40,000 Sui troops marched westward along the Hanshui River valley, passing through lofty mountains and mountains along the way, and marching westward, this Sui army consisted of 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, and was first reorganized by Liu Wuzhou and Dou Jiande's surrendered army.

Later, it was broken up and reorganized several times, especially in Hanoi County, after Yang Yuyuan Qing's strong rectification of military discipline, after the Great War, this Sui army was gradually built into an elite army.

The 40,000 Sui army was huge, and along the way, Fangling County and Xicheng County surrendered, and finally the army was stationed west of Ankang County at the junction of Xicheng County and Hanchuan County.

The Sui army garrison is a vast valley more than 30 miles long and more than 10 miles wide, a tributary of the Han River, the Yuehe River, flows through the valley, the river is very shallow, the deepest is only the waist of the people, it is clear to the bottom, and the 40,000 troops are stationed on both sides of the Yue River.

At noon, the scorching sun in Heyu, although it was only the middle of spring, it was already hot and unbearable, the soldiers were hiding in the big tent to rest, recuperating, waiting for the order to set off, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Shiji was discussing the military situation with the deputy general Gao Zikai and the marching Sima Yao Jindong.

According to the order given to them by Yang Yuyuan Yuanqing, Hanzhong must be taken before 20 April, and the retreat of the Tang army of Bashu to the north and the retreat of the Tang army of Guanzhong to the south must be cut off.

Although there is plenty of time, Xu Shiji does not dare to be careless, he knows that Luo Yi is a general who is good at leading troops to fight, and there are nearly 20,000 soldiers, and when the decisive battle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is coming, once the enemy is defeated, it will bring serious consequences to the entire battle situation, at that time, not only his Guogong can't get it, but he can't even save his life.

"This time we took Hanzhong, there are still seventeen days before the time stipulated by His Highness, and there is plenty of time, but the city of Nanzheng County is tall and strong, and there are 20,000 troops under the command of Luo Yi to defend it, and it is not easy to capture it.

On the table in front of Xu Shiji was a map, which was a topographic map of the entire Hanzhong, and they had no sand table, so they could only rely on this topographic map to deploy and fight.

Gao Zi next to him frowned and said, "Didn't the manager tell me?" In this case, I think don't think about attacking the city first, we don't have heavy siege weapons, if we forcibly attack the city, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, we have spent a lot of effort to train the cavalry, let them go to the siege, it's a pity, it's better to think of other ways to lead the Tang army out of the city. ”

Marching Sima Yao Jindong also smiled: "General Gao said well, go to the army to fight, in fact, there is a second sentence, called the second war, now the Sui Dynasty has won its nine, the Tang Dynasty has gone, I think Luo Yi is not a person who admits death, it is better for us to send a messenger to persuade him to surrender, if he is unwilling to surrender, we will trap him in the city, on the other hand, the Sui army cut off the road to the north of Bashu and forced Hei Yi to go out of the city to rescue, what does the chief think?" ”

"Good plan!"

Gao Zikai praised loudly, Yao Jindong's plan to force the Tang army to go out of the city to rescue him was on his heart, and he hurriedly added: "In fact, the Meridian Road, Fu Luo Road, Bao Chuan Road and Chen Cang Road, etc., are all leading to Hanzhong Nanzheng, I heard that these key passes are guarded by the Tang army, so we simply pulled out these defenders one by one and replaced them with our army, as well as the Jiange Road, Micang Road and Yangba Road in the south, we also captured it and changed it to the Sui army, so that Nanzheng City actually lost its strategic significance, even if Luo Yi did not surrender, It is also difficult for him to hold on to the lonely city, and he will inevitably go out of the city to seize the road, isn't it in our hands. ”

Xu Shiji pondered and was silent, in fact, he heard that Li Wuji, the king of Qi, was also in Hanzhong, and he didn't know if the news was true, if the news was true, the situation would change.

At this moment, a report from the pro-soldiers came from outside the tent, "Chief Qiyu, Nanzheng scout has returned, and there is an urgent intelligence report." ”

Xu Shiqiang was overjoyed, and it happened to be the right time, and he ordered repeatedly: "Quickly order the strange waiter to come in!" ”

After a while, a short and fat merchant was brought in, this person is called Wang Ji, a native of Hanzhong, who surrendered to the Sui army in the Battle of Jiangling and was selected as a scout, this person is short and fat, with a pair of flexible small eyes, and he is forty years old, plus he is a local, no one will think that he is a Sui army scout.

Although this scout named Wang Ji was short and fat, he was very shrewd and full of the appearance of a merchant, and he stepped forward and knelt down on one knee: "Humble to meet the governor!" ”

Xu Shiji waved his hand and smiled: "What news can you tell me?" ”

"Back to the commander, the Tang army has 17,000 garrisons in Nanzheng City, in addition to the 10,000 garrisons that are Hanzhong's own army, the other 7,000 people are defeated from Jiangling and return to the ......."

"Gangneung retreated?"

Xu Shiji pondered and asked, "Is Chai Shao in the city?" ”

"Chief Qiqi, Chai Shao is not in Nanzheng and has returned to Chang'an, but Li Wuji, the king of Qi, is in Nanzheng and has robbed Luo Yi of military power."

Sure enough, Li Wuji was in the city, and Xu Shiji hurriedly asked: "Why do you use the word robbery, isn't Luo Yi willing to hand over power?" ”

Wang Ji bowed down and said: "There is a cousin who is under Luo Yi to participate in the military, I heard him say that Luo Yi refused to hand over power, and was almost killed by the King of Qi, and finally was forced to hand over power. ”

Xu Shiji and marching Sima Yao Jindong glanced at each other, and the two of them had an intuition at the same time, and there was an opportunity in it.

