The confrontation between the Sui army and the Tang army in Fengzhou has lasted for ten whole days, both sides are in the transfer of troops, the Fengzhou army has steadily captured Longquan County and Shangdang County, and the soldiers have been gradually reorganized, and Li Shimin is also actively preparing for war, he concentrated all the soldiers in the southern counties in Linfen County, so that his strength reached nearly 90,000 people, and grain and grass were also transported from Hedong County to Linfen City.

Yang Yuanqing's Chinese army tent is located in Lingshi County, Xihe County, about 80 miles away from Huoyi County, from here to the east to Shangdang County, to the west to Longquan County, the traffic is very convenient.

During the ten days of the confrontation, Yang Yuanqing basically stayed in Lingshi County, and Taiyuan City was handed over to Yang Sien and Du Ruhui to guard, and that afternoon, Li Jing rushed from Shangdang County to Lingshi County.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Shiji and Du Ruhui had already arrived first, and they were discussing something with Yang Yuanqing, Xu Shiji had not been in Yang Yuanqing for a long time, but he was unexpectedly appointed by Yang Yuanqing as the chief general of the Western Route Army, which surprised many people, including Xu Shiji himself, he also did not expect that he could be reused so quickly, he felt pressure in his heart, but also full of gratitude, and there was a feeling of death for his confidant.

But Xu Shiji is not an extrovert, he pressed a sense of gratitude in his heart and did not show it.

"How is Cheng Yanjin now?" Yang Yuanqing asked him with a smile.

Cheng Yanjin was also the second deputy general under Xu Shiji this time, and when it came to Cheng Yanjin, Xu Shiji couldn't help but laugh and said: "He has a lot of worries these days. ”

"Why?" Yang Yuanqing asked curiously, Cheng Yanjin has always eaten well and slept well, how could he be so preoccupied, this is an interesting thing.

"I also asked him why, and he refused to say when he died, and then one day he talked in his sleep, and he was heard, and we found out what caused him to be so troubled."

"What did he say?" This: Even Du Ruhui was curious.

Xu Shiji shook his head and smiled: "It's laughable to say, he shouted in his dream: 'Thief mother-in-law, you dare to kill my wife and rob me of my money?' Only then did we understand that he was worried that he was worried that his wife would run away because he had handed over all the money to his wife, so he was very worried. ”

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, he also heard that Cheng Yanjin was hot-headed and handed over all the money to his new wife, and he probably regretted it a little in his heart.

It is not unreasonable to worry about biting gold in the process, there are indeed three palace maids who ran away in Fengzhou, and this matter has a great impact in the army.

Du Ruhui said: "I came to Taiyuan this time and brought a lot of letters from the soldiers of the Fengzhou Army, but General Cheng's mother and wife are in Lingwu County, so without his letters, could it be that this matter made him worried." ”

"Perhaps!"

The smile on Yang Yuanqing's face disappeared and became a little serious, "Today is because I asked Cheng Yanjin, only to know that he is worried about the affairs of his family, I think there are many soldiers who should be the same as him, but we don't know, we need to speed up the speed of moving the families of some important generals to Taiyuan City, solve the worries of the soldiers, and move all the families of the soldiers to Hedong one after another, and this matter must be implemented as soon as possible." ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Du Ruhui, "Changshi should make preliminary preparations first!" When Cui Junsu came to Taiyuan, he immediately began to implement it. ”

Du Ruhui nodded silently, according to their strategic deployment, after seizing Taiyuan, they will gradually transfer their foundation from Fengzhou to Hedong, including population, resources, money and grain, and dilute the influence of Fengzhou, this matter is indeed going to start to care.

At this time, a soldier reported at the door of the tent: "Li Sima is here!" ”

I saw Li Jing hurriedly walking into the big tent, and when he saw that Du Ruhui and Xu Shiji had arrived, he couldn't help but smile apologetically: "I'm late, let everyone wait for a long time." ”

"Sima came just in time!"

Yang Yuanqing stood up and said with a smile: "Since Sima has arrived, let's start!" ”

The four of them walked to the huge sand table, Yang Yuanqing picked up the wooden pole and said to the three of them: "This time I invite everyone to come over to discuss our next move, from the information I have recently obtained, the troops of the counties in Hedong have been concentrated in Linfen County, I think the other party has two intentions, six is to fight with us, and the other intention is the opposite, Li Shimin wants to evacuate Hedong, or both, so how should we deal with it?" ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Xu Shiji, seeing that he was silent and contemplative, Yang Yuanqing also knew a little bit about him, he generally had ideas, but he was very cautious and would not show them easily.

"General Xu, let's talk about it first!"

