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Xiao Buyi and the ministers looked at the map with solemn faces, and were speechless for a while.

He has Wei Zheng, Lu Chu, Xu Shiji, etc., all of whom are extremely trusting people, the four of them have studied for a long time, their brows are deeply locked, and the plan is obviously not as fast as the change, Dou Jiande suddenly sent troops, and the force was so fierce that Xiao Buyi was a little caught off guard.

When Xiao Buyi announced the news to the ministers in the Daxing Palace, the ministers were unexpectedly indignant and unanimously asked Xiao Buyi to send troops!

Xiao Buyi understood in an instant, these people were probably scared by Li Mi, and they didn't want Xiao Buyi to take the initiative to send troops to attack the attack, because they were afraid that others would attack the nest, and no one would be able to resist it, but if they were really beaten to the nest, they really stretched out their heads and shrank their heads.

Due to the initial decision of the Eastern Capital, Xiao Buyi vigorously promoted the Han scholars, and the composition of the three provinces and six departments and hundreds of officials was unprecedentedly complex, and almost everything had to go through repeated consultations, and there had never been one thing that made the ministers as consistent as now.

Since the opinions of the ministers are unified, the eastern capital is united, and the strength cannot be underestimated, and the rest of the things are of course easy to handle. Xiao Buyi ordered, 'You adults should do what they should do, he will handle the march and war, and it is up to you to govern the country. Maintaining the stability of the eastern capital depends on the princes. ’

Seeing that Xiao Buyi was not frightened, the ministers were a little relieved, secretly thinking that Li Mi's million-strong army had also been defeated, and Dou Jiande's side was the overlord of the land, and he couldn't forgive him.

After retiring from the dynasty, Xiao Buyi did not have the slightest contempt for Dou Jiande, and immediately convened everyone to discuss the enemy's policy.

The news from the front line was not good, Dou Jiande brazenly sent troops, and he had conquered Weizhou and Suixing. Both of these places are in the southwest of Liyang, that is to say, Dou Jiande has cut off Liyang's support road, and Liyang has now become an isolated city!

However, Li Jing and Xiao Buyi both knew the important surname of Liyang, and they did not expect that Dou Jiande would send troops in winter, but they had already sent heavy troops to guard it, and firmly clamped Dou Jiande to attack the first pass of the Eastern Capital. At present, Liyang is guarded by Shu Zhanwei, Di Hongyuan, and Qi Luo, with 30,000 elite soldiers, sufficient food, and Li Jing after capturing Liyang, the first time is to strengthen the city defense, and now, although it is a lonely city, everyone thinks that as long as there is no mistake, it is extremely difficult for Dou Jiande to capture Liyang.

Defending the city is different from attacking the city, defending the city can be said to be extremely advantageous, if you want to attack the city, it has always cost several times, or even more than ten times the strength, Shu Zhanwei and others are experienced in a hundred battles, when the news is announced, it is also the first time to stick to Liyang and Liyang Cang, and avoid fighting.

Liyang Cang also had a deep ditch and high base early, and it was difficult to hold out, and it was no less difficult to get down than to conquer Liyang.

Seeing that Liyang was difficult to overcome, Dou Jiande immediately sent troops to besiege Liyang, passed around the city, took Weizhou and Suixing, and even crossed the Taihang Mountain, and divided his troops to capture Changping and Hanoi counties.

Changping is currently guarded by Tongshou Yin Shanda, but Hanoi is guarded by Tongshou Meng Shanyi. The two places were attacked one after another.

Everyone looked at the map, as if they saw the smoke of gunpowder, and their hearts were heavy.

"Dou Jiande is aggressive, his intention is very clear, and he is ready to take the land north of the Yellow River by surprise." Lu Chu said: "If he can achieve his wish, he can not only overwhelm the Eastern Capital, but also cut off our way to the north." Then he joined hands with Li Yuan to force us to retreat to the south of the Yellow River and fight across the river. ”

Wei Zheng nodded, "What Lord Lu said is right, I think so too." At present, the most urgent task is to send troops to Beibi Mountain, and take advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to cross the river to aid Hanoi and Changping counties. Changping is the foundation of our attack on the party, as long as the party falls into our hands, you can use this place to attack Taiyuan, if you lose this place, there is a blessing from the east of the river in the pass, it is even more impregnable, not good for us. ”

Xiao Buyi and Xu Shiji were silent, and Lu Chu asked, "King Xiliang, don't you agree with what Wei Yushi said?" ”

Xiao Buyi muttered: "Hanoi and Changping are not important in the short term. However, if we take Hedong, these two places will undoubtedly be a springboard for us to attack Hedong and other places, and these two places must not be let out. But ......" Xiao Buyi stopped talking, and Xu Shiji said on the side: "What Wei Yushi said is very reasonable, but I think this move is definitely not Dou Jiande's real intention. ”

Xiao Buyi raised his eyebrows, "Shiji, what do you think Dou Jiande means?" ”

"It's time to cross the river and fight, but it's clearly not the season to go to war." Xu Shiji said in a deep voice.

