcements over, the Northwest Army is famous for its toughness, once the war starts, I am afraid that there are not many chances of victory at present!"

Li Jiancheng said fearlessly: "It's okay, the third sister, she and Yuan Shao, have already brought people to support, and they will arrive in a few days, and when the time comes, we will have a head-to-head confrontation with Dahua's tiger division here!" ”