Chang'an City, Hussar General Yu Wenshi and led several followers, all the way to gallop on horseback, rushed into the Mingde Gate, Yu Wenshi and since returning to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan remembered his old age, and named him the Hussar General of the Qin Palace.

Hussar generals are just an official position, equivalent to the left and right followers of King Qin, like Wei Chi Gong, Qiu Xinggong, Duan Zhixuan and others are also hussar generals, who can lead troops to fight and can also be in charge of documents.

Yuwen Shihe is a civilian officer, but most of the ministers of the Sui and Tang dynasties are both civil and military, although Yu Wenshi and are in charge of civilian duties, he can also lead troops to fight, and his father Yuwen Shu also taught him martial arts.

Yu Wenshi was ordered by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to rush back to the court to face the saint, but in the past two days, he was restless, and he got a news that his wife and children had followed Xiao Hou to Sui.

Of course he knows that because of Yang Guang's death, the relationship between him and his wife can no longer be bridged, the country and the family hate him, and he doesn't expect his wife to return to him, but he is not worried about his son Zen Master, will the relationship between father and son also be cut in two?

Yu Wenshi sighed in his heart, but the situation in Luoyang made him have no time to take care of his wife and children, so he whipped his war horse and rushed towards the imperial city at an accelerated speed.

Yu Wenshi entered the imperial city, and ran to the gate of the palace city, he turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the palace gate and said to the guards: "Please inform the saint for me, just say that the Yu Wenshi and the king of Qin rushed back from Luoyang, and urgently reported the military situation to the saint." ”

The guards did not dare to slack off and rushed towards the palace.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan was standing in front of a Central Plains sand table, discussing military aircraft matters with Xiangguo Xiao Yu, since the outbreak of the Luoyang Campaign, Li Yuan's entire mind was in this battle, and he had no intention of asking about the affairs of the imperial court, and handed it all over to the prince Li Jiancheng.

He spends most of his time in front of the sand table every day caring about the development of the war situation and considering military affairs, which is really the most important battle for Datang.

If he wins the Central Plains, then he will have a five-point advantage in the overall situation of the whole world, Yang Yuanqing will have three points, and Li Mi and other forces will have two points.

If Nakahara fails. Then his advantage is only four points, Yang Yuanqing also accounts for four points, and Li Mi and other forces still account for two points, and there will be a pattern of three points in the world, which is a result that Li Yuan never wants to see.

"Xiao Xiangguo, Yang Yuanqing's dispatch of troops to Luoyang is already a foregone conclusion, according to our intelligence, Yang Yuanqing has deployed 1450,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River. I suspect that he is not only going to attack Luoyang. And to fight for the Central Plains, this war is not trivial! ”

Xiao Yu frowned, "Could it be that Yang Yuanqing can also see it." Does Li Mi mean to transfer the map to Jianghuai? ”

Li Yuan nodded, "It should be so, we can see that Li Mi has transferred the grain and grass army to the south." Can't Yang Yuanqing see it? Li Mi's center of gravity has shifted southward, and the Central Plains must be empty, how could he not seize this opportunity. ”

Xiao Yu pondered for a moment, he was a nobleman of the Western Liang Dynasty, relatively speaking, he was more concerned about the situation in the south, this time Li Xiaogong led the Jingxiang Tang army to the Central Plains in a big way, then the Jingxiang area would become empty, which made him very worried.

He pointed to the area around Yuzhang County with a wooden pole. "Your Majesty, the king of Xi'an led the Jingxiang Tang army to the north, making the Jingxiang area empty, and the minister was very worried that Xiao Mo would take the opportunity to counterattack, should we send Yizhou Zhang Changxun to lead the army east to supplement the Jingxiang army?"

