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The Western Liang army captured Taiyuan, destroyed Jiahu Fort, broke Huoyi, and in the gentle spring breeze, the iron cavalry was sonorous and marched south. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Buyi sat in the Chinese army, and Wei Chi Gong commanded the army, and went down the Fen River to Taiping Pass.

Taiping Pass is the northernmost part of Jiangxian County, which is the southern exit of the narrow Sparrow Valley, and has always been an important place to travel in Shanxi.

When the Fenshui flows down from the north to the south to Jiangjun, it flows horizontally into the Yellow River to the west, and divides into a river to the east, which is the muddy water.

After crossing the Fenshui and Hushui to the south, there is another stream of water flowing from the northeast to the southwest, passing through Jiangjun to the east of the river, and flowing into the Yellow River.

The water is not deep, and it is like muddy water.

Taiping Pass is actually not very peaceful. When Li Yuan went south, he crossed the Taiping Pass to Longmen, crossed the Yellow River and ran to the pass. When Liu Wuzhou went south, he also broke the Taiping Pass and went to Jiang County, and then moved to Hedong County. After the war, the Taiping Pass has been flawless to repair, has been dilapidated, broken walls, and full of desolation.

Xiao Buyi and Wei Chigong joined forces again, and after the collapse of Jiahu Fort, they destroyed the city wall of Huoyi. Xiao Buyi easily broke Huo Yi and took advantage of the situation to cover up for hundreds of miles, and then encountered no resistance. Although the southward movement was smooth, Xiao Buyi did not have the slightest sense of complacency, looking at the decline of Taiping Pass, Xiao Buyi said: "General Wei Chi, I remember that you once attacked Xia County and Anyi in the northeast of Hedong County?" ”

Wei Chigong nodded and said, "King Xiliang has a good memory. However, at that time, there was a shortage of food and grass in the army, and Mayi and Yanmen were invaded by the Turks, so the Liu family soldiers were panicked, and they all wanted to return to the north, which led to failure. ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "If Liu Wuzhou succeeded at that time, I don't know what will happen in the future?" ”

Wei Chigong smiled bitterly: "Even if you take Hedong, it will be difficult to capture Guanzhong." Liu Wuzhou is not benevolent, he is not enough to accomplish things, and he is not even as good as Li Yuan. The implication is that it is not as good as Xiao Buyi.

"If Liu Wuzhou can take Guanzhong, we don't have to work so hard now." Xiao Buyi said: "In fact, the benevolent government implemented by Li Yuan is almost the same as mine. His foundation was very strong......

"In the past, Li Yuan's foundation was solid, but now, he lured the wolf into the house, colluded with the Turkic Liaodong, and made a lot of complaints, the Taiyuan mutiny is a harbinger, as long as the king of Western Liang can still win as steadily as before, it is a matter of time before he takes Guanzhong."

Xiao Buyi smiled, not knowing how to say it. Now he is extremely close to success, but on the contrary, he is confused, and does not know how to explain this phenomenon of time and space. Shaking his head and not thinking about it anymore, Xiao Buyi looked into the distance and said: "Go south from Taiping Pass, and soon we will reach Qiaoshan, and then we have Li Jiancheng in the west and Li Shimin in the east......"

"If we attack Li Jiancheng, of course Li Shimin will help, and vice versa." Wei Chi Gong said: "But you have to divide your troops to resist it, and you have to fall into endless attrition." ”

"They want us like that, and that's the only way they can win." Xiao Buyi said: "We take advantage of the spring to send troops, if we wait until summer and autumn, it will be rainy and rainy, if we can't get through the connection between Jiangjun and Changping, all the grain and straw will have to travel a long distance to transport, and the situation is extremely unfavorable." ”

"So one of the things that is very important for us at the moment is to open up the grain road first, and then we can stalemate and confront." Wei Chi said respectfully.

Xiao Buyi was silent for a long time, "It's not easy to open up the grain road, but most of the Tang army's forces are concentrated in Baibi, Yicheng, Qinshui and Shangdang, forming a defense line from west to east and then to northeast, Hedong County's troops are empty, but even so, it is not easy to deal with Hedong." After thinking for a long time, he smiled and said, "Fortunately, we still have General Li." ”

Wei Chigong said with a smile: "Yes, if General Li's strategy is feasible, don't say that the grain route is opened, even if it is to kill the main force of the Tang Army, it will not be a problem." General Lee's brilliant ideas are beyond my reach. ”

Xiao Buyi suddenly asked a very strange question at this time, "According to the news, it will take us a while before we can prepare the ships we need." ”

Wei Chigong was not surprised, nodded and said, "When General Xu is fighting, he should be preparing ships at the same time. ”

Xiao Buyi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Then in addition to waiting for the successor army and making sufficient preparations, we also have to make a show for the Tang army." General Wei Chi, Li Jiancheng who attacked Baibi and Li Shimin who attacked Yicheng I don't know what you think? ”

Wei Chi replied: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

The Western Liang army went out of the Taiping Pass, the soldiers pressed on it, and the soldiers were divided into two roads, first in a camp on the west bank of Fenshui, and Li Jiancheng Baibi army confronted, and then at the intersection of Fenshui and Hushui.

