The Great Zhou Empire launched an attack on the Tang Dynasty on four fronts at the same time, and the entire battle situation was tense to the limit, and Sun Changle took advantage of the emptiness of Yan'an County to lead the army from Diaoyin County to the south and seize Yan'an County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

If the Tang Dynasty tightly sealed the news of the loss of the state, and later changed it to the Tang and Zhou dynasties were fighting for the state, most of the Tang Dynasty people did not know the truth about the state, but the loss of Yan'an County was too close to Guanzhong, and the Tang Dynasty could no longer cover up this serious event.

The Zhou army attacked Bingzhou, the Zhou army attacked Bashu, the Zhou army attacked Hexi, Yan'an County was lost, and Shangjun was in danger.

The price of rice skyrocketed, housing prices plummeted, and the price of these two items rose and fell completely disrupted the Chang'an market, prices rose sharply, commerce withered, and the most outrageous was the price of gold, on the black market, a tael of gold could even be exchanged for fifty yuan.

In the chaos and panic in Chang'an, Li Yuan had to secretly order his fourth son Li Yuanji to increase the control of speech again, and reinstated the 'suspicion order', thousands of Xuanwu Jingweizi began to patrol the streets of Chang'an, wantonly arresting suspicious people, extortion, and making trouble in the Great Wall, but the consequences of this were very obvious, a large number of Chang'an people began to leave the city and go to the countryside for refuge, and the army could not stop it, making Chang'an City gradually deserted.

Although the people in Chang'an City were panicked and the law and order were chaotic, but for Li Yuan, the Son of Heaven, he could not take care of the chaos under his feet, the four-line attack of the Zhou army made him panic, and a large number of main forces were put into the battlefield of Bingzhou, and he urgently ordered the 30,000 troops of Fufeng County to rush into Bashu to rescue, when he heard the news of the loss of Yan'an County, he found that his troops were insufficient, making him overstretched.

A large wooden board was erected in the middle of the imperial study, and a complete map of the Tang Dynasty territory was nailed to the board, on which the red flag represented the deployment of the Tang army, and the black flag represented the strength of the Zhou army.

"Your Majesty, don't be too anxious, before the all-out attack of the Zhou army, we were already in crisis on all sides, but now the crisis is only expanding, and it is not much different from before, as long as we deal with it properly, we can still restore the territory."

While comforting Li Yuan, Chen Shuda pointed to the map with a wooden pole and explained: "At present, we have invested 140,000 troops in Bingzhou, 10,000 each in Hangu Pass, Tongguan and Wuguan, and Dasanguan, Bashu has increased its troops to 40,000, Longyou, Hexi and Hehuang have 30,000 troops, Beidi, Honghua, Anding, Pingliang and Shangjun have 5,000 troops each, plus 20,000 imperial forest troops in Chang'an and 5,000 Xuanwu Jingwei, a total of 300,000 troops, this is our entire strength.

Now although Yan'an County is lost, but after all, there are still 5,000 defenders in Shangjun, and the Zhou army can't capture it for a while, we can concentrate the 15,000 troops of Beidi County, Pingliang County and Anding County in Shangjun, although these three counties have no garrisons, but across Shangjun and Honghua County, the Zhou army can't attack it.

In fact, if the counteroffensive is effective, we can not only recover Yan'an County, but even capture Diaoyin County and even Hetao, Zhang Xuan's biggest problem is to stretch the battle line too long, which may not be a good thing for him, as long as the Tang army breaks through, the Zhou army may face the danger of rout on the whole front. ”

Liu Wenjing also said: "Now it is basically certain that the Zhou army will not carry out the decisive battle of the state so soon, they are going to drag the Tang army in the state, and it is difficult for us to withdraw the army in Taiyuan, but we can withdraw the 60,000 troops in Hedong County, as long as we divide the 20,000 troops to defend the Pujin Pass, then there will be 40,000 troops, and these 40,000 troops can turn the situation around whether they are thrown into Hexi or Bashu, so Weichen has repeatedly advised His Majesty to temporarily give up the fight for Hedong County, and this is the reason. ”

If Chen Shuda's words brought a little comfort to Li Yuan, then Liu Wenjing's exhortation made Li Yuan disgusted, he stood up and said viciously: "Yan'an County is lost, at least there is a buffer in Shangjun, Hedong County is lost, and a small Pujin Pass can block the enemy's 100,000 army attack?" I've fought too, I'm not an idiot! ”

Liu Wenjing was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, Li Yuan took two steps with his hand, he saw that Li Shentong was making a look at him, and his face suddenly sank and said: "If you have anything to say, just say it, whether it is reasonable or not, I will make the decision!" ”

Li Shentong took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Extraordinary measures should be used in extraordinary times, Guanlong is not without an army, the key is to see if His Majesty can make this determination." ”

Li Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he suddenly woke up, "Second brother refers to Zhuang Ding?" ”

Li Shentong nodded, "Your Majesty, the minister is not only referring to Zhuang Ding, the minister heard Yuan Ji say that there are countless money and grain hoarded in many large estates, and even the grain is spoiled, and the money is rotten, but he refuses to take it out to help the army and share the worries for His Majesty." ”

Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda glanced at each other, the two of them were horrified in their eyes, they knew that the saint was going to attack the Guanlong nobles again, this time not only money and food resources, but also human resources, that is, the self-defense army cultivated by the Guanlong nobles themselves, nominally called Zhuang Ding, but the training and equipment were not worse than the Tang army, and the saint moved this army at this juncture, and the consequences were unimaginable.

