Chapter 82: Wang Shichong's Hidden Worries
"Your Highness, the Zhichong Army and the Guoyi Army are both His Majesty's personal soldiers, and they are the most elite troops in the empire, you shouldn't hand him over to others, at least the Tiger Talisman is in your hands!"
Pei Renji smelled a hint of danger and decided to dissuade Yang Tong and let him take back the military power in Wang Shichong's hands, and since Yang Guang sent him over, he must have the intention of using him to help defend Luoyang, so even if Wang Shichong is abolished, it will not have much impact. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"This, but I have already handed over these two armies to General Wang!"
"Have you handed over the Tiger Talisman too?"
Pei Renji exclaimed, the elite troops of the Sui army, such as the Xiaoguo Army, Zhichong, Guoyi and the Tiger Ben Army, all have a tiger talisman, if you want to mobilize these troops, unless the emperor himself comes, otherwise you can only mobilize them by holding the emperor's token, that is, the tiger talisman of the troops, and Yang Guang has handed over the tiger talisman to Yang Dong before going south.
In order to prevent counterfeiting, these tiger talismans are divided into two pieces, one is in the hands of the emperor, and the other is in the hands of the four elite generals.
Among the four armies, the Xiaoguo army was by Yang Guang's side at this time, and was brought to Jiangdu by him, which was the most elite of the four armies, and Zhichong and Guoyi were taken to Tongguan by Li Hun after they suffered heavy casualties, and the current two armies were reconstituted, and their combat effectiveness was slightly insufficient, so they were left in Luoyang to assist Yang Tong in defending Luoyang, as for the Tiger Ben army, this army was mostly composed of border troops, and was formed by the fierce people in Fengzhou. Yang Guang handed over the Tiger Talisman to him.
Yang Tong nodded, "Just half a month ago, General Wang led the army to attack the Wei army camp, but unexpectedly the intelligence leaked, so that the Wei army was prepared, our army suffered heavy casualties, General Wang also blamed himself very much, and there was no suitable general in Luoyang City who could lead the troops to fight instead of General Wang, so I could only rely on General Wang, and because of General Wang's defeat, most of the troops in his hands were scattered, so I handed over the two armies of Zhichong and Guoyi to him!" ”
Yang Tong saw Pei Renji's serious expression, as if he had a sense of regret, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, although he was a child of the royal family, but because his father Yang Zhao died early, so their brothers have been very insecure since childhood, and after a long time, they don't have the kind of domineering temperament of the children of the nobility, Yang Yu Yang Yan still doesn't say, just talking about Yang Tong, he is very timid, Wang Shichong and Li Mi have fought and failed many times, but he has not punished Wang Shichong, but the more he loses, the better Yang Tong treats him, This also made Wang Shichong completely understand his temper, so he dared to intensify his efforts, if he met a monarch like Yang Guang, he was afraid that he would lend Wang Shichong a hundred guts, and he would not dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.
Yang Tong has a good temper, even in front of outsiders, he has no srest, so he will look very nervous at this time, and he will show it directly on his face.
"Your Highness did a mistake in this step, the so-called generals are not subject to the orders of the monarch outside, the main general of an army, they have a lot of autonomy, and now the heroes are advancing at the same time, Wang Shichong has no ambition in his heart, how much loyalty to the Great Sui, we don't know, and he has 70,000 troops in his hands, His Royal Highness only has 10,000 Yulin troops left, and Luoyang is the first city in the world, making the capital of the Great Sui, if Wang Shichong has a bad heart, he can lead the troops to force the city, control Luoyang, and then put His Royal Highness under house arrest, Then in the name of His Royal Highness to set up another court, and he himself is standing behind the scenes, acting as a behind-the-scenes operator, so that the interests of the Great Sui will be greatly damaged, His Royal Highness has thought about it, once Luoyang is lost, then the entire north of the Yangtze River, my Great Sui will no longer have a foothold, even if General Chen Ling defeated Xiao Milling of the Western Liang in the Hanshui area, he also has to give up the place he laid, shrink his forces to defend Yangzhou. ”
Yang Tong was timid, and when Pei Renji said this, he suddenly felt that the matter was very serious, and he was already panicked in his heart, and he hurriedly asked: "General Pei, I have created such a big disaster, what should I do?" ”
Bae In-gi looked left and right, made sure that there were no suspicious people, and after eavesdropping, he whispered in his ear.
Wang Shichong has been very depressed recently, he is still preparing for the spring offensive, but suddenly receives news that the reinforcements sent by the imperial court have arrived in Luoyang.
The imperial court sent reinforcements, which was originally a happy thing, the more troops from the imperial court, the stronger his Wang Shichong's strength would become, all the troops were actually made for him to make a wedding dress, but after he learned the details, he was not happy, the reason is that although the number of troops who came was not much, but it was a member of the Pei family, this person was Pei Renji, a heavy soldier in the former Shanhaiguan.
Wang Shichong doesn't know much about Pei Renji, but he knows a lot about Wenxi Pei's family, the Pei family is in a high position in the court at this time, in charge of Qiankun, Pei Li, Pei Ju, Pei Lian, etc. are all important ministers around Yang Guang, and the strength of Wenxi Pei's family is also very strong, and it is the largest family in Hedong except for the Guanlong nobles, so he is very jealous of this.
Originally, Yang Guang led the army south, although he did not clearly explain Wang Shichong to cooperate with Pei Ju north of the Yellow River, but he was a Sui general, and he was in trouble, so he should be rescued, but Wang Shichong deliberately gave up the control of the ferry along the Yellow River, so that the Li Tang army controlled all the ferries, and even the boats crossing the river were all in their hands, and what was even worse was that Li Shimin had a heavy army under Tongguantun, and Li Yuanji arranged a defensive line in Shanxi, which made Pei Ju's 100,000 Sui army completely become a lone army. After Qu Tutong's troops crossed the Yellow River, their retreat was completely cut off, and although the main reason for this situation was that the Sui army's own coordination was not done well, it was Yuwenshu who deliberately killed Pei Ju, but it also had a great relationship with him Wang Shichong, if he hadn't given up the ferry, then Pei Ju would not have been so passive.
Now that the people of the Pei family are here, although they were sent to help defend Luoyang, but Wang Shichong is sure that things will never be so simple, they must be here for Pei Ju's affairs, Pei Ju is an important force of the Pei family, the Pei family can't lose him, and he can't be captured by Li Tang's army, it is said that Li Yuan is very fond of the Pei family, in his opinion, he needs to be like Yang Guang, find a non-Guanlong force to counteract the influence of the Guanlong force on his court, but for the Pei family, this is a crisis, If Pei Ju was defeated and captured, and finally surrendered to Li Tang, then they would be very embarrassed on the side of the Great Sui. (To be continued.) )