Wei Chigong sent troops to fight, and Li Jiancheng saw that the Western Liang army had arrived, but he could not hold out.

When Liu Wuzhou went south, Baibi had a deep ditch and a high base, and now the Tang army has strengthened the defense, which can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wei Chigong was just bluffing, suppressing the Tang Army's dispatch and not rushing to attack, and refused to make a loss-making deal.

Li Jiancheng responds to all changes with the same, behind him is Longmen, near the Yellow River crossing, and then there is the land of Guanzhong, with Li Yuan's support, there is no need to be afraid of the Western Liang army, you must know that Li Shimin also dealt with Liu Wuzhou in the same way. But of course, Li Jiancheng also had some doubts, that is, the way of the Xiliang Army was very strange. According to his idea, the Western Liang army would go down to confront the Tang army in the places near Baibi and near Yicheng respectively, as long as there was a stalemate, everything would develop as expected. But in this way, it is said that the horns are not the layout of the horns, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Xiliang Army? Although Li Jiancheng was not surprised, he just hoped that Li Shimin would be like him and stick to it.

Li Shimin is also confused like Li Jiancheng.

It was Xiao Buyi's department that attacked Yicheng, and when he saw the banner of the word 'Xiao' waving in the wind, Li Shimin felt an indescribable pain in his heart.

He personally led his men out of Yicheng, camped beside the muddy water, and formed a corner with Yicheng, and when he saw Xiao Buyi personally attacking, he wanted to fight with him again. But reason told him that Tang Jun could no longer afford to lose, and he could not afford to lose either!

Tang generals looked at King Qin, and when he decided, Li Shimin saw Xiao Buyi with more than a dozen fierce generals, and hundreds of guards pointing and pointing in front of the camp, talking and laughing, and finally resisted the urge to rush out for a decisive battle, and shouted: "Those who are not allowed to go out without permission will be killed!" ”

This sentence was said once when he faced off against Liu Wuzhou, and Li Shimin hopes that it will be effective this time!

The Tang army couldn't hold out, and Xiao Buyi had no way to fight in every way, and he even followed the example of the ancients and sent a set of women's clothes to Tang Ying, but it was still to no avail. The armies of both sides held out for more than a month, and during this period, the army of Xiliang continued to kill from the Bird Mouse Valley to Jiangjun.

From west to east, from north to south, Jiangxian was already full of the armies of Western Liang and Li Tang.

The Western Liang Army challenged several times, but Li Tang avoided fighting, and the Western Liang Army no longer took the initiative to attack, but only divided the troops left and right along the Fenshui line. If it is said that Baibi and Yicheng have become corners, then the Xiliang Army is undoubtedly stabbed in with a sharp knife, temporarily cutting off the connection between Baibi and Yicheng.

Li Shimin was secretly frightened when he saw it, and from the current lineup, Xiao Buyi's army has reached tens of thousands of people this time, of course, whether there are more, Li Shimin does not know. Although Li Shimin sent people to the left of the Western Liang Army to inquire about the news, many times, there was no way to turn around, even if the people who were lucky enough to turn back, they did not know much about the current strength of the Western Liang. The only thing that made Li Shimin feel a little relieved was that the situation was developing in the direction they expected.

Li Tang wanted to stalemate, but the Western Liang Army did start a stalemate!

But whether this stalemate will have the results expected by the Tang Army, Li Shimin has no bottom in his heart.

The two armies were at loggerheads, and in a flash it was late spring and early summer.

The increase in the Western Liang army also lasted from spring to the beginning of summer, and the strong foundation of the Western Liang Army was undoubtedly demonstrated during this time! The Western Liang army has been fighting, but few have attacked a certain place to send more than 100,000 troops, even against Dou Jiande back then, Xiao Buyi also used very few troops to defeat the opponent, this time against Li Tang, the Tang army now has more than 300,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Hedong, the Western Liang army is extremely cautious, it seems that it will also reach this number.

