Although the agreement was not broken up unhappily, it was also temporarily interrupted, Ling Jing went to the VIP post to rest first, and gave him a clear answer later. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the study, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window with his hands in silence for a long time, he had not fully recovered from the shock, but at the same time, his heart was full of bitterness, in the confrontation with Zhang Xuan, they were passive step by step, and even in dealing with the southern invasion of the Turks, they were far behind the Northern Sui army.

Li Jiancheng never dared to resent his father, but this time he deeply felt that he was seriously dragged back by his father, and his father only thought of taking advantage of the fisherman. However, they did not take into account that once the Northern Sui defeated the Turks in Bingzhou, they would win the hearts and morals of Bingzhou, and it would be logical to seize Bingzhou.

The father only wants to take advantage of the biggest advantage at the smallest price, but how can the other party's advantage be so easy to take advantage of, Zhang Xuan can completely withdraw the army, regardless of Taiyuan and Merge State, but he will personally go out to fight at any cost, will Zhang Xuan give up the victory to the Tang Dynasty?

Father thinks of others too simply, and in the end he will only mistake himself, Li Jiancheng sighed softly, and there was a deep resentment in his heart.

At this time, Li Jiancheng felt something, and when he turned around, he saw Wei Zheng standing quietly behind him, I don't know how long he had been here?

Li Jiancheng turned around and smiled bitterly and said, "Let Mr. see it smile." ”

Wei Zheng shook his head, "I can understand His Highness's shock, we are all equally unbelievable about this matter, Your Highness, we are all responsible." ”

"This matter is disappointing for Jang Hyun, so I can't see his sincerity."

"Your Highness, Zhang Xuan will definitely return the original words, in his opinion, we are also insincere."

Li Jiancheng didn't speak, and Wei Zheng said again: "The reason why Zhang Xuan sent troops and didn't inform us is because he saw through our attempt to take advantage of the fisherman, but in fact, we thought about the problem too simply. ”

Li Jiancheng sighed lowly, "Sir is right, we really think about the problem too simply, if Zhang Xuan was so easy to be calculated by us, he would not have achieved what he is today." ”

"Then what is Your Highness going to do?"

This question is really difficult to answer, Li Jiancheng slowly sat down, and asked in a deep voice: "If Zhang Xuan defeats the Turkic army, does Mr. think we will lose the hearts of the people in Jizhou?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the gains and losses of Bingzhou do not depend only on a war, our defense of Taiyuan itself is also a victory, after all, the Tang army did not fully withdraw from Bingzhou, first of all, this attitude will not lose the hearts of the people, it can only be said that we are slightly less than the Sui army in the contribution to the fight against the Turks."

"I'm afraid it's not a little less problem, we don't contribute at all." Li Jiancheng said with a wry smile.

"Your Royal Highness, you can't say that, you need to analyze the overall situation, first of all, we reached an armistice agreement with the Northern Sui, which is a major political contribution in itself, and the Northern Sui army can have no worries and go all out to fight against the Turks, we mobilize the people of Taiyuan County to retreat south, spending a lot of manpower and material resources, so that the Turkic army can not be supplied, which is also a kind of resistance to the enemy.

More importantly, we did not evacuate and annex the state, but increased the army of 70,000 to defend the Turks, this is the key, our attitude to fight the Turks is resolute, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is even more in-depth to the front line of the fight against the Turks, I believe that everyone in the world can see our determination to fight the Turks. ”

Li Jiancheng paced back and forth in the room with his hands down, although Wei Zheng's words made some sense, but Li Jiancheng still felt a bit far-fetched, after all, the Sui army was fighting bloodily, and the Tang army was not out of the army, which was a bit unreasonable.

At this time, Li Jiancheng stopped and said slowly: "Zhang Xuan has only arrived in Jiaocheng County now, and he has not yet fought a decisive battle with the Turkic army, but I still decided to send 50,000 troops to cooperate with the Sui army and the main Turkic force in a decisive battle, what do you think?" ”

"But how can His Highness explain to the Son of Heaven?"

"I'll explain it to my father, I'm just asking how to send troops?"

