Li Shimin suffered a big loss in Hedong, was killed by Dou Jiande's two armies, and paid a heavy price before withdrawing to Guanzhong, but at this time Tongguan they were already unable to go to support, and could only hope that the defenders of Tongguan and Li Xiaogong's reinforcements could arrive for reinforcements before the city was broken. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Tongguan, without Li Yuanba and Li Shimin, although there are Fang Xuanling and Cheng Zhijie two people stationed, but they are facing the scheming Li Mi, Li Mi knows that time is pressing, he does not stop at all, and orders to attack day and night, more than 100,000 troops in front of Tongguan set up a large array, day and night non-stop attack, although Tongguan is very dangerous, but the defenders in the city are limited, such a strong offensive pressure makes them very uncomfortable, and this is not their biggest threat, Shan Xiongxin's army has landed from the upper reaches of the Yellow River at this time, bypassed the front of Tongguan and penetrated straight into the back of Tongguan, cutting off the connection between Tongguan and Guanzhong.

Originally, Tongguan was built on the edge of the Yellow River, and it had a certain degree of control over the Yellow River, but because Li Mi's army was attacking very fiercely in the front at this time, they had no way to distract themselves from the defense, and Li Shimin brought a large number of ships to the other side of the river when he crossed the river, which also weakened their ability to fight water, so there was no way for Shan Xiongxin's army.

When Li Xiaogong's troops had just returned to Guanzhong, they had already received the news that Tongguan had been lost, Cheng Zhijie and Fang Xuanling were defeated and captured, and the Sui army occupied Tongguan, and was on the way to the west, and it was about to reach Chang'an in a few days.

There was chaos in the court, Li Shimin was pinned down on the edge of the Yellow River at this time, he couldn't get out, otherwise Dou Jiande's army would also take advantage of the situation to enter the pass, he didn't ask for armaments and reinforcements from the court at this time, it was not easy, not to mention counting on him to block Li Mi's army.

Li Yuan was very frightened, he had no idea in his heart at this time, he didn't know whether to fight or flee, although Chang'an City was strong, there was a lot of grain and grass, but at this time his army only had 20,000 people of the forbidden army and Chai Shao and 60,000 people of Li Xiaogong, adding up to only 1120,000, most of which the forbidden army was composed of the children of Guanlong nobles, which looked very good, but it was a showmanship when it started, and it was useless, and it was not of great use, Li Xiaogong's army had been fighting for many days, and it had become a tired army at this time, and its combat effectiveness must be greatly reduced. And the only thing he can really rely on is the 20,000 cavalry in Chai Shao's hands, but Li Min's army has 200,000 people, and with 20,000 to fight 200,000, the odds are too low.

Therefore, Li Yuan thought of moving the capital to hide, but there was no suitable place.

However, the ministers of the court persuaded one after another, saying that although the Sui army was numerous, Luoyang was more than 700 miles away from Chang'an, and the Sui army was too numerous, and the logistical supply pressure was too great, so they were bound to not be able to fight for a long time, so as long as they held the city for a month, the Sui army would be defeated, and with the strength of Chang'an City, even if Li Xiaogong's army was a tired army and did not have the ability to fight in the field, it was still possible to defend the city. It is possible to recruit young and middle-aged people from among them to participate in the defense of the city, so that there should not be too much gap in the hands of the people, and they can also unite with Yu Wenhua in Jiangnan, send someone to send him a letter, and unite him to attack Luoyang from behind, Luoyang's defense is tight, and Li Mi will definitely withdraw his troops, and in the same way, he can also send someone to unite with Du Fuwei of Jianghuai and let him attack Dou Jiande's territory in Shandong, so that Dou Jiande will also retreat.

When Li Yuan heard this, this idea was not bad, he calmed down a little, and immediately sent someone to contact Yu Wenhua and Du Fuwei, as long as one of these two people sent troops, then the pressure on him would be reduced a lot.

Li Mi knew that he didn't have much food and grass, and he couldn't fight for a long time, and Chang'an City's defense was strong, and it would not be able to fight it in a while, but leading troops to threaten Chang'an City would not only greatly enhance his prestige, but also greatly demoralize the morale of the Tang Army.

