Not long after, a Sui soldier walked into the big tent quickly, bowed down, and presented a volume of letters to Li Shimin, "This is a handwritten letter from the marshal of my family to His Royal Highness, there is no message, and everything the marshal wants to say is on it." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Shimin took the letter and said to his soldiers: "Take him down to rest first, and then reply to the letter after I think about it." ”

The soldiers brought the messenger down, Li Shimin opened the letter and read it carefully, and then he handed the letter to Qu Tutong, "The general will also take a look." ”

Qu Tutong hurriedly read the contents of the letter, his brows gradually wrinkled, Zhang Xuan clearly asked the Tang army to withdraw from Hangu Pass within two days in the letter, affirming that the two sides took Hangu Pass as the boundary, and promised to hand over Hongnong County to the Tang Dynasty, and the tone behind was tougher, if the Tang army refused to listen to persuasion and insisted on going its own way, then the Northern Sui would mobilize the troops of the country to launch a full-scale attack on the Tang Dynasty.

Qu Tutong sighed secretly in his heart and said to Li Shimin: "Your Highness doesn't have to care too much about this naïve threat. ”

Li Shimin muttered to himself for a while: "It seems that our army is really going to withdraw from Hangu Pass!" ”

"Your Highness—"

Li Shimin stopped his words, "General Qu Tu doesn't need to persuade him anymore, I know very well in my heart that Zhang Xuan is bound to take Luoyang, and his strength is not as good as others, so why should I force interests that do not belong to us." ”

"But we still have an army of 90,000, and if we use it well, we may not lose this battle."

Li Shimin laughed miserably and said: "Luoyang is not important, Chang'an is important, General Qu Tu, don't you understand?" ”

Qu Tutong took two steps back, and he slowly lowered his head, "Your Highness, you understand. ”

Li Shimin walked to the door of the tent with a heavy heart, was silent for a moment, and finally gave the order, "Pass my order, the army retreats to Hangu Pass!" ”

.........

Because the main force of the Sui army on the southern front was near Hangu Pass, the Tang army besieging Luoyang faced the threat of being cut off, Li Shimin had to admit defeat after weighing the pros and cons, gave up the plan to attack Luoyang, and led the whole army to quickly retreat to Hangu Pass, but Li Shimin did not completely retreat back to Guanzhong, but stationed troops in Hangu Pass, waiting to see the military situation in Luoyang, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, if Zhang Xuan and Wang Shichong were defeated, maybe he still had the hope of picking up the leak.

After Zhang Xuan retreated from the Tang army, he also led the main force of the 60,000 Sui army to retreat to Yiyang County, which was a hundred miles away from Hangu Pass, and confronted the Tang army from afar.

At noon, in the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Northern Sui Dynasty, Zhang Xuan stood in front of the city model of Luoyang, pondered for a long time, this wooden model was one zhang long and wide, completely the same as Luoyang City, made to be delicate and delicate, lifelike, it was not made by Zhang Xuan's craftsmen in the army, but Yang Guang rebuilt Luoyang shortly after the Ministry of Shangshu Yu Wenkai made, has been placed in the palace.

Zhang Xuan led his army to intercept Yu Wenhua in time at the Huai River, and took almost all the ships and palace items, this wooden model is among the palace items, and a miniature model of Chang'an was also captured.

At two o'clock tonight, the 100,000 army led by Pei Xingyan and Wei Wentong will attack Luoyang, Zhang Xuan's mood is more or less uneasy, at this time, Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Highness should go!" Weichen came to monitor the Tang army, after all, it was an attack on Luoyang, and many things had to be decided by His Royal Highness. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Military Division, why don't we take the opportunity to wipe out Li Shimin's army in Luoyang and give him a chance to withdraw, now that I think about it, I seem to have really made a mistake." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "But His Highness didn't think so at that time, I also asked His Highness at that time, His Highness was worried that the Tang Army and Zheng Jun would form an alliance against us, and now it was too late to form an alliance, but at that time, it was completely possible, His Highness was not too sure, so he couldn't help but let Tang Jun go, but now His Highness regrets it, isn't it a bit of a carving for a sword?" ”

Jao Hyun also laughed, "Yes! At that time, the time was indeed not ripe, and when the time came, the opportunity was gone, and let them go for the time being, let's take it step by step. ”

"Your Highness, Weichen still suggested that His Highness rush to Luoyang, it's still too late to go over, Luoyang can't live without His Highness."

Fang Xuanling finally persuaded Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan also knew that Luoyang was very important, once Luoyang was captured, Pei Xingyan would definitely implement a comprehensive freeze, and wait for himself to make a decision, which would give the Tang army a chance to turn the tables, and if he dealt with it on the spot, he could cut off the last hope of the Tang army.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay! I'll rush to Luoyang, and it's annoying to spy on the Tang army here. ”

"Your Highness, please rest assured, Wechen will act strictly according to the plan."

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered his soldiers to pack up, and he left the barracks under the escort of 2,000 cavalry and galloped in the direction of Luoyang.

