The Tiger Prison Pass was lost, the main general Wang Honglie was killed, and most of the 5,000 defenders surrendered, but the first to get the news was not Wang Shichong in Luoyang City, but Yun Dingxing, the general who was sending grain to Beijing in Luokou Cang. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Luokou warehouse is known as the world's first granary, more than 20 miles of the warehouse city, can accommodate 24 million stones of grain, although it is never fully filled with grain, but at its peak there are tens of millions of stones of grain in storage, hundreds of thousands of sets of armor, is the symbol of the rich armor of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Starting from the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, Luokoucang transferred grain from the outside again and again, and the grain was decreasing day by day, plus Wang Shichong transferred grain from Cangcheng three times on a large scale after ascending the throne, and now there is only 1.8 million stone left in Cangcheng's grain stockpile, which is guarded by 3,000 soldiers.

Ten days ago, Wang Shichong made a decision to withdraw the Xingyang garrison and transport all the grain back to Chang'an, and the 10,000 Xingyang garrison had withdrawn to Luoyang, and at the same time replaced the main general of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Although 100,000 people were requisitioned, it was not easy to transport all 1.8 million stone grain back to Luoyang, plus the Luoyang ships all went to Jiangdu, and finally fell into the hands of the Northern Sui army, Luoyang only had hundreds of small boats, unable to transport grain on a large scale, so they had to rely on mules and horses to transport, and only 500,000 stone and 1.3 million stone grain were transported for ten days.

At this time, more than 20 miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, the news that the Sui army began to attack Guancheng made Yun Dingxing very anxious, Yun Dingxing was not anxious that the grain could not be delivered on schedule, but that he knew that Wang Shichong was going to be finished.

Before Wang Shichong judged that Li Shimin led the Tang army to open up Nanxiang Road in order to recover Jingzhou, and fought a decisive battle with the Sui army in Jingzhou, he did not expect the Tang Dynasty to give up Jingzhou and attack Zheng Guo with all his might.

Luoyang City is in chaos, prices have skyrocketed, the price of rice has risen to thousands of dollars, Wang Shichong also ignores the government, drinking and having fun in the palace all day long, the people in the court are panicking, and everyone is considering their own way out.

Yun Dingxing was of course no exception, especially when he heard the news that the Sui army was attacking the Tiger Pass, he knew that Luoyang was not only facing the attack of the Tang Dynasty, but now that the Sui army was attacking from the east, Luoyang would not be able to keep it no matter what.

In the lobby of the Cangcheng official office, Yun Dingxing paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, extremely anxious in his heart, where should he go?

Yun Dingxing, of course, has nothing to do with the word 'loyalty', he is nearly sixty years old this year, was the father-in-law of the prince Yang Yong, after the fall of the prince Yang Yong, he was punished as a slave, and then desperately knotted Yu Wenshu, which was reused step by step, he is especially good at making all kinds of ingenious and exquisite things, plus he is very good at figuring out the holy will, and gradually got Yang Guang's appreciation, from the general of the left imperial guard step by step to the general of the left tunwei.

After Wang Shichong usurped the throne, he was the first batch of surrenderers, and was named a lieutenant by Wang Shichong, and then served as the secretary of the military department and the general of Zuo Weiwei.

Yun Dingxing had a good relationship with Li Yuan because of the prince Yang Yong, and his first thought was to go to Li Yuan, but he was a little hesitant, he knew that now Sui is strong and Tang is weak, and birds should choose good trees to perch on, and they should go to the big tree of Sui in the north anyway.

Yun Dingxing also dealt with Zhang Xuan, when Yuwenshu wanted to deal with Zhang Xuan, he also played a disgraceful role in the middle, giving advice to Yuwenshu, and now if he goes to Zhang Xuan, will he be settled by Zhang Xuan?

Yun Dingxing was remorseful in his heart, and he had nothing to do, so he didn't know what to do for a while?

At this moment, a personal soldier hurriedly came and reported in the hall: "General Qiqi, there are people outside asking to see you." ”

"I'm not free, I don't want to see anyone!"

Yun Dingxing waved his hand in disappointment, "Let him go!" ”

The soldier hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "He said that he just came from Xiangyang." ”

"Ahh

Yun Dingxing cried out and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite him in!" ””

At this time, what does 'just come from Xiangyang' mean, will he Yun Dingxing not understand?

Not long after, his own soldiers brought in a young scribe of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, it was Cen Wenwen who came from Xiangyang, because of time, Cen Wenwen did not go to Luoyang, but hid in Yanshi County, the closest to Luokoucang, when he learned that the Sui army had crossed the Yellow River into Xingyang County, he knew that the time was ripe, and immediately rushed to see Yun Dingxing.