The Tang Dynasty is currently the biggest threat to the Sui Dynasty is a force, they have the strong support of the Guanlong nobles, these scholars have a lot of manpower and material resources, they are not only important in Guanlong, but also a force to be reckoned with in the whole country, so Li Mi wants to pry their confidence in Li Tang, he must attack Chang'an, but he does not need to take Chang'an, because he attacked Chang'an, it has been proved that he has the ability to hit Chang'an, in this way, those Guanlong nobles should think about it, Whether they still want to invest such a large amount of money in Li Tang, as long as they reduce their support for Li Tang a little, then Li Tang's strength will definitely be greatly affected.

The Sui army came to the city, surrounded like an iron barrel, hundreds of trebuchets kept throwing stones into the city day and night, the soldiers lined up outside and shouted, but they were reluctant to attack, which made the Tang army in the city tighten a string, and did not dare to relax at all, and the Guanlong nobles who got the news also went up one after another, they always thought that Li Tang occupied the important place in Guanzhong, there was a danger of four passes, and with their full support, it should be the most powerful force in the world to win the Central Plains, But at this time, the situation Li Tang faced was something they hadn't thought of before, which made their hearts can't help but be a little shaken, is it right that they fully support Li Tang like this?

Li Mi besieged the city for ten days, the walls of Chang'an City were smashed by trebuchets, although Li Mi did not plan to attack, but he also passed this temptation, and knew the details of Chang'an City's defense, which laid the foundation for his future plans.

Seeing Li Shimin desperately leading the army back to help, Li Mi also went downhill and withdrew his troops to return, ostensibly because he was afraid that Li Shimin's army and the defenders in the city would be attacked from both sides, but in fact, because his strategic goal had been achieved, and it was useless to stay here, so he took the initiative to withdraw his troops when the grain and grass were sufficient, so that at least he would be more calm when he left.

As soon as Li Shimin came back to help, Dou Jiande's army immediately entered Guanlong, and although Li Mi withdrew to Tongguan, he still kept a certain number of troops in the pass, which made the two barriers of the Tang army all gone, to protect the safety of Guanzhong, to protect Chang'an City from the threat of the enemy, they must take these two fortress passes, which means that they have something to be busy for a period of time in the future.

And this time, after the Sui army came to Chang'an City, many powerful clans in Guanlong secretly sent people to Luoyang to prepare to re-improve relations with the Sui Dynasty.

The changes in the Guanlong aristocracy, Li Tang naturally will not turn a deaf ear, the intelligence officers of the Tang army inquired about these news and consulted Li Yuan's opinion, but Li Yuan pressed all this information, now is not the time to tear his face, once the handling is not proper enough, completely offend these scholars, then the Tang army's situation in Guanzhong will become worse, and he is still inseparable from the support of the Guanlong nobles, so these things can only be known as few people as possible, things can not be made to the surface, In that case, no one will have a hard time.

Li Mi led the army to break the Tang army and took Tongguan, which made Emperor Yang Tong of Sui Jing very happy, and specially went out of the city to welcome Li Mi's army to triumph, and invited Li Mi to take the royal carriage into Beijing in public, and also rewarded a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, cloth fields and other things, which can be described as very generous.

Not enough at this time, but the news that Yu Wenhua and led the army to approach Luoyang, the court and the middle of the country were suddenly boiling, Yu Wenhua and the position of Sui Chen, killing the monarch and usurping the throne, such a person was naturally attacked by the Sui Dynasty up and down, for a time the petition to fight was as numerous as snowflakes, and Yang Tong himself was also extremely disgusted with Yu Wenhua in his heart, as early as after the news of the rebellion came from Jiangdu before, he had already arrested all the descendants of the Yuwen family in Luoyang and questioned the guilt, and raided the Yuwen family's mansion and confiscated the property, The female dependents were submerged in the palace and served as slaves and maids, and the men were all assigned to the army, becoming the charging dead soldiers of the front-line troops, as long as there was a battle, they had to rush to the front.

Yang Tong then asked Li Mi to lead the army to resist Yu Wenhua, and he must be killed to worship the emperor's spirit in the sky.

Li Mi didn't want to send troops, his men and horses have been fighting for more than two months, the soldiers are exhausted, it is very unwise to send troops at this time, but the emperor's order cannot be violated, he has no way, and he can't tear his face now, the gentleman has no faith and does not stand, since he has taken refuge in the Sui Dynasty, he has completely chosen to serve the Great Sui, and there is no intention of rebellion, so the emperor's order can not be violated.