"yes." Xiao Buyi sighed: "I think even if Dou Jiande wants to fight, he will always have to wait until the beginning of spring...... Where did you think that he was like a fire burning his buttocks, if we sent troops to resist, they might defeat us and other two counties in a month, but as long as it took three months, as long as Liyang did not fight, we could expel them from these two places. ”

Xiao Buyi knew that it was not easy to send troops in this era, so he always advocated using the least number of troops to create the greatest benefit. His ironclad cavalry is famous all over the world, but it is only a few thousand. Only in this way can we be very little limited by the weight of grain and straw, and give full play to the effect of surprise soldiers. The long journey of the army is definitely a great burden on the logistics supply. Although Xu Yuanlang was confronted by hundreds of thousands of troops, Xiao Buyi could recruit millions of male soldiers, but he used a maximum of 50,000 troops, not because of insufficient troops, but because of the ability to withstand the supply. Dou Jiande attacked Liyang, Hanoi, and Changping in succession, which seemed ferocious, but according to Xiao Buyi's estimates, at least fifty or sixty thousand troops had been used. Xiao Buyi can not hesitate to let the lands hold on, lure the enemy deep, and then send troops to cut off their grain routes, the army has no food, and it will be defeated without attacking.

It is not necessary to fight against each other on the march, and the most well-equipped and manpower can win. As long as you make good use of one of the three, and then find out the weaknesses and focus on the opponent, you can win.

Xiao Buyi said his thoughts, everyone nodded, and Lu Chu frowned: "Listening to what King Xiliang said, the old minister also felt that things were strange. Dou Jiande is not a person who is not good at using soldiers, what is the purpose of such a fierce attack? ”

Xiao Buyi looked at Xu Shiji, "Presumably the world has already been decided." ”

Xu Shiji calmly walked to the map, stretched out his hand and gestured: "King Xiliang, my lords, at the moment we have several fronts to fight, that is, General Qin of Yuncheng against Luo Shixin, Lord Zhang of Juye waiting for an opportunity to attack Xu Yuanlang of Rencheng, and of course a front pulled out by Dou Jiande along the north bank of the Yellow River, all the way west from Liyang. I don't know if you have noticed that Dou Jiande only raised troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, which caused us to panic. ”

"The Eastern Capital is also a place of four stops, easy and difficult to attack, Dou Jiande may not have such a big appetite. I have thought about Liyang, but the south bank of the Yellow River is a big city such as Kim Yong Yong, Yanshi, and Tiger Prison, and the mountains are long, and we have already been guarded by elite soldiers. After they cross the river, even if they have a small victory, if they can't turn back when the river is cleared, then there is no place to die! Wei Zheng said.

Xu Shiji's face was heavy, "Dou Jiande may not attack the Tiger Prison, but after crossing the river, he will attack from the original Wuwagang area, and cut off the back road of General Qin and Master Zhang." ”

Lu Chu and Wei Zheng both changed their faces.

Xiao Buyi slapped the table, "Shiji is right, I also think that Dou Jiande is a Ming plank road and a dark Chen Cang, he came aggressively and lured us to cross the river to increase our troops, but they divided their troops to outflank General Qin and Lord Zhang's back road, and then attacked us with Xu Yuanlang's troops!" ”

Xu Shiji nodded and said: "Only in this way can we explain why Dou Jiande did not send troops according to common sense." ”

"In that case, we are in danger." Wei Zheng lost color.

