Hearing that Li Jing did not capture the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Yuan frowned......

Needless to say, Tiger Prison Pass is the strategic position of the entire Luoyang as a whole. If the key point of the tiger prison is not cut off, the Zhao army's water 6 reinforcements will continue to arrive from Hebei and Shandong, so that Li Tang will attack Luoyang, and there will never be a day when he will be captured. Li Jing's retreat from the front of the Tiger Prison Pass showed that Li Tangnanlu's army had no spare strength and had made any more progress.

Unless Li Yuan made up his mind to lead his army across the Yellow River now, as soon as Li Chongjiu's reinforcements arrived, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing's army south of Luoyang would fall into passivity and even be in danger of being surrounded.

All the generals are in an unfavorable situation now, and there will not be much progress in continuing to fight, but they are all holding their breath and waiting for Li Yuan's decision.

"Pei Qing, what do you think?" Li Yuan raised his hand, pointed at Pei Lian, and named this important minister to express his opinion.

Pei Lin put away his sleeves and bowed to Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this Eastern Crusade has dealt a heavy blow to the Zhao army, which is enough to show the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, although I did not capture Luoyang, but I also have enough gains, Weichen thinks that since the goal has been achieved, then it is also a good decision to collect troops to prepare for the battle in the coming day!" ”

Pei Lin said this, although the generals on the left and right in the camp did not say it, they agreed with it in their hearts. Even Li Jiancheng didn't object, but Li Yuanji's mouth opened and he didn't say it again.

Hearing Pei Lin say this, Li Yuan said abruptly: "Pei Qing is, what a heavy blow, to put it bluntly, it's not that I saw that my armies on the north and south roads were no longer able to fight, so I asked to withdraw my troops." ”

Pei Lin hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Li Yuan opened his mouth and said: "This is a military discussion, and I have a heart-to-heart conversation with the generals. Don't be afraid, just say what you want. I don't have to embellish the wording, I want to hear the truth. Listen to what you say from the bottom of your heart. ”

Li Yuan said this, and those who just wanted to get up, and as Pei Lin echoed it, the people who whitewashed the disadvantage of this time in battle stopped talking.

There was silence in the tent, and Li Yuan's eyes swept over the generals and asked, "Could it be that there are no people who speak out?" King Huai'an, what do you think? ”

Li Shentong named Li Yuan and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that he can fight again." ”

"How to fight? Forcibly crossing the Yellow River? ”

"Of course not, enter Liyang in one fell swoop and attack Liyang City. After capturing Liyang Cang and having enough food for the soldiers, he will compete with the Zhao army. Li Shentong replied.

"This is a bit insightful, but near Liyang City, there are 50,000 cavalry of the Zhao army, and our army sent troops from Heyang to attack Liyang, not to mention that the grain road is so long, is the food enough?" Li Yuan asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Li Shentong was speechless for a while.

Li Yuan said: "King Huai'an, a major military matter. You think about it before you come back to me. ”

"No."

At this time, a general said: "Your Majesty, there will be something to say at the end." ”

Li Yuan looked at it, and it turned out to be Liu Hongji.

Li Yuan said: "Okay, say." ”

Liu Hongji said: "Weichen also thinks. If the battle continues now, the army is also tired, so Weichen and Pei Gong have the same opinion. It is best to retreat as soon as possible. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Although they have the same opinion, there is only Liu Aiqing in the hall." Told the truth. ”

Liu Hongji lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen just has one thing to say." Now that our army is retreating, the Zhao army may counterattack in a big way, I guess that the next step of the Zhao army is not Hanoi, Hedong, Henan, and please send a powerful general to garrison. ”

Pei Lin opened his mouth and said: "General Liu's words are not right, the Zhao army will fight back, but it can't be a big fanfare." In successive battles, the Zhao army also suffered a lot of losses, our army's military rations were exhausted, and the Zhao army's military rations were also consumed. ”

Liu Hongji objected: "That's different, the Zhao army has Luokou Cang, Liyang Cang is in hand, and the food for the soldiers is endless, so how can it be consumed." ”

"Even if there is no loss of soldiers' rations, but the cost of money, the casualties of soldiers, and the loss of staff cannot be made up for by Luokou and Liyang," Pei said quietly, "Your Majesty, since Weichen was in charge of the household department, he has a clear judgment on the national strength of the Zhao army. ”

"According to years of espionage and estimates, we have a general understanding of the current treasury revenue and expenditure of Zhao State. Da Zhao earns nearly 200,000 yuan a year, mainly because these pieces are a famine, the trade between the two towns of Yuyi and Saiwai, and this entry makes profits from it every year, with more than 80,000 horses of silk. The second is the sea trade with Baekje and Silla, which is about 10,000 horses, the third is Youjing, and the income of Tianmu in each county of Taiyuan is estimated to be between 50,000 and 80,000 horses, and the annual interest of the people's debt to the private sector is also 50,000 horses, and this year's expedition to Goguryeo, after the country's break, it will also get its treasury worth 20,000 or 30,000 horses. ”

When Pei Lin said this, the Tang soldiers all gasped, but they didn't expect that Zhao Guo would rely on the famine, and the income of Yuyi Second Town would be so high. And even after Li Tang occupied the rich Bashu, the annual national income was only more than 200,000.

