Chapter 628: Moving the Capital
"It's a pity that I didn't kill Li Xin before, and let Li Xin become my great enemy of Da Zhao." Li Shimin whipped his horse, and after galloping into his camp, he threw the horse whip on the ground and said viciously.
Fang Xuanling sighed deeply on the side, he knew that the reason why Li Shimin had such an understanding was not only because of Li Xin's strength, but more importantly, because Li Xin had a lot of talents, just now he saw Cen Wenwen, although he looked handsome and chic, but between speaking, there was a needle hidden in the cotton, showing his wisdom, which made Li Shimin feel even more that there were too few capable people under him.
"Hebei has many families, many handsome men, after this battle, His Highness can look for Junjie and wise people, His Highness is wise and far-reaching, and he will definitely be able to attract many wise men and wise men to submit to His Highness." Fang Xuanling persuaded on the side.
"I hope so." Li Shimin took a deep breath, he believed even more that if he could master Da Zhao Jiangshan, the talents in Da Zhao would be used for his own use, only in this way could he fight against Li Xin, but if he wanted to seize Da Zhao, it was not a simple matter, at least, he had to let Li Yuan agree to move the capital of Da Zhao to Xindu, so that he could have a chance.
After nightfall, Li Shimin finally led the army to leave the city of Hedong, and the soldiers were extremely tired after several days of crazy fighting, not to mention, this time there were countless casualties, but there was not much gain, which greatly affected the morale of the army. Fortunately, the Turks are still harassing the Guanzhong reinforcements in Pujindu, otherwise, I don't know what will happen.
Su Dingfang and others watched Li Shimin's departure at the head of the city, and their hearts were extremely bitter, this time they let Li Shimin go, it can be said that Hedong has lost too much, not only the 50,000 troops in Guanzhong have been lost, but even the people in Hedong have suffered a lot of casualties, and the corpses of soldiers inside and outside the city do not know how many are piled up. Although Su Dingfang ordered people to burn these corpses cleanly, the loss is the loss. I want to return to the original state, and I don't know when to wait.
When it came to the next day, the spies sent by Su Dingfang came back to tell Li Shimin that he had left Hedong and entered Zhongtiao Mountain, and after Su Dingfang breathed a sigh of relief, on the one hand, he ordered someone to send a message to Li Xin, and on the other hand, he ordered someone to send a message to Guanzhong to eliminate the panic in Guanzhong. Under the arrangement of Cen Wenwen, the entire Hedong began to restore people's livelihood, just as spring plowing was imminent. Some of the common people in Hedong City left Hedong City one after another and began to go to the northeast of Hedong and Huoyi to cultivate crops, while Dou Hongxian and others led the army to encircle and suppress the Turks, hoping to keep the entire Turkic people in Hedong.
On the fifth day, Li Xin led his own troops to Hedong and began to preside over the encirclement and suppression of the Turks. In Taiyuan, the news of the loss of the Bird Mouse Valley finally reached Taiyuan with the arrival of the warrior Tong.
"Incompetent, incompetent." Li Yuan roared loudly in the imperial study, and even Yin and Zhang, who were on the side, also became like a pink skeleton in his eyes at this moment. There is no attraction, the Bird Mouse Valley is very important, as if the Tiger Prison Pass is equivalent to Luoyang, from the Bird Mouse Valley to Taiyuan. Although it was not a flat river, there were very few places conducive to defense, and it took him countless efforts to build the fortress of the Bird Mouse Valley. How difficult it was for Li Xin to capture the Bird Mouse Valley. But overnight, it was seized by Li Xin. Like a thunderbolt from the sky, Li Yuan woke up from his sleep. Immediately, Li Jiancheng, Pei Lian, Dugu Huaien and others were called over, and they were angry in the imperial study.
"King Qin, what are you doing? Didn't you say that? Let the Turks and Li Xin fight to the death, and then the army is dispatching, and the fisherman will benefit, not only can he hold Hedong in his hands, but he can even attack Guanzhong. Li Yuan roared and said, "What is he trying to do?" Arbitrarily changing the resolution of the imperial court, who does he think he is? Is he the emperor of Da Zhao? ”
Li Jiancheng and the others didn't dare to speak, it was really a big deal this time, the loss of the Bird Mouse Valley made the door from Hedong to Taiyuan wide open, Li Xin could attack Taiyuan through the Bird Mouse Valley, maybe the surrounding counties, no matter where they attacked, could make Li Zhao busy, I don't know what to do. Although in Li Jiancheng's view, Li Shimin's attack on Hedong was also a last resort, but he didn't dare to say these words.
"Your Majesty, the King of Qin is also a last resort, Li Xin occupied Luoyang not long ago, he left Li Jing to sit in Luoyang, and led the guards to Hedong, the King of Qin had no choice but to march to Hedong, wanting to occupy Hedong before Li Xin went to Hedong. It's just that what I didn't expect was that the Red Turban Army rebelled against Dou Hongxian and surrendered to Li Xin a long time ago, and Dou Hongxian not only sent troops to support Su Dingfang during the crisis in Hedong and saved the decline of Hedong, but also gave Li Xin a soldier and horse, so that Li Xin had the possibility of sneaking up on the Bird Mouse Valley. "It's Wu Shi Tong who speaks, it's okay if others don't speak, but Wu Shi Tong must say it, because this matter is also where he Zhao Feng is derelict in his duties, and he didn't even grasp Li Xin's whereabouts, which is a dereliction of duty.