But the two didn't dare to persuade again, they knew in their hearts that the saint had already spoken before just now, and Li Shentong dared to say in front of them that if they persuaded the saint again at this time, they would be killed.

The two of them were in a hurry, but they didn't know what to do, at this time, Li Yuan glanced at them and said lightly: "I want to think about it alone, you all retreat!" ”

The three of them saluted and slowly retreated, Li Shentong smiled and Chen Shuda said a few words, but he didn't look at Liu Wenjing, he snorted and walked away, just now Liu Wenjing persuaded the Son of Heaven to withdraw from Hedong County, which also annoyed him.

Chen Shuda said to Liu Wenjing worriedly: "Liu Xiangguo, what can I do now?" If the saint violates the bottom line of the Guanlong nobles, I am very worried that there will be chaos in Guanzhong. ”

Liu Wenjing also sighed and said: "It's difficult to persuade the saint now, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or King Qin are in Chang'an, it's easy to do it, but they are not there, hey!" Now I don't know what to do? ”

There was nothing they could do, and they could only hope that the saint himself would figure out the seriousness of this matter and not make a big deal happen on impulse.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan paced back and forth alone, the second brother Li Shentong said about Zhuang Ding, of course, he didn't just hear about it, this was a compromise he reached with the Guanlong nobles in order to enter the Guanzhong, just like Yang Jian promised the Guanlong nobles to continue to keep their own tribes in order to seize the throne, and the Guanlong nobles can also keep their own Zhuang Ding.

These Zhuang Ding were recruited by the Guanlong nobles in order to deal with the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, adding up to tens of thousands of people, well-trained, very well-equipped, exactly the same as the Xiaoguo army, this army has always been a stinger in Li Yuan's heart, although they are relatively scattered, once concentrated, it is enough to change the country.

Li Yuan didn't want to recruit this army to fight for him, he knew that these Guanlong nobles would not work for him, they only cared about their own interests.

But what Li Yuan was most worried about was whether this army would launch a mutiny when Guanzhong was empty, especially after the six major Guanlong nobles collectively visited Wei Yunqi, Li Yuan was very worried that they would cooperate with Zhang Xuan and dedicate Guanzhong to Zhang Xuan, just as they betrayed Yang Yu, the acting king, and dedicated Guanzhong to themselves.

Li Shentong reminded him just now, and he suddenly remembered the existence of this invisible army, he could tolerate the existence of this army before, but now that the world is in crisis, this army on the side of the bed that is not under his control makes Li Yuan really a little restless.

Li Yuan finally made up his mind to pull out the army with a huge threat lurking around him at all costs, even if it caused turmoil in the government and the opposition in the short term, he did not hesitate to do so.

Of course, Li Yuan also knew that it would not be possible to force the Guanlong nobles in a hurry, he had to take a safe measure, it was best to test the Guanlong nobles first, see their reactions, and then make a move.

Just as he was thinking about it, a eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has arrived." ”

"Announce him in!"

After a while, Li Yuanji hurriedly walked into the imperial study, and he knelt down and saluted: "Sons and daughters see their father!" ”

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Yuanji stood with his hands down, a little nervous in his heart, he didn't know what his father was looking for him? Is it because a large number of Chang'an people have to question themselves about leaving the city?

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and asked Li Yuanji, "How is the situation on the streets of Chang'an?" ”

"Back to my father, after several days of hard work, Erchen strictly investigated rumors and cracked down on profiteers, the chaos in Chang'an has been stopped, Erchen has arrested hundreds of people who spread rumors, judging from their confessions, they should have been instructed by the same people, and Erchen suspects that it is the Chang'an Intelligence Agency."

"Have you caught the Chang'an Intelligence Agency?" Li Yuan asked.

Li Yuanji hesitated for a moment and said: "Erchen is trying his best to track down the whereabouts of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, perhaps because the wind is too tight, they have already evacuated Chang'an City......."

"It's useless!"

Li Yuan snorted extremely angrily, and reprimanded angrily: "I almost caught them in the Yu Yun incident last time, but they escaped, and this time they escaped again, how long will it take for them to make waves in Chang'an, and you can give me a satisfactory answer." ”

Li Yuanji lowered his head and whispered: "Erchen will continue to increase the arrest efforts, and he will definitely give his father a satisfactory explanation." ”

"Alright! I'll just wait a few more days, but you have to hurry. ”

"Erchen understands!"

Li Yuan was still quite satisfied with his son's attitude, so he changed the topic and said, "I brought you here today, because there is another important thing for you to do." (To be continued.) )