Yun Dingxing is the key person in Cen Wenwen's persuasion of Zhang Xuan, although this person is more inflammatory, but he does have something extraordinary, otherwise he would not have been implicated in the Yang Yong case, from the bottom of the punishment and confiscation as a slave, and step by step ascended to the prominent high position of General Zuotunwei, especially this person was named a lieutenant, with a high prestige in Luoyang, and to a certain extent, he has a little military power, as long as he is brought over, Wang Shichong's court foundation will collapse most of it.

Cen Wenwen saw through Yun Dingxing, he knew when he should appear, and he also knew what Yun Dingxing wanted.

Cen Wenwen walked into the lobby, bowed and said, "In Xia Cen Wenwen, see General Yun!" ”

Yun Dingxing was stunned, isn't Cen Wenwen Xiao Miao's Xiangguo? How did he come from Xiangyang, he was puzzled in his heart, and asked hesitantly: "My soldier said, Mr. is from Xiangyang?" ”

Cen Wenwen understood his thoughts, and said with a faint smile: "I am now in the Qi Palace, and I have come to see the general by the order of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, if the general is embarrassed, I will leave!" ”

"Where! Where! I mean it's not convenient here, please come with me to the inner hall. ”

Yun Dingxing was like a drowning man, looking desperate, suddenly a life-saving log floated in front of him, how could he not hug it tightly, he was afraid of angering Cen Wenwen, so he respectfully invited him to the inner hall to talk.

The two sat down in the inner hall, Yun Dingxing let his concubine serve good tea again, he could not suppress the excitement in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to ask cautiously: "I heard that the Sui army is already attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, I am also very concerned about the situation of the Tiger Prison Pass, there are 5,000 defenders over there, last night I received an urgent order from the prince, ordering me to send 3,000 troops to support the Tiger Prison Pass, I am afraid that Luoyang also knows that the Sui army has crossed the Yellow River into Xingyang County." ”

Cen Wenwen took a sip of tea and asked puzzledly: "Why did the prince give the order, is it true that the military and political power is now in the hands of the prince?" ”

"Nothing!"

Yun Dingxing shook his head and said: "Zheng Guo's military power is still firmly in the hands of Wang Shichong, without his military talisman, no one dares to send troops, the prince should be anxious, so he ordered in violation of regulations, he may also want me to transfer troops in violation of regulations, but I can't ignore his order." ”

"It was the right decision for General Yun not to send troops, the Sui general who attacked the Tiger Prison Pass was General Wei Wentong, the former general of the Tiger Prison Pass, he had made a military order to His Royal Highness the King of Qi before, and he took the Tiger Prison Pass within one day, I estimate that the Tiger Prison Pass has been lost, and the news will soon spread here."

Yun Dingxing stood up in fright, if the Tiger Prison Pass was lost, the Sui army would not be able to kill Luokoucang in half a day, and he would not be prepared for anything, wouldn't it be a big chaos.

Cen Wenwen waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have already sent someone to the Tiger Prison Pass, if General Wei takes the Tiger Prison Pass, I will let him go west a little later, and give General Yun a little time to retreat, is General Yun willing to accept my arrangement?" ”

Yun Dingxing said after a while: "What is the attitude of His Royal Highness King Qi?" ”

Cen Wenwen took out Zhang Xuan's handwritten letter, put it on the table and pushed it to Yun Dingxing, "This is a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness King Qi to the general, if the general is willing to accept it, then I will arrange everything, if the general is not willing to accept it, then give me the letter, just because I haven't come." ”

Yun Dingxing grabbed the letter, as if he was afraid that Cen Wenwen would take it back again, this was his life-saving wood, how could he give up?

But before he could open the letter, a personal soldier walked quickly from the hall and knelt down on one knee to report: "General Qiqi, there is urgent news from the Tiger Prison Pass, the Tiger Prison Pass has been lost, and General Wang Honglie has unfortunately died!" ”

Yun Dingxing's whole body froze suddenly, the Tiger Prison Pass, known as the world's strongest pass, was broken in less than a day, is this the strength of the Sui army, or Wang Honglie's incompetence?

After a while, he nodded and said, "I know, you step aside!" ”

The soldiers retreated, and Yun Dingxing asked people to guard the gate again, so that no one would disturb him, so he sighed and said, "Sure enough, Mr. said it." ”

Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, the Tiger Prison Pass should have been breached last night, but General Yun's time is really running out, if I don't have any news to General Wei before noon today, General Wei will immediately move westward, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

(To be continued.) )