Li Yuan smiled, "Xiao Miao, this person is too suspicious. He couldn't tolerate Hu'er, at this time he was busy with infighting, and he didn't have the intention to think about Jing Xiang, but he didn't have to worry about him. ”

Xiao Yu was slightly stunned, he was extremely experienced. immediately guessed that Li Yuan must have done something between Xiao Mo and Lai Hu'er.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "Dou Kang's troops left behind in Jingxiang are only more than 20,000 people, and the minister is still a little worried about what happens. After all, Jing Xiang is extremely important to us, and the Holy One must not be careless. ”

Li Yuan nodded, "Xiao Xiangguo is right, I am indeed a little careless, then let Yizhou Zhang Changxun recruit the soldiers of the chiefs of Badong, which can get tens of thousands of people, and Zhang Changxun will lead them to support Jingxiang, so as to ensure that Jingxiang is safe." ”

At this moment, a guard reported at the door, "Your Majesty, the hussar general Yu Wenshi and the hussar general have rushed back from Luoyang, and there is an urgent military report." ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Announce his visit!" ”

After a while, the guards led the Yu Wenshi and hurriedly walked into the imperial study, and the Yu Wenshi and Shen bowed, "Chen Yu Wenshi and see my Imperial Majesty, may Your Majesty live long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Yuwen doesn't have to be polite!"

Li Yuan had a good relationship with Yu Wenshi, and he was slightly different from other ministers, and his words were more intimate, for example, he called Xiao Yu Xiao Xiangguo, took his position, and called other ministers Aiqing, but called Yu Wenshi and him by his first name.

However, with Xiao Yu by his side, his title immediately changed again, "Yuwen Aiqing came from Luoyang, is there anything urgent?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Sui army has fully crossed the river and headed south, and the situation is more urgent!"

Li Yuan's expression also became nervous all of a sudden, and he walked to the sand table and asked, "You tell me, how did the Sui army send troops?" ”

Xiao Yu handed the wooden pole to Yu Wenshi, who pointed to Dongjun and said: "Now the general Qin Qiong led an army of 30,000 troops to cross the river from Liyang, this is the East Route Army, which has occupied Dongjun." ”

His wooden pole pointed to Xingyang to the west, "The second road is Xingyang, about 30,000 people, led by Shi Lijing, the commander of the Sui army, marched into Xingyang, and has counterattacked the Tiger Prison Pass, and the Tiger Prison Pass we just captured was taken away by it, and the whereabouts of the old general Qu Tu and His Royal Highness King Zhao are unknown." ”

Li Yuan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "The whereabouts are unknown, what's going on?" ”

"Returning to His Royal Highness, it was His Royal Highness King Zhao who fell into the Sui army's method of agitating generals and went out of the city to fight, the Sui army took the opportunity to attack the city, and the old general Qu Tu rushed out of the city to rescue King Zhao, and his whereabouts with King Zhao are unknown, he should have saved King Zhao, but his whereabouts are unknown."

Li Yuan sighed slightly, "True loyal ministers!" I lost King Zhao and other sons, but I lost it, but there is no second such loyal veteran, may God bless him well. ”

Yu Wenshi said: "Your Majesty, there is also the Third Route Sui Army!" ”

reminded Li Yuan at once, and Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Yuwen Aiqing, please speak!" ”

Yu Wenshi pointed the wooden pole to Shaanxi County, "Your Majesty, the Third Route Army of the Sui Army crossed the river from here in Shaanxi County, led by the general Xu Shiji, with 20,000 people, and has occupied Hangu Pass. ”

"What!"

Li Yuan was taken aback, he was not surprised by how many troops crossed the river, but the location where this third army crossed the river turned out to be in Shaanxi County.

He turned around and asked Xiao Yu, "I remember the settlement agreement we signed with the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and there was a clause on it that the Tang army would not leave Tongguan, and the Sui army would not be allowed to cross the river west of Luoyang, was that so?" ”

"Your Majesty, that's exactly why we sent troops from Shangluo, but I didn't expect the Sui army to be broken so easily."

Xiao Yu also frowned, he didn't understand why Sui Jun didn't keep his word and took the lead in breaking the agreement?