Xiao Buyi said calmly: "Don't worry, General Qin and Master Zhang are both good at fighting, since we thought that they would get the news, they must also be on guard." However, since Dou Jiande and the others are coming to attack vigorously, of course we have to fight with great fanfare. ”

Xu Shiji smiled and said, "Can the King of Xiliang want to use his own way to govern others?" ”

Xiao Buyi laughed and said, "If this is not the case, how can they remember the lesson? ”

"But Changping and Hanoi, are we going to ignore it?" Lu Chu said worriedly: "Dou Jiande's move is false and real, I am afraid that we will ignore these two places and be captured by them soon." ”

Lu Chuwen's rule is acceptable, but if he is marching and fighting, of course, he is not as good as Xiao Buyi, Xu Shiji and others, because he has not yet understood Xiao Buyi's intentions.

Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice: "Of course I won't ignore it, this king has decided to greet him in person!" ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "The King of Xiliang wants to make a plan and give Dou Jiande a posture to attract the main army, and also want to surprise them with surprise troops?" ”

Lu Chu suddenly said: "I see, King Xiliang is really high-minded. ”

These virtual and real strategies, Xiao Buyi has long been used when attacking Xiangyang and fighting Wagang. This time, it's just a small test.

After analyzing the situation, everyone was a little relaxed, but Xu Shiji had already begun to allocate manpower to discuss Dou Jiande's offensive path. There was a soldier outside the door who announced, "Taiyuan is urgent." ”

Lu Chu was a little worried: "I heard that Liu Wu was defeated in the battle on Wednesday, is he defeated again?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "It turns out that Lord Lu still cares about Liu Wuzhou very much. ”

Lu Chu smiled bitterly: "Now everyone hopes that he can fight with Li Yuan for a few years." Li Yuan probably also hopes that Dou Jiande can drag us down. Dou Jiande has been hiding and not moving, but now he is taking the lead, what is it for? ”

The two shook their heads in unison, but they both looked at Xiao Buyi, not knowing what bad news came from Taiyuan.

Xiao Buyi's face was a little strange, and he smiled after a while: "There are many strange things in this world, and Li Yuan's Taiyuan is lost." ”

Everyone was shocked, "This ...... How can it be? ”

Everyone knows that Taiyuan is the foundation of Li Yuan's rise, far more important than Liyang in the eastern capital, although Li Yuanji is useless, but Li Yuan left him there, which means that he attaches great importance to Taiyuan, and only his son can rest assured if he stays there. Taiyuan has good soldiers and sufficient grain, even the eastern capital thinks that it is okay for Liu Wuzhou to go down to other counties, but it is extremely difficult to go down to Taiyuan.

In addition, Pei Lin had already led troops to reinforce Taiyuan, how could he lose it so quickly?

"King Xiliang, it's not that the military situation is wrong." Lu Chu said cautiously.

Xiao Buyi shook his head and said: "Junwen has explained very clearly, Liu Wu was defeated in the battle on Wednesday, but it was just a simple trick to lure the enemy. Otherwise, with their sharpness, how could Li Yuanji, Dou Dan and others be their opponents? Liu Wuzhou retreated in successive defeats and handed over all the other counties. The Tang army won successive battles, and it was inevitable that it would have the intention of underestimating the enemy. At this time, Pei Lian's army has arrived at Jiexiu ......"

"It was in Xihe County, not far from Taiyuan. Now that reinforcements have arrived, what else is Li Yuanji likely to lose? Wei Zheng was also puzzled.

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "It was because the reinforcements arrived, Li Yuanji also changed his strategy, from the previous cautious and cautious, to unscrupulous, he actually ordered Pei Lin to be stationed in Jiexiu and not to rush to Taiyuan." ”

Even Xu Shiji didn't understand at this time, "What is he going to do?" ”

"He said that he didn't need Pei Lin at all, and he could defeat Liu Wuzhou with his own ability alone, so Pei Lin came to Taiyuan, which was really redundant." Xiao Buyi smiled: "The result is...... Liu Wuzhou lost a few more battles, and Li Yuanji's morale was unprecedentedly high. Pei Lin couldn't help but obey Li Yuanji's orders, stationed in Jiexiu, and after hearing the news of Li Yuanji's winning streak, he actually relaxed his vigilance. As a result, Wei Chigong quietly rushed to Jiexiu, first went to Jiexiu with a small force to lure the enemy, Pei Lin led the troops to crusade, but he did not expect to be rushed by Zhang Gongjin's iron cavalry, and the whole army was defeated. Wei Chigong had already sent a large army to kill, and the Tang army led by Pei Lin was almost wiped out! Hearing that Pei Lin fled back to Guanzhong with dozens of horses, Wei Chigong easily went down to the place of Jiexiu! ”

Xu Shiji patted the case and said: "A good move is to retreat into advance, Zhang Gongjin and Wei Chigong really live up to their reputations." ”

The crowd was excited, as if they had won the battle. In fact, it was precisely because Zhang Gongjin's iron cavalry had the effect of a surprise attack, if it weren't for this, it might not be able to easily defeat Pei Lian's army.