Li Mi was ordered to go south, and Yu Wenhua and the war came together, this war lasted for a long time, in which both sides paid a lot of price, and the war was also full of twists and turns.

At the beginning, Yu Wenhua and led the army to Liyang, after Yu Wenhua and received Li Yuan's secret letter, he felt that this was a good opportunity, he had already run to Lin'an, but he felt that he was not very safe guarding a Yangtze River, after all, when Sui destroyed Chen, he was defeated by crossing the river with an army, so if he had been guarding in the south, would it be the end of the future?

The more Yu Wenhua thought about it, the more uneasy he became, so he was finally moved by Li Yuan's words, and hurriedly took an army of 150,000 to the north, preparing to uproot the Sui Dynasty in Luoyang City, after all, he was guilty of killing the monarch in Jiang, if he waited until the Sui Dynasty sat down, he was afraid that the first person to suffer would be himself, so he would definitely not tolerate this kind of thing happening.

Although Li Mi also brought an army of 150,000, his army had just withdrawn from the road to the west, which was more disadvantageous than Yu Wenhua's army, so he decided to use a strategy to stabilize Yu Wenhua.

Li Mi knew that his troops were short of military rations, and a quick battle would be beneficial to him, so he did not fight him, blocking his retreat. Li Mi sent Xu Shiyun to guard Cangcheng, but Yu Wenhua and the attack were unsuccessful, and Li Mi sent someone to tell him that his surrender to Sui was just an expedient measure, and expressed his willingness to divide the jewels and land in Luoyang City with him, but he said that he wanted to put Luoyang City on his territory.

When Yu Wenhua heard the news at the beginning, he was still skeptical and refused to believe it, but after seeing Li Mi's actions, although he led a large army to resist him, he did not take the initiative to attack, but just blindly defended, obviously taking a way to protect himself and preserve his strength, which obviously shows that he is not of the same mind with the imperial court, and the conditions he put forward in this cooperation request are very excessive, and he is only willing to assign a small part of the northern part of Jiangzhou to Yu Wenhua. In other places, his own Wei army was to be annexed completely, and only half of the property in Yu Wenhua and Luoyang City was given.

Li Mi's request was very high, like a lion opening his mouth, but the more he was like this, Yu Wenhua calmed down in his heart, and he believed that Li Mi really wanted to cooperate, so he also sent someone to discuss with Li Mi, and the content of the discussion was nothing more than a bargaining session to strive for more benefits.

So there was a stalemate between the two for a long time, but there was no fierce battle, at this time Yu Wenhua's army was already facing a shortage of food and grass, Yu Wenhua and anxious, so he proposed to invite Li Mi to discuss by the river, the two went to the river, and shouted to each other across the river.

Li Mi condemned him and said: "You turned out to be a slave of the Huns, and your father, brother and son were all favored by the Sui Dynasty, and they were rich and noble for generations, so that you took the princess as your wife, and the glory you got was not second in the entire court." How can you allow Your Majesty to lose his morality, not to admonish him with death, but to take the opportunity of rebellion to kill the king with his own hands, and even kill his children and grandchildren, support the royal family to produce children, monopolize power, self-respect, conspire to usurp the throne, insult the concubine, and kill the innocent? You don't follow Zhuge Zhan's loyalty, but you do the kind of rebellious evil that Huo Yu did. It is true that heaven and earth cannot tolerate you, and man and god will not bless you. Coercion goodness, where are you going! Now, if you come to me quickly, you can save your descendants. ”

As soon as Li Mi's words came out, Yu Wenhua's generals and soldiers in the army were in an uproar, could it be that his lord wanted to surrender?

Yu Wenhua was furious, knowing that he had fallen for Li Mi, he must have deliberately dragged himself down, and then at this time he would make a provocation to disturb his army's heart, so he scolded Li Mi, and immediately sent troops to attack after scolding, wanting to repel the Sui army before the grain and grass ran out, otherwise it would be very dangerous for them to retreat.

Li Mi smiled slightly, Yu Wenhua's reaction was as he expected, he ordered the soldiers to slowly retreat, introducing Yu Wenhua's army into his ambush circle, and then ambushed the soldiers, killing Yu Wenhua and one by surprise. (To be continued.) )