Li Shenfu is mediocre, that only refers to the battlefield, and in the officialdom he is extremely shrewd, is a well-known officialdom tumbler, in the process of founding the country, his merits are far inferior to his brother Li Shentong, but his current title and official position are no less than his brother, and even in the reuse of the Son of Heaven, he also surpassed his brother Li Shentong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The fundamental reason is that he has superior vision, others either support Li Shimin, the king of Qin, or support the crown prince Li Jiancheng, but he tightly hugs the thigh of the son of heaven Li Yuan, he saw that the son of heaven and the prince had a contradiction in imperial power, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to sit in Taiyuan, and the first thing Li Shenfu did when he took office was to deprive Li Jiancheng's two confidants Wang Junkuo and Wang Bodang of their military power, and depose them to train recruits.

Although he offended the crown prince Li Jiancheng with this move, he was greatly appreciated by the Son of Heaven Li Yuan, rewarding five thousand hectares of land, ten thousand taels of gold, and crowning the crown prince Shaobao, this time he sat in Jiangxia, although he was not very willing, but he also knew that the Son of Heaven wanted to weaken the military power of the King of Qin, and the Son of Heaven grasped the surrender of Duan Decao, just to knock the King of Qin Li Shimin, so as to find an opportunity to weaken his military power.

Of course, Li Shenfu understands this kind of imperial thoughts, this is to balance power between the princes, weaken the military power of the crown prince in Taiyuan, and naturally weaken the military power of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, in Jiangxia, and at the same time strengthen the power of Li Yuanji, the king of Chu, and hand over the prince's external intelligence power, the internal surveillance power of the Qin king, and the military surveillance power to Li Yuanji, the king of Chu, which is relatively successful in forming a pattern of checks and balances between the three kings.

He knew that if the Son of Heaven was not at ease with Qu Tutong, he would send a prison army to Jiangxia, but now the Son of Heaven would transfer Qu Tutong back to the army, and he handed over Qu Tutong's army to himself, hoping that he would repeat the scene in Taiyuan.

Therefore, after Li Shenfu entered Jiangxia, he began to clean Qu Tutong's old department, which was actually the backbone of Li Shimin's army, and some famous generals under Qu Tutong such as Yin Kaishan, Changsun Shunde, Qin Qiong, Hou Junji, Wu Yunzhao and others were all transferred from the main force of the Jiangxia army, either transferred to the Xiangyang army, or assigned to the county leaders to maintain law and order, and all important positions in the army were occupied by Li Shenfu's henchmen.

At this time, Li Xiaogong sent someone to contact him, of course Li Shenfu knew what it meant, and he must have let himself go south to respond, but the main force of the Sui army had already entered Yongxing County, and it was obvious that he wanted to intercept Li Xiaogong's army.

Although Li Shenfu didn't want to see the person sent by Li Xiaogong, he also knew that it was not good not to see him, once Li Xiaogong grabbed the handle and sued himself in front of the Son of Heaven, wouldn't he be a wicked person in Jiangxia?

Li Shenfu had no choice but to say, "Let them in!" ”

After a while, two messengers hurriedly walked in, knelt down on one knee and said, "See the prince!" ”

"What did my nephew tell you to do?" Li Shenfu took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and they were quite dissatisfied in their hearts, this is a major event of 100,000 urgent military aircraft, and in the mouth of this prince, it seems to have become a trivial matter of housework.

The leader of the personal soldiers hurriedly said: "Lord Qiqi, our Royal Highness has led the army to cross Jiugong Mountain, but the food is seriously insufficient, and the troops are poor, His Royal Highness the King of Zhaojun implores the prince to send troops to respond." ”

Li Shenfu snorted lightly, "Isn't it a little funny that the Son of Heaven asked the army of the Eastern Expedition to support the defense of Jiangxia, but now it has become the Jiangxia army to support it?" ”

"Lord Wang, we are indeed here to support Jiangxia, but the main force of the Sui army has blocked Fushui, it is difficult for us to go north, and we can't carry baggage, and the military rations carried by the soldiers can't support us to go to Wuchang County, if the prince doesn't rescue us, I'm afraid we will be wiped out, I implore the prince to focus on the overall situation."

Li Shenfu hesitated for a while, and then Wang Jun, a staff member next to him, coughed lightly, Li Shenfu understood, and said, "You wait a minute, I'll come back when it's convenient." ”

Li Shenfu got up and went out, Wang Jun also followed, he followed Wang Ye into the next room, Li Shenfu asked, "What do you say?" ”

"Lord Wang, if you don't say anything, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Holy Lord to explain."

Li Shenfu nodded, "I also think so, I'm afraid that the Sui army will intercept it halfway." ”

"Lord Wang, isn't it good for the Sui army to intercept halfway?"

