At this time, Yun Dingxing stepped forward a little nervously, knelt down and saluted Zhang Xuan, "Weichen see His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help him up and said with a smile: "General Yun doesn't have to be polite, this time the military department captured Luoyang with a bloody blade, and General Yun made the first contribution, and I will give him a reward." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Yun Dingxing was both happy and ashamed, and sighed: "Wechen has been in officialdom for decades, and it is the first time that he has been rewarded for meritorious service, and Wechen dare not accept it!" ”

Zhang Xuan knew what he was ashamed of, in Yang Guang's era, Yun Dingxing was a well-known officialdom driller, a man who tended to be inflammatory, and he had always been despised by the ministers, but Zhang Xuan also felt that Yun Dingxing had a certain ability, from Yang Yong's father-in-law to Yang Guang's favorite minister, ordinary people really couldn't do it.

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly: "General Yun's past has nothing to do with me, I only look at the future, I believe that there is no difference between loyal ministers and ministers in essence, the difference is only the Son of Heaven they are facing, just like the same seeds planted in Huaibei, but oranges are planted in Huainan, General Yun is a talented person, but the talent in the past has not been used in the right place, General Yun is skillful, and he is also a top talent in the world, I appoint you as Sinong Siqing, to create practical and advanced agricultural tools for the people of the world, I hope that one day, there will be a 'cloud plow, Cloud car's and other tools for the benefit of the people, wash away the humiliation of the first half of your life. ”

Yun Dingxing seemed to open a window in front of him, so that he saw a brand-new road, he was very excited, and at the same time deeply moved, he knelt down and cried: "Your Highness's kindness, Weichen can't repay it!" ”

Zhang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "First go to assist Fang Junshi and Mr. Cen in handling Luoyang affairs, and when Luoyang is stable, you can go to Zhongdu to take up a new position, and we will still deal with each other at that time." ”

"Wechen farewell!"

Yun Dingxing wiped away his tears and hurried away, Zhang Xuan turned over and rode his horse and led the army to the palace.

At noon on the same day, Zhang Xuan again ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain, relief to the victims, the commercial bank opened, the price of goods fell rapidly, three days later, the price of grain in Luoyang fell from 1,000 yuan to 120 yuan of rice, and the same as Zhongdu, and returned to the level of the six years of the great cause.

.......

Hangu Pass, when Li Shimin got the news that the Sui army occupied Luoyang without blood, he knew that Zhang Xuan's layout of Luoyang was deep, and I am afraid that he had already laid a shadow in Luoyang before attacking Jiangxia, and this shadow played a major role in Wang Shichong's defensive layout later, otherwise Zhang Xuan would not have been able to capture Luoyang so easily.

The reason why Li Shimin was stationed at Hangu Pass to watch the battle was that he originally hoped that Wang Shichong's army would have a vicious battle with the Northern Sui army, even if Wang Shichong was defeated in the end, the Northern Sui army would also suffer heavy losses, and then the opportunity for the Tang army came, but the final news really disappointed Li Shimin.

In the big tent, Li Shimin looked at the map with his hands in his hand and was silent for a long time, at this time, Qu Tutong walked behind him and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the army has been assembled and can set off." ”

Li Shimin sighed and said, "I really don't know how to explain it to my father? ”

Qu Tutong fully understands Li Shimin's feelings, the decision to withdraw from Luoyang is not something that can be made by anyone, which requires great courage and courage, many generals would rather end up with the whole army than dare not go against the holy will of the Son of Heaven.

But Qu Tutong also had to admit the wisdom of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, at least he was not very in favor of withdrawing the army back to Guguan at that time, he thought that when the Sui army entered the city, Wang Shichong would definitely open the west gate to let the Tang army enter the city, instigating the Sui and Tang armies to fight, but the final result was that the Sui army captured Luoyang without blood, if they did not withdraw at that time, the Sui army could completely flank them with superior forces, from this point of view, His Royal Highness the King of Qin withdrew completely correct.

Qu Tutong comforted Li Shimin in a low voice: "Your Highness can write another letter to the Son of Heaven and tell the Son of Heaven the actual situation, the Sui army of 160,000 troops, twice as many as us, if we don't withdraw, the whole army will be wiped out under Luoyang City, I believe that the Son of Heaven can fully understand His Highness's decision." ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, he wrote an eagle letter to his father when he withdrew from Luoyang, but his father has not returned any news so far, which shows his father's anger.

"I believe that my father can fully understand my decision to withdraw the army, otherwise he will order me to continue to attack Luoyang, but he must be emotionally difficult to accept, he must be very angry, I can believe that Chang'an must be in trouble now."

"There's no way around that, let's go back and explain slowly!"

Li Shimin nodded, and ordered: "Give up Hangu Pass, and we will build a military camp outside the pass." ”

Qu Tutong was stunned, "Why did Your Highness give up Hangu Pass?" ”

"Hangu Pass is the west gate of Luoyang, it is the army that defends the pass, we occupy Hangu Pass because of the difficulty of defense, and secondly, Zhang Xuan will never give us the west gate of Luoyang to guard, he will inevitably attack the pass on a large scale, and the army left behind in Hangu Pass can only sacrifice in vain, on the contrary, if I let Hangu Pass, Zhang Xuan will stop at Hangu Pass, and he has to give me this favor."

