Several soldiers invited merit and generally carried a raft to Li Shimin, "Your Highness, this is the raft!" ”

Li Shimin walked to the raft and looked at the raft carefully, only to see that it was very crudely made, tied with freshly cut trees, Li Shimin smiled at the generals behind him: "Zhang Xuan boasts that he is the best in the world, if he sees his men tied such a rough raft, I don't know how he will feel?" ”

Everyone laughed, and the eldest grandson Wuji bowed down and said: "It should be that the Sui army and navy have all gone south, and the ships of the northern counties have been transferred to Jiangdu, and the humble post has just gotten the information, there are no Sui ships from Pujin Pass to the south, Your Highness, this is our chance to attack!" ”

Li Shimin nodded, as soon as he knew the autumn, it could be seen from a small raft that the Sui army was not fully prepared, at least their naval army did not arrive in Hedong City in time, Li Shimin lifted his spirits and ordered: "Pass my order, the army will start to cross the river!" ”

The order was issued, more than 100 medium-sized ships began to dock at the temporary wharf of the trestle, and the first batch of 5,000 soldiers, under the leadership of General Liu Hongji, boarded the ships one after another.

Wei Chigong stood on the bank of the Yellow River, watching the Tang Army warships set off with the first batch of soldiers, beside him, Fang Xuanling gently shook the feather fan and said with a smile: "It seems that those rafts have worked, they really think that the Sui Army Sailor is not in Hedong City." ”

"Strategist, can I give an order?" Wei Chigong asked.

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Since the other party has already set off, then we can also act." ”

Wei Chigong immediately turned around and ordered: "Order the city to raise fire!" ”

Not long after, a beacon fire ignited on the head of Hedong City, thick smoke billowed into the sky, and Wei Chigong and Fang Xuanling also retreated eastward.

Hedong City is only one mile away from the Yellow River, the terrain on both sides of this area is flat, it is an excellent place to cross the river, the Tang army ships thought that they would be attacked by the strong counterattack of the Sui army on the shore, but when the ships docked one after another, the Tang soldiers unexpectedly found that there was not a single soldier of the Sui army on the river bank.

The leader of the general, Liu Hongji, was also stunned, first Pujin Pass set up an empty city, and then there was no defense on the east bank of the Yellow River, what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Sui army? Could it really be that someone said before that the Sui army had laid down an empty city plan in Pujin Pass and Hedong City.

Liu Hongji looked back at the trestle bridge, only to see that the trestle was full of Tang Army soldiers who were preparing to cross the river for the second batch, Liu Hongji was puzzled, but the situation in front of him did not allow him to think about it anymore, he immediately ordered: "Land!" ”

One ship after another began to dock, and groups of soldiers rushed off the big boat, quickly assembled in the open area, and then the big ship turned around and headed for the trestle again.

Li Shimin frowned, staring at the billowing black smoke in Hedong City, which obviously lit the beacon fire, so, who is Hedong City notifying?

And Li Shimin also found that there was no Sui army defense on the riverbank, which is obviously very unreasonable, the Sui army can deploy dozens of trebuchets on the shore and overturn dozens of troop carriers, not only to hit the enemy's morale, but also to weaken the enemy's siege, such a simple reason Li Shimin did not believe that the other party could not think of it, the other party is a fierce general Wei Chi Gong who is famous for his defense!

So why didn't the Sui army deploy defenses on the banks of the river? Could it be that they want to lead the Tang army ashore and annihilate it in one fell swoop, but the Tang army will have a steady stream of armies ashore, and what will the Sui army do to stop this?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin instinctively looked to the north, his eyes widened, and he saw hundreds of Sui warships appear on the river in the north, their sails hung up, and they sailed towards the trestle along the wind and water.

At the moment of lightning, Li Shimin suddenly woke up to the fact that he had been tricked, and the other party's use of a raft to carry fire was not to burn the pontoon bridge at all, but to make him believe that the Sui army sailor was not in Hedong City.

At this time, not only Li Shimin saw the Sui warships, but the other Tang troops also saw the Sui ships that were speeding away, and the more than 10,000 Tang soldiers on the trestle were so frightened that they shouted and screamed.

Li Shimin grabbed the eldest grandson Wuji and ran to the shore, dozens of fierce soldiers in front of the road, constantly pushing the Tang soldiers down the Yellow River, at this time, the Tang soldiers on the pontoon bridge finally reacted, they cried and ran to the shore to retreat, you push me, trample on each other, and there are constantly soldiers screaming and falling down the Yellow River.

At this time, two warships of 3,000 stone rushed towards the trestle, only to hear 'Boom! Rumble! There were two loud bangs, and the three-mile-long trestle was smashed into three pieces, and the Tang soldiers fell into the water one after another, and there was a scream on the trestle and in the water.

At this time, another huge ship of 3,000 stones crashed into the temporary wharf, the wharf collapsed instantly, only to see broken wood flying wildly, hundreds of Tang soldiers screamed and fell into the water, and the rest of the warships began to encircle and suppress the hundred medium-sized cargo ships that were ready to carry the second batch of Tang troops, and one after another cargo ships were knocked over and sunk, and the river became a place for the Sui army's sailors to show off their might.