Li Yuan glanced at Wu Shi Tong, his face was a little better, and he said lightly: "Can Zhao Feng know where King Qin is now?" Since Li Xin occupies the Bird Mouse Valley, he will definitely encircle Hedong, the tens of thousands of troops of the King of Qin, there is no grain and grass inside, and there are no reinforcements outside, can they break through? It can be heard that Li Yuan did not care about Li Shimin's life and death, and more importantly, he was worried about the tens of thousands of troops in Li Shimin's hands, which was the most important thing, although Li Zhao got Hebei, but there were not many soldiers and horses in his hands. With the loss of these tens of thousands of troops, Li Zhao is afraid that he will be greatly injured again.
"The King of Qin has led a large army out of Hedong and is preparing to enter the land of Hebei from Taihang Mountain." Samurai Tong hurriedly said.
"Li Xin and Su Dingfang just let the King of Qin lead the army away?" Pei Lian's face was gloomy and said lightly. In his opinion, if Li Xin didn't fall into the ground, it would already be very good, how could he let Li Shimin lead the army to leave so easily?
"There are Turks here, and Li Xin and Su Dingfang want to be unfavorable to the King of Qin, and it is impossible to think about it." It was Li Jiancheng who spoke, at this time he had to speak, if he didn't speak, let the courtiers think of this prince, brothers can fight, but not in front of the courtiers, Pei Lin can calculate Li Shimin, but he can't, this is the sad thing about the prince.
"Li Xin wants to attack the Turks?" Li Yuan sat down, for such a long time, he could be considered to have thought clearly, Li Xin's strength and treachery, he did not fail to appreciate it, but the loss of the Bird Mouse Valley made him flustered all of a sudden, at this time, after a while of analysis, the audience also calmed down, pointed to the brocade stool in front of him and let everyone sit down, and said: "If Li Xin is really ready to exterminate these Turks, it will also save us from attacking, and it can also make Li Xin lose his troops, even if it is not a defeat for both sides, the death of 100,000 Turkic soldiers, Even Jieli Khan did not dare to take it lightly, and would definitely raise up an army to take revenge. ”
"Your Majesty." Pei Lin hurriedly said.
"Your Majesty, the Sparrow Mouse Valley has been lost, and we must make the necessary plans." Dugu Huaien glanced at Pei Lin with disdain, this is a sycophant, there used to be Liu Wenjing on the side to persuade him, but now Liu Wenjing is in prison, and there is even news that Li Yuan is ready to execute Liu Wenjing, and in the future, this court will also be dominated by ministers like Pei Lian.
"Yes! If the Bird Mouse Valley is lost, Taiyuan will face Li Xin's troops, and the Beijing division will be unstable for a day, and the foundation of Dazhao will be unstable. Li Yuan nodded, his face was not good-looking, and said, "What do you think?" ”
"Move the capital." Dugu Huaien didn't want to say without thinking: "At this time, only the capital can be moved to avoid the threat of Li Xin, although Taiyuan has the air of a king, but compared to the land of Jizhou, this place is still a little worse, Jizhou is the center of Hebei, if the emperor moves the capital to Jizhou, he will not be threatened by Li Xin, and the south attacks Shandong, the Central Plains, the north can control the land of Youyan, away from Li Xin and the Turks, this is the best place to Kyoto." ”
"No." Pei Lian's face changed, and he said: "There is no danger to defend in the Hebei Plain, wasn't the Northern Qi Dynasty the land of Hebei and finally destroyed by the Northern Zhou?" The innate advantages of Hebei are insufficient, how can we support the spirit of the Son of Heaven, although the Sparrow Mouse Valley is lost, but Li Xin wants to break through the Sparrow Mouse Valley, it is extremely difficult to attack Taiyuan, and the state is the mountains and rivers in the surface, the terrain is dangerous, from the Sparrow Mouse Valley to attack Taiyuan, that is the back attack, we go south from Taiyuan, but it is a thousand miles, and the attack is much more convenient. ”
"Even if it is difficult to attack, but Li Xin's soldiers and horses will be shocked three times a day when they come out of the Bird Mouse Valley, how can the Jingshi be stable? Master Pei, if the capital is moved to Hebei, not only is there no threat from Li Xin, but it is impossible for the Turks to harass our Taiyuan. Dugu Huaien snorted coldly: "There are still so many Kwantung families in Hebei, and it is extremely easy to raise grain and grass, and it is very convenient to attack Luoyang, the best of both worlds, why not move the capital?" ”
"Hmph, it is precisely because the Dong family is in that place that the capital can be moved to Hebei, don't forget how the Gao family perished back then, doesn't it have anything to do with those Kanto families?" Pei Lin snorted coldly and said.
"If Lord Pei's words get out, I'm afraid it will hurt the hearts of loyal ministers!" Dugu Huaien sneered: "Your Majesty, the family is the foundation of my Great Zhao, Lord Pei's words are suspected of provoking the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and the minister thinks that he should be reprimanded." ”
"You?" Pei Lian's face changed.
"Okay, Pei Qing, don't say anything like this in the future." Li Yuan glanced at Dugu Huaien dissatisfied, this guy is still very unpleasant, who doesn't know that Pei Lin is his confidant minister, saying this about Pei Lin is not giving himself face at all, but he also knows that what Dugu Huaien said makes sense, glanced at Li Jiancheng, and asked, "Prince, what do you think?" (To be continued......)