Even under the land of the twelve counties, the three breads copied Taiyuan, and the sphere of influence was from Liaodong, Hebei, Hedong, and finally to Longyou, and even to the border of Hexi. This article comes from such a sudden and drastic change, and even the chief of staff of the staff headquarters like Li Benlei was a little caught off guard.

Although most of the land of the twelve counties is sparsely populated because it is close to the Turkic border, in any case, the name of the twelve counties alone is scary enough. What's more, in this way, as long as Wang Rengong goes south to capture Loufu, then Li Yuan's Taiyuan will have Liang Shidu in the west and Lishi County in the west, Wang Rengong, Liu Wuzhou, and Yao Junsu's Hedong Army in the north and south, and only a Jingcheng passage in the east, which is the base camp of Chen Kefu's Liaodong Army in Hebei.

The Liaodong Army occupied the strategic supremacy of Li Yuan in Hedong and completely grasped the initiative.

But in addition to joy and excitement, comes apprehension. The Liaodong Army in the twelve counties of Longyou, Hedong, only had 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Li Benlei said worriedly: "Your Highness, the imperial court has newly acquired the land of twelve counties, which is really a great joy. It's just that the forces of Hedong and Guanlong can seize the land of the twelve counties in such a short period of time, and this matter cannot be underestimated. Especially Liang Shidu, he was able to capture the land of four counties in a short period of time. Although the surface is attached to my court at the moment, I am afraid that it is also a ghost, but I just want to take advantage of our momentum to strengthen my own prestige. ”

Being able to sweep through the four counties so quickly, even if these four counties are borderland counties, this is enough to make people frightened. There is a way that people's hearts are unpredictable, although Liang Shidu is attached to the imperial court, but the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, there is still a river east between Hebei and Liang Shidu, and the high Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain are like two natural boundaries. Let the court whip be out of reach.

Liang Shi has such a ability, how can he really be so easily subservient?

Liang Shidu is similar to Liu Wuzhou, the Liang family is of Han nationality, and the generation is a powerful family in Shuofang, with tens of millions of clans and huge assets. The family is rich and powerful, and has been a wealthy family in the county for generations. When he grew up, Liang Shi joined the army. Because of his accumulated military merits, he became the general of the Sui Dynasty's Shuofang Yingyang Mansion;

At this time, the world was in turmoil, Yang Guang, the son of Sui Tianzi, died, and the princes and grandsons established themselves as emperors. Liang Shidu, who was in Shuofang, was also not satisfied with the status quo. Preparing in secret. It happened that Chen Pojun already had the memory of this person at the end of the Sui Dynasty in his memory. So he asked the secret service to send people to contact these powerful families in Hedong Longyou one by one according to the memories of his previous life, and let them connect to jointly balance Li Yuan.

Chen Kefu is a person who has crossed over, how could he not know that Liang Shidu and others are all heroes in troubled times, and how can they be willing to condescend to others. However, he connected these people only to use their power to suppress Li Yuan and buy time for himself to pacify Hebei and Shandong. And Liang Shidu is basically the same as Chen Kefu's imagination, to rebel. Then the early stage is undoubtedly more difficult. And if they pretend to take refuge in Hebei first, they will recruit troops and horses first under their banner to attack the city and seize the land. But it's the best policy.

So, you love me. Everyone hit it off. The Liang division raised troops and captured the land of the four counties. Chen Kefu also gained a superficial name, and the prestige of the Hebei court was greatly enhanced, and the world once again looked sideways.

The successive great changes in Hedong Longyou were all planned by Chen Kefu, how could he not understand the truth of this. He couldn't be like ordinary people, and when he heard that he had won the land of the twelve counties, he forgot everything with joy.

"General Li, externally, it is our court that has won the hearts of the people of the world, and the local government and the powerful families of Longyou, Hedong have returned to their hearts. But in reality, we can't just look at these surfaces. Whether it is today's Jiangdu, or Shandong, or the land of Hedong and Guanlong, which has just been annexed, you all need to remember. No matter how beautiful they are on the surface, how they belong to it. But in fact, as long as our Liaodong army does not occupy its land for a day, it will not be my land for a day. Now Liang Shidu and the others are just temporary allies such as us to deal with Li Yuan together. When he destroys Li Yuan's family, then it is the time for the poor dagger to appear, and everyone must be mentally prepared and make arrangements as soon as possible. ”…,

Hearing that Chen Kefu could say these words so sharply, everyone was also a little relieved. I'm afraid that this young King Chen will be blinded by this great victory and can't see the essence of the matter.

"Your Highness, now the Liang division has crossed the Yellow River and attacked Lishi County in the east of the river, Chen Bing is west of Taiyuan, and Liu Wuzhou and other soldiers and horses in Hedong are also pointing directly at Loufu County in the north of Taiyuan. At this time, did we seize this opportunity, send troops to Jingcheng, directly enter Taiyuan, and join forces with Liang Shidu, Wang Rengong, Liu Wuzhou and others to attack Taiyuan and exterminate Li Yuan? Li Benlei said loudly.

Mao Yi also nodded again and again, "Your Highness, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Taiyuan, where the Li family is based, is the place of four battles." Now there are Yang Jun, Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua and others in the southeast of the river, and many troops of the Li family are in the south. At this time, we will unite Hedong and Longyou, let it attack Taiyuan, and we will send another elite army out of Jingcheng to attack Taiyuan, and the battle can be ended. ”

Chen Kefu also thought about this proposal in his heart, and was even quite moved. But after thinking about it for a long time, he reluctantly rejected the plan.