Xu Shiji bit his lip lightly, and said unhurriedly: "I think they may have different opinions internally, Li Shimin wants to withdraw to Guanzhong, but Li Yuan may not agree, so in the past ten days of confrontation, they should also be arguing internally, as for the continuous transportation of military food from Hedong County to Linfen County, on the surface, it seems to be preparing for a big war, but I think this is an illusion created by Li Shimin, making us mistakenly think that he wants to carry out a big war, in fact, we can try to harass his grain truck, we can know his true thoughts." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I agree with harassing the grain truck, you can arrange the specific plan yourself, you don't need to ask me for instructions." Yang Yuanqing's gaze turned to Li Jing again, "What about Li Sima?" ”

Li Jing also picked up a wooden pole, but he pointed to Youzhou, "I have been thinking about the possibility of Li Shimin and Luo Yi forming an alliance during this time, in fact, I have been doubting the possibility of Luo Yi participating in the battle for Hedong, not long ago I sent people to the military capital to investigate, and found that Luo Yi deployed more than 10,000 people in the military capital, if Li Shimin and Luo Yi reach a compromise, Luo Yi is likely to send troops to Yanmen County to contain us from behind, and our total strength in the three counties of Mayi, Yanmen and Loufu is only more than 9,000 people, and Wei Dao'er has 20,000 troops in Tumen Pass east of Jingcheng, Before the battle of Hedong began, there were only 3,000 people there, and we also had to guard against Wei Dao'er taking advantage of the fire to rob, now our total strength is 120,000, if we take into account the defense of Luo Yi and Wei Dao'er and the garrison of Taiyuan City, then against Li Shimin, we actually only have 80,000 people, and we are divided into three lines: eastern, central and western, so that the troops are too scattered, and will be broken by the other party? ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and then asked him, "Your opinion is that the three armies are one?" ”

"It's not necessary to unite the three armies, I suggest that Shangdang County can be left alone, my army is withdrawn, General Xu's west road retains 20,000 troops, and 10,000 troops are withdrawn, this main force can reach about 60,000 people, if Li Shimin wants to fight us head-on, General Xu's army can detour to the south and attack his rear road, I don't know what the chief thinks?"

Yang Yuanqing looked at Du Ruhui and Xu Shiji again, asking for their opinions, Du Ruhui and Xu Shiji both nodded and agreed with Li Jing's plan.

"Alright! I also agree with this plan, withdraw the Eastern Route Army, change the Third Route Army to the Second Route Army, and General Xu's side withdraw 10,000 troops, so let Cheng Yanjin withdraw. ”

The three of them discussed and decided on the merger plan, at this time, Du Ruhui said: "Actually, I think Li Yuan's attitude is the most important, now that Li Yuan is fighting on all sides, Guanzhong must be empty, I suggest that we can send troops to put pressure on Guanzhong and force Li Yuan to give up Hedong." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "I thought of this strategy before attacking Taiyuan, and I have already started to implement it, it is estimated that it will be effective soon, let's wait and see!" ”

The three of them all looked at Yang Yuanqing in astonishment, they didn't know what means Yang Yuanqing had implemented, at this time, Li Jing suddenly remembered something, it seemed that he hadn't seen Xie Sili for a long time.

Under the joint attack of Li Yuan and Li Rail's two armies, Xue Ju was defeated three times in a row, lost more than half of his troops, lost Tianshui, Longxi, Jincheng and other counties, and was forced to withdraw his troops to Paohan County, Li Yuan's general Dou Kang led 30,000 troops to Longxi County, and Li Liang personally led 40,000 troops to Jincheng County, threatening Xue Ju from the east and northeast, and Li Liang sent his brother Li You to lead 30,000 troops from Dadou Bagu into Xiping County, directly threatening Xue Ju's rear.

At this time, Xue Ju's troops were less than 50,000, most of his heavy grain and grass were lost, and he was facing the pressure of 100,000 apples from three sides, and was on the verge of collapse.

In the afternoon of this day, Xue Ju sat in the tent and drank alcohol, two female prostitutes accompanied him left and right, poured him wine and vegetables, just drank a dozen glasses, Xue Ju was seven points drunk, slapped the table and scolded: "Why is there no good appetizer!" ”

A female prostitute trembled and said, "What your majesty wants, I'll go and let the soldiers prepare." ”

Xue Ju glanced at her and smiled: "I want Li Yuan's head to drink, can you prepare it for me?" ”

"Your Majesty, that can't be!"

I knew it was impossible, but I just wanted to drink with a human head, so he reached out and grabbed the woman's hair, pulled out his sword, and sneered: "If you don't have Li Yuan's head, you can use your head." ”

The prostitute was so frightened that she collapsed, the other person cried and got up and fled, Xue Ju was just about to swing his sword and chop it off, when a report from the guards came from outside the tent, "Your Majesty, Mr. Xie is here, saying that there is an urgent matter to discuss with Your Majesty."

Xue Ju was stunned and stopped his sword, "Which Mr. Xie?" ”

"It's Mr. Xie, the envoy sent by Yang Yuanqing last time."

Xue Ju was overjoyed, and the wine disappeared, and he didn't care about killing the women, so he kicked them away, and said in a loud voice, "Quickly ask him to stab"

At this time, Yang Yuanqing had become his last straw.

After a moment, Xie Sili walked into the big tent, bowed down and saluted: "Xie Sili, the envoy of Fengzhou Yang, see His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Sir, please sit down!"

Xue Ju hurriedly asked Xie Sili to sit down, he no longer had the arrogance he had when he first met Xie Sili.

Xie Sili sat down and said with a smile: "Your Majesty seems to be in trouble now?" ”

"It's not a nuisance!"

Perhaps because of the drinking, Xue Ju's emotions seemed a little excited, and he shook his head again and again, "We are about to die, can Manager Yang save my life?" ”

Seeing that he was honest and did not have a hint of temptation, Xie Sili knew that he was indeed terrified in his heart, so he nodded and said, "If Your Majesty is willing to cooperate with the Fengzhou Army, we can help Your Majesty." ”