As soon as Zhang Xuan left, someone outside the tent reported: "Qiyu military advisor, Wang Shichong's eldest son Wang Xuanying asks to see!" ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned, he immediately understood, this was Wang Shichong sending the prince to sue for peace, Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Please come to see me!" ”

Not long after, a soldier led Wang Xuanying into the big tent, Wang Xuanying rushed to Yique at noon yesterday, but learned that Zhang Xuan led the main force to Yiyang County, he turned around and rushed to Yiyang, did not close his eyes all night, Wang Xuanying was tired and exhausted.

Wang Xuanying had learned from his own soldiers that His Royal Highness King Qi was not in the camp, and he was extremely disappointed, but the military advisor Fang Xuanling was here, and he could more or less find out a little news, and Fang Xuanling had a lot of influence on Zhang Xuan, if he was willing to accept his father's plan, then he could also affect Zhang Xuan.

Wang Xuanying decided to open the gap from Fang Xuanling, he stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Join the army Fang Junshi!" ”

Fang Xuanling glanced at him and saw that he was handsome, gentle and elegant, a typical scholar, very different from Wang Renze's fierce and vicious, and he had a good reputation in Luoyang, and he was a relatively accomplished young man among the children of the Wang family.

Fang Xuanling had a good impression of him, so he smiled slightly: "It turned out to be the eldest son, fortunately!" Fortunately! ”

Wang Xuanying was stunned, and then suddenly realized that the Northern Sui had never recognized Zheng Guo, but the Tang Dynasty recognized Zheng Guo, Wang Xuanying secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and had to say: "Today I came to send a handwritten letter to His Royal Highness the King of Qi by the order of my father." ”

"It's unfortunate that His Royal Highness King Qi just left more than half an hour ago, is the eldest son going to chase him?"

"This ......"

Wang Xuanying thought that Zhang Xuan must be a cavalry guard, and he may not be able to catch up, but he missed a major event by running back and forth, so he hurriedly said: "Actually, it's the same when looking for a military division." ”

"Then please sit down and talk!"

Fang Xuanling invited Wang Xuanying to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, Wang Xuanying presented his father's handwritten letter to Fang Xuanling, although His Royal Highness the King of Qi written on the letter cover respectfully, but the city was about to be broken, Fang Xuanling was not polite, and opened the letter directly, he roughly read the letter, Wang Shichong's tone was extremely humble, but the content was the same as he guessed, Wang Shichong was willing to attack Guanzhong for the dog of the Northern Sui, and tried his best to weaken the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time in order to ensure credit, he was willing to hold his eldest son hostage in Zhongdu.

If Wang Shichong wrote this letter two years ago, it might have some effect, but now that the Northern Sui Dynasty has decided to destroy Zheng Guoce, how can Wang Shichong's letter be changed, Fang Xuanling put down the letter, and when he saw Wang Xuanying looking forward to it, he smiled lightly: "Li Shimin has withdrawn his army and sent a letter to Guguan, does the eldest son know?" ”

Wang Xuanying nodded, "I've heard about it?" ”

"Then the eldest prince knows why he wants to withdraw his army?"

"This.... I really don't know. ”

"It's very simple, if he doesn't withdraw his army, he will face the main forces of the Sui army on both sides, and at the same time, the Sui army will also move south from Hetao, and the Taiyuan Battle will also begin, Li Shimin can't bear the pressure and can only give up Luoyang."

"Does the military advisor mean that Luoyang can no longer avoid war?" Wang Xuanying asked desperately.

"If the two sides change places, we are trapped in Luoyang, and Ling Zun leads an army of 200,000 to surround Luoyang, does the eldest prince think that Ling Zun will be moved by the pleading of the King of Qi and give up Luoyang?"

Wang Xuanying was completely desperate, and in anger, he stood up suddenly, and several guards next to him drew their swords together, and took two steps forward to surround Wang Xuanying.

Fang Xuanling smiled and waved his hand, "Don't be excited, please sit down and listen to me say a few words." ”

Wang Xuanying sat down slowly, Fang Xuanling looked at a few guards, several guards put away their knives and retreated, Fang Xuanling said unhurriedly: "Ling Zun said in the letter that he is willing to give up the six counties, and there are only one capital and two counties left, that is, Luoyang and Henan County and Hongnong County, but Gongzi is also a reasonable person, with this bit of land, how long can he support it?" It is only a matter of time before they perish, either by Sui or Tang, and within a year, but for the people of Luoyang, the disaster is already very serious, do they have to endure it for another year? ”

"Disasters only start because of war, and when the war ends, all kinds of pressure will naturally be relieved, and I will do my best to help the victims."

Fang Xuanling shook his head, "I'm just saying this, give Childe a step, why does Childe have to be more serious with me?" Do you have to let me say that even if Luoyang is razed to powder, we have to take Luoyang, so that Gongzi is willing to be willing? (To be continued.) )