After Wei Chigong and Zhang Gongjin defeated Pei Lian, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang went all out to attack Taiyuan. Originally, if they defended to the death, Liu Wuzhou was still helpless against them, but he didn't expect Li Yuanji to deceive his subordinates Yu Wenxin, saying that he would take the old and weak to defend the city, and he and Dou Dan would sneak attack Liu Wuzhou's camp at night and win a complete victory. Yuwenxin persuaded hard, Li Yuanji didn't listen, and in the middle of the night, Li Yuanji took Dou Dan, elite soldiers, and his wife and concubine, etc., and gave up Taiyuan and fled back to Guanzhong. Li Yuanji left, Liu Wuzhou was already in the city, Yuwenxin was unable to defend, and also fled, as a result, Taiyuan local strong Xue Shen dedicated the city, Taiyuan then fell into the hands of Liu Wuzhou. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and after a moment, they couldn't help laughing.

Xu Shiji said: "Li Yuan is an old man who destroys the giant cunning, but he didn't expect his son to be so incompetent. ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "So such a person, just like Yu Wenhua, it is better to keep as much as possible." ”

Everyone laughed again, relieving their depression. Originally, Lu Chu still had the worst idea, that is, if Liu Wuzhou was not supported, Dou Jiande, Xu Yuanlang, and Li Yuan were likely to encircle the eastern capital on three roads, but now that Li Yuan suddenly lost Taiyuan, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect himself, and now he can go all out to deal with Dou Jiande.

Everyone figured out this key and began to discuss the plan to deal with Dou Jiande, Xu Shiji discussed until late at night, and then returned to the mansion. But after returning to the house, he did not rest, spread out the copywriting, worked hard to write, and arranged the dispatch of troops.

Li Jing was originally a squire in the Ministry of War, and now he has been promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, but now he is in Jiangnan. Xu Shiji wears many hats, and the military department is also under his command.

was busy until early in the morning, Xu Shiji yawned, looked at a table of copywriters, and was quite satisfied.

Now he is aiming at Li Jing, secretly thinking that Li Jing has endured for so many years, and his current affairs are really nothing.

Reaching out and taking out a page of letter paper from his arms, Xu Shiji looked at it blankly for a long time, unable to help worrying.

If I don't die, I'll come to you!

What does Pei Mingcui mean by writing these eight words? Xu Shiji thought about it a thousand times, and secretly smiled bitterly, I would rather you not come to me, and I don't want you to die.

I don't know how long it took, as soon as the rooster sang, Xu Shiji turned his head to look out the window, saw the white sky in the world, shook his head, and was about to sleep for a while, and then prepare to send troops, when the next person came in and said, "General...... A masked woman dressed in black is looking for you. Originally, we said that General Xu was missing, but she said that Miss Pei was looking for you...... Do you want to ......?"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Shiji had already rushed out, and when he came to the mansion, he saw a woman standing in front of the door, staring at him. Xu Shiji calmed down, "Miss Pei is ...... now Luckily? ”

"General Xu, my name is Shadow. Thank you General Xu for greetings, Miss She's okay. The woman said.

Xu Shiji breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that the sky was a little brighter, and it was not so cold in the ice and snow. I don't know how long it took for Xu Shiji to remember what the shadow was looking for him to do, what a strange name.

But he didn't have time to think about it, Xu Shiji asked, "Shadow girl, what are you looking for me?" ”

"Miss, let me tell you something." Shadow Road.

Xu Shiji's heart almost jumped out, and he felt that his voice was a little hoarse, "What's the matter?" "At that moment, he was less like a general, but more like a prisoner awaiting trial. After listening to the shadow and saying everything, Xu Shiji's heart was shocked, "You mean, Li Xuanba...... Didn't even die? ”

It turned out that the shadow just repeated what Pei Mingcui had done, and when he heard Xu Shiji's question, the shadow shook his head and said, "Miss, as long as I tell you this, I won't say the rest." ”

"Shadow girl, do you want to go into the cold mansion and sit for a while?" Xu Shiji realized that the two had been standing outside the door.

