After recapturing Luocang from the Wagang army, Wang Shichong was able to solve the food problem in the eastern capital, which was also his greatest support for establishing Zheng State and ascending the throne as emperor.

After having food, Wang Shichong began to recruit troops and horses, and for a while, it was a rumor, and even Zu Junyan and Shan Xiongxin and others in the Wagang army took refuge in him, which also made Zheng Guo's troops exceed 100,000 in one fell swoop.

However, among the 100,000 troops, only 20,000 Huainan troops and 20,000 or 30,000 Xiaoguo troops can fight, and the remaining 50,000 or 60,000 people are also newcomers.

As for Zu Junyan's refuge, there is also a small episode, probably because he wrote a story for Li Midai to scold Yang Guang; Wang Shichong was very unimpressed by this, but he still took him in and treated him as a guest.

Wang Shichong did not feel the slightest surprise at the advance of the Yunzhong army, and he would not be so self-righteous that he could resist the army led by Li Jing with his 100,000 people.

Just when the battle report of Lu County had just reached the Eastern Capital, Wang Shichong immediately sent a messenger to Guanzhong, and according to the alliance agreement, Li Yuan was required to immediately send reinforcements to resist the Yunzhong army.

Li Yuan's alliance with Wang Shichong is only a false and wrongful snake, although he swore to sign an alliance with Wang Shichong, he always has the desire to occupy the eastern capital in his heart; If it weren't for the sudden surrender of the Wagang army to Su You, maybe Li Yuan's first step after setting Guanzhong would be to form an alliance with Wagang to seize the eastern capital.

Forced by the sudden rise of Su You at that time, Li Yuan had to form an alliance with Wang Shichong; But now, it is in their common interests only to keep the eastern capital.

Once the eastern capital is taken by the Yunzhong army, what they have to do next must be to march into Hedong, and at that time, Li Tang's last bridgehead in Hedong will inevitably be attacked from both sides by Liu Wuzhou and Su You.

If Su You and Liu Wuzhou join forces in victory, what way out is there in Guanzhong?

After learning of the latest movements of Li Jing's army, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong did not have much difference in their future estimates of the Yunzhong army; But whether to support Wang Shichong or drive Liu Wuzhou away as soon as possible and then fight a decisive battle with the Yunzhong Army is really not so easy to choose.

How many soldiers are still available in the Tang Empire today?

If you want to reinforce Wang Shichong, you must transfer people from Li Shimin's army; After transferring people from Li Shimin's army, it may not be a problem to defend Liu Wuzhou, but it is not so simple to counterattack Liu Wuzhou.

Faced with two urgent plans, Li Yuan could choose only one.

Just when Li Yuan convened the generals to discuss the issues in front of him, Li Jing had already gathered 150,000 troops to kill the Tiger Pass, and Li Mi's fleet followed closely behind.

At the same time, Marshal Heng led a fleet of 3,000 soldiers and 500 artillery pieces of the Xijia Army to set off from Yousanshan and headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River, and their destination was the land of Bashu, which was about to fall into the hands of Li Tang.

At the same time, the army to the land of Bashu also included Su Yunfan, who was stationed in Lincang, and his troops were mainly 1,000 elephant soldiers and 2,000 light cavalry; At this time, the Jinsha River entered a dry period, and they entered the Luzhou boundary from the marching route of the first echelon regiment of the Protector Army of the National Protector Movement in later generations

After the second snowfall, Li Jing's army braved the snow to break out of the Tiger Prison Pass, and it took only three days to regain the entire territory of Xingyang and the territory that Wang Shichong had seized from the Wagang army four months earlier.

Before Li Tang had made any arrangements, the fleet of the Yunzhong Army had already entered the Luohe River, and Li Jing's army had re-encircled the eastern capital.

If there is no accident, Wang Shichong's fate will eventually be the same as Xu Yuanlang's, and he will enter a situation of food shortage because of the loss of Luokoucang again, and finally collapse because of the food problem

It's December, the coldest time of the year, and the Yellow River is covered with a thin layer of ice overnight.

For the Eastern Capital, Li Jing and Li Mi are bound to win.

Li Jing also knew that Su You needed to rely on the main army to implement the land system promulgated at the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China before the start of spring ploughing, and now there were about two months before spring ploughing.

Because the time was not so urgent, in addition to defending the reinforcements of Li Tang who might come west, Li Jing had always implemented a strategy of besieging Zheng Guo without attacking.

After occupying the eastern capital and the barrier in Guannei, Li Jing already had the possibility of attacking Hedong.

This possibility is only theoretical, after all, if Li Jing attacks Hedong with all his might, Wang Shichong is likely to take the opportunity to kill Li Jing's rear army, and it is unpredictable who will die at that time.

Li Tang's situation is also extremely embarrassing, if he sends troops to the Eastern Capital, on the one hand, he will directly confront the Yunzhong army, and on the other hand, he will also encounter the flanking attack of Liu Wu and Zhou's army; If he sent troops to attack Liu Wuzhou, Li Jing's army was likely to take the opportunity to flank him

After thinking about it, Li Yuan still made an order to respond to all changes with no change, and this order was not without opportunism.