"Your Highness Takami!"

Li Shimin let out a long breath and gave the order to withdraw, and a group of Tang troops slowly withdrew to the west outside the city, when the last Tang army flag was removed, Li Shimin glanced at the Hangu Gate with nostalgia, and then turned his horse's head and walked away.

Li Shimin ordered the general Liu Hongji and the deputy general Qin Qiong to lead 10,000 troops to set up a large camp fifty miles away from Hangu Pass, and always monitored the movement of Hangu Pass.

Li Shimin's guess is not wrong, the Chang'an government and the opposition have set off an uproar because of the successive defeats on the battlefield.

Chang'an Qingyun Liquor Shop, since the military officials were innocently arrested for eating here, and there was a homicide, the business of Qingyun Liquor Shop has been greatly impacted, and the number of official drinkers has decreased significantly, on the one hand, the officials dare not eat here, and have gone elsewhere, and on the other hand, many officials bring their own lunch to the official room, and it is much safer to chat in the official room.

Of course, the business of the liquor store is not to the extent of a crowd at the door, but it is not as hot as before, and the seats can basically be filled every day, but the private rooms on the second and third floors are empty, and no one rushes to the private room to drink, lest the partition wall have ears.

At noon, Yu Yun's carriage stopped in front of the Qingyun Wine Shop, he walked off the carriage quickly, and walked away from the wine shop, the bartenders were already familiar with him, knowing that he was coming to find Gao Jin, a bartender pointed to the backyard, Yu Yun understood, and walked to the backyard through the side door.

There was a screen between the side door and the lobby, and the lobby drinkers couldn't see Yu Yun entering the backyard, but across the road, a beggar squatting in the corner saw this scene clearly, and an imperceptible surprise flashed in the beggar's cloudy eyes, and he slowly stood up.......

In the tent, Gao Jin also stood up in surprise, "Why is my uncle here, what happened?" ”

Yu Yun said with a gloomy face: "I'm here to confirm one thing with my nephew." ”

"Uncle, please sit down and talk."

Gao Jin poured a bowl of herbal tea, he walked to the door again and looked, there was no one in several elegant rooms on the second floor, he was a little relieved, and from the second floor, he could clearly see Yu Yun walking into the tent, but fortunately he didn't see it.

Gao Jin closed the door, sat down opposite Yu Yun, and asked with a smile, "What does my uncle want to ask?" ”

"Today, when the son said today, the Sui army sent 200,000 troops to attack Luoyang, plus the 60,000 army led by the King of Qi, a total of 260,000 troops, while the Tang army only had 90,000 people, and said that the Tang army was surrounded by the Sui army, and the Tang army finally broke through successfully at night and retreated to Hangu Pass, Wang Shichong surrendered the Sui army in the city, I want to know what the truth is?"

Gao Jin groaned and said: "There are some discrepancies between this and the truth, the truth is that the Sui army only has a total of 160,000 troops, not 260,000, and secondly, the Sui army did not surround the Tang army, but His Royal Highness the King of Qi wrote a letter to Li Shimin, the commander of the Tang army, ordering him to withdraw from Hangu Pass immediately, otherwise the Tang army will be annihilated in the Central Plains, Li Shimin himself withdrew, as for Wang Shichong's surrender of the city, it is actually because we have an internal response in the city, control the south city gate, and the Sui army captured Wang Shichong alive after entering the city. I guess it should be true. ”

Yu Yun slapped the table heavily and said hatefully: "I knew that he was covering up and making up reasons to prevaricate everyone's questioning." ”

Gao Jin was puzzled and asked with a smile: "How do you say this?" ”

"The virtuous nephew doesn't know, before we pledged a million stone of grain and 500,000 yuan, at that time, the Son of Heaven was compensated for Luoyang's business, and everyone paid for food, but now Luoyang is gone, not even Jingzhou, how can everyone accept it?"

"But..... It's not that Li Yuan is repaying his debts, but that Tang Jun didn't take Luoyang, and if he can't take Luoyang, he naturally can't fulfill his promise, and I don't think Li Yuan can be blamed completely! Gao Jin explained with a smile.

Yu Yun shook his head, "We think this is actually a matter of attitude, and we have also received some news, the Tang army simply retreated without a fight, and the Son of Heaven was afraid that the Sui army would attack Taiyuan or Longyou, so he gave up Luoyang, he didn't take into account our interests at all, and deliberately fabricated the facts, when we are three-year-olds?" ”

"He's just looking for a step down, he knows that the truth of Luoyang can't be hidden from everyone sooner or later, but now he needs to give everyone an explanation, as long as everyone accepts this statement, this matter will be over, uncle, I can only say that next time I donate money and food, be cautious, don't believe too much in his so-called compensation."

"Next time?"

Yu Yun snorted, "If there is no clear statement this time, then there will be no next time, and there will never be again." (To be continued.) )