"If a gentleman lives on the left, he will be on the right, and if he uses soldiers, he will be on the right."

Since Luo Shixin led 5,000 soldiers to brazenly capture Jingcheng Pass, Yun Zhonghua and Li Tang have been fighting without declaring war, and the two countries have officially entered a state of hostility.

On the battlefield, the opposing sides can use all kinds of conspiracies and tricks to kill the enemy, but because of Chai Shao's death and Li Xiuning's serious illness, Luo Shixin could not storm Weize Pass for a while.

At the beginning, Luo Shixin also felt that the news heard by the scouts was fraudulent, and the fact was probably that Li Xiuning was waiting for Jinyang's reinforcements in order to delay time.

When Luo Shixin was about to order someone to inquire about the news again, the news of Liu Wuzhou's capture of Jinyang City also came; This not only means that Wei Zeguan has been isolated, but also means that Luo Shixin's tactical intentions have been basically completed.

Facing the reed Zeguan at his fingertips, Luo Shixin was not in a hurry.

Luo Shixin immediately ordered someone to send a letter to Liu Wuzhou, first, to inform him of his tactical intentions and the current situation in Jingcheng Pass and Weize Pass; The second is to express goodwill to him on behalf of Su You, saying that he will not interfere in Liu Wuzhou's internal affairs, and will only enter Shanxi when Liu Wuzhou has the necessary time.

Regarding Luo Shixin's reinforcements, Liu Wuzhou and several of his subordinates Wenwu roughly guessed his true intention of wanting to "make a profit for the fisherman", but after learning that Luo Shixin only led 5,000 soldiers to come, he was relieved.

Liu Wuzhou doesn't have much heart to intrigue with Su You now, and the most important thing now is of course to defeat Li Xuanba and retake Mayi, Yanmen and other places, and the places in Taiyuan County that he currently occupies cannot afford to lose.

In view of this, after Liu Wuzhou entered the city, he began to conquer and serve in labor, fortifying Jinyang City, fantasizing about using 350,000 troops to defend Jinyang, and the rest of the army went north to fight Li Xuanba.

As for the reinforcements that Li Yuan might send, Liu Wuzhou certainly did not ignore them.

Li Tang's current military strength is nearly 200,000, almost all of which are in the hands of Li Yuan's sons and daughters and the Li clan, among which Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xuanba's brothers have the most powerful troops.

Li Jiancheng has 40,000 or 50,000 troops in his hands, and he is currently in Hedong, on the one hand, in order to prevent the Eastern Capital Army and the Wagang Army from entering the pass, and on the other hand, he is maintaining an offensive posture against Hebei and the Eastern Capital, and it is unlikely that this part of the army will reinforce Jinyang.

Li Shimin's troops are the strongest, and at present, he has established the Tiance Mansion and has his own civil and military team, and the current strength is 70,000 or 80,000, if you count the Western Qin army that recently surrendered, it may exceed 100,000.

It has been a month and a half since Li Shimin cleaned up the remnants of Longxi, and he has basically completed the task of pacifying Longxi.

In other words, Li Shimin is the most likely general of the Tang Army to reinforce Taiyuan, and it is not excluded that Li Yuan will also point another general to start from Chang'an and kill all the way.

In any case, by the time Li Tang's army arrived in Jinyang from Chang'an, it would be at least a month later, and Liu Wuzhou would certainly not be able to spend a month waiting for work!

As for the soldiers led by Li Xuanba, there are only 30,000 people who have entered Mayi from Yanmen, even if he draws some soldiers from the Hequ region again, how many people can be drawn?

With such thoughts, it became imperative for Liu Wuzhou to attack Li Xuanba, but he also knew that there was an urgency to take down Li Xuanba, otherwise Li Tang's reinforcements from Chang'an would bring him a lot of pressure.

In order to disintegrate the upcoming army of the Tang army, Liu Wuzhou either defeated Li Xuanba and insisted on holding Jinyang City, or asked Su You for reinforcements again......

Obviously, Liu Wuzhou is not too relieved about Su You now, he prefers to take his future into his own hands.

When Liu Wuzhou was about to send troops to Mayi, the news of the loss of Taiyuan reached Chang'an one after another.

When Li Yuan heard the news at first glance, he thought that he was dreaming,—— Taiyuan soldiers had enough food and a solid foundation, how could they be lost? = According to his calculations, Li Xuanba should enter Yanmen now, as long as Jinyang holds on for a few more days, eradicating Liu Wuzhou will not be a problem at all.

It wasn't until Li Yuanji came to Li Yuan's eyes with a sad face that he almost fainted.

Li Yuanji rushed into Chang'an City with hundreds of guards, and before meeting Li Yuan, he deliberately took off his shirt and tied three or five thorns on his back.

Li Yuanji obviously thought of the allusion of "bearing the guilt of Jing Pleading", but his skin was too white, and his stomach was too big, and the visual effect was not satisfactory.

When Li Yuanji entered the palace with thorns on his back and under the leadership of the attendants, everyone looked sideways along the way, but they didn't dare to really laugh, after all, Li Yuanji's reputation was also well-known.

As soon as Li Yuanji saw Li Yuan, he immediately "pounced" and fell to his knees, wailing and crying, "Father, the son is incompetent, capital crime, capital crime, capital crime, capital crime......"

When Li Yuan heard that Li Yuanji had entered the palace, he began to be apprehensive in his heart, until he saw that his son was really kneeling in front of him, and asked in disbelief, "Why did you run back, is the news of Jinyang's loss true?" ”

"Dad, Erchen has tried his best, but Liu Wuzhou attacked too fiercely, and they still have the kind of secret weapon that emits fire and shakes the mountains, we really can't resist it......" Li Yuanji immediately cried, what he said was also the truth, but he skillfully ignored the main reason for his failure.