Li Shenfu suddenly came to his senses and said with a smile: "If it wasn't for Mr. reminding, I really didn't expect it." ”

Li Shenfu walked back, his attitude was immediately different, he said to the two soldiers with a smile on his face: "Xiaogong is my nephew, and we are ministers in the same palace, now he is in difficulty, how can I sit idly by, you go back and report to His Highness, just say that the old man will pour the army of Jiangxia to the rescue, and I will also break through the enemy blockade and deliver 50,000 stone of grain, I ask him to persevere to the end, and he is not allowed to give up lightly." ”

The two pro-soldiers were so excited that they knelt on the ground and cried: "Lord Wang's righteousness is thin and cloudy, we have been saved." ”

The two soldiers went back to deliver the letter, and Li Shenfu pondered for a long time and ordered: "Pass my order and carry 5,000 stone of grain to the ship!" ”

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After six days of arduous marching, the 90,000 Tang Army, after losing more than 5,000 people, finally walked out of the Jiugong Mountains and arrived in Jiangxia County.

At this time, it was lunch time, and Li Xiaogong saw that the scouts had not yet returned, so he ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, and tens of thousands of soldiers cheered and ran to a small river to drink water and rest.

At this time, the general Huang Junhan stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, there are at least fifty miles away from Fushui here, and it is best for us to rest here for two days." ”

Li Xiaogong understood what Huang Junhan meant, the army was too poor, and using such an army to confront the Sui army was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, he nodded and said, "Wait for the news of the scouts before deciding." ”

After a pause, Li Xiaogong remembered something important again and asked, "How many days can the brothers' food last?" ”

"I have repeatedly cared for everyone to save food, and I estimate that it will last for four days."

Speaking of this, Huang Junhan gritted his teeth and said: "The imperial court doesn't know the truth, it doesn't know the difficulty of crossing Jiugong Mountain, and it doesn't think that we can't carry baggage, and there will be big problems with food supply, so they just patted their heads and made a decision, let us support Jiangxia, do they think that going to Jiangxia is to take a carriage to visit the scenery?" ”

Li Xiaogong's face sank, "Don't talk about the imperial court!" ”

"The humble position is the truth, in fact, His Royal Highness's idea is completely correct, it is a wise move to retreat from Changsha County, the Sui army is false, the troops in Changsha and Jiangling are false, and the troops in Jiangxia are real, but the imperial court can't see this, we must support Jiangxia, but we just fell into the trap of the Sui army,

Li Xiaogong sighed, "We didn't expect that it would take six days to cross Jiugong Mountain, and at that time Orion told us that three days would be enough, but who knew that it would rain continuously!" Therefore, we can't blame the imperial court, the imperial court is considering the overall situation and wants to keep Jiangxia's iron ore, so it is indeed a clever strategy to let us withdraw from Jiangxia, but there is a problem in the specific action, and it can only be said that the will of heaven is so! ”

"I don't want to criticize the court, it's just.... It's just that we only have four days of military rations left, and our soldiers don't have ten days and a half of rest and recuperation, and they can't recover their strength at all. ”

"I know, don't say these words again, kill those mules to fill the army with food!"

Huang Junhan also knew that what he had just said was a bit excessive, and he no longer mentioned the mistakes of the imperial court, but turned his attention to the more than a thousand mules.

"Do you want to wait a few days before killing them? Wait for the last ......"

Li Xiaogong shook his head and said, "Look at how thin they have become, and in a few days, only bones will remain." ”

"I understand the lowly position, so let's arrange it."

Huang Junhan saluted and left in a hurry, but Li Xiaogong was extremely worried, there were only four days of food left, the key is that he has not yet taken countermeasures, close to 90,000 troops, killing a thousand mules can extend the day at most, what should he do if the food is eaten?

In fact, Li Xiaogong's heart is like a mirror, there is no problem at all with the decision of the Eastern Expedition army to aid Jiangxia in the north, the problem is Li Shenfu, how can he let the main force of the Sui army land in Jiangxia? He should do his best to fight a bloody battle with the Sui army to prevent the Sui army from landing in Jiangxia, and then wait for his reinforcements to arrive and join forces to defeat the Sui army, which is the original intention of His Royal Highness the King of Qin.

If Qu Tutong was still stationed in Jiangxia, he would definitely do it, but why did his third uncle watch the Sui army land in Jiangxia and not block it, Li Xiaogong was so hateful that he wanted to go crazy in his heart, if he hadn't counted on the support of the third uncle, he would have been impeached in the sky.

At this time, a team of scouts galloped over, and the leader of the scout captain turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

"Have you found out? How many troops did the Sui army have, and who would be the main general? ”

Li Xiaogong eagerly asked that this information was very important for his strategic response, and he was waiting for this information to arrive.

"The humble post has been found out, the Sui army has about seven to eighty thousand troops, and their main general is the Qi king Zhang Xuan himself, and the humble post has seen the royal flag above the military camp with his own eyes."

"Ahh

Hearing that it was Zhang Xuan who personally sat in Yongxing County, Li Xiaogong was stunned. (To be continued.) )