Kaifeng City, Henan.

In the camp of the Zhao army, an envoy from Youjing presented the document to Li Chongjiu himself for reading.

Under the candlelight, all the generals were on both sides of the big tent, looking at Li Chongjiu's expression.

But seeing Li Chongjiu looking at the letter, he suddenly slapped it on the case, and said to the left and right: "Half a month ago, Tuli was defeated by Jieli, 80,000 troops were lost, and the remaining 5,000 remnants fled to the Songmo Protectorate to seek refuge. ”

Listening to Li Chongjiu's words, all the generals were shocked, this sudden profit is too useless. Jieli fought Tuli like this in the first battle.

Zhang Xuansu asked anxiously: "If Tuli is defeated, I'm afraid there will be no one outside the Saiwai to control Jieli, according to Weichen's view of Tuli's defeat, my Songmo Duhufu will become a lonely army, if Jieli pursues, General Guo will not be good, and it will be difficult for his 30,000 horses to retreat." ”

Li Chongjiu said: "Guo Xiaoke is well-governed, and when he hears that Tuli is defeated, there must be a way to preserve it, even if he loses, he will not be defeated, what I am worried about now is not Guo Xiaoke, but Youjing, Huaihuang Town, if Tuli is defeated, our army is empty in Saibei, Jieli will inevitably seize this opportunity and take advantage of the situation to go south." ”

The three towns of Huaihuang, Yuyi, and Songmoduhufu, which Li Chongjiu focused on outside the Saiwai, were enough to support the external defense line of Yujing with full momentum, and no matter which part of the Turkic, Khitan, Goguryeo, and Xi tribes attacked from any direction, they could not bypass this defense line.

His layout was to take the army as the city, focusing on the defense of the three towns, so that the Turkic army did not dare to bypass the two cities lightly and attack Youjing directly. Therefore, Li Chongjiu did not deploy troops on the passes of the Great Wall on the basis of the siege of Jishang repaired by the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. For Zhao State, the role of the Great Wall is only a beacon tower, and there is no one else on it except for the soldiers who call the police and look out.

The advantage of this is, of course, to save troops, but the disadvantage is that there are no soldiers to guard the pass, and once the Turkic cavalry breaks through, it will quickly enter the city of Youjing. Now nostalgic. The troops of Yuyi Town were all evacuated by Li Chongjiu to attack Li Tang, and the director was confident that he would bypass the two towns and take Youjing directly.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu expected that Dingjieli would definitely adopt this method, otherwise he would become a Turkic khan in vain.

Yu Shinan said: "Your Majesty." Huaihuang Town, Youjing, are the cornerstone of my big Zhao, and you can't miss anything, otherwise the whole country will be shaken. I implore you to withdraw your troops immediately, take a boat back to the division, and rescue Youjing. ”

"Your Majesty can't be in a hurry," Xia Jichuan said: "Although Li Tang is a retired army, Hedong and Henan. Sichuan and Shu still have more than 100,000 troops to confront our army, if the army is withdrawn, how about Li Tang attack again? Didn't our army fall into a two-sided attack? ”

Zhang Xuansu retorted: "Yi Weichen doesn't think Li Tang will be able to, first of all, it will be winter soon, which is not conducive to the use of troops." Secondly, Li Tang fought this summer, his vitality had been greatly damaged, and his troops and rations had run out, so he was absolutely unable to launch another offensive. What's more, our army has set up three major platforms to fight, which is enough to deal with the small-scale offensive of the Tang Army. ”

Li Chongjiu nodded and said to the other generals, "What do you have any opinions?" Although it is possible to offer to consult with me. ”

Hearing Li Chongjiu say this, the generals also spoke one after another, and most of the people's opinions were to withdraw from the army to rescue Youjing, and put forward various plans for retreating.

Li Chongjiu adopted everyone's opinions and said: "What you Aiqing said is true, I have decided to leave Wang Mahan's Yi Guard Army as a mobile army to support Hedong. Henan, outside the Jiangnan Third Road, I led the Wuwei Army and the Tingwei Army to return to Youjing immediately, and the 50,000 grassland cavalry in Shaanxi also returned to Youjing. Defend against the Turks. ”

Li Chongjiu is as good as a stream, and all the generals are all calling His Majesty wise.

"Then Your Majesty, will Kaifeng City continue to attack?"

Li Chongjiu said: "Kaifeng is broken in an instant, there is no reason to give up, although I leave, but Shan Xiongxin can replace me as the leading general, continue to besiege Kaifeng." ”

Shan Xiongxin stepped forward and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the city general has already been shaken, the gentry in the city are very afraid, our army in the city is careful to spread rumors, saying that if it does not fall, the Bianhe River will be dug and poured into Kaifeng, according to the news, the city is a number of shocks overnight, and now the officials in the city have threatened the city general to surrender, and the soldiers are also panicked, and the city will be broken in this day or two." Yu Shi South Road.

Li Chongjiu nodded with satisfaction, Kaifeng City was flooded by the Qin State in history, and of course, when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng in another time and space, it was also flooded once. Therefore, although it is very convenient to set the capital of Kaifeng, it is conducive to the north and south, and the construction of the capital here can be described as a big trend in the house.

However, as the capital, its defense is far inferior to Chang'an, Jiankang, and Youjing. But Chang'an and Youjing also have shortcomings, that is, they are close to the outside of the Saiwai and the Han and Tang dynasties with their capital in Guanzhong, and Chang'an has not been approached by the Xiongnu and the Turks. The Ming Dynasty, which was built in Youjing, held the idea of the Son of Heaven guarding the country, and also experienced several times of danger under the city.

Therefore, Kaifeng is such an easy place to attack and difficult to defend, for Zhao Jun, it is not difficult to capture, but Li Chongjiu still has to conquer in person, because of the convenience of Kaifeng, once Kaifeng is opened, the Tongji Canal can be penetrated, so that Jiangdu and Luoyang are connected, and Jianghuai's rice and wealth can be continuously supplied to Luoyang.

In this way, Luoyang has Youjing, and with the support of Jianghuai, the later Li Tang delays, the more he has no way to take Luoyang.

In fact, Kaifeng City, which had been besieged for three days, finally surrendered to the Zhao army on the second day after the military meeting, that is, the day when Li Chongjiu decided to lead his division north, and the city gate was finally slowly opened.

In the city, Sima and dozens of county officials were dressed in white and prostrate on the city road.

Li Chongjiu and Shan Xiong Xince stepped forward immediately, and the Kaifeng officials held the heads of the guards Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan high and put them on a plate. Li Chongjiu looked at the level of the two, both of them were plastered with lime, and their faces were full of unwillingness.

They never dreamed that the officials who opened last night would set up a Hongmen banquet to welcome the two into the suit. When they and their subordinates were all drunk, they were plotted by Kaifeng officials, and the two and dozens of personal soldiers were all ghosts.

Li Chongjiu took the seal ribbon and immediately appeased the officials in Kaifeng. Now Kaifeng is under control, and the counties and counties of Li Tang in Henan are also constantly announcing the surrender of Zhao, and the beacon fire of rebellion for a while is ignited everywhere in Henan, making Li Yuan already have a big head.

Taking advantage of Li Yuan's self-care, after Li Chongjiu captured Kaifeng, he did not rest, but led the Wuwei army non-stop, and the 20,000 soldiers of the Tingwei army sat on the battleship, entered the Yellow River along the Tongji Canal from Kaifeng, and then rushed north to Youjing via Liyang.

And in Hedong, Wang Junkuo has already received an order, and now he is also leading 50,000 grassland cavalry to rush to Youjing.

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