If it weren't for Li Yuanji's greed, if Jinyang City blocked the gates with big stones as at the beginning, it would have been almost impossible for Liu Wuzhou to enter the city.

The reason why this is the current result is not because Li Yuanji dug his own grave and destroyed the Great Wall?

Li Yuan's face immediately turned dark, and his heart suddenly began to chew on the information that Li Yuanji had brought now.

Jinyang City has been broken so far, but it has only been seven or eight days, in fact, the news that Li Yuan received before was not too detailed, and there are also the results of Li Yuanji's efforts.

Li Yuanji, who has never taken the initiative to endure hardships, can be regarded as desperate when he comes back from Jinyang this time, firstly, he is afraid that Liu Wuzhou's pursuers will catch up and kill him from behind, and secondly, he wants to bring back Jinyang's information as soon as possible,—— wanting this information to be beneficial to him, and it is obviously more impeccable to say it from his own mouth.

Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, Li Yuanji's temperament, how could Li Yuan not count it in his heart?

But the point in Li Yuan's heart was not that there was any truth or falsehood in Li Yuanji's words, but the kind of secret weapon that he had just revealed that would shake the mountains with fire......

But before Li Yuan could think deeply about this problem, Li Yuanji cried again, "Dad, children are not filial. When I first knew that the people of the world were defeated, my heart ached, and I secretly thought that if the child was so defeated, he would definitely punish himself to apologize. But I didn't expect it to be the child's turn in an instant, so I just asked my father to give me a death, so that I could see my dead mother. ”

Li Yuanji's words are quite interesting, the meaning of the words is like begging for death, but the original meaning is to survive.

Li Yuan didn't believe that Li Yuanji could be so smart that he would say such a thing, so he glanced at Dou Dan, who was kneeling beside the latter.

In Li Yuanji's words, Li Yuan gave him a chance after Li Shimin suffered a defeat in Shallow Water Plain, and he lost Jinyang, shouldn't he have a chance to make a comeback?

Secondly, when it came to Li Yuanji's mother, Li Yuan was not comfortable in his heart.

After Li Yuanji's mother Dou gave birth to Li Yuanji, she looked at Li Yuanji's ugly face, and even ordered someone to drown him, thanks to Li Yuan's open-mindedness, he stopped his wife.

After learning about this, Li Yuanji no longer has any feelings for his biological mother, and now he says that he wants to see his dead mother, which is just a kind of rhetoric.

But when these words heard in Li Yuan's ears, it was another situation, because his wife once owed him a debt, Li Yuan was used to raising Li Yuanji, and now he can't give him another chance?

Li Yuan didn't know how to interface for a while, and after snorting for a while, he said to Dou Dan, who was kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, "Dou Dan!" Because Yuanji is young and ignorant, I let you do my best to assist; Now that you have lost Taiyuan, what else do you have to say? ”

Li Yuan's meaning is the same as when Li Shimin was defeated in the shallow water plain last time, obviously he is looking for a scapegoat.

At the beginning, Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan and others took the initiative to take the blame on themselves, and Li Yuan, in order to maintain Li Shimin's prestige, indiscriminately and directly pushed Liu Wenjing's position to the end, and finally wanted him to be reinstated again when he served the country.

This is the willfulness of the emperor, there is no reason for it!

Dou Dan is not too stupid, so he can naturally hear the meaning of Li Yuan's words, but he doesn't want to accept his fate because of this, after all, in terms of position, he is not the second-in-command of Taiyuan County.

"Your Majesty, the biggest criminal who lost Taiyuan is none other than Yu Wenxin! Not only because of the spies in his army, but also because he sent troops unfavorably and was defeated repeatedly, which made Jinyang fall into the encirclement of Liu Wuzhou. Liu Wuzhou's attack power is too fierce, if it weren't for the fact that there is not one of the defenders left, His Highness would not have chosen to flee back to report to His Majesty......"

In Dou Dan's words, he completely took himself out, he only defended Li Yuanji throughout the article, and put Yu Wenxin's responsibility to the maximum......

Li Yuanji immediately said, "Dad, the son also knows that it is a capital crime not to defend Jinyang, but he just wants to see his father before he dies!" ”

Looking at Li Yuanji and Dou Dan with a handful of snot and tears, Li Yuan was also a little confused, and immediately shouted, "You guys retreat first!" ”

Li Yuanji and Dou Dan listened to Li Yuan's fierce words, but they knew that their lives had been saved temporarily, and while secretly rejoicing in their hearts, the two of them hurriedly stood up and bowed back.

Li Yuan looked at Li Yuanji's retreating figure with hatred, and sighed helplessly, he was about to order someone to convene the civil and military forces to discuss how to recapture Taiyuan, but he saw a palace man hurrying over.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qin is asking to see you outside the palace!"

Listening to the voice of the palace man's duck voice, Li Yuan's heart suddenly felt a lot more relieved,—— Li Shimin is finally back!

In fact, the news of Li Shimin's return was not a surprise to Li Yuan, as early as three days ago, Li Shimin had completed his task of collecting the remnants of Longyou, and he also knew that Li Shimin should be able to return to Chang'an today.

Li Yuan even ordered a group of civil and military officers to go to the city gate to greet Li Shimin, in order to give Li Shimin, the hero who pacified the Western Qin, a little face.

Due to Li Yuanji's escape from the scandal of Jing pleading, Li Yuan forgot about Li Shimin's return.

Li Shimin's return means that he will bring back more than 100,000 soldiers, these people can be put into a new battlefield at any time, and it is not even difficult to recapture Taiyuan County!

Li Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice, "Xuan!" ”