The shadow shook his head, "General Xu, I still have something to do, thank you for your kindness." She turned around and left, without stopping, Xu Shiji looked at her back in a daze, wanting to stay, but there was no way to speak. When the shadow disappeared, Xu Shiji remembered to go through Xiao Buyi, and hurriedly found Xiao Buyi, and Xu Shiji said what the shadow said again.

I thought Xiao Buyi would be shocked, but I didn't expect him to just say 'oh'.

Xu Shiji was surprised and said: "King Xiliang, if Li Xuanba is not dead, with his ability, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the King of Xiliang." But he thought in his heart, if Li Xuanba didn't die and Pei Mingcui didn't turn around, could it be that he went to find him? Shaking his head, as if hearing the sigh in his heart, Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "It's good that he doesn't die, no matter what he says, he is also my friend." ”

When Xu Shiji heard the word friend, he was cold, and said with a forced smile: "I'm just afraid that he has never regarded King Xiliang as a friend!" ”

Xiao Buyi muttered: "It's okay, after so many years, it's not like this." Glancing at Xu Shiji, Xiao Buyi said in his heart, Li Xuanba is not dead, but the distance from Pei Mingcui is obviously farther than dead!

**

Taiyuan was lost, and when the news came, Li Yuan almost thought it was in a dream.

Pei Lin lost his armor and turned around, Li Yuan was already taken aback, he didn't expect Pei Lin to lose so badly, and when he heard that Pei Lin was defeated under the black armor iron horse, Li Yuan frowned.

He suddenly found out the seriousness of the problem!

Xiao Buyi secretly teamed up with Liu Wuzhou, and he didn't know about it. He didn't despise Liu Wuzhou, but it seemed that he despised Xiao Buyi!

What Xiao Buyi was thinking, no one knew!

There was a tension in his heart, and Li Yuan immediately summoned his ministers to think of countermeasures, but the news of the loss of Taiyuan came one after another. When Li Yuan heard the news at first glance, he only thought that it was a big joke in the world, the Taiyuan soldiers had enough food and a solid foundation, how could they be lost? But when he saw Li Yuanji crying and mourning a face in front of him, Li Yuan almost fainted.

When Li Yuanji saw his father, he cried and said, "Dad, the child is not filial, and he can't keep Taiyuan City for you." ”

Li Yuan's whole body trembled with anger, and he asked sharply, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Yuanji didn't dare to raise his head, "Dad, the child has tried his best, but Liu Wuzhou's attack is too fierce, I really can't resist it, if I don't turn back to Guanzhong, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you alive." ”

Li Yuan's face darkened, and Li Yuanji suddenly said: "Dad, the child is not filial, when he knew that the people of the world were defeated in the shallow water plain, his heart was wrenched, and he secretly thought that if the child was so defeated, he would definitely judge himself to apologize." But I didn't expect it to be the child's turn in an instant, so I just asked my father to give me a death, so that I could see my dead mother. ”

After he finished speaking, he cried loudly, and Dou Dan on the side touched the ground with his head and did not dare to raise his head.

Li Yuan said sadly: "Dou Dan, Yuanji is ignorant, I asked you to assist, but I didn't expect you to lose Taiyuan, what else do you have to say?" ”

Dou Dan hurriedly said: "Shengshang, it's none of my business, giving up Taiyuan is Yuwenxin's idea, I didn't follow, but Yuwenxin insisted, Liu Wuzhou's offensive was fierce, and Master Pei returned in a fiasco, I will wait for no help, and I won't evacuate, I'm afraid that it will all fall into the hands of Liu Wuzhou." ”

Li Yuanji sobbed: "Dad, even if I die, I want to see you again." ”

Li Yuan's heart was in turmoil, and he waved his hand and said, "Let's retreat first." Li Yuanji was slightly happy, glanced at Dou Dan, and retreated with him, but Li Yuan said to Li Gang, the secretary of the ministry next to him: "Li Shangshu, Yuanji is young and doesn't understand the world, so he sent Dou Dan and Yuwenxin to assist." Tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Taiyuan, ten years of storage, the foundation of the rise of the royal industry, suddenly gave up, it is really an unforgivable sin, since it is Yu Wenxin's idea, he should be beheaded! ”

Li Gang didn't wait for a reply, and the palace people said: "Qi Qi Sheng, King Qin asks to see!" ”

(To be continued)