It was said that Li Shimin was repeatedly studying the situation with the generals in the camp and analyzing the true intentions of the Western Liang army, and some soldiers came to report: "Qi Qin Wang, Xiao Buyi led the Western Liang army to Wenxi County, and went southwest along the river to take Hedong County. ”

"Who's in charge?"

"I heard it's Xiao Buyi!" The soldier wasn't sure.

Li Shimin frowned secretly, and said in his heart that Wenxi County was already the southernmost part of Jiang County, and although the Western Liang Army in Changping had not broken Li Xuanba's blockade and attacked it, the reinforcements of the Western Liang Army from the Bird Mouse Valley seemed endless, and if this continued, sooner or later the Tang Army in Jiang County and Hedong would be divided into three parts. If they let them join the encirclement and become isolated, they will be isolated in Yicheng again, not only will he lead his troops, but even the two armies of Li Xuanba and Li Shentong behind him will be to become a lone army.

The eldest grandson Hengan also frowned and said, "King Qin, the situation is a little bad, we are in a passive place right now. We originally wanted to stalemate with them, but judging from their troops, we will soon form a siege of Yicheng. If they only surround and do not fight, and at the same time cut off the connection between Hedong County and the Shangdang, we and the Shangdang are afraid that the grain and grass will soon run out, and there will be no support, then the situation will ...... It's worse than in Youzhou. ”

Li Shimin was hit by what he said, and he was silent.

Liu Hongji asked, "Then according to Mr. Changsun's meaning, how should we deal with it?" Although he didn't know that the eldest grandson Shunde was dead, he did not return for a long time, and the eldest grandson Hengan undoubtedly became the representative of the eldest grandson's family.

The eldest grandson Hengan sighed: "When the Western Liang army was short of troops, I actually wanted to suggest taking the initiative to attack, and I couldn't sit back and wait for them to come over. It's just that King Qin is newly defeated, and the strategy to stick to it is proposed by the prince, I am only afraid that King Qin will take the initiative to attack, which will make the saint dissatisfied. ”

Liu Hongji was silent for a long time, and said helplessly: "Mr. Changsun's consideration is also reasonable, but there are always so many thoughts, where can he concentrate on fighting?" ”

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Hengan stayed for a long time, knowing that he was in a dilemma, but also for his own sake, sighed: "In fact, the general trend has gone......

Duan Zhixuan said loudly on the side: "King Qin's words are wrong, I think there are still 300,000 people in Hedong, and Guanzhong occupies the terrain, why give up lightly?" ”

At present, discussing with Li Shimin are the eldest grandson Hengan, Liu Hongji and Duan Zhixuan, all three of whom can be regarded as Li Shimin's henchmen, and they are unscrupulous. Li Shimin listened to Duan Zhi Xuanming's reproach, and secretly had an unyielding heart, and he was also moved in his heart. A big reason for his frustration was not because of the strength of the Western Liang Army, but because he felt that the future was uncertain. Whether he wins or loses this battle, in the end, he Li Shimin is not Li Yuan's son...... Shaking his head and waving away this frustrated thought in his heart, Li Shimin thought to himself, no matter what the truth is, Li Yuan treats himself well, and besides, he wants to be better than Xiao Buyi once, he has always refused to admit that he will be inferior to Xiao Buyi! Xiao Buyi is a meeting of the wind and clouds, only now has today's achievements, he Li Shimin is always tied, and now the opportunity is coming to him again, of course, fight again!

The eldest grandson Hengan only looked at Li Shimin's face, and saw that his face was blue and white, sometimes depressed, sometimes excited, and he didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking for a while?

Huo Ran raised his head, and Li Shimin asked, "Heng'an, according to what you see, what should we do now?" ”

The eldest grandson Hengan said: "Xiao Buyi deceived us and didn't dare to send troops, so we drove south and attacked Hedong County again." King Qin should also know that at present, our army is mostly in Baibi, Yicheng and Shangdang. The responsibility of the king is heavy, and he does not get 20,000 soldiers......" Li Shimin heard this, and secretly thought that it would be good to have 20,000 troops, since his father was already suspicious, of course he would not let Xuanba master the heavy army. The eldest grandson Hengan continued: "It's all our own people here, don't say anything. Hedong's troops are now numbering only tens of thousands, and they rarely fight hard. If Xiao Buyi attacks, I am afraid that Hedong County will be chaotic and like a pot of porridge. The world is like chess, if Xiao Buyi is lonely, it will inevitably form a big dragon, doing whatever he wants in Yicheng, Hedong and Baibi, and we are increasingly isolated, and it is difficult to reverse the decline. In fact, at present, Xiao Buyi led the troops into Hedong, and he was already a lone army, and the grain and grass must be insufficient, so we should cut off his back road, besiege Xiao Buyi's troops in Hedong County, and wait for the opportunity to kill, this is the purpose of the stalemate at the beginning, but I don't know why the prince still does not move? ”

"The prince will not move, but we can send troops." Duan Zhixuan said.