Wei Zheng pondered for a long time and said: "Actually, Ling Jing has made it clear that the Turkic army will either go south or west, I think His Royal Highness should send troops, or he should focus on defense, preemptively cut off the main roads to the west and south, and force the Turkic army to fight a decisive battle with the Sui and Tang armies in Taiyuan County or Loufan County." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, there are already 8,000 troops stationed in the Rat Bird Valley of Xihe County in the south, it is necessary for him to send another 10,000 troops to the south, with the danger of the southern valley road, it can be foolproof, the key is the main road to the west, they must ensure the safety of Lishi County.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng immediately said, "Please go and talk to Ling Jing again." Negotiate the details with him, and if the two sides are confirmed, I will send troops tomorrow! ”

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Li Jiancheng finally decided to send 50,000 troops, and he ordered Xue Wanjun to lead 10,000 troops south and garrison Jiexiu County to prevent the Turkic army from going south to plunder.

In addition, he sent Xue Wanche to lead 10,000 troops to enter Lishi County to establish defenses and collect people back to the city.

In the end, Li Jiancheng appointed Wang Junkuo as the main general and Xie Yingdeng as the deputy general, and led the army of 30,000 elite soldiers to the north to respond to the main force of the Sui army.

To the west of Taiyuan County is the majestic Luliang Mountains, with many peaks and ravines, so that there are countless paths in the Lvliang Mountains to communicate Taiyuan County in the east and Lishi County in the west, but there are only two official roads that can walk carts and cavalry, one is in Taiyuan County, and the other is located in the south of Loufan County.

At this time, Zhang Xuan led an army of 100,000 troops to Jiaocheng County as a logistics center, and deployed between Loufan County and Taiyuan County, which happened to be the strategic route of the northern route into Lishi County.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xuan was standing in front of the sand table with more than a dozen generals to discuss military affairs, and just an hour ago, a team of scout cavalry brought the latest news of the Turkic army.

Zhang Xuan pointed at Jingle County with a wooden pole and said: "According to the latest information of the scouts, the current Turkic army is located in the area of Jingle County, before that, they had gone north to Lou Fu Pass, but they turned back again, indicating that they have despaired of returning the same way, and can only make other plans, they either go south, loot enough wealth and population, and then find a way to cross the Yellow River to the north, or directly enter Lishi County, seize the population in Lishi County, and then cross the Yellow River from Lishi County to the north, of course, they have a third option......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan stopped talking and glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "That is, defeat us, get enough war benefits from us, and they can completely turn the tables." ”

There was silence in the big tent, obviously everyone didn't consider the third possibility, Zhang Xuan gave Fang Xuanling a look, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Everyone may have a misunderstanding, that is, the retreat is lost, and they will flee north in a hurry, but in fact, the Turkic army has not reached the point of exhaustion." ”

"Does the military advisor mean that Chu Luo Khan still expects the army from the north to capture the Lou Fu Pass and reopen the main road between the north and the south?" Pei Xingyan asked puzzled.

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "The news from the north and the south is cut off, Chu Luo Khan does not know that the northern Turkic army has been completely annihilated, he does still have great hopes for Kang Sheli, but this is only one aspect, more importantly, Chu Luo Khan fled back to the Turks like this, his prestige in the steppe will be lost, in fact, Chu Luo Khan did not want to go south in the first place, so after taking the Lou Fu Pass, the Turkic army seemed very hesitant, because Chu Luo Khan knew that the risk of going south was too great, but once he decided to go south, he had no choice, He had to get enough benefits to lead his army back north, which is the fundamental reason why the Turkic army did not immediately flee westward, but continued southward. ”

Hu Benlang said, "Maybe they don't have a boat to cross the river." ”

"They have!"

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "They used a sheepskin raft to cross the Fenshui, and they still have at least a million sheep in the army, this is the information we got not long ago, we can only say that we were a little underestimated before, underestimated Luo Khan, we thought that the capture of Lou Fu Pass, the Turkic army in the south will be cut off from food, will find a way to flee north, until we get the information, there are still a million sheep in the Turkic army, and there are sheepskin rafts to cross the river, I realized the true intention of Luo Khan in the Lou Fu army to linger." ”

"He wants to fight us!" Pei Xingyan blurted out.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Xuan took a deep breath and said: "In order to completely annihilate this main Turkic force, I decided to lead the army to meet the battle, and I must not let the Turkic army calmly evacuate." ”

Everyone was excited, they finally understood the real goal of the commander leading the army westward, Hu Benlang slapped Zhao Liang's fists and said: "We have been waiting for this day for a long time, Dashuai, give the order to go north!" ”

"Dashuai, give the order to go north!" The generals have asked for orders.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Since we are here, we will not run away, but in order to win this battle, we must be fully prepared." (To be continued.) )