Pei Lin said: "However, Zhao Guo spent more, and since Li Chongjiu ascended the throne, he has exempted the Ding tax, and abolished the people's service tax, and replaced the work with remuneration. After Li Chongjiu defeated Liu Heimin last year, in order to win the hearts of the people, he exempted the taxes of the counties in Hebei under Liu Heimin for three years, and the same was true after he won Shandong, so this is all spending money. ”

"And Zhao Guo is fighting every year, building warships at sea, sea ships, and 6 building armor, all of which cost a lot, and Weichen can be sure that Zhao Guo's life is not good at the moment. So after this big war, they can't afford to launch a further big offensive. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Pei Qing has worked hard in the past few years, knowing himself and knowing his opponent can lead to victory." ”

Pei Lin hurriedly said: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Li Yuan said: "Everyone, since this is the case, the Zhao army has no spare strength, our army will leave some men and horses to guard, and the rest of the troops will retreat and return to Guanzhong, Jing Xiang, you have no objection!" ”

All the generals said yes.

Li Yuan said again: "However, since Zhao Jun is powerless to fight back, I can't take it lightly. Liu Qing is right, Henan, Hedong, and Hanoi are all key places, and they must be guarded by generals. ”

Liu Hongji said: "Your Majesty, Henan is the middle of the world, the place where all directions converge, and the population is prosperous, and it is the first in all places. And after our army got Henan, all the old generals left behind were Wang Shichong's old generals to guard, and we didn't have much favor to these people, once they defected to the Zhao army, the loss to our army would be great. Weichen built yì, can connect the families of these generals to Chang'an, and send men and horses to be stationed to control the Henan army. ”

Li Yuan clasped his palms together and said, "Liu Aiqing is really a good word. I decided that Hedong would continue to be guarded by Li Chen, the king of Xiangwu, and Chai Shao would lead 5,000 men to join the party. Hanoi or Huai'an King Li Shentong will work hard for me, continue to sit here, Hongji, you lead 5,000 men and horses, defend Heyang. ”

When Li Yuan said this, he paused and said: "I decided to take Li Jing as the governor of Guandong Province, enter Zuo Guanglu's doctor, transfer the generals Li Junxian, Zhang Gongjin and the Bashu army of 20,000, and give him control over the soldiers and horses of Henan Prefectures. Li Xiaogong was the governor of Jingxiang Province and led the main force of the Southern Route Army to return to Jiangling to sit in the town. ”

Hearing Li Yuan say this, all the generals were shocked, and Li Jing's promotion was too fast. All the generals know Li Yuan, and the consistent style of employing people is that they don't need to be relatives of the clan, Li Jing is from the Li family of Longxi, of course, he is a clan relative of Li Yuan.

But when Li Jing raised troops in Jinyang, he personally went to Chang'an to sue Li Yuan. Li Yuan once wanted to kill this person, but this time Li Jing was promoted to the governor of Kwantung by Li Yuan by virtue of his ability to pacify Xiao Milling and his excellent performance in the Battle of Yique, and he also became a prince with Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong, and Li Chen, which also shows that Li Yuan is indeed eager to use powerful generals to stabilize the current situation.

But now for Li Yuan, ordering the retreat of the army really made him very unwilling, and this time he invested in attacking Zhao, and the effort was far greater than the gain. He went to the front line of Heyang in person this time to see if there was any possibility of the last trace of success, it can be said that if Li Jingruo captured the Tiger Prison Pass, then for Li Yuan, he gave the order today, it would be completely different.

But after Li Jing's defeat, Li Yuan knew in his heart that nothing could be done, so he decided to withdraw his troops without a moment's hesitation. At the same time, the military order was also sent directly to the south of Luoyang with a degree of urgency of 100,000.

On the occasion of the arrival of June in the second year of the reform, the Tang Army's army attacking Luoyang in the north and south was retreated from the Luoyang front line before Li Chongjiu's reinforcements arrived, and this battle also came to an end. (To be continued......)

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