Liu Wuzhou's army retreated due to insufficient supplies or Li Jing began a full-scale attack on the eastern capital, which would be the time when Li Shimin's army stretched out its claws.

Unfortunately, until late January of the following year, the stalemate between the four countries still showed no intention of backing down or attacking.

After the New Year, the news of Bashu began to come back in a steady stream.

In mid-December, Fu Ziheng's fleet almost entered Ba County, and then joined up with Su Yunfan's department from the clouds in Luzhou, and then killed Shu County

The county guards and people of Shu County, Linqiong and other places all know the name of Su Yunfan's father and son, and the places where the Yunzhong army passes are full of responders, coupled with their sharp weapons and excellent armor, Li Tangjun is only expected to be invincible.

For the first time, the Elephant Soldiers were unveiled in the Clouds, tall mobile fortresses with soldiers on top of them who could throw their hands into the dense crowd. Lei, the Tang army, who had never seen such a formation, fled without a fight, and even Li Xiaogong, the chief general of the Tang army, was trampled and broken in the trampling of the soldiers' mounts.

Before the Lantern Festival, Su Yunfan led more than 8,000 soldiers, 500 artillery pieces and countless grenades, and drove more than 10,000 soldiers under Li Xiaogong's command from the south to the north, and drove them out of Jianmen

At this time, the Yunzhong Army theoretically had one more possibility of directly attacking Guanzhong, and it had become easy to attack Xiao Miao, Zhu Cang, and Du Fuwei by sending boats eastward.

Getting Bashu, Yun China has gained half of the Central Plains, which also means that Yunzhong has become the most likely to unify the Central Plains of all the forces, and has also become the common enemy of all the heroes who are vying for domination of the world.

Li Yuan mostly didn't believe the news that came back from Bashu in the past half a month, until he saw Li Xiaogong with his own eyes who only had one leg left.

Li Xiaogong is the same age as Li Jiancheng, nearly 30 years old, and as early as ten years ago, he joined the polo team led by Su You with Li Jiancheng and Chai Shao.

But now, first Chai Shao died at the hands of Su You's general Luo Shixin, and then Li Xiaogong's leg was lost at the hands of Su You's son Su Yunfan, and after Li Jiancheng was defeated, he basically lost the opportunity to lead the army

How many of the polo players were active today?

Su You? Li Jing? Liu Wuzhou? Pei Yuanqing? Cheng bites gold? Xue Wanche?

Most of the warriors who fought together for the Great Sui back then served in Cloud China, and there is no reason why Cloud China is not prosperous!

When Li Yuan heard that Li Xiaogong's carriage had entered the camp, he actually went out to greet him in person, but his face was not flattered, but a blank face, and Li Jing could even see the tragedy of the war he had experienced from his face.

The weather in early spring was still a little cold, and Li Xiaogong's skinny body shivered when he saw the wind.

Seeing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but say miserably, "Xiaogong, in fact, I have always regarded you as a son."

Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly, and then said respectfully, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen failed to complete the task, and he came back this time to accept the guilt."

"It's good to come back," Li Yuan muttered this sentence, the news about Bashu made his ears callous, if it was possible, he really wanted to escape all the war reports about Bashu.

But how is that different from Yang Guang, the faint monarch?

From the battle of Bashu, Li Yuan can conclude that the Yunzhong army said that the weapons used are sharp and the armor is excellent, if the army led by Li Jing has half of the combat effectiveness of those people, then how should the next battle be fought?

Li Yuan also knew that the Yunzhong army that drove Li Xiaogong out of Bashu was Su You's most elite foot soldier, but he would not doubt the individual combat ability of the troops led by Li Jing, so what was Li Jing's idea to besiege the eastern capital without attacking it?

When Li Yuan was about to make up his mind to ask Li Xiaogong about some details of the battle, an attendant hurriedly walked in and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the Eastern Capital"

Li Yuan had already given the order that as long as it was a battle report, he could present it to him at any time, even if he happened to be asleep

When spreading out the urgent report forwarded by the scout, Li Yuan said in a lost voice, "Su You has arrived in the Eastern Capital"

Su You arrived in the Eastern Capital, which means that the general attack on the Eastern Capital is about to begin!

The Yellow River began to thaw, and it was not difficult for Su You to reach the east, but he did not come to the eastern capital to supervise the war this time, he was just passing by.

In fact, Su You left Sanshan after the beginning of spring, and he was accompanied by a student from the School of Advanced Management who had studied with him for half a year of management experience.

These people were selected from all over the country from the beginning of the country, and after nearly half a year of study, they were finally completed, so Su You began to distribute them all over the country, hoping to implement the national policy in the clouds through their hands, especially the new land policy.

Of course, the redistribution of land is equivalent to a new revolution, which may involve iron-blooded means, so they alone are far from enough.

Su You went to the Eastern Capital to inspect to see when the military forces that could help his students implement the national policy would be free

Su You just came to the eastern capital and left quietly after turning around, in the end, he still saw Li Jing's victory in sight.

Knowing that his subordinates could complete the task within his plan, why did Su You criticize them? Why compete with them?

However, after Li Yuan learned of Su You's whereabouts, he began to think that the confrontation with Liu Wuzhou was not a solution.

It is imperative to counterattack Liu Wuzhou.