Xu Shiji asked him again: "Then is your cousin still in the army?" ”

"Back to the general manager, he is still a civilian official in the army, there are not many people in the hands of King Qi, in addition to seizing the power of Luo Yi, the other officers only have a dozen Luo Yi's henchmen who have been replaced, and the rest have not changed, my cousin is willing to serve the Great Sui."

"Good!"

Xu Shiji nodded approvingly, "I will send an envoy to Nanzheng with you, and your cousin will introduce Luo Yi, after the matter is completed, I will promote your cousin to the Sima of Hanchuan County, and I will also give you a heavy reward." ”

Wang Ji was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I am willing to serve the chief manager." ”

Xu Shiji gave Yao Jindong a few words of instructions and asked him to arrange this matter, Yao Jindong led the scout Wang Ji down, and then Xu Shiji said to Gao Zi: "You can lead 10,000 people to clear the garrisons of the three passes of Jiange Road, Micang Road and Yangba Road in the south, and occupy these three passes." ”

"Obey the order!"

Gao Zikai hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Then will the Tang army sweep away the four passes in the north together?" ”

Xu Shiji nodded, "The Tang army stationed in it can be swept away, but the Sui army does not need to garrison troops, and the northern road is given to the Tang army, and we only take care of the southern pass." ”

"I understand my humble duties, and immediately send troops."

Gao Zi took the order to leave, and in the afternoon of the same day, Xu Shiji led the remaining 30,000 Sui troops to pull out the camp and go south to Zheng Hao.

……

Luo Yi decided to surrender to the Tang Dynasty that year, a very important reason was that he wanted to regain his own strength in the Tang Dynasty, and could even participate in the struggle for the world.

Luo Yi's greatest hope is that he can lead the army to defend Bashu, so that he can defend Bashu and stand on his own, if Bashu is not good, then Hehuang and Hexi are places that can stand on their own, but Li Yuan is very strict with his foreign ministers and does not give him the slightest chance to guard Bashu.

And Hehuang and Hexi are the spheres of influence of Li Shimin and Li Shentong, and Tai Yan Zi can't get in, and finally Luo Yi was appointed as the commander of Tongguan, and the area east of Guanzhong is Tai Yanzi's sphere of influence.

Unexpectedly, in a Central Plains War, Li Shimin took the opportunity to seize his military power in Tongguan, but fortunately, Tai Yanzi exerted his strength, so that he was able to lead 10,000 troops to defend Hanzhong, and was named the governor of Hanzhong.

However, although Li Jiancheng, the princess, reused him, he also took precautions against him, leaving his eldest son Luo Cheng in the East Palace as a general, nominally valuing Luo Cheng, but in fact he was a hostage.

In the study, Luo Yi paced back and forth with a heavy heart, since the day before yesterday, he was robbed of military power by Li Wuji, the king of Qi, in a very domineering way, under the strong pressure of the king of Qi, no one under his command dared to resist, so that Luo Yi had to give in, as long as he disobeyed a little, Li Wuji would not hesitate to kill him.

At this time, Luo Bo's heart was in chaos, the Sui army was in the east, the king of Qi seized power, and the decisive battle between the Sui and Tang dynasties was about to start, where should he Luo Yi go?

He did not have any loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, since the Tang Dynasty, he had the heart of supporting the army and standing on his own, but he never had this opportunity, but when he was able to support the army in Hanzhong, the general trend of the world has gradually become clear, and he has no future if he wants to support the army and stand on his own, but it is a dead end.

As the situation in the south became more and more unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty, Luo Yi's self-reliance in the use of troops had completely disappeared, and at this time he was troubled and didn't know what to do?

The door opened, and the second son, Luo Xin, who was only twenty-four years old this year, followed his father after his brother Luo Cheng entered the East Palace as an official.

Luo Xin is different from his brother Luo Cheng, he is a civil official, he once worshipped Wen Yanbo as a teacher, and later entered the Lu family to study, he is very knowledgeable, and is currently a bookkeeper under his father's account to join the army, in charge of clerical information, but with Li Wuji's seizure of power, he also lost his official.

"Father, can you say a few words?"

Luo Yi nodded, "Sit down!" ”

Luo Xin didn't dare to sit down, he waited for his father to sit down, and then he stood beside him with his hands down, and frowned: "Father, the child has been thinking about it for the past two days, is it the power of the king of Qi to seize his father's power?" ”

Luo Yi shook his head, "King Qi is just Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who took away the military power of Bashu, and with the strict order of his father, he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to give up the military power of Bashu and return to Chang'an, but he was unwilling, so he took away my military power, which should have nothing to do with the prince." ”

"But it's clear that my father is the son of a princess, and Li Wuji still wants to take the power of his father, what is this?"

Luo Yi sneered, "Li Wuji just does what he wants, there is no reason to speak of, does he have less sleeves?" Fleeing before the battle in Taiyuan, resulting in the loss of Taiyuan, Yang Yuanqing was able to rise in Hedong, and robbed the general's concubine in Tongguan, which led to the internal division of the Tang army, and Li Xiaogong returned in a fiasco. ”

Luo Xin gritted his teeth and said, "Father, the Tang Dynasty is so ruthless and unjust, why do we still work for it?" It's better to follow the trend and surrender to the Sui Dynasty! (To be continued)

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