Looking at Mao Yi, who was excited, Chen Kefu did not refuse directly, but turned to Tang Jinyun and said, "Lord Tang, Master Liang can break through the four counties in a row so quickly, can your secret service department have a detailed investigation of them?" ”

Tang Jinyun nodded, "This matter is indeed a lowly post that sent a large number of people to investigate, that Liang Shi is the general of Yingyang Mansion, and there are 1,200 soldiers and horses under his command. Moreover, his family is a prominent family in the county, with many clans and a high reputation. He is also kind and generous, and he is good at making friends. Before this incident, he had already secretly prepared, so he was able to take Shuofang together. Even the officials of the surrounding counties are rich and powerful, and most of them are friendly with them and are bought by them, so that they can make the most of the four counties. ”

"However, we also discovered a confidential matter, Liang Shidu not only had long colluded with the local nobles and bureaucrats, but also had contacts with the Western Turks. This time he made an incident, and the Western Turks borrowed him 3,000 cavalry, so that they could deter the surrounding counties and break through the four counties in one fell swoop. ”

"Hmph, this Liang Shi is a hero, and he is calculating. On the one hand, he has already colluded with local officials, and he has made good friends with various families. This side is clearly attached to my Hebei court and borrows the momentum of my court. But in the blink of an eye, he colluded with the Turks to lead the Turkic soldiers. "Mao Xi has always liked this kind of arrogance of borrowing troops from foreigners, and he is even more disgusted with their two or three ends, snakes and rats.

Chen Kefu smiled, "In troubled times, only such a character can dominate one side." It is inevitable to understand the general trend and borrow external forces, but it is inevitable to divide one side. We have to be careful against such characters, they can take advantage of our momentum today, and tomorrow they can resolutely turn against the water and strike a blow. ”

"Just now, Lord Li and General Mao both proposed to take this opportunity to send troops to Hedong and destroy Li Yuan first. But in my opinion, this is not a good plan. Although in terms of tactics, if we follow this strategy, then we have more than sixty percent certainty of breaking through Taiyuan, destroying the Li family, and winning this battle. ”

"However, if we really send troops to Hedong, with our ability at this time, then we will inevitably win the Battle of Taiyuan, but eventually lose Hedong."

Mao Yi couldn't believe it, "Why?" ”

Li Benlei, who also proposed to send troops to Hedong, was thoughtful. Chen Kefu nodded secretly in his heart, it seems that compared with the old general Li Benlei, there is still a gap between Mao Yi and the old general Li Benlei, he only sees things at the tactical level, but not at the strategic level.

Chen Kefu said slowly, "Today's Hedong is occupied by Li Yuan, Li Yuan is based in the fortified city of Taiyuan, and has more than 100,000 soldiers in Hedong, and his power is not unmajestic. Li Yuan is as cunning as a fox, and Li Shimin is as fierce as a wolf. The Hedong Army had all the grain and grass equipment prepared by the imperial court to conquer the Turks, with excellent armor and sufficient grain and grass. At present, Hedong is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and they are all eyeing each other. If we unite Hedong and Longyou soldiers and horses to attack Taiyuan with all our strength at this time, even if we win, we will have to injure 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000 ourselves to take it. ”…,

"Casualties in the war are inevitable, but as long as Taiyuan is taken, I think it's all worth it." Mao Yi still insisted on his own point of view.

Chen Kefu sighed and looked at Mao Yi, who had lost his sober and wise mind in the past. For his performance, Chen Kefu also somewhat understood in his heart that he had left most of the generals at the beginning of the army in the rear and did not let them lead the troops, because everyone was like this, although they were dissatisfied, they could still accept it.

However, this time, Chen Kefu sent out those old subordinates who stayed in the rear one after another because of the food incident, and led the troops everywhere to grab food, but only a few people such as Mao Yi were left. Mao Yi has always been Chen Kefu's confidant in the Liaodong Army in the past, and he was once the commander of the first ace main force of the Liaodong Army. From the hot in the past, to the current left behind in the rear can not lead the troops. This is undoubtedly a very painful thing for a young military general who is full of the idea of making meritorious contributions. And this situation in Hedong undoubtedly gave Mao Yi a glimmer of hope. If the imperial court wants to attack Taiyuan, then it will inevitably have to transfer a large army from Hebei into Hedong, and then he will definitely be able to lead the army to Hedong again. The intense thirst made his mind no longer clear and unable to see farther.

Chen Kefu said softly: "When we lose our troops and capture Taiyuan in a bloody battle, we will inevitably lose both with Li Yuan." At that time, such as Hedong Liu Wuzhou, Longyou Guo Zihe, Shuofang Liang Shidu, etc., how could they miss such an opportunity? Can you guarantee that they won't fight back and take advantage of the defeat of both of us? ”

"Even, do you think that if Li Yuan is defeated by me, how can Wang Shichong of Henan, Yang Jun of Jianghan, Yu Wenhua of Guanzhong and others miss such a great opportunity? At that time, all forces will flock to us, and we will be the next Li Yuan, surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, tired of fighting. We have three unsettled battlefields in Jianghuai, Shandong, and Hebei, and we will not be able to send more troops and horses into Hedong at that time. Under the long battle in Hedong, he will be defeated by his hands. At that time, Hedong will be defeated, and Hedong, which was obtained by the bloody battle, will be lost to others again, and it is even possible that we have no major injuries in Hebei, and we will lose all the games if we make a move! ”……，