Liu Hongji smiled bitterly: "Behind the prince is Guanzhong, of course you can stand still, behind us is the mountain, and King Yongkang and King Wei, who are as embarrassed as us, naturally we can't say the same thing." ”

Li Shimin listened to his heart and thought that what the eldest Sun Hengan said was very correct. You must know that letting Xiao Buyi's lone army go deeper, and then they take the opportunity to send troops to cut off their back road, it is the method of negotiation at the beginning, and now that the opportunity has come, if they don't send troops again, wouldn't they miss the opportunity? But he was newly defeated, if he didn't have to send troops without Li Jiancheng's order, if he was defeated, I am afraid that in the eyes of his father, he would have no status.

Just as he was hesitating, a soldier hurriedly entered the tent and said: "King Qiqin, there are few Western Liang troops in front of Yicheng, and as far as the spies know, most of them have poured into Hedong County." ”

Liu Hongji suggested: "King Qin, this should be our opportunity, the soldiers of the Western Liang who are currently going south should be around 30,000 according to the estimation of the last general. If the king of Qin allows, the last general is willing to lead 50,000 troops, and the Liang army in the west will be behind the road, and join Guo Ziwu in Hedong County to kill Xiao Buyi's army. The king of Qin could contact the crown prince and attack the Western Liang army in Fenshui. It is not difficult to stick to Baibi and Yicheng, our current purpose is to cut off the way of the Western Liang Army to return to the north and block the Western Liang Army in the Bird Mouse Valley to go south to rescue the Western Liang Army in Hedong County! ”

Duan Zhixuan also said excitedly: "What General Liu said is extremely true, the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again, looking forward and backward, it is difficult to make a difference after all." ”

What the second general said was actually in line with Li Shimin's intentions, but he still had some scruples, and asked the eldest grandson Heng'an: "Heng'an, what do you think will be the result if we send troops?" ”

The eldest grandson Hengan thought for a long time before he said, "King Qin, I think this plan is feasible. Even if we can't kill our opponents, we can retreat to Wing City. The only thing to guard against at the moment is that our army will attack the back road of the Western Liang Army, which will cause the Yicheng to be empty, and if the Western Liang Army conquers the Yicheng, it will be more than worth the loss. So as long as you can defend Yicheng, even if it is useless to send troops, there will be no fault! ”

Li Shimin finally made up his mind, "Okay, I'll contact the prince and send troops first." Hongji, Heng'an, the two of you stick to Yicheng, waiting for me to turn around, can you have confidence? ”

The eldest grandson Hengan said: "It is not easy to attack the Western Liang army, if you want to hold here, there will be no problem!" ”

Liu Hongji said: "King Qin, as the main general, it's not good to risk yourself, why don't you let me lead the army?" ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Xiao Buyi's status is more respected than mine, isn't he here in person?" I lead the army with two intentions, one is to boost morale, and the most important point is that if my father is to blame, I will take responsibility. As soon as he said this, everyone could only agree, and Li Shimin quickly ordered his troops and horses, crossed the muddy water and went south, and asked the rangers to go to Baibi immediately to report to Li Jiancheng. He was in a hurry to go on the expedition, in addition to the two reasons he said, there was also the most important reason, that is, he wanted to use this battle to regain his decline and establish his prestige.

When Li Jiancheng got the news, he couldn't help but be shocked, and stomped his feet again and again: "How can the people of the world send troops without my orders?" ”

Qu Tutong also frowned and said, "Prince, the Western Liang army has gone deep into Hedong County alone, and I am afraid of fraud. ”

Li Jiancheng said worriedly: "If you want Xiao Buyi to use soldiers strangely, and suddenly you can use dangerous moves, you must have a plan." ”

Both of them felt that it was inappropriate for Li Shimin to lead the troops to pursue, but they didn't know Xiao Buyi's intentions for a while.

Wen Dalin said: "Actually, I think what King Qin did is not bad, you must know that Xiao Buyi's army is going south and pouring into Hedong, and the supply of grain and straw will definitely not be able to meet it." If we cooperate with King Qin's actions and firmly clamp their way back, we may starve Xiao Buyi's army to death in Hedong! Prince, you can't keep the soldiers, Xiao Buyi is a human being, not a god, maybe he is also arrogant and careless, he just thinks that we will never dare to send troops, so he went south to Hedong. ”

The ministers discussed a lot, and it was difficult to decide for a while.

Li Jiancheng's mind was flying, but he knew that the arrow was on the bow at this time, so he had to send it, and ordered: "General Qu, the people of the world have taken the initiative to attack, although it is not my order, but the opportunity is rare, so I will cut it first and then play." It's useless to complain now, so you should ask him to send troops. Please also instruct the Western Liang army to attack Fenshui urgently, and then personally lead the troops all the way south to cross Fenshui and run to Hushui to be the support of the people, and at the same time assist me to resist the Western Liang army to the south to rescue, I don't know what General Qu wants? ”

Qu Tu channel: "The old minister obeys the order." Only ask the prince to stick to the camp to be the back of the old minister! ”

Li Jiancheng nodded again and again, allocated manpower, and on the one hand, cooperated with Li Shimin's actions, and on the other hand, took the initiative to attack the Western Liang army, involving their troops.

After Qu Tutong led the troops across the water, a soldier arrived and said urgently: "Prince, the big thing is not good!" ”

Li Jiancheng's heart trembled, "What's wrong?" ”

The soldier said: "Listening to the report from the defenders of Yan'an, Li Jing led the iron cavalry to cross the Yellow River to the south, traveled thousands of miles in a few days, and went south from Yulin to Shuofang, and rushed to attack the capital of the Liang Division. The Liang division was caught off guard and was successfully attacked by Li Jing, and now the Liang division has abandoned Shuofang and fled westward, and Li Jing has approached Diaoyin County! ”

Li Jiancheng was shocked and lost his voice: "Is the news true?" ”

The soldier said: "Prince, the news is true. The defenders of Yan'an have urgently reported to Chang'an, asking the Holy Lord to decide. ”

Li Jiancheng only felt that streams of blood were surging above his head, his eyes were black, and he sat down slowly, unable to come back to his senses for a while. He knew that this matter could not be described as bad, it could be said to be terrible!

You must know that Guanzhong is the land of four stops, and the four stops are said to be the Yellow River in the east of Guanzhong, Longshan in the west, Qinling Mountains in the south, and Longshan and Luliang Mountains in the north. However, relatively speaking, the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River are very reliable, but the defense of the northern platform is weaker. But the north has always had the Liang division as a buffer, and the north is the Turks. The Turks were mainly nomadic, burning, killing and plundering the northern counties, and even hit Tianshui, Yan'an and other places in those years, but the Turks did not have a long-term plan after all, and they would return north when they were satisfied. After Li Yuan became emperor, he first fought against Xue Ju, then against Liu Wuzhou, and then strangled with Xiao Buyi in an instant, and there was no heavy siege of Liang Shi. Xiao Buyi represents the power of the nouveau riche, and it can be said that he has quelled all the peasant army uprisings in the world, but Li Yuan has been fighting against the Guanlongmen valve. Not all people have the idea of dominating the world, Liang Shidu's ambition is much worse than Li Yuan and Xiao Buyi, since the incident in Shuofang, he has always wanted to be in a corner of peace, and he is satisfied to be a soil emperor.

Although the north is not stable, there are Liang Shidu and the Turks as a buffer, and Li Yuan has always focused on Hedong. Although there were preparations, they were all deployed against the Liang division, and no one thought that Li Jing's battle plan was simply imaginative, like a stroke of genius. He was not satisfied after defeating the Turkic army, and even killed Liang Shidu in the back.

Not only Li Yuan, but even Liang Shidu himself thought that the Eastern Metropolis would go all out to fight Guanzhong and Hedong, and would not make another strong enemy, nor did he dare to fight with the Liang Division of Guanlong at the same time, but no one could have imagined that Li Jing would be eclectic, go north to cross the Yellow River, and then go south to attack Shuofang!

The Turks couldn't think of Li Jing's plan, the Turks were defeated, and the Liang division couldn't imagine that the Western Liang army would actually start a war against them, and the Liang division was defeated and fled!

As long as he goes down to Yan'an, the troops are in Liangshan, break through Hukou, and take Longmen Pass directly, the Western Liang army can bypass Hedong and attack Chang'an.

Li Yuan deployed to defend Hedong, and his heavy troops were stationed in Baibi, only thinking about killing the Western Liang army in this battle, where would he have thought that Li Jing would make another surprise attack, and he had actually crossed the Yellow River, went around to Li Jiancheng's back, and cut off Li Jiancheng's way back, Hedong was already embattled!

(To be continued)