Li Yuan was a little annoyed, he walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and said angrily: "Yang Yuanqing is so treacherous, I specially opened up Nanyang in order to attack the Central Plains, spent money on Fermi, and went around a long way, but he was good, he killed Shaanxi County directly, so what is the meaning of this contract, isn't it just fart?" ”

Li Yuan relied on his identity and never said foul words easily, but today he couldn't help it, Xiao Yu knew that he needed to be calm now, not when he was angry, Yuwen Shi and he came from Luoyang, and he would not just report this matter, there must be other important things.

"Your Majesty, can you let General Yuwen continue to finish."

Xiao Yu's role was to persuade Li Yuan at a critical time, Li Yuan held back the anger in his heart, and said to Yuwen Shi: "Yuwen Aiqing, please continue." ”

Yu Wenshi and indeed came with an important mission, and he pointed to Hangu Pass with a wooden pole and said: "Your Majesty, now the Sui army is crossing the river from Shaanxi County, although there are only more than 20,000 people, but Yang Yuanqing's tens of thousands of elites have not crossed the river, and the King of Qin deduces that Yang Yuanqing's army must have crossed the river from Mengjin and approached Luoyang, and there are tens of thousands of troops of Wang Shichong in Luoyang City, so that the situation is very unfavorable to the Tang army. ”

Li Yuan's brows furrowed into a line, and the worry in his eyes became thicker, he had already seen Yang Yuanqing's strategic deployment, Li Jing first sent troops to Xingyang County, recaptured the Tiger Pass, and cut off the connection between Li Xiaogong and King Qin.

Secondly, Xu Shiji went south from the west road, on the one hand, threatening the main grain route of the Tang army, on the other hand, copying from the west, cutting off the retreat of the main force of the Tang army, and then Yang Yuanqing crossed south from Mengjin, cooperated with Wang Shichong's counterattack, and attacked on three fronts, and annihilated the army of King Qin under Luoyang City.

This made Li Yuan gasp, and he hurriedly asked, "What about King Qin's response plan?" ”

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has two response plans, the first plan is to withdraw the army, temporarily give up attacking Luoyang, occupy Hongnong County, and wait for the opportunity to take Luoyang again, the second plan is to hope that the imperial court will increase the army by 80,000, and simply fight a decisive battle with the Sui army in Luoyang, and the winner will be the king."

Li Shimin's second plan made Li Yuan and Xiao Yu look at each other, at present, the Tang army only has 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, and the king of Qin actually asked to send 80,000 troops, which is equivalent to pouring troops out, and winning will win the world, but what if it is defeated?

Defeat means the fall of the Tang Dynasty, this huge bet makes Li Yuan hesitate, he does not have the courage.

Next to Xiao Yu said: "Your Majesty, the consequences of the pressure are very clear, if we win, Yang Yuanqing retreats to Fengzhou, if Yang Yuanqing wins, we retreat south to Bashu, there is no third choice, but the minister thinks that now is not the time for a decisive battle, we occupy Jingxiang, the national strength has gradually increased, if we wait for another two or three years, the situation is more favorable to us, and now the decisive battle will only fulfill Yang Yuanqing's wishes." ”

Li Yuan walked to the sand table again, looking at the terrain around Luoyang, if Luoyang is abandoned and the army is withdrawn to the south of Yique County, then the harvest of this battle will be Xiangcheng County and Shuyang County, and Hongnong County will be lost.

Relatively speaking, he attaches more importance to Hongnong County, and the occupation of Hongnong County is equivalent to pushing the eastern border of the Tang Dynasty to the line of Hangu Pass.

If Li Xiaogong wins on the eastern front, then the Central Plains counties, including Yingchuan County, Xingyang County, Xiangcheng County and Shuyang County, will become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Luoyang will actually be surrounded, and it will be easy to capture Luoyang at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan resolutely said: "I agree to the first plan and withdraw the army back to Hongnong County. ”