For the sharp turn of the war situation in Youzhou, Liu Yan was of course extremely angry. Now is the critical stage of the war against Goryeo, whether Goryeo can be eliminated in one fell swoop is directly related to whether the country of silk can successfully get rid of the dilemma of two-front warfare, but at this time Tuqi is in trouble again, and Abicheril did not march towards Taiyuan, the focus of his planned attack, but turned to the direction of Youzhou. This mistake in the direction of the strategic focus made Liu Yan regret it, and of course he also hated Zhu Tianshun's incompetence in the defense of Youzhou: Youzhou was poisoned by the sudden contract for several years, but the defensive circle formed by Zhu Tianshun was still the same as when Yang Lian was in power, and every time the imperial court faced the problem of sending reinforcements. It stands to reason that it is the fastest to send troops from Taiyuan and Liaodong, but many previous examples have shown that the army of the Silk Country moves at a lower speed than the Tuqi army, and the Tuqi people are likely to take advantage of this to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and even turn to attack the areas that have become empty because of this, which is obviously something that the Silk Country cannot tolerate.

Liu Yan, who thought about it and never thought of a good idea, also couldn't get a satisfactory answer in the court, and the civil and military generals insisted on their own words, but every method could not satisfy Liu Yan, but at this time, his most trusted think tank Wu Sicheng was far away in Paz and did not return, although Queen Hua was good at strategy but did not have too deep understanding of military affairs, so Liu Yan could only quietly recruit Xue Boren into the palace to ask questions.

Xue Boren is also very embarrassed about this matter, of course, he and Liu Yan's views are a little different, he thinks that the crisis in Youzhou cannot all be blamed on Zhu Tianshun alone. Of course, there is his responsibility in this, but it should not be ignored that Zheng Menglong's naval troops were transferred from Youzhou in order to attack Goryeo, which also caused the fact that the army's mobility slowed down due to the lack of naval support on the ground in Youzhou, and at the same time, in Youzhou, which is a broader defensive front than Taiyuan, Zhu Tianshun has fewer troops at hand than Liu Xianzhi, and the quality of the army is also a little worse. In this case. Zhu Tianshun could only put his limited forces on a few strategic points, but this time the actions of the Tuqi people seemed to have learned the truth of Youzhou, which caused today's situation. At this time, it is not appropriate to send reinforcements from Liaodong and Taiyuan, which is likely to fall into the other party's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but if you do not send reinforcements, Youzhou is in danger of losing more cities. Therefore, Xue Boren suggested that he personally lead his troops to support Youzhou, although doing so would be difficult to save from the far water. However, Liu Xianzhi could be informed in advance, and let him use the virtual soldiers to confuse Tuqi's sight, so as to buy some time. In addition, Xue Boren also made a request, that is, if the crisis in Youzhou was resolved, he asked Liu Yan to agree to send some of the elite reinforcements to help Yang Lian level Goryeo.

Xue Boren was taking a risk when he said this, because this time sending reinforcements could be said to be a last resort, this move would make the capital Chang'an's troops empty, and once there was a problem in the other defensive areas, Liu Yan was almost powerless. At this time, it is necessary to divide the troops to fight Goryeo, which means that the empty time of Chang'an will be even longer.

Regarding Xue Boren's suggestion, Liu Yan hesitated for a moment, but still agreed. Because he understood that Xue Boren's starting point was to use the crisis of having to save Youzhou as an excuse to settle the war in Goryeo as soon as possible, which could save him the effort of grinding with the forces within the imperial court who opposed this practice, and give him a fait accompli that would not be affected by the foreign monarch's life, although Chang'an would be empty because of it. But in the long run, it is very advantageous.

In the end, Xue Boren put forward a worry he thought of to Liu Yan: the only thing that worries him now is Su Chengdong in Liaodong, if he can't help but raise troops to the south because of the tight war in Youzhou. It is possible that Abicheril has taken advantage of the loophole, so the imperial court should immediately issue an edict strictly ordering Liaodong not to send troops to rescue. Liu Yan nodded and agreed.

The discussion of the monarch and the ministers has been decided, Liu Yan issued an edict to arrange various matters, and Xue Boren ordered 80,000 troops in the north and south camps (which is equivalent to nearly seventy percent of the strength of the two camps in the north and south) and marched to Youzhou.

Although Xue Boren planned all the possible scenarios. It's a pity that he can't be an unpredictable prophet like a god, and the development of things is still beyond his estimates. One of the key mistakes was the letter to Su Chengdong, the protector of Liaodong, which was an action that could be called redundant. Because the letter could not be delivered to Su Chengdong in the end, because the soldiers of the Turkic army had penetrated deep into the interior of Youzhou, the messenger was unfortunately captured by the Turkic army. The letter fell into the hands of Abiciel.

When Abicheril got this letter, he immediately found someone to copy the handwriting and forged it again, and then sent it to Liaodong with a competent person. The letter ordered Su Chengdong to immediately send troops to the rescue, and combined with Liu Xianzhi and Xue Boren's army in Taiyuan to relieve the predicament of Youzhou.

When Su Chengdong fell into deep thought after receiving the letter, he didn't see the danger of sending troops rashly, so although Zhu Tianshun's urgent documents kept being sent to him, he never refused to send troops to help. He is also anxious about the deepening crisis in Youzhou, but he understands that his responsibility is to ensure the safety of Liaodong first, and if Liaodong is lost by rescuing his former colleagues, then his sin will be great.

Therefore, even though Zhu Tianshun kept begging him to send troops to respond, he only sent some baggage materials to help him defend, but refused to send a large army. Now the emperor has issued a holy decree asking him to send troops, which is not the same as his starting point, and he doesn't think so, but Su Chengdong can't disobey the emperor's order, so he can only arrange to send troops.

Of course, Su Chengdong is not stupid, although he organized the army to rescue in the south, but did not relax the defense of Tuqi, he arranged the elite soldiers on the front of the defense of the western front, although these forces are not enough to resist the army of Tuqi, but can delay a considerable amount of time, which can win time for him to return to the army in time to rescue, but as a result, the defense force in other parts of Liaodong has become very weak, and at the same time, the defense system in depth he has formulated cannot be completed, Su Chengdong embarked on the journey south with full of anxiety and doubts.

When the information that Su Chengdong raised troops south was sent to Abicheril, even the Tuqi Khan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he excitedly announced to his generals that the Youzhou operation had been successful, and the next stage was a new phase of operation - he would personally command the 50,000 elite troops that had been ambushed on the border of Liaodong to launch an attack on Liaodong.

This time the assault began to spiral out of control, leading to a series of chaos and terrible consequences that were not realised at the time. (To be continued.) )