At the same time, Wei Chigong led an army of 20,000 to besiege the first batch of 5,000 Tang troops who came ashore, and they surrounded the Tang army from all sides, with drums beating like thunder and shouts of killing shaking the sky

Li Shimin had fled ashore, desperately looking at the Sui warships that were rampaging on the river, countless soldiers fell into the surging Yellow River and were no longer to be found, and on the last section of the trestle that had not yet been crashed, thousands of Tang soldiers were crying in despair, their trestle was broken in front and back, and they had no way to retreat.

At this time, two big ships collided head-on, the last section of the trestle was smashed to pieces, more than 1,000 soldiers fell into the water with a scream, Li Shimin fell to his knees and smashed his fist into the dirt, he clenched his fists and cried helplessly.

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At night, the 800-mile emergency military report rushed into Chang'an City, and the emergency military report was sent directly to the palace.

In the harem, Li Yuan is sitting with a group of concubines, drinking and having fun, while watching the dancing of the dancing queen, ascending the throne as the emperor, Li Yuan's lustful side is vividly exposed, in just over a year, there are many concubines pregnant, drinking, embracing beauty, listening to songs and dancing has become Li Yuan's biggest hobby, he threw the general government affairs to the crown prince Li Jiancheng, only major military affairs he will ask.

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly walked into the main hall and whispered a few words in Li Yuan's ear, Li Yuan smiled and said, "Where is the military report?" Show it to me! ”

Another eunuch trotted in, knelt down and presented the emergency military report to Li Yuan, Li Yuan drank and shook the general report with one hand, but he only looked at a few lines, and it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the wine glass in his hand was 'Dang'! 'Landing.

Li Yuan was stunned, more than 4,000 people died in the Yellow River, the general Liu Hongji and 5,000 soldiers were captured, and the Sui army's naval division had completely cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Bingzhou.

"Your Majesty can't even hold a wine glass steadily, you should be punished with a glass of wine!"

A beauty had no eyes, smiled and brought wine to Li Yuan, Li Yuan was upset, knocked the beauty over with a slap, and shouted angrily: "Drag it down, beat a hundred sticks!" ”

All the concubines were frightened, the sound of silk and bamboo suddenly stopped, the dancers were a little at a loss, Li Yuan snorted heavily, got up and walked outside the hall

After a while, Li Jiancheng, Chen Shubao, Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing all hurried to the imperial study, Li Yuan paced back and forth in the study with his hands in his hands, everyone stood aside, no one dared to speak, Li Yuan sighed, and said to everyone: "Although it is not good to cross the river, but at least Pujin Pass has been recaptured, and I can finally sleep peacefully." ”

As soon as Li Yuan's words came out, everyone immediately understood that the Son of Heaven did not want to punish the King of Qin for crossing the river, Pei Lin reacted very quickly, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, since the Sui army has 20,000 people, even if we cross the river to attack the city, our 30,000 troops will definitely not be able to capture the city, but the losses will be even more heavy, from this point of view, it is not necessarily a bad thing to stop at the west bank of the river." ”

Liu Wenjing next to him despised Pei Lian's casual echo, but he also knew the mood of the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't anger the Son of Heaven at this time, so he said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, it seems that we must set up a ferry in Yan'an County, otherwise, we will not be able to contact Taiyuan." ”

How shrewd Li Yuan was, he immediately heard that Liu Wenjing was euphemistically accusing Pei Lin of 'stopping at the West Bank', Li Yuan was really uncomfortable in his heart, this Liu Wenjing would only sprinkle salt on people's wounds.

Li Jiancheng saw his father's dissatisfaction, and he hurriedly played a round for Liu Wenjing and said: "Liu Xiangguo doesn't have to worry about our connection with Bingzhou, the Yellow River freezes in winter, we can directly walk across the Yellow River, and as long as the negotiation is done properly, the Sui army will still withdraw from Hedong City, Liu Xiangguo is too worried." ”

Pei Lin sneered in his heart, but his face was full of praise, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Gao Jian, it is true that in two months, the Yellow River will freeze, and the traffic on the Yellow River will not be a problem, but if we want to return to Hedong through negotiations, I am afraid that the price we need to pay will not be the conditions proposed by the Sui army before." ”

Li Jiancheng said lightly: "There is no way, at the beginning, Pei Xiangguo strongly demanded to recapture Pujin Pass and Hedong City by force, didn't he think of what to do if he failed?" ”

Pei Lian's face suddenly showed embarrassment, and he smiled bitterly for a while: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is serious, at that time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were full of righteous indignation!" ”

"But not all of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces are Xiangguo."

"Alright, it's done!"

Li Yuan stopped the eldest son's ridicule in time, and he said slowly: "We really need to face the reality, what I mean is to take Hedong City back first, and then recapture Shangdang County and Changping County later!" Don't be stubborn when it's time to show weakness, you